Please Sign In

Please enter a valid username and password
  • Log in with Facebook
» Not a member? Take a moment to register
» Forgot Username or Password

Wilderness

Best Survival Dogs

Curling up with your pet to stay warm certainly does work, just ask the authorities of Elgin, SC, who have recently credited one family dog with keeping a missing 2-year-old boy safe and warm as he spent a night lost outside with temps in the 40s.

[Read More]

Spring Wild Edible Plants

How do you know which plants are the right ones to pick and eat? Well, here are a few guidelines that will help you.

[Read More]

ADVERTISEMENT

High Contrast for the hunter and outdoorsman
Brilliance design and the tjughest construction make Steiner the leader in marine optics
Glare & UV blocking optics offer comfortable crisp images in the moutains, sand and sea
The pinnacle of Steiner performance designer for the most critical user
Original Tough-as-Nails performance for all oudoor applications
The brightest high resolution HD optics for the darkest conditions

Wilderness Articles

Bear Attack!

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING! While hunting on Kodiak Island Matthew Sutton stumbled into a...

Make a Signal Fire

Remember that there is a fine line of control when lighting and maintaining big fires....

The Survival Experts

Let our survival experts teach you the skills you need to stay alive

Leopard Attack!

Cape buffalo, lion, grizzly—none are more dangerous when wounded than the...

How To: Survive in the Wilderness

They key to wilderness survival is mastering the basics.

Why Bears Target Hunters

Tom Smith is one of the few people who can analyze the patterns contained within the...

  • May 22, 2013

    Survival Skills: 10 Medicinal Plants You Can Grow at Home - 0

    If you have a little space to grow some plants, you can get a lot of enjoyment and even some medicinal relief from growing your own remedies. While these should never take the place of professional medical care, it’s nice to have a sense that you are not helpless, should you end up having to fend for yourself. This is a list of 10 great plants that you can pick up now at home improvement stores and garden centers, and set out as your own personal medicine garden. [ Read Full Post ]


  • May 21, 2013

    How to Fund Your Preparedness Plans - 0

    With our wounded economy limping along as pathetically as a run-over possum, and no apparent relief in sight, you might be wondering if you can afford to buy emergency supplies and survival gear right now. Car and home payments, light bills and groceries do seem to have most of our attention these days. But does this mean that we just forget about preparedness? Or put off our purchases until “better times?” What if there are no “better times” ahead?

    Most often, if you really want something, you’ll find a way to make it happen. So let me offer five ways to come up with the cash and five high-value/low-cost preps. [ Read Full Post ]


  • May 20, 2013

    Survival Skills: How to Build a Fish Funnel Trap - 0

    Fish traps may be as old as fishing itself, and can prove vital during a survival situation. Even if the fish you catch are not big, getting any amount protein is worth the trouble when you’re up against it. A funnel fish trap can be used in two different ways to get you some small fish, either to eat directly or to use as bait for other things.

    One way is to build a large, cone-shaped funnel 4- to 6-feet long; and place it in running water, preferably with a blockade around it to direct the fish into the trap. The pressure of the moving water tends to keep the aquatic creatures packed down in the bottom of the trap, but you need to be right there to lift the trap from the water and retrieve the fish, eels, or crustaceans. The other way to make a funnel trap is to have an insert in the trap that allows the fish to go into a container, but prevents them from coming out. This is the style we will work on today. [ Read Full Post ]


  • May 10, 2013

    How To Plant a Calorie-Conscious Survival Garden - 1

    The strategy behind growing a survival garden differs from that of growing a standard vegetable garden. Sure, tomatoes, peppers, and herbs taste great, but they are all low in calories. A savvy survival gardener will grow a diverse assortment of high-calorie food crops. [ Read Full Post ]


  • May 9, 2013

    Rock Climber Found Dead With Hundreds Of Bee Stings - 1

    A tragic tale comes to us from Arizona this week, where a man was found dead Monday evening, still hanging in his climbing harness on a mountain south of Tucson. He had apparently been attacked by bees while rock climbing and stung hundreds of times, according to authorities.

    Steven Wallace Johnson, 55, of Tucson, had been rappelling from a cliff on Mount Hopkins. He was an experienced hiker and climber who had gone to the mountain on Friday, said Lt. Raoul Rodriguez of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department. Johnson's dog was also attacked by the bees, and was found dead on top of the ridge from which Johnson was rappelling, Rodriguez said. The Pima County Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of Johnson’s death, and determine whether it was a fall or the bees that killed him. [ Read Full Post ]


  • May 8, 2013

    Wilderness Survival: Visiting a Modern-Day Medicine Man - 6

    Last week, I had the pleasure of being a guest in the home of a truly fascinating person and a master at his craft. Rod Morey is a locally renowned herbalist and knife maker in the Virginia panhandle, and he was gracious enough to spend a day with me to share some of his wild medicinal plant secrets.

    I have long been a dabbler in medicinal plants, curing bee stings with plantain leaf and mending scratches with yarrow. But my focus has always been plants that can be used to make a friction fire and good-tasting wild plants. I had always steered away from deeper studies in medicinal plants because there was so much bothersome stuff associated with the trade. [ Read Full Post ]


  • May 6, 2013

    Survival Skills: How to Use Birch for Fire Starters, Containers, Tea, and More - 0

    If you are fortunate enough to live within the native range of birch trees, then you have a lot of interesting survival options at your disposal. Birch can provide you with firewood and containers, and the right species of birch can even be turned into a tea and sweetener.

    Fire
    For friction fire building with birch, you can use the dead and dry branches for your drill and fire board. These materials are effective, but not quite as easy to use as willow or cedar. By far, the best fire related use of birch comes when you burn the papery curls as your fire starter. This birch paper is like a stepping stone between tinder and kindling. Whether wet or dry, these birch bark curls will burn strong, creating a black oily smoke. Any birch species that produces papery bark will be useable, but the white birch (aka paper birch) is the most effective. You’ll need an open flame like a match or lighter for best results in lighting the bark. Spark-based fire starting methods are not particularly effective for lighting the bark strips. [ Read Full Post ]


Page 1 of 30123456789Next ›Last »