You stake your life on your firemaking kit components. My recommendation is to substitute cotton balls in any application you might be using dryer lint.

An essential part of learning how to survive is reading and studying books and articles by reputable sources. But the problem is always in deciding who is a reputable source, and if what they’re writing is information or a waste of your time!

Get some FREE firestarter for your survival kit. All you have to do is participate in this contest,  which features the images of professional photographer Pete Erickson, and guess where this photo was taken! Pete of  Bend, OR, specializes in weddings, portraits and scenics.  (Check out his website.)  If you have a favorite wilderness spot, or a great [...]

A successful waterfowl hunter may end the season with a bunch of ducks and geese in the freezer. So how do you cook them so everyone can enjoy them? My favorite waterfowl dish is gumbo. There are dishes, such as this one, that just don’t taste as good unless you use a strong-tasting game bird such as a duck or goose in them.

As day hikes go, the 8.7 mile-long Trail of Ten Falls/Canyon Trail, ranks very highly in my personal list of favorite dayhikes and “Hikes I would Do Again at the Drop of a Hat.” The trail is located at Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park.

Always take lots of water along, and never depend on being able to find it! But it’s a really good idea to know where to look for water in the event of an emergency. Here are some desert water tips from survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt.

Good, practical recipes can help you make the most efficient use of basic food staples in a survival situation! What happens during a survival situation, when you end up with a bag of flour, some baking powder, a campfire and hungry children?

Leon Pantenburg is a wilderness enthusiast, and doesn’t claim to be a survival expert or expertise as a survivalist. As a newpaperman for three decades, covering search and rescue, sheriff’s departments and outdoor emergencies, Leon learned many people died unnecessarily or escaped miraculously from outdoor emergency situations when simple, common sense may have changed the outcome. Leon now teaches common sense survival techniques to the average person in order to avert potential disasters.