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4 Spring Flowers You Can Eat 4 Spring Flowers You Can Eat

By Tim MacWelch

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Primitive Ceramics: How to Make Your Own Clay Pots Primitive Ceramics: How to Make Your Own Clay Pots

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: How to Build an Atlatl Spear 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 How to Build the Perfect Bird’s Nest Tinder Bundle

By Tim MacWelch

Top 10 Venomous Snakes to Look Out for on a Hunting Trip

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Top 10 Venomous Snakes to Look Out for on a Hunting Trip Top 10 Venomous Snakes to Look Out for on a Hunting Trip

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

By Tim MacWelch

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8 Tricks for Emergency Cooking in a Natural Disaster 8 Tricks for Emergency Cooking in a Natural Disaster

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Cut Your Own Feathers for Survival Arrow Fletchings 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 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 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 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 How to Build a Tripod Filter to Purify Water Afield

By Tim MacWelch

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5 Ways to Use Hot Rocks in a Survival Situation 5 Ways to Use Hot Rocks in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Survive an Avalanche How to Survive an Avalanche

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: 3 Ways to Make Survival Bread (Without an Oven) 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 4 Reasons You Should Never Drink Untreated Water in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

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3 Alternative Home Remedies for Fighting the Norovirus 3 Alternative Home Remedies for Fighting the Norovirus

By Tim MacWelch

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Hunting

The Buck, the Bowhunter, and the Lion The Buck, the Bowhunter, and the Lion

By Aaron Hitchins

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The 4 Survival Priorities You Should Know and Practice The 4 Survival Priorities You Should Know and Practice

By Tim MacWelch

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Wild Persimmon: Tricks and Treats From This Tasty Fruit Wild Persimmon: Tricks and Treats From This Tasty Fruit

By Tim MacWelch

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Why Tenacity in a Survival Situation is Priceless 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 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 How to Safely Cross Mountain Streams with a Heavy Pack

Gear

Why Chia Seeds Are a Magical Snack for Backcountry Hunters Why Chia Seeds Are a Magical Snack for Backcountry Hunters

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Take a Dry Run to Pack and Prepare for Your Backcountry Hunt Take a Dry Run to Pack and Prepare for Your Backcountry Hunt

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Built to Survive: 3 Physical Traits of the Human Body That Keep Us Alive Built to Survive: 3 Physical Traits of the Human Body That Keep Us Alive

By Tim MacWelch

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5 Tricks to Preserve Perishable Food During a Summer Power Outage 5 Tricks to Preserve Perishable Food During a Summer Power Outage

By Tim MacWelch

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10 Survival Uses for Blackberries 10 Survival Uses for Blackberries

By Tim MacWelch

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3 Ways to Get Water From a Modern Well if the Grid Goes Down 3 Ways to Get Water From a Modern Well if the Grid Goes Down

By Tim MacWelch

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6 Doomsday Supplies That You’ve Understocked 6 Doomsday Supplies That You’ve Understocked

By Tim MacWelch

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A Recipe for Grandma’s Wild Black Raspberry Jam A Recipe for Grandma’s Wild Black Raspberry Jam

By Jamie Carlson

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Survival Skills: How to Avoid 5 Common Mistakes in Bulk Food Storage 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 Survival Skills: How to Peel Tree Bark to Make a Container

By Tim MacWelch

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

By Tim MacWelch

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10 Handy Survival Uses for Seashells 10 Handy Survival Uses for Seashells

By Tim MacWelch

How to Brain-Tan a Deer Hide in 8 Steps

Hunting

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

By Brad Fitzpatrick

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How to Use Thistles for Food, Water, and Fire in a Survival Situation How to Use Thistles for Food, Water, and Fire in a Survival Situation

By Tim MacWelch

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

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Lessons After Park Service Releases More Information on Death of Appalachian Trail Hiker Survival Lessons After Park Service Releases More Information on Death of Appalachian Trail Hiker

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Pick and Prepare Stinging Nettles for Cooking, Plus a Recipe for Nettle Gnocchi and Smoked Trout How to Pick and Prepare Stinging Nettles for Cooking, Plus a Recipe for Nettle Gnocchi and Smoked Trout

By Jamie Carlson

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

By Tim MacWelch

Hunting

The 10 Toughest Mountain Men and Women The 10 Toughest Mountain Men and Women

Survival

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

By Tim MacWelch

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Don’t “Cut and Suck” a Snakebite—Do This Instead If You’re Bitten by a Venomous Snake Don’t “Cut and Suck” a Snakebite—Do This Instead If You’re Bitten by a Venomous Snake

By Tim MacWelch

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How to Forage for Ramps, and Recipes for Using Them in Wild-Game Cooking How to Forage for Ramps, and Recipes for Using Them in Wild-Game Cooking

By Jamie Carlson

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5 Handy Survival Applications for Duct Tape (That You Might Not Think About) 5 Handy Survival Applications for Duct Tape (That You Might Not Think About)

By Tim MacWelch

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Survival Skills: 3 Wild Roots for Spring Foraging 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 Dead Wrong: 26 Survival Myths That Can Get You Killed

By Tim MacWelch

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5 Things You Shouldn’t Do During an Earthquake 5 Things You Shouldn’t Do During an Earthquake

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) 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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How to Identify and Use the Common Mullein for Natural Uses and Survival Situations How to Identify and Use the Common Mullein for Natural Uses and Survival Situations

By Tim MacWelch

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72-year-old Woman Survives 9 Days in the Desert, Says Survival Training Saved Her 72-year-old Woman Survives 9 Days in the Desert, Says Survival Training Saved Her

By Tim MacWelch

3 Ways To Disinfect Water In a Plastic Bottle to Make It Potable

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3 Ways To Disinfect Water In a Plastic Bottle to Make It Potable 3 Ways To Disinfect Water In a Plastic Bottle to Make It Potable

By Tim MacWelch

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The Psychology of Survival: Inside the Minds of 4 Survivors The Psychology of Survival: Inside the Minds of 4 Survivors

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

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

By Brad Fitzpatrick

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Eye of the Tiger: A Hawaiian Spearfisherman Survives a Brutal Shark Attack Eye of the Tiger: A Hawaiian Spearfisherman Survives a Brutal Shark Attack

By Natalie Krebs

The Crash: 16-Year-Old Autumn Veatch Survives in the Cascades After Her Plane Goes Down

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The Crash: 16-Year-Old Autumn Veatch Survives in the Cascades After Her Plane Goes Down The Crash: 16-Year-Old Autumn Veatch Survives in the Cascades After Her Plane Goes Down

By Natalie Krebs

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Hunting

One Wrong Step: A Solo Elk Hunter’s Crawl Out of the Backcountry One Wrong Step: A Solo Elk Hunter’s Crawl Out of the Backcountry

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7 Types of Energy for Survival and Self-Reliance If the Grid Goes Down 7 Types of Energy for Survival and Self-Reliance If the Grid Goes Down

By Tim MacWelch

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Secret Garden: How to Grow a Hidden Survival Garden in Plain Sight Secret Garden: How to Grow a Hidden Survival Garden in Plain Sight

By Tim MacWelch

5 Tips to Help You Survive and Escape a Mob or Panicked Crowd

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5 Tips to Help You Survive and Escape a Mob or Panicked Crowd 5 Tips to Help You Survive and Escape a Mob or Panicked Crowd

By Tim MacWelch

4 Types of Camp Stoves for Survival Situations, Bug-Outs, and Emergencies

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4 Types of Camp Stoves for Survival Situations, Bug-Outs, and Emergencies 4 Types of Camp Stoves for Survival Situations, Bug-Outs, and Emergencies

By Tim MacWelch

How to Install an Old Fashioned Outhouse for Emergency Sanitation

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How to Install an Old Fashioned Outhouse for Emergency Sanitation 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

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

By Tim MacWelch