In my view, food as nature intended means wild game. Over the last decade my family has been blessed with many successful hunts which resulted in a freezer full of the cleanest meat on the planet. Pure, unadulterated wild game is the healthiest option on earth, however not everyone has the time, skill or desire to hunt for all their meat. Just because you don’t have access to wild game, do you need to settle for an inferior product? Walk the Walk We started this website because my family is passionate about wild game and being connected to the food we eat, however over the past 2 years of oper ..read more

Teaching my girls where food comes from This article was published in the Echo Magazine of Eagle River, Alaska. If you want to learn more about modern subsistence and my families pursuit of that lifestyle, please visit and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Alaska is replete with natural resources providing, those of us that call the last frontier home, a landscape of abundant wild food. Amongst this landscape we also find our community located in a environment in which plentiful amounts of food can be grown and raised at home. Our growing seasons in Southcentral Alaska may be short, but thanks ..read more

Do you want cookware that will last longer, make your food taste better and can be used for self defense in a pinch? Sounds like you need some cast iron. Ditch the Teflon What makes Teflon non-stick?  The compound PTFE, otherwise know as polytetrafluoroethylene. This is the primary chemical in Teflon. We all know and love Teflon for its non-stickiness and ease of clean up after scrambling eggs. Some concerns arrive in regards to cooking with a Teflon pan and how you are ingesting and inhaling these chemicals, which could make us sick. It seems the jury is still out to whether or not PTFE ..read more

I can’t get enough when it comes to yarns about Alaska and hunting. This is my list of the Best Books About Alaska Hunting. Some of these are just great stories, others are really informative and comprehensive guides. If these books interest you, click the links below and get yourself a copy. Alaska’s Wolfman source: Amazon This is my personal favorite book about Alaska. The stories within this book will make you wish you were born a hundred years ago and could travel with this legend. Jim Rearden is an excellent Alaska author, one who you will see several times on this list and righ ..read more

What is a possibles pouch? It’s quite possibly one of the handiest thing to carry around in your pack!! Jokes aside, its simply a small stuff sack or zippered pouch that you use to organize small items that you don’t want to lose in your pack. The items I keep in my possibles pouch I have been carrying for years, however only in the past year have I grouped all these items together in a single, small, self contained pouch. Below you can watch a video where I share with you the contents of my possibles pouch! The possibles pouch is something that explorers and mountain men have been carryi ..read more

Here’s the next video in our series on how to make your own outdoor gear. In this video I show you how to make a zippered stuff sack. AKA, possibles pouch, didity bag or whatever other creative name you want to call it. This bag is ultralight (1/4 ounce), water resistant and cheap to make. If you don’t feel ready to make one of these yourself, we still have stock on hand and you can buy one right HERE! Our mission is to teach all of you how to make your own outdoor and hunting gear, however we are going to continue fulfilling orders until all of our inventory is gone. I highly encourage ..read more

In our journey to producing video content about what we do and why, I’ve made a short 1 min YouTube Trailer for Born Wild Alaska. This should answer any questions about the what, who and why behind our transition. We will always be sharing how you can make your own outdoor gear, saving you a ton of money. However, part of this transition away from selling products, also includes a return to why we started this website in the first place. We started this website as a way to share with other young families and men, our approach to life and how we make it all happen. There isn’t one sec ..read more

I buy a lot of old tools from bargain stores and auctions. It’s a great way to get high quality tools at a cheap price. The only caveat is that they need some restoration work. Some of you may know that we will be moving to our dream homestead property this spring and that has motivated me to get my stock pile of old tools in service. In this video I am building a shave horse that will make creating new handles much easier! Some of you may be familiar with our idea we call Modern Subsistence, if not, click HERE to learn more. The main tenet of a modern subsistence lifestyle is doing thing ..read more

I am one frugal SOB and if you’re like me, that led me to learning about DIY outdoor gear. If I can fix, make, grow or hunt something rather than having to buy it…..I’m in! This post will be short one on a few of the items you should consider buying to get started making your own outdoor gear. This page contains affiliate links. The price is the same as you would pay without using the link, however by using my link I get a small cut and it goes towards helping support this website and our endeavors. small pack all pouchI held off making my own gear for years because I thought that y ..read more

The title of this post says it all….If you ever thought that all bull moose are packing around the same stuff, like me, you’d be wrong. This last fall (Sep 2019), while on an Alaska moose hunting trip, I was fortunate enough to have a truly unique hunting experience. Below is a video that tells this tale that will leave most hunters in astonishment. Doing my own research on the intra-webs revealed that this is rare, but has been documented a few times. One of which was even a moose in the Anchorage area. All it takes is a little bit of luck and some sleight of hand on the part of the mo ..read more