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Trek deeper into the wilderness with New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury!
In this valuable guide, survivalist Dave Canterbury goes beyond bushcraft basics to teach you how to survive in the backcountry with little or no equipment. Using the foundation you learned in Bushcraft 101, Canterbury shows you how to completely immerse yourself in the wilderness with advanced bushcraft and woodcraft techniques. He covers crucial survival skills like tracking to help you get even closer to wildlife, crafting medicines from plants, and navigating without the use of a map or compass. He also offers ways to improvise and save money on bushcraft essentials like fire-starting tools and packs. With Canterbury's expert advice and guidance, you will learn how to forgo your equipment, make use of your surroundings, and truly enjoy the wilderness.
Whether you're eager to learn more after your first real outdoor adventure or have been exploring the backcountry for years, Advanced Bushcraft will help you take your self-reliance and wilderness experience to the next level.
Read Online Advanced Bushcraft An Expert Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival eBook Dave Canterbury
"Good read, some information is duplicated from his first book but i still learned a hell of a lot about wood, resins, fires and other stuff that it more than made up for any dupe info. This guy knows his stuff. It's a great helpful guide for beginner campers/survivalists like myself. The people that complain about his information and the illustrations expect a lot, almost too much, from a $10 book. I'd suggest saving the money and traveling to attend one of his courses if you want more information. It's a $10 book but I personally felt i got more than my moneys worth. People complain too much about purchases on amazon...sorry rant over. This is a great book for the price."
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Advanced Bushcraft An Expert Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival eBook Dave Canterbury Reviews :
Advanced Bushcraft An Expert Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival eBook Dave Canterbury Reviews
- Let me begin by saying that I know there is a Bushcraft 101 basic skills book that precedes this one. Let me follow that by saying I did not read it. I'm not a professional survivalist, but I can identify enough edibles and clouds to get by, and I have the basic survival skills under my belt. I consider bow drill and flint/steel firecrafting a basic skill, so I was surprised to find it repeated in this advanced guide.
I also have some tech writing skills under my belt, and this guide needs help. My humble opinion If Bushcraft 101 suffers from the same lack of proper illustration, lack of process, and has the excess fluff that this book has, then neither book will help you as much as other survival books might.
Before everyone goes nuts, I admit there is some useful information that can be gleaned - provided you already have the basics in the bag and are ready to use your imagination to figure out how to perform the advanced skills Dave tries to describe here.
This book was a roller coaster ride, a real back-and-forth between getting useful information and then getting left hanging with only half the information (or illustration) needed to make it useful... and then sifting through the proverbial fluff to reach the next useful (or useless) chapter. Sorry fans. I really wanted this to be a great advanced bushcraft reference book, but it did not meet expectations.
Why?
I was highly disappointed by the low value illustrations inserted while more useful illustrations were omitted. For example the pine needles illustration on page 31. I think we all know what pine needles look like, or at least we can imagine a needle-like shape based on the name 'pine needles,' but we may not know what elderberry leaves look like when seeking non-poisonous berries. Berry bush illustrations were not included. May be they can be found in the preceding Bushcraft 101 basics book? If so, then why is he even mentioning berry bushes again in the advanced book? See what I mean? The chapters either lack proper illustration and process, or the chapters are fluff carried over from Bushcraft 101.
Another example of useless information Dave includes a full page illustration of axe heads he does NOT discuss. You get to have fun trying to find the couple of axe heads he actually does discuss. Why?
Another example of omitted information Dave offers some good interpretations of what clouds can tell you; then he doesn't provide any illustration of the clouds, not even the important ones. Not everyone can tell the difference between a cumulonimbus and an altostratus, only one of which he suggests will bring lightning. Wouldn't it be nice to know what that particular cloud looks like?
Also omitted you won't find any illustrations of parts of the hunting bow he tells you how to make. You won't find illustration of testing the bow tiller, which is an important part of the process that you really need to see. We get to see pine needles, but not tiller testing. Why?
After leaving so much out, Dave took the time and space to provide a lengthy reclaimed metal chart with number/letter designations, but he fails to offer explanation for non-metal workers as to what the numbers mean, why these numbers were important, or even what hardness or carbon content the numbers represent. Without explanation it is not advanced information; it's useless fluff to most non-metal workers.
Dave also discussed blacksmithing a knife and axe. I got excited about learning the skill, but then he didn't offer a step by step process to blacksmith these items. He did a great job providing valuable definitions for heating processes and a list of forging colors, but he didn't use this valuable information to lay out the step by step process for hammering out a cool knife or axe. This is the rollercoaster I'm talking about... good information followed by a lack of information, or vice versa. This is the prevalent writing style throughout the entire guide.
I expected an advanced guide building off basic skills. Dave shouldn't have to tell us how to build a fire in this advanced guide, unless he forgot to cover it in Bushcraft 101. But he does. This 'advanced' book has Chapter 4 Advanced Firecraft... and it starts out with 'primitive' skills like using the bow drill (kudos for good bow drill illustration here) and using flint and steel. Why? Weren't basic primitive skills covered in Bushcraft 101? Or is this just fluff?
Did I learn anything from reading Advanced Bushcraft? Yes, I learned a little.
Does Bushcraft 101 provide a solid base for understanding the advanced information provided in Advanced Bushcraft? I didn't read it, but I would guess the answer is NO. When basic skills came into play, Dave provides them in Advanced Bushcraft (in various levels of detail) while leaving you guessing how to perform some of the advanced tasks, which were supposed to be the purpose of this book.
Very little step by step here, folks. It's an interesting book, and you may even glean some good tidbits from it, but you won't find enough information to perform all the advanced skills the guide claims to offer. Per the introduction, this guide does not "...take these skills to the next level and prepare you for a lengthy stay in the wilderness." - This book is in no way, shape, or form "advanced". The U.S. Army's field survival guide surpasses this book by leaps and bounds. The book lists out strategies to employ or things one could build in a survival situation, yet does not elaborate on how to accomplish them beyond mentioning and defining them (i.e. no diagrams that show how to build certain types of shelters or instructions on how to weave fish traps). I do like the illustrations and the chart of different species of wood and their potential as firewood, but that's it. If the book wasn't so cheap I'd be really upset that I bought it. I don't think I'll be reading anything else from this author.
- Not terribly useful. Very vague and lacking in specifics. It appears Mr. Canterbury is more interested in selling books than providing detailed information as demonstrated by the numerous titles he's written. Maybe the others are better, but it's not worth $10 a book to find out. Would not recommend.
As always, I never accept discounted or free items in exchange for reviews. My reviews are unbiased and based on products I have personally purchased and used. - Good read, some information is duplicated from his first book but i still learned a hell of a lot about wood, resins, fires and other stuff that it more than made up for any dupe info. This guy knows his stuff. It's a great helpful guide for beginner campers/survivalists like myself. The people that complain about his information and the illustrations expect a lot, almost too much, from a $10 book. I'd suggest saving the money and traveling to attend one of his courses if you want more information. It's a $10 book but I personally felt i got more than my moneys worth. People complain too much about purchases on ...sorry rant over. This is a great book for the price.
- I have watched many of Dave Canterbury's YouTube videos and have found each one to be very informative. Dave's book, "Advanced Bush Craft" by Dave Canterbury, follows many of his bush craft instructions seen on YouTube. This is the book a person involved or have interest in bush craft to take with them on an adventure in the woods. There are so many things to remember if you only watch Dave's YouTube videos. By having this book with you on the trail you can practice many of Dave's bush craft skills along with an excellent reference in hand. I would highly recommend this book for your library.
- i love dave canterbury and this book and the whole series are just wonderful repositories of knowledge about how to survive in the woods or even just enjoy hiking and camping more not just survival. it you appreciate nature and the outdoors get this book and really enjoy it next time your out in the wilderness.
- If you were staying in the wild for a great length of time this would be more useful (for instance, how to build a cabin). If you are looking for information on survival in an emergency, might not be as helpful.
- The second book of Dave Canterbury's. I have Bushcraft 101 signed by him. I still plan on sending this one out to have it signed by him as well. It's all great knowledge for folks starting out or seasoned woodsman like myself. I sometimes need a trustworthy reference to go back to. Dave isn't always available but his books are!
