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Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival Paperback – March 15, 2016

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Longtime wilderness educator Mors Kochanski has dedicated his life to learning and teaching about the lore of the forest. With clear instructions, extensive use of diagrams and a color photo supplement, this comprehensive reference includes all the practical skills and knowledge essential for you to survive and enjoy the wilderness: * Lighting and maintaining a fire * Chopping wood and felling a tree * Creating a shelter and keeping warm * Safe use of the axe and bush knife * Plants and animals important for survival * Food, water and outdoor cooking * Wilderness first aid. * This bestseller should be required reading for hikers, campers, hunters, foresters, backwoods adventurers, scouts, youth groups--anyone with a passion for the outdoors.
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Mors Kochanski was a Canadian bushcraft and wilderness survival instructor, naturalist, and author. He acquired an international following and instructed for both military and civilians in Canada, the US, the UK and Sweden. He died from peritoneal mesothelioma in 2019.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lone Pine Publishing; 3rd edition (March 15, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1772130079
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1772130072
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.07 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.69 x 8.5 inches
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James Ellsworth
5.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy, Highly Informative, Fine Illustrations of Techniques; Limited Scope
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018
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Mors Kochanski proves through this book that he is a fine bush crafter. Even if you have a substantial library on this topic, you will enjoy this one as well. Cover, binding and paper are of substantial quality: that is 'all good' since the book is meant for rereading and using in preparation for outdoor adventures or for 'taking along' if you are not 'going light.' The covers on my 'new edition' are rounded on the outside edges to aid in slipping in and out of a pack or pocket. The highly informative text is accompanied by many instructive black and white line drawings. This edition also includes a lovely color photo supplement at the back. For sure, there is plenty of explanation of techniques for fire-starting, knot tying, shelter building (in every season), and for using the ax, the saw and a good knife. Unlike the vast majority of books, Mors gives a lot of attention to the 'bush' in bush craft. Northern trees and shrubs are presented and their special uses explained. There is even an explanation of how to smoke-tan a moose hide!

What the book is NOT is an explanation of camp cooking equipment or recipes; what tents and clothing and bedding to take along, finding and using water sources, water purification methods or path-finding and navigation. It IS a fine book and has brought great enjoyment to many readers and bush craft practitioners.
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Dave W
5.0 out of 5 stars A CLASSIC MANUAL...,
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2023
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When Mr. Kochanski penned this work, it was titled "Northern Bushcraft". That was because he learned, studied, and practiced in Canada, passing in 2019 while living in Alberta. This book over the years has become one of the classics in survival skills, but it is also Northern Centric. For folks living as I do in the Mid Atlantic States (or further South) additional sources of information will be needed. What are abundant tree species, and the animals, are different down here. For example the book has an extensive chapter on Moose, but none on Whitetail Deer, and Moose are quite different from Whitetail (I've hunted both). The book still is chock full of excellent skills, and supplemental techniques for the Bushcraft student to fine tune one's skills.
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M.C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply Insightful and Systematic: Must Own!
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2013
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Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival BY Kochanski is a must have book in your library.

I have read many books by different authors, dvds, you tube videos ... Many of the "authors" out there basically rehash the same old same old.

But not Kochanski. He is a handful of experts that live what he teaches. His book does not cover every aspect of bushcraft or even survival, but provide few fundamental coverage in depth:
-fire craft
-axe craft
-shelter
...

Kochanski offers a keen insight based on many years of cold wilderness living into those fundamental areas. The section on knife craft alone is worth the cost of the book.

In addition to the book, I actually have his dvds and the pamphlets. I got the pamphlets as a pocket guide (there is a lot of over lap between the book, dvd and pamphlets, but I can't take the dvd or the book to the woods.). The dvd is an excellent visual companion to the book.

The drawings are clear and frequent with very descriptive verbiage. I was not ever lost when I encountered new concepts or techniques (and there are lots of new concepts and techniques, at least for me).

One of the main thing that stands out with Kochansy's method is that he is systematic and explains the fundamentals then demonstrates the technique in step by step drawing and descriptions.

There is a lot of wisdom on these pages. I will never sell this book!
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4.0 out of 5 stars " A most useful adaptation of the Super Shelter concept is the "Harlton ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017
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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 #1
3. "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.
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Gregory s'Peck
5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2024
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Excellent book for bushcraft beginners.
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Colin Frig Off Ok
5.0 out of 5 stars So many uses
Reviewed in Canada on June 12, 2020
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Great book. Now I will learn how to read and I will be set. Corona going to take over the world? No problem now I can live in the bush like a proper gypsy hermit with all this info. Lots of pictures so I can re create various shelters and feather sticks and really become one with nature. Worst case scenario or I can rip out pages and use them as my tinder with my new acquired firestarting skills. I’ll craft a yew bow to hunt muskrats and defend my forest camp from my enemies. To bad I live in a deciduous forest and some of the info is irrelevant for me but trees are basically all the same anyway are they not? I now walk through the woods harvesting fungi and fern leaves to bring back to my homestead to feed my wild rabid children. No school anymore due to the pandemic but I’ll give them a nature education with this book.
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thouin anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars Bon bouquin !
Reviewed in France on March 27, 2021
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Franchement très bon bouquin, bon évidemment il faut avoir de bonnes bases en anglais, mais sinon il est très intéressant et les schémas sont bien faits. Seul (petit) bémol, sur la faune et la flore qui sont spécifiques au continent Nord Américain, mais cela reste tout de même intéressant.
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JonGear
5.0 out of 5 stars Pflichtlektüre für jeden Bushcrafter / Survivalist
Reviewed in Germany on December 13, 2020
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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.
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Liercio Pinheiro
5.0 out of 5 stars Bushcraft lifestyle
Reviewed in Brazil on July 9, 2018
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O bushcraft existe desde tempos imemoriais. Nossos ancestrais viviam em harmonia com a natureza e eram mestres na arte e na tática do bushcraft. Bushcraft nos lembra a importância e a sabedoria de coexistir com a floresta, é uma atividade ao ar livre antiga, mas nova, curvada a partir do estilo de vida antigo. As habilidades de bushcraft começam com trabalho de faca e fabricação de fogo. Material excelente.
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