title: Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
author:  Dave Canterbury 
description: "Canterbury covers everything: building out your kit, manufacturing tools and supplies, food collection, cooking and protection from the elements. If you want to 'be prepared' for time in the wilderness, this is a great guide." --CoolMaterial.com<br /><br />"To say Dave is a survival authority is putting it mildly. Dave gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with easy-to-digest advice and practices on how to build the most critical survival skills. <i>Bushcraft 101</i> is a very inexpensive insurance plan that any practical person should buy, read and stuff into a backpack before heading off the beaten path." --<i>New Pioneer</i><br /><br />"It offers a lot [of] detail...focusing on everything from knots to cooking to trapping.... If you want to learn primitive skills, it's a treasure trove of information." --Pittsburgh <i>Tribune-Review</i><br /><br />"All the survival gear in the world isn't going to help you if you don't know how to use it. Penned by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, <i>Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival</i> aims to make sure you know your craft.... Even if you're not escaping the apocalypse, but instead heading out into the backcountry to escape modern life for a few days, this is an indispensable guide for your outdoor travels." --Uncrate.com<br /><br />"With Canterbury's guidance, you'll prepare yourself for any climate and situation and you'll learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature." --Uber Apparatus<br /><br />"We're quickly on our way to mastering the great outdoors with this copy of <i>Bush Craft 101</i>. Written by famous outdoorsman Dave Canterbury, the volume covers everything from the proper knots to know to scavenging edible food in the wilderness. This thing is serious. A must-have for anyone looking to go off the grid." --Selectism<br /><br />"The advice in this book can help you live comfortably and manufacture tools from nature." --Gear Junkie<br /><br />"Proficiency comes with practice, and everyone needs a starting point. Enter Dave Canterbury. This illuminating field guide in no way alienates the new student. For those passionate in their pursuit of the backcountry, it's a must read." --GrindTV (Yahoo! Sports)<br /><br />"For the traveler who likes to get way off the beaten path and experience the thrill of the wild...<i>Bushcraft 101</i> is a must read.... This book is sitting on my bedside table right now, and not only does it make me appear masculine as hell, I'm learning a lot." --Trevor Morrow Travel<br /><br />"A welcome mix of old and new technology that's as thorough as it is entertaining." --The Manual<br /><br />"Get ready for whatever nature could throw your way with this guide on bushcraft, the art of surviving in the woods with as little modern gear as possible. Detailed lessons include firemaking, manufacturing your own tools and gear, foraging, and trapping and processing game." --<i>Washington Trails Magazine</i>
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  BUSHCRAFT
  
  
  # BUSHCRAFT
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
  
  
  
  
  
  Richard Graves
  
  
  
  
  
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  Skyhorse Publishing
  
  
  Copyright © 1972,2013 by Richard Graves
  
  
  
  
  
  All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner
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  brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be
  addressed to Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York,
  NY 10018.
  
  
  
  
  
  Skyhorse® and Skyhorse Publishing® are registered trademarks of Skyhorse
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  [www.skyhorsepublishing.com](http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  10 987654321
  
  
  
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-62087-361-8
  
  
  
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  ## **CONTENTS**
  
  
  
  
  
  [1\. **ROPES AND CORDS**](../Text/PL0.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  [2\. **HUTS AND THATCHING**](../Te