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Survival Skills

The most important survival skills written by top experts.

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Survival Skills

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

By Orval C. Johnson

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Survival Skills

8 Weird Yet Effective Ways to Start a Fire

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills

These Are the 12 Most Dangerous Plants Hiding in Plain Sight. How Many Can You Identify?

By Craig Caudill

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Survival Skills

5 White-Knuckle Tales from Bush Pilots Who Nearly Died, But Didn’t

By Christopher Batin

Hand-knapped stone points on handmade arrow shafts.
Survival Skills

Why I Keep Choosing Bushcraft Over Modern Convenience

By Rick Spicer

A U-Haul truck on a road; two hunting guide buddies in Maine.
Survival Skills

Two Hunting Guides Driving a U-Haul Helped Catch a Shooting Suspect in a High-Speed Chase

By Dac Collins

A rock with the word "HELP" scrawled on it.
Survival Skills

Missing Man Found in Canadian Wilderness After Scrawling ‘HELP’ on Makeshift Rock Shelter

By Dac Collins

A Utah hunting guide in the mountains; the guide's pointer.
Survival Skills

After Rolling His UTV, This Man Crawled 11 Hours Through the Mountains with Only His Dog to Guide Him

By Kris Millgate

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Survival Skills

If This Search and Rescue Team Can’t Find You, No One Can

By Ben East

A truck falls backward over the edge of a cliff
Survival Skills

My Dog and I Were Trapped in My Sinking Pickup

By Jaime Rios

A Utah duck hunter and his Lab out on the water.
Survival Skills

This Happened to Me: I Nearly Drowned, Then Froze to Death, on My Duck Dog’s First Hunt

By Chad Incorvia

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Survival Skills

How to Use Bear Spray

By Cameron Evans

Bear tracks walk through snow on a path in the woods.
Survival Skills

Identifying Animal Tracks — A Complete Guide

By Katie Hill

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Survival Skills

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

By Katie Hill

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Survival Skills

A Beginner’s Guide to Bushcraft

By Cameron Evans

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Survival Skills

How to Start a Fire: The Ultimate Guide to Modern Fire Building

By Kevin Estela

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Survival Skills

Outdoor Life Launches New Audio Book: The Wildest Survival Stories of All Time

By Alex Robinson

Two photos of duck hunters after successful mallard hunts.
Survival Skills

Stranded Hunters Survive Freezing Night on the Water by Building a Fire with Duck Decoys in Their Cooler

By Dac Collins

A dead rabbit lays in the snow next to a shotgun.
Survival Skills

How to Skin a Rabbit

By Alice Jones Webb

Two fishermen with a boatload of hunting dogs.
Survival Skills

Crappie Fishermen Save 38 Dogs from Drowning in Mississippi’s Grenada Lake

By Dac Collins