Table of Contents
Camping
1 Sleep Under the Stars
2 Pitch Camp Like a Wolf
3 Make Guylines Shine
4 Strengthen a Tent with Picket Stakes
5 Use Garbage Bags as Sand Spikes
6 Fix a Tired Tent Pole
7 Sleep Like a Log in Sweltering Summer Heat
8 Tab a Tent
9 Hang Gear Inside a Wall Tent
10 Sleep Tight with a Pool Noodle
11 Roll Out the Home Turf
12 Make Rainy Days Fly
13 Build a Fire for Maximum Cooking Coals
14 Butcher a Wet Log
15 Recovers Stuck Vehicle
16 Dig a Dakota Fire Hole
17 Burn Your Gear Into a Hot Inferno
18 Hang a Pot Over a Fire Three Ways
19 Make a Summer Fire
20 Open a Brew with a Blade
21 Build Four Cooking Fires
22 Whittle a Whistle Out of a Stick
23 Create Shelter with a Tarp
24 Pack a Complete Camp Kitchen
25 Divvy Up KP
26 Accessorize Dutch Oven Cooking
27 Spice Up a Camp Kitchen
28 Clean Pots with a Six-Pack Ring
29 Dice It Up
30 Sharpen a Hatchet or Axe in the Field
31 Pee in a Tent
32 Hang Food from a Tree
33 Cook Fish Like an Iron … er, Tinfoil Chef
34 Roast the Perfect Marshmallow
35 Perfect the Drugstore Wrap
36 Turn a Canoe Into a Campsite (Almost)
37 Make a Camp Coffee Cup
38 Put Up a Camp Gun Rack
39 Make a Dutch Oven Chicken Quesadilla Pie
40 Lighten Your Pack
41 Cut the Cheese
42 Tie a Canoe to Your Racks
43 Cut Parachute Cord with Friction
44 Tie a Butterfly Loop
45 Pack Lunch in a Water Bottle
46 Dig a Bean Hole
47 Dig a Booty Hole
48 Wield a Field Wrench
49 Tie a Knute Hitch
50 Pack for Camping in 5 Minutes
51 Keep Your Cooler Cold Twice as Long
52 Fix Any Tear, Rip, or Fray
53 Make a Two-Step Backpacker's Meal
54 Portage Canoe and Gear
55 Carry a Backpacking Boat Anchor
56 Dry Boots with a Hot Rock
57 Keep Gear Dry
58 Draw a Pocketknife Like a Gunslinger
59 Switch Up a Pocket Clip
60 Remember Four Knife Nevers
61 Choose a Kid's First Knife
62 Choose the Right Knife
63 Know Your Axes & Hatchets
64 Name Those Parts
65 Choose Your Weapon
66 Buck a Log with an Axe
67 Split Camp Wood with a Tire
68 Haul Firewood with a Web Strap
69 Roll a Paper Log
70 Sharpen a Machete
71 Finish a Blade with a Leather Strop
72 Sharpen an Axe
73 Give Your Knife a Spa Treatment
74 Sharpen Using a Sharpie
75 Test Gear in the Store
76 Split Logs the Smart Way
77 Throw a Knife
78 Siphon Gas the Safe Way
79 Twist Up a Constrictor Knot
80 Clear a Downed Tree with a Chain Saw
81 Make Waterproof Matches
82 Break Wind Like a Commando
83 Re-Waterproof Your Rain Shell
84 Try Before You Buy
85 Pack a Poop Tube
Fishing
86 Have a Midday Quickie
87 Master the Palomar Knot
88 Be a 21st-century Angler
89 Catch Killer Browns
90 Win the Toughest Fish Fight
91 Tie a Clove Hitch
92 Lay Your Hands on a River Monster
93 Fly Cast from a Kayak
94 Plant a Crappie Tree
95 Know Your Canoe
96 Pull Off a Cheap Canoe-Camp Trip
97 Fish from a Canoe
98 Tie This Fly if it's the Last Thing You Do
99 Paddle a Canoe into a Gale
100 Set Any Anchor, Anytime
101 Dress a Fly Correctly
102 Stroke Like a Pro
103 Use the Miracle of Minicell Foam
104 Weave a Canoe Seat with Duct Tape
105 Rock a Bent-Shaft Paddle
106 Tote Your Own Boat (Like You Have a Titanium Spine)
107 Shoot a Fly
108 Bump Baits Off an Underwater Cliff
109 Miss a Raft-Eating Boulder
110 Cast Without Drag
111 Throw a Cast Net
112 Scale Fish with Bottle Caps
113 Tune Lures
114 Tie a Blood Knot
115 Catch a Cat with Pantyhose
116 Stick It to Short-Striking Fish
117 Avoid Sinking Your Boat in Heavy Water
118 Choose a Reel
119 Make a Custom Fly Rod
120 Master the Bimini Twist
121 Rig a Killer Cane Pole
122 Organize Hooks with Safety Pins
123 Patch Grip Potholes
124 Rubberize Your Reel Handle
125 Replace Drag Washers
126 Rope-Tape Your Grip
127 Change Bearings
128 Store Fishing Line
129 Rig an On-The-Stream Fish Stringer
130 Feather a Spinning Reel 50 Feet
131 Convert to Manual Shift
132 Mark Fly Lines
133 Float a Line with an Earplug
134 Dampen Line Twist
135 Fish a Greased Leader
136 See Red (or Not)
137 Protect Hair-Thin Trout Tippets
138 Set a Spool Brake
139 Strip Into a Hamper
140 Improve Fly Line Memory
141 Carry a Tackle Box Around Your Neck
142 Fine-Tune a Wacky Worm for Pennies
143 Fish Unfishable Weeds
144 Cross an Eddy Line for Stacked-Up Fish
145 Choose the Right Bass Lure
146 Supercharge a Lure with a Nail
147 Hack Your Plastics
148 Make a Wooden Dowel Popper
149 Avoid Treble
150 Pack a Bag for a Smallie Assault
151 Make Your Own In-Line Spinners
152 Widen Your Gathering Guide
153 Master the World's Fair Knot
154 Build a Predator Rig
155 Remove Hooks with a Popsicle Stick
156 Pimp a Ride for Your Fly
157 Fool the Wariest Trout in the River
158 Harvest Nature's Bait Shop
159 Rig a Pork Rind
160 Bail a Boat with a Jug
161 Master The Arbor Knot
162 Fish a Cricket Anywhere, Any Time
163 Upgrade Your Live Baits
164 Use Salt to Keep Eggs On a Hook
165 Fly-Cast to a Moving Target
166 Get a Fly to the Bottom of Things
167 Do the Chuck 'N' Duck
168 Make a Spin-Fly Mash-Up Outfit
169 Read a Trout's Table Manners
170 Make a Quick-Sinking Fly Line
171 Cripple a Fly for an Irresistible Treat
172 Pull Off the Invisible Cast
173 Stick a Fish with a Fly from a Mile Away
174 Master the Tube Jig
175 Cast Like a Church Steeple
176 Kill a Fish Humanely
177 Winterize an Outboard Engine
178 Supercharge Salmon Egg Beads
179 Turn a Kid On to Flyfishing
180 Trailer a Boat in a Heavy Wind
181 Track Grasslines with Sonar
182 Fish Like a Biologist
183 Mimic the Tastiest Crustacean
184 Read Trout Like an Underwater Book
185 Fish a Bream Bed
186 Store Bulk Fishing Line
187 Patch a Kayak with Duct Tape
188 Fry Fish Stream-Side
189 Fish Like a Japanese Stream Warrior
190 Catch a Dinosaur with a Rope
191 Shoot Docks for Crappie
192 Give Redbreast Sunnies the Slip
193 Surf Cast a Country Mile
194 Tow a Canoe with a Boat
195 Catch Every Fish that Bites
196 Survive the Frog Chomp
197 Tie the Nickens Know-Nothing
198 Dye Bucktail Lures & Flies
199 Dry Wet Waders
200 Patch Waders on the Stream
201 Fish a Bush Hook
202 Hold On Tightly
203 Take a Jaw-Dropping Fish Photo
204 Choose the Right Blade
205 Back a Trailer Without Looking Like an Idiot
206 Stick a Short-Striking Salmon
207 Tie a Rapala Knot
208 Skin a Cat in a Jiffy
209 Drag Fish Out of a Cave
210 Skate a Fly with a Riffle Hitch
211 Unhook Yourself
212 Fly Cast Upside-Down
213 Detect Light Bites
214 Cast into a Tornado
215 Flip a Lure the Florida Way
216 Fish with a Shiner
217 Try a Beer-Poached Fish
218 Prank Social Media Pals
219 Master the Orvis Knot
220 School a Kid On Fly Fishing
221 Trick Lunkers with a Lantern
222 Fillet the Boniest Fish that Swims
223 Take the Fight to the Fish in Small Water
224 Fly Cast in Circles
225 Catch Bart with a Sabiki Rig
Hunting
226 Earn the Rifleman's Merit Badge
227 Brighten Your Rifle Sight
228 Shoot with Two Eyes
229 Save Your Eardrums for a Quarter
230 Build a Gunsmith Box
231 Make a DIY Target Stand
232 Make a Trail Tape Dispenser
233 Stop Gun-Sling Slip
234 Camo Paint a Gun Stock
235 Clean a Trigger with a Toothbrush
236 Hold Binoculars Rock Steady Three Ways
237 Fix Stock Dings with an Iron
238 Pick the Right Rifle Caliber
239 Decoy a Pronghorn Antelope
240 Pack String Wax Every Hunt
241 Customize Your Bow Sight
242 Read a Bloody Arrow
243 Master the Ground-Blind Shot
244 Use Superglue
245 Use Confidence Decoys to Arrow a Deer
246 Shoot Tighter Groups At Every Distance
247 Glass the Grid
248 Homebrew Deer Scents
249 Stick a Call to Your Coat
250 Make a Drag Rag
251 Know What Your Bullet is Doing
252 Plant a Micro Food Plot
253 Make a Buck Bed with a Chain Saw
254 Steer Deer with Buckets
255 Make Your Own Scent Dripper
256 Prune an Apple Tree for Deer
257 Sound Like a Deer
258 Make Rattling Antlers
259 Get Into a Buck Fight with Rattling Antlers
260 Shoot with a "Ching Sling"
261 Sit Like a King on a Styrofoam Throne
262 Hang Nasty Wet Boots from the Rafters
263 Kill a Wild Pig with a Knife
264 Dissect the Wind
265 Walk Like a Deer
266 Let a Young Duck Hunter Call Ducks
267 Raise a Ladder Stand Safely
268 Make the Best Jerk Cord in the World
269 Identify a Button Buck and Hold Your Fire
270 Drop the Follow-Up Duck
271 Hunt a Crosswind
272 Set Up for a Dove Shot
273 Use a Lineman's Belt
274 Make Your Own Scent-Killer
275 Mount a Meat Grinder for Easier Grinding
276 Protect Your Turkey-Call Striker
277 Silence Your Tree Climber
278 Choose Your Weapon for Squirrels
279 Make Buttons and Zipper Pulls from a Deer Rack
280 Make Your Own Scent Wipes
281 Entice a Shy Bull
282 Pull Oft a Bunny Hunt on Your Buck Lease
283 Make an Elk-Stopping Bugle Scream
284 Tie a Getaway Knot
285 Master the Rut
286 Track an Elk
287 Use a POV Camera
288 Use GPS to Record Game Trails
289 Control a Spinning Turkey
290 Know Trail Cam Lingo
291 Fine-Tune Trail Cams
292 Target Shop At Walmart
293 Turn a Pistol Into a Shotgun
294 Channel the Song Dog
295 Train for a Deep Woods Deer Drag
296 Couch Drill for the Shot of Your Life
297 Cook a Deer on a Rock
298 Map Your Spot
299 Roast a Deer Haunch
300 Clean Your Knife
301 Take a Killer Trophy Shot
302 Age Deer in a Big Cooler
303 Be the Camp Biologist
304 Take the Tenderloins
305 Share the Birds
306 Stop a Running Buck
307 Wet-Age a Deer
308 See in the Dark
309 Tan a Deer Hide
310 Help a Kid Gut a First Deer
311 Stick It to Downed Game
312 Hoist a Deer
313 Take a Killer Selfie
314 Identify Tracks by Gait
315 Hoist Any Load with a Backcountry Block and Tackle
316 Shoot Your Own Bird
317 Sneak a Ridge Ready to Shoot
318 Skin a Deer with a Golf Ball
319 Freeze Any Game for Cheap
320 Really, Really Tick Off Your Hunting Partner
321 Make Your Own Deer Drag
322 Spook the Bull You're Hunting
323 Green-Score a Whitetail Rack
324 Work a Beaver Pond Over for Ducks
325 Maintain a Mount
326 Make Jerky with a Pencil
327 Pack a Field-Dressing Kit
328 Mount a Rack on a Rock
329 Track a Blood Trail
330 Light Up a Hunt
331 Rig a Deer Drag
332 Remove a Backstrap with Precision
333 Rig a Prusik-Knot Safety Rope
334 Adjust a Saddle for an All-Day Hunt
335 Haul Your Deer Any Distance
336 Face a Duck Blind in the Right Direction
337 Teach a Bird Dog to Point
338 Sound Like a Duck
339 Decipher Flight Patterns
340 Decode a Duck Quack
341 Know When You've Screwed a Scope Hard Enough
342 Know Your Flyway
343 Make a Teal Pot
344 Flag a Duck
345 Cook a Duck with a Stick
346 Make a Duck Hunter's Floating Table
347 Set Monster Gang Lines for Big Water Divers
348 Know Your Nuts
349 Spatchcock Your Bird
350 Glass with a Plan
351 Fool Wood Ducks with a Spinning Dove Decoy
352 Make the Awesomest Duck Whistle On the Planet
353 Translate a Quack
354 Snag Decoys in Deep Water
355 Disappear from Ducks
356 Fillet a Deer Quarter
357 Walk Like a Shadow
358 Tune-Up Your Turkey Skills
359 Store a Duck in Pantyhose
360 Tune Shotgun Swing with a Flashlight
361 Turn Away Ticks
362 Disappear with Zip Ties and Clothespins
363 Make a European Mount Duck Skull
364 Tune a Duck Call
365 Brush Up a Duck Canoe
366 Cold-Proof Your Shotgun
367 Put More Spring in Your Semiauto Shotgun
368 Make Exploding Flash Targets for an Olympic-Style Shoot
369 Shoot the Tricky Out-Of-Nowhere Stealth Bird
370 Sight in a Scope on a Bolt Action Rifle
371 Customize Binoculars
372 Pack a Woodstove for a Slow, Long Burn
373 Hear What Your Rifle is Telling You
374 Make a Buck Scrape
375 Clean a Plucked Duck in 60 Seconds
376 Make Your Own Wind Checker
377 Fool Five Thousand Geese
378 Drop a Single Bird out of a Flock
379 Claim the Best Bunk
380 Sound Like a Turkey
381 Make the Perfect Yelp
382 Call a Turkey with a Peacock
383 Tune Up a Box Call
384 Blow a Wingbone Yelper
385 Use an Old Tire to Teach a New Dog Tricks
386 Train a Dog to Scent Trail
387 Make a Canine First Aid Kit
388 Teach a Dog to Dive for Ducks
389 Hunt Squirrels Like a Grown-Up
390 Stump Slump for Gobblers
391 Drill for the Scampering Squirrel
392 Call Squirrels with Stuff in Your funk Drawer
393 Be the Tripod
394 Jerry-Rig a Muzzleloader Shooring Rail
395 Bleach a Deer Skull
396 Clean a Squirrel
397 Make a Frog Gig
398 Prepare Your Frogs
399 Mark Your Pot Call
400 Make Your Own Layout Blind
401 Turn a Utility Table into a Butcher Shop
402 Know When to Switch Your Decoy Setup
403 Shoot Downhill and Uphill
404 Build a Roofed Meat Pole
405 Blaze Secret Trails to Your Stand
406 Remember Four Knife "Nevers"
407 Assemble a Rifle Repair Kit
408 Judge a Trophy Buck by its Ears
409 Hold a Shotgun Tenderly
410 Double Your Range with a Bipod
411 Use Binoculars as a Spotting Scope
412 Make a PVC Rifle Rest
413 Hunt On Snowshoes
414 Keep Hunting Clothes Clean in Camp
415 Re-Proof Waxed Cotton
416 Silence Your Zipper
417 Keep Calls Clean
Survival
418 Pack a 1-Day Survival Kit
419 Pack a 3-Day Survival Kit
420 Pack a 1-Week, Multiperson Survival Kit
421 Beat the Bugs
422 Beat Blisters with Duct Tape
423 Tie a Hunter's Bend
424 Upgrade Your Survival Kit
425 Make a Swiss Seat
426 Rig the Z-Drag
427 Make Waterproof Matches
428 Descend a Cliff with a Single Rope
429 Break Bigger Branches
430 Spark Fire with a Knife
431 Stay Alive with Toilet Paper
432 Make a Survival Faucet
433 Shave the Day
434 Reuse a Shotshell
435 Scrounge Up Survival Wire
436 Open a Can Without a Can Opener
437 Cook Fish On a Log
438 Make a Duct Tape Bowl
439 Bandage with Duct Tape
440 Build a Fire in the Rain
441 Aim a Makeshift Signal Mirror
442 Spear Fish in a Funnel Trap
443 Make a Tinder Bundle
444 Remove a Fish Hook
445 Catch Fish with a Trigger Snare
446 Construct a Fish Weir
447 Stop Bleeding
448 Read a Bear's Mind
449 Boil Water for Safe Drinking
450 Carry 50 Feet of Rope On Your Feet
451 Hurl a Back-Country Deathstar
452 Make a Trap or Die Trying
453 Choke Down Bugs
454 Rate an Insect Sting
455 Prepare for Anaphylaxis
456 Call for Rescue with a Nut
457 Survive in Fast Water
458 Survive a Lightning Strike
459 Cut Saplings for Shelter
460 Drink Snow
461 Start a Fire with Binoculars
462 Survive On Acorns
463 Survive a Fall Overboard
464 Stay On Top of Thin Ice
465 Navigate by the Night Sky
466 Survive a Fall Through the Ice
467 Make Emergency Mukluks
468 Call for Help in Any Language
469 Survive the Roughest Night with a Knife
470 Test a Knife with a Newspaper
471 Escape from Wildfire
472 Make a Wicked Slingshot
473 Maintain a Knife Clip
474 Start a Fire with a Flare
475 Pitch a Survival Camp
476 Start a Fire
477 Carve a Fuzz Stick for a Fast Firestarter
478 Make Fire Wick At Home
479 Improvise Snowshoes
480 Stay Found for Less Than 10 Bucks
481 Make a Blowgun
482 Use Superglue to Close a Wound
483 Reset a Dislocated Shoulder
484 Make a Fire Bed
485 Make a Fire Plough
486 Skin and Cook a Snake
487 Navigate by Deliberate Offset
488 Build a Fire On Snow
489 Avoid a Bear Attack
490 Build a One-Match Fire When Your Life Depends On It
491 Split a Log with a Knife
492 Fling a Bola
493 Eat Roadkill
494 Track Back with a GPS Unit
495 Make a Bow Drill
496 Be a Backcountry Dentist
497 Survive a Frigid Dunking
498 Evaluate a Bubbly Compass
499 Treat a Snake Bite
500 Save Your Backtrail On a GPS
501 Create a Whirling Propeller of Signal Light