Bushcraft: Out of doors Abilities and Wilderness Survival

Best BushCraft book so far
This is a great outdoors book. Almost everything it covered, it did so with depth. You could tell nearly every step of the way that the author had true knowledge of what he was talking about.One of the reviews says this book is unorganized about how information is displayed. I would say that is entirely false. The only thing that is a little out of whack is the pictures, often you will see explanations pages before or after the coinciding picture. I would also like the the British style of weight&measure to be converted to the American way. A third addition may well be in order.The author organized the book as so. Fire, Axe, Knife, Hand made cordage, Shelter, Uses of some common trees, then the Moose&Hare(rabbit). It has some rhyme&reason…… Generally most important thing is learning how to make a fire, next you should know how to safely and effectively use Axe&Knife, learn how to make cordage, then with this knowledge you can make a shelter….. It makes since. The three tree sections are Birches, Conifers, and Willows which are nice, but I backpack mostly through the Tahoe area which is 99% pine and 5 variations at that.The only really disappointing sections were on the Moose and Hare. I just didn’t get it. Maybe where he lives they are super common, but not here. Also I didn’t feel his advice on tracking and skinning were very useful, just not enough pics, and not enough information in general.I did enjoy this book, most serious in depth book on BushCraft I have read. I definitely recommend this one far above the likes of WildWood Wisdom. I felt like this book was not made for kids, lol. I know of no other book that discusses in more depth Axe&Knife safety and efficiency, Fire section is huge too. The author is also a decent writer, not amazing, but above the average. Five Star book all around.

” A most useful adaptation of the Super Shelter concept is the “Harlton …
I became interested in Mors Kochanski after learning about his “Super Shelters.” A most useful adaptation of the Super Shelter concept is the “Harlton Hacienda” developed by Mors’ assistant instructor. This shelter can be set up in minutes and keep you alive in the most bitter cold (although it reportedly may require a pickup truck size pile of small firewood to heat overnight). I had access to Mors’ “Northern Buschcraft” published in 1988 and widely regarded as a classic on bushcraft in the Canadian boreal forest. There is no mention of the super shelters in this book, but it is old. Along comes a “new” book by Mors with a new title “Bushcraft” published in 2014. Mors’ is clearly very proud of his super shelter concept in his youtube videos, yet there is no mention whatsoever of these shelters in his “brand new” book. Why? It turns out that “Bushcraft” published in 2014 is WORD FOR WORD THE SAME as “Northern Bushcraft” published in 1988. There are no changes to the text or illustrations in the body of the text. The only “update” is a 14 page supplement with color illustrations at the end of the book. I am sorry, but changing the title and copyright date with essentially no other changes to the book amounts to a “bait and switch.” I do not blame Mors for this. He is now elderly. I blame the publisher. The book is still an excellent treatment of bushcraft in the Canadian boreal forest, but it is the same book as Northern Bushcraft published in 1988. If you have access to Northern Bushcraft, you are better off spending your money on Mors small pamphlets and you may need to hunt around for these. One significant deficiency of the “new” book “Bushcraft” is that there is no mention of any edible wild plants. These are covered in a seperate 32 page pamphlet written by Mors titled “21 Native Edible Wild Plants.” Why he did not include this in his recent title “Bushcraft” is beyond me. If you want to learn about Mors’ “Super Shelter” concept, your best starting point is the following youtube videos:1. “Harlton Hacienda” Karamat Wilderness Ways channel. Mors speaks in this video.2. “The Harlton Hacienda” averageiowaguy channel. A must see video after watching #13. “Mors Kochanski Super Shelter” Karamat Wilderness Ways channel. Mors explains his super shelter concept.4. “Super Shelter Modified for the Eastern Woodlands Parts 1 and 2” wildernessoutfitters channel.5. “My SUPER Shelter Completed” Survival Lilly channel. A very solidly constructed long term adaptation of the Harlton Hacienda. Again, I have only the utmost respect for Mors, who has spent the last 40 years teaching people how to survive in the Canadian boreal forest.

Excellent book for bushcraft beginners.Highly recommended for them.

Mors Kochanski (10.11.1940 – 05.12.2019) war ein polnisch / kanadischer Survival-, Bushcraft- und Wildnisinstructor, mit internationalem Bekanntheitsgrad und bildete hauptsächlich Zivilisten, aber auch Militärangehörige in Kanada, Schweden, USA und England aus.Mors Kochanski verwendet den Begriff “Bushcraft” und dürfte diesen auch geprägt haben. Sein Fokus liegt klar auf dem Überleben und Langzeitaufenthalt im “Woodland”, also in bewaldeten Gebieten, wie man sie in Europa oder Nordamerika vorfindet. Wer also eine Art “Survival Lexikon” mit allgemeinen Tipps sucht, wie man es z.B. von der Legende Rüdiger Nehberg kennt, wird hier also nicht fündig.Stattdessen geht es um die detaillierte Darstellung und Vermittlung von Wissen für Bushcraft, also Feuer machen, Koch-Setups errichten, Unterkünfte bauen, Kälteschutz und den Umgang mit Werkzeugen wie Axt und Messer.Die Abbildungen sind natürlich nicht modern sondern gleichen eher Bleistiftskizzen, aber sie reichen dennoch aus, um das zu vermitteln was der Autor damit erklären möchte.Für jeden Bushcrafter / Survivalist eine Pflichtlektüre.