A
abandon-ship bag, 349–51
abandon ship procedures, 357–59
ABCDE, 428–29
abdominal illness, 443–44
acacia, 105
acclimatization, 449
achenes, 83
aches, 125
acute mountain sickness, 449–50
agave, 105
aggregate fruits, 84
airway obstruction, 428
Alabama black cherry, 92
Alaskan brown bear, 35
Albright knot, 473
allergic reactions, 442
alligators, 453
Altair, 390
alternating track pattern, 8
amanita, 149
ambush hunting, 205
amphibians, 168–69
anabatic wind, 382
analog method, 379
Andromeda, 390–91
animals
avoiding, 41–44
calling, 205–7
communication, 206–7
desert, 262
fish, 70–73
frogs, 57–61
glue, 473
insects, 73–74
mammals, 11–47
snakes, 65–69
soap, 474
trapping, 191–98
turtles, 61–65
wounded, 212–13
See also hunting; tracking; specific animals
ankle, sprained, 437–38
antelope, pronghorn, 32–33
anthrax, 465
antifungal wash, 125
antihemmorhagics, 125
antiseptics, 125
ants, 447
anxiety, 457
Apache foot snare, 194
appendicitis, 444
aquatic mammals, 21–23
Aquila, 390
arachnids, 73
arctic
edible animals in, 170–71
edible plants in, 125
foxes, 27
shelter in, 250–54
travel in, 283–306
water in, 184–87
See also cold weather
Arcturus, 391
armadillos, 40
arrow, handmade, 201–2
arrowhead, 126
arrowroot, 105
asparagus, 105
asthma, 443
A-tent, 244
athletic injury, 437–38
atlatl, 202–3
attacks
bear, 36–37
shark, 70
Auriga, 394
Australian poncho raft, 312–13
avalanche transceiver, 285, 308
AvaLung, 285
B
backpack, 315, 471. See also pack
bacteria, 178
badgers, 20
Baked Potato Chips, 166
balsam fir, 93
bamboo, 105
bamboo fire saw, 237
Banana Chips, 163
baobab tree, 188
barnacles, 172
barometric pressure, 377–78
barracuda, 70–71, 169, 172, 453
Basic Biscuits, 160
bats, 44–47
battery, 239
beach shade shelter, 249
Bean and Pasta Soup, 163
Bearpaw snowshoes, 298
bears, 34–41
Beaufort wind scale, 377
Beavertail snowshoes, 298
beechnut, 105
Beef Jerky, 163
big brown bats, 45–46
bighorn sheep, 33–34
bilge pump, 351
binoculars, 412
birch, 87, 93, 97, 98, 108, 126–28
birch bark torch, 242
birds
birding, 47–52
calling, 207
hunting, 211
identification of, 51–52
nests, 53
preparing, 215
tracks, 55–57
in winter, 53–54
bivouac bag, 255
black ash, 98
black bear, American, 34–35, 37–39, 42
black walnut, 97
black willow, 97
Blast Match, 233
blisters, 441–42
blood knot, 472
blood sausage, 174
blowfish, 169
blueberries, 105
blue grouse, 55
blue-ringed octopus, 71
bobcats, 24
body signals, 423–24
bola, 202–3
bone collecting, 462–67
boning fish, 215
Böotes, 391
bottle purifier, 179
bottle trap, 195
botulism, 464
bouldering, 277–83
bow, handmade, 198–201
bow trap, 195
bowl, improvised, 174
bowline knot, 472
box trap, 194
box turtle, eastern, 63–64
boxing the needle, 407
brace strokes, 333–34
bracken fern, 101–2
brain injury, 431–33
breadfruit, 105
broiling, 173
brown recluse spider, 73, 447–48
brush raft, 312
bubonic plague, 465
buds, 85
buffalo, 34
bullfrog, 58–59
bullheads, 230
bulrush, 129
buoyant apparatus, 348
buoys, 355
burns, 441
bushmaster, 68
butane, 316
butchering game, 213–15
buttercup, 79
butternut, 109
C
California thrasher, 49
California towhee, 49–50
CamelBak, 186
campfires, 241–42
candle, 235
canines, 25–28
Canis Major, 392–93
Canis Minor, 392–94
canoeing, 329–34, 339–42, 345–46
canyons, 265
capsules, 84
carbon dioxide poisoning, 252
carbon monoxide poisoning, 442
cardinal, 53
caribou, 32–33
Carolina false buckthorn, 88, 94–95
Carolina ground cricket, 74
carpopedal spasms, 442–43
cars, 266
cashew nut, 105
castor bean, 145
catawba rosebay, 92
catfish, 230
catholes, 461
cats, 23–26
cattail, 105, 109–10, 127, 129, 123, 125, 314, 469
cattail torch, 242
cellular phones, 421
century plant, 122
Cepheus, 393–94
cervical collar, 433
Chappaties, 160
cheese, 154
Cheesy Biscuits, 160
chemical water treatment, 178–80
chest injuries, 426–27, 431, 435–36
chest pain, 443
chicken of the woods, 146
chickweed, 129
chipmunks, 11
chlorine, 178–79
chokecherry, 110
choking, 441
cholera, 189
chop fishing, 218
Christmas fern, 101–2
chronic mountain sickness, 450
cinnamon fern, 101
circumpolar stars, 391
cleaning fish, 229–30
climatology method, 379
climbing, 273–77
clinch knot, 472
cloth filter, 178
clothing
cold-weather, 286–88
desert, 266–68
at sea, 346–48
club, weighted, 202–3
coati, 16
codes, 423
COLDER, 287
cold diuresis, 452
colds, 125
cold weather
ailments, 451–53
clothing, 286–88
travel in, 289–306
colubridae, 67
Columbia blacktail deer, 29, 31
columbine, 79
common polypody, 101–2
compass rose, 414
concealment, 208
condensation, 177
constipation, 125, 441, 452–53
contact dermatitis, 144
contagious diseases, 464–65
containers, improvised, 473
cooking
equipment, 156
fires, 156–57
fish, 174
meat, 173
See also recipes
Cooper’s hawk, 50–51
copperheads, 66–68
coral fungus, 150
cordage, 469–71
Corona Borealis, 391
cottontail rabbits, 17–18, 208–9
counter-current heat exchange, 54
cowhage, 145
cowslip, 111
crab, 172
crabapple, 87
crampons, 290–92
cranes, sandhill, 57
creeper, 47–48
cross-country skis, 299–304
cross-through move, 278–79
crotalids, 66
Crowns à La Sierra, 160
crows, 57
cruiser compass, 397–98
crustaceans, edible, 168, 171–72
Cryptosporidium, 179
C-stroke, 332
C-to-C Roll, 328
cumuliform clouds, 365–66
curly grass fern, 101
D
Dall sheep, 33–34
damping, 399
darts, 202
Davenport, Greg, 460
day markers, 355
daylily, 105
death angel, 150
decoction, 125
deer, 28–31
depression, 457
derecho, 374
desalting tablets, 180
desert, 261–63
clothing, 266–68
edible plants in, 122–23
travel in, 264–66
desserts, 155
destroying angel, 149
devilwood, 91–92
diabetes, 445
digloo, 253
distemper, 465
dogs, 26–28
domestic animals, 25
Donna Orr’s Gado-Gado Spaghetti, 159
double sheet bend, 471
downbursts, 373
dowsing, 176
Draco, 392–93
drag noose, 194
drinks, powdered fruit, 154
driving, 205
drupes, 84
dry suits, 346–47
ducks, 57
dulse, 106
duo-process clouds, 367
dwarf arctic birch, 125
dye, plant, 125
dynamic moves, 278
dysentery, 189
E
eastern cottonwood, 87
eastern diamondback rattlesnake, 68
eastern hop-hornbeam, 96
eastern spadefoot toad, 58–59
eastern wood frog, 58–59
eddies, 337–39
edible plants
arctic, 125
berry rule, 106
desert, 122–23
ferns, 103
fungi, 150
identification of, 104
mushrooms, 146–50
parts, 107
preparation of, 106–7
selection of, 107–24
Universal Edibility Test, 106
in various zones, 105–6
eggs, 155
Eggs McGulch, 158
elapidae, 66–67
Elbroch, Mark, 39
elderberry, 130–31
electric eel, 72
emberizids, 49–50
epilepsy, 445–46
EpiPen, 442
equipment
cooking, 156
fishing, 216–18
hunting, 198–203
sea, 348–51
Eskimo rescue, 325
Eskimo roll, 326–27
evening bat, 45–46
exposure, 385
eyelash pit viper, 68
F
fear, 457
felines, 23–26
fer-de-lance, 68
ferns, 99–104
ferrying, 338–39
fevers, 125
fiddleback spider, 73
fiddleheads, 102–3
field bearing, 410
field dressing, 212–15
figure H trigger, 196
figure-four mangle snare, 193
filleting, 229
filtering water, 176, 178, 190
fire
bed, 237
campfire, 241–42
cooking, 156–57
fuel, 231–32
maintaining, 235
as a signal, 421
site selection, 237
firepan, 241–42
fire-plow, 239
fire reflector, 235
firestorm, 374
fire thong, 237
first aid
abdominal illness, 441, 443–44
allergic reactions, 442
altitude sickness, 449–51
athletic injuries, 437–38
bites and stings, 446–47, 453–54
carbon monoxide poisoning, 442
cardiac emergencies, 443
chest injuries, 426–27, 431, 435–36
choking, 441
cold-related ailments, 451–53
cramps, 449
diabetes, 445
head injuries, 431–33
immediate steps, 425–26
medical kit, 458–59
patient assessment, 427–31, 435, 444
psychological problems, 455–57
respiratory distress, 436, 442–43
sea-related ailments, 453
seizures, 445–46
shock, 426–27
skin ailments, 440–42, 448–49, 454
staying healthy, 453–54
stress, 455–57
sun blindness, 441
unresponsive state, 446
wounds, 426–40
fish, 70–73
cleaning, 229–30
glue, 474
poison, 125
scaler, homemade, 230
fisherman’s bend, 472
fishers, 20
fishing
bait, 227–28
barehanded, 218
best places, 222–27
best times, 218–21
cleaning, 229–30
ice fishing, 227
improvised devices, 216–18
knots, 472–73
landing the fish, 229
life raft, 228–29
poisoning, 217
ponds, lakes, and reservoirs, 225–26
streams and rivers, 226–27
structure, 222–25
fixed dial compass, 397
flares, 420
fletching, 201–2
flint knapping, 467
floating, 360
floating dial compass, 397
Florida nutmeg, 92–93
flotation devices, 313–14
flowering dogwood, 97
flukes, 190
fly agaric, 150
fly line loop, 472–73
flycatchers, 51
flying foxes, 44
fog, 368–69
follicles, 84
food
dehydrating, 161–65
equipment, 156
outdoor kitchen cleanup, 166
shopping list, 153–55
storage, 167
utensils, 174
Foolproof Five edible mushrooms, 146, 148–50
forked stick trigger, 196
four-print track pattern, 9
foxes, 26–27
frostbite, 451–52
fruit leather, 163
Fry Bread, 160
frying, 173
fungal infections, 440
fungi, 145–50
funnelweb spiders, 73
G
gaffing, 229
gaiters, 288
garbage, 461–62
garlic, 125
gas, 125
Gaston, 279
Gemini, 394
Giardia, 179
gill net, 216
glissading, 292
glue, 473–74
goats, mountain, 33
gophers, 15
GPS, 414–16
Granola Bars, 165
grasshoppers, 74
gray birch, 97
gray foxes, 27
gray tree frog, 58–59
green frog, 58–59
green seaweed, 106
ground squirrels, 15
ground-to-air signals, 417, 421–24
grouse, 55
guilt, 457
gulls, 57
gums, 107
gunpowder, 239
gust fronts, 373
H
hafting, 469
hail, 372
half hitch, 472
hammock, 248
Hartford climbing fern, 101
Hash Browns with Cheese, 158
Hash Browns with Eggs and Sausage, 163
hawksbill turtle, 169
head injury, 431–33
headlamp, 316
heart disease, 443
heart rate, 429
heat exhaustion, 449
heat gain, 263
heat index, 385
heatstroke, 449
helicopter rescue, 422
hemothorax, 435
hemotoxic envenomization, 446
hermit thrush, 49
heron, great blue, 57
Herrero, Stephen, 36–38
hibernation, 7
hide glue, 473–74
high-altitude illness, 449–51
hoary bat, 45–46
hobo shelter, 245–46
Honey Nut Granola, 165
hornets, 73
horse chestnut, 92
horseshoe pack, 471
human waste, 461–62
hunting
birds, 211
butchering and meat care, 213–15
calling, 205–7
concealment, 208
driving, 205
handmade tools, 198–203
Indian secrets, 205–12
scent, 207–8
shot placement, 211–12
small game, 208–11
stand, 205
wounded game, 212–13
hygiene, 454–55
hyperglycemia, 445
hyperventilation, 442–43
hypoglycemia, 445
hyponatremia, 449
I
climates, 283
fishing, 227
identification
birds, 51–52
ferns, 100–1
edible plants, 104
mushrooms, 147–48
trees, 97–99
igloo, 252
immersion foot, 451–53
immersion suit, 347
improvised
backpack, 471
compass, 396
containers, 473
cordage, 469–71
fishing devices, 216–18
glue, 473–74
hunting tools, 198–203
snowshoes, 299
soap, 474
Indian fig, 132
Indian Heaven Snacks, 165
Indian hunting secrets, 205–12
infection, 440
inflorescences, 76–77
infusion, 124
injury. See first aid
insects, 73–74
bites, 447
as fish bait, 227
repellent, 125
insulation, 125, 247, 252, 255
intestinal parasites, 125
invertebrates, 71–72
iodine, 178–79
Irish moss, 106
itching, 125
J
jack-in-the-pulpit, 113–14
jackrabbits, 17–18, 204, 208–9
Jerusalem artichoke, 114–15
J-stroke, 331
jumping viper, 68
juniper, 115
K
kangaroo rats, 14
Karen’s Oatmeal Breakfast Cake, 166
katabatic wind, 382
kayaking, 317–28, 337–41, 344–46
Kentucky coffee tree, 91, 94, 115
Kermode bear, 34
kerosene, 316
kestrel, American, 51
kidney stones, 443–44
kissing bug, 447
kit foxes, 27
kit, survival, 458–59
kitchen, outdoor, 166
kite, 421
knives, 315–16
knots, 471–73
Kodiak bear, 35
komodo dragon, 70
L
lady fern, 101–2
lake fishing, 225
lake turnovers, 221
lamb’s quarter, 115
lamps, 242
landing fish, 229
lashing, 470
latitude, 406
latrines, 461–62
lava beds, 265
laver, 106
Lazy Lasagna, 164
leaf baking, 173
Leave No Trace
backcountry travel, 314–15
campsite selection, 259
legumes, 84
lemmings, 13
Leo, 390
Libra, 391
lichen, 125
life raft, 228, 245, 348–49, 357–58, 361–64
light behavior chart symbols, 413–14
lighters, 233
lighthouses, 355
lightning, 370–72
linden, 125
lining, 334
Lisagna Whiznut Variation, 159
little brown bats, 45–46
lobster, 171–72
log cabins, 259–60
log raft, 313
longitude, 406–7
lost, 417–423
lotus, 105
lung injury, 426–27, 431, 435–36
lye soap, 474
Lyme disease, 74
Lyra, 390
M
maceration, 466
maggot therapy, 440
magnetic bearing, 414
magnetic variation, 406
magpies, 57
mammals
avoiding, 41–43
as food, 169–70
North American, 11–41
sounds of, 41
tracking, 204
man overboard, 355–57
mango, 105
mangrove, 91–92
maps, 401–9
margin of safety, 274
marginal wood fern, 101–2
marine weather terminology, 381
marmots, 15
marsh fern, 101
Mary Howley Ryan’s Fantastic Bulgur Pilaf, 159
May apple, 115–16
Meal-in-a-Mug, 159
medicinal plants
remedies, 125
selection of, 126–43
terms, 124–25
megabats, 44
menu planning, 162
Mexican beaded lizard, 69–70, 447
Mexican freetail bats, 45–46
Mexican Grits and Cheese Casserole, 159
mice, 12–13
microbats, 44
microbursts, 373
migration, birds, 53–54
milk, 155
minerals, 167
minks, 19
minnows, 227–28
mint, 133
mojaban, 106
Mojave rattlesnake, 68–69
molded dome shelter, 252
mosquitos, 447–48
mountain goats, 33
mountain sorrel, 116–17
mountaineering poles, 285
mountains
travel in, 270–73
water in, 183–84
weather, 382–84
mourning dove, 49
mud baking, 173
mule deer, 28–31
mullein, 133–34
Multigrain Sunflower Rolls, 166
muskrat, 23
musk turtle, 65
mussels, 170
mustard, 117
N
nautical charts, 405–6, 413–14
navigation
compass, 396–401
determining position, 409–14
getting lost, 417–23
GPS, 414–16
maps, 401–9
nautical charts, 405–6, 413–14
preparation, 387–88
signaling, 419–24
stars, 388–96
without a map and compass, 394–96
nesting pots, 156
nests, bird, 53
neurotoxic envenomization, 446
nighthawk, 46
night vision, 461
No-Bake Eskimo Cookies, 160
No-Bake Powerhouse Cookies, 160
NOLS Picante Sauce, 160
nonfreezing cold injury, 452–53
noosing wand, 194–95
North Star, 388, 390–92, 395, 408–9
northern leopard frog, 58–59
northern mole cricket, 74
numerical weather prediction, 379
nuthatch, 47–48
nutlets, 84
nutria, 23
nutrition, 157–58
O
oak, 87–88, 90, 92, 94, 96–97, 98, 105, 107–8, 134–35
Ohio buckeye, 91
Ojibwa bird pole, 194
one-pot dehydrated meals, 161–65
OPQRST, 431
orienteering compass, 398
orienting a map, 407–9
Our Famous Fried Macs, 158
overhand fixed loop, 472
owl eye, 461
oyster mushroom, 146–47
Pacific tree frog, 58
pack
how to carry, 265
improvised, 471
skiing with, 303
packed water, 180–81
painted turtle, 63
Paiute deadfall mangle snare, 193
pallid bat, 46
palmetto, 92
Palomar knot, 472
panel signals, 423–24
panfish, 229
pangi, 145
papain, 127
papaw, 118
parachute tepee, 247–48
paraffin stove, 242
pasta, 164
pasture brake, 103
Pawlata roll, 328
peach tree, 87
pecking, 468–69
peel-outs, 338
Pegasus, 390–91
pemmican, 174
percussion flaking, 467–68
perfection loop, 472
peritonitis, 444
Perseus, 391
persistence methods, 379
PFDs, 345–46
pheasants, 55–56
photography, tracking, 9–11
physic nut, 145
pigeon, 55
pig spear shaft, 195
pike, 229
pine marten, 19–20
pine sawyer, 74
pin oak, 97
piñon, 118–19
piranha, 70–72
pitch glue, 474
pitfall trap, 191
pit viper, 66–67
plankton, 172
plants
ferns, 99–104
as food, 454
flowers, 75–80
fungi, 145–50
miscellaneous uses, 125
scientific names, 80–81
soap, 474
trees, 81–98
as a water source, 177–78, 182–84, 186, 188–89
pneumonia, 443
pneumothorax, 435–36
pocket chain saw, 240
poison sumac, 91, 95, 144, 448
poisoning fish, 218
poisonous
animals, 169
pomes, 84
poncho, 256
poncho donut raft, 313
pond fishing, 225
poplar, 87–88, 95–96, 98, 120–21
portaging, 334
Potato Soup Parmesan, 165
pots, improvised, 174
poultice, 124
prairie dogs, 14–15
preserving food, 161–65, 174, 215
pressure flaking, 468
pressure systems, 376
prevailing westerlies, 376, 382
prickly pear cactus, 105, 121–22, 132
probe, 285
Procyon, 390
pronghorn antelope, 32–33
propane, 316
proteroglypha, 66
protozoans, 178
psychology of survival, 455–60
ptarmigan, 55
pulmonary embolism, 443
Puma Bars, 166
pump drill, 236
pump purifiers, 179
purifying water, 178–80, 189–90
pusley, 136–37
Q
Quick Beef Stew, 163
Quick Clam Chowder, 163
quinzhee, 253–54
R
rabbitfish, 71
rabbit stick, 203
rabies, 465
rafts, 312–13
rain forest, 268–69
raspberry, 128
rationing, 151–53, 158, 181, 186
rats, 13–14
ravens, 57
recipes
Backpack Gourmet, 165–66
NOLS, 158–60
one-pot dehydrated meals, 163–65
red bat, 45–46
red fox, 26–27
red maple, 98
red-tailed hawk, 50–51
red tide, 171
Regulus, 390
rehydrating food, 162
ReliefBand, 351
reptiles, 169
rescue
avalanche, 309–10
river, 342–45
at sea, 364
resection, 411
reservoir fishing, 225
resins, edible, 107
respiration, 430
respiratory distress, 436–43
responsiveness, 429
reverse osmosis water maker, 181
rhododendron, 380
rime, 283
ringtails, 16
rocks, as weapons, 202
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 74
rodent skewer, 203
roof, 247
rope, 469–71
rough-legged hawk, 53
rucksack, 471
ruffed grouse, 55
Rutschblock test, 307
S
Sagittarius, 391
salicylic acid, 127
salt water, 175
saltwater sores, 453
samaras, 83
SAMPLE, 431
sandhill cranes, 57
sandpipers, 57
sanitation, 461
sapling hafting, 469
sassafras, 87, 89, 105, 123, 125, 137
satellite EPIRBs, 423
Saucy Tuna, 164
savannah, 269
saws, 240
scarlet pimpernel, 379
scat, bear, 38
scavenger birds, 57
scent, concealing, 191–92, 207–8
scientific names, plants, 80–81
SCOLD, 316
Scorpio, 391
scorpion fish, 71
Scrambled Brownies or Gingerbread, 160
sea
abandon ship, 357–59
ailments, 453
anchor, 362
animals, edible, 171–72
bass, 70–71
clothing at, 346–48
cucumbers, 172
drinking water, 180–81
gear, 348–51
kayaks, 318–20
land, 363–63
life raft, 348–49, 357–58, 361–63
man overboard, 355–57
markers, 423
rescue, 364
safety markers, 355
safety regulations, 352–53
signals, 422–23
survival, 359–61
urchins, 172
seasickness, 453
second generation, 279
sedatives, 125
seizures, 445–46
self-arrest technique, 293
self-rescue, 344–45
sensitive fern, 101
shadows, for navigation, 394–95
shagbark hickory, 97–98
shaggy mane mushroom, 146, 148
sharptail grouse, 55
sheep sorrel, 105
sheep, wild, 33–34
shelter
bivouac bags, 255
construction, 247–49
log cabin, 259–260
site selection, 243, 254–55, 257, 259
sleeping bag, 256
sod, 260
tents, 255
shepherd’s purse, 123
shock, 426–27
shooting, 211–12
shopping list, 153–55
shore birds, 57
Shrimp Jambalaya, 164
shrubs, 81
Sierra Spaghetti, 164
siganus fish, 71
signal mirror, 420–21
silhouette vision, 461
silver-haired bat, 46
simple loop snare, 192
sinew glue, 473
Sirius, 390
skinning
fish, 230
game, 214–15
skis, 299–304
sleeping bag, 256
sleeping pad, 257
sling, 203
slingshot, 203
smoking meat, 173
snakebite, 446
snakes
snaring, 191–98
snipe, 57
snow
blindness, 451
building a fire in, 235
characteristics of, 283–85
climates, 283
as shelter, 250–54
tracks in, 7–11
as a water source, 177, 184–85
snowshoe hare, 18
snowshoes, 297–99
snowy owl, 53
snowy tree cricket, 74
sod shelters, 260
solar stills, 177, 180, 182, 188–90
solenoglypha, 66
songbird anatomy, 51
sore throat, 125
SOS, 423
S.O.S. Strike Force, 233
sotol, 122
space blanket, 422
spadefoot toads, 58–60
Spark-Lite, 233
sparrows, 51
spearfishing, 217
spear, handmade, 198
Spiced Mixed Nuts, 165
spices, 155
splice, 472
splint, 436
spotted turtle, 63
spring peeper, 58–59
spring release trigger, 196–97
Spring Strawberry Leather, 163
spruce grouse, 55
squall lines, 373
square knot, 471
square lash, 244
square pack, 471
squaw wood, 235
squirrel pole, 192
St. Elmo’s fire, 371
stakeout, 216
stalking, 205
stand hunting, 205
Sterno, 231
stillhunting, 209
stills, solar, 177, 180, 182, 188–90
stinging nettle, 138
stonefish, 71
stone tools, 467–69
storage, food, 167
storms, 369–76
stove, backpacking, 156, 231, 242, 316
strainers, 336
strains, 438
stratiform clouds, 366–67
strawberries, 105
stress, 455–56
strobe light, 421
structure fishing, 222–25
subnivean environment, 8
suckers, 228
sucking chest wound, 426–27
sugar, 154
sugarcane, 105
sugar maple, 97
sugar wrack, 106
sulphur shelf mushrooms, 146, 149
Summer Triangle, 390
sun blindness, 441
sun drying foods, 173
supercell thunderstorms, 374–75
surgeonfish, 71
Sven saw, 240
swamp, 269
swamp bed, 249
swans, 57
sweet birch, 87
sweet fern, 103
Sweet Morning Granola, 165
swimming, 360
sword-bearing cone-headed grasshopper, 74
T
tang, 71
tannin, 127
tansy, 138–39
taro, 105
Tarter’s Tasty Taters, 159
tendinitis, 437–38
tepee, 247–48
tetanus, 465
thirst, 175
thistle, 105
thorns, 441
three-tiered tripod filter, 178
throwing stick, 202
tillering, 199–200
toad, 58–61
toadfish, 71
toggle triggers, 195–96
tools, handmade, 467
topographic maps, 401–5
torch, 242
tornados, 374–75
Tortilla Chip Casserole, 164
tortoises, 62
tracking
birds, 55–57
GPS, 415
wounded, 212–13
transpiration bag, 177
trapping
animals, 191–98
fish, 216–17
trash, 461–62
travel
basic techniques, 265, 272, 289
bouldering, 277–83
canoeing, 329–34, 339–42, 345–46
desert, 264–66
gear, 285–88, 290–91, 297–99, 315–16
Leave No Trace, 314–15
mountains, 270–73
rivers, 335–45
sea, 346–64
tropics, 268–70
water crossing, 311–14
traveler’s tree, 188
treadle spring snare, 195
tree frogs, 58–59
tree sparkle-berry, 88, 90, 92, 95
trees
composition of, 81
felling, 240
key, summer, 86–92
key, winter, 92–97
shelter, 245
winter, 97–99
trench foot, 451–53
trends method, 379
triangulating, 409–10
triggerfish, 169
triggers, snare, 195–97
tropical hut, 246
tropical rattlesnake, 69
tropics, travel in, 268–70
trumpet vine, 145
turbulence, 369
Turkey Chili, 164
turtle knot, 472
turtles, 61–65, 72, 169, 172, 197–98, 453
twitch-up strangle snare, 192–93
two-fold open-eye end, 472
two-print track pattern, 8–9
typhoid, 189
U
ulcers, 444
ultraviolet purification, 180
umbrella tree, 188
underground baking, 173
Universal Edibility Test, 105–6
upside down figure four trigger, 196
urine, 175
USGS quads, 402–4
utensils, 174
V
Vega, 390
vegetables, 155
vegetation bag, 177
VHF radio, 423
vinegarroon, 73
Virginia pine, 86
viruses, 178
vital signs, 429
vitamins, 167
voles, 13
W
walking fern, 101
walnut tree, 91, 94, 96–97, 125, 139
warblers, 51
waste disposal, 461–62
watch, for navigation, 394
water
cold regions, 184–87
conservation, 186
crossing, 311–14
finding, 176–78, 182–84, 186–89
jungle, 183
man-made sources, 182–83
mountains, 183–84
myths about, 175
physical requirements, 175, 181, 184, 453–54
solar stills, 177, 180, 182, 188–90
storage, 186
washing, 461
water bottles, improvised, 174
waterdogs, 228
waterfowl, 57
water hemlock, 145
water lily, 105
waterspout, 375–76
wax, ski, 300–1
waypoints, 415
weapons, handmade, 198–203
weasels, 19–21
weather
clouds, 365–69, 378, 380, 382, 384
cold climates, 384
forecasting, 377–81
formation, 376–77
health effects, 385
mountains, 382–84
storms, 369–76
terminology, 381
weeping willow, 97
weever fish, 71
western diamondback rattlesnake, 69
Western snowshoes, 298
wet suits, 346
whippoorwills, 46
whistle, 421
white gas, 316
whitetail deer, 28–31, 41, 204, 212
wickiup, 246
wigwam, 246–47
wild clover, 139–40
wildflowers, 78–80
willow, 87–88, 90, 95, 97, 127, 141
wind, 341–42, 376–78, 380–82, 384
windchill, 384
windmills, 182–83
Winter Triangle, 390
winter
birds and, 53–54
tracking in, 7–11
witch hazel, 87–88, 95, 141–42
wolverine, 20
woodcock, 57
woodpecker, 47–48
woodrats, 13
wood sorrel, 105
wood turtle, 64–65
wounds, 426–40
wrentit, 49
Y
yarrow, 142–43
YDS classes, 270–71
yellow jackets, 73
yellow poplar, 98
Yukon snowshoes, 297
Z
zebra fish, 71
Z-pulley hauling system, 297