While bugging out definitely has its place among all of your options, it is not a panacea, and for preppers whose lives are complicated by internal and external factors, including the specifics of the event itself, bugging out might not be the first choice, or even a choice at all.
Only by assessing your life, your circumstances and the characteristics of the event you are dealing with in totality can you make an informed and intelligent decision about bugging out. Then you're gonna love my free PDF, 20 common survival items, 20 uncommon survival uses for each.
That's total uses for these dirt-cheap little items! I have many possible spots. The only thing that could cause me to Bug Out would be a fire. Living where I do floods , hurricanes storms ect are not an issue. For the people that think they are going to bug out to the woods , understand , the folks that are there are NOT going to welcome you. Hunting and fishing to provide your food is sketchy at best and even if you are successful you still have to figure out how to preserve what you have.
Realistically, bugging out is getting out of a bad place and TO a better one. Some consider the boonies of a state park that better place. Personal choice. Most of the rest of the list are examples of not planning or preparing properly for the event bugging out. If someone lived in rugged terrain, or a place prone to rough weather, or had less-than-mobile family members, these would all be well-known quantities.
Plan for them. You cite an ejection-seat metaphor. Rational people plan to bug out when staying put is not an option. Compared to being burned alive, or shot, beaten and then burned alive, a cold, hungry, uncomfortable week in the woods is still the better option. Take this list as a challenge to improve your planning, skills, fitness, etc. Great article, some issues that I was blind to. I am solving the issues with spaced bucket caches every 5 miles to the BOL.
Might add another bucket to every cache with clothing re-supply: poncho, jacket, shoes. If I cant use it then someone else can. One route done, two more to set-up! Thanks again! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. In This Article. Keep Your Eye on the Ball. Lack of Resources.
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Every one has a reason to bug in , OR out. This is how I look at it. If I can stay bugged in , I will. To me bugging out will be very dangerous. Your car will eventually be stuck in traffic, vehicles will overheat an run out of fuel. Every body will have a weapon, an some idiot will use a weapon to solve road rage, Now your walking , no car, destination may be days away, Many hundreds will be also walking, Some may want what you have , Food, water. Third , Many ranchers an farmers will not want you or hundreds of others storming his farm or livestock.
If you make it to the hills, forest. Sanitation will be a BIG problem, Then comes the illness an disease because of sanitation problems, Due to the lack of drinking water. SO This old man an wife will stay home with our survival equip an fight off the remaining people who want what we have. Same difference , but with comforts of home. Everyone talks about carrying a pack on their back. Prior to the Plains Indians obtaining horses they used dogs to haul some of the travois.
You can haul a lot more than you can carry. He also expected you to cover 50 miles a day on foot pushing a grocery cart. Good luck with that. If you have to leave a paved surface, you can still haul a travois. The women and dogs hauled, the men provided security. I like that part. Now all I have to do is sell it to my wife. If you are pushing a wheeled conveyance, you of necessity will need a smooth surface.
Yeah, the homeless in our town drag grocery carts down into the river bottom, but they have worn paths through the underbrush, so it is fairly smooth going and it is only a couple of hundred yards from the paved road. Having said all of the above, my first plan of action is to assess the situation before leaving home sweet home. If it becomes absolutely necessary, then I probably will try to travel without lights at night, using red lenses when I positively have to have light.
I plan to affix wheels to my travois in order to travel more easily over paved surfaces. If they prove too much of a hinderance over rough terrain, they will come off to be re-installed once again on smooth surfaces. PERHAPS your neighbor friendly concept would work in a small rural town or village depending on the size of the community, community resources and spirit.
Once the food runs out, well………. Local and Regional Events are one thing. The rest of the country will come to the rescue. That is just an ingrained reaction of the American psyche. Actually it will be worse than a war zone, simply because there will be no resupply of essentials. I doubt that an article such as this is going to get anyone killed.
It takes more than just storing some food and water to survive. If they think they are going to be able to just leave their tidy little urban hole-in-the-wall and set up housekeeping in some rural location, they are in for a very rude awakening. Some are probably under the impression that they can just plop down in the country, throw out a handful of seeds, and live like kings off the bounty.
I say this, because I likely will do this, finding someone bugged in would be a boon. Supplies and likely people with skills that can be utilized. Just a word of caution to my fellow preppers. Not all of us are helpful and nice, some are predatory. Communities will band together to protect what they have and help protect each other from the marauders because not everyone can or will bug out.
Most of us grew up with a gun in our hands. Some of us have military training. Living off the ones who stay may seem like a good idea and some will be easy pickings, but how are you going to handle those who are armed to the teeth and are willing and ready to fight?
That is the risk some can and will take, that is all I am saying. Some will actively try it anyways. Your email address will not be published.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Home All Articles. June 4, If Nobody Knows You, You are a Stranger If the people in the town do not know you, they will treat you as suspicious, maybe even hostile. So what does staying home mean?
Share Tweet Pin 4. Comments 34 Jacob Preppers With a Plan says:. Mic says:. Lance says:. Padre says:. Bugging out early, as a first option, and before the hordes decide to bug out is a good way to avoid many of these pitfalls… And if you are planning on bugging out OF COURSE you want to have someplace pre-prepared to bug out to. Oddjob says:. You can still keep a bug-out bag ready, even while you are hunkering in.
Finally, the age-old saying applies here, as it can always be worse. Sure, you might be worried about looters and disaster coming to your neighborhood, but without a destination in mind and a lot of things and people most likely in your path, it could definitely be a lot worse than your perceived danger at home. Remember, the urge to up and book it for higher ground can be a strong one, but you need to weigh your options before acting.
My wife and I moved from the suberbs to an acrage with well water available and a septic system. We are prepared to shelter in place and have worked on defending our home. We have canned foods and stored water and plenty of firepower if needed.
We will not leave and are prepared to defend our home to the death if necessary. Made with by Graphene Themes. To be safer and have greater chances of survival, however, bugging out must be prepared for in advance through certain well thought out decisions and actions:. For example, not every part of the globe is prone to Tsunamis. Since being in a Tsunami-prone zone will require you to move to higher ground, your bug out preparations must put that into account.
As much as it may not be easy to head to a fixed destination when SHTF, identifying safe areas where you could bug out from a disaster-hit area is crucial. One wise way to do this is to have several options then decide on the best one when disaster hits.
Once you have your bug out location identified, you need to plan and practice a bug out route. Some countries have guidelines for evacuation routes and safe locations for disasters like the Tsunami, which could serve as your primary bug out route and location for such disasters. A bug out situation is a natural or man-made disaster that prompts you to leave your home or current location in search of a safer bug out location where the chances of surviving the disaster are greater. These are emergency situations that are created by natural occurrences and which threaten your health or life should you decide to stay in your home or current location.
As such, they push you to bug out to safety. Read about how to survive natural disasters in our related guides. Man-made bug out situations are emergencies that occur as a result of human activity, placing you in danger and requiring you to move away from your home or current location as a safer option. Bugging out can be either safe or a bad idea depending on the extent of the danger posed by the emergency situation and how prepared you are for the emergency.
Depending on these two factors:. There is no clear-cut answer to whether you should bug in or bug out. The choice to bug in or bug out depends on a number of factors:. If you like this article, consider subscribing to our free newsletter.
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