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The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival companion reading
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items A focused collection of practical survival, bushcraft, and field medicine titles that deepen and complement the skills covered in The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival. Each pick emphasizes real-world techniques, decision-making, and ...
Core text for modern hunters, anglers, hikers, and anyone spending serious time outdoors, covering planning, gear selection, navigation, shelter, cold-weather risks, and medical basics. It draws on Steven Rinella's experience and a team of expert hun...
MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills
Ideal for beginners wanting a systematic foundation in bushcraft skills like fire, shelter, tool use, knots, and campcraft. Dave Canterbury organizes the book around the “5Cs of survivability” and focuses on thriving with minimal gear, making it a na...
Bushcraft 101: Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
Best for readers who already grasp basic skills and want to move into advanced self-reliance, including tracking, plant-based medicines, and navigating without map or compass. It expands on Bushcraft 101's foundation and teaches you to rely more on t...
Advanced Bushcraft: Expert Wilderness Survival Guide
Comprehensive manual from former SAS chief survival instructor John “Lofty” Wiseman, covering wilderness, sea, and urban survival plus modern threats like terrorism. Its breadth of scenarios and step-by-step instructions make it a useful reference al...
SAS Survival Handbook, 3rd Ed: Ultimate Guide
For outdoorspeople who want to understand survival physiology, especially the importance of maintaining core temperature at 98.6°F to avoid rapid, life-threatening decline. Cody Lundin uses humor and plain language to teach modern survival tactics fo...
98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive
Designed for non-medical readers who might be the highest medical resource in a disaster, this 600+ page reference covers trauma, infections, chronic care, and procedures in austere settings. It pairs well with The MeatEater Guide's first-aid and ris...
The Survival Medicine Handbook
A practical food-focused companion for those who hunt, fish, or forage, offering instructions for trapping, gathering wild edibles, and cooking in primitive camps. It builds on general survival skills by helping readers turn wild resources into relia...
Bushcraft Field Guide: Trapping, Gathering & Cooking
Targeted at hikers, hunters, and bushcrafters who want scenario-based medical guidance for the field, from fractures and wounds to environmental injuries. Co-written by Dave Canterbury, it adapts first-aid concepts to low-gear, improvised conditions,...
Bushcraft First Aid: Wilderness Emergency Care
An abridged, more portable version of the Survival Medicine Handbook aimed at enabling the average person to handle injuries and illness when professional care is unavailable. It focuses on high-yield topics such as infections, injuries, and disaster...
Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Prep
Suited to readers who want to extend their preparedness beyond wilderness trips into city and suburban risks such as natural disasters, fires, terrorism, and home invasions. Written by John “Lofty” Wiseman, it complements wilderness-focused titles by...
Urban Survival Guide - SAS | PDF