American Frontiersman

The quintessential frontiersmen were those imbued with the new “American Spirit” who pushed the envelope, and the frontier, from one ocean to the other as they brought to its finest form, what we call the art and science of frontiersmanship. This spirit is alive and well 200 years into our nation’s history as our master practitioners offer timely and timeless articles on wilderness, survival, the land and the techniques that have been honed through generations. From good blades and even how to make them; frontier techniques for building hasty or permanent shelter, foraging, staying fed and making a living; making and getting the most from frontier tools; wilderness and survival medicine for staying healthy or repairing broken health; even primitive archery and manly-man recipes, the American Frontiersman celebrates the land offers timeless tips for self-reliance.

EDITORS’ WELCOME THE TRAIL AHEAD

American Frontiersman

HIT THE TRAIL • A trekker’s guide for getting started in living history

LONGHUNTER HENRY SKAGGS • Life and times of the man who roamed the DARK and BLOODY ground

Restless Spirit: JIM BECKW OURTH • The remarkable story of one of the first African American mountain men

IN SPIRIT OF SAMUEL READER • Time to take a page out of Kansas’ rich frontier history

A TRUE GRIZZLY TALE • How Montana game warden Lou Kis survived a confrontation with an angry beast

10 LIFESAVING TIPS FOR GRIZZY COUNTRY

NEW-SCHOOL RENDEZVOUS • How today’s young guns are keeping the trapper’s camp tradition alive

MODERN BOWIE & NESSMUK • Bear Forest Knives takes these timeless American classics to new heights

GT-3 MINI KEP HART

BENT BLADES & CROOKED HANDLES • The history of the strange but useful mocotaugan, plus tips for making your own

From BILLIONS to NONE • How America’s passenger pigeon passed into extinction

The ELK REVIVAL • Missing from the eastern states for over a century, this majestic animal has returned

TOP 3 ELK ROAD TRIPS

What Elk Need To Succeed

BLAZE OF GLORY • Ruger storms the gun industry with .45-70 thunder from its latest Marlin 1895 SBL

MARLIN 1895 SBL

FAST-ACTION GLASS

A PERFECT MARLIN 1894 • This is one Fink-tified, lever-action beauty

So You Need A LONGRIFLE? • AF his story honoring the spirit with iconic custom

Big Green’s New Bullets • Grandpa’s cartridges get an upgrade with Remington’s new-for-’22 Core-Lokt Tipped

True Timber Wader Tech Zip-Front Parka

COVER YOUR BUTTSTOCK • A DIY project that’ll protect your gun’s stock and hold ammo, too

BUTTSTOCK COVER TIPS

TYING ONE ON • A beginner’s guide to creating your own KILLER FLIES

Helpful Tips & Lore

BURNIN’ FOR YOU • Keep the fire alive in style with these four fire lays

QUALITIES OF WOOD

Let’s Wing It! • Have yourself a wing fling with these four cooking methods

GEAR BAG • Some new and notable goods that flipped our trigger

FRONTIER FORTS • A look inside the historic walls of Arizona’s Fort Verde