Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals That Charge and Attack

by Dave Smith

CLICK HERE to download the chapter on cougar attacks & keep yourself safe * A little knowledge of wild critters will make your backcountry trips a whole lot more peaceful * Take-along size for a pack or glovebox * Covers the most dangerous animals From black bears to bison, cougars to wolves, this book is perfect for anyone who spends time in the outdoors or lives in rural areas. Don't Get Eaten: The Dangers of Animals that Charge or Attack will teach...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898869129
• ISBN13: 9780898869125
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Wildlife avoidance

About me: Long-time "civilized" camping experience, but a novice to overnight hiking and camping in the wilds where things can tear you up and eat a person. Now... About this book: I appreciate the brevity and how many different kinds of animals it described. Seems like a good book. I won't know until I'm attacked!

cool

My favorite past time.. avoiding being eaten ! Great book, detailed stories.. I will live to review another day...for now.

Cougar or grizzly - I'll be prepared

I hope I never have to confront a grizzly bear or a cougar, but given there are grizzly bears near our ski condo and cougars have been seen in a local nature preserve I'm not taking chances. You probably know the basics of hanging your food in a tree and not letting bears see your cooler in your car. This little book goes way beyond the basics. With a chapter per animal, it explains animal behavior and takes you through your options. You can find out whether a bear is predatory, how to select a campsite and what a cougar does before it pounces. Be careful of those buffalo in Yellowstone - it lists the other parks where you might find them too. It also tells you about javelinas - a risk I had never considered. There is an excellent section on pepper spray. It has good statistics - like the weight of a moose or the number of people that die of rabies. Your odds of getting eaten alive are pretty low - but why take chances. As it says "Hiking in grizzly country is dangerous and that's all there is to it." Read this book - the techniques for each animal are different.