Hone your basic outdoor and survival skills with help from qualified and experienced survival pro, Tim MacWelch. Each week Tim hands out priceless information on everything from essential gear to wound care, primitive hunting and fishing traps to cooking over hot stones and much more. Don’t rely on basic human instinct to save you in a precarious situation, plan and prepare with help from the survival pro who knows.
Congratulations, you've nearly survived the crazy storm that 2020 has spun up. However, most people will probably admit that in some way they were ill-prepared for all of the challenges that arose like the pandemic, economic shutdown, civil unrest, loss of income, lack of certain food products on store shelves and much more. How can we learn from this moment and be prepared for the challenges that could arise in the future?
By Tim MacWelch
You’ve learned to build shelters, in case you need a “home away from home” in the wild.
You’ve learned to make fire, just in case you might need to make fire in an emergency.
You’re willing to ask a lot of “what if” questions, yet some of you might still be resistant to incorporating self-defense into your survival strategies. So here’s a perspective on the topic.
How well do you know your directions? Could you determine which direction North is if you were lost or misoriented in the outdoors?
Tim MacWelch is a New York Times Bestselling author and survival expert. He is a walking, talking, living, breathing encyclopedia for all the things you need to know to survive virtually any situation. While a lot of survival emphasis is placed on making shelter, finding food, water and mastering basic survival skills, one thing that is often skipped over is basic navigation. Tim says search and rescue teams are called out far more often for cases of lost people than for situations where someone has been injured, attacked by an animal, or some other more life threatening situation. While getting lost is an issue that rescuers deal with often, it’s not a hard situation to prepare for and prevent.
By Tim MacWelch
Fall is finally here, and with it comes a lot of activity. From deer hunting to Thanksgiving, from football to the first frost (or the first snowfall), this is a season of annual traditions and rapid change. If you’re like me, fall is also your favorite season, though it does often come with some long chore lists.
By Tim MacWelch
Maybe you’ve got the most bomb-proof survival kit in the world, a well-chosen assortment of high end gear that you carry in an expensive little pouch. It’s worth a small fortune, and you carry it on every hunting trip and hike. That’s great, and I applaud your effort, but what do you have set up at home?
For many preppers, the fantasy still exists that your trusty survival kit, a pallet of ammo and a few cans of beans will get you through any crisis. I’m not a fortune teller, so I can’t say whether your plan would definitely work or definitely not work, but here’s my problem with the “beans and bullets” mentality.
By Tim MacWelch
The practice of bringing home wild game meat not only provides us with a great excuse to get outside, but it also allows us to put delicious food on our family’s table. But what kind of nutrition are we really getting, when we bring home the “bacon”? Let’s take a look at three common types of wild game and see which one offers the most nutrient packed meat.
By Tim MacWelch
Over the decades, my perspective has changed quite a lot in regard to the true meaning of survival. At its root, the word survive can be defined as “living beyond” a crisis or hardship (“sur” means beyond and “vive” means live), but there has always been more to it than that.
By Tim MacWelch
A crackling campfire is a great tool for boiling water, cooking food, signaling for help, staying warm and warding off fear (and the creatures that cause our fear). But how many of us carry multiple ignition methods on our outdoor excursions?
I have long been an advocate of carrying three separate tools for fire ignition and here’s why.
By Tim MacWelch
Look - we all hate to admit it – but sometimes we need help. When you’re lost or hurt in the backcountry, well, that would be one of those times. Getting lost is the number one reason for Search and Rescue call outs, and our second most likely call out reason is for a serious injury or some other medical emergency. And while we may feel helpless in these situations, that’s not really the case. We can help the people who are trying to help us – when we are prepared to signal for help.
By Tim MacWelch
I’m a big fan of history and it always fascinates me to study the stories of people who survived a brutal ordeal in the wilderness. From the stories of frontier survival to tales of lost sailors, these gripping sagas make for interesting reading – but they can provide us with more than simple entertainment.
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