Bushcraft Illustrated

"It’s the best kind of reference guide, the kind you want to sit and read no matter if you’re planning a hairball backcountry excursion or not."

—Adventure Journal

"It’s the best kind of reference guide, the kind you want to sit and read no matter if you’re planning a hairball backcountry excursion or not."

—Adventure Journal

"A great read with a nice philosophy and many useful techniques."

—Gear Flogger

"An appealing coffee table book."

—The Wall Street Journal

"If you are ready to step your game up as an outdoorsman, then this is the book you need."

—Mountain Weekly News

“A compendium of useful, basic skills, the book provides much of what you need to know in order to exist or, in an emergency, survive in the outdoors.”

— Northern Wilds

“It was a good read with loads of information.”

—The Advocate

“Essential reading.”

— Shooting Sports USA

“The ultimate reference guide for seasoned adventurers and indoor kids alike.”

— Primer Magazine

Dave Canterbury is the coowner and supervising instructor at the Pathfinder School, which USA TODAY named as one of the Top 12 Survival Schools in the United States. He has been published in Self Reliance Illustrated , New Pioneer , American Frontiersman , and Trapper’s World . Dave is the New York Times bestselling author of Bushcraft 101 ; Advanced Bushcraft ; and The Bushcraft Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild .