Canadian Prepper's Warning to "Real" Preppers

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You are 100% correct. I told my neighbor I had a power generator and the first thing he said was he could plug into it during a disaster. The other day I mentioned to him I had a gas mask in case of emergency and he asked me if I had an extra one for him. I no longer tell people that I'm a prepper.

Being discreet and keeping a low profile in life is also a key element to surviving and thriving. Walk softly and carry a big stick.

When the pharmaceuticals stop you better just hide.

This is SO true. I have gardens & a small homestead. Live in a small rural, hilly town. Twenty minutes ago a guy walked by carrying a duffel bag in the rain. Second guy I saw today. A few years ago,this did not happen. Now it's happening more than once a day. My dogs barked & he just stopped & he just stared. Sometimes they stop while they stare. People walking by aren't from here.

My prepper group is a rod and gun club in a rural part of our state. We have over 250 well-armed men and women with a lodge, private lake, shooting range and many other facilities. So far, no other prepper not even CP is recommending joining a rod and gun club. I'm a lifelong prepper/survivalist/homesteader. I'm a retired USAF medic/EMT, electronics technician and state certified master gardener. I've extensively studied how the Native Americans lived in this area and I can combine that with the latest in modern technology. I'm as well prepped as I can be within my budget.

Sign on my door for the predatory warewolves...WARNING - FOOD SHORTAGE- TRESSPASSERS WILL BE "EATEN"!!!!

First timer. I watch and am subscribed to CP. I watch most of his videos and I did happen to watch that one this morning. Guess that's why I'm here. Your video came across mt feed and I was like let me check it out. YT algorithm is certainly something else. He had a lot of great points and I agree with you as well. I like getting different views and tips from different people. You can learn something new from everyone. Same as in real life, I try not to get into the mix of who likes who and who doesnt. Im just trying to prepare and learn as much as possible.

Well they promoted your video to me - glad to have found your channel!

I have prepped for about 30 years or so. I started out as a single guy prepping for bad weather. I live in a tornado prone area. So I thought I'd get a little 72 hour duffle bag together. That segued into a 7 day bug out bag. Then came the 30 day bug out kit (partially stored at my bug out location, which was my grandparents very remote farm). Then I got married, so I had to double that. Then I had two kids... and a whole bug out vehicle came into the picture. Not long after that, my wife was diagnosed with a rare health condition, which made bugging out difficult. So we scrapped that idea, and went to a bug IN approach (we were in the suburbs). We went for a few years in that direction. I was never satisfied with that though. Then one night, after years of my urging, my wife marched into the living room and said "OK, let's sell everything...and move to the country..". She finally started to see the writing on the wall for people who live in densely populated areas....and she didn't like the idea of being trapped in a population center. So my daughter and I spent a year doing country drives, in our spare time. We would just pick a direction each time, and just head that way with no plan or agenda...we would just wander off to rural areas in all directions, and take as many backroads as we could find. We would come home and do research on areas where we found land that had potential. After a year or so...we finally found land that checked most of the boxes. It was further out than my wife wanted to be (although now she says we aren't out far enough...). But it was raw undeveloped land, it was unincorporated, and unrestricted. We put an offer in while I stood there on the side of the road, just having seen it (my wife thankfully trusted my judgement). We immediately sold our house and got going on the new place. We lived in a hotel for 4 months, while our new place came together. We've been out here a few years now...and have adopted a four pronged approach. We utilize the same "bug-IN" approach, by building up stocks inside the house. We have a very deep water well (550ft), with excellent water, that does not require filtering. We had a Generac put on the house with a 250 gallon propane tank. We are heading towards a decent sized garden... We are planting fruit trees in the coming year. We live on a dead end country back road, with about 15 families living on this road. Altogether we probably make up 300 acres or so. We have a pretty good network built up with most neighbors. Some just live with blinders on and don't worry about anything, and will be nearly useless...in any kind of serious situation...but the rest of us will work together pretty well. We all have different skills and interests, that are all useful to the rest of us. We are also defensively capable. We are not near major highways or interstates...so people fleeing cities are not likely to make it this far out, if they are looking to take stuff. We also have a lot of natural resources...water, fish, game, etc... And its not all readily accessible, or visible if you dont know about it. The land can be very inhospitable, if you dont know it. We have really thick wooded areas...we have swamps...as well as big open areas where you'd be highly visible. We are the wild hog capital of our state... So someone not from here, is likely to cross them if they're just traversing open wilderness, not really knowing what they're doing. The four pronged approach is... -Stocking supplies -Cultivating supplies -Networking with like minded neighbors and friends. -Strengthening defense to suit what we have to protect.

Nate is smart. Plain and simple and should be applauded for his time and effort spent on producing the videos he does. One day we will realize he saves lives. Don't begrudge his business those videos are costly to produce and we get them for free. Thank you Steve, I'm a new subscriber and on the hunt for your books. You guys are in more danger and scrutiny by the powers that want to be for being and advocate for the rest of us. Stay safe!

The issue of security is high on my mind, I'm a single mom with an elderly mother whose in her 80's and is disabled. We live in a rural-ish large town...not ideal according to most preppers but whatever happens we are bugging in! I have no other choice. So I recently had bars put on my windows and security steel doors over the regular entries in to the house and new steel roll doors on the garage. I'm canning more than I ever have. My next job is to set up a rain water catchment system. There are many gaps in my prepping which I am pretty sure I won't ever be able to fill due to my circumstances and (lack of) expertise, so now it's just about gathering things when money allows and before time runs out...

It entirely depends on the type of "collapse" and where you are as to how you should prepare. We had a natural disaster where we were cut off from metro for five days. It took less than 24 hours for the human predators to start showing up looting and scamming in various ways. The local store that supplied gas for BBQ's etc started over charging. The bakery started charging $10 for a loaf of bread. Inside 24 hours. Once people get from perceived lack of legal consequence to actual lack of legal consequence, you will be fighting for your existence inside 2 days.

As a family of a minimum income, we just need to practice NOT TO EAT WHEN NOT HUNGRY and lessen snacking which we always do.

I have been prepping because it's how we were raised. We were poor so was my wife's family. This month after the goat kids were weaned we made 35lbs of cheese rather than deal with milk trying to preserve it. Eventually the new batch of breeding does will occur and the next cycle begins. We live in an isolated area of western Colorado we grow our own foods and raise our own meats. We fix our cars trucks and tractors invest in metals fabricate our own equipment and parts and we do fine without stores. I watch these channels and I see gaps in how people think and really the best way to begin readiness is to analyze your daily needs for a month a quarter a year then do it. Use what's available to you. Fancy tactile shit isn't important but reliable firearms that are adequate for all members of you house. Reloading ammo and supplies to that end are more important than the latest ar. Growing is essential as is well water. Powering your place independant of the grid. Communications. A plan for defense. A piece of equipment or so to move earth in a hurry. Covered growing areas in case of fallout. Tarps to cover outside soils. So in case of a nuke upwind of you you can protect your growing areas. Medicines medical reference books natural remedy books a way to make alcohol. Alcohol sanitizes water skin extracts plants to make tinctures and can be used for pain. Have a still to make it. Store feed for animals in barrels and grains for you. Save seeds. Garden your ass off and learn to preserve it. Drying is better than canning if you are just starting out. My family dried everything. We didn't have power or running water so drying was efficient. The food is much healthier as well if it's dried. Cure meat have salt lots of it sugar vinegar and potassium nitrate. It's all used in preserving foods. Learn to salt cure smoke meats and fish. Learn about raising animals and treating them for illness. Learn to enjoy tasks together it makes it easier. Be kind to each other spend time together. It's important. Be prepared to defend your way of life. Get right with God and Jesus understand what made you who you are. I pray on stuff all the time answer's come to me when I'm deserving. Finally realize you can't know everything but know where to look for solutions. Learn to improvise. Think and discuss. Trust me I don't have all the ideas. I am an electrician a plumber by trade but I did power generation operated water treatment facility and I do instrumentation like automation controls. I worked in the gas and oil business and ran my own bars and restaurants for a lot of years.. I have done alot of industrial jobs.. folks don't be a one trick pony never stop thinking and learning. Some of us old guys can rebuild this stuff when it's time we can help you.

I had an all electric house built. I was laughed at. My house is the only one that is off gridable with either solar or gasoline generator, of the three houses just built, because my neighbors need a gas line that the gas company won’t hook up until they have the electric line finished & the electric company won’t run a line to hook up the power, because a rich ex-judge on the cliff won’t sign off on replacing the very old pole that stands on their property with a new one with more hookups. They’re in stalemate. I guarantee you we will all be suing. I am the only one set up to wait the electric company & judge out as I can turn on a generator and have hot water and cook. My neighbors can’t legally move in their house until they have their gas & electricity. And they can’t run their water heater, oven & range, or dryer with just an electric generator because all those appliances are gas. Which isn’t hooked up. I picked an all electric because it was simple and I didn’t want to be forced to pay higher rates on gas as it goes up over time, just to have hot water & cook. The state said it would tax gas more. I can solar panel for electric. The corporations & state control all those prices & whether you can have what they are selling or not. I just control my own home.

Canadian Prepper is an intelligent prepper with a large following. I watch him daily. Like your channel you seem down to earth.

Such a gentleman you are to build him up! I subscribed to you-you are very kind.

I just found you and will watch often. We have not told anyone about what we have prepped. Our one thing we are concerned about is we still live in the suburbs.

Just stumbled across your channel today. Your subject for the day is about what Canadian Prepper said one of his videos. I’m subscribed to Canadian Prepper and have been for quite a few years and I’ve been prepping for about 30 years, as best as I can remember. You certainly sound like you know what you’re talking about. I Liked and Subscribed. Thank you for your excellent perspective on what’s going on around us and also what the CP said about us Real Preppers. Good stuff. Keep prepping every day!