My Thoughts On Dave Canterbury's Bushcraft Books 

love Dave's channel and books, I do agree that his stuff on the Eastern woodlands flora would be enhanced by Latin names to see if we have the same plants or trees here in the UK, really enjoying your channel

On point great job mate I totally understand your point of view thanks

Having read both his books i agree with what your saying, i felt that i didn't learn a lot from bushcraft 101 as i had learnt most of it from his channel, found i learnt a lot more from the advanced book, but both still good books, i have just bought his new book on trapping and cooking but not started reading it yet, bought ray mears ' out on the land ' i highly recommend that book to :)

You can always find a stick to beat someone.

Craig man..i totally get what you are saying.. I keep a pocket sized SAS survival guide in my pack, it is purely for reference. (a lot of guys love that book) Almost all the information available comes from either The US military survival manual, or the SAS manual all very good references, Some peppers keep either the bush craft 101 or the advanced in there packs as well as a reference. I am not sure that the books were intended as the primary learning text but more of a on going reference and reminder of skills. I do understand your point to link to the video.. it is probably better to have that link in the e-Book on a kindle or ipad or the like that would work for me. But when SHTF goes down i wont want the computer reminder.. RIght on Man.. as far as the trees are concerned.. Know your wood, It seems Dave references local wood but you have similar variations of wood in UK. Hard wood, soft wood, Pine, Spruce, Pine resin, The key to the wood is knowing hard wood from soft woods, for instance, Hickory is a very hard dense wood here in the north eastern woodland, used for tool handles, axe and hammer handles, there must be a comparable wood in UK. connect the dots. you'll be able to tell me what UK equivalents there are.. i study my Audubon Society field guide to north american trees to zero in on the tree types, there are so many variations it is mind boggling.. But a poplar, a pine, a birch. Aspen and birch are commonly confused though they may look alike birch bark peels like paper and contains oils that make it very flammable, Aspen bark does not peel. Both are hard woods, grow in stands and usually with other conifers, who knew. So my point is study your soft and hard woods, the trick you use with the green wood for the top of your bow drill set was brilliant. more later.... J

Did you even notice the squirrel?

Totally agree about the 1st book it is definitely for the beginner but also for the beginner is good for in their backpack for easy reference. Great video buddy we need to have a chat. I think that squirrel wanted to have a look too.

Hi Craig, just stumbled across your channel and subbed. You have a very confident manner when talking into the camera, very engaging. I look forward to your future videos. Thanks for sharing. Take care, friend.

Dave Canterbury books are terrible imo

Hi Craig, enjoyed your comments and it cracked me up when the squirrel appeared several times. Gee, I think I've seen that squirrel before....liked the learning tech idea of integrating RU-vid videos and the written word.

Smoothing it Is from Kephart’s book He does not give credits for most of the previous knowledge

I need to get the SAS survival book and the advanced bushcraft book but I have kept the US survival Manuel in my pack for years now for reference and I just picked up the 101 bushcraft book and gonna give it a read. Loved seeing your unconcerned squirrel buddy!

The idea of adding qr/links to the topics in the book is really great! Same with the latin names. :-)

You mention Dave Canterbury not using latin names in book .... well you can always google the American name of a tree and find its latin name . Let me ramble on a bit as Im very passionate about trees of the world... There are hardly any North American trees that are native to UK and Western Europe, although we have many similar species. A few examples... American Basswood (Tilia americana) is related to our Lime (Tilia x europea) ( both good for carving). American Aspen (Populus tremuloides) is related and very similar to our Quaking Poplars (Populus tremula). We grow quite a few North American trees in the UK as introductions especially in Conifer Plantations .... eg. Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) the european relative is Norway spruce (Picea abies) , other American trees used in UK plantations ...Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) , Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) , the infamous Leylandii ( A cross between Monterey Cypress and Nootka Cypress ) and also many as ornamental trees eg. Red Oak (Quercus rubra) , Bull Bay (Magnolia grandiflora) . There are many types of Oak (Quercus species) in America whereas Britain has only two truly native oaks (however Europe has many more species of Oak).

Not so relevant in Southern Hemisphere

Hard copy is hard to beat if you have no RU-vid to go to with no grid.??? Also enjoy your videos very much.

I like the sub titles so the Americans can understand English.

I like that you're being photo bombed by the squirrel. great videos.

Sorry I bought the 4 books he wrote. 101 is for someone who has never been in the bush. You can learn more watching youtube. Absolute waste of money

Loved all your other stuff but I can hardly hear this, check your volumes.

Very relevant comments as I toook the same path at viewing the videos and then read the book. Good books indeed.

Another great resource is Ray Mears. Or look for his BBC videos. Like your ideas, peace Mark

To be honest, neither of Dave's books, and very few of his videos, are use to ME. This doesn't mean they aren't useful to beginners. As for the names of trees, seriously? There isn't a tree he names than you can't type into Google and get every bit of information known to humanity about that tree, including the Latin name, where the tree is native, where it's an import, and a hundred other facts. Google will tell you every country where this tree or that plant grows, what it's called there, on and on and on. I've looked up flora from all over the world just using the common name it's called where I encountered it, and have never had a problem. Google is very, very accurate, and has pretty much all the information available in its servers. I find it really pretentious when a non-scientist uses the Latin name of trees and plants. Google doesn't need the Latin names, and neither do I.