I got your package Shawn, now I need to decide if I should wait to open it in spring! I get the sense that I'll be planting the contents!!!! Thanks again Shawn, you're a class act. Best part about these videos is you pack so much information into such a short amount of time. Brilliant.
This is a great shelter! One that even a young person could build to stay out of the elements. My kids will love building this with me. Thanks for showing it withstanding the elements
It's too small for a fire, but there's one cool thing you can also do with this type of shelter. You make a big fire outside, and you dig a hole inside, in the middle of this shelter. Heat a few stones in the fire until they glow, and just roll them inside the shelter and throw them into the pit you've dug up. If there's enough rocks (about 10 is probably enough) they will give you smokeless and flameless heating through an entire night ;) And since it's well insulated, maybe even beyond that time.
You are so correct! Year ago my brother made a sweat lodge and we did exactly as you said. It was a freezing night in December and we built a large fire outside, heated up some big rocks, then brought them inside and put them in a large pit. The rocks were glowing dull red when we got them out of the fire. The amount of heat coming off those things was incredible. Within a few minutes that sweat lodge was VERY warm inside Then it got so warm that we started stripping off clothes. It worked great!
Thanks for replying Billy! I'm planning to build a sweat lodge this winter too, and then go ice-bathing. I love the feeling this kind of extreme temperature switches give you :D Also really cool to see that Shawn has done later exactly what I described :P
Watching Alone right now! The first guy that was a "wilderness instructor" went home in a day, the next "wilderness instructor" just cut his arm with an ax and as called in, now he's going in! You and billy Berger need to go win that half million.
You two are definatly the real deal, I'd love to see you on that show, have you sent in a request? Maybe we could all do a write in and ask for you two if you think it would help.
good convo you all, I know man, I think that too, but most of these folks that go out there kinda know their stuff and it just eats 'em alive. I'm not sure how we'd do with next to nuthin' and stuck out there a couple months, I think we would be kinda haggard,. most can 'survive', they are eating worms and stuff, some can 'make it' and I'm not sure who could 'thrive', would like to think most bushcrafters would. Kinda using mountain man/trapper mentality, I'd like to think I could make it pretty good, it sounds like fun. Since I'm about Dick Prenneke's age, don't think I'll be getting dropped out of a chopper in the 'glades any time soon! Be safe out there and always make sure someone knows where your at when your'e in the boonies : )
Great instruction. In the mountains where I live there are 5 stone circles 12' feet in diameter 30 " tall. The Indians would make a structure of willow like your inside the circle .
Another fantastic video Shawn!!! Great job on that shelter...man that thing looks really good! I've seen lots of cattails near my home on the Chattahoochee River, but they aren't nearly as tall as the cattails you guys get out there in Oregon. Looks like I need to move back out west!
How long did it take you to build? It would be interesting to see you wear a calorie tracker like a FitBit or Garmin Fenix3 while doing this or other primitive skills. On a sedentary desk day I am in low 2000s but when hunting have been 6000-7700 calories in a day. The average over a month is key, but it is enlightening to see how many calories you would need to procure in an active survival situation.
Can you elaborate how to put (weave) the 2nd thatch around the top(roof) . The vid was very short about how the heavy ends were weaved around the top and how they hold in place.... good vid, thnx
Shawn love your videos - just so people know , here in N.Y.S. it is illegal to harvest cattail on state land without buying a permit from the state D.E.C. ! I just don't want people to get in trouble !
Thanks for the interesting video. I live in a Cattail rich environment and will try this next fall. Im building a quinzhee this month for my yearly winter camp...
hello shawn I'm a huge fan of your videos and the arts you are preserving and teaching just finished my first self bow out of a Chinese pistache and I have a lot of stave material and would like to find a way to maybe send one your way to see what you can do with it simply a thank you for all the time and effort you put into your channel and your crafts I'll be moving to Oregon this year and I can't wait to give some bow hunting a shot thanks a gain for everything!
Just found your channel. L+S+B you are doing a good job with your explanations and the video to back it up, very practical and no missed steps. Lots of vids miss steps and usually the most critical part, not yours. Thanks much! and Merry Christmas!
Good job man, I live in Tucson AZ, not likely to find to many around here but there are a few places, i grew up in the Midwest and a lot there and I'm familiar with the uses. Out here is a whole different thing when building a shelter, enjoyed watching your video and will sub and watch a few more even though been Bush crafting long time and make alot of my tools such as knives etc. I learned a man can always learn something new from another man if he doesn't think he knows it all. Thanks again!
Hallo, gratuliere zu dem schönen Haus. Leider musste ich beim Schneefall sehen das der Eingang an der falschen Stelle ist. Ich habe mit Indischen-Springkraut und Brennnesseln ein sehr ähnliches Haus gebaut. Nur das ich zwei wende geflochten habe und den zwischenraum mit Laub aufgefüllt. Den Eingang habe ich wie bei einem Iglu gemacht. Auch an einen kleinen Rauchabzug. Die Feuerstelle ist ein kleines Loch, das beim schlafen mit einem flachen Stein abgedeckt wird. Wegen der eigenen Sicherheit durch die Brandgefahr. Ich wünsche noch allen im Winter noch viel Spaß beim ÜLT (Über-Lebens-Training)...! MfG Lexa Gorrchen Hello, Congratulate to the beautiful house. Unfortunately I had to see in the snowfall that the entrance is in the wrong place. I have built a very similar house with indian-spring-shoots and nettles. Only that I twisted two braids and the interspace filled with foliage. The entrance I made as with an igloo. Also to a small smoke exhaust. The fire place is a small hole that is covered with a flat stone when sleeping. Because of their own safety due to the fire hazard. I wish you all a lot of fun in the ÜLT (Über-Leben-Training)! MfG Lexa Gorrchen
Does the shelter still work if the coattails are green? If not then I might be dead before they dry out. But the shelter looks really nice. Enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing.
Great video as always Shawn! In a survival situation, would you be able to use green, living cattails? And in the winter could you use dead cattail stalks assuming they don't break? Thanks for the video!
Wow Shawn I will do that sometime! I will try to mail the package soon because I am going to Texas tomorrow and I might try and collect some Texas flint. Thanks for the awesome video. As always, your friend Mason.
hey Shawn woods,can you show us how to make flint knapping tools made from nails,mainly because I'm having trouble finding a clear tutorial on making them.
I've built numerous native tule/cattail huts never see the upside down cattail layer on the second layer. Where did you come up with this? Looks like a marsh wren nest. Willow bark works the best for securing the willow poles but I guess this is a quickie "survival shelter". What happened to sticking with historical reproductions?
I like to make up words too. lol Also, this video is very helpful if you're stranded in the small fraction of the U.S. that has a high concentration of tall cat-tails like that.
I never realized how sharp obsidian actually was until I went on a volcano in turkey and brought a 2.5kg piece of obsidian and when I flintknapped with it I cut myself bad, I don't know how you don't get cut.
I got your package Shawn, now I need to decide if I should wait to open it in spring!
I get the sense that I'll be planting the contents!!!! Thanks again Shawn, you're a class act.
Best part about these videos is you pack so much information into such a short amount of time. Brilliant.
Thanks.
FYI their is more than just seeds in the package.
Okay now I'm curious again! Maybe I'll unbox it! haha
Shelter, Water, Fire, Food. The Sacred Order. Great video
This really is a motivator for me, to get outdoors more and kick back with nature. Instead of in my butt playing games and what not. Great vids btw.
Dude, you would be the coolest father, idk if you have kids but if you do they have got to love doing stuff like this with you.
This is a great shelter! One that even a young person could build to stay out of the elements. My kids will love building this with me. Thanks for showing it withstanding the elements
It's too small for a fire, but there's one cool thing you can also do with this type of shelter. You make a big fire outside, and you dig a hole inside, in the middle of this shelter. Heat a few stones in the fire until they glow, and just roll them inside the shelter and throw them into the pit you've dug up. If there's enough rocks (about 10 is probably enough) they will give you smokeless and flameless heating through an entire night ;) And since it's well insulated, maybe even beyond that time.
You are so correct! Year ago my brother made a sweat lodge and we did exactly as you said. It was a freezing night in December and we built a large fire outside, heated up some big rocks, then brought them inside and put them in a large pit. The rocks were glowing dull red when we got them out of the fire. The amount of heat coming off those things was incredible. Within a few minutes that sweat lodge was VERY warm inside Then it got so warm that we started stripping off clothes. It worked great!
Primitive Pathways were i live in south africa december is the middle of summer and on a good day it is about 40 degrees Celsius
Thanks for replying Billy! I'm planning to build a sweat lodge this winter too, and then go ice-bathing. I love the feeling this kind of extreme temperature switches give you :D Also really cool to see that Shawn has done later exactly what I described :P
TrollDragomir thanks for the tip!
Watching Alone right now! The first guy that was a "wilderness instructor" went home in a day, the next "wilderness instructor" just cut his arm with an ax and as called in, now he's going in! You and billy Berger need to go win that half million.
I agree!!! I've never met Shawn but I hope to one day. He definitely knows his stuff!!
You two are definatly the real deal, I'd love to see you on that show, have you sent in a request? Maybe we could all do a write in and ask for you two if you think it would help.
good convo you all, I know man, I think that too, but most of these folks that go out there kinda know their stuff and it just eats 'em alive. I'm not sure how we'd do with next to nuthin' and stuck out there a couple months, I think we would be kinda haggard,. most can 'survive', they are eating worms and stuff, some can 'make it' and I'm not sure who could 'thrive', would like to think most bushcrafters would. Kinda using mountain man/trapper mentality, I'd like to think I could make it pretty good, it sounds like fun. Since I'm about Dick Prenneke's age, don't think I'll be getting dropped out of a chopper in the 'glades any time soon!
Be safe out there and always make sure someone knows where your at when your'e in the boonies : )
dang i can't even build a pillow fort
School finished for holiday, then you upload! Today just gets better and better!
Great instruction. In the mountains where I live there are 5 stone circles 12' feet in diameter 30 " tall. The Indians would make a structure of willow like your inside the circle .
cattails are so amazing. i was just reading about the paiutes and their uses of cattail. great demonstration
Another fantastic video Shawn!!! Great job on that shelter...man that thing looks really good! I've seen lots of cattails near my home on the Chattahoochee River, but they aren't nearly as tall as the cattails you guys get out there in Oregon. Looks like I need to move back out west!
How long did it take you to build?
It would be interesting to see you wear a calorie tracker like a FitBit or Garmin Fenix3 while doing this or other primitive skills. On a sedentary desk day I am in low 2000s but when hunting have been 6000-7700 calories in a day. The average over a month is key, but it is enlightening to see how many calories you would need to procure in an active survival situation.
Shawn you legend ⛺
Can you elaborate how to put (weave) the 2nd thatch around the top(roof) . The vid was very short about how the heavy ends were weaved around the top and how they hold in place.... good vid, thnx
Shawn love your videos - just so people know , here in N.Y.S. it is illegal to harvest cattail on state land without buying a permit from the state D.E.C. ! I just don't want people to get in trouble !
Some people see a survival shelter. I see a great deer or duck blind with some minor modifications.
Outstanding demo and looks better than a tent with all the insulation. Only limited by availability of the raw materials.
Great little shelter. Cattail here in this part of Alberta are at best 3 ft long though & I haven't seen a cane pole willow since I last was in B.C.
Nicely done!
If one doesn't have access to willow, what would you suggest?
Thanks for the interesting video. I live in a Cattail rich environment and will try this next fall. Im building a quinzhee this month for my yearly winter camp...
Realy nice, detailed video, short but good instructions and also tis to collecte the materials.
sweet! nice little shelter!
hello shawn I'm a huge fan of your videos and the arts you are preserving and teaching just finished my first self bow out of a Chinese pistache and I have a lot of stave material and would like to find a way to maybe send one your way to see what you can do with it simply a thank you for all the time and effort you put into your channel and your crafts I'll be moving to Oregon this year and I can't wait to give some bow hunting a shot thanks a gain for everything!
Step 1- cut a giant coconut in half. Step 2- cut a door in it. Step 3- enjoy your edible home.
Just found your channel. L+S+B you are doing a good job with your explanations and the video to back it up, very practical and no missed steps. Lots of vids miss steps and usually the most critical part, not yours. Thanks much! and Merry Christmas!
Good job man, I live in Tucson AZ, not likely to find to many around here but there are a few places, i grew up in the Midwest and a lot there and I'm familiar with the uses. Out here is a whole different thing when building a shelter, enjoyed watching your video and will sub and watch a few more even though been Bush crafting long time and make alot of my tools such as knives etc. I learned a man can always learn something new from another man if he doesn't think he knows it all. Thanks again!
Very nice. Reminds me of the Banana leaf huts we made as a kid! No smoking or fires anywhere near the thing! Ask me how I know!
Another great video, Shawn!
Hallo,
gratuliere zu dem schönen Haus.
Leider musste ich beim Schneefall sehen das der Eingang an der falschen Stelle ist.
Ich habe mit Indischen-Springkraut und Brennnesseln ein sehr ähnliches Haus gebaut.
Nur das ich zwei wende geflochten habe und den zwischenraum mit Laub aufgefüllt.
Den Eingang habe ich wie bei einem Iglu gemacht.
Auch an einen kleinen Rauchabzug.
Die Feuerstelle ist ein kleines Loch, das beim schlafen mit einem flachen Stein abgedeckt wird.
Wegen der eigenen Sicherheit durch die Brandgefahr.
Ich wünsche noch allen im Winter noch viel Spaß beim ÜLT (Über-Lebens-Training)...!
MfG Lexa Gorrchen
Hello,
Congratulate to the beautiful house.
Unfortunately I had to see in the snowfall that the entrance is in the wrong place.
I have built a very similar house with indian-spring-shoots and nettles.
Only that I twisted two braids and the interspace filled with foliage.
The entrance I made as with an igloo.
Also to a small smoke exhaust.
The fire place is a small hole that is covered with a flat stone when sleeping.
Because of their own safety due to the fire hazard.
I wish you all a lot of fun in the ÜLT (Über-Leben-Training)!
MfG Lexa Gorrchen
Does the shelter still work if the coattails are green? If not then I might be dead before they dry out. But the shelter looks really nice. Enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing.
This guy is hardcore, my favorite kind of person
Great video as always Shawn! In a survival situation, would you be able to use green, living cattails? And in the winter could you use dead cattail stalks assuming they don't break? Thanks for the video!
Good job, Shawn.
Great shelter tutorial , many thanks
Wow Shawn I will do that sometime! I will try to mail the package soon because I am going to Texas tomorrow and I might try and collect some Texas flint. Thanks for the awesome video. As always, your friend Mason.
thumbs up! But If I got homeless and had to build a shelter Id build it outta cocktails.
Excellent video Shawn. This is really good to know and I agree, we should give this a try sometime!
Cat tails do not grow that tall here, they get to maybe three to four feet maximum.
Ladonna Steele I know, I was just surprised they got that big elsewhere!
Excellent work 👏👏👏
trying this right now wish me luck!
I'd love to try this next year.
Also natives around where I live made arrows from seasoned cattail
Wowwww nice! I want to create this here in Minnesota!
good job. great video
shawn, ur an idol, love ur shit man. Whereabouts are you filming most of ur vids?
Very good video. How to heat it? subscribed. Best
very informative video. Thank you.
hey Shawn woods,can you show us how to make flint knapping tools made from nails,mainly because I'm having trouble finding a clear tutorial on making them.
very cool job thanks
I've built numerous native tule/cattail huts never see the upside down cattail layer on the second layer. Where did you come up with this? Looks like a marsh wren nest. Willow bark works the best for securing the willow poles but I guess this is a quickie "survival shelter". What happened to sticking with historical reproductions?
nice job brother you made it look real good how long did it take you to complete it
Nice job! Thanks for the tip.
Hi Shawn, great shelter! Will it be warm enough without fire going inside?
Awesome tutorial. I will certainly be trying this out. In total how many hours would you say it took?
amazing work!!
if you coated it in mid would it seal it better or would it ruin the cattail wall?
Thank you so much for the video!
I like to make up words too. lol
Also, this video is very helpful if you're stranded in the small fraction of the U.S. that has a high concentration of tall cat-tails like that.
Great for emergency but highly flammable.
Really helpful. Thanks.
Amazing. Great job.
Very cool!
AWESOME.....................
I really like how you show us how to make stuff to help us survive.😀
How fast will that burn ? I'm sure it would be cozy (not on fire)
good stuff bro... subscribed
Cool, good and nice Shawn! Thx for sharing! Merry Christmas, Sepp
I only have one problem. its illegal to cut cattails where I live
dang....i gotta build this in the backyard hahaha
I could use some of those dogbane seeds too
Great video! Subbed, and looking forward to seeing more.
Bushcraft North of 60 Agree! Nice Shawn. Thnx. :)
How long does something like that last ?
I think I would have built that in all them bushes under that tree instead of that open field to help break the wind and not so easily seen.
this guy is awesome
tokyojovlogs support our troops ty, ty never knew they are that long
Just found your channel and I love it. I sub'd so I can keep up with new vids.
awesome
I never realized how sharp obsidian actually was until I went on a volcano in turkey and brought a 2.5kg piece of obsidian and when I flintknapped with it I cut myself bad, I don't know how you don't get cut.
how cool thanks
Interesting video, I was thinking you could heat that thing with a candle till I saw all the cattails on the floor!
Man, where did you learn all this shit ?
when he said cat tails I thought he cut off a bunch of cats tails off
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