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THE COMPLETE

OUTDOORSMAN'S

HANDBOOK

A Guide to Outdoor Living and Wilderness Survival

JEROME J. KNAP

L Ll

PAGURIAN PRESS LIMITED

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Suite 603, 335 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 74-79519 ISBN 0-919364-62-4

Printed and Bound in the United States of America.

OTHER BOOKS BY JEROME J. KNAP

The Hunter's Handbook

101 Tips to Improve Your Fishing

Training the Versatile Gun Dog (with Alyson Knap)

Getting Hooked on Fishing (with David Richey)

Where to Fish and Hunt in North America

The Family Camping Handbook

A Complete Guide to Canoeing (with Carl Monk)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND PICTURE CREDITS

My most sincere thanks to E. B. Sanders for his many fine pen-and-ink sketches which illustrate this

book.

Thanks are also due to the following persons and organizations for the use of photographs: Arkansas

Fish and Game Commission (page 158); Bausch and Lomb Incorporated (page 66), Buck Knives

Incorporated (pages 68 and 77) ~ Bushnell Optical Incorporated (page 64); Canadian Government

Travel Bureau (page 28) Gerry/Outdoor Sports Industries Incorporated (pages 31 and 99); Jerome Knap

(pages 54 and 80); E. Leitz Incorporated (pages 60 and 65); McCulloch Corporation (page 86), Normark

Corporation (page 75 and 152) ; Ontario Ministry of Industry and Tourism (pages 82, 103, 107, 135, 138

and 142) ; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (pages 120 and 131) ; Outboard Marine Corporation

(page 147); Pennsylvania Game Commission (pages 34 and 32); RU-KO of Canada Limited (page 73).

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND PICTURE CREDITS vi

INTRODUCTION

1. UNDERSTANDING THE OUT-OF-DOORS

2. OUTDOOR KNOW-HOW

Training Your Senses, Sounds and Smells: Interpreting Ani

mal Actions

3- WILDLIFE HAZARDS

Bears: Other Wildlife, Rabies, Dequilling a Dog; Wildlife on

Highways, Snakes: Treating a Snake Bite-, Other Reptiles

4- BEATING THE BUGS

Wasps, Hornets, and Bees: Scorpions and Spiders: Mosquitos

and Blackflies; Horseflies and Deerflies-, Chiggers and Itch

Mites: Ticks, Caterpillars; Coping with Itching Bites

5- POISONOUS PLANTS

Poison Ivy: Poison Sumac; Poison Oak; Stinging Nettle

6- MAP AND COMPASS

Choosing a Compass, Using Map and Compass; Wilderness

Maps

7. OPTICS FOR THE OUTDOORSMAN.

Binocular Savvy; Selecting Binoculars: Other Optics

8- THE OUTDOORSMAN'S KNIFE

Which Knife for What? How Many Knives? Knife Care;

Sharpening a Knife

9. THE ART OF AXMANSHIP

Choosing an Ax; Cutting with an Ax

10. CHAIN SAW TACTICS

Choosing a Chain Saw Cutting Techniques: Chain Saw

Safety

11. CAMPFIRE MYSTIQUE

Campfire Woods; The Hardwoods or Deciduous Trees; The

Softwoods or Conifers; Fireplaces

12. THE ABC'S OF CANOEING

Choosing a Canoe, Choosing a Paddle Loading, Launching,

and Landing; Paddling a Canoe

13. ARCHERY FOR THE OUTDOORSMAN

The Bow; The Arrow; Accessories

14. SNOWSHOES AND SNOWSHOEING

Selecting Snowshoes-, Snowshoe Construction, What to Look

For; Harnesses; Footwear; Outer Garments; Other Equip

ment, Tips on Travel; Snowshoeing Hazards

15. THE ABC'S OF SKI TOURING

Equipment; Techniques; Waxing Cross-Country Skis

16. THE BASICS OF SNOWMOBILING

Driving a Snowmobile; Be Well Equipped; Be Properly

Dressed; Snowmobile Safety

17. GIVE THE COOK A CHANCE

Taking Care of Your Catch; Taking Care of Wild Meat-,

Dressing Big Game; Skinning Big Game; Equipment; Dress

ing Small Game; Game Birds, Dressing Game Birds; Skinning

Game Birds; Plucking Game Birds

18. THE ABC'S OF WILDERNESS SURVIVAL

The Seven Deadly Enemies; To Stay or To Walk Out? Shelters; Fire; Signals; Ground to Air Signals;

Food and Water; Edible Plants, Wildlife; Cooking and Preserving Meat:

Survival Kits', File a Flight Plan

19. THE OUTDOORSMAN'S FIRST-AID KIT

20. FIRST AID IN THE OUTDOORS

General Rules, Accidents; Illnesses

Introduction

There is an outdoor recreation boom sweeping the entire western world and this continent in particular.

There has been nothing like it in the past. Yes, the out-of-doors has always had an appeal for some, but

they have been a small minority. Two decades ago you could go on a canoe trip in the summer months

in the wilderness of Quetico and not see another soul for an entire week. Not today. You are lucky if you

see only three or four canoeing parties a day.

Arctic rivers that have not seen a white man's canoe since the big fur-trading era, today are being

traveled regularly. The old trails of the western mountains, untrodden since the days of mountain men

and early prospectors, are being hiked and backpacked today. During the height of summer, camping

areas in many parks are full. In the past, being a fishing and hunting outfitter was a risky business. It still

is, but today many outfitters in the more popular areas have no difficulty in attracting clientele.

This phenomenon is world-wide. In many of the national parks of Africa, one can see a pride of mini-

buses around every lion. I have even met a convoy of two land rovers on safari in the middle of the

Kalahari Desert in Botswana.

The reasons for this outdoor boom are many. A greater interest in wildlife is one. Twenty years ago

hunters and fishermen were the only large groups interested in wildlife. Today, almost everyone has a

casual interest in wild creatures. This interest is not always tempered with wisdom, and is rarely

accompanied by knowledge. At times wildlife management agencies are hampered in their work by

people who prefer to have deer starve than to have them hunted by outdoorsmen.

Other reasons for the outdoor boom are more leisure time, a more affluent society, and better highways

and rapid transportation systems. Thirty years ago, if a New York big-game hunter wanted to hunt in the

Yukon, it took him five days just to reach Whitehorse. Today, he is there in less than a day. But I think

that the biggest reason for the outdoor boom is a spiritual rebellion against our sophisticated, affluent

society. Deep down we hunger for a quieter life, a slower pace, green grass, and the sight of pale blue

wood smoke curling up toward the sky. We want to "get away from it all," but at times we bring it all

with us in the form of tent cities and slums.

Everyone who ventures into the out-of-doors should possess the basic skills for outdoor living. He

should know how to make a good campfire, what types of wood give fast heat for boiling tea, and what

types provide hot flames for broiling steaks. He should know how to paddle a canoe, how to forecast

weather, how to use a compass, what the sudden cry of a bluejay means, and what a bear is up to when

he stands on his hind legs. The average outdoorsman does not have to be a wilderness survival expert,

but he should know the basics. After all, almost everyone can become lost or lose his gear when his

canoe is upset in a choppy wilderness lake.

The outdoorsman should know all this and much more. He should know about the natural world

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