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It’s All About the Smalls: How to Make a Primitive Small Game Hunting Gig
Creek Stewart is a Senior Instructor at the Willow Haven Outdoor School for Survival, Preparedness ...
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How to Survive a Tornado
The flowers are growing, the birds are singing, and the storm clouds are gathering. Yes, it’s tornado ...
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How to Survive a Bear Attack: An Illustrated Guide
Illustration by Ted Slampyak How to identify a grizzly (brown) bear Stay prepared 1. Always ...
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How to Use a Fire Extinguisher
Fire extinguishers. You pass them all the time as you walk the hallways at work or school, and hopefully ...
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How to Tie a Military-Style Shemagh/Keffiyeh
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. The shemagh ...
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Save Lives Like a Combat Medic: How to Splint a Lower-Leg Fracture
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from former Army medic Bruce A. West. You’re miles from any ...
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How to Bug-In: What You Need to Know to Survive a Grid-Down Disaster
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. As the East Coast of ...
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How to Use a [BUSTED] Cell Phone to Meet 5 Basic Survival Needs
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart. Last week we talked about the many survival ...
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Yes, That’s a Tampon in My Mouth: The Swiss Army Survival Tampon — 10 Survival Uses
Do me a favor for the next five minutes. Try to forget everything you know about tampons. I ...
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How to Build a Get Home Bag
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart, Senior Instructor at the Willow Haven Outdoor ...
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How to Build a Small Game Survival Snare
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. I practice and ...
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Save Lives Like a Combat Medic: How to Use a Tourniquet to Control Major Bleeding
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Bruce A. West. Mr. West served as an Army medic in the Iraq war. ...
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Disaster Relief: How to Get Hands-On and Volunteer
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jeff More. How many of us have watched the footage of ...
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How to Field Dress a Squirrel
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. **Disclaimer: ...
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How to Perform the Heimlich Maneuver in 6 Different Situations
You're in a restaurant enjoying a dinner with friends, when all of a sudden you hear a ...
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Beyond the Pup Tent: 6 Unconventional Outdoor Shelters
Since the first dude crawled into a cave and grunted, "Dude, this rocks," shelter has been one of the big ...
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Arming Yourself for the Zombie Apocalypse: How to Build the Ultimate Survival Shotgun
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. As a Survival and ...
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Wilderness Survival: Know Your Distress Signals
Let's say your plane crashes on a desert island and you're stranded with only a rugby ball as your friend (a ...
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How to Perform the Fireman’s Carry
So you've built the strength to carry someone to safety...but do you know how to do it? Every man should ...
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Surviving in the Wild: 19 Common Edible Plants
So you're stranded in the wilderness. You consumed the last nub of your Clif Bar two days ago, and now ...
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