Field & Stream Outdoor Survival Guide: Survival Skills You Need (Field & Stream Skills Guide)

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95 Essential Survival Skills Survive almost anything nature throws at you with this collection of tested wilderness skills. • Prevail against ice, cold, and hypothermia • Scramble out of raging whitewater • Stare down the angriest predators With practical advice for survival situations from the relatively likely (such as needing to build a fire in the rain) to the extreme (skin and cook a snake) to the just plain awesome (make a blowgun), this book could save your life, as well as providing a fascinating armchair read. Geared to the hunter or fisherman, but with something for almost everyone who loves the great outdoors, this is the book you want to be sure you throw in your backpack before heading out into any potentially sketchy situation. Cover Contents The Skin of Your Teeth 1 Create Smoke in the Middle of the Ocean 2 Survive a Fall Through the Ice 3 Make Emergency Mukluks 4 Call for Help in Any Language 5 Survive the Roughest Night with a Knife 6 Build a Fire in the Rain 7 Reset a Dislocated Shoulder 8 Make a Tinder Bundle 9 Boil Water for Safe Drinking 10 Spear Fish in a Funnel Trap 11 Assess Your Situation 12 Drink Snow 13 Carry 50 Feet of Rope on Your Feet 14 Aim a Makeshift Signal Mirror 15 Read a Bear’s Mind 16 Hurl a Backcountry Deathstar 17 Eat Roadkill 18 Survive a Fall Overboard 19 Take a Back Bearing 20 Field Report: Death Trap 21 Upgrade Your Survival Kit 22 Start a Fire With Your Binoculars 23 Swim with Your Clothes On 24 Scout for Shelter 25 Beat Blisters with Duct Tape 26 Hole Up in a Tree Well 27 Survive on Acorns 28 Make a Fire Bed 29 Tie a Hunter’s Bend 30 Make a Blowgun 31 Fling a Bola 32 Split a Log with a Knife 33 Use Superglue to Close a Wound 34 Generate Your Own Tinder 35 Build a Fire on Snow 36 Drink Your Own Urine 37 Spit-Roast that Bunny 38 Essential Gear: Start a Fire 39 Skin and Cook a Snake 40 Navigate by Deliberate Offset 41 Steer Clear of Poisonous Plants 42 Attract Rescuers with Smoke 43 Stay Safe in a Cave 44 Avoid a Bear Attack 45 Treat a Snake Bite 46 Filter Water with Your Pants 47 Learn Fire-Making Basics 48 Make a Bow Drill 49 Survive a Frigid Dunking 50 Swing a Mean Machete 51 Build a One-Match Fire When Your Life Depends On It 52 Keep Bugs Out of Your Pants 53 Choke Down Bugs 54 Make a Trap or Die Trying 55 Wade Through a Swamp 56 Build a Shelter from Branches and Leaves 57 Make a Bed in a Pinch 58 Cut Saplings for Shelter 59 Measure Remaining Daylight 60 Track Back with a GPS Unit 61 Descend a Cliff with a Single Rope Untitled 62 Identify Edible Insects 63 Predict the Weather with Plants 64 Dig a Hole Trap 65 Navigate Tall Grass 66 Tie a Square Lashing 67 Make a Fire Four Ways 68 Find Yourself On a Map 69 Upgrade Your Shelter 70 Be a Backcountry Dentist 71 Be a Modern Caveman 72 Make Emergency Snowshoes 73 Avoid Dreaded Trench Foot 74 Build a Swamp Shelter 75 Maximize Heat from a Campfire 76 Build a Brush Raft to Cross a Raging River 77 Find Food Above the Tree Line 78 Tie a Water Knot 79 Remove a Leech 80 Survive a Lightning Strike 81 Find a Lost Person 82 Spark Fire with a Knife 83 Improvise a Skewer Hook 84 Break Bigger Branches 85 Rid Game of Harmful Bacteria 86 Remove a Tick 87 Get Water from a Transpiration Bag 88 Field Report: Two Alaskas 89 Navigate By the Night Sky 90 Survive in Fast Water 91 Get Noticed by Rescuers 92 Keep Mosquitoes at Bay 93 Heal with Bugs 94 Build a Snow Cave 95 Find Water in the Desert Index A-B-C D-E-F G-H-I-J K-L-M N-O-P-Q R-S-T-U V-W-X-Y-Z Acknowledgments and Credits Contributors