Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series)
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“With advice on not just getting along, but truly reconnecting with the great outdoors, Dave Canterbury’s treasure trove of world-renowned wisdom and experience comes to life within these pages.” —Bustle A New York Times Bestseller in Sports and Travel! The ultimate resource for experiencing the backcountry! Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages--this valuable guide offers only the most important survival skills to help you craft resources from your surroundings and truly experience the beauty and thrill of the wilderness. Inside, you'll also discover detailed information on: Choosing the right items for your kit. Manufacturing needed tools and supplies. Collecting and cooking food. Protecting yourself from the elements. With Canterbury's guidance, you'll not only prepare yourself for any climate and situation, you'll also learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you've never imagined. Read more
Publisher : Adams Media
Publication date : September 1, 2014
Edition : 1st
Language : English
Print length : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 1440579776
ISBN-13 : 76
Item Weight : 10.5 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.44 inches
Part of series : Bushcraft
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Format: Kindle
Awesome job Dave. Great useful information that simplifies difficult concepts and explains common sense and advanced skills. Would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the outdoors.
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2026 by Amazon Customer
Format: Kindle
Ok, here go we guys and gals by the numbers: 1) What this book is not: It is not an uberlight,super modern, techie gear,hiking/camping survival book. if that is what you are looking for skip it. 2) What the book is (imho): It is a rock solid foundation to get you into the outdoors and gain those skills that were never had or lost. 3) Biggest detriment (imho): lack of info on edible plants a "wilderness survival" guide should have had atleast a fewvarious pics and descriptions. It's funny someone mentioned the boyscout manual and after I read this book, I feel this is written in the style of a scout "handbook" of sorts. The book is written from a basic "start here" view. ( zero experience, just starting out) If someone were just starting out I would recommend this book, why? Simple before you start out a person should grasp the basics of the outdoors, then as their experience grows they can add or delete gear based on their style, and their experience. We all find our own style to "smooth it" in the outdoors,this book aids in that path of self discovery. This book is well written and organized based on many voices of the outdoors from the past. (Kephart,Wallace,Nessmuk,Baker,and Hillcourt to name a few but there are many more) While Dave did not reinvent the wheel, he mentions this in the dedication, but he did bring all this wealth of old knowledge back with his own ideas and thoughts.This is a great springboard in obtaining that "Doctorate in Woodsy Knowledge" While I agree with the author that there could have been more illustrations,but that does not detract from the book .(needed some edible plants,and trees and pics imho) I have already bought an extra copy to give to my grandson when we start our outdoor adventures. I read this book, reread the book,and read it again so I could give you a non "fan boy review". I have tried to punch holes in it and while there are always little differences in opinion,I could not, this book is what it is, a solid 101 style book that anyone just starting out in the outdoors should get and read and keep reading. This is one of the few Books that I have suggested to friends just getting into the outdoors. I can't say it enough this book is a rock solid foundation to get folks into the woods and back into touch with skills that modern people have lost. Buy this book. and btw While I like and use the sawyer filter, I did not start with one and if I did not have it then other forms of water purification would be needed. It is my opinion that one should be well versed in multiple ways of water purification,and survival knowledge to avoid the "all eggs in one basket" situation, or "Oh no! my new,shiney, lightweight, doohickey is broke, now what?" I hope this review helps.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2015 by buffalo1a
Format: Paperback
Bought for a little bit of fun when camping with my sons, turns out this book is more than fun, its good reading. I couldnt put it down, and for the price its a steal. All started with a team building exercise at work about getting the closest to $100 with survival items and decided to order and glad I did. My sons loved making the traps and land nav portions on our last camp out. Totally recommend for skill building, or like me, a little bit of outdoor activity with the family.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2026 by Caleb
Format: Paperback
Bushcraft 101 is a pleasant source of knowledge for many different expertise levels, the descriptions are well worded although as a beginner myself I prefer more diagrams than what was provided. There were so many useful points that someone could use no matter if they were primitive camping or stranded in the middle of a jungle. Some of the topics that were discussed ranged from tools, your pack and shelter, cooking and cleaning food, fires, ropes, and navigating terrain. There was continued useful information in the appendix sections which detailed ways to conserve your tools and resources, bush recipes, medicinal plants and wild berries, as well as a glossary for almost all of the terms used. The way Canterbury addresses the reader is not as if they are incompetent rather that they do have some knowledge but are not well versed in the survival skills discussed. The book is written from the point of view of a teacher or mentor and has a very simplistic language during the explanations of the skills. As I went through the book I found the glossary to be extremely helpful since I am not well versed in outdoor pertinent terms. The index was also very helpful and would be helpful in the case of practicing the skills after reading the book. It has a thorough list of different sections that point you to where the information you are looking for is located. I also liked how the skills were separated by headers and the book was sectioned into two parts, this made it very easy to go back and find what I needed even without using the index. The separations and headings also gave a sense of organization throughout the book which I feel, makes me more secure when I imaging needing to find something in an emergency. The size of the book is perfect to store within my emergency backpack or any camping bags, the cover is also a little more firm than a regular paperback which leads me to think it could withstand more abuse. One issue that I found when looking over skills is the diagrams are not very descriptive, the knots portion of the book only details the steps of certain knots instead of all knots. The book seems to be geared more towards an auditory learner versus a visual learner, although the verbiage is clear you would have a harder time learning the skills without seeing the step by step directions in some cases. It also does not appear that the author used any outside sources, these seemed to all be skills that the author practices frequently and has learned through experiences. I felt as if the tone of the book was very formal, with verbiage that would be used in a classroom or workshop. This tone throughout the book does take some time to read through due to the lecturing or monotone delivery as would be used in a classroom. As a person who often needs some sort of excitement in my reading choices, this was a harder read to get through only because it was strictly focused on teaching the skills outlined. Although this can also be a positive attribute when you are attempting to find a skill in a hurry when you are out in the field, fewer words to filter through to learn the skill you will need. Personally, upon reading the book, I could not relate to any of the chapters due to my inexperience in the field. There were specific skills outlined within the book such as using a cast iron skillet and some of the fire lighting methods, which I was able to learn quickly and use for a camping trip that came shortly after beginning to read the book. However the more we practice these skills the easier it will be to remember them in the times a survival situation or emergency comes around. I have attempted some of the knots shown in the book and some of the fire-starting information was helpful as well. I found when I have used the information given that it was very helpful and rewarding to see that what skills I was learning were paying off. This made me enjoy the book more than when I had originally begun reading it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020 by Amazon Customer
Format: Paperback
Great book and lots of knowledge
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2026 by Amy Springer
Format: Paperback
The 6 C's of Survival are Cutting tools, Cover elements (shelter), Combustion devices, Containers (food and water), Cordage, and Canterbury. This is a great book that distills the wisdom of Dave Canterbury down to everything you need to know in 250 pages. Chapters include your pack, tools, rope/cordage, containers/cooking tools, coverage, combustion, setting up camp, navigating the terrain, trees: the 4-seaason resource, trapping and processing game, and appendices on edible/medicinal plants, bush recipes, with many professional diagrams that illustrate concepts. There is a LOT crammed into this little book. It gives you just enough valuable information in a clear delivery but doesn't become tedious. Canterbury offers a nice combination of old school bushcraft skills (fire by friction and debris huts) with new technology (ferrocerium rods and gear). I like how the book is clearly laid out, and each chapter opens with a relevant quote by experts like Mors Kochanski or Horace Kephart, so you know what he's been reading, and maybe what you should be reading, too. Even though this is titled "101," if this were the only book on bushcraft you ever owned and studied, you would learn a great deal of useful information. I don't have any negative criticisms of it, except I wish there were some more diagrams on subjects like constructing a lean-to, for example, where a picture is worth a thousand words. I enjoyed watching Dave Canterbury and Cody Lundin on the first 2 seasons of "Dual Survival," but without them the show is so bad that it should be shown to terrorists to torture them.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2014 by Mssr. Nomdeplume
Format: Spiral-bound
Got for my dad and he really enjoys it
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2026 by kay
Format: Paperback
I'm about halfway through it, and so far here are my observations. 1. Anyone who knows bushcraft/woodcraft isn't really going to learn much from the book. It is basics. 2. It could use more illustrations, for sure. I understand what Dave is trying to say with various things, but someone who is a beginner is going to be like "what?" Some techniques just need to be illustrated rather than tried to explain in words alone. Probably these are some of the pictures the editor cut out. 3. The book is remarkably well laid out and organized. I mean really well. It is systematic. Hard to explain, but this is a great book for a sort of Boy Scout field guide, or that type of thing. 4. The book, in the gear section, has a gear list which is not only huge and heavy, but names brands like Wetterling and GB, which in my view is not something you should do for a "101" book ostensibly for beginners. I could see someone looking up a GB as a beginner and getting shell shocked by the price. On the flip side, he does explain the qualities you want in the tools such as your knives and axes, and backpacks very well, so if you are a beginner and can't afford a GB (who can? Not me), you still have guidelines on the length and properties of what you want in your tools. Better would have been to take a more "ideally, you want a GB, but you can get good tools with these properties, and here are some manufacturers that make quality tools at affordable prices". Overall, I think it is a very quality and handy book. I think it is more orderly, and therefore a better "textbook for learning", than some other classic books of bushcraft and survival. I think this book is a GREAT teaching tool, the sort of thing a dad and son can bring into the field, and dad use the book to teach his son. I would call it a 10/10 in this category. As a book to become an expert woodsman, or for a total greenhorn to read and learn, not so much. Maybe a 7/10 for a greenhorn....due to lack of illustrations to show some basic woodsman techniques. On this point, I don't think that was in Dave's control, as he lamented all the illustrations the editor cut out.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2014 by Punty