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How to Build Emergency Winter Shelters

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Avoid Hypothermia and Build Emergency Snowshoes

By Tim MacWelch

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8 Ways Cotton Can Actually Help You in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Rig a Paiute Deadfall Trap, Step by Step

By Tim MacWelch

How Duct Tape Can Help You Survive Almost Anything
Gear

How Duct Tape Can Help You Survive Almost Anything

By Tim MacWelch

12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them
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12 Remarkable Survival Stories, and What We Should Learn From Them

By Tim MacWelch

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46 Survival Skills to Keep You Entertained in the Backyard and Alive in the Backcountry

By Conrad Allen

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How to Properly Grill Meat Over an Open Fire

By Tim MacWelch

Making a Bola
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How to Make a Bola for Small Game Hunting

By Tim MacWelch

Primitive Tools
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Survival Skills: How to Quickly Craft Sharp Stone Tools

By Tim MacWelch

Primitive Fishing
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Survival Skills: 3 Odd Techniques For Primitive Fishing

By Tim MacWelch

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5 Clues for Tracking Wild Animals Besides Tracks

By Tim MacWelch

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Primitive Ceramics: How to Make Your Own Clay Pots

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: How to Build an Atlatl Spear

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Build the Perfect Bird’s Nest Tinder Bundle

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Tie a Square Lashing—and 5 Survival Uses for This Knot

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Cut Your Own Feathers for Survival Arrow Fletchings

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: 5 Safety Tips For Felling Trees with an Ax

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Make a DIY Backyard Forge

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Make the Most of Your Fire with a Reflecting Wall

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Build a Tripod Filter to Purify Water Afield

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Survive an Avalanche

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: 3 Ways to Make Survival Bread (Without an Oven)

By Tim MacWelch

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4 Reasons You Should Never Drink Untreated Water in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

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The 4 Survival Priorities You Should Know and Practice

By Tim MacWelch

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Why Tenacity in a Survival Situation is Priceless

By Tim MacWelch

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4 Unexpected Fire Starters You Can Use in an Emergency

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Safely Cross Mountain Streams with a Heavy Pack

By Tyler Freel

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5 Tricks to Preserve Perishable Food During a Summer Power Outage

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: How to Avoid 5 Common Mistakes in Bulk Food Storage

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: How to Peel Tree Bark to Make a Container

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival

How to Cold-Hammer Coins and Keys Into Useful Survival Tools

By Tim MacWelch

How to Brain-Tan a Deer Hide in 8 Steps
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How to Brain-Tan a Deer Hide in 8 Steps

By Brad Fitzpatrick

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The Best Types of Wood and Tinder for Starting a Friction Fire

By Tim MacWelch

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3 Ways to Fortify Your Home In the Event of a Crisis

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: 3 Ways to Make a Wooden Bowl in the Wild

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: 3 Wild Roots for Spring Foraging

By Tim MacWelch

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Dead Wrong: 26 Survival Myths That Can Get You Killed

By Tim MacWelch

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Off-the-Grid Survival: How to Disappear (Or, What Not to Do If You Want to Be Rescued)

By Conrad Allen

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The Psychology of Survival: Inside the Minds of 4 Survivors

Your Brain on Survival: The Physiological Response to a Life-Threatening Situation
Survival

Your Brain on Survival: The Physiological Response to a Life-Threatening Situation

By Brad Fitzpatrick

How to Install an Old Fashioned Outhouse for Emergency Sanitation
Survival

How to Install an Old Fashioned Outhouse for Emergency Sanitation

By Tim MacWelch

How to Set Up A Gravity-Fed Water Supply for a Survival Situation
Survival

How to Set Up A Gravity-Fed Water Supply for a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

5 Things You Need in a Bug-Out Vehicle
Survival

5 Things You Need in a Bug-Out Vehicle

By Tim MacWelch

How to Make an Outdoor Ice Cache for Frozen Food Storage in Winter
Survival

How to Make an Outdoor Ice Cache for Frozen Food Storage in Winter

By Tim MacWelch

How to Assess Ice for Safety, and a Rescue Tool You Should Carry for Emergencies
Fishing

How to Assess Ice for Safety, and a Rescue Tool You Should Carry for Emergencies

By Tim MacWelch

Prepare Hides Better with This Simple Trick for Turning Ears
Hunting

Prepare Hides Better with This Simple Trick for Turning Ears

By Tyler Freel

2 Reasons Every Survivalist Should Maintain a Functional Fireplace
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2 Reasons Every Survivalist Should Maintain a Functional Fireplace

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: 3 Ways To Stop Severe Bleeding
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Survival Skills: 3 Ways To Stop Severe Bleeding

By Tim MacWelch

5 Ways of Treating Hypothermia That Are Actually Dangerous Myths
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5 Ways of Treating Hypothermia That Are Actually Dangerous Myths

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: How to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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Survival Skills: How to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

By Tim MacWelch

5 Survival Uses of the Safety Pin
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5 Survival Uses of the Safety Pin

By Tim MacWelch

Practice the 4 Survival Priorities of Shelter, Water, Fire, and Food
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Practice the 4 Survival Priorities of Shelter, Water, Fire, and Food

By Tim MacWelch

10 Survival Uses for a Sock
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10 Survival Uses for a Sock

By Tim MacWelch

8 Things to Know About Natural Navigation
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8 Things to Know About Natural Navigation

By Tim MacWelch

3 Reasons You Should Consider Using Flint and Steel to Make a Fire
Survival

3 Reasons You Should Consider Using Flint and Steel to Make a Fire

By Tim MacWelch

How to Use Body Grip Traps for Survival and Self-Reliance
Survival

How to Use Body Grip Traps for Survival and Self-Reliance

By Tim MacWelch

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3 Ways to Ration Your Bug-Out Supplies in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: How to Turn a Tarp and Blanket Into a Bedroll
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Survival Skills: How to Turn a Tarp and Blanket Into a Bedroll

By Tim MacWelch

Manhunt: 5 Tips for Successfully Tracking a Human
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Manhunt: 5 Tips for Successfully Tracking a Human

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: 5 Survival Uses of the Black Walnut Tree
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Survival Skills: 5 Survival Uses of the Black Walnut Tree

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: 5 Easy Ways to Cook a Campfire Feast
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Survival Skills: 5 Easy Ways to Cook a Campfire Feast

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Book Review: The Survival Medicine Handbook
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Survival Book Review: The Survival Medicine Handbook

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: How to Make Knives from Rocks
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Survival Skills: How to Make Knives from Rocks

By Tim MacWelch