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  • In the May/June 2012 Issue...
  • An Interview with Cody Lundin
  • Survival Bow Made From a Toy
  • Cooking With a Light Bulb
  • The NAA 1860 Cap & Ball Revolver
  • Alexander Selkirk... The Real Crusoe
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Backwoodsman magazine was started in 1980 and is published bi-monthly. We are dedicated to preserving Old Frontier living, primitive hunting and fishing, tool and weapons lore, and wilderness survival. Each issue includes articles, information and how-to projects associated with this unique period of North American history.

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    May/June 2012 featured article

    by Charlie Richie, Jr.

    While growing up, Cody Lundin probably didn't realize it at the time that his love for nature and the outdoors would have such a profound impact on his life. His constant desire to explore the many different aspects of self-reliance has resulted in him becoming one of the world's foremost authorities on primitive living and survival skills. Cody began challenging himself at an early age. While living in Wyoming as a teenager, he would often hike alone deep in the nearby wilderness with just a piece of fishing line. After finishing high school, he hit the open road with just a few things including his first homemade survival kit. During these next few years is when Cody underwent a major personal transformation. For two years, he lived in a brush shelter in the forest, where he slept on a bed of pine needles and cooked over an open fire. He began teaching outdoor skills at the Boulder Outdoor Survival School. Then in 1991, he founded the Aboriginal Outdoor Living School, located in Prescott, Arizona. To this day, it continues to be one of the leading outdoor schools in the country while offering classes in outdoor survival, primitive living skills and urban preparedness.

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