Every adult should carry the means to make fire at all times. It's that simple. The ability to start a fire was once held in higher regard than it is...
Training can be horizontal or vertical. Horizontal training includes learning how to operate gear and learning basic skill sets. Vertical training is when the basics are made more difficult with...
In early 2023, I filmed a very low-budget YouTube video with Julian and his brother Josh in a San Antonio hotel room after podcasting with former POW's from Vietnam. That...
Professional development is essential. While I don't fancy myself a "gun instructor" I occasionally get pressed into service as an assistant instructor on the range for Fieldcraft. I'll be the...
My late Mentor, Marty Simon, was a Vietnam combat veteran specializing in nighttime ambush raids. While he left his military career behind him and started a civilian survival school, he...
It has been a fun ride teaching Defensive Shotgun for Fieldcraft Survival, and the ride is far from over. After many years of being a student and bird hunter, it...
My late mentor carried a .357 5-shot revolver and swore by that caliber. He was a Vietnam combat veteran and one of the most capable individuals I’ve ever known. Marty...
This week’s blog is all about my students and the conditions they faced while training in Granite Falls, WA. When I scheduled a 2-day survival course in the Pacific Northwest,...
“Gone Fishin’”. You’ve probably heard someone say this and perhaps that expression invokes thoughts of a guy in a row boat with a bucket hat dangling a line over the...
“So you just drink coffee and talk about 4x4’s?” I’ve fielded that question about Go Rigs and Coffee before and here in Aberdeen, NC, I fielded it again. Go Rigs...
Some of the best meals you will ever have can only be experienced while at camp. Even the same coffee you make at home, prepared in the same manner, is...
