It was a perfect setting for a tailgate party: We were parked next to the Lochsa River in Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest. My brother Michael Pantenburg, hunting buddy Phil Walker, and I had just emerged from a several-day backpack elk hunt in the backcountry, and everybody was hungry. by Leon Pantenburg We were somewhere between [...]

Jerky is the original high energy snack food, and maybe you’re thinking about making your own. Regardless of your motivation, preppers, survivalists and folks looking for a way to preserve meat for long term storage should learn how to make jerky.

How many times have you said to yourself or have heard others say, “I am just………” as in “I’m just going to walk up the ridge and see if I can see a deer,” or “I’m just going to be out for fifteen minutes”? This sentiment can cause a survival situation, and here is how you can avoid that.

Author Leah Waarvik is a search-and-rescue professional who works as part of a canine team to find missing people in the wilderness. She wrote “I Sit and Stay” after hearing stories of children who were lost and unprepared. The book is intended to initiate a discussion between adults and children about the main teaching points. The title says it all: Teach your lost children to stay in one place and await rescue

SurvivalCommonSense.com was featured on the Survival Mom Radio show on July 14. The topic was campfire cooking with foil.

Ahead of the soldiers lay “Fortress Europe.” Behind them was the rising sea. At stake, was the final outcome of World War II. Today marks the 66th anniversary of D-Day. I hope to honor my friend, Bob Shotwell, 86, of La Pine, Oregon, by posting his recollections.

I was the guest on Susan Labbee’s new BlogTalk Radio Show “Let’s Talk Preparedness” yesterday. The discussion was about off-grid cooking, tornado preparedness and general survival common sense tips! To listen to the show, click on the icon below! Listen to internet radio with Preparedness Radio on Blog Talk Radio For more information on making [...]

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.

Sign up for our Email Newsletter A 68-year-old man died in a sleeping bag in his truck after he got stuck in the snow while camping in February and kept a log of nearly 70 days spent apparently stranded in east Linn County’s high country, authorities said today. To read the complete story, click here. [...]

A Mora can do about 90 percent of what I need an outdoor knife to do. And while I’ve yet to find the ultimate do-everything survival knife, a Mora can come really close!