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Wilderness Survival

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An illustration of a man lost in the woods running in front of a mirage station wagon
Wilderness Survival

My Buddy and I Got Lost on a Wilderness Hunt. I Survived, But He Didn’t

By Guy Beauregard

A black and blue and white illustration of a hunter getting caught in floodwaters with a plane in the background.
Wilderness Survival

A Fly-In Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival Against Wolves and High Water

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

An illustration of a canoe capsizing in a giant wave.
Wilderness Survival

A Freak Storm Flipped Our Canoe, and My Buddy Didn’t Make It. Here’s Where We Went Wrong

By Jim Hoagland, Don M. Campbell

An onX pin showing where the body of Kaden Sites was found.
Wilderness Survival

‘End to the Mystery.’ Body of Missing Turkey Hunter Found After 11-Day Search in Southern Colorado

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a man falling out of a massive wave in a boat in a storm.
Wilderness Survival

How I Almost Drowned During a Coast Guard Rescue in a Freak Storm

By Orval C. Johnson

An illustration of a woman riding a horse by a moose getting attacked by wolves
Wilderness Survival

I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Heart of Wolf Country. These Are the Tough Lessons We Had to Learn

By Olive A. Fredrickson

A composite of Kaden Sites and S&R crews.
Wilderness Survival

Search for Missing Colorado Turkey Hunter Enters Sixth Day

By Kris Millgate

A first-person perspective of a helicopter rescue in Minnesota.
Wilderness Survival

Minnesota Wildlife Officer Airlifted After Falling 20 Feet While Removing an Illegal Tree Stand

By Kubie Brown

A woman runs from a family of black bears in an illustration
Wilderness Survival

I Raised 3 Kids Alone in the Wilderness. Surviving Bear and Moose Attacks Was (Almost) Routine

By Olive A. Fredrickson

A painting of a main in the snow with a handful of flames
Wilderness Survival

I Nearly Died in the Woods Because I Broke the Cardinal Rule of Getting Lost

By Robert Fisher, as told to Ben East

an illustration of a lost, haggard man
Wilderness Survival

The Miraculous Story of How an Old, Lost Hunter Was Rescued from the Woods, Against All Odds

By Ben East

A color illustration of a wolf attacking a grizzly over a caribou carcass.
Wilderness Survival

I Spent 40 Years Living with Wolves. They Still Manage to Surprise Me

as told to Jim Rearden, By Frank Glaser

SAR personnel training in the Grand Canyon.
Wilderness Survival

Watch: Epic Rescue Footage Shows Hiker Dangling from a Helicopter Over the Grand Canyon

By Dac Collins

A green yellow illustration of a man descending a cliff.
Wilderness Survival

It Took Rescuers Days to Find Us in a Remote Canyon. It Took Even Longer to Figure Out How to Get Us Out

By Keith E. Oveson

A portrait of a smiling woman with a big leather hat beside a cactus against a blue sky
Wilderness Survival

This Survival Instructor Wants You to Know the Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You

By Andrew McKean

Thick trees in the fog
Wilderness Survival

A Lost Kid Wandered into My Camp. It’s a Miracle He Found It

By Nick Fasciano

An illustration of two hunters waving at a plane.
Wilderness Survival

I Was Lost for 10 Terrible Days in the Ontario Wilderness

By Elwyn "Bud" Myers

An illustration of two men escaping from a crashed plane as the pilot remains strapped in.
Wilderness Survival

I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash

By Casey West, As told to Dac Collins

old magazine illustration of moose and canoe
Wilderness Survival

After My Husband Died, I Learned to Homestead Solo and Feed Our 3 Kids. Here’s How We Survived

By Olive A. Fredrickson

An illustration of a guide creeping along a rock.
Wilderness Survival

Is It a Guide’s Job to Risk His Life for a Client?

By Eric Collier