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Just wondering if any of you guys had suggestions on good books or websites that deal with general woods skills such as real-world fire starting when everything is wet in the forest, shelter-building, edible plants, navigating, etc.
Any help truly appreciated.
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Don't need a book on starting fires when you got road flares.
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jedgreen, look up a magazine called the back woodsman. Nice little mag that gives the info you are looking for, plus you can order books on various other woods skills.
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They have a magazine called the Back Woodsman , that is if I'm not mistaken
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Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival
by Mors Kochanski
It's a good place to start.
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Have several copies of How to Stay Alive in the Wilderness around the house. Made the boys keep them in their backpacks when they were younger.
Good basics on shelters, foods, etc. Should be able to find it online pretty easily. let me know if you need an ISBN #.
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Get the series of "Foxfire" books. The books cover just about everything you'd want to know.
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Thanks for the replies. There used to be a guy that wrote the Outdoor Skills/Wilderness Survival stuff for Field and Stream 2-3 years ago but I don't remember his name. Does anyone know the writer I'm talking about?
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Try the boy scout handbook
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The Bushcraft USA site is excellent, as was noted above. The Bushclass Forum was started by "IA Woodsman," a former USAF Survival Instructor. He is very informative and his short videos on how to do various things out in the woods are well done. Here is an excellent You Tube video produced by the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Dept. The man narrating and advising has been a many years survival instructor. He gives very good advice regarding what you should always carry, what to do with your gear, and what not to do. Take a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=FV5ShSNIdfY&feature=endscreenL.W.
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Thanks for the videos. I'll also check the Bushcraft USA site.
What type of fire starter do you like to carry? Vaseline cotton balls? Commercial firestarter? Just curious
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Who's General Wood, and what are his skills?
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Vaseline cotton balls and a couple Bic lighters.The best advice I can give is to get out and build some fires.Learning on line is fine but don't make the mistake of thinking you know anything untill you actually do it.
Always remember the KISS principal and that survival is mostly about not being stupid and not doing dangerous things.(like eating plants you have only identified from a book or computer)
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Don't need a book on starting fires when you got road flares. That's what I carried when I was a real outdoorsman. We should compile some books. There is a plethora of outdoor knowledge here.
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Heck man, go to the "Backpack Hunting" forum on here.
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That and a tire and a man can stay warm and dry for a month.
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Thanks for the videos. I'll also check the Bushcraft USA site.
What type of fire starter do you like to carry? Vaseline cotton balls? Commercial firestarter? Just curious [video:youtube]http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=K5lrrBX0Y68&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DK5lrrBX0Y68[/video]
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That and a tire and a man can stay warm and dry for a month. Yup. ![[Linked Image]](http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii94/ltppowell/Mobile%20Uploads/mms_picture-15.jpg)
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