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Wilderness Survival Skills & Techniques

Master wilderness survival skills with Field & Stream’s expert instruction on shelter building, fire making, water sourcing, and navigation. Our editors teach essential backcountry survival techniques including signaling for rescue, treating injuries, and maintaining morale during emergencies. Learn the skills that could save your life when lost, injured, or stranded in remote wilderness areas.

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How to Remove a Tick

By Dave Hurteau

It’s that time of year””when the odds of finding a tick embedded in your skin go up. Don’t panic. Just follow this step-by-step guide, with video, to safely remove it

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How to Survive a Mountain Lion Attack

By Craig Caudill

Chances are, you’ll never encounter a lion in the wild. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take the chance of not knowing how survive a lion attack

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How to Treat Chigger Bites

By Craig Caudill

Everything you need to know to identify, treat, and prevent bites from these nasty mites

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Four Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed

By Jim Baird

Our expert weighs in on some misconceptions about how to live through real-life survival scenarios

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Could You Survive in the Wilderness for Three Days?

By Keith McCafferty

This 72-hour plan will buy you enough time to wait for search and rescue to arrive

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What Is the Most Poisonous Spider in the World?

By Steven Hill

Nearly all 50,000 known spider species are venomous, but only 25 have venom powerful enough to cause serious harm to humans

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The 7 Safest Edible Mushrooms to Forage and Eat

By Bill Heavey

Perfect for novice foragers, these mushrooms are delicious, easy to find, and are not easily confused with toxic species

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The 12 Deadliest Insects in the World

By Bill Heavey

A dozen biting, stinging, venom-injecting, shock-inducing, and disease-carrying insects and arachnids. These are some bad bugs

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Ways to Signal for Help in the Wilderness

By Craig Caudill

If you get lost, or if the you-know-what hits the fan, knowing these signaling methods could save your life

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10 of the Most Venomous Snake Species in the World

By Steven Hill

From rattlers to sea serpents to venomous vipers, these deadly snakes deliver a seriously potent””and toxic””cocktail of venom, bite for bite

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