Island Survival Challenge: Bamboo Bow Build, Hunt, Catch & Cook
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2024
- This may be the best primitive survival/bow building video I've ever done. While on a recent trip to a tropical island, I took on the challenge of building a primitive survival bow, arrow, and bow string from local materials and seeing if I could complete an island survival challenge catch and cook. The primitive bow string was made from variegated snake plant, the primitive bow, from a large piece of bamboo. For the arrow I used a smaller bamboo shoot and tipped it with a trade point. I built a fire with a bamboo fire saw to straighten the bamboo arrow shaft and complete the survival bow build. When my primitive bow hunting kit was complete I took it out to hunt feral goats in the steep cliffs of the island. After sitting through a few rain showers and high winds, I was finally able to get close enough for a shot at a small goat, perfect for primitive cooking. I used my large knife (the Marshal from Montana Knife Company) to build everything, including the bamboo cooker. I cooked the goat in a primitive bamboo pressure cooker with coconut water and mango. It was one of the best wild, primitive cooked meals I've ever enjoyed!
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Little did he know, he could've made the entire bow out of bamboo. String, Bow, arrow shaft, arrow tip (there used to be a video on how to make one and it's shot clean through a banana tree and then a coconut) as well as the fletching from the leaves.
Bamboo is so cool.
Also since you were able to get those spider plant fibers so (relatively) easy, I would suggest learning the rudiger/fire roll. Everyone always says "BuT tHeReS nO cHaRcOaL iN tHe BuSh" it doesn't need charcoal it works with a host of natural fibers and a plethora of fillers and itll save you loads of calories over methods like the fire saw. Happy crafting! 😁👍
I’ll check that out.
@@clayhayeshunterI can provide a link if you want.
Finally a survival bow build with natural cord. Nice!
Thank ya
Bro this must be the best youtube content i’ve ever seen
A bamboo pressure cooker? Ingenious!
Right?!
@@clayhayeshunterwhat’s skinny on that beautiful blade you’ve been using lately?
@@clayhayeshunter..any air fryers in the pipeline? 😅 seriously though its easy to see how you did so well on Alone, even without having fat reserves. Your skills are very impressive 👍
@clayhayeshunter thank you for such a beautiful video!
@@slimothypickens3539looks like a Montana Knife Company Marshall
Just when I thought the fiber bow string was cool, the bamboo pressure cooker blew my mind!
Really enjoyed the video Clay! I spent eleven years in Hawaii as a youth and was able to see it before it became densely populated with so many restrictions to adventures like yours! Brought back so many memories of using large bamboo to create functional survival items. Thank you for sharing your experiences with an old man like me!
Thanks Jim
a bamboo pressure cooker now that dope
Clay's knowledge, resourcefulness, and skill will always amaze me. Well done!
Incredible! What a freaking awesome video with such a plethora of skills. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Glad you enjoyed it!
That whole process was simply amazing and a testament to you skills. Wow! Thanks Clay!
many thanks
The way the guy did the string , you know this is incredibly.
Bamboo pressure cooker is the coolest thing i have ever seen
One of the best videos I've seen in a while. Well done
Thank ya
Oh damn! All the natural stuff is mind boggling but that broadhead is flat out badass!! Great video Clay, one of your vest in my humble opinion.
Thanks
Really good transmission for the young and holdest génération ! thank's Clay
Watching this master craftsman at work is a rare, humbling and almost mystical experience. Truly hypnotic. Thank you Clay.
Wow, thank you!
I just love these bow making videos.
Been making arrows for over 65 years! I have to say that you are the man! Very nice Clay!
Wow, thanks!
I like that you aren't like this massive muscle beast and still have the ability to do a lot of labor. Even smaller guys can survive if you have the will. I also really enjoyed the silence and the text rather than talking my ear off. Wonderful content.
This is pretty cool.
Shout out to our ancestors who hunted megafauna with an atlatl. They were something , werent they?
Absolutely
That's how you kill a mammoth relatively safely, from a distance!
That pressure cooker design was awesome, never seen it before great idea.
Amazing that he did all that in just 26 minutes. I feel like I’d still be making the bow 🤷🏼♂️
😜
I'm curious how long it actually took from starting the bow to killing the goat?
He really just build a pressure cooker out of bamboo. Amazing
This is a great video! Thank you for making it
Glad you liked it!
Love this video. What a freaking bad ass. Never seen a bamboo pressure cooker, great idea.
Thank ya
Hey mate, you did so many good videos, but this one was sure one of the best ones!
This is exactly what everyone wants to see from you, I guess... One knife for all... From nothing to a crazy functional bow, to fure, to hunt, to cook, and finally to eat. What a quality of content. Bravo Master Clay! Big propps from Switzerland!
Many thanks
Great video. Had my mouth watering. Good editing too. Short and to the point. Some of these type videos just go way too long.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is amazing, you did a great job, thank you for sharing
Thank you so much!
What headcam are you using to film the hunt?
Amazing video by the way. This is the kind of content the internet needs.
Thanks!
GoPro 10 and 12
1:32
Gotta say, it's amazing watching that plant change from a green stalk, to scraped white fibers.
And you make it look easy.
Amazing.
Always learn something from watching Clay. Another great video, thanks Clay!!
You bet!
....knowledgeable, resourceful, skillful... congratulations... from Colombia.... 👍👍👍 ...
Defenetly your best UA-cam film so far...no talking, pure ection! Thanks for the info, gritting from israel
Awesome video Clay, I’m loving these latest releases
Looked mighty tasty….nice job.
Any unfamiliar little critters you had to deal with? Always astonished by the natural beauty of these kinds of places, but when I think about all the little crawlers that want to bite you I stop thinking about booking a trip.
😂😂😂
It’s really not bad in the winter months.
What a poetic ode to human ingenuity!
So Clay, are the wife & kids back at the 5 star resort, ordering room service and sipping umbrella drinks by the pool? All I ask is when the SHTF, you promise to tell me where you are going! I'll bring salt & pepper. Amazing video.
Excelente Clay saludos!!
did it all in the crocs too, what a chad
Most excellent!
Thanks for sharing great video
Another great video. Thanks for your informative content.
Cliff.
England, UK. 👍
That was quite original ... Great ideas
Thank you! Cheers!
Y'all only 6 more subs to 500K. Lets get him there!!!!
Done!
Best thing iv heard on UA-cam in the last year thanks brother! I needed that
I appreciate that!
I was like "a bamboo pressure cooker? there's no way".
That was an awesome video Clay!! Keep the videos coming! God Bless
Thanks! You too!
Very nice, Clay. I like that it works what You're doing. Thanks a lot for showing us.
My pleasure!
You are a good cook 👍
Great video as always! Would love to see your take on a Comanche style shortbow one day.
I'm going to try myself when the juniper I harvested seasons enough.
It's not going to be half as good as any of your work, but gotta start somewhere!
good luck with the build
One of my favorite videos you’ve made thus far!
Wow ang galing mo 😅
AMAZING VIDEO!!
Glad you think so!
I luv them catch n cook vids
I love how a pressure cooker made from bamboo is a side dish in this fascinating meal of a video.
Love the knife.
Great trick for survive in jungle
That’s one helluva good knife, home made no doubt…..great video
Master at work!
Bro, that knife is top notch🤙🏼🤙🏼
@bradlafferty
2 minutes ago
The creativity in your use of bamboo and the skill with which you wield your blade is astounding. Excellent vid! That stewed goat with fruit sure looked delicious! Thanks for teaching me new things to use in primitive craft.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video bro and great primitive skills as always!🙏🏽
O cara é bom no que faz. Parabéns. O arco ficou muito bom. E só usou coisas da natureza.
thật tuyệt vời bạn ❤
Yur the master of survival! Nice work 👍
I am one of now almost half a million lucky people to follow what you do and learn skills I never knew existed, presented in an absolutely professional way by one of the coolest guys on this planet. Thank you Clay, great stuff, GREAT stuff!! And that´s one cool knife. And thx for the bite :-)
Thank ya
awesome video love the craftsmanship, also liking the pressure cooker idea
I am very surprised Clay did not make a pair of chop sticks while waiting for his meal to cook. Great video! WOW
Should have!
Great video buddy
Bamboo bow, I was super surprised to see that.
Check out one video labelled "Process of making Korean traditional bamboo bow. Korean best bow master" at the channel called MEGA PROCESS.
I made bamboo bows a lot, you can watch them on my shorts
This could be the best UA-cam video I've ever seen.
Many thanks
I wish I knew how to braid fiber cordage. It was a little too quick for me to catch on. Nice job!
Meu amigo vc é o cara da sobrevivência vc é super cara pronto pra mais episódios parabéns . grande abraço de Carlos vale do Paraíba SP.
Thank you
I love this awesome 👌
Excelente...
👏👏👏
Beautiful! Well done! These are my favorite types of videos. Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nothing like a cook up in the middle of a comp😊
best vids right there. No words and theoretic bla-bla-bla,just skills,knowledge and deeds as it is
Great job filming it! Especially with all the shallow depth of field and focus
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video Clay. You and the Marshall never disappoint.
I didn't expect you to string the bow up in that direction, I know Howard Hill made some amazing bows with bamboo! I really liked this video and Idaho will always be home for me but that island living definitely has some appeal 👌
Absolutely genius the way you cooked!!!
I appreciate that!
this is like alone survivor edition.. yum.
😮 wow. Amazing man
wish you talked a bit more in your videos, like when making the bow or other things. would make it more interesting to watch for an extended time.
Awesome content. Takeaway for me is you can use bamboo for pretty much everything. I wish you didn't leave out some of the little details, like how you tied off the fletching at the end (clove hitch?) and how you started skinning the goat, though I guess they probably wouldn't allow that on UA-cam. Love the text tips. Just enough info to be useful but not so much as to slow down the flow of the video. Thanks for creating this and sharing it with the world.
Always great Clay. Thanks for sharing.
That makes it for a different Hawaiian experience. Thanks for sharing - amazing skills!
Glad you enjoyed it!
You inspire me to build one, and i made it 🤙
That's awesome!
great videos❤❤❤❤
You keep your knife sharp it’s awesome so many people work with dull knifes
Clay, you are my hero. Flipping awesome man!
Wow, thanks!
Great stuff, Clay.
When I lived in Japan for 24 years, I used moso bamboo a gazillion different ways. (We had a grove of moso bamboo on our farm.) However, I never once made such pliable cordage as you exhibited here. Simply awesome! Your method is quite similar to how linen fibers are extracted from flax, but without having rot the material in water first.
I noticed you used a metal broadhead. I'm wondering if you've ever tried making broadheads from fire-hardened bamboo itself. My boys and I have done this for fishing arrows.
I haven’t tried the bamboo tips yet but I’ve been thinking about it!
@@clayhayeshunter
You can do straight edge or serrated.
Wow never or seen cooking in bamboo before thank you
Thanks for watching
You are very good
Thank you so much 😀
Little village kid wondering where his goat went😂
Oof
so freaking cool you will always be the og
thank ya
Amazing talent!
I enjoyed this video thoroughly. Thanks for making such entertaining and epic content.
Glad you enjoyed it!