Wilderness Axe Skills and Campcraft

Wilderness Axe Skills and Campcraft
Author: Paul Kirtley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-03-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9780764361487

An understandable guide to key skills for bushcrafters, campers, outdoors lovers, and anyone interested in surviving on the land. No other woodcraft teacher instills outdoor knowledge the way Kirtley does, which has earned him a stellar global reputation. This is the chance to learn from him even if you can't attend his sold-out courses. Everything needed for those seeking eventual serious bushcraft mastery, and also helpful for those who admire bushcraft but simply want to add ease and enjoyment to occasional camping. This is his first book and teaches the core skills from start to finish: selecting the correct tools for the task, caring for the tools, everyday axe techniques, felling, limbing, sectioning, and carving techniques and projects. Next, master efficient and sometimes lifesaving campcraft needs, including pot hangers, tripods, cranes, camp grills, broilers, lanterns, stools, tent needs, essential knots, lashings, ladders, and rope throwing and hoisting. Also features a detailed look at more than a dozen types of wood and their properties, for best choices in all bushcraft needs.

Knife and Axe Skills for Wilderness Survival

Knife and Axe Skills for Wilderness Survival
Author: Bob Holtzman
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2016-01-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0785833854

Be ready for anything. This invaluable guide will each you everything from sharpening your survival axe to crafting watercraft with just a knife.

Wilderness Survival Skills

Wilderness Survival Skills
Author: Bob Holtzman
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0785836357

Wilderness Survival Skills is an outdoor survival guide that utilizes the most popular and versatile tool carried by every hiker, camper and hunter: the knife. It provides you with the essential information and life-saving techniques for all survival situations, including hunting, fishing, and trapping, building a shelter, making a fire, self-defense, and carving useful tools. Each chapter presents the knife skills and activities essential for wilderness survival, including: using a knife and axe, carrying and caring for a knife, securing food with a knife, sharpening an axe, and constructing watercraft with a knife

Bushcraft

Bushcraft
Author: Mors L. Kochanski
Publisher: Lone Pine Pub
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781551051222

Longtime wilderness educator Mors Kochanski has dedicated his life to learning and teaching about the lore of the forest. With clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams and a color photo supplement, this comprehensive reference includes all the practical skills and knowledge essential for you to survive and enjoy the wilderness: * Lighting and maintaining a fire * Chopping wood and felling a tree * Creating a shelter and keeping warm * Safe use of the axe and bush knife * Plants and animals important for survival * Food, water and outdoor cooking * Wilderness first aid. * This bestseller should be required reading for hikers, campers, hunters, foresters, backwoods adventurers, scouts, youth groups--anyone with a passion for the outdoors.

Wilderness Survival

Wilderness Survival
Author: Mark Elbroch
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2006-05-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0071782680

Do you have what it takes? You’re alone in the wilderness with nothing but a knife and the clothes on your back. Will you survive? Do you have the skills to feed, clothe, and protect yourself? Mark Elbroch, a master tracker, and Mike Pewtherer, a woodland skills educator, put those questions to the test when they embarked on a 46-day, unprovisioned, unequipped journey into the dense wilderness of the northeastern United States. Wilderness Survival is their highly practical and uniquely observant introduction to survival in the deep woods. Mark and Mike tested generally accepted truths, questioned conventional solutions, and distilled the best techniques for making fire, obtaining shelter, finding water, and hunting with primitive weapons. They give you: • A life-saving handbook of survival skills that explores man's place in the natural world • The secret to surviving in the wilderness as part of nature—not its adversary • Explanations of more than 30 wilderness survival skills, including hunting and gathering food, fashioning tools, and preserving and storing food

101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods

101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods
Author: Kevin Estela
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1624147437

The Foundation of All Survival Skills is “Feeder” Mind-Set “Feeder” mind-set means being in control of a situation, proactive rather than reactive. It is an optimistic outlook that reframes any situation as a learning experience. Kevin Estela teaches survival skills from this feeder-based perspective, which is what separates his teaching style from other wilderness instructors. Kevin has written the quintessential guide for an outdoor enthusiast’s “bucket list” of skills—how to make a fire, build a shelter, gather food, find water, use a knife correctly and make cordage. These skills will keep you safe and better prepare you to deal with emergencies in the field, when you’ll need the additional skills of signaling and communication, navigation and crisis first aid taught in this book. Each chapter concludes with more advanced techniques to build your skills in various challenging situations, with tips that even seasoned survival enthusiasts haven’t thought of. 101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods is not a onetime read but a lifetime reference you will turn to over and over again. It will become the first thing you pack for any adventure and just might save your— or someone else’s—life. kevin estela, a bushcraft and survival expert, is an avid world traveler and martial arts instructor.

Bushcraft Survival

Bushcraft Survival
Author: Ray Mears
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2006
Genre: Survival
ISBN: 9780340834817

In BUSHCRAFT SURVIVAL Ray Mears travels to some of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses in the world, and experiences first hand the survival techniques of different indigenous cultures. From the Hudson Bay in Canada, via Tanzania and the jungles of Venezuela, to the moors and highlands of Britain, BUSHCRAFT SURVIVAL explores a range of locations and techniques from indigenous peoples. Drawing on centuries of knowledge as well as his own experience, Ray demonstrates how our enjoyment of the wilderness comes through respect for our surroundings and the people, plants and animals that live there.

Bushcraft Basics

Bushcraft Basics
Author: Barrett Williams
Publisher: Barrett Williams
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2023-04-19
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Looking to take your wilderness skills to the next level? Look no further than Bushcraft Basics, the comprehensive guide to mastering outdoor survival in any conditions. In this expertly-crafted eBook, you'll find everything you need to know to become a bushcraft pro. From building a fire and constructing shelters to navigating the wilderness and foraging for food, this guide has it all. Throughout the book's 20 chapters, you'll learn the principles and techniques of bushcraft skills that have been honed over centuries. Take advantage of expert advice from our experienced bushcrafters, and learn how to make the most of your time in the great outdoors. You'll start with the basics, including a comprehensive introduction to bushcraft skills, and an in-depth guide to understanding fire and choosing the right firewood. From there, you'll learn to build your own fire pit, gather materials for a successful fire, and create various types of fire to suit your needs. But that's just the beginning. You'll also learn the essential knots and their uses, basic and unique knot-tying techniques, and how to use knots to construct shelters. Plus, you'll discover how to create traps to catch wild game, sharpen knives and axes, find and purify water, and navigate using dead reckoning and natural navigation. And if you're looking for something more advanced, the eBook also covers bushcraft woodworking and crafting, emergency preparedness in the wilderness, and the ethics of treading lightly on the land. In short, this comprehensive guide to bushcraft basics is your ticket to becoming an expert outdoor adventurer. So why wait? Download your copy of Bushcraft Basics today and prepare to take your wilderness skills to the next level!

Camping & Wilderness Survival

Camping & Wilderness Survival
Author: Paul Tawrell
Publisher: Paul Tawrell
Total Pages: 1092
Release: 2006
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780974082028

Extensively researched and illustrated guidebook of nearly every conceivable aspect of outdoor camping and survival in all types of terrain and climate.

The Ultimate Bushcraft Survival Manual

The Ultimate Bushcraft Survival Manual
Author: Tim MacWelch
Publisher: Weldon Owen International
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1681883171

The ultimate guide to living in the wild from finding shelter and food to knowing the many uses for antlers, mud, animal fat and more. Imagine being dropped in the woods with little more than a knife, your wits, and the shirt on your back. You’d need more than luck to survive. You’d need the knowledge and skills covered in Ultimate Bushcraft Survival Manual. In this book, survival expert Tim MacWelch examines how primitive cultures around the world and throughout history have made their own shelter, weapons, tools, and more. He also shares clever, MacGuyver-style ideas for repurposing anything you might find in your pockets or pack. Whether your goal is to test yourself against nature, be prepared for any catastrophe, or learn more about traditional survival techniques, this is the book for you.