I carry a cheap lightweight tarp with me. Have that and some bungee cords or rope you will have a waterproof shelter. I built an A Frame shelter in the woods years ago using scraps and it still stands also. I let the wildlife use it now and put hay in there before the winter.
Agree with you 110%. Use what you have. Improvise is the name of the game. About 20 years ago we went camping up around Lewiston, mi. Well when I got home from work on a Friday night. Wife said she was all packed an ready for the 3 hour road trip. Well when we got up there. Figured out she had forgot the tent poles. Wife wanted to turn around an go home an kids were crying. They wanted to stay. So I did the right thing an strung rope I had from tree to tree. One huge spider web. But hey I was there an the fishing is good at that lake. So I improvised. Have done it enough in my years of woods tramping. Now my son which is my youngest reminds mom all the time to think outside the box. At least he learned something that day. Lol Keep up the great work
Thanks Dave, yes that did help me to understand survival shelter concepts!! I remember when you and Brooke built that..two years and still standing, Awesome!
I built quite a few shelters similar to this in my younger days in Newfoundland, Canada. Not just for an emergency weather event but as an overnight shelter for hunting and fishing. A lot of the time a bough whiffen, with a fire right outside, would be enough in the spring and fall. A great message and another solid video Dave.
Cool fact, before the stone castle of Europe they had an abundance of wood, as per your advice they used what they had a lot of, timber, the early castles were all wood. Once that resource was used up they ended up using stone. By the way, even a thick forest floor of dropped pine needles, in great abundance can be use for debris shelter, use a lot of them, just like leaves maybe better. It is really beautiful to walk through a big stand of white pine, so quiet and open. Great points on shelters.
Thanks DPS. Totally agree about the pines! Growing up in Michigan, i loved the white pine woods. Big red pine are really cool too. You get so used to seeing them planted in rows ( for power poles) that you kind of take them for granted as an awesome tree. When you see BIG one by itself its an impressive beautiful tree. When I was a really young my grandpa planted 50 acres of his land in red/white pines......I hunted them in high school, and when they got about 20' tall it was surreal too go into them as the lower branches die and the floor is totally covered in a smooth blanket of needles. You can get down low and see for 100's of yards down the rows of trees....dead branches and the never ending floor of needles........just a weird site.
Dave that's a cool shelter and great advice too. Like the wall barrier to with the smaller pcs, good wind break also. It's almost the same what me and my younger brother built on the farm back in the early 70's. Went in the bush and gather up whatever we could use to build it. There was lots of fallen trees and made a few walls then piled smaller stuff on the roof. One time carrying a log, I turned and the log ripped my face open on the left side chin area. It was 10 miles too the hospital and did it ever hurt too. It took lot's of the staff just to hold me down getting those stitches. Got one big scare from it. Later on we tried starting a fire on the inside, see videos of how to do it now we didn't know how as kid's and boom the shelter was on 🔥. My oldest grandfather had to throw lots of water on it then the garden hose and burnt a big area of bush too. Boy did get in trouble when the old man get home.
@@Bushradical yea that's for sure. Did it again about 6 years later near our cottage and good thing it was winter so the snow helped putting it out quick. Best place for a small 🔥 is in the middle with higher roof then with a good pit. See lot's of videos just outside the entrance which is a better place.
Yeah place I've camped most is a Big Beech wood might do that next time. Also there are occasionally thinning operations and they just leave loads of green downed young trees also good if you want to poach handle material haha.
I have a lot of super old trees on my place and if I shoot outside I always get a ton of birds in the background. I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE WOODPECKERS than we have.....but they don't really make much noise.
Dave , I hear you. My principal is KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid. Fairbanks -30 snow. El Paso, Yucca plant , rocks and sand. Here in Central Texas cedar branches and oak.
Great video Dave, have you and or Brooke ever made a shelter out of snow? Just curious? One of the things I miss most about home are hardwood forests, specifically oak trees. I would be interested in seeing you do a similar video up here in Alaska. Just a suggestion.
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I think it was covered pretty well on alnone. I laid out where it was going to go then I dug a trench 6" wide by 15" deep. Then you put in upright poles just like fenceposts. I lashed the top together with a pole and some twine I found......then packed the bottoms of the hole full dirt to hold the posts solid
Great video as always! Just curious if you are related to any of the Whipples that raced at Thunderbird , Winston, and I think Berlin Raceway in Michigan?? I remembered the name from when I was younger and went to the races.
Nope. But I know Berlin race way really well. I used to sneek into the ponds behind the raceway and fish bass. Never saw a race. I used to live a mile from there when I was kid ( on week ends and summers ) with my mom. I used to catch huge snapping turtles in a big farm pond off of Hayze st.
Have you ever used clay to build a shelter, or an oven type heat source you can also cook in? Also, have you ever spent a night in a snow hole? I've seen survival type shows where someone is trapped in a huge blizzard in deep snow, and they dig a hole in the snow, and actually close the hole with packed snow and apparently it can get warm in those. So these weren't like an igloo which are level with the ground, these are dug down deep and completely enclosed to wait out the storm, and spend a warm night or two in. I built them when I was a punk kid all the time, when we had snow ball wars. I always built a huge tunnel system which opened up on multiple ends to a tow where I had strategically placed multiple snowballs read to thrash my punk friends with faces full of snowball hell!!! I alone tasted victory over and over, and I credit my over ambitious snow tunneling skills! I spend hours in my snow maze, and I often wondered if something like that would actually save lives in an emergency situation? Loving the channel bro! Just watching, throwing a fresh set of D'Addario nickle XL 9s on the old Casino...yup, really manly the guitar is! Jack (I'm a sarcastic bag ' o ' kippers at times!)
Hey Jack, No Ive never used clay ( don't have any around) and yes I have spent the night in a snow cave, on the edge of Lake Superior back in 1996. I even have pictures somewhere. I wouldn't say it got warm though...lol
Very good advice...use what you have a lot of.
I. Will. Never. Get. Sick. Of. These. Types. Of. Videos!
Thanks B.B.!
I carry a cheap lightweight tarp with me. Have that and some bungee cords or rope you will have a waterproof shelter. I built an A Frame shelter in the woods years ago using scraps and it still stands also. I let the wildlife use it now and put hay in there before the winter.
Agree with you 110%. Use what you have. Improvise is the name of the game. About 20 years ago we went camping up around Lewiston, mi. Well when I got home from work on a Friday night. Wife said she was all packed an ready for the 3 hour road trip. Well when we got up there. Figured out she had forgot the tent poles. Wife wanted to turn around an go home an kids were crying. They wanted to stay. So I did the right thing an strung rope I had from tree to tree. One huge spider web. But hey I was there an the fishing is good at that lake. So I improvised. Have done it enough in my years of woods tramping. Now my son which is my youngest reminds mom all the time to think outside the box. At least he learned something that day. Lol Keep up the great work
Great story. we're 3 hours from Lewiston too. We must be in the same neck of the woods.
I'm from the thumb. About in the middle
Oh right on. We have a place south of Cadillac.
Dave I can tell that you did not miss to many days of man class . Well Done
LOL thanks
I love this type of information video. Spot on and filled with real usable stuff!!! Thanks again for everything you do blessings 😇
Thanks for watching.
I will probably never be in a survival situation, But you never know what will happen from day to day.
Thank you for sharing.💖
Thanks.
Thanks Dave, yes that did help me to understand survival shelter concepts!! I remember when you and Brooke built that..two years and still standing, Awesome!
I think the vid of us building that shelter is Brooke's highest viewed video.
What an Awesome Shelter.Love it!!
Great video Dave, and awesome advice
Thanks
I built quite a few shelters similar to this in my younger days in Newfoundland, Canada. Not just for an emergency weather event but as an overnight shelter for hunting and fishing. A lot of the time a bough whiffen, with a fire right outside, would be enough in the spring and fall. A great message and another solid video Dave.
Cool fact, before the stone castle of Europe they had an abundance of wood, as per your advice they used what they had a lot of, timber, the early castles were all wood. Once that resource was used up they ended up using stone. By the way, even a thick forest floor of dropped pine needles, in great abundance can be use for debris shelter, use a lot of them, just like leaves maybe better. It is really beautiful to walk through a big stand of white pine, so quiet and open. Great points on shelters.
Thanks DPS. Totally agree about the pines! Growing up in Michigan, i loved the white pine woods. Big red pine are really cool too. You get so used to seeing them planted in rows ( for power poles) that you kind of take them for granted as an awesome tree. When you see BIG one by itself its an impressive beautiful tree. When I was a really young my grandpa planted 50 acres of his land in red/white pines......I hunted them in high school, and when they got about 20' tall it was surreal too go into them as the lower branches die and the floor is totally covered in a smooth blanket of needles. You can get down low and see for 100's of yards down the rows of trees....dead branches and the never ending floor of needles........just a weird site.
Great video DW. You have a great way of explaining things.
Thanks John.
Excellent video. Great content and well expressed. Thank you!
Thanks Nathan, Appreciate the comment.
Solid advice Dave
Thanks Dano.
super smart...good video brother...common sense at it's best...
Thanks
Thanks Dave for sharing that. Makes sense about use what you have the most of. ATB Mike
Thanks MFO.
Perfect..., A+ explanation!
Thanks.
Very sound advice. Your an excellent teacher Dave. I appreciate your skills. -Stephen, Ohio
Thanks Stephen.
Great Advice Dave!!!
Thanks K.
Your awesome and sooooo smart that people will think your from Michigan!!! Blessings to you and your family 😇 🇺🇸
Thanks MrSixGUNZ!
Dave that's a cool shelter and great advice too. Like the wall barrier to with the smaller pcs, good wind break also. It's almost the same what me and my younger brother built on the farm back in the early 70's. Went in the bush and gather up whatever we could use to build it. There was lots of fallen trees and made a few walls then piled smaller stuff on the roof. One time carrying a log, I turned and the log ripped my face open on the left side chin area. It was 10 miles too the hospital and did it ever hurt too. It took lot's of the staff just to hold me down getting those stitches. Got one big scare from it. Later on we tried starting a fire on the inside, see videos of how to do it now we didn't know how as kid's and boom the shelter was on 🔥. My oldest grandfather had to throw lots of water on it then the garden hose and burnt a big area of bush too. Boy did get in trouble when the old man get home.
wow! its a good thing it wasnt any worse. Ive caught a shelter on fire before too.....you need a pretty big shelter to pull off even a tiny fire
@@Bushradical yea that's for sure. Did it again about 6 years later near our cottage and good thing it was winter so the snow helped putting it out quick. Best place for a small 🔥 is in the middle with higher roof then with a good pit. See lot's of videos just outside the entrance which is a better place.
Dave, Very informative video.
Thanks for sharing.
Stay safe in the woods.
Thanks
As always, great video.
Thanks
Thanks Dave: A lot of good survival stuff that we always need reminding about. Thanks Brian 77
Thanks Brian.
We need more dudes like you my good sir.
Thanks Ben.
Totally agree with u Dave! My ancestors used sand and wood for their shelters... called a Hogan.
Right on. Mine used piled up rocks.
Yeah place I've camped most is a Big Beech wood might do that next time. Also there are occasionally thinning operations and they just leave loads of green downed young trees also good if you want to poach handle material haha.
Excellent! Thank you!
Loved it! Thanks!
Thanks for the update, on how the shelter held up. A new coat of leaves, and it’d be good as new.
Yeah, it could use a LOT of new leaves!
Watching and learning. Thanks for these videos.
Thanks Joanne.
Love the blue Jays swacking.😁
I have a lot of super old trees on my place and if I shoot outside I always get a ton of birds in the background. I'VE NEVER SEEN MORE WOODPECKERS than we have.....but they don't really make much noise.
Excellent video Dave, being your neighbor to the west, Wisconsin has very similar materials.
Yup, same type of woods for sure.
Excellent video love your content
Thanks Carmen, I appreciate that.
That’s some good information and it’s so simple.
Thanks Scott!
I’m going to try this with my friends
Good instructional video there Brother. Shalom
Thanks JRP. Shalom!
Great info. Thanks.
Thanks
Cool video
Great advice. Hey, if all you have is a junk pile, use the junk!
Dave , I hear you. My principal is KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid. Fairbanks -30 snow. El Paso, Yucca plant , rocks and sand. Here in Central Texas cedar branches and oak.
right on! Whatever you have a bunch of!
Great video Dave, have you and or Brooke ever made a shelter out of snow? Just curious? One of the things I miss most about home are hardwood forests, specifically oak trees. I would be interested in seeing you do a similar video up here in Alaska. Just a suggestion.
Back in the Spring of 97' we went camping up on Lake Superior and we dug a snow cave in a 14' high drift and spent the night in it.
Great video Dave!!!!
Thanks!
Thanks this helps with boy scouts a lot.
You're welcome Jack.
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Thanks Jorge!!
Much appreciated Dave :)
thanks Deb.
Ahahaha I saw Maisy in the background and thought she was a deer for a second haha
I want to see how you made that awesome cabin on Alone. And so quickly! Can you show us how you made that one?
I think it was covered pretty well on alnone. I laid out where it was going to go then I dug a trench 6" wide by 15" deep. Then you put in upright poles just like fenceposts. I lashed the top together with a pole and some twine I found......then packed the bottoms of the hole full dirt to hold the posts solid
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Great video as always! Just curious if you are related to any of the Whipples that raced at Thunderbird , Winston, and I think Berlin Raceway in Michigan?? I remembered the name from when I was younger and went to the races.
Nope. But I know Berlin race way really well. I used to sneek into the ponds behind the raceway and fish bass. Never saw a race. I used to live a mile from there when I was kid ( on week ends and summers ) with my mom. I used to catch huge snapping turtles in a big farm pond off of Hayze st.
Thank you friend
Thanks for watching.
Thanks man, nice video.
You bet ! Thanks for watching.
Amen!
Have you ever used clay to build a shelter, or an oven type heat source you can also cook in?
Also, have you ever spent a night in a snow hole? I've seen survival type shows where someone is trapped in a huge blizzard in deep snow, and they dig a hole in the snow, and actually close the hole with packed snow and apparently it can get warm in those.
So these weren't like an igloo which are level with the ground, these are dug down deep and completely enclosed to wait out the storm, and spend a warm night or two in.
I built them when I was a punk kid all the time, when we had snow ball wars. I always built a huge tunnel system which opened up on multiple ends to a tow where I had strategically placed multiple snowballs read to thrash my punk friends with faces full of snowball hell!!!
I alone tasted victory over and over, and I credit my over ambitious snow tunneling skills!
I spend hours in my snow maze, and I often wondered if something like that would actually save lives in an emergency situation?
Loving the channel bro! Just watching, throwing a fresh set of D'Addario nickle XL 9s on the old Casino...yup, really manly the guitar is!
Jack (I'm a sarcastic bag ' o ' kippers at times!)
Hey Jack, No Ive never used clay ( don't have any around) and yes I have spent the night in a snow cave, on the edge of Lake Superior back in 1996. I even have pictures somewhere. I wouldn't say it got warm though...lol
Good stuff
Thanks
Wish I could send you a pic of the U.P sunset.
bushradical@outlook.com you can send me a pic or a message there. Thanks Sandy
Hey, nice video. Off topic question what's that jacket you are wearing, looks real nice?
Hey Jonas. Its an army surplus parka liner.
Bushradical, thanks for the reply.
Good information to have incase my wife comes to her senses and puts me out in the cold for a night or two,,,lol
......lots of insulation this time of year.........
Will snakes get in those shelter??
no
Thats brooks shelter bave
Brooke and I built this shelter in 2015 as part of our video application for Alone on the History channel.
A German BW army liner.
I think you're right.
I've got 2 of them with the parka.
Greetings from the German neighbours, the Netherlands.
Greetings! Gutten tag.