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.

The earthquakes that have happened this year should have been a wakeup call to anyone who lives in an quake zone. You need to make a personal earthquake survival kit to carry with you at all times.

In an instant, the backpacking trip in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains turned from an idyllic family outing to every parent’s nightmare. One moment, my son Daniel, 16 months old at the time, was playing around the campsite. In the next, despite the supervision of four adults, he had vanished.

Being able to carry sufficient water is a survival must. Dehydration can cause you to collapse in the heat or in the cold, and it can kill you. Every survival kit should have some way to carry and purify water.

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.

I believe dehydration is the number-one factor that causes accidents-and thereby survival situations,” Peter Kummerfeldt said in a 1999 “Field and Stream” interview.

The most common reaction at the onset of an emergency is disbelief and denial.
Most people won’t know what to do, and a large percentage will do the wrong things!

If you’re looking for a reasonably-priced, useful hunting knife that can perform a multitude of hunting jobs successfully, you need look no further than the Cold Steel Master Hunter!

Beginners frequently ask for a list of tools to get started in Dutch oven cooking. So, here’s a basic, bare-bones list of Dutch oven survival kit necessities.

During a flood, there may be water everywhere, but none to drink. Here’s some survival tips on where to find potable water during the disaster.