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Starting a Fire with Shavings from a Pencil Sharpener

Starting a fire with shaving from a pencil sharpener is an easy task. You just need to have the materials and time to do it. The video below shows you how to collect tinder from a pencil sharpener’s shavings. You’ll need: A thin twig from a soft wood, like pine. A pencil sharpener A fire…

Building a Log Cabin Fire

There are dozens of different ways to start a fire. The Log Cabin Fire is an efficient way to burn large, wet wood. It can be easily assembled by first setting up a teepee fire lay. Then around your teepee fire lay start building up large branches and logs as a log cabin layout like the…

How to Make a Frog Trap

There is not a better time of year to trap and eat bullfrogs than now. Frog hunting and trapping makes an awesome sport and an awesome meal. Frogs legs taste very similar to chicken. Learning how to trap these critters is a valuable survival skill. Below is a video showing you how to trap frogs. Also,…

The Basic Hurricane Survival Guide

On average there will be two major hurricanes every year and being prepared for disaster to strike is essential, regardless of how unlikely a disaster. Every few months the news broadcasts footage of damage caused by tropical storms, more often than not in coastal locations, and talk up the destruction that has been left behind.…

Gander Mountain Begins Liquidating ALL 126 Store Locations Nationwide

In March 2017, Gander Mountain filed for voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and began the work to restructure the company and remain a part of the outdoor community. In May 2017, Gander Mountain and Overton’s were acquired by Camping World Holdings, Inc. If you’re currently holding onto any Gander Mountain gift cards, and have been looking…

The Guide to Primitive Survival Traps

The Guide to Primitive Survival Traps is a guide for all outdoorsmen and survivalist who enjoy the sport of trapping and wilderness survival. With an easy, basic read and images for an easier understanding, this guide provides you with instructions to making primitive survival traps. Blake Alma, the host of The Outdoorsman’s Art Radio Show,…

Should Survivalism be taught in Schools?

Surviving, in the simplest term, is just not dying. Every day we survive life, hence we are always surviving. However, we survive with ease because of modern conveniences. We go to the faucet for water, the heater for warmth, and the fridge for food. Surviving wasn’t always this easy. Back in the day, people survived…

A Day In The Life Of Tim MacWelch

Editor’s Note: Tim MacWelch is New York Times Best-Selling author of Prepare for Anything and is the survival writer at Outdoor Life. Father, husband, author, teacher, and perpetual student? There are a lot of facets to my identity during the average day, but none are so important as my role as a devoted family man.…

Counter Surveillance & Situational Awareness Made Easy

In an increasingly dangerous world, counter surveillance and situational awareness are skills everyone should learn and practice in their everyday lives. Actual surveillance photo (Above) from many years ago that I took while on surveillance during a large drug transaction. This couple was attempting counter surveillance prior to the “meet” with their supplier. Of my…