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Pitching camp near a body of water is one of the best ways to ensure your capacity to survive.  Water is necessary for the sustenance of life. Where there is water, there is the opportunity to snag supper on a ...

What’s more American than spending a lazy Saturday fishing? Some of my fondest memories were going down to our neighbor’s lake; we simply called it “Josh’s.” Most often we were just fishing for fun, catching little bluegill and a few ...

If you live far enough north that lakes or rivers freeze over winter, it makes sense to fish all winter long when the bounty is available through the ice. While you can go out on the ice without a shelter ...

After numerous fishing, hunting and backpacking trips, I’ve found myself lost more times than I’d like to admit. Over time I learned the hard way and spent a good amount of effort learning some basic techniques for those occasions when ...

  For most of us, finding out the day’s weather is as easy as turning on our television or checking the forecast on our smartphones, but the native people of North America had to rely on what they were taught. ...

Zero tolerance run amok almost destroyed the lives of two high school students in Escondido, California. Brandon Cappelletti, 18, and Sam Serrato, 16, faced expulsion from school and criminal charges because security guards found knives used for fishing and other ...

There have been numerous stories of woodsmen and other people who spend time in the outdoors being stranded in the wilderness. Many of them stayed there, and perished. Some have never yet been found. However, a lot of them emerged ...

Teach a man to fish, and you will feed him for a day. Build a man a fishing pond, and he will start competing in bass tournaments and refer to his pond as a lake. He also will have a ...

When it comes to acquiring food in a survival scenario, I’d definitely pick fishing as one of my absolute favorites. And I say this for a few very good reasons, because quite frankly, I’d rather do less work, consume fewer ...

In use ever since World War I, bungee cord has become one of the most useful inventions of the past century. An elastic cord that comes in a variety of colors and sizes and is made out of strands that ...