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Hunting

Come Wolves and High Water: When a Fly-In Moose Hunt Turns into a Fight for Survival

By Jerry Valentine, as told to Ben East

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Survival

The Bush Plane Engine Died Mid-Flight — and Other Close Calls While Flying the Alaskan Wilderness

By Scott Haugen

An illustration of a pair of bull moose fighting in the snow.
Hunting

A Bull-Moose Brawl and Meat-Packing Sled Dogs: A Mountain Man’s Last Hunt Before Winter

By Anton Money

A pair of Dall sheep illustrated.
Hunting

Carmichel in Alaska: An Odd Way to Die on a Sheep Hunt

By Jim Carmichel

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Survival

Nightmare on Missinaibi Lake, a Survival Story From the Archives

By Don M. Campbell, as told to Jim Hoagland

An owner and his dog; the owner being rescued.
Survival

This Good Dog Ran 4 Miles for Help After Owner Rolled Truck into Ravine

By Dac Collins

What Really Happened to Crist Kolby, the Trapper Who Was Killed by Wolves?
Survival

What Really Happened to Crist Kolby, the Trapper Who Was Killed by Wolves?

By Bjorn Dihle

two canoeists pull canoe along in river from the rocky bank
Adventure

Six Against the River: Canoeing 600 Miles Through the Canadian Wilderness

By Tom Hinman

A texas fisherman in a cypress tree.
Survival

Texas Fisherman Rescued from Cypress Tree After a Gator Chased Him Up There

By Bob McNally

Anglers evacuate a float plane that crashed near the Chandeleur Islands.
Survival

Charter Captain Rescues Floatplane Pilot and 3 Anglers Who Literally Crashed His Fishing Spot

By Bob McNally

The Rogue River Trail in southwestern Oregon.
Survival

16 Stranded Hikers Rescued in Oregon After Blisters Prevented Them from Hiking Out

By Katie Hill

An ice fisherman watches the ice break off in the January 1951 Outdoor Life story, Frozen Terror.
Survival

Frozen Terror, One of the Greatest Survival Stories of All Time

By Ben East

A search and rescue training operation
Survival

Hikers and Backpackers in the American West Hit Their Garmin InReach SOS Button Most Often

By Dac Collins

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Survival

An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives

By Elwyn “Bud” Myers

A survival instructor sips rainwater out of a rock. Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen
Survival

This Survival Instructor’s Lesson? The Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You

Story by Andrew McKean, Photographs by Benjamin Rasmussen

An illustration of the last grizzly bear in Colorado attacking a hunter.
Survival

I Killed the Last Grizzly in Colorado

By Ed Wiseman

Illustration of caribou, hunter, and blizzard
Survival

Miracle on the Tundra: How One Caribou Hunter Survived a 5-Day Blizzard

By Dac Collins

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Survival

A Beginner’s Guide to Bushcraft

By Cameron Evans

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Gear

The 6 Best Survival Movies, Plus 2 We Hate

By Katie Hill

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Hunting

Starvation Island: Hunting Scotland’s Stags to Survive