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hobbitboy
31-10-2004, 17:03
Ok looking for some books to help me in my bushcraft ways! But I really dont know were to start! :yikes: looked on the bookshop and just got confused by the vast number possible! So I got a couple of Mear's books and want something different, still bushcrafty though if that makes sense. Also looked at Poachers Handbook, is it recommended? Also can any one recomend a good book on tracking?? I know its quite a wide question but oh well........
Cheers
matt
Can i ask where your interests are (you mentioned tracking and poaching.... any others) or are you just after a general bushcraft book? Are you looking for stories (most poching books are stories/diaries/memoires) or how-to guides?
Let me know and I'll post some reccomendations.
:biggthump
Ed
TheViking
31-10-2004, 17:16
Have you looked in the bcuk-bookstore? :D Here (http://www.bushcraftuk.net/bcukstore/books/main.php?category=blank)
:biggthump
tracking = tom brown jr!! :wink:
hobbitboy
31-10-2004, 21:17
looking for how to guides for general bushcraft and tracking/poaching. Ye looked at the bcuk bookstore head went "POW" :o): obviously I dont expect one book to cover all the subjects/topics. Just something get me started/further my extremely limited knowledge. :shock:
for how to guides for general bushcraft :
Bushcraft by Mors Kochanski
:super:
Bushmaster
31-10-2004, 21:28
Hi there if you click the following link,It will take you to a book that will set you off on the right tack.
:wave: :o): http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340829710/buschraftuk0f-21/202-6840082-5811013
Hope this helps
Geoff
bothyman
31-10-2004, 21:57
Bushcraft by Mors Kochanski
:super:
Got to second that one well worth getting.
Also am I the only person on here that does not have a book by Ray Mears??
Also am I the only person on here that does not have a book by Ray Mears??
Do you not have one out of principle or lack of funds?
Seriously, just because he is a "high profile" bushcrafter doesn't mean his books are bad, although as has been said before, his earlier ones are better than his later ones.
Another recommendation for Mors Kochanski
Tracking you might want to look at "animal tracks and signs" by Bang and Dahlstrom and "Tracking and the art of seeing" by Paul Rezendes
BIG-TARGET
01-11-2004, 13:26
And let's not forget the old classic "Outdoor Survival Skills" by Larry Dean Olsen.
Now in its 6th edition!!!!!! :biggthump