Handy Pocket Guides Review

These handy pocket guides are great for hunters, hikers, and campers. Each pocket guide is clear, concise, beautifully color illustrated, and packed with handy tips and facts. These guides are certain to make your next outdoor adventure a success for novices and experts alike. ...read more

Laminated for durability, each folded guide measures 8¼" H x 3½" W. Open they are approximately 22¼" wide. Each guide weighs 1 ounce. Buy them separately (see below for title options), or buy a set of 5 and save.

A Pocket Naturalist® Guide Series

Wilderness Survival - How to Stay Alive In The Wilderness, Third Edition: This pocket guide covers indispensable and crucial information regarding survival techniques such as, constructing shelters, fire starting, and navigation. Other topics include First Aid, CPR, foraging for food and water, and how to recognize edible plants.

Mushrooms - An Introduction to Familiar North American Species: Highlights more than 60 edible and 14 poisonous North American species.

Trees - An Introduction to Familiar North American Species: Highlights over 140 unique North American species organized by family.

Field Dressing Game - A Waterproof Folding Guide to What a Novice Needs to Know: Covers Field Dressing of Fish, Small Mammals, Small Birds, Large Birds, and Deer & other large hoofed animals. Note: this guide is waterproof and durable like others in the series, but it is not laminated.

Edible Wild Plants - A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar North American Species: Highlights Nuts & Seeds, Fruits & Berries, Leaves, Stems & Bark, Roots & Tubers, Desert & Tropical Plants, Seashore Plants, and Poisonous Plants. Includes tips on harvesting and preparation. Also covers safety and legal concerns, as well as identifying leaf shapes and arrangements.

Medicinal Plants - A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Widespread Species: You'll discover plants to use on wounds, sores, and rashes, plants to treat burns, and plants to help stop bleeding. You'll even find a variety of plants that help with common illnesses such as colds, headaches, upset stomach, diarrhea, and more. Plus, you'll learn which toxic plants to avoid while in the wilderness.

Knots - A Folding Pocket Guide to Purposeful Knots: This 11 page guide shows you how to tie 50 common and useful knots. You'll learn everything from fisherman's knots to hitch knots. You'll even learn how to tie a Windsor Knot and Bowtie.

Foraging for Wild Edible Foods - A Folding Pocket Guide to Sustainable Practices and Harvesting Techniques: You'll learn tips and techniques for determining edibility, harvesting plants, and the different parts of the plant. You'll also learn about such diverse and unique edibles as cattails, burdocks, and ferns.