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16 Stranded Hikers Rescued in Oregon After Blisters Prevented Them from Hiking Out
Survival

16 Stranded Hikers Rescued in Oregon After Blisters Prevented Them from Hiking Out

By: Katie Hill

How to Sharpen an Axe
Camping Gear

How to Sharpen an Axe

By: Drew Conover

Watch: Spearfisherman Gets in a Vicious Fight with Sea Lion That Tries to Steal His Fish
Animal Attacks

Watch: Spearfisherman Gets in a Vicious Fight with Sea Lion That Tries to Steal His Fish

By: Dac Collins

Shed Hunter Killed in California Mountain Lion Attack Died Protecting His Brother
Animal Attacks

Shed Hunter Killed in California Mountain Lion Attack Died Protecting His Brother

By: Dac Collins

Brown Bear Identified with ‘Biometric Drone’ Killed 10 Days After It Attacked 5 People in a Slovak Village
Animal Attacks

Brown Bear Identified with ‘Biometric Drone’ Killed 10 Days After It Attacked 5 People in a Slovak Village

By: Dac Collins

Mountain Lion Attacks California Shed Hunters, Killing One and Injuring Another
Animal Attacks

Mountain Lion Attacks California Shed Hunters, Killing One and Injuring Another

By: Katie Hill

Watch: Man Uses Thermal to Find Morels, Gets Skewered on Instagram
Foraging & Gardening

Watch: Man Uses Thermal to Find Morels, Gets Skewered on Instagram

By: Katie Hill

Frozen Terror, One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time
Survival

Frozen Terror, One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time

By: Ben East

Watch: Skier Sticks His Hand in a Coyote’s Face, Seems Surprised When It Bites Him
Animal Attacks

Watch: Skier Sticks His Hand in a Coyote’s Face, Seems Surprised When It Bites Him

By: Katie Hill

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives
Animal Attacks

Trying to Stop a Brown Bear Attack with a .38 Special, from the Archives

By: Cecil Rhode

How to Fell a Tree
Foraging & Gardening

How to Fell a Tree

By: Dac Collins

Gator Bites Off Fisherman’s Hand on a Florida Golf Course
Animal Attacks

Gator Bites Off Fisherman’s Hand on a Florida Golf Course

By: Katie Hill

Iditarod Musher Gets Time Penalty for Poorly Gutting the Moose He Killed in Self-Defense
Adventure

Iditarod Musher Gets Time Penalty for Poorly Gutting the Moose He Killed in Self-Defense

By: Katie Hill

A Hiker Says He Was Attacked by a Cougar. Officials Say It Never Happened
Animal Attacks

A Hiker Says He Was Attacked by a Cougar. Officials Say It Never Happened

By: Dac Collins

Black Bear Attacks Pennsylvania Woman in Her Own Backyard
Animal Attacks

Black Bear Attacks Pennsylvania Woman in Her Own Backyard

By: Katie Hill

5-Time Iditarod Champion Kills a Moose, Guts It Mid-Race
Adventure

5-Time Iditarod Champion Kills a Moose, Guts It Mid-Race

By: Katie Hill

Hikers and Backpackers in the American West Hit Their Garmin InReach SOS Button Most Often
Adventure

Hikers and Backpackers in the American West Hit Their Garmin InReach SOS Button Most Often

By: Dac Collins

In These High-Tech Times, We Need Bushcraft More Than Ever
Survival

In These High-Tech Times, We Need Bushcraft More Than Ever

By: Rick Spicer

An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives
Big Game Hunting

An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives

By: Elwyn "Bud" Myers

This Survival Instructor’s Lesson? The Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You
Adventure

This Survival Instructor’s Lesson? The Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You

Story by Andrew McKean, Photographs by Benjamin Rasmussen

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Ammo

The 280 Ackley Improved Is Still One of the Greatest Western Big Game Cartridges

By: Andrew McKean

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Conservation

Migrating Mallard Clocked at a Record Speed of Nearly 100 MPH

By: Katie Hill

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Adventure

The Best Portable Power Stations of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By: Laura Lancaster

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Swarovski AX Visio Review: The Most Advanced, and Controversial, Birding Binocular

By: Andrew McKean