{"product_id":"the-ultimate-bushcraft-survival-manual","title":"The Ultimate Bushcraft Survival Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if you were dropped in the woods with little more than a knife, your wits, and the (hopefully warm) shirt on your back? Could you survive? If you’d read this book, the answer is yes!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSurvival! It’s one of our most primal fears, most basic needs. What do you do when everything is stripped away except your will to prevail? In this book, survival expert Tim MacWelch examines how native peoples around the world and throughout history have made their own shelter, weapons, tools, and more, and well as clever MacGuyver-esque ideas for using anything you might find in your pockets or pack. Whether your goal is to test yourself against nature, be prepared for any catastrophe, or learn more about traditional ways of survival, this is the one book you need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePackaged in a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this practical manual withstands heavy-duty use indoors and out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ONE: Bare Necessities - The stuff you need to survive short term wilderness emergencies (72 hours to one week)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Survival Priorities (\u0026amp; why you need them) Shelter, water, fire, food, first aid and signaling distress\u003cbr\u003e\nTools of the Minimalist Knife, Axe and Saw - use and care; Clothing selection\u003cbr\u003e\nShelters Pick a safe shelter location; How to build Leaf huts, lean-tos, jungle platforms, thatched roof, log huts, wicki-ups, pit houses, and more (different homes for varied climates)\u003cbr\u003e\nWater Gathering and Disinfection Finding springs, boiling w\/ hot rocks, rain and precipitation collection, water storage, primitive filters, water from plants\u003cbr\u003e\nFire Tinder, Kindling, Fire Lays, Flint \u0026amp; Steel, Bow Drill, Hand Drill, Bamboo Fire Saw, Fire Plow, Pump Drill, and other friction methods\u003cbr\u003e\nSignaling for Help and Self-Rescue How to signal and communicate w\/ old school techniques; How and when to fight your way out\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER TWO: Finer Things - Skills and techniques to collect food, and live more comfortably in the wild (weeks to months)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eForaging for Wild Edible Plants How to identify and use wild plant foods; Recipes like our ancestors would have eaten\u003cbr\u003e\nTrapping Ways to catch game with new and old school, low-tech traps\u003cbr\u003e\nPrimitive Fishing How to catch fish with thorns and other improvised tackle\u003cbr\u003e\nAncient Weapons Bow and arrow, spear, Spear thrower, Bola and sling, primitive forging of metal\u003cbr\u003e\nHunting Skills and game processing; 10 things to never do on a hunt\u003cbr\u003e\nPrimitive Tools How to make stone blades, knives, axes, stone drill bits, mallets and wedges for wood splitting, digging sticks\u003cbr\u003e\nHygiene Keeping clean; Natural toilet paper; Soap from plants; DIY latrine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER THREE: Long Term Living - The skills of our ancestors and the things you'd need for long term primitive living (years)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFood Storage Drying, smoking, Food Caches, Freezing\u003cbr\u003e\nContainers How to make several different basket styles; Bark containers; Wooden bowls; Soapstone bowls and pots; Primitive ceramics\u003cbr\u003e\nHides and Furs DIY buckskin, fur, rawhide and leather; Making clothes and outerwear (moccasins, mittens, hats, etc.)\u003cbr\u003e\nPrimitive Cooking Cook in the coals; Spits and skewers; Green stick grill; Rock for frying pan; Stone Ovens, Steam pit, Earth over (in-ground hearth system)\u003cbr\u003e\nTracking Man tracking and animal tracking\u003cbr\u003e\nNatural Navigation How to find your way by using the stars, the landscape, the weather and many other methods\u003cbr\u003e\nWild Medicine Teas, compresses and poultices to help you heal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Insight Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46567593967842,"sku":"Insights-1449-Manual-11.6","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/516etSexWuL.jpg?v=1762442702","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/the-ultimate-bushcraft-survival-manual","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}