Hatchet or saw: Choose the best portable survival kit woodcutting tool

Should you carry a hatchet or a saw? It depends. When choosing any tool for wilderness or urban survival, anticipate where you might be when you may need the tool, and what tasks it will need to perform.

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Best survival/bushcraft cutlery? Check out this woodcraft trio

The best all-around survival/bushcraft knife? Well, there isn’t one single tool that can do it all. But a selection of three different tools can do it all. Here are two experts’ opinions.

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Best hunting knife? We test and review the Bark River Kalahari

A hunting knife must be able to handle a variety of different cutting tasks associated with meat processing in the field. Here’s a new Bark River knife that has proven to be a stellar performer.

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Know which fabrics make the best winter survival clothing

Different fabrics have radically different properties. Choosing the wrong type, or mixing clothing of different materials, can be disastrous!

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Camp inside to survive power outages during winter storms

Use your camping gear and skills to survive inside your house during winter storms.

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Artifical Intelligence – Bad for website content and sharing valid info?

Every day, I get several requests from people (or are they robots?) wanting to corroborate, write stories or add backlinks to my website. Where does this stuff come from? How valuable is it? How do you tell what is AI-generated? Will you trust your survival to robot-generated knowledge that has…

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For Wilderness and Urban Safety | Attach a whistle to your child

You can only yell for help as long as your voice lasts. Here’s why you need to carry a whistle.

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Video: What to carry in your big game hunting daypack

A hunter’s daypack houses a very personal collection of gear designed to keep you safe, dry and warm. It also must contain meat cutting tools and equipment. Here’s what I carry in mine.

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10 tips for hooking kids on fishing

Want to wean those kids away from the video games and TV binge watching? Teach them how to fish. Here are some tips for getting beginner kids started.

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Go take a walk – reconnect with nature and yourself

“I find that the three truly great times for thinking thoughts are when I am standing in the shower, sitting on the john, or walking.  And the greatest, by far, is walking” – Colin Fletcher The Complete Walker.

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