Surviving in the wild is not an exact science. Beyond the basics of finding water, food, shelter and eventually help, opinions vary. Two experts tell how they think it's done. Equipped with minimal gear, the pair are left in remote locations where they battle the elements and sometimes each other.
Written by Sophie and last updated on apr 04, 2022.
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How lost hunters can survive in the harsh conditions of Tierra Del Fuego, how to survive and extreme injury.
The episode was rated 7.48 from 66 votes.
Dave and Cody head into the Everglades to take on the role of airboaters stuck in a sawgrass prairie marsh under the blazing Florida sun. They must seek shelter in a nearby swamp where water moccasin, python and alligators lay in wait.
The episode was rated 7.52 from 60 votes.
David and Cody show how to survive the harsh Rocky Mountains.
The episode was rated 7.57 from 63 votes.
Cody and Dave take on the scenario of two ranchers, stranded on the Northern Great Plains in Montana during the dead of winter. Their only survival supplies are the charred remains of a burned-down shack: an axe head, a bison hide, a glass jar, a metal tin and a steel striker
The episode was rated 7.68 from 53 votes.
From the barren salt flats to the vast desert woodland, Dave and Cody battle the elements in the sun scorched desert of Baja, Mexico. With few supplies, they each demonstrate how to make use of an unlikely resource - urine
The episode was rated 7.68 from 57 votes.
Our intrepid duo take on the survival scenario of two castaways adrift at sea and show how to survive being stranded on a deserted jungle island in the South Pacific. This time, even Dave goes barefoot.
The episode was rated 7.69 from 52 votes.
Dave and Cody take on the role of biologists lost in the wet cloud forests of Panama 7,000 feet above sea level with only a poncho, specimen jar and a broken lighter to aid in their quest for civilization.
The episode was rated 7.71 from 48 votes.
In Kentucky, Dave and Cody take on a scenario of two kayakers who are dumped into the cold river just a few hours before sundown. To make things worse, they become separated from each other by two miles of rushing river. Then, Dave traps an irate skunk.
The episode was rated 7.81 from 43 votes.
Cody and Dave are dropped in the Highland jungle of Thailand that has few tools for survival but lots of things that like to bite
The episode was rated 7.82 from 57 votes.
Cody and Dave take on a survival scenario in South Africa's backcountry where dehydration kills in hours and hungry super-predators kill even faster. Armed with nothing but a machete, they show how to escape the bush without getting eaten alive
The episode was rated 7.84 from 55 votes.
The hosts portray two lost travelers who run out of gas on an abandoned logging road in Northern Maine. To survive, they loot a broken-down truck for supplies and find a can of dog food.
The episode was rated 7.91 from 47 votes.
In Botswana's Okavango Delta, Cody and Dave -- equipped only with a dying GPS and waterlogged binoculars -- seek to escape the dangerously territorial and deadly hippos that rule the marshland.
The episode was rated 7.98 from 53 votes.
