1. *Boiling water makes it safe to drink* 2. *Hypothermia only occurs in cold weather.* other means of hypothermia are .... wind chill (convection), rain (evaporation), and coming in contact with the ground (conduction) 3. *If you touch a person who has been struck by lightning, you’ll get electrocuted.* 4. *Alcohol or hydrogen peroxide are best for cleaning out a wound.* these are good for short term..but can cause tissue dmg. 5. *Moss only grows on the north sides of trees.* 6. *Build a fire in a cave for warmth.* heat can make the cave collapse, through expansion of rock. 7. *Eating snow will save you from dehydration* you’d need to eat about 10 gallons of snow to produce 1 gallon of water in your stomach. Have you heard of brain freeze? This is core freeze. Hypothermia results from your core temperature being too low for an extended amount of time. Always melt the snow you want to drink, don’t eat it raw. 8. *Drink your own pee to stay hydrated* 9. *Survive by drinking raw blood.* There is water in blood, but not a lot. Some traditional cattle cultures in Africa, to this day, drink cattle blood with milk, however this is done for the mineral and protein content rather than hydration. It’s just too risky to consume animal blood,When drinking raw blood, you’re also consuming the bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that can cause diseases. 10. *Rub frostbitten skin* Do Not. Ever. When ice crystals form in your skin and other tissues, you get frostbite. Rubbing frostbitten skin causes more damage, as the ice crystals cut new cells. Instead of rubbing their skin, treat the person with painkillers, and slowly rewarm the tissue- frostbite hurts! 11. *A hot tub will cure hypothermia* Rewarming is mainly the way to treat someone whose core temperature has decreased far below the norm of 98.6 degrees. Dipping someone in a jacuzzi will cause agonizing pain, it can even trigger a heart attack. Alternatively, place hot water bottles under both armpits, or use skin-to-skin rewarming. Never use a high-heat source to treat a hypothermic person. 12. *Let a hypothermic person sleep* Keep the person awake as you warm them up. An exposure victim gets drowsy after the shivering, confusion, slurred speech, and clumsiness of hypothermia have manifested. Watch out for that serious warning sign, as sleep can lead to death. 13. *Warm up by drinking liquor* Remember the cartoon showing a Saint Bernard dog with a cask of brandy around his neck, using it to revive avalanche victims? Liquor is the last drink you need when trying to survive in cold weather. Despite feeling warmer, alcohol dilates skin-surface blood vessels and capillaries, which will decrease your core temperature even faster. Instead, drink hot cocoa or tea. 14. *All base layers work equally well* Simply, this is not true. Cotton could lead to hypothermia if you rely on it as your primary base layer in cold weather. It’s perfect for wearing around the house, and is better suited in hot, dry climates. But once cotton gets wet, its insulating properties are lost. Before you even start sweating, skin moisture soaks into the cotton fibers and starts to cool your body through conduction. The cotton fibers can hold up to 27 times their weight in water, and then store that moisture up to 8 times longer than synthetics or wool. Not only does this leave you feeling damp - it steals vital heat from your core. If it’s cold enough for a onesie, then it’s too cold for cotton. 15. *You can eat anything animals eat* Although we do have shared biology, there’s still a huge difference between humans and other animals. Some animals eat plants that are edible to humans, but these same animals can also eat plants that are dangerous to us. Birds are the worst animals to imitate. They eat a variety of berries, which would either nourish or kill us. Even squirrels, which normally eat nuts that are safe for humans, will periodically eat mushrooms and nuts that are toxic to humans. Just because an animal ate it doesn’t mean that you can. 16. *To find water, follow flying birds* There are some aquatic birds that rarely leave the water’s edge, however others roam far and wide for food. There are people that say geese fly toward water at dusk, which isn’t always the case. They could very well be flying toward a known clearing, to spend the night. We can’t rely on a bird to lead us anywhere, since we have no way of knowing a bird’s plan for the evening. 17.
I am 62 years old and I used to teach Wilderness survival back in the 80's. The only thing that has changed is some of the equipment. As for gardening, when I was in 4H, I planted and raised a large garden. It was a big garden but not nearly big enough to supply a family of four with veggies for all winter. Plus the next growing season. Also, there is the problem with storing what you grow. Also, unless your using Heirloom seeds, the seeds you get from the home center will grow your plants, but you cant harvest seeds from those to plant the next years crop. Except for potato's. As for tools, I carry three pocket knives. A sheath knife, tomahawk, and folding saw. I might also carry a small tool kit. Maybe bolt cutter.
Back in 91 when I worked in Yellowstone, I did a 18 mile day hike, I had about 96 ounces of water with me, so almost a gallon. The day was a scorcher and I just about ran out of water. But I made it. I now carry at least 1 quart of water per 4 miles, specially in the summer time. You hit every thing right on the head. Keep up the good work. Yeah, if I had enough food and water I could still hike 20 miles in a day. It might take me 10 hours :) One is none, two is one and three is better. So that's why I carry more then one knife. The Cold Steel Bushman is made to be used as a spear.
my parents grew up in the depression days. i grew up on a small farm. we had a huge garden, well i thought it was. i'd say about an acre. all kinds of veges. when we harvested the veges, my Mom would can them and freeze some of the veges. there was a big chest freezer in a back room. we had a room about 10x 10 with shelves on 3 walls., always full. plus we had chickens , pigs and rabbits. did our own butchering. life back then was great . anyway, i really like your videos. seeing your place brings back memories. love your place. i'm 74 years old, i can still get around pretty good. but i know i couldn't carry a pack , even if it weighed less than 25#, for 10 miles. let's just say i've come to realize i won't rise to the occasion, 40 miles would take me 2-3 days, and at the end of the day, i'd be sore and exhausted . i had to laugh at some of the myths you said. like tying your knife to a pole or shaft to make a spear. ok, so what if you threw that spear at something, and didn't kill it, and it ran off into the woods with your spear? no more knife. thanks for making these videos. i like watching them , and i have learned a thing or 2.
Fire = Cheap Gas Lighter, Windproof Petrol / Gas lighter, Matches, Waterproof Matches, so many options before messing about with Bushcraft firelighting techniques.
Almost to 40k. I’ve been watching since you were around 2k. It’s good to see you finally getting some traction. Your positivity and energy are infectious and I believe is beneficial to many out there.
⌚ *TIME STAMP* ⌚ Different Myths : 0:56.....Myth # 1...Gardening farming is not easy...There are so many factors, that have destroyed my food production...Too much Rain, Too Dry, Soil is imbalanced, Tree roots destroyed soil, animals and insects have dug up and destroyed plants, some seeds don't sprout, Placing food plants in hot zones when they should of been in shade zones. etcetc 2:53.....Myth # 2...Living off the land vs Living with the land...two different lifestyles. 5:45.....Myth # 3...Our fish in our lakes are diminished considerably...we have illegal immigrants, neting up all our salmon and fish in our rivers...these once protected waters are now , diminished in fish numbers..and this is in somewhat peace times. 8:22.....Myth # 4...Survival tins in my experience are a one time use kit..not a long term kit. You will loose fishing hooks, your tin foil will break and become unusable, your magnifying glass for solar fire only works on sunny days, its easy to loose your micro ferro rod..etc etc. Char cloth / Char punk wood is easy to make with a pit and fire... there are other natural resources to use that are better than char cloth...(birch bark/ cattail fluff/ various dried grass, bark, inner soft dried wood etc.) 11:50...Myth # 5...I agree 😎👍💯 ....leave the torniquet to the pro's 14:01...Myth # 6...😎👍💯seek medical attn ASAP. 15:42...Myth # 7...Ounces equals pounds. Pounds turn into pain. Pain turns to suffering. 17:22...Myth #8... 19:22...Myth # 9... 22:47...Myth # 10... 22:30 ..Closing Comments
Charred cloth at best is giving respect to the past. Learn all of the old ways and never forget them. Once and awhile something might click and you will be better for it because of this knowledge.
So very, very true. I must admit that one of my Bug Out packs (a backpack) is far too heavy for me to carry other to the nearest vehicle, because it is sort of a multi-scenario contents kit, but it does usually stay in one of those vehicles. I must admit that smaller get home bag style packs could be carried no-sweat for days, but the contents are very limited and rely on sourcing some essentials while traveling and have minimal shelter contents. As I am now well into my 80's there is no way that I could do what I could as a younger bloke, and this severely impacts the nature of any physical training that I am able to do, but I do at least take every opportunity to at least go for regular walks just for exercise or visiting local shops, when others would drive instead. Heck if I was to load up with one of my larger packs, I may have a heart attack after a few 100 yards, so that will not be on my today list.
I think those little survival kits are really just novelty items. Like you said I like to have multiple lighters on me. I honestly need a decent size pack for my survival items. Warm clothes shelter extra water and food. I keep my truck packed with lots of extras in the event I would get stranded more than likely on a hunting trip. My biggest worry is breaking a leg deep in the woods without cell service.
I think the idea of running to the wild, is just to avoid an immediate danger. Living in there indefinitely is out of question. However, walking to the border with Canada and take a flight to other country is a good plan. At least much better than stay in the cities while Tren de Aragua begins the attack on population or the police state take over to solve all problems they have created. I don't want to be ship to a concentration campo to get the safe and effective and If you feel the same. Walking all the way to Canada is a plausible solution. In my case I have learnt basic things in the last years : making fire, hunting, trapping, camping and the appropriate gear. I think I can run away from the chaos or fight back.
My job before I retired was 15 miles a day with a bag up to 35 lb more miles when there was a sick call . Putting yourself in sickbay by over taxing your body and you won't be there for the people who depend on you . Heat or cold plus dehydration shuts down the ability to think. If you have to have char-cloth , put it in the tin so it's ready and you can start the fire not wasting energy making char. P.S. many years of trying to garden has taught me I have a brown thumb and I will not be able to feed myself without the farmers that provide our nation 🙏.
G'day Jason. We assured you that a knife & stick will not save you if a bunch of hyenas wants to have you for lunch. Farming & growing our food is great fun but hard work is required. Having domesticated animals on the land means we don't have to hunt. We have Trouts & Marron in our dams which also attracts migratory birds, refuelling before furthering their journey. We get marsupials too. We don't hunt these migratory animals, they balance the eco system. Living off the land means living with it. The girls have their own OhShit Kit (urban usages). Prevention is better than Cure, so situation awareness is advised. Over estimation = Being humans...! Great chat mate. Cheers from Australia.
Steel wool is an excellent fire starter. Just a couple of sparks will ignite it. 4 ought is preferred. you would not need char cloth. Steel wool is easily ignited with just sparks. Easy to carry. Believe me it burns VERY hot!
My most versatile survival item is a stick, use a 4 foot hiking stick for support everywhere, going uphill plant the stick ahead of you and use arm strength to pull yourself up and save leg strength. Call it my "Dog Stick" because I use it to defend against dog attacks. Use it as a catapult to sling my rock bag over a tree to hang my food. Take a 10-12 foot stick and attach a snare on the end of it to snare small animals or birds on a tree, animals are wary of people but don't pay any attention to a stick with snare moving around them. Swing that stick onto small ponds and the shockwaves stun small fish. Use two 4 foot sticks about 1 inch diameter as a "Cheek Spreader" for taking a crap, put those sticks parallel about 3 inches apart, prop ends on a rock or log and the other ends in the dirt, sit on both sticks facing the dirt end and poop between the sticks, forms a comfortable seat, called a "Cheek Spreader" because when you sit on the sticks causes your Butt Cheeks to spread out.
I couldnt agree more about pack weight and use. I didnt like carrying an alice pack 35yrs ago, let alone now at 54. I recommend to the old timers that think because they use to could, still can, grab four rifles in cases a range bag and ammo can and carry from your basement to your car and tell me if youre in fighting shape by the time you get to your driveway. (Lol)
Bottom rot on tomatoes = not enough calcium in soil. Learned that the hard way.. ya know, a lot of people dont realize in 1933 when soc sec was put into play, the average age of male death was 47 yrs old. Now its 78. There is a lot to be said for technology and modern meds/conveniences.
Making a lifetime supply of char cloth should be a one time deal. It's not like you go through all that much. A 4 x 4 inch piece with an ember will start a fire with a good birds nest bundle. My first choice in a survival situation is always a bic lighter. The other options are just there if needed.
Besides boiling water and making char-cloth, a metal tin may be used as a signaling device, cooking using top and bottom as a fry pan or oven, digging tool, and probably more uses. I am not condemning your choice to use a plastic container, just offering additional uses for a metal container.
Say it louder for the ones in the back! I hate these little "survival kits" because the average person isn't going to be able to survive out of an altoids can. It's just not substantial enough.
If you look in the SAS Survival Guide it says survival tins are for elite personnel. For regular personnel about half a British army webbing pouch and a full pouch for civilians. You also have to remember British army personnel would also be in skeleton order webbing (no backpack) in most situations where a tin would be needed out in the field so the tin was supplemental, not everything. I have a possibles pouch that could be attached to my belt but my backpack is my kit and I've learned the hard way to look after it.
For Hunting, I never seen a deer that wants to become dinner. Trapping and knowing your wild edibles are a must. For growing your own food? Remember there are other vermin that are in competition with your chickens and crop. Charcloth is not only for Flint and steel. It is also good as a fire starter with the Ferro rod or solar ignition with a magnify lens and other uses. A good downpour will do a job to your campfire. My pet peeve is the "Dirt time" BS. Daniel Boone didn't learn how to start a fire in the woods. His mother told him to light the fire inside the fireplace. You will die if you go in the woods without practicing it. practice at home, in the garden, in the fire pit, with the BBQ. Thanks
Im guilty of the not being cautious of the water thing, the last time I even said to myself the little streams will all be dried up here this time of year but big hills and laziness persuaded me to take my chances. With too much kit in your backpack the energy required to carry it distance flusters you to the point you don't even remember half of the just incase items you packed and you don't have the energy to faff about with half of it when you do make camp. There's water and food on top of the kit too. If you keep doing the hiking you learn the hard way, don't take kit advice from content creators who don't walk distances.
To me, those small Altoids tins are for storing some bare minimum kit and making char cloth as well. As with fire, I carry many different ways to purify water like water purification tabs, Sawyer mini, Grayl, and a metal container. Only a fool counts on one thing to do anything! It seems to be my MO with women as well!😂
At least Jason isn't afraid to tell the truth! Too many survival and prepper 'experts' would have you believe that unless you master skills A thru Z or have certain items on you when you go for a walk outside - you're going to die! Understand your own limitations and circumstances then let common sense guide your decisions. Yep - bow drills and char cloth - practice everyday!
Another reason boiling water in an Altoids size tin is just not the way to go is this, as your water is boiling, it is evaporating in the manner of steam, when you take it off the fire, it will continue to evaporate more during the cooling process. What started out as two ounces might now be one ounce or less. Just not efficient.
My favorite myth is that it is possible to run into the woods by yourself and survive. It's a myth. Go to the woods, bring a lunch, have a good day, then go home.
You are absolutely right. You will not. I have watched every season of the alone show and guess what. No one makes it! Even the winner, would have died, if he/she weren't picked up by the crew.
Rule of 3 yes you can go 3 days no water 3 weeks food 3 hrs exposure BUT can you function 3 days no water in the heat of summer probably not food same thing your gonna have a hardtime . So on and so on
My fav is the "3 weeks with no food".... and having no idea how your body, mental status, and mood are going function as your body slides into ketotosis long before the end of the 1st week🤣
Great video, can you do a video on making a first aid kit that is made from things from your home since you don't have the money to buy things like a turnicate to burn treatment to small cuts. What would you use for these things
The Cold Steel Bushman is a cheap, fairly b8g knife MADE to be mounted on a shaft - which by the way let's you make a spear, but it also let's you mount a foot or so long handle to make it a more effective chopper, and a bastard file will fix it, like a cheap machete.... it has its uses, if you've trained with it, like any piece of kit...
oh a pet peeve. some people say prepping, stocking a pantry, and having a way to take care of your self in a shtf is stupid. " i've got a gun so i'll just come take what you have. "
Need a container? Where in the world can you not find a can or bottle in the trash or in a river or on the side of the road or in the backseat of your own car?
One last comment, you do a really good job. But lets bring up the whole thing about foraging for food. The Indians, and yes I will call them that. They had to work from sun up to sun down, just to find enough food to keep the tribe alive. In the winter time, the older member would die, or sometimes walk out into the night, to take the weight off the tribe. Plus there are places like the Rocky Mountain West, where I live. Where there isn't much to forage to start with, and if you find a body of water you can get fish from, your stay there. Plus other animals will come to the water source to drink. So hunting and trapping will be easier. There is so much to think about if the Grid goes down, permanently. Stay safe, and take care of the chickens ;)
i am not a smoker. but i have bought a lot of those cheap bic lighters and scattered them around in my gear. so i will not be far from one. i have a number of pouches with wooden matches. with strikers. ( avoid strike anywhere as they can flash up in the carry case). then a number of magnesium sticks. i do not know of a source for flints. not sure if i want to try the friction way. but might just to try it. but a 9 volt battery and soapless steel brillo pads.
I retired at 62 and thought I would become a survivalist. For something to do. I went into the woods studying tree identification, and plant Identification. I did well with this. But you will not survive on trees and plants. You will need to procure game meat of any kind. Oh yeah, forget squirrels. You cannot eat enough squirrels in one day to get 2000 calories. Eating a squirrel is like having a hot dog right. You don't survive on hotdogs. So the lone wolf in the woods is going to die. Even real wolves know this. It really does take a village. Infact one of the worst punishments delivered in the American Indian tribes would be to banish a tribe member for bad behavior. Because it's impossible to survive alone. So now I know that I will have to forge relationships with my neighbors and band together if the apocalypse ever does happen. Because we will have to stick together and defend the neighborhood, we live in to survive the hordes that will descend on us for our resources. Even then we may not make it. But I guarantee that I will not be a willing victim. I will go down fighting.
All of the skills you are talking about are good things to practice and be able to do because you never have the luxury of picking your survival situation.
Charred cloth is almost completely useless. You have 50 other methods that are easier and faster and more effective. Seriously, this is 2024 not 1904. If you have a "survival " tin, then you also have a lighter and or matches in it.
One of my pet peeves is the whole I’m gonna only boil my water to drink it, instead of filtering it. Have you ever tried to drink hot water in the summer time? It’s so not fun waiting for it to cool, when you’re really thirsty. And even then, it’s warm. It’s just not that practical to me. Sure, you’ll stay alive doing that, but the wasted calories getting a fire going just to boil something, along with everything else that entails… just bring a filtration device or water tablets. Shoot, I’ve even seen guys use droplets of bleach, I’d rather do that, then have to boil it all the time. But to each their own, that’s just my dumb opinion I guess. Thanks for sharing
Drinking warm water is not refreshing, however, specifically warm water at body temp about 98⁰f is the best when youre looking at hydration because it can be absorbed imediately rather than your body burning calories to warm it or cool it before it can be absorbed. Pros to cold water is that it can cool you and lower your temp, but it zaps calories and wont hydrate you readily.
NO SIR,NO! I NEED MY IFAK WITH TOURNIQUET AND SMALL TIN CAN WITH CHARCLOTH! and 5 knives on me with magnacut and kydex sheaths *sips on bud light and unzips very tight pants
when you say "we overestimate ourselves" made me remember a video I saw years ago of a girl who makes this BOB and tries to go out of her home in the city to reach the woods... and did not make it even half way through 🥲
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1. *Boiling water makes it safe to drink*
2. *Hypothermia only occurs in cold weather.*
other means of hypothermia are .... wind chill (convection), rain (evaporation), and coming in contact with the ground (conduction)
3. *If you touch a person who has been struck by lightning, you’ll get electrocuted.*
4. *Alcohol or hydrogen peroxide are best for cleaning out a wound.*
these are good for short term..but can cause tissue dmg.
5. *Moss only grows on the north sides of trees.*
6. *Build a fire in a cave for warmth.*
heat can make the cave collapse, through expansion of rock.
7. *Eating snow will save you from dehydration*
you’d need to eat about 10 gallons of snow to produce 1 gallon of water in your stomach. Have you heard of brain freeze? This is core freeze. Hypothermia results from your core temperature being too low for an extended amount of time. Always melt the snow you want to drink, don’t eat it raw.
8. *Drink your own pee to stay hydrated*
9. *Survive by drinking raw blood.*
There is water in blood, but not a lot. Some traditional cattle cultures in Africa, to this day, drink cattle blood with milk, however this is done for the mineral and protein content rather than hydration. It’s just too risky to consume animal blood,When drinking raw blood, you’re also consuming the bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that can cause diseases.
10. *Rub frostbitten skin*
Do Not. Ever. When ice crystals form in your skin and other tissues, you get frostbite. Rubbing frostbitten skin causes more damage, as the ice crystals cut new cells. Instead of rubbing their skin, treat the person with painkillers, and slowly rewarm the tissue- frostbite hurts!
11. *A hot tub will cure hypothermia*
Rewarming is mainly the way to treat someone whose core temperature has decreased far below the norm of 98.6 degrees. Dipping someone in a jacuzzi will cause agonizing pain, it can even trigger a heart attack. Alternatively, place hot water bottles under both armpits, or use skin-to-skin rewarming. Never use a high-heat source to treat a hypothermic person.
12. *Let a hypothermic person sleep*
Keep the person awake as you warm them up. An exposure victim gets drowsy after the shivering, confusion, slurred speech, and clumsiness of hypothermia have manifested. Watch out for that serious warning sign, as sleep can lead to death.
13. *Warm up by drinking liquor*
Remember the cartoon showing a Saint Bernard dog with a cask of brandy around his neck, using it to revive avalanche victims? Liquor is the last drink you need when trying to survive in cold weather. Despite feeling warmer, alcohol dilates skin-surface blood vessels and capillaries, which will decrease your core temperature even faster. Instead, drink hot cocoa or tea.
14. *All base layers work equally well*
Simply, this is not true. Cotton could lead to hypothermia if you rely on it as your primary base layer in cold weather. It’s perfect for wearing around the house, and is better suited in hot, dry climates. But once cotton gets wet, its insulating properties are lost. Before you even start sweating, skin moisture soaks into the cotton fibers and starts to cool your body through conduction. The cotton fibers can hold up to 27 times their weight in water, and then store that moisture up to 8 times longer than synthetics or wool. Not only does this leave you feeling damp - it steals vital heat from your core. If it’s cold enough for a onesie, then it’s too cold for cotton.
15. *You can eat anything animals eat*
Although we do have shared biology, there’s still a huge difference between humans and other animals. Some animals eat plants that are edible to humans, but these same animals can also eat plants that are dangerous to us. Birds are the worst animals to imitate. They eat a variety of berries, which would either nourish or kill us. Even squirrels, which normally eat nuts that are safe for humans, will periodically eat mushrooms and nuts that are toxic to humans. Just because an animal ate it doesn’t mean that you can.
16. *To find water, follow flying birds*
There are some aquatic birds that rarely leave the water’s edge, however others roam far and wide for food. There are people that say geese fly toward water at dusk, which isn’t always the case. They could very well be flying toward a known clearing, to spend the night. We can’t rely on a bird to lead us anywhere, since we have no way of knowing a bird’s plan for the evening.
17.
I think it was Alan Kay who was talking about wilderness survival & said it’s just “starving to death in slow motion.”
I am 62 years old and I used to teach Wilderness survival back in the 80's. The only thing that has changed is some of the equipment. As for gardening, when I was in 4H, I planted and raised a large garden. It was a big garden but not nearly big enough to supply a family of four with veggies for all winter. Plus the next growing season. Also, there is the problem with storing what you grow. Also, unless your using Heirloom seeds, the seeds you get from the home center will grow your plants, but you cant harvest seeds from those to plant the next years crop. Except for potato's. As for tools, I carry three pocket knives. A sheath knife, tomahawk, and folding saw. I might also carry a small tool kit. Maybe bolt cutter.
Bolt cutter?? Oh, for fences. I dig it.
Hi, how long a person can last in the woods with whatever he can carry (food) and hunting?
Back in 91 when I worked in Yellowstone, I did a 18 mile day hike, I had about 96 ounces of water with me, so almost a gallon. The day was a scorcher and I just about ran out of water. But I made it. I now carry at least 1 quart of water per 4 miles, specially in the summer time. You hit every thing right on the head. Keep up the good work. Yeah, if I had enough food and water I could still hike 20 miles in a day. It might take me 10 hours :) One is none, two is one and three is better. So that's why I carry more then one knife. The Cold Steel Bushman is made to be used as a spear.
my parents grew up in the depression days. i grew up on a small farm. we had a huge garden, well i thought it was. i'd say about an acre. all kinds of veges. when we harvested the veges, my Mom would can them and freeze some of the veges. there was a big chest freezer in a back room. we had a room about 10x 10 with shelves on 3 walls., always full. plus we had chickens , pigs and rabbits. did our own butchering. life back then was great . anyway, i really like your videos. seeing your place brings back memories. love your place. i'm 74 years old, i can still get around pretty good. but i know i couldn't carry a pack , even if it weighed less than 25#, for 10 miles. let's just say i've come to realize i won't rise to the occasion, 40 miles would take me 2-3 days, and at the end of the day, i'd be sore and exhausted . i had to laugh at some of the myths you said. like tying your knife to a pole or shaft to make a spear. ok, so what if you threw that spear at something, and didn't kill it, and it ran off into the woods with your spear? no more knife. thanks for making these videos. i like watching them , and i have learned a thing or 2.
Fire = Cheap Gas Lighter, Windproof Petrol / Gas lighter, Matches, Waterproof Matches, so many options before messing about with Bushcraft firelighting techniques.
In a rainstorm a "Lean-To" Tarp Shelter will keep you dry!
Almost to 40k. I’ve been watching since you were around 2k. It’s good to see you finally getting some traction. Your positivity and energy are infectious and I believe is beneficial to many out there.
Thanks so much for all the views!! I am very grateful.
⌚ *TIME STAMP* ⌚
Different Myths :
0:56.....Myth # 1...Gardening farming is not easy...There are so many factors, that have destroyed my food production...Too much Rain, Too Dry, Soil is imbalanced, Tree roots destroyed soil, animals and insects have dug up and destroyed plants, some seeds don't sprout, Placing food plants in hot zones when they should of been in shade zones. etcetc
2:53.....Myth # 2...Living off the land vs Living with the land...two different lifestyles.
5:45.....Myth # 3...Our fish in our lakes are diminished considerably...we have illegal immigrants, neting up all our salmon and fish in our rivers...these once protected waters are now , diminished in fish numbers..and this is in somewhat peace times.
8:22.....Myth # 4...Survival tins in my experience are a one time use kit..not a long term kit.
You will loose fishing hooks, your tin foil will break and become unusable, your magnifying glass for solar fire only works on sunny days, its easy to loose your micro ferro rod..etc etc.
Char cloth / Char punk wood is easy to make with a pit and fire... there are other natural resources to use that are better than char cloth...(birch bark/ cattail fluff/ various dried grass, bark, inner soft dried wood etc.)
11:50...Myth # 5...I agree 😎👍💯 ....leave the torniquet to the pro's
14:01...Myth # 6...😎👍💯seek medical attn ASAP.
15:42...Myth # 7...Ounces equals pounds. Pounds turn into pain. Pain turns to suffering.
17:22...Myth #8...
19:22...Myth # 9...
22:47...Myth # 10...
22:30 ..Closing Comments
Charred cloth at best is giving respect to the past. Learn all of the old ways and never forget them. Once and awhile something might click and you will be better for it because of this knowledge.
Oh I remember a time in the mountains of Washington and I to was surrounded by hyenas and yes the knife to stick trick saved my life.
Dang...your old...4.9 million years ago, was the estimated time, when Hyenas existed in Washington..LOL .
So very, very true. I must admit that one of my Bug Out packs (a backpack) is far too heavy for me to carry other to the nearest vehicle, because it is sort of a multi-scenario contents kit, but it does usually stay in one of those vehicles. I must admit that smaller get home bag style packs could be carried no-sweat for days, but the contents are very limited and rely on sourcing some essentials while traveling and have minimal shelter contents.
As I am now well into my 80's there is no way that I could do what I could as a younger bloke, and this severely impacts the nature of any physical training that I am able to do, but I do at least take every opportunity to at least go for regular walks just for exercise or visiting local shops, when others would drive instead. Heck if I was to load up with one of my larger packs, I may have a heart attack after a few 100 yards, so that will not be on my today list.
I think those little survival kits are really just novelty items. Like you said I like to have multiple lighters on me. I honestly need a decent size pack for my survival items. Warm clothes shelter extra water and food. I keep my truck packed with lots of extras in the event I would get stranded more than likely on a hunting trip. My biggest worry is breaking a leg deep in the woods without cell service.
I think the idea of running to the wild, is just to avoid an immediate danger. Living in there indefinitely is out of question. However, walking to the border with Canada and take a flight to other country is a good plan. At least much better than stay in the cities while Tren de Aragua begins the attack on population or the police state take over to solve all problems they have created. I don't want to be ship to a concentration campo to get the safe and effective and If you feel the same. Walking all the way to Canada is a plausible solution. In my case I have learnt basic things in the last years : making fire, hunting, trapping, camping and the appropriate gear. I think I can run away from the chaos or fight back.
My job before I retired was 15 miles a day with a bag up to 35 lb more miles when there was a sick call . Putting yourself in sickbay by over taxing your body and you won't be there for the people who depend on you . Heat or cold plus dehydration shuts down the ability to think. If you have to have char-cloth , put it in the tin so it's ready and you can start the fire not wasting energy making char. P.S. many years of trying to garden has taught me I have a brown thumb and I will not be able to feed myself without the farmers that provide our nation 🙏.
Carrying equipment without the training is an illusion.
G'day Jason. We assured you that a knife & stick will not save you if a bunch of hyenas wants to have you for lunch. Farming & growing our food is great fun but hard work is required. Having domesticated animals on the land means we don't have to hunt. We have Trouts & Marron in our dams which also attracts migratory birds, refuelling before furthering their journey. We get marsupials too. We don't hunt these migratory animals, they balance the eco system. Living off the land means living with it. The girls have their own OhShit Kit (urban usages). Prevention is better than Cure, so situation awareness is advised. Over estimation = Being humans...! Great chat mate. Cheers from Australia.
I'm glad to see you do a show like this
Perfect flint n' steel fire is a knife blade on a feroceium rod... or the bic lighter in my pocket!
Steel wool is an excellent fire starter. Just a couple of sparks will ignite it. 4 ought is preferred. you would not need char cloth. Steel wool is easily ignited with just sparks. Easy to carry. Believe me it burns VERY hot!
Great video. It's a thing that people overestimate their own ability.
Yes! Thanks for watching
My most versatile survival item is a stick, use a 4 foot hiking stick for support everywhere, going uphill plant the stick ahead of you and use arm strength to pull yourself up and save leg strength. Call it my "Dog Stick" because I use it to defend against dog attacks. Use it as a catapult to sling my rock bag over a tree to hang my food. Take a 10-12 foot stick and attach a snare on the end of it to snare small animals or birds on a tree, animals are wary of people but don't pay any attention to a stick with snare moving around them. Swing that stick onto small ponds and the shockwaves stun small fish. Use two 4 foot sticks about 1 inch diameter as a "Cheek Spreader" for taking a crap, put those sticks parallel about 3 inches apart, prop ends on a rock or log and the other ends in the dirt, sit on both sticks facing the dirt end and poop between the sticks, forms a comfortable seat, called a "Cheek Spreader" because when you sit on the sticks causes your Butt Cheeks to spread out.
I couldnt agree more about pack weight and use. I didnt like carrying an alice pack 35yrs ago, let alone now at 54. I recommend to the old timers that think because they use to could, still can, grab four rifles in cases a range bag and ammo can and carry from your basement to your car and tell me if youre in fighting shape by the time you get to your driveway. (Lol)
Bottom rot on tomatoes = not enough calcium in soil. Learned that the hard way.. ya know, a lot of people dont realize in 1933 when soc sec was put into play, the average age of male death was 47 yrs old. Now its 78. There is a lot to be said for technology and modern meds/conveniences.
Making a lifetime supply of char cloth should be a one time deal. It's not like you go through all that much. A 4 x 4 inch piece with an ember will start a fire with a good birds nest bundle. My first choice in a survival situation is always a bic lighter. The other options are just there if needed.
Where do you keep your char cloth if you take it out?
@@CragDawgs In an altoids tin.
Pet peave: people assuming they can't dump weight after they leave the original location.
Besides boiling water and making char-cloth, a metal tin may be used as a signaling device, cooking using top and bottom as a fry pan or oven, digging tool, and probably more uses. I am not condemning your choice to use a plastic container, just offering additional uses for a metal container.
Extended survival char cloth would come in handy. I figure just like toilet paper during COVID lighters could probably be harder to find.
Say it louder for the ones in the back! I hate these little "survival kits" because the average person isn't going to be able to survive out of an altoids can. It's just not substantial enough.
If you look in the SAS Survival Guide it says survival tins are for elite personnel. For regular personnel about half a British army webbing pouch and a full pouch for civilians. You also have to remember British army personnel would also be in skeleton order webbing (no backpack) in most situations where a tin would be needed out in the field so the tin was supplemental, not everything. I have a possibles pouch that could be attached to my belt but my backpack is my kit and I've learned the hard way to look after it.
For Hunting, I never seen a deer that wants to become dinner. Trapping and knowing your wild edibles are a must. For growing your own food? Remember there are other vermin that are in competition with your chickens and crop. Charcloth is not only for Flint and steel. It is also good as a fire starter with the Ferro rod or solar ignition with a magnify lens and other uses. A good downpour will do a job to your campfire. My pet peeve is the "Dirt time" BS. Daniel Boone didn't learn how to start a fire in the woods. His mother told him to light the fire inside the fireplace. You will die if you go in the woods without practicing it. practice at home, in the garden, in the fire pit, with the BBQ. Thanks
Im guilty of the not being cautious of the water thing, the last time I even said to myself the little streams will all be dried up here this time of year but big hills and laziness persuaded me to take my chances. With too much kit in your backpack the energy required to carry it distance flusters you to the point you don't even remember half of the just incase items you packed and you don't have the energy to faff about with half of it when you do make camp. There's water and food on top of the kit too. If you keep doing the hiking you learn the hard way, don't take kit advice from content creators who don't walk distances.
To me, those small Altoids tins are for storing some bare minimum kit and making char cloth as well. As with fire, I carry many different ways to purify water like water purification tabs, Sawyer mini, Grayl, and a metal container. Only a fool counts on one thing to do anything! It seems to be my MO with women as well!😂
Good stuff! Thank you, Jason.
Thanks for watching!
At least Jason isn't afraid to tell the truth! Too many survival and prepper 'experts' would have you believe that unless you master skills A thru Z or have certain items on you when you go for a walk outside - you're going to die! Understand your own limitations and circumstances then let common sense guide your decisions. Yep - bow drills and char cloth - practice everyday!
My favorite pet peeve is:
“Don’t be Dumb!”
Another reason boiling water in an Altoids size tin is just not the way to go is this, as your water is boiling, it is evaporating in the manner of steam, when you take it off the fire, it will continue to evaporate more during the cooling process. What started out as two ounces might now be one ounce or less. Just not efficient.
My favorite myth is that it is possible to run into the woods by yourself and survive. It's a myth. Go to the woods, bring a lunch, have a good day, then go home.
You are absolutely right. You will not. I have watched every season of the alone show and guess what. No one makes it! Even the winner, would have died, if he/she weren't picked up by the crew.
Rule of 3 yes you can go 3 days no water 3 weeks food 3 hrs exposure BUT can you function 3 days no water in the heat of summer probably not food same thing your gonna have a hardtime . So on and so on
3 Minutes without Blood or Oxygen is the most important!
My fav is the "3 weeks with no food".... and having no idea how your body, mental status, and mood are going function as your body slides into ketotosis long before the end of the 1st week🤣
I lash my saw to a long stick to get to fatwood all the time. But never my knife.
Great video, can you do a video on making a first aid kit that is made from things from your home since you don't have the money to buy things like a turnicate to burn treatment to small cuts. What would you use for these things
Great video idea!
The Cold Steel Bushman is a cheap, fairly b8g knife MADE to be mounted on a shaft - which by the way let's you make a spear, but it also let's you mount a foot or so long handle to make it a more effective chopper, and a bastard file will fix it, like a cheap machete.... it has its uses, if you've trained with it, like any piece of kit...
oh a pet peeve. some people say prepping, stocking a pantry, and having a way to take care of your self in a shtf is stupid. " i've got a gun so i'll just come take what you have. "
Those people let you know exactly what kind of person they are. Good to know now before hard times.
This @@ONThree
Great advice! Thank you. 🥰
You are so welcome!
Great points see ya on the next one
Very good info!
i learned i couldn't rise to the occasion WHEN I WAS FOUR.
Need a container? Where in the world can you not find a can or bottle in the trash or in a river or on the side of the road or in the backseat of your own car?
One last comment, you do a really good job. But lets bring up the whole thing about foraging for food. The Indians, and yes I will call them that. They had to work from sun up to sun down, just to find enough food to keep the tribe alive. In the winter time, the older member would die, or sometimes walk out into the night, to take the weight off the tribe. Plus there are places like the Rocky Mountain West, where I live. Where there isn't much to forage to start with, and if you find a body of water you can get fish from, your stay there. Plus other animals will come to the water source to drink. So hunting and trapping will be easier. There is so much to think about if the Grid goes down, permanently. Stay safe, and take care of the chickens ;)
i am not a smoker. but i have bought a lot of those cheap bic lighters and scattered them around in my gear. so i will not be far from one. i have a number of pouches with wooden matches. with strikers.
( avoid strike anywhere as they can flash up in the carry case).
then a number of magnesium sticks. i do not know of a source for flints. not sure if i want to try the friction way. but might just to try it.
but a 9 volt battery and soapless steel brillo pads.
I retired at 62 and thought I would become a survivalist. For something to do. I went into the woods studying tree identification, and plant Identification. I did well with this. But you will not survive on trees and plants. You will need to procure game meat of any kind. Oh yeah, forget squirrels. You cannot eat enough squirrels in one day to get 2000 calories. Eating a squirrel is like having a hot dog right. You don't survive on hotdogs. So the lone wolf in the woods is going to die. Even real wolves know this. It really does take a village. Infact one of the worst punishments delivered in the American Indian tribes would be to banish a tribe member for bad behavior. Because it's impossible to survive alone. So now I know that I will have to forge relationships with my neighbors and band together if the apocalypse ever does happen. Because we will have to stick together and defend the neighborhood, we live in to survive the hordes that will descend on us for our resources. Even then we may not make it. But I guarantee that I will not be a willing victim. I will go down fighting.
Algorithm comment . FOR YT'S happiness... or ...? 🍺 😂😂
Great arguments. Can you share a bit more about your trainer background? It seems you know quite a bit. Thanks.
Awesome video
Great video! Where'd you get the cap you're wearing?
TRC outdoors
@@ONThree thank ya sir
All of the skills you are talking about are good things to practice and be able to do because you never have the luxury of picking your survival situation.
You can't really go gear-heavy unless you have a form of conveyance to hual it. You won't rise to a crisis, you will FALL to your level of training...
Charred cloth is almost completely useless. You have 50 other methods that are easier and faster and more effective. Seriously, this is 2024 not 1904. If you have a "survival " tin, then you also have a lighter and or matches in it.
The majority of water would evaporate
One of my pet peeves is the whole I’m gonna only boil my water to drink it, instead of filtering it. Have you ever tried to drink hot water in the summer time? It’s so not fun waiting for it to cool, when you’re really thirsty. And even then, it’s warm. It’s just not that practical to me. Sure, you’ll stay alive doing that, but the wasted calories getting a fire going just to boil something, along with everything else that entails… just bring a filtration device or water tablets. Shoot, I’ve even seen guys use droplets of bleach, I’d rather do that, then have to boil it all the time. But to each their own, that’s just my dumb opinion I guess. Thanks for sharing
Exactly!
Drinking warm water is not refreshing, however, specifically warm water at body temp about 98⁰f is the best when youre looking at hydration because it can be absorbed imediately rather than your body burning calories to warm it or cool it before it can be absorbed. Pros to cold water is that it can cool you and lower your temp, but it zaps calories and wont hydrate you readily.
I’d rather die trying to survive in the wild than living under an oppressive regime.
All skills has a place and time.
NO SIR,NO! I NEED MY IFAK WITH TOURNIQUET AND SMALL TIN CAN WITH CHARCLOTH! and 5 knives on me with magnacut and kydex sheaths *sips on bud light and unzips very tight pants
My tins are plastic
This blokes a fkn genius.😂😂😂😂
Ha! Thanks!
Instead of rejecting information, increase your understanding. This gentleman needs to study up on the methods he is debunking.
Your daughter is literally a chicken tender 😂
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when you say "we overestimate ourselves" made me remember a video I saw years ago of a girl who makes this BOB and tries to go out of her home in the city to reach the woods... and did not make it even half way through 🥲
And BTW the barefoot hippie survival trip is NOT going to work for you unless you have been doing it your whole life, and even then...probably not😂
That’s good news for me.
Me too brother😂 I just can't do that!😂