The Bushcraft Boxed Set: Bushcraft 101; Advanced Bushcraft; The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild; Bushcraft First Aid

This series doesn't read smoothly - its painful to keep going. Every now and then I learn something new that is useful. A lot of the book I am currently reading is just opinion on what someone likes or doesn't like which is not that helpful to me. I guess real bush craft just depends on you going out and making some mistakes - you learn fast what works or doesn't work when you are miserable.

The best advice I can offer is start with short trips, stay DRY if its cold out, spend time preparing a good camp and THINK about where you set up a tent and sleep... Insects and weather can make your choice very interesting. Always have a sturdy knife, a compass (and know how to use it), a topographical map, and lots of clean water. Dress in layers because while backpacking you can go from freezing cold to too hot as the day progresses and you change in altitude.

Another tip - ALWAYS have an exit plan. You just never know when events are going to make your trip more than just interesting - Fire, Flood, Injury, Criminals... Always know how you will remove yourself from an area if your path in or forward become untenable.

I was so happy when my order arrived but was so disappointed after I started reading the books.
First, his recipe for what he calls pemmican is NOT pemmican! Pemmican is made with tallow and NOT lard! Second, it is made with dry lean meat and not beef jerky! Second, his reloading information may just get you killed or injured. Third, some of his traps will not work. Fourth, much of the information is redundant. Why do I need the same information repeated in more than one book? Fith, the first aid info is rather light. Sith, there is very little information on edible plants. Yes, there is some information but it is scant.
Why would a book on bushcraft have no information about preparing pelts?
The author did lie about his military service and as an army brat that upsets me to no end.
The book does have some good information but it is nothing better than a starting point.
I would recommend some of the following, "10 Bushcraft Books", The books by Creek Stwert and "Shacks, Shanties" instead of this book.
If it was not for the fact that I am both a reader and book collector I would have sent this book back for a refund.

Well, theres alot of common knowledge in these books, and some stuff to make you say, "huh, that should work." All in all, a good buy. I got these to brush up a bit myself, and help show my family some basic/intermediate survival skills on our next camping trip. For my needs these are perfect. Plus, even if you don't need them, we all know "that guy" (or girl) who would love this set as a gift. To the survival purest, the hard core 4 week camper, would I advise to buy?? No. But the average Joe or us who knows a little bit but could know more... buy it. Worth the money, and great information for the novice or someone who is interested in the art of bushcraft.

Short: As much as I wanted to love this, I can’t recommend it for both complete beginners or people with experience. Save your money, buy a good book on knots, and plant id.

Long: As an avid backpacker and a merchant marine (I know knots), I picked this set up due to it’s high rating and ignored (the accurate) reviews stating it lacked in depth and illustrations. The neigh sayers weren’t wrong. These books lack the detail and illustrations to be helpful to just about anyone actually trying to learn or improve their bush craft skills. For beginners there is neither the description, not illustrations to actually show you how to do half the stuff he talks about. Perfect example: In the 101 book, in the knot tying chapter he tells how important lashings are to secure posts together are, has a cute illustration showing the end products, but neither the textual descriptions or the illustrations to actually show you how to make those bindings! Even in the “advanced” bush craft books in the set he continues this pattern of just glossing over, in his words, extremely important skills to the point that there is little instructional value, other than maybe pointing his customers to buying additional books or seeking other resources to learn these skills outside of his books.

Get the set for cool coasters maybe, and some novelty reading, but as many of the negative reviews have pointed out, these books sorely lack the details to be anywhere close to complete and informative guides.

My advice, go watch his youtube channel, or go find one of many of the free resources online to get even better information and save the money and buy books a la carte from legit authors on the individual subjects (knot tying, plant field guides, trapping books etc…).

I would like to start if by saying that I have never written a review before, but after purchasing and reading these books I felt like I needed to. I bought this kit because I'm an outdoorsy person and know quite a bit but was looking for an interesting read and to maybe puck up some tips. Bushcraft 101 and Advanced Bushcraft were okay . They gave a lot of insight but were poorly written and some concepts/,techniques were not clearly explained. But it is a field guide so I will forgive it a bit for that. However the wilderness firstaid and the trapping, gathering and cooking books are not just bad,but they are dangerous. I belive these books were just money grabs because there was no care or research put into these. There were several examples in the first aid book that would cause far more harm to the victim is using his advice( ie. Using a venom extractor which he recommends, actually causes more damage to the tissue and does not extract enough venom to be meaningful or helpful). Canterbury also just uses old retold information instead of using properly sited and true information. Other examples of this in the cooking book is saying milkweed is inediable which was old folk lore, it is ediable in every stage of the plant, to harmless but stupid things like saying you cannot use metal utensils in a cast iron pan. Being someone who has consumed milkweed several times and enjoyed it and uses a cast iron pan and metal utincels religiously this is frustrating to say the least. I regret buying this set because I feel like I'm handing over my money for lazy , unrefined, and untruthful information that could cause actual harm to actual people who don't know better. If you must buy this set don't waste your money on the first aid and cooking, but buy the 101 and advanced. However if you do not like to promote false information do not buy this at all. As far as cooking books go. , I highly recommend books by Samuel Thayer for wild ediables if you live in the Midwest/ northeast.

I would like to start if by saying that I have never written a review before, but after purchasing and reading these books I felt like I needed to. I bought this kit because I'm an outdoorsy person and know quite a bit but was looking for an interesting read and to maybe puck up some tips. Bushcraft 101 and Advanced Bushcraft were okay . They gave a lot of insight but were poorly written and some concepts/,techniques were not clearly explained. But it is a field guide so I will forgive it a bit for that. However the wilderness firstaid and the trapping, gathering and cooking books are not just bad,but they are dangerous. I belive these books were just money grabs because there was no care or research put into these. There were several examples in the first aid book that would cause far more harm to the victim is using his advice( ie. Using a venom extractor which he recommends, actually causes more damage to the tissue and does not extract enough venom to be meaningful or helpful). Canterbury also just uses old retold information instead of using properly sited and true information. Other examples of this in the cooking book is saying milkweed is inediable which was old folk lore, it is ediable in every stage of the plant, to harmless but stupid things like saying you cannot use metal utensils in a cast iron pan. Being someone who has consumed milkweed several times and enjoyed it and uses a cast iron pan and metal utincels religiously this is frustrating to say the least. I regret buying this set because I feel like I'm handing over my money for lazy , unrefined, and untruthful information that could cause actual harm to actual people who don't know better. If you must buy this set don't waste your money on the first aid and cooking, but buy the 101 and advanced. However if you do not like to promote false information do not buy this at all. As far as cooking books go. , I highly recommend books by Samuel Thayer for wild ediables if you live in the Midwest/ northeast.

I would like to start if by saying that I have never written a review before, but after purchasing and reading these books I felt like I needed to. I bought this kit because I'm an outdoorsy person and know quite a bit but was looking for an interesting read and to maybe puck up some tips. Bushcraft 101 and Advanced Bushcraft were okay . They gave a lot of insight but were poorly written and some concepts/,techniques were not clearly explained. But it is a field guide so I will forgive it a bit for that. However the wilderness firstaid and the trapping, gathering and cooking books are not just bad,but they are dangerous. I belive these books were just money grabs because there was no care or research put into these. There were several examples in the first aid book that would cause far more harm to the victim is using his advice( ie. Using a venom extractor which he recommends, actually causes more damage to the tissue and does not extract enough venom to be meaningful or helpful). Canterbury also just uses old retold information instead of using properly sited and true information. Other examples of this in the cooking book is saying milkweed is inediable which was old folk lore, it is ediable in every stage of the plant, to harmless but stupid things like saying you cannot use metal utensils in a cast iron pan. Being someone who has consumed milkweed several times and enjoyed it and uses a cast iron pan and metal utincels religiously this is frustrating to say the least. I regret buying this set because I feel like I'm handing over my money for lazy , unrefined, and untruthful information that could cause actual harm to actual people who don't know better. If you must buy this set don't waste your money on the first aid and cooking, but buy the 101 and advanced. However if you do not like to promote false information do not buy this at all. As far as cooking books go. , I highly recommend books by Samuel Thayer for wild ediables if you live in the Midwest/ northeast.

Lots of commonly available information all in a single set. Depending on your experience level it could be overwhelming or common knowledge but even in the most remedial case having it in print could still be helpful. Anyone who has encountered stressful situations can be reassured by having a backup to their brain bank. As far as the writing goes, it is written at a very basic level with terms and phrases that should not alienate the most novice. Even if you are not planning for the end of the world anyone who spends time outdoors can benefit for this. You never know when you or a hiking partner could get hurt or when your car could break down in a remote location.

My husband is really into survivalist shows so I bought these for a gift. He loves them. Says there's alot of stuff he already knew but alot of new things it's teaching him. He's happy, I'm happy.

Ok, if you were never in the "Scouts" or you were but didn't actually learn anything other then how to correctly fold a flag then this whole series of books is your you. This is the complete collection from over the years and has everything you need to know to survive. Even the "advanced" sections aren't really that advanced, so if you are an actual survivalist this is a waste of time. If you need a good foundation and know what you need to "get by" this is what you want.