Whether you are tracking a white-tailed deer or pondering what four-legged creature visited your backyard during the night, Tracking and Reading Sign is a colorful, practical tool that makes experiencing nature entertaining and fun. This is an introduction to tracking and reading sign that will help you spot and analyze tracks, prints, gaits, scats, scents, and animal behavior.

Tracking and Reading Sign: A Guide to Mastering the Original Forensic Science

Science & Math

McDougall, Len

Biological Sciences

Castle Books

Timber! Learn how to wield a chainsaw safely—and other lumberjacking skills. While the lumberjack look may be trending among the fashion-forward crowd, lumberjacking is a useful real-world skill. An amateur with a chainsaw or an ax is dangerous to both people and property. Fortunately, experienced woodsman and outdoor writer Len McDougall shares his thorough knowledge of how to fell trees the right way—safely—with the use of a chainsaw, handsaw, hatchet, and ax in Modern Lumberjacking. In addition to providing tips for bringing trees down, he also includes information on: Wood identification How to buck logs properly How to stack and age logs Lumberjacking knots And more! Because safety is a priority, McDougall provides color photos and detailed line drawings throughout to carefully illustrate his instructions and make his advice easy to follow. Modern Lumberjacking is the perfect resource for do-it-yourselfers, landowners, and outdoor enthusiasts who want to fell trees safely and protect themselves and their property. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Modern Lumberjacking: Felling Trees, Using the Right Tools, and Observing Vital Safety Techniques

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Skyhorse

Hums with tension. . . .Think Deliverance, toss in some terrorists, and make the backwoods guy the hero. Memorable.” Booklist Fifteen miles off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, a Soviet-era diesel submarine off-loads four men before being intercepted by a U.S. Navy vessel patrolling the area. The men make up a team of al-Qaeda-trained specialists skilled in the black arts of terrorist warfare and are headed by a man who has billions of dollars in oil money with which to indulge his murderous fantasies. What they do next will determine the fates of thousands of Americans. Rod Eliot, an aging ex-con turned survival expert, stands between them and one of the most devastating plots ever hatched by the deviated mind of a killer: to blow up the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge and detonate enough plutonium to contaminate the area for decades. When an encounter with the bomb-toting terrorists occurs deep in the woods of the Upper Peninsula, Eliot finds himself in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with no alternative but to go head-to-head with these murderers. Rod may be the only person who can stop them. But he’s in over his head. Due to Eliot’s checkered past, law enforcement officials have him pegged for the crimes that unfold over the next few days. Only one, a seasoned FBI agent who is on his trail, thinks Eliot is innocent and is willing to prove it. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Mackinac Incident: A Thriller

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

The world is changing before our very eyes. Today we deal with serious social, political, economic, and environmental issues that affect our everyday lives. With this change we must adapt, and by adapt we mean be prepared to survive when things go south and society crumbles. Len McDougall has spent his entire lifealmost sixty yearslearning the nuts and bolts of staying alive under adverse conditions. And now more than ever will we need to take his lessons seriously, as understanding what to expect and how to adapt will increase the odds for survival. The Ultimate Sh*t Hits the Fan Survival Guide is just that. Featuring methods that have been personally tested through hard, field-proven experiences, you will learn everything needed to survive when things fall apart and you’re left to fend for yourself. Included in this book are many lessons on survival, including: The best method of starting a fire. Obtaining portable water from any body of water or stream without using tools, fire, or chemicals. The simplest method for catching a meal. Surviving in possible combat, whether through weapon training or hand-to-hand. And so much more. Times are indeed changing, and it’s now a necessity to be prepared for whatever obstacles may come your way. The Ultimate Sh*t Hits the Fan Survival Guide is just that; a collection of tips, tricks, lessons, and knowledge from a professional survivalist that will make sure you will not only survive, but thrive when catastrophe strikes.

The Ultimate Sh*t Hits the Fan Survival Guide: How to Live Through Any Catastrophe

Self-Help

Do you feel a soul-deep connection with knives and tools that are engineered to cut through other materials? Does having a sturdy knife on your person imbue you with a profound, but somehow unidentifiable, sense of security? The Edgemaster’s Handbook is just that: a book completely dedicated to the care and usage of knives. Whether handling a dagger, stiletto, or bolo, you’ll learn the knife’s purpose and how to use is properly while keeping the blade clean and yourself safe. Len McDougall has spent his entire life—almost sixty years—learning the nuts and bolts of staying alive under adverse conditions and the mastery of weapons. And now more than ever we will need to take his lessons seriously, as understanding what to expect and how to adapt will increase the odds for survival. Featuring methods that have been personally tested through hard, field-proven experiences, you will learn everything needed to use knives for both outdoor living and protection. Included in this book are many lessons on knives, including: 
<li>Sharpening a blade</li>
<li>How to properly identify different types</li>
<li>Collecting</li>
<li>Using for survival and self-defense</li>
<li>And so much more</li> Whether for the collector or the outdoorsman, McDougall shares all his knowledge and understanding of this tool for you to understand and better appreciate. The Edgemaster’s Handbook is just that; a collection of tips, tricks, lessons, and knowledge from a professional that will make sure you master the usage of knives in your daily life.

Edgemaster's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing, Using, and Maintaining Fixed-Blade and Folding Knives

Antiques & Collectibles

Skyhorse Publishing

In Scouting’s Guide to Tracking, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to track big and small animals over different types of terrain. Some practical tips include: 
<ul>
<li>How to determine the age of tracks in any circumstance</li>
<li>How to recognize the distinctive marks of dozens of different species</li>
<li>How to track in desert, forest, snow, and grassy areas</li>
<li>How to identify instances when an animal has circled around or backtracked</li>
<li>Stalking techniques such as cold hunting, camouflaging, and using the stump method</li>
<li>How time and weather affect signs</li>
<li>And so much more! Since 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The BSA is committed to training youth in responsible citizenship, character development, and self-reliance through participation in a wide range of outdoor activities.</li>
</ul>

The Scouting Guide to Tracking: An Officially-Licensed Book of the Boy Scouts of America (A BSA Scouting Guide)

The Boy Scouts of America

Product Description 
In 
 The Ultimate Guide to Hiking, readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on hiking and backpacking in the wilderness. Some practical tips include:\nHow to choose the best gear 
How to set up a campsite 
How to interact safely with wildlife 
How to properly read a map 
How to forecast the weather 
Learning practical navigation skills 
And so much more! \nAbout the Author 
Len McDougall is a field guide and wildlife tracker in Michigan’s north woods, where he teaches survival classes and tests outdoor products. He has written for Field & Stream and published several books, including 
The Self-Reliance Manifesto, 
The Complete Tracker, 
The Encyclopedia of Tracks and Scats, 
The Field & Stream Wilderness Survival Handbook, and 
Practical Outdoor Survival.

The Scouting Guide to Hiking: An Officially-Licensed Book of the Boy Scouts of America (A BSA Scouting Guide)

Reference

A potential lifesaver for anyone who ventures into wild country.

Practical Outdoor Survival: A Modern Approach

Nature & Ecology

Lyons Pr

Presents basic information about tracking North American wildlife, discussing the geographic range, habitat, tracks, coloration, vocalization, and behavior of more than fifty species.

The Complete Tracker: Tracks, Signs, and Habits of North American Wildlife

How to get closer to wildlife.
Here is a concise, thorough, and fully illustrated guide to the tracks, signs, and habits of North America's most common species of wildlife. Readers learn the secrets of a master tracker, assembling a clear picture from tracks, scat, and other signs. Was it a dog or a wolf? Fox or coyote? Did it pass by yesterday or an hour ago? And readers also learn the secrets of getting close to animals -- everything from brown bears to beavers, marmots to moose. This invaluable resource will find a welcome home in the backpacks and bookshelves of nature lovers everywhere.

The Complete Tracker The Tracks, Signs and Habits of North American Wildlife

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