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How To Survive Pretty Much Anything
Survival is a mix of preparation, knowledge, tools and luck. This week we’ll be exploring the practice and, to get us started, here’s the skills you need to live through pretty much anything. I don’t like to call IndefinitelyWild a “survival” publication, preferring instead “Adventure travel in the outdoors.” But, doing this stuff involves preparing … Continued
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How To Shoot, Clean And Prepare These Delicious Bacon-Wrapped Dove Breasts
Want to start hunting your own wild game for food? One of the easiest and tastiest ways is with doves. We shot opening day of the season last week to show you how. Dove hunting is one of the oldest shooting sport traditions enjoyed in this country. Each fall, thousands of hunters take their children, … Continued
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How To Shoot A Shotgun
Unlike most other shooting sports, shotguns are fast-paced and full of action. Whether it’s trap, skeet, sporting clays or upland bird, you’ll be using a lot of shells, targets will be numerous and your success will be high. This is how to start shooting. Basic Equipment To start, a basic, pump-operated shotgun is going to … Continued
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How To Survive A Mass Shooting
As a kid, fire drills taught you fire safety. And you haven’t been killed by a fire. Your parents trained similarly for nuclear war. With 248 mass shootings in US in the 238 days of 2015, it’s time we began treating those the same way. This is how. That statistic is drawn from ShootingTracker.com, a … Continued
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How To Roast A Whole Pig Over An Open Fire
This weekend, we roasted an entire pig at my house for a BBQ. Not only was it fun and visually-impressive to cook, but it was darn tasty too. You should try it! This is our method. Step One: Acquire Pig You can’t buy a whole pig at the grocery store, so you’ll need to go … Continued
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How To Move Through The Woods Silently
While hunting this week, I managed to stalk to within 30 yards of a bear and snuck up on an Army Ranger undetected. Here’s how to be vewy, vewy quiet outdoors. It’s a skill anyone can use. The Benefits Of Being Quiet You don’t have to be hunting to benefit from going undetected outdoors. Moving … Continued
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How To Camp On A Beach
It’s August. You want to go camping. You want to go to the beach. Why not do both at once? Get it right and beach camping is the best thing you’ll ever do. Where To Camp If this is your first time camping, save yourself a lot of hassle and visit an organized campsite. They’ll … Continued
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How To Survive The Cascadia Tsunami
“Thirteen thousand people will die in the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami,” reads Kathryn Schulz’s now-infamous New Yorker article. “Everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast.” Turns out a very similar event occurred in Chile 55 years ago. What wisdom can its survivors share with residents of the Northwest? Chile’s Big One On the evening … Continued
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What You Need To Know Before Driving Off-Road
Driving off-road doesn’t have to be scary. Yet most people that spend serious cash on 4WDs never even put them in low range, much less take them off the pavement. Let’s try to fix that with a few basic skills everyone can master. What 4WD Is And How Traction Works Off-Road Four-wheel drive is actually … Continued
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How To Turn Balloons Into Simple Fireworks That Only Go Boom
Looking for a faster way to call the cops to your neighborhood than 9-1-1? Just follow Grant Thompson, AKA the King of Random’s latest video that has him turning regular balloons into high-flying explosives that sound like a fireworks show but without all the eye candy. Instead of filling the balloons with helium, you’ll need … Continued
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How To Use A Knife Outdoors
A knife is the most essential and useful tool you can take with you into the outdoors. But, do you know how to get the most out of one? Let’s go over the basics and show you all the stuff a knife can do. Want to get started using a knife outdoors? The basic Mora … Continued
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How To Use All The Weird Toilets You’ll Find Outdoors
There you are, visiting a remote cabin, when it’s time to poop. You walk into the bathroom and there’s a toilet seat, like normal, but underneath it is nothing but a hanging plastic bag. What do you do in it and how do you dispose of it after? Don’t worry, IndefinitelyWild is here to help … Continued
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I learned to Fly Fish!
When I was a kid, I used to think that fly fishing involved waving the fly around in the air until the fish jumped out of the water to eat it. I was wrong. A couple weekends ago, I finally got to try it for real. And look, I caught a monster! My wife Valerie … Continued
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The Best Tips on How to Make Professional Video with Your Smartphone
YouTuber Danny Winget always gives great gadget in his shows, and now he’s taking you behind the scenes. After watching this vid, you’ll know how to make your own YouTube show using nothing but a smartphone and some good advice. Want to see more of Winget’s vids? Check out his YouTube channel. Contact the author … Continued
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How To Climb Big Cliffs Without Ropes And Not Die
Rock climbing can be divided into a crazy mess of sub-genres: top-roping, sport, trad, and about a thousand too bizarre to name. But they almost all rely on ropes to catch you if you fall. There is, however, another way: severing the nylon umbilical, and climbing rope-free above water instead. In climbing terms, ‘soloing’ (often … Continued
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How to Take Better Photos Using Your Camera’s Mode Dial
Switching your camera out of Auto mode can be daunting, but it’s the only path toward taking control of how your photos look. Of course, it helps to know what things like f-stop and shutter speed do, but just as important are the various modes that appear on almost every camera’s dial. We made this … Continued
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How To Build The Only Five Campfires You’ll Ever Need
The most fundamental outdoor skill is also often one of the most misunderstood. Learn these five campfires and you’ll be able to cook food, scare off wild animals, stay warm or just have a bonfire on the beach. They’re simple, but everyone can probably learn something here. Fire Basics A fire needs three things to … Continued
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UV Water Purifiers Are Bullshit
To achieve its claimed ability to remove pathogens, water going into CamelBak’s new UV purifier must first be cleaned by a filter from a rival manufacturer. And that rival product is cheaper. That’s according to CamelBak’s own lab testing. And its not the only water treatment technology that’s incapable of performing as claimed. This failure … Continued
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The Surefire Guide To Getting Famous… In Only 300 Years!
You can be famous. You don’t need any skills. You don’t need to do any good deeds (in fact, the more self-involved you are, the better). You only have to be patient and have a tolerance for being surrounded by crap. Take our advice, and start off on the multi-century road to fame. Top Image: … Continued
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How to make your own powerful vortex cannon that boom blasts the air
Let’s say you’re bored. Let’s say you’ve always dreamed of firing a cannon. Let’s say you like blowing things up. Let’s say you spend a free night building this kick ass vortex cannon that can blast the air silly. Let’s say it’d be totally worth it just to see these giant smoke ring explosions in … Continued
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