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As a lost hunter, your job is to make SAR’s job easier by staying put. But as you wait to be found, there are other things you should do to stay comfortable””and alive
During a 2015 fishing trip, three men lost control of a marlin they were hoisting into the boat””and Russell Ching was on the wrong end of the bill
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