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How to Fell a Tree Foraging & Gardening

How to Fell a Tree

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

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

Watch: Fishing Guide Rescues Kayaker from Deadly Low-Head Dam Survival

Watch: Fishing Guide Rescues Kayaker from Deadly Low-Head Dam

By: Dac Collins

Watch: Nebraska Man Rescues an Ice Fisherman (and His Fish Finder) Using a Tent Bag, a Kayak, and Two Hammers Fishing

Watch: Nebraska Man Rescues an Ice Fisherman (and His Fish Finder) Using a Tent Bag, a Kayak, and Two Hammers

By: Dac Collins

A Complete Guide to Animal Tracks Survival

A Complete Guide to Animal Tracks

By: Katie Hill

A Beginner’s Guide to Bushcraft Survival

A Beginner’s Guide to Bushcraft

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More Than 100 Ice Fishermen Rescued, 2 Dead, in Minnesota This Winter Fishing

More Than 100 Ice Fishermen Rescued, 2 Dead, in Minnesota This Winter

By: Dac Collins

The 6 Best Survival Movies, Plus 2 We Hate Gear

The 6 Best Survival Movies, Plus 2 We Hate

By: Katie Hill

Trapper Reunites Service Dog Missing for 5 Weeks with Retired Navy SEAL Survival

Trapper Reunites Service Dog Missing for 5 Weeks with Retired Navy SEAL

By: Katie Hill

Pemmican Recipe: How to Make This Nutrient-Dense Trail Food Adventure

Pemmican Recipe: How to Make This Nutrient-Dense Trail Food

By: Katie Hill

How to Tan a Deer Hide, the Easy Way Big Game Hunting

How to Tan a Deer Hide, the Easy Way

By: Beka Garris

The Best Ferro Rods, Tested and Reviewed Gear

The Best Ferro Rods, Tested and Reviewed

By: Tim MacWelch

How to Tie a Slip Knot Survival

How to Tie a Slip Knot

By: Joe Cermele

This Is Why I Won’t Duck Hunt Alone Anymore, From the Archives Duck Hunting

This Is Why I Won’t Duck Hunt Alone Anymore, From the Archives

By: H.A. Shanklin

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying Big Game Hunting

A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying

By: Olive A. Fredrickson

Hunters Rescue Bird Dog That Fell Down a Mineshaft, Credit GPS Collars and Climbing Rope Hunting

Hunters Rescue Bird Dog That Fell Down a Mineshaft, Credit GPS Collars and Climbing Rope

By: Dac Collins

How to Tie a Square Knot Survival

How to Tie a Square Knot

By: Joe Cermele

Missing 75-Year-Old Hunter Rescued by the Men He Taught to Hunt Survival

Missing 75-Year-Old Hunter Rescued by the Men He Taught to Hunt

By: Dac Collins

How to Tie a Bowline Knot Survival

How to Tie a Bowline Knot

By: Joe Cermele

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