
The Bushcraft Boxed Set
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The collection includes:
Bushcraft 101: The primer to wilderness survival based on the author's 5Cs of Survivability (cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages)
Advanced Bushcraft: Takes it to the next level with self-reliance skills that teach you how to survive with little to no equipment
The Bushcraft Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild: Provides everything you need to know about packing, finding, and preparing food while trekking
Bushcraft First Aid: Written with Jason A. Hunt, PhD, it's the go-to first aid resource for anyone headed into the woods
With this boxed set, you'll be prepped and ready for your next outdoor adventure?wherever it takes you!
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Jason A. Hunt first received his training in survival from civilian and military experts by way of his martial arts experience, which spans thirty years. Jason is the author of Pathfinder Wilderness First Aid, a contributor to several magazines, and a weekly co-host on Pathfinder TV.
Content
- Intro
- Bushcraft 101
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Part 1: Gearing Up
- Chapter 1: Your Pack
- The Five Cs
- Packs: An Overview
- Carrying Your Wool Blankets
- Rucksacks
- Pack Frames
- Pack Baskets
- Tumplines
- Haversacks
- Personal Carry Kit for the Traveler Afoot
- Tips and Tricks for Your Pack
- Chapter 2: Tools
- Knives
- Knife Safety/Safe Grips
- Batoning
- Notches
- Shear Cuts
- Knife Care
- Saws
- Saw Safety
- Saw Care
- Axes
- Grinds
- Safe Handling and Use
- Splitting Firewood
- Processing Firewood
- Felling
- Limbing
- Bucking and Notching
- Batoning the Axe
- Axe Care and Sharpening
- Always Carry Wedges
- Tips and Tricks for Your Tools
- Chapter 3: Rope, Cordage, Webbings, and Knots
- Cords
- Rope
- Webbing
- Mule Tape
- Making Natural Cordage
- Basic and Useful Camp Knots
- Lashings, Bindings, and Toggles
- Tips and Tricks for Rope and Cordage
- Chapter 4: Containers and Cooking Tools
- Water Bottles/Canteens
- Cups
- Pots
- Pot Hanging
- Skillets
- Meat Rotisserie
- Planks
- Tools for Food Handling
- Cooking Irons
- Stoves and Burners
- Tips and Tricks for Cooking in the Field
- Chapter 5: Coverage
- Tarps and Tarp Tents
- Polypropylene and Silnylon
- Canvas
- Oilcloth
- Ground Pads
- Browse Bags
- Emergency Thermal Blankets
- Hammocks
- Sleeping Bags
- Wool Blankets
- Natural Shelters
- Tips and Tricks for Smarter Coverage
- Chapter 6: Combustion
- Lighters
- Ferrocerium Rods
- Magnification Lens (Sun Glass)
- Knife/Axe Blades
- Friction Fire (Sticks)
- Charring Tins
- Tips and Tricks for Safe, Successful Fires
- Part 2: In The Bush
- Chapter 7: Setting Up Camp
- The Four Ws
- Camp Hygiene
- Tarps and Tarp Setup
- Firecraft
- Starting Materials
- Fire Lays
- Long Fires
- Dakota Fire Pits
- Keyhole Fires
- Tips and Tricks for Your Camp
- Chapter 8: Navigating Terrain
- Compasses
- Basic Compass Use
- Understanding Terrain Features and Maps
- Orienting the Map
- Measuring Distance and Taking Bearings
- Five Navigation Methods Every Woodsman Should Know
- Reverse or Back Azimuths
- Determining Distance When Traveling
- Finding Yourself (Self Mapping)
- Obstacles
- PAUL (Positive Azimuth Uniform Layout) Method
- Figuring Daylight Hours
- Tips and Tricks for Successful Navigation
- Chapter 9: Trees: The Four-Season Resource
- Pines
- Willows and Poplars
- Black Walnut
- Sassafras
- Oaks
- Tips and Tricks for Making Use of Trees
- Chapter 10: Trapping and Processing Game
- Understanding Trap Components
- Creating Sign Posts
- Bait for Trapping
- Modern Traps
- Improvised Trapping Materials
- The Basics of Upland Trapping
- Baiting Traps
- Water Trapping
- Specialty Sets
- Primitive Trapping
- Deadfall Traps
- Bird Traps
- Small Trapping Kits
- Fishing with Improvised Rods and Tenkara
- Processing Small Game
- Processing Other Game
- Preserving Meat
- Tips and Tricks for Successful Trapping
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: The Pathfinder Concept: Conserving and Utilizing Resources
- Appendix B: Wild Edibles and Medicinal Plants
- Appendix C: Bush Recipes
- Appendix D: Glossary
- Copyright
- Advanced Bushcraft
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Building your kit
- Plan the Scope of Your Trip
- Ten Cs of Survivability
- Core Temperature Control
- Tools
- Comfort
- Convenience
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 2: Natural Resources
- Pine
- Willow
- Poplar
- Oak
- Sassafras
- Birch
- ITEMize
- Medicinal Preparations
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 3: Wooden Tools and Simple Machines
- Throwing or Digging Stick
- Anvil Stump
- Spear or Gig
- Maul or Mallet
- Wedges
- Simple Woodland Machines
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 4: Advanced Firecraft
- Primitive Fire Starting
- The Bow and Drill Method
- Flint and Steel Method
- Solar Fire
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 5: Sheltering
- The Four Ws
- Establishing a Base Camp
- Roving Camps
- Permanent Shelter Options
- Earthen Structures
- Camp Amenities
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 6: Knots, Bindings, Weaving, and Looms
- Cordage and Ropes
- Knots
- Basket Weaving
- Weaving
- Tablet Weaving
- A Simple Peg Loom
- Inkle Loom
- Waist Looms
- Nets and Net Making
- Tumplines
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 7: Trapping
- Animal Behavior
- Animal Sign
- Lower-Food-Chain Resources
- Water-Type Traps
- Types of Primitive Traps
- Trapping Birds
- Hunting
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 8: Preserving Food Sources
- Flours and Meals
- Nuts
- Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs
- Fruit Leather
- Plant Sources of Storable Foods
- Saps
- Meat
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 9: Hide Preservation, Tanning, and Clothing Repair
- Small Hides
- Large Hides
- Rawhide
- Making Leather
- Clothing Repair and Reproduction
- Repair Stitches
- Simple Clothing Patterns
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 10: Woodworking
- Tools
- Dimensional Lumber
- Workbenches
- Besom
- Axe and Tool Handle Replacement
- Making a Wood Bow
- Making Arrows
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 11: Blacksmithing
- Blacksmithing Tools
- Sources for Metal
- Working with Hard Metal
- Chapter 12: Containers and Conveyances
- Water Containers
- Baskets
- Clay Vessels
- Boats
- Pack Frames
- Tips and Tricks
- Appendix A: Tarp Setups
- Appendix B: Dutch-Oven Cooking
- Appendix C: Cloud Charts
- Appendix D: Primitive Navigation
- Appendix E: Mineral Hardness Scale
- Appendix F: Measurement Conversions
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
- Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Packed-In Food
- Chapter 1: Deciding What to Bring
- Chapter 2: Foods That Require Minimal Processing
- Chapter 3: Whole Foods That Don't Require Refrigeration
- Chapter 4: Supplemental Foodstuffs
- Part 2: Bushcraft Cooking Methods
- Chapter 5: Cooking in the Wild
- Chapter 6: Building a Fire
- Chapter 7: Tools and Utensils
- Chapter 8: Tools Improvised from the Landscape
- Chapter 9: Quick Bush Tools
- Chapter 10: Types of Cooking
- Part 3: Living Off the Land
- Chapter 11: Hunting and Trapping Game: Fundamentals
- Chapter 12: Hunting: Beyond the Basics
- Chapter 13: Trapping: Beyond the Basics
- Chapter 14: Butchering Game
- Chapter 15: Catching Fish and Frogs
- Chapter 16: Dave's Favorite Recipes
- Chapter 17: Unconventional Foods
- Chapter 18: Foraging
- Chapter 19: Preserving Caught and Foraged Foods
- Part 4: Emergency Cooking
- Chapter 20: Cooking with Your Engine
- Chapter 21: Unconventional Fuels and Fuel Tabs
- Chapter 22: Making a Stove
- Chapter 23: Solar Cooking
- Appendix A: Nutritional Values of Game Animals and Nuts
- Copyright
- Bushcraft First Aid
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What is Wilderness First Aid?
- Chapter 1: Know Before You Go
- Develop an Emergency Plan
- Handling Stress
- Infectious Disease Precautions
- Helping As a Team
- First Aid for Yourself
- Reducing the Likelihood of Illness
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 2: Survival Skills for the Wilderness
- The Ten Cs
- Dressing for Survival
- Layering
- Five-Minute Fire
- The Sure-Fire Fire Starter
- Tinder Selection
- Building a Bird's Nest
- Five-Minute Shelter
- Five-Minute Water Boil
- Common Outdoor Injuries and Accidents
- Using Proper Gear and Techniques
- Staying Safe While Improvising
- Know Your Limits
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 3: The Emergency Scene
- First Approach
- Look Around You
- Rescuing an Injured Person
- Mechanism of Injury
- Where to Begin?
- AVPU
- ABCs
- Vital Signs
- Prioritizing Treatment
- Physical Exam
- Start at the Top
- Upper Body
- Abdomen and Pelvis
- Arms and Legs
- DCAP-BTLS
- SAMPLE History
- Keep Checking
- Moving an Injured Person
- Neutral Anatomical Position
- Recovery Position
- Log Roll
- Moving a Victim
- Moving Techniques
- Helicopter Evacuation and Signaling
- Caring for Unresponsive Injured or Ill People
- Caring for Responsive Injured and Ill People
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 4: Treatment of Bleeding and Wounds
- Stop the Bleeding
- Direct Pressure
- Wound Cleaning and Bandaging
- Cleaning the Wound
- Using Disinfectants and Ointments
- Closing the Wound
- Limb Function
- Creating and Applying Bandages and Dressings
- No-Pressure Bandaging
- Signs of Incorrect Bandaging
- Using Tourniquets
- Applying a Tourniquet
- Preventing and Identifying Infection
- Special Wounds
- Sucking Chest Wounds
- Flail Chest
- Gunshot Wounds
- Superficial GSW
- GSW to the Arm or Leg
- GSW to the Abdomen
- GSW to the Chest
- Knife and Axe Injuries
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 5: Blisters and Burns
- Preventing and Treating Blisters
- Foot Rot/Trench Foot
- Burns in the Wild
- Moist versus Dry Dressings
- Applying a Moist Dressing
- Burn Classification
- When to Seek Medical Help for Burns
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 6: Bone and Joint Injuries
- Treating Fractures
- Treating the Wound
- Pressure Points
- Splinting the Fracture
- Traction Splints
- Treating Dislocations
- Caring for Sprains, Strains, and Cramps
- Ankle Injuries
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 7: Circulatory Issues
- Identifying and Treating Shock
- Types of Shock
- Four Steps for Treating Shock
- Recognizing and Treating Internal Bleeding
- Suspected Heart Attack
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 8: Breathing Issues
- Treating Respiratory Illnesses
- Treating a Choking Person
- Recognizing and Treating Chest Injuries
- Open and Closed Injuries
- Treating Asthma
- Treating Hyperventilation and Shortness of Breath
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 9: Neurological Issues
- Identifying Stroke
- Helping Someone with Seizures
- What to Do about Fainting
- Caring for Headaches and Migraines
- Treating Injuries to the Head and Skull
- Concussion
- Skull Fractures
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 10: Abdominal Issues
- Treating Open and Closed Abdominal Injuries
- Treating Nausea and Vomiting
- Easing Diarrhea and Constipation
- Hemorrhoids
- Hernias
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 11: Urinary and Reproductive System Issues
- Treating Painful Urination
- Stay Well Hydrated
- Coping with Kidney Stones
- Pain in the Lower Abdomen
- Menstrual and Pregnancy-Related Issues
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 12: Acute and Chronic Illnesses
- Diabetes in the Wilderness
- Hypoglycemia
- Hyperglycemia
- Insulin Shock
- Ketoacidosis
- Allergies and Hives
- Treating Anaphylactic Shock
- Cold and Flu
- Pregnancy
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 13: Environmental Hazards
- Hypothermia, Frostbite, and Submersion Incidents
- Hypothermia
- Frostbite
- Submersion Incidents
- Hyperthermia, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke, and Sunburn
- Hyperthermia
- Heat Exhaustion
- Heat Stroke
- Sunburn
- Altitude Sickness
- Preventing Altitude-Induced Illnesses
- Acute Mountain Sickness
- High-Altitude Cerebral Edema
- High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
- How to Treat High-Altitude Sickness
- Lightning Injury
- Food Poisoning
- Eye Injuries
- Debris Under the Eyelid
- Conjunctivitis (Pinkeye)
- Penetrating Eye Injury
- Treating Dehydration
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 14: Insect and Animal Bites
- Preventing Insect Bites
- Appropriate Clothing
- Battling Insects
- Identifying and Treating Spider Bites
- The Black Widow
- Brown Recluse Spider and Hobo Spider
- Tarantulas
- Identifying and Treating Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Illness
- Removing a Tick
- Lyme Disease
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Identifying and Treating Insect Stings and Insect-Borne Illness
- Snakes and Snakebites
- Symptoms of Snakebite
- Treating Snakebite
- Animal Bites
- Rabies
- Treating Animal Bites
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 15: Poisonous Plants
- Plant-Related Skin Conditions
- Recognizing Poisonous Plants
- Poison Ivy
- Poison Oak
- Poison Sumac
- Treating Reactions to Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac
- Tips and Tricks
- Chapter 16: Plant Medicine for the Woodsman
- Treating by Tissue State
- The Five Tissue States
- Herbal Properties
- Plants for Dry Conditions
- Swamp Violet (Viola palustris)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- Plantain (Plantago major)
- Nettles (Urtica dioica)
- Cattail (Typha latifolia)
- Plants for Cold Conditions
- Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- Dogwood (Cornus florida L.)
- Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
- Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
- Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
- River Birch (Betula nigra)
- Plants for Wind Conditions
- Mullein (Verbascum densiflorum)
- Black Willow (Salix nigra)
- White Willow (Salix alba)
- Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Plants for Hot Conditions
- Curly Dock, a.k.a. Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus)
- Honeysuckle (Lonicera)
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
- Plants for Wet Conditions
- Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Burdock (Arctium)
- Heal All, a.k.a. Woundwort (Prunella vulgaris)
- Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
- White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
- Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)
- Opossum Mentality Regarding Medicinal Plants
- Processing Herbs for Medicinal Use
- Preparing a Fresh-Herb Poultice
- Hot Infusion (Hot Tea)
- Decoction
- Cold Infusion
- Tincture
- Fomentations
- Salves
- Tips and Tricks
- Appendix 1: Legal and Ethical Considerations
- Appendix 2: Creating First-Aid Kits
- Self-Aid Kit
- Base Camp First-Aid Kit
- Bandages and Dressings
- Ointments and Medications
- Tools
- Airway Devices
- Signal Devices
- Photographs
- Index
- Copyright
- About the Authors
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