StayWild: Your Outdoor Knowledge Hub

StayWild Outdoor is an independent outdoor knowledge hub focused on survival skills, bushcraft, land navigation, and practical nature education. We publish field-grounded articles, guides, and references designed to make outdoor knowledge accessible, structured, and reliable. Our goal is simple: turn timeless outdoor skills into clear, usable knowledge for modern readers.

StayWild is not just a website — it is a growing community built around respect for nature, practical competence, and continuous learning. We believe outdoor knowledge should be preserved, practiced, and passed forward. From first-time campers to experienced bushcraft enthusiasts, our platform exists to support skill development at every level.

Through structured articles, technique breakdowns, and educational series, we are building a long-term outdoor reference library — a place where survival knowledge, navigation skills, and nature understanding are documented clearly and responsibly.

Our Team & Collaboration

StayWild Outdoor is led by Trailmaker Jay, a professional outdoor and survival instructor with hands-on field experience in bushcraft, navigation, and wilderness education. His practical background shapes the tone and structure of our articles — focused on clarity, realism, and safe application in real outdoor environments.

Beyond publishing, Jay is available as a speaker and workshop instructor for outdoor skills, survival fundamentals, navigation basics, and bushcraft techniques. Educational sessions can be tailored for groups, events, and training programs.

We are open to collaboration with educators, creators, field specialists, and outdoor organizations who share a practical and responsible approach to outdoor knowledge. If you are interested in working together, partnerships, or educational projects, please reach out through our Contact page.

Our Philosophy

Our philosophy is rooted in practical education and genuine curiosity about the natural world. We create content to educate, clarify, and spark interest in outdoor skills and wilderness knowledge — not to sensationalize or oversimplify them.

Our material is written for beginners, intermediate learners, and seasoned outdoor practitioners alike. Foundational skills are explained clearly, while deeper technical topics are explored with proper context and detail. Outdoor knowledge should be layered — built step by step — just as it has been taught traditionally.

Above all, we aim to motivate people to spend more time outside, observe more closely, prepare more carefully, and develop real competence in the outdoors. Knowledge grows through practice — and practice starts by stepping outside.

What We Do

We research, test, and publish practical outdoor knowledge through structured articles and field-based guides. Our approach combines traditional methods, modern understanding, and safety-first thinking. We focus on usable knowledge — techniques readers can understand and apply responsibly.

Our main knowledge areas include:

1. Survival Skills & Bushcraft Techniques for practical field preparedness.
2. Land Navigation & Compass Use for route finding and orientation.
3. Nature Knowledge for wildlife awareness and environmental understanding.
4. How to Tie Essential Knots and functional cordage systems.
5. Campfire Cooking methods, tools, and outdoor recipes.
6. Nature Photography techniques for documenting the outdoors.
7. Folklore & Legends connected to wilderness history and tradition.

Our content is created with strong attention to outdoor safety and responsible practice. At the same time, field conditions always vary, and readers remain responsible for how techniques are applied in real situations. We recommend reviewing our Disclaimer for important usage guidance.

Our Community

StayWild is supported by a growing outdoor community across our website, social platforms, and discussion spaces. We share knowledge, field observations, techniques, and stories — and we encourage respectful exchange between learners and practitioners.

You can join our community through our social channels and our Discord server, where readers and outdoor enthusiasts connect, ask questions, and share experience.

For those who want to actively support our work and help expand our educational content, we offer optional support through Patreon. Supporters directly contribute to research time, field testing, and new educational series.

Why We Do This

We believe outdoor knowledge should remain alive, practical, and shared. Skills that help people move safely and confidently through nature are worth preserving and teaching well.

If our guides help you learn, prepare, and explore more responsibly, then StayWild is doing its job.

Get outside. Keep learning. Stay Wild.