Basic Survival Skills

Learn Basic Survival Skills while you shop for your outdoor gear. We offer information and tips for wilderness survival as well as access to the gear.

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Even the most experienced outdoor enthusiast can encounter circumstances where he must rely on the most basic of survival skills, which include (but are not limited to):

First aid basics
Obtaining safe drinking water (learn how to build a water still as one method of finding water in the wild.)
Firecraft
Shelters
Trail Marking to keep from becoming lost in the woods.

Signaling for help
Acquiring food

Outdoor gear

Next to the appropriate education and a healthy survival attitude, the most important piece of gear a person can have in a survival situation is a good knife. Mother Nature can, and will, give you everything you need; hence, the more basic survival skills you know, the less you need to carry in your survival kit. That being said, we are all creatures of comfort (Interpretations of comfort vary) so we are offering a range of outdoor gear and equipment in our Wilderness Store.

And more: (Over 30 categories to choose from)

Check, inspect, or examine all of your current survival gear at least twice a year for any damage caused by mice, bugs, the mildew monster or excessive wear.

Ways to learn basic survival skills:

First of all, read the information contained in this website.
Take a Red Cross class in basic first aid.
Build a fire in an outdoor grill without using matches or a lighter.
Using a tarp, make a serviceable survival shelter in your backyard.
Make a weekend camping trip to one of the many state or federal parks or visit Uncle ____’s farm and practice your basic survival skills until you are comfortable with them.

Survival begins with your attitude. The self-confidence gained from knowing basic survival skills will help you keep a positive attitude where fear, your greatest enemy, is minimized or kept at bay should you ever find yourself in a survival situation.

Learn and practice your skills in small increments, in safe comfortable surroundings. The time to learn basic survival skills is before you need them.