Outdoor Skills category: 1281 books
by The Blokehead
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
To learn bushcraft, one must adjust the state of mind. Instead of going through a series of complex mental processes when coming up with a decision, one should reform to a simpler, more primal state. It aids in prioritizing the more immediate needs. Even if it is just for a little while, one should...
The Crappie Fishing Handbook
Tackles, Lures, Bait, Cooking, Tips, Tactics, and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
Perfect for everyone who wants to try crappie fishing
Now with new color photographs
Filled with advice from expert fisherman Keith Sutton
The Crappie Fishing Handbook is a thorough guide for crappie fishing. Learn about Keith Sutton’s methods to improve your fishing skills. The format is clear...
by Ross Newman
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Have you ever wanted to on a backpacking trip in the woods but found yourself to afraid of the unknown? As fun as it sounds, your mind can’t help but contemplate all of the unknown variables such a trip could bring. Many would love to embark on such an experience but find they just can’t stop...
by Darman, Peter
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
The Survival Handbook takes you through all the things you need to know about surviving disasters and staying alive in the wild, such as where to find water in the desert; how to build shelters from locally-available materials that will keep out the wind and rain but will also be ventilated; what plants...
Wilderness Survival Tools: Bushcraft Strategies and Tools You Will Need to Know to Be Safe When Backpacking or Camping
Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Do you relish life in the great outdoors, do you love to walk and camp? There is something magical about spending time with nature but do you have the skills to handle it if something goes wrong?
What about another emergency – could you cope if you got separated from your group or if your...
SAS and Elite Forces Guide Ropes and Knots
Essential Rope Skills From The World's Elite Units
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
SAS & Elite Forces Guide to Using Ropes and Knots draws on the skills of the world's
best soldiers to teach you how to use these essential tools in the wilderness. Tried and
tested techniques used by the world's special forces give you field-tested advice on
issues such as: how...
The Orvis Guide to Beginning Wingshooting
Proven Techniques for Better Shotgunning
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The Orvis Guide to Beginning Wingshooting is required reading for anyone interested in picking up the sport or improving their shooting skills. Experienced shooter and teacher Tom Deck shares his tips, as well as insider tricks from the most successful wingshooters.
The Orvis Company began...
The Wilderness Survival Guide
The Practical Skills You Need for the Great Outdoors
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
A realistic approach to survival training and bushcraft from one of the country's top survival skills teachers - learn the techniques and confidence to fend for yourself in any situation.
Manhunt
The Art and Science of Tracking High Profile Enemy Targets
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
A manhunt can involve helicopters, hounds and hundreds of military or police personnel, but it can also turn on the evidence of one broken spider’s web. Manhunts today might involve the technology of infrared cameras and surveillance devices such as powerful satellite technology, but they may also...
Backcountry Skiing
Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
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* For intermediate-to-advanced backcountry skiers
* Includes trip planning, navigation, fitness, and avalanche...
Extreme Food
What to Eat When Your Life Depends on It
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
In the tradition of the million-copy-bestseller SAS Survival Guide, former SAS paratrooper Bear Grylls—the world’s most famous survival expert—teaches the necessary skills for eating in the wild.
“There’s no getting away from it; I’ve eaten some pretty extreme things in my time—live...
Sport Climbing
Techniques for climbing bolted routes
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Written by one of the UK's top climbing instructors Pete Hill, this guidebook is aimed at beginners and experienced sport climbers. It covers all the technical skills needed to climb bolted sport routes worldwide, from short single-pitch entry-grade routes, through harder modern test-pieces to classic...
by David Alloway
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves (much less a horse!) to water. David Alloway's goal in this book...
What the Dogs Taught Me
Observations and Suggestions That Will Make You a Better Hunter, Shooter, and Dog Owner
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
“My dogs and I get along best when I hit the birds they produce for me. Putting the odds in my favor is the least I can do. Now, so can you.”
If you hunt for pheasants, grouse, quail, and other upland birds, forming a partnership with your dog can be a daunting challenge. Wingshooting USA’s...