THE RURAL RANGER A SUBURBAN AND URBAN SURVIVAL MANUAL & FIELD GUIDE OF TRAPS AND SNARES FOR FOOD AND SURVIVAL [Paperback]

Ron Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 18, 2003

The Modern Day Survival Primer For Solving Modern Day Survival Problems! This book will teach you the techniques to not just survive, but to use ingenuity and household items to solve your problems scientifically with a bit of primitive know how thrown in. A complete and detailed section utilizing explicit drawings and easy to understand photographs covers thoroughly the topic of survival trapping using Modern Snares, Deadfalls, Conibear Traps, and Primitive Snares. This book is dedicated for long term survival in the country or the suburbs to insure you survive and thrive! Build a solar oven or pasteurize water its all in here! Catch your dinner, then cook it or preserve it too! Food procurement is the name of the game along with purified water in a survival or disaster situation. Are you ready?

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book is well worth the price and is a great addition to any survival library. -- 2003/2004 Modern Survival Magazine

From the Author

Be prepared to feed you and your family when the food runs out or supplies get low! Be able to find and catch food on the move or in your neighborhood. A trapper always outlasts a hunter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (September 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411600738
• ISBN-13: 978-1411600737
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #70 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Instructional

More About the Author

I am going through what most would call a career change. My background competencies include being a Gemologist (Diamond and colored stone appraiser) series 7 and 63 license (Investment banker) Army soldier and Air Force Airman, corporate administrator and entrepreneur to name a few. Currently I am a fulltime Doctoral student. I received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Empire State College in Human Services with a specialty in Emergency Management Administration and Planning at age 50. I have a Masters of Administrative Science (MAS) from Fairleigh Dickinson University with 7 graduate certificates.

Certifications include: Alabama Emergency Managers Association (Certified Emergency Manager), National Association Of Safety Professionals (Certified Emergency Management Specialist), FEMA Professional Development Certificate Series awarded, and has Graduate Certificates in: Administrative Science, Emergency Management Administration, Global Security and Terrorism Studies Certificate, Displaced Persons Certificate, School Security & Safety Administration Certificate, Law and Public Safety Administration, and Non Profit Organization and Management.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best all around way to survive catastrophe, October 11, 2007

By 

David B. Highum (Chula Vista, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE RURAL RANGER A SUBURBAN AND URBAN SURVIVAL MANUAL & FIELD GUIDE OF TRAPS AND SNARES FOR FOOD AND SURVIVAL (Paperback)

The Rural Ranger: A Suburban and Urban Survival Manual & Field Guide of Traps and Snares for Food and Survival
Hi,
I don't want to over do my review but feel very strongly about it. Therefore:

This, I believe is the most practical book on modern survival. I have many that focus on wilderness survival/primitive living. The author covers these nicely but not exclusively to the stone age needs/methods. It is for the average man that does not have the time to start a fire with primitive methods, kill food with homemade weapons, etc. It does cover these techniques well enough for those lucky enough to be able to find/get to game rich wilderness, but most people in need of survival will be located in the megalopolis areas. Can you even imagine the gridlock and desperate violence?

Rather, this book is meant for the untold millions (billions?) that will be effected by natural or manmade disasters than loom ominously about us.
The people caught in the huge population centers really need this book because it provides urban methods with the primitive. Most will not be able to find wilderness because of the mass exoduses of people all at once in the chaos. This book combines surviving right where you are and having to "bug out" to some wilderness situation.

This is the only book going into my survival pack (and I have lots of them). It's the only practical guide that will help the average man/woman.

For instance, the person questioning the spellcheck is missing the point and is more worried about a few grammatical errors rather than usable content. It just shows that Mr. Foster is not a pro writer (with a team of proof-readers.) I bought my copy from him as an ebook but wish I had the hard-copy to take up less room in my pack.

I can also say that the few times I contacted Mr. Foster about survival issues, he was quick to explain himself clearly with factual information. He really knows his stuff. As I don't want to reveal anything without his permission, I will say that he is a first responder and teaching at the Masters level to people in the government emergency preparedness agencies (and/or those trying to get a degree in those kinds of fields).

So, have a hoot, pay big bucks on how to learn about survival 200-300 years ago or BUY THIS BOOK and keep it with your emergency supplies (you know the one's you will be forced to choose from when you are evacuated due to catastophy possibly, any day now!).

I'd bet my life on this book and think the civil service should distribute it to everyone concerned.

BTW, I'm a country boy and know how to live off the land (if there is land/game to be had). This book covers urban survival until the dust settles, and basic primitive methods, because only a small percentage will make it to the wilderness which is able to support via hinting, fishing, etc. The rest of us will have to do right where we are at whether urban or rural.


Remember the Boy Scout motto/mantra of "Be Prepared" This is a book of usable preparedness with no special skills.

Sincerely,
David Highum

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Rural Ranger, January 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: THE RURAL RANGER A SUBURBAN AND URBAN SURVIVAL MANUAL & FIELD GUIDE OF TRAPS AND SNARES FOR FOOD AND SURVIVAL (Paperback)

I am glad someone finally decided to write a survival book and include both modern and Primitive traps. I found the finding game and choosing locations for traps quite informative. I never realized a city or suburb dweller could actually trap more game than someone living in the country! Knowing I can actually feed myself and my loved ones if I had too gives me a secure feeling.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A survival must have, January 6, 2004

By A Customer

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This review is from: THE RURAL RANGER A SUBURBAN AND URBAN SURVIVAL MANUAL & FIELD GUIDE OF TRAPS AND SNARES FOR FOOD AND SURVIVAL (Paperback)

This book fills the void between so called primitive survival and suburban survival skills books that are currently so popular today. The book uses a modern hands on approach of utilizing common household items to enable the average person to actually take a box, a cooking bag and a piece of cordage and be able to feed themselves and purify water. How many of the other "Survival" books on the market cover this or tell you how to heat a room with just a garbage bag?