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Review: Rugged, reliable Jim Green Moc toe work boot

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Durable, working person footwear – these are what Jim Green Moc Toe boots are. The full-grain, ankle-high boots are designed to be your go-to work footwear.

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Cutlery Reviews

Review: Bark River Classic Semi-Skinner

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The improvements just keep on coming with this Semi-Skinner. Bark River has refined, upgraded and improved an already incredible hunting knife. 

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Hunt|Fish|Camp

Winter camping requires a whole different set of survival skills. This snow cave makes a good emergency shelter.

Why you need a plastic sled for big game hunting

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The euphoria from the successful shot starts to fade as you stand over the fallen big game animal. Here is a good-sized carcass that needs to be transported. The ground is muddy, and the animal just doesn’t slide. Of course, it will start to rain. You need a game sled.

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Making Fire

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Best survival firemaking method | Use cotton balls, Vaseline and ferro rod

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Here is my go-to fire making method for survival situations and how to use it. My number one choice is a combination of cotton balls infused with petroleum jelly and ignited with a ferro rod.

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Emergency Shelter

Gaiters are an integral part of snowshoeing equipment.

Gaiters | Five tips to choose the best pair for any conditions

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Low cut, ankle-high or ten-to-18-inch boots? Before you invest in some expensive footwear, give some thought to investing in gaiters.

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Survival Gear

Review: Tekto A2//Badger automatic may be your best Every Day Carry knife

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Most of us probably don’t consider a small, automatic knife as a good choice for that Every Day Carry knife that goes everywhere. This Tekto A2 // Badger may change your mind. 

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Survival Skills

Bandanas come in any color and design.

10 ways to use a bandana as an urban/wilderness survival tool

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I carry a bandana, or handkerchief, everywhere. Here’s why you should, too.

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VIDEOS | TIPS & HOW TO's

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Video: How to tie three basic knots for emergency tarp shelter construction
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Three knots: the timber hitch, trucker’s hitch and bowline, are generally all you need to quickly set up a tarp shelter. Here’s how to tie them.

All-American hunting knife review | We check out the 7Forge Orso
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The 7Forge Orso is a well-designed hunting knife big game hunters will appreciate! 7Forge, in Ogden, Iowa, makes quality knifes the old-fashioned way – one knife at a time. The result is a hard-working tool that is also a work of art.

Video: My favorite deer hunting place
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Some places become very special places by virtue of long association. I’ve hunted this southern swamp for some 43 years.

Leon Pantenburg writes a survival skills blog with tips and techniques to help typical folks survive an unexpected urban or wilderness emergency, using their common sense and emergency preparedness training. Topics include survival knives, survival clothing and camp cooking, making a fire, emergency shelter, hunting and fishing, competent survival skills and survival gear reviews.