The Modern Hunter-Gatherer

Have you ever wondered how to walk into the wilderness and harvest your own food? Are you interested in integrating healthy, wild plants into your diet while reducing food costs? Do you want to learn the time-tested methods for living off the land in case you become stranded in the wild or face an emergency where the grocery selves are empty? In The Modern Hunter-Gatherer, renowned survival instructor Tony Nester reveals practical methods and techniques that he has applied on extended survival courses over the past 20 years. This innovative book explains and illustrates essential methods for harvesting, preserving, and cooking small game, fish, and edible plants. It will teach you how to:

• Harvest and prepare edible plants from you own neighborhood
• Select a survival firearm for hunting small game (the key to feeding yourself in the wild)
• Put together a low-tech fishing kit for catching panfish
• Carve, set, and use traps that actually work in a survival situation
• Make delicious jerky and preserve meat the old-fashioned way

Recapture the excitement of wandering on the land unencumbered while harvesting nature's bounty. This book is ideal for beginning and advanced students of wilderness living.