Hunter Survives Sub-Zero on the Open Prairie!
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2020
- Emergency Survival! Hunter Overnight on the Midwest Prairie! Scenario: hunter unable to exfiltrate from a bow hunt and decides to survive a night on the prairie during the winter with the Ranger Survival Kit. Follow along as we survive, go through the priorities of survival, tips, and aids for winter survival! Enjoy!
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Warning: Get proper Survival Training and Medical Training before attempting to survive on your own or treat a casualty. Improper use of techniques seen in this video could result in injury or death. Always have a plan, a kit, and the will to survive!
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Dude you're the first survival guy on YT that I've seen actually hunt and cook his food. Outstanding
Thanks brother, that means a lot coming from you!
Loved the video. Quick, to the point, fast action. Just wondering about the wild life and what security system you do for approaching wolves, bears, mountain lion, etc (approaching enemies/threats).
hey hey, another person I am already subbed to talking to another CC I am subbed to :) I can drop a few more names later who hunt/kill/cook their own. Sadly, as I am sure you are aware, YT is making this whole idea go away on their platform. Too bad for them... they'll never learn :) and I'm fine with them not learning how to take care of themselves :)
He's cute too!
"Wooded beardsman" and "Zach fowler".
Both channels hunt, cook and eat everything they catch 👍
Man, I've listened to hundreds of bushcraft videos, but yours was second to none. No hemming and hawing, no rambling, just hard-charging quality information. Good for you, my friend! I'm subbing.
Thank you! I’ll work hard to keep that sub!
Agree completely !!!!
Well done !!
Thank you Andrew.
@@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft yes very good Video even i understand 😅
Do you hunt with crossbow to?
I as well can always learn new things and reinforce good habits thank you for sharing
That's exactly why I gave this guy my sub. No BS. Just useful data hard and fast.
I like how you made your bed before you put The Front piece in place. I have seen so many people complete their shelter and then struggle to place the bedding materials in to it. Finally, someone did it right.
Not quite sure if you’ve mentioned it, but a quick tipp from what I learned in my personal military experience in cold weather environment: When the blood vessels on the surface of the body contract in the cold, the brain does not notice the decrease in the amount of fluid throughout the body as quickly and therefore does not trigger a feeling of thirst. You can easily dehydrate without noticing it. In my case, I haven’t been aware of that during a selection process in the Bundeswehr. It was already to late when I became thirsty and had put snow into my bottle, and tried melting it by carrying the bottle under my clothes. The time it took for the snow to melt (which always results in much less water than you would expect) was to long and I was took out of the selection process (luckily allowed to repeat it at another time).
This is a great channel, I love the pro tips.
I used too do cold weather training.
- stay hydrated
- go pee before you turn in for the evening
- I used too warm the water in my canteen and sleep with it.
Cheers stay safe.
Another tip for packing a good fat source with you is a light weight plastic container or doubled zip lock bag containing about a pound if Ghee butter. It is extremely shelf stable it lasts for months without refrigeration. It's also very good added to coffee for an extra longer term energy source.
I make ghee. If you put it in a quality sealing jar, it will actually last a couple of years at room temp depending on how often you open it and how dirty the surrounding air is. Refrigeration only adds a few months to those 2 years. A great thing about ghee is that even if it has went rancid or develops mold on it or whatever, it's still a useful fuel oil. This is a material that is easy to rotate your stock of once a year if keeping a small sealed container in a go bag.
Excellent suggestion!
Finally, someone that talks about the Great Plains! After all the Great Plains compose a huge amount of the North American terrain and many of us live in and hunt this area. The big trees are cottonwoods, they burn quickly. Many of the small trees are mesquites. They burn slowly and are good for night fires (and cooking-- the smoke is very favorable). Thanks.
Your a beast in the woods brother. Thank you for the canteen tip." A pro tip" for real.
Stay free man.
Nice to see a total badass like Andrew enjoying a cup of hot cocoa. I'm adding Swiss miss to my mess kit.
I was about to ask about not being able to survive on rabbits only. Then you mentioned "Rabbit starvation". I'd first heard of that from the Canadian Coast Guard. So thanks for that.
Excellent video, there is a saying "If your the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room". I want to learn from someone who knows more. Thank you Sir.
Thank you!
Nice Mark Twain quote..
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To Me...it's a Survival situation...☹️
To You...it's a Camping trip.. 😁.. Lol
I will improve my skills.
I guess I am in the right "room"
@@davidwhittington7638 Thanks for pointing that out. This Twain guy really nails it with quotes.
Finally somebody gets it! Everyone says build a shelter first. But I can tell you from many, many years of experience , if it’s cold, your number one priority is fire. If it hot, your number one priority it water. The only time I build a shelter first, is if it’s raining, and cold, and that’s just so I will have something to protect my fire while being built!
More knowledge in survival than all other survival channels combined. Please keep making videos. I’ve learned so much from you!
Thank you!
First time I've ever seen someone show their plastic sheet with burn holes.
Love the after night debriefing. Knowing what to expect is so very important for training.
Hardcore, well done ! A clothe/ bandana wrapped around your head at the eyes with a small slit left to see thru can prevent snow blindness. I read of mountain men using leather straps with slits to see thru. the inuit in old days would carve a piece of cupped wood with slits held over their eyes with leather straps. I believe Admiral Byrd used the same on his expiditions.Again , Well done you've earned your tab obviosly the hard way.
I used birch bark snow goggles easy to make around the fire at night as in any survival situation you always want to improve your situation and lesson injuries.
@@treerat6959 Paper birch is the stereotypical example used for this, possibly due to where it grows and how easy the bark is to collect and work with.
@@james0000 Well yeah I guess but you can make one out of wood even or leather was just sharing. I'm sure elm or maple bark would do in a pinch as well
@@treerat6959 Oh sure, out of most anything. I didn't mean to seem adversarial, if that's how I came across. I was backing up what you said, or trying.
@@james0000 oh no James I was just adding to it many ways or materials can be used or substituted for gear
Absolutely amazing information here, Andrew. Thanks for giving Mors the credit on the super shelter.
Here in interior AK too many long time hunters head into the field with very little in the way of survival gear. There have been a couple of lost ones requiring large scale searches near my area in the last two years.
You are a natural instructor, years of military service will do that for you. I’m not surprised you have over 10,000 subs. I’m surprised you don’t have more. People are interested in good information which you provide. Who better to lead than a ranger? Rangers lead the way.
I’m convinced that his numbers will grow as the information gets out there.
His speech is clear and concise making his information easy to follow. Good information for beginners as well as those of use that may have forgotten a thing or two over the years.
73.2K subs as of July 22
@@mrwdpkr5851 I know. I think my comment made the difference.
I didn't know about the upside down canteen trick, thanks much!!!
This kind of show will never go out of style mate. It is the best one we seen so far, it is precise & functional to the tee.! Spare clothing & socks is a neccessity especially in winter. Safety in any situation is always a priority. You've got it all matey. Cheers for the experise. Also maybe one day in the future you can do an overnight survival in heavy rain/storm. Greetings from Australia.
The beginning of the video when you say to leave a detailed map and instructions about what to do if you don't return on time is absolutely 100% correct and usually can mean the difference between not surviving and surviving.
You definitely sold me on the merits of carrying a lightweight seasonally appropriate sleep system and a proper shelter.
Excellent training video! Thank you for sharing your skills and adventures.
One thing I’d like to share that I just experienced last night and today. Like you, I’ve learned to look up for widowmakers.
We were expecting snow, but mostly got freezing rain. That converted healthy trees into potential widowmakers as the ice accumulated on the tree branches, weighing them down with ice. I wasn’t camping, but was outside working when I heard what sounded like a gunshot and a huge branch broke from the tree I was under and crashed into the ground a few feet from me. Morning revealed huge branches, some over a foot thick, had snapped from many of the trees. Wish I could share a picture.
Anyway, if snow camping and it turns to freezing rain, consider any tree a potential hazard to be under.
Back to you! Great instructor videos! Keep up the good work!
Captain we need to talk.
Some Boy Scout 101.
Five to six feet of clearing around the fire.
The fire very easy could of crept along the duff into ur hooch
It shouldn't be a surprise. Like Mike R said, you are a natural instructor, Capt. You have one of the most interesting channels on YT. Glad it was just the poly sheet that got hit by the embers and not any of the grass poking out from underneath. That would have ruined your night. The word is getting out. I see your channel growing even more and possibly even faster than it has the last 2 or 3 years. Bravo Zulu.
Tango Mike!
Keep going to 100k. Charlie Mike
Think about the people that lived and traveled through there in the 1800’s and the quality of clothes and gear they had back then. They were some tough individuals
Outstanding , good training . good tips bout the cold weather,like the canteen trick. thanks for sharing,stay frosty brother.
Nice work. A great video. FYI I carry similar vaseline cotton balls in my kit, however, when I make them, I dip them in melted paraffin, then let them cool. They harden but they can be torn open to expose the fibers. Also light-able with just a spark. Waterproof. Among other survival items, I keep a tea candle or two in all my packs.
An acronym I carry is O.P.S.
Oregano
Pepper
Salt
Salt has quite a few survival uses.
Very impressive to solo overnight in winter without a sleeping bag. Shows high level training and discipline. Great vid.
Another extremely educational vid from you, Andrew. I think this might be the best so far.
Sure there're outdoorsy channels and "educational" ones too, but you do something, you explain why you're doing it, and you clearly demonstrate how to do it. A far cry from the "look how awesome I am" and the "I cooked some bacon" channels.
Thank you!
Corporals corner 👍
We learned nothing about surviving in the bush in the Air Force, just Desert survival. Your videos are so informative and useful. Keep up the great work!
You're one of the few who not only shows HOW TO but does it. Great video!
I really liked this one. your jacket really blended in with your surroundings. Oorah!!
Wow, you reply quick! Happy newyear
The real pro tip with your canteen is to fill it with boiling water at night, curl up with that hot toasty thing all night, and have fully thawed water in the morning, and a lot of comfort during the night as well.
Roughing it once in a while can be a lot of fun. Great video packed with a lot of info and tips. Great presentation.
Excellent, excellent, excellent. Well done.
When I was stationed in Alaska, in the Army, we experienced more heat injuries during the winter than the summer. People really tend to fear the cold and so layer up appropriately but refuse to take the time to strip layers when they heat during physical exertion. This can lead to heat injuries so severe as to require intervention from someone else. As you have already pointed out sweating dampens your clothing and then when physical exertion stops they become a real threat of hypothermia.
@Jake LaGotta An even greater physical phenomenon that occurred during cold weather is that the natural reflex to hydrate, even when overheating, simply disappears and many times people become severely dehydrated. The third danger of cold weather operations was carbon monoxide poisoning from heating unventilated tents. If you intelligently control these things you can thrive in seriously cold environments provided you have sources of adequate calories.
Nice! As a life-long bowhunter and former PA Game Commission bowhunting education instructor, I appreciated this video as much as any you've done.
Knowledge gained through first hand experience, conveyed in a way even a knuckle dragger like me can understand. I'm subbed.
Thank you, I’ll work hard to keep that sub!
Very well done!! And just as was mentioned before, upside down canteen is very much an idea to post on the sticky note on the inside of the pack . Thanks again . Guy Speight
It was great seeing you do an overnight video! Would like to see more of them. Keep up the great work brother 👍
Wow. Truly an epic video. I'm going to view it again, this time with pen and paper to make notes. This is why I subscribed to your channel.
Thank you!
AWSOME vid. Thinking to always carry Olive Oil now. Cooking and Oil for Nutritional factors. Redundancy, something I never thought would be so important as another use.
Also up noth in Canada...blocks of lard or Butter are good idea for survival kit.
Your vids are awesome! The super shelter is such a simple concept, yet so effective! Mors achieved it with what he called the 'modern miracles of mylar and polyethylene'. I wonder what the next breakthrough in material science will bring us? Dyneema, or cuben fiber, is an incredible fabric, but does nothing for warmth. I wonder if anyone has tried to bond dyneema to mylar to create the next generation of survival tarp? I also wonder why no one has manufactured a complete super shelter package...Keep up the great work, sir!
Pro tip (from Canadian prairies in Saskatchewan)…. If you turn your canteen tip-down won’t be enough to help you in colder temps…. Heat it up in the fire before bed and throw it in your shelter/bedroll…. It will warm you through the night and will be unfrozen coke morning for your morning coffee.
Other than that, GREAT video!! Well done sir!,
Watched this video about 8 times never gets boring, one of my top 5 vids no joke. Hoping you’ll do more cold weather videos like this in the upcoming winter season. Living in Yellowknife NT. Canada I can relate to these thanks Andrew
I know it’s probably a simple concept but could you go over caching supplies? It would be interesting to know the strategy of where to put one, when they’re practical and the method in general!
Reminds me of my CW field training when I was assigned to 10th Mtn Div. at Ft. Drum. Good refresher. Cheers.
Best ever tip from you was inverting the water bottle to keep it from freezing thanks ranger andrew. Your skills are legendary. 🤜🤛
Just found this and as someone who has worked in the bush for 10 plus seasons, so much of the info in this video is gold, legit gold. Thanks for posting and making this chewable to everyone dude, fucking awesome stuff.
Im glad to be one of your subscribers. The Corporal sent me.
Solid video. Great content for the community. Excellent period of instruction
Good video very informative. I stayed glued to it the whole time. Good job.
Mark
Now that’s fun as F. No doubt that rabbit was tasty. Thanx for the awesome time! Thanx for sharing your time with us.
Like always, good film again, I love the outdoors
Great tips, thanks for the video. The level of wood processing and low amount of sleep involved, must make you appreciate how great sleeping bags are as an invention.
Still the best@ Jam packed real world.
It looks easy but after a hour in the cold most people are fed up, not to mention sleeping or surviving outside in the weather. Very nice work man, your a beast out there!
Awesome! Winter adds another dimension to survival in colder climates. Congrats on 11.5k subs, and here's to the next 11,000!👍🇺🇸
Still watching and still one of my top 5 videos of all time! Thanks Andrew your videos got me through some real tough times since December,
10k subs a year ago, 43k now! Thanks for all the hard work!
Dang. Living in Iowa, our winters, terrain, that nailed it. Nobody does Great Plains or Bottom Lands, Thank You! Poly Painters cloth, so small, so light, going in the ruck Boss.
articulate, informed and profoundly clear. great illustrated technique, backed up always by examples. this could save lives and increase appreciation of simple materials that work.
You are the real deal, major!
All of your videos are right to the point and easy to understand. I have watched them all at least one time except your signaling video. I started watching it and had to stop, when I looked for it to finish, it was gone.
So much great information packed into this episode! I know it takes quite a bit of work to make, and edit an overnight video. A big thanks for putting the time in to provide us with such fantastic content!
Thank you!
Excellent. Ghee (clarified Butter) and peanut butter are good sources of fat. Both come in small packets which are easy to carry.
Your videos are so informative and well rounded. Keep them coming.
I am a recent subscriber. I really enjoy your videos. i am 74 years old and can't get outdoors to camp, hike, etc.
Thank you for the sub! I'll work hard to keep it!
Great video for winter survival and some really good tips. Thanks 🇺🇸
10,000 subs believe it my friend very well earned for the high quality survival content that you work hard to create and that is very well thought out. The videos also demonstrate your dedication and desire to consistently developing your skills at being the very best you can be as a true professional in your military career, in my opinion of course. I thank you sir for also being willing to share your knowledge with all of your viewers on UA-cam. Thank you for your service to your country and willingness to fight if necessary to protect the freedom of all Americans.
Almost 50.000 a year later.
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You Sir and canterbury or the two best instructors on survival. Respect and thank you
The way you teach is the way. Excellent to see everything you do. Please continue to create In this way.
This was awesome, man. So many act & show but you DO IT! I've been pheasant hunting in Kansas and it can get really cold out there. Thanks for a superb, straightforward vid.
Andrew, the knowledge that you share comes in useful in my day to day non-military life. I take up as much as I can to go through my life prepared, for anything. Because that's what I expect.
First order of business is some coffee haha i laughed
Very enjoyable, lots of helpful info presented very concisely. Excellent lighting & camera work.
Man I have been watching your videos for a couple of years I enjoy them learning new stuff from each one thank you
I agree with comments below about hunting and cooking.
Also it is nice to see an expert using minimal survival gear ! No sleeping bags, stoves, tents etc.
You Andrew, are a true expert, keep these amazing videos coming please.
Thnxs 4 sharing & keeping it real !!
8:50 ...Snow bombs are the worse for fires..it is good you got yer eyes up...to look for them ICE Drops / Barber Chairs / Widowmakers / deep post holes and wind currents.
16:58 ...Acclimation to the Cold Environment is Good Mental/physcial Training.
21:37 ...😎👍 Excellent Pro Tip about *the canteen flip* ...we usually heat up some rocks (if you have any around) , put them in a circle and place our canteens in the circle of hot rocks...to keep all our water , from freezing and is usually warm in the morning. The Warm water, in the canteen makes a good hot bladder to get some heat to the cold body spots.
This was really well explained video on basic survival ..cheers
Happy new years to you and family .
Thank you!
Camping in the signal digits, you're the real deal!
Hi Andrew, I’ve watched a few of your videos now and would just like to say that your skill as an instructor is spot on. Clear, concise and to the point, just as it should be. I subbed after the first one if I’m honest. Keep up the great content and getting the knowledge out there.
Good to see the ‘Hereford Hooligans’’ getting a mention at the beginning 🤣👍🏻. All the best mate from a UK vet 👍🏻
I really enjoyed this video. I appreciate how you said that you had to get up once every hour. That’s what’s real and that’s what I am looking for, thanks!
Andrew is the best teacher
In later versions of the super shelter they added a Silk parachute layer to cover the back and sides so they could have the sides breath a bit by raising the plastic on the sides. You lose some heat with the plastic open but it helps to deal with the condensation.
Been watching people in your experience zone and you sir are the absolute best and at the top in my opinion. 👍
Really great stuff in this vid. Lots of useful pointers and tips. Excellent!!
Great video.from Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.
This is one of my favorite videos that you’ve done...
So full of important information-
I’ve shared it with several people...
Your voice and smile make your videos very alluring...
Thanks for these videos..
I always look forward to each and every video you share...
Andrew, thanks so much for doing your videos. I moved to Kansas a little over a year ago from the woodlands of NY. As a former Cav Scout and Infantryman I appreciate your service and your instructional videos. Looking forward to attending the Pathfinder School in Ohio next year and bringing some knowledge back to my area of KS.
Awesome training video brother! Love your shelter and good sense of humor too, looks like you're having fun with it just like we used to do in the Army. Sometimes laughter and good positive mindset is one of the best survival tools in the body. Bravo!
Had to watch it again. Outstanding!
Your welcome nice to see good content videos well and thank you and a big congratulations
Ty for your service ❤🤍💙
I have to say this is another outstanding video, chock full of extremely valuable instruction, while being very entertaining. Survival training back in the eighties didn’t cover the Super Shelter. Best wishes for prosperous New Year.
Andrew
My wife and I love watching your videos! We always learn something new from each video. We have tried to write down a list of items for each video but cannot do it. Please include a list at the beginning of each video which will help us obtain what we need. We are Preppers and really enjoy learning new skills that you provide with each video! (retired Air Force)
You have a wealth of information but that didn’t come from ranger training, at least not the ranger training I went through in 1971. This is actually one of the most complete cold weather videos I’ve seen. You have a lot more camping experience than ranger school taught you. Ranger school thought leadership and patrolling, among pushing you to your limits, not how to be comfortable in the woods.
You did good. I’ll be watching.
RLTW
Great straight forward info, thanks for your time
One thought- as a medic in ND I keep hand warmers to keep my phone and hand held radios from rapidly dyeing in the cold...if not , a fully charged phone will die in less than an hour in a blizzard Great video
Outstanding content! Great to hear and feel your passion for the great outdoors. Keep 'em coming!