Basic Bush Survival
Filled with pictures and diagrams, the book describes how to construct shelters, snares and fish nets. It details how to light a campfire, cook wild flora and fauna and recognize harmful plants and animals. Across North America in any given year, there are dozens of people who go missing in the woods. Some are found in a matter of hours, some are found in days (not always alive), and some are never found. Most are totally unprepared for the ordeal and have no idea what to do once they realize they are lost. Author Ted Meyers has created an easy-to-read guide which spells out to readers how to avoid trouble in the woods and what to do if they find themselves in such a dilemma. Filled with pictures and diagrams, the book describes how to construct shelters, snares and fish nets. It details how to light a campfire, cook wild flora and fauna and recognize harmful plants and animals. This book is a must for hunters, campers, hikers or anyone contemplating a trip into or through the wilderness, whether it be forest, desert or southern bayou. Don't leave home without it!
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Basic Bush Survival
Filled with pictures and diagrams, the book describes how to construct shelters, snares and fish nets. It details how to light a campfire, cook wild flora and fauna and recognize harmful plants and animals. Across North America in any given year, there are dozens of people who go missing in the woods. Some are found in a matter of hours, some are found in days (not always alive), and some are never found. Most are totally unprepared for the ordeal and have no idea what to do once they realize they are lost. Author Ted Meyers has created an easy-to-read guide which spells out to readers how to avoid trouble in the woods and what to do if they find themselves in such a dilemma. Filled with pictures and diagrams, the book describes how to construct shelters, snares and fish nets. It details how to light a campfire, cook wild flora and fauna and recognize harmful plants and animals. This book is a must for hunters, campers, hikers or anyone contemplating a trip into or through the wilderness, whether it be forest, desert or southern bayou. Don't leave home without it!
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Basic Bush Survival

Basic Bush Survival

Basic Bush Survival

Basic Bush Survival

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Overview

Filled with pictures and diagrams, the book describes how to construct shelters, snares and fish nets. It details how to light a campfire, cook wild flora and fauna and recognize harmful plants and animals. Across North America in any given year, there are dozens of people who go missing in the woods. Some are found in a matter of hours, some are found in days (not always alive), and some are never found. Most are totally unprepared for the ordeal and have no idea what to do once they realize they are lost. Author Ted Meyers has created an easy-to-read guide which spells out to readers how to avoid trouble in the woods and what to do if they find themselves in such a dilemma. Filled with pictures and diagrams, the book describes how to construct shelters, snares and fish nets. It details how to light a campfire, cook wild flora and fauna and recognize harmful plants and animals. This book is a must for hunters, campers, hikers or anyone contemplating a trip into or through the wilderness, whether it be forest, desert or southern bayou. Don't leave home without it!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780888393999
Publisher: Hancock House Publishers
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

A graduate of RCAF Survival School, Ted Meyers has assisted on RCAF Search and Rescue teams in Labrador. He also spent many days in Saskatchewan under the watchful ad critical eye of his grandfather Fred Henderson, a well-known woodsman, and master of woodlore.

Table of Contents

-Dedication

-Introduction

Chapters;

1. Learn the basics

2. There's danger in the thar hills

3. Preparing a survival kit

4. Building a shelter

5. Identify edible plants

6. Identifying poisonous plants

7. Medicines and treatments

8. Insect pests

9. Snake and spider bites

10. Group survival means teamwork

11. Snares, spears and traps

12. Locating water and determining your whereabouts

13. Preparing and cooking of food

14. The howling arctic

15. Get to know your neighbors

16. He who has nothing

17. Signaling for help

18. Odds and ends

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