Latest Wilderness Survival Stories
Video: Coast Guard Rescues Boaters Who Were “Fending Off Sharks”
“10 Inches of Arrow Were in My Leg.” Bowhunter Suffers Freak Accident on Elk Hunt
Here’s What It Takes to Kayak 2,400 Miles from California to Hawaii, Alone and Unsupported
Psychics, Spirits, and a Decades-Long Search: The Bizarre Disappearance of Wade Tackett
Bodies of Two Missing Alaskan Moose Hunters Found, Search for Third Continues
Attacked on the Nushagak: When a Moose Hunter Gets Pinned by a Brown Bear, It’s Up to His Hunting Partner to Save His Life
Watch This Vicious Mama Warthog Chase a Leopard Off Her Piglets
Search for Three Missing Moose Hunters in Alaska Still Ongoing. Another Moose Hunter Found Deceased
Watch: Fisherman Rescued by Coast Guard Helicopter Crew Amid a Tropical Storm
Close Call With a Timber Rattlesnake in a Treestand, 20 Feet Off the Ground
A Desert Deer Hunt Gone Wrong, From the Archives
The Story of Sheslay Free Mike, an Infamous, Mad, and Murderous Woodsman of the North Country
Nightmare on Missinaibi Lake, a Survival Story From the Archives
Husband Leaves Injured Wife In Grizzly Country to Go for Help
Real-Life “Lassie” Leads Rescuers to Owner Who Fell 70 Feet in Tahoe National Forest
An Ontario Moose Hunt Turns Into a 10-Day Survival Ordeal, From the Archives
Watch: Hikers Survive Massive Avalanche in Kyrgyzstan
Man Rescued Near Yosemite After Attempting to Investigate Case of Lost Family
Florida Captain Rescued After Falling Overboard and Surviving Seven Hours in the Gulf
Two Hunters in North Idaho Shoot and Kill a Grizzly Bear in Self-Defense
3-Year-Old Boy Found After Missing for Two Days in Rural Montana
Klutuk, the Mad Trapper of Bristol Bay
13 Evacuate from Michigan Hunting Camp as Wildfire Burns Thousands of Acres
When a Lost Kid Wanders into Your Hunting Camp
This Survival Instructor’s Lesson? The Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You
Stranded in Sheep Country with Bugs, Bears, and No Food
Miracle on the Tundra: How One Caribou Hunter Survived a 5-Day Blizzard
The Survivor’s Mindset: The Latest Digital Edition of Outdoor Life Is Here
The Tlingit Legend of the Kóoshdaa Káa
Beware of Everything: A Harrowing Sheep Hunting Tale, From the Archives
Frozen Terror: One of the Greatest Survival Stories from Our Archives
Missing Person Found After Surviving Nearly Three Months Alone in the Vancouver Island Wilderness
Nunavut Hunter Survives 5-Day Blizzard, Loses Both Hands to Frostbite
Woman Pulls Off Incredible Self-Rescue During Father-Daughter Fishing Trip Near Maui
Water Should Be Your First Priority on Backcountry Hunts
Health Officials Warn of a Rare Tick-Borne Disease Showing Up in New York
A Single Tick Bite Infects Man with Three Diseases
A Camper Shot and Killed a Charging Bull Moose in the Idaho Backcountry
The Mysterious Chronic Lyme Disease Nightmare: Why It’s So Hard to Detect and Treat
8 Things to Know About Natural Navigation
Best Grizzly Defense: Bear Spray or Gun?
4 Types of Camp Stoves for Survival Situations, Bug-Outs, and Emergencies
Survival Skills: 5 Do’s And Don’ts Of Desert Survival
One Wrong Step: A Solo Elk Hunter’s Crawl Out of the Backcountry
The Crash: 16-Year-Old Autumn Veatch Survives in the Cascades After Her Plane Goes Down
3 Ways To Disinfect Water In a Plastic Bottle to Make It Potable
72-year-old Woman Survives 9 Days in the Desert, Says Survival Training Saved Her
Survival Lessons After Park Service Releases More Information on Death of Appalachian Trail Hiker
10 Handy Survival Uses for Seashells
Survival Skills: How to Peel Tree Bark to Make a Container
Starvation Island: Hunting Scotland’s Stags to Survive
Why Willpower is the Most Important Asset of a Backcountry Hunter
3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Matches
Why Chia Seeds Are a Magical Snack for Backcountry Hunters
Survival Skills: 10 Ways to Purify Water
5 Ways to Use Hot Rocks in a Survival Situation
10 Deadly Bugs You’ll Encounter in the Outdoors
How to Tie a Square Lashing—and 5 Survival Uses for This Knot
How to Treat Burns in the Wilderness
Gear Review: AXP Wilderness Survival Kit
3 Tricks for Staving Off Hunger in a Survival Situation
3 Tips to Manage Fear in a Survival Situation
How to Survive a Summer Storm in the Backcountry
Q&A with Survival Expert Creek Stewart’s New TV Show
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