Master the Art of
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Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival

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and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

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Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. You might say this story began 101 years ago when Paul Mauser gave birth to a cartridge that he christened the 6.5×57 and tagged with the family name. Or the story may have begun just one year ago when I stood on the firing line of the National High Power Rifle Championships at Camp Perry, Ohio, aligned the sights of my .308 rifle on a 200-yard target, applied pressure to the trigger—and flinched! That wasn’t the first time this ugly phenomenon had presented itself.…

Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. The quintessential private-land deer hunter plants his food plot, hangs his treestand, posts his trail camera, and waits for a daylight pattern on a shooter buck. Meanwhile, the typical public-land hunter scouts his way into a tract of open-to-all ground, finds a stand of productive oak trees, and makes it his go-to spot. These are what we’d call “orthodox” hunting tips and tactics. These are common approaches that no one really questions. But what about the unorthodox…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Capt. Ross Walkinshaw describes great white shark mouths as wood-chippers attached to bodies as round as Honda Civics and as along as Ford F-150s. “Sharks are extreme. Can you imagine being in eight feet of water and not seeing it until it’s actually right there?” says Walkinshaw. He describes how part of a shark’s chin and nose taper away from its mouth, which is packed with protruding teeth. “It’s like a chainsaw, it’s not like a nice set of dentures. That thing comes out, and it…

Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. The trap was set: To get to my mock scrape, the buck had to cross an opening 25 yards from my stand. But just as my pulse started to race, he stopped. As he turned his head slightly, I got a good look at his massive rack, a heavy-looking 12 points. Staring in the direction of the scrape, the buck put his head down, threw dirt 15 feet with his right front hoof, paused, then threw dirt…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. There are some wonderful wild edible plants scattered across this continent. Pick up a foraging book or take an edible plant class and you’re in for a surprise. You’ll start to see these edible plants everywhere. And then, as you dig a little deeper, brace yourself for another surprise. Hunger can start to make anything look like food. And when the nasty wild plants look appetizing, getting caught in the wilds without food becomes an even more dangerous scenario. Some of the most common and…

Master the Art of
Preparedness and Survival

Master the Art of Preparedness and Survival

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews,
and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.

Stay ready for anything with expert tips, gear reviews, and real-world advice to protect yourself and your loved ones.