Survival

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a pile of morel mushrooms.
Survival

How to Hunt Morel Mushrooms Like Your Life Depends on It

By Tim MacWelch

Florid Panther in Everglades National Park
Hunting

Florida Panther (or Bobcat) Mauls Turkey Hunter

By Joe Genzel

child carrying a log in woods.
Survival

11 Outdoor Skills You Can Teach Your Child

By Christine Peterson

Man by a survivalist campfire.
Survival

The 10 Best Survival Schools for Hunters and Anglers

By Tim MacWelch

A knife being sharpened on a wet stone.
Survival

8 Wood Carving Skills for Survival

By Tim MacWelch

Hunters hiking in the Kodiak
Survival

9 Natural Shelters that will Save Your Life

By Tim MacWelch

landscape of sun shining over a frozen lake.
Survival

7 Ways To Survive On The Ice

By Tim MacWelch

pinecone hanging in a tree.
Survival

8 Ways to Use Evergreen Trees in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

Hunter hiking through a rocky hillside.
Survival

The Truth About Mountain Fitness

By Tyler Freel

A deer hide stretched out on the grass.
Hunting

10 Deer Parts That Will Keep You Alive

By Tim MacWelch

How to make candles from deer tallow.
Hunting

How to Make Candles Out of Deer Tallow

By Ali Juten

hunter holding up a large wolf pelt.
Survival

10 Lessons for First-Time Fur Trappers

By Tyler Freel

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Guns

How to Pick the Right Sidearm for Backup Bear Protection

By Will Brantley

a basket full of acorns
Survival

The Ultimate Guide to Foraging and Eating Acorns

By Tim MacWelch

A Guide to the 15 Best Survival Traps of All Time
Survival

A Guide to the 15 Best Survival Traps of All Time

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Shelters: 15 Best Designs and How to Build Them
Survival

Survival Shelters: 15 Best Designs and How to Build Them

By Tim MacWelch

What We Can Learn From 3 Back-to-Back Grizzly Attacks on Hunters in Montana
Survival

What We Can Learn From 3 Back-to-Back Grizzly Attacks on Hunters in Montana

By Tim MacWelch

5 Ways To Eat Acorns for Survival
Survival

5 Ways To Eat Acorns for Survival

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Skills: 10 Ways to Purify Water
Survival

Survival Skills: 10 Ways to Purify Water

By Tim MacWelch

I Got Alpha-Gal (The Tick-Borne Disease That’s a Hunter’s Worst Nightmare)
Survival

I Got Alpha-Gal (The Tick-Borne Disease That’s a Hunter’s Worst Nightmare)

By Alex Robinson

Hickory leaves and nuts
Survival

15 Trees Every Outdoor Lover Should Learn to Identify

By Tim MacWelch

seagull
Survival

13 Gross Animals You Can Eat in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

What Hunters Need to Know About Altitude Sickness (And How to Avoid It)
Survival

What Hunters Need to Know About Altitude Sickness (And How to Avoid It)

By Tim MacWelch

three glasses of bourbon with ice
Survival

23 Different Ways Alcohol Could Save Your Life in an Emergency

By Tim MacWelch

11 Common Survival Mistakes That Can Get You Killed
Survival

11 Common Survival Mistakes That Can Get You Killed

By Tim MacWelch

13 Toxic Wild Plants That Look Like Food
Survival

13 Toxic Wild Plants That Look Like Food

By Tim MacWelch

Beat the Heat in a Survival Situation
Survival

Beat the Heat in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival

Build The Ultimate Natural Disaster Survival Kit

By Tim MacWelch

Larry Dahlberg has traveled the globe looking for the biggest and meanest fish that swim.
Fishing

Dangerous Fish That Can Kill You!

By Outdoor Life Online Editor

How to Survive Wild Animal Attacks
Survival

How to Survive Wild Animal Attacks

By Rich Johnson

An Expert’s Guide on How to Stay Alive in Grizzly Bear Country
Survival

An Expert’s Guide on How to Stay Alive in Grizzly Bear Country

By Tyler Freel

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Survival

9 of the Most Annoying Bugs On The Planet

By Gerry Bethge

8 Common Wild Plants That Are Poisonous to Your Dog
Hunting

8 Common Wild Plants That Are Poisonous to Your Dog

By Tim MacWelch

Survival Cooking: How to Cook with Sticks
Survival

Survival Cooking: How to Cook with Sticks

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival

Real or Fake: The Truth About 10 Hollywood Survival Scenes

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival

10 Essential First-Aid Skills that Every Outdoorsperson Should Master

By Tim MacWelch

rattlesnake under rocky cover
Survival

7 Ways Not To Die From A Rattlesnake Bite

By Michael Hanback

branches tied together with paracord
Survival

10 Ways to Use Paracord in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

How to Remove Porcupine Quills For Fun and Profit
Survival

How to Remove Porcupine Quills For Fun and Profit

By Toby Walrath

wickiup survival shelter
Survival

How to Build Emergency Winter Shelters

By Tim MacWelch

cross pieces of sticks lashed together
Survival

How to Avoid Hypothermia and Build Emergency Snowshoes

By Tim MacWelch

winter survival plants you can eat
Survival

How to Find and Identify 13 Wild Winter Edibles

By Tim MacWelch

cotton balls and kendall vaseline
Survival

8 Ways Cotton Can Actually Help You in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

a paiute deadfall trap
Survival

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

boating in backcountry
Survival

10 Ways to Die in the Backcountry

By Tyler Freel

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

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

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival

Order of Operations in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Survival

15 Wild Edibles You Can Forage for in the Fall

By Tim MacWelch

How I Survived A Double Grizzly Attack
Survival

How I Survived A Double Grizzly Attack

By Todd Orr

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Survival

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

By Conrad Allen

Fomes fomentarius fungus
Survival

You Can Use These 2 Kinds of Tree Fungus for Fire Tinder

By Tim MacWelch

How to identify Chicory
Survival

Two Wild Alternatives to Coffee

By Tim MacWelch

Elderberries
Survival

How to Identify the Elderberry Bush

By Tim MacWelch

Backcountry Grilling
Survival

How to Properly Grill Meat Over an Open Fire

By Tim MacWelch

Foraging for Wild Berries
Survival

3 Tricks for Staving Off Hunger in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

Making a Bola
Survival

How to Make a Bola for Small Game Hunting

By Tim MacWelch

Foraging for Wild Berries
Survival

7 Ways to Identify Edible Fruits and Berries

By Tim MacWelch

Burn First Aid
Survival

How to Treat Burns in the Wilderness

By Tim MacWelch

Primitive Tools
Survival

Survival Skills: How to Quickly Craft Sharp Stone Tools

By Tim MacWelch

Urban Foraging
Survival

5 Edible Plants for Urban Foragers

By Tim MacWelch

Primitive Fishing
Survival

Survival Skills: 3 Odd Techniques For Primitive Fishing

By Tim MacWelch

cottonwood tree
Survival

4 Early Summer Trees That Are Most Useful for Survival

By Tim MacWelch

turkey tracks in red dirt
Survival

5 Clues for Tracking Wild Animals Besides Tracks

By Tim MacWelch

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Big Game Hunting

Missouri Hunters Can Now Use Drones to Recover Deer, Turkeys, and Other Game

By Dac Collins

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Big Game Hunting

What Do Elk Eat? Here’s What Every Elk Hunter Should Know

By Alice Jones Webb

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Guns

No, YouTube Hasn’t Banned Firearms Content and Sponsorships, at Least Not Yet

By Dave Maccar

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Fishing

Alligator Gar Released in Texas Could Be the Biggest Ever Caught by a Woman

By Bob McNally