In Popular Mechanics: How to Survive in the Wild for 72 Hours: I'll Try Anything

It starts

Night is falling, and we’re lost. Somewhere in the canyon lands of southern Utah, I'm trudging across a seemingly endless sagebrush plain, and the twilight gloom is thick. My group of 14 hikers has been on the trail for 5 hours, and our delight at the majesty of the red rock landscape has long since given way to grumbling about hunger and sore feet. As the first stars start to twinkle, the question arises, "Okay, now what?"

Though not strictly a gun-related topic, I think that wilderness survival is a subject that most gun owning readers have at least a passing interest in. Remember, the term "wilderness" includes the wild rural areas of Utah, but it also includes the woods where you hunt deer, urban sprawl where the predators are more dangerous than those in rural Utah, and just about anywhere after the shit hits the fan.

Having a few things ready can help. Having a plan is crucial. Having enough basic knowledge to ad lib when necessary is key.

I am going to add a 'Survival' category to GunPundit. Photo by Ian Parker.