Survival Skills

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  How to Skin a Rabbit

  Outdoor Life - Alice Jones Webb

  Rabbits are generally under-appreciated table fare. The meat is ultra-lean, protein-rich, and has a mild, pleasant flavor. Processing a rabbit is …

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  Crappie Fishermen Save 38 Dogs from Drowning in Mississippi’s Grenada Lake

  Outdoor Life - Dac Collins

  A group of fishermen are being celebrated on social media for rescuing a boatload of hunting dogs from Grenada Lake earlier this month. Technically …

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  Coast Guard Rescues Family of Capsized Sea Kayakers Just Before Hypothermia Set In

  Outdoor Life - Dac Collins

  A family in Washington State was saved from the frigid bay waters on Monday after their sea kayaks were swamped by high winds and waves near Lummi …

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  How to Fell a Tree

  Outdoor Life - Dac Collins

  Knowing how to fell a tree is a valuable skill set. But firing up a chainsaw and ripping into a tree is also very dangerous. So, whether you’re …

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  In These High-Tech Times, We Need Bushcraft More Than Ever

  Outdoor Life - Rick Spicer

  WHEN I ARRIVE IN CAMP, I let my pack drop from my shoulders. It’s the first day of a four-day backcountry trip, and after putting in the miles, I …

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  This Survival Instructor’s Lesson? The Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You

  Outdoor Life - Andrew McKean

  JESSIE KREBS just wants to go for a hike and feel raw rock beneath her thrift-store boots. She doesn’t want to be responsible for her companions, or …