The Best of The Total Outdoorsman: 501 Essential Tips and Tricks

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One of the most popular outdoors books ever is back in a totally revised and updated edition! Featuring thegreatest hits and deep cuts from over a decade of Field & Streams beloved Total Outdoorsman feature and 100+ new tipsfor everything from duck hunting to campsite cooking to fighting a grizzly bear withyour bare hands (hint: its a bad idea!).

With practical information for the beginner and advanced outdoorsman, from skills and tools to activities and challenges theres something for everyone in the essential volume. Chapters cover how to:

Camp Anywhere. Pitch a tent on the snow, build a fire in the rain, or bed down on a pile of leaves. Or maybe kick back by a nice bonfire, cook up a pot of squirrel stew, and delight your campmates with the most outrageous tall tales. Its all covered here!

Fish Smarter. Whether youre bobber-fishing for crappies with the kids, spending a relaxed day on a bass boat at the lake, or heading into big surf on the trophy-fishing adventure of a lifetime, this book has your covered.

Hunt Better. From small-game techniques to how to bag a moose or elk, or take your limit in upland birds or waterfowl, with a rifle, shotgun, or bow and arrow, there are tips and tricks for every kind of hunter.

Survive Anything. Outdoor trips dont always go as planned. But with the advice in this book, youve got what you need to prevail. How to keep from getting lost, what to do if you do wander off trail or get trapped by weather, how to signal for help, and get home safely.

Camp anywhere. Fish smarter. Hunt better. Survive anything. BE A TOTAL OUTDOORSMAN.

Packaged in a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this practical manual withstands heavy-duty use indoors and out.

Author Bio

Editor-at-large for Field & Stream magazine and contributing editor for Audubon magazine, T. Edward Nickens writes about outdoor sports, natural history, and conservation for many leading magazines, winning more than two dozen national writing awards.

Residence: Raleigh, NC