Manly Skills

Fire Building with Damp Wood | 100 Deadly Skills Survival Edition

Getting a sustainable fire started may be a matter of life and death in certain situations. Knowing how to get that fire started in all conditions is a must. To increases your chances of survivability you need to prepare ahead of time when going into the woods hiking, backpacking or hunting. I have covered some […]

‘100 Deadly Skills, Survival Edition’: Former Navy SEAL shows you how to choke out a bad guy

Clint Emerson, former Navy SEAL, has written a second book titled “100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition.” Here is an excerpt that focuses on how to choke out a bad guy. How To Choke Out a Bad Guy (#71) An often-overlooked form of self-defense, choking out a violent criminal requires neither brawn nor expertise in mixed […]

Process a Deer Like a Pro

This year, my buddy Dan and I decided that if we successfully harvested deer, we were going to do all the processing ourselves. Here’s what we learned.