This weeks preps check-in

[jimLE]

that reminds me..i still need extras when it comes to the part of the oil lamps that holds the wicks...and 3 of them do need replaceing..

 

[hlrive]

For Christmas I got a brand new oil lamp. I guess hubby is finally figuring it out, if you want to buy me something for Christmas it better be for my prepping

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

Thanks for the warm welcome in the states. Everything is going pretty smooth.

Im bidding on a nice Mossberg 500 12 gauge with a couple of barrels and different stocks right now. Probably gonna pick it up monday or tuesday. Also preparing for an ice fishing trip tomorrow.

 

[Maverick]

Not really needing anything I guess this year is book buying year, the Wife started purchasing my favorite books that I grown up with. I gave her a list the first of January and so far she got me these;

1920/1914 'camplore and woodcraft' and 'Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties' by daniel beard

1945 'Wildwood Wisdom' by ellsworth jaeger

1952 complete 9 book set 'bushcraft handbooks' by richard graves

 

[Brent S]

Not really needing anything I guess this year is book buying year, the Wife started purchasing my favorite books that I grown up with. I gave her a list the first of January and so far she got me these;

1920/1914 'camplore and woodcraft' and 'Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties' by daniel beard

1945 'Wildwood Wisdom' by ellsworth jaeger

1952 complete 9 book set 'bushcraft handbooks' by richard graves

Hard copies are going to be a lot easier to use without electricity.

 

[Maverick]

Hard copies are going to be a lot easier to use without electricity.

Very true. All my books are hard copies including the one's above, I personally dislike e-readers for numerous reasons though I do have tons of PDFs on a reader.

 

[Brent S]

I picked a bunch of kale from the garden and put it into the dehydrator, then pulverized it in the blender. The smell during dehydrating was kind of a weird green smell, which my wife didn't appreciate much. I'm trying to find a way to get the nutrition from the stuff without feeling like a rabbit.. I'll try some of the powder as a seasoning in my next batch of spaghetti, and will let you know what I think.

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

So yesterday i tried ice fishing for the first time in my life and im hooked, no pun intended). Compared to all the other styles to fish this one is so simple. All you really need is a very basic rod and an auger. Both cheap and a one time buy. Even though i didnt catch a trophy i would have fed the family. Im also having an interview today at a place that has a hige gun shop close by. Im planning on stopping by afterwards...

 

[jontte]

another one hooked

 

[jimLE]

here's a lil some thing i got from someone yesterday.a hand crank flashlight/am fm radio..and a whistle match case compass and signal mirror

 

[hlrive]

We have gone through 2 of those flashlights that you hand crank with the radio in them. They always seem to get banged and the crank breaks off. My daughters last one was just a radio and she broke that one not paying attention one day. I plan on getting a few extras to hang onto for that just in case moment however I will have to hide them from kids and hubby

 

[jimLE]

i've already put mine away,so i dont play with it,and for those very reasons..lol

 

[Maverick]

here's a lil some thing i got from someone yesterday.a hand crank flashlight/am fm radio..and a whistle match case compass and signal mirror
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Always good for the BOB and grid down!

 

[jimLE]

yeah that they are..we also have a eton /am/fm/weather band radio with flashlight.so we both can have a flashlight and a radio on hand at all times dureing a power outage as well..

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

Got a new job today and celebrate with a new winter project. Im gonna make it pretty again.

Mossberg 500 came with brand new furniture, slug barrel, bird barrel and the hard case.

 

[jimLE]

nice....real nice

 

[jontte]

a new job? Congrats my friend

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

a new job? Congrats my friend

thanks man. I got in exactly the company i wanted and exactly the position i wanted.

 

[jimLE]

well today i got 4 oil lamp burners for my oil lamps that need them..but as it turns out,they'll fit only one oil.so i'll be looking for the ones that has the smaller screw on connection for the other 3 lamps..got 2 good used tires for the van.

 

[hlrive]

And another good thing about the crank flashlight, radios, and even lights. Is it keeps the kids busy, they can crank away

 

[NCHydrangea]

A co-worker gave me 2 $50 gift cards to the Field and Stream store so we went last weekend. It's a really nice place, but not somewhere I'd shop if I didn't have "free" money. I bought 2 boxes of shotgun shells (only small game because they didn't have buck shot). We also got a camping mess kit, pocket stove, paracord, water purifying tablets, and a couple of smaller things. I grabbed a few Knorr pasta sides while were were at the store & scored a dozen cans of veggies for .49 each. We still have a looong way to go, but are closer than we were.

 

[NCHydrangea]

And another good thing about the crank flashlight, radios, and even lights. Is it keeps the kids busy, they can crank away

I really want to get a crank radio in the near future.

 

[psalm 7]

I buy alot of Buckshot for my scattergun but the otherday I found left over Turkey loads in 3" Mag on clearance at the local big box and bought six box's . They are hotter than most 00 loads and just as leathal .

 

[Brent S]

A co-worker gave me 2 $50 gift cards to the Field and Stream store so we went last weekend. It's a really nice place, but not somewhere I'd shop if I didn't have "free" money. I bought 2 boxes of shotgun shells (only small game because they didn't have buck shot). We also got a camping mess kit, pocket stove, paracord, water purifying tablets, and a couple of smaller things. I grabbed a few Knorr pasta sides while were were at the store & scored a dozen cans of veggies for .49 each. We still have a looong way to go, but are closer than we were.

My coworkers just give me grief!

 

[Brent S]

I buy alot of Buckshot for my scattergun but the otherday I found left over Turkey loads in 3" Mag on clearance at the local big box and bought six box's . They are hotter than most 00 loads and just as leathal .

buckshot is my favorite, but I would imagine even skeet shot would do alot of damage to an intruder. Walmart has the cheaper 12 ga. shells out on the open shelf now. I'm not sure why all the rest is locked up still.

 

[jontte]

this week,only little in food,it's been a physical work-out week,fixing my vest with the essential stuff and reorg. BOB

 

[Silent Earth]

Still tweaking my new air carbine, I have reprofiled the buttstock to a more conventional American style of stock instead of the raised comb English style

 

[TheShadowKnows]

this week,only little in food,it's been a physical work-out week,fixing my vest with the essential stuff and reorg. BOB

Nothing wrong with that. It's been quite awhile now but I made a post once about the importance of fitness in a SHTF event.

I too have merely reorganized, added small food items to the stockpile, and continued to work on my bushcraft skills. Just got a bonus from work that should translate into preps next week though! Can't wait to go shopping.

Actually the big thing I did this week was go out and train some parkour for the first time in 2 years. Man it felt good. Of course now I'm so sore I can hardly move but that's beside the point. It was like that when I first started and the next-day soreness, same with gym workouts, becomes very manageable after a few sessions.

 

[Marv.Schmitz87]

Took 4h today to clean my shotgun. I was able to get that aweful paint job off and threw both stocks on. The green one goes with the slug barrel and the wooden one goes with the bird barrel.
I went small game hunting this morning for an hour on our property and ended up with two fat squirrels. Going back tomorrow to get a few more and fire up the grill.

 

[Eyce88]

Got word from the finance company that everything looks good on closing on my 25 acres soon. Recap - about a month ago put an offer on 25 acres.... has a small hunter's cabin on it (2 years old). Has electrical that hooks up to generator; 150 lb propane tank hooked up to internal heating source. The property has several deer stands, and a sweet old bus turned into deer blind. Can't wait to camo paint it. Right now you can see it from an aerial view. The property has an old well (that will be tested), bluffs on one side, 85% timber, comes with a tractor and brush hog for the two grassy areas in the interior of the property. There's a creek that runs along one side and what appears to be a nature spring in the middle of the property. Very excited to start planning prepping the property for our bug out location. First order of business is to build an outhouse... lol