Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness
by John McPherson
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For those who have been accustomed to reading books on wilderness skills that entertain but fall short of actually teaching you "how to" accomplish the tasks and skills at hand, this book is a pleasant surprise - written for those who wish to actually head into the wilderness and practice the skills of our ancestors. Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills is a compilation of ten booklets written over the course of seven years each chapter a complete, concise "how-to" in itself. show more Unlike many who have written on this subject in the past, John and Geri McPherson have spent years daily practicing these skills, perfecting methods through trial and error - and documenting it. This vast knowledge is passed on to the reader. Illustrated with over 700 photographs crammed into 400 pages, this massive work is not a rehashing and perpetuation of myths. These are tried and true methods of primitive wilderness living and survival skills. Field and Stream says: "The McPherson's book....deals with taking flat nothing into boondocks and staying for a long period of time. If you'd like to know how to make a spear thrower, or pottery, or brain cure deer hides, or build a permanent shelter from what you find at and, here is the place to learn." And Sports Afield: "....Full of practical, tested advice for living off the land." Also the Museum of the Fur Trade: "This is without doubt the best raining guide for eral primitive living skills" Web Site www/prairiewolf.net;email: john/geri@prairiewolf.net or pwolf@kansas.net. show lessTags
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A very thorough instruction manual. Explains how to build a shelter out of grass, and start a fire with sticks. Has instructions on how to capture and eat wild mice (there is warning about the Hanta Virus on the inside cover).
If you want to know how to survive in the wilderness with nothing but a knife this is the book for you.
If you want to know how to survive in the wilderness with nothing but a knife this is the book for you.
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Brain Tan Buckskin: Material; Skins; Framing & Fleshing; Surface Preparation; Braining; Sewing of Holes; Finishing; Smoking; Hair on; Sewing with Sinew
Primitive Fire & Cordage: Bow Drill; Hand Drill; Cordage
Makin’ Meat 1: The Bow; The Arrow
Makin’ Meat 2: Traps; Gathering; Atlatl; Insects; Meat Preservation
Primitive Wilderness Cooking Methods: In the coals; Broil; Baking; Boiling
Deer from Field to Freezer: Field Dressing; Skinning; Head & leg removal; Sinew removal; Removing loins & tenderloins; Cutting up of carcass; Meat cutting
Containers 1: Baskets; Coiled baskets; Bark container; Stone; Animal parts; Wood
Containers 2, Primitive Pottery: Clay; Temper; Construction; Firing
Primitive Tools, making and using them: show more Basic flintknapping; Shell; Sandstone; Wood; Bone & Antler; Digging stick; Awl; Celt; Hafting; Adze; Vise; Working with the tools; Making a primitive bow
Primitive Semi-permanent Shelters: Description; Wickiup; Lean-to; Thatched wickiup; Generic shelter show less
Brain Tan Buckskin: Material; Skins; Framing & Fleshing; Surface Preparation; Braining; Sewing of Holes; Finishing; Smoking; Hair on; Sewing with Sinew
Primitive Fire & Cordage: Bow Drill; Hand Drill; Cordage
Makin’ Meat 1: The Bow; The Arrow
Makin’ Meat 2: Traps; Gathering; Atlatl; Insects; Meat Preservation
Primitive Wilderness Cooking Methods: In the coals; Broil; Baking; Boiling
Deer from Field to Freezer: Field Dressing; Skinning; Head & leg removal; Sinew removal; Removing loins & tenderloins; Cutting up of carcass; Meat cutting
Containers 1: Baskets; Coiled baskets; Bark container; Stone; Animal parts; Wood
Containers 2, Primitive Pottery: Clay; Temper; Construction; Firing
Primitive Tools, making and using them: show more Basic flintknapping; Shell; Sandstone; Wood; Bone & Antler; Digging stick; Awl; Celt; Hafting; Adze; Vise; Working with the tools; Making a primitive bow
Primitive Semi-permanent Shelters: Description; Wickiup; Lean-to; Thatched wickiup; Generic shelter show less
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