Building Bushcraft Shelter and crafting survival traps

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  • I build a survival shelter using dead wood and simple hand tools. The fire pit I built using sand from the bunker nearby. I built a retractable roof which I can open and close and I harvested some hazel from my woods and crafted a simple primitive fish trap.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 186

  • @zippitydoodah5693
    @zippitydoodah5693 Рік тому +87

    You've proved you can make a traditional roof from all natural materials. Using a tarp for THIS camp is practical, smart, and useful. I salute your pragmatism.

    • @mHysteresis
      @mHysteresis Рік тому +3

      Just with the price of a tarp like that that hurts to see nails in it.

  • @jemc4276
    @jemc4276 Рік тому +26

    THIS is the type of old school TA Outdoors episode I absolutely love. I know you have a very broad audience Mike but this one was definitely for me. Thanks mate. 🙏

  • @jamesellsworth9673
    @jamesellsworth9673 Рік тому +11

    Back to the basics of TA Outdoors: LOVE IT! The traditional hearth makes a fine addition to your buildings. The new shelter is coming along very well. Of course, a fella has to eat, but I would have made a fire reflector first and the fish trap next. I would count on getting the fish from your Father!🙂

  • @tahoemike5828
    @tahoemike5828 Рік тому +15

    Idea: nail one end of a length of paracord to the midpoint of the log at the front edge of the tarp roof. Roll the tarp down to the back of the roof, allowing the cordage to wind up with it. Leave enough tag end to reach up and hang just over the front edge of the roof, cut it off and tie a knot. By pulling, or releasing, the cord you should be able to adjust the roof by yourself.

    • @TAOutdoors
      @TAOutdoors  Рік тому +6

      Yes! I have a really similar idea to this to make it easier in the future. Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻

    • @1967AJB
      @1967AJB Рік тому +2

      Grrr - beaten by two comments.

    • @6point8esspcee68
      @6point8esspcee68 Рік тому

      Haha......was coming to suggest that exact thing

  • @HariKristiyanto
    @HariKristiyanto Рік тому +1

    Good job, Mike 👍

  • @jamescanjuggle
    @jamescanjuggle Рік тому +4

    grinding away at my job as a coffee monkey to buy land and get to do this sort of stuff more often. Been watching you for years now and nearly every video is a great reminder for myself its worth saving every penny for the life i want to live.

  • @trudyschaffer8016
    @trudyschaffer8016 Рік тому +8

    Am a fan from the early days of your channel. You are a master of your craft. Thank you for bringing back these good memories!👍🦞🌲

  • @Fish4Man61
    @Fish4Man61 Рік тому

    Whats needed for some: many like me can do this. What happens when people flee to the wilderness to hide from the bad ones and we know that is coming soon. All these shelters can be found by most military looking. Staying warm when one can not have a fire. These are nice just to camp in a wonderful society. People need taught actual how to survive with people searching for them!

  • @ItsJustApollo123
    @ItsJustApollo123 Рік тому +1

    a true pioneer of bushcraft on youtube

  • @user-dq6hz2yk6t
    @user-dq6hz2yk6t Рік тому +2

    ,Brilliant , as allways ,tie two small ropes to the top log on the tarp roof , so when it rolls back you can pull the ropes and unwind it back up again bud

    • @TAOutdoors
      @TAOutdoors  Рік тому

      Thanks! I do have plans to do something like this but appreciate the feedback 👍🏻

  • @toggsy5663
    @toggsy5663 Рік тому +14

    I like the layout of your camp, it looks rather cozy. You could build a smithing area to add to your camp, a forge, a furnace and a smelter. 😊

  • @insanityknows
    @insanityknows Рік тому +9

    Mike, You have been very inspirational to me. Grew up with outdoor adventures, and , do new stuff. I read survival books. And that progressed to camping and outdoors. Yours was the first channel that I have subscribed to. I live in the Rocky Mountains of the USA. I have introduced English-style bushcraft and wilderness to my blokes here. I've been on some humble adventures since. I am growing in my love for the outdoors and the wilderness of America. Short, sweet, you are awesome and the main subscribe that I tune into. Keep it up and good luck.

  • @TheJaysin67
    @TheJaysin67 Рік тому +1

    I support the tarp decision. I love that you have the option for sun/shade/rain cover.

  • @chiapagringa
    @chiapagringa Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the demonstration of how to make a fish trap. I've seen them used on various "survivor" shows but never knew how they created the conical shape.

  • @davesprague2445
    @davesprague2445 Рік тому +8

    Love the video, it’s great to see building again. Keep up the good job Mike !!!

  • @AtomicPanda-dx1rt
    @AtomicPanda-dx1rt Рік тому +1

    hey i just wanted to thank you so much for all that you've done over the years as a person who loves all thing bush craft and DIY but who has a lot of health related issues and cant really leave my home seeing you and dad do so much has always put a smile on my face and give me home with being stuck inside all the time its easy to let my negative mindset win but its thanks to the people like you that I've not only learned to fight my own negativity but all fight for my health so i hope you all the best and i look forward to your future project's

  • @maxinedurling3425
    @maxinedurling3425 Рік тому +1

    I was watching you fix the tarp up and a thought came into my head. Could you make a wooden gutter to catch the water off of the tarp and maybe either make a hollow out tree trunk or find an old barrel for the water to go into, this would give you some water to use up at the camp. And who cares if the fish trap is not perfect as long as it works

  • @janetwhite3768
    @janetwhite3768 Рік тому +1

    So good to see you back doing what I believe you love best. I love seeing you building etc…..again. Pray your family is well and thriving! 😊

  • @23PNS120
    @23PNS120 Рік тому +21

    Yay, another awesome video on TA Outdoors!!!!!
    I'm really excited to see the increasing progress on the new bushcraft camp.

  • @mariemedina257
    @mariemedina257 Рік тому

    Hello again, thanks for sharing
    Marie from USA

  • @glenhughes8013
    @glenhughes8013 Рік тому

    Propper jealous. I've been working on mine on and off for two years now. I don't have permission so have to sneak in and out. I only use wood that's lying around and don't go in the summer months (because it's boring without a fire) and have to cut all my wood to size away from camp, then sneak it in after dark. There is an element of fun to all that sneaking around, but it would be great to own my own patch of woodland to really go for it!

  • @WhyyyJamal
    @WhyyyJamal Рік тому

    7 years ago I was just a kid and I would use my dads phone when he came back around 11 am, I would stay up and watch your videos, as time passed I forgot about this channel until a couple months back, I loved your videos when I was a kid and still find them to be comforting, thx for being one of the best channels

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for the idea for the chicken coop and the raised bed

  • @onesky8647
    @onesky8647 Рік тому +8

    Always enjoy your outdoor videos, very relaxing at the end of a long work week. :)

    • @TAOutdoors
      @TAOutdoors  Рік тому +4

      Cheers, glad you enjoy them!

  • @stephanygates6491
    @stephanygates6491 Рік тому +2

    It’s rather like a mature version of the beginnings of the first camp. Awesome raised fire pit!

  • @BraxxJuventa
    @BraxxJuventa Рік тому +1

    Thanks for this very nice video Mike! 😁👍😁👍

  • @Wolfyjinny
    @Wolfyjinny Рік тому

    Attach some string/paracord to the roller log in the tarp while it is at full stretch then let it roll to the back, leave enough rope for the free end of the rope to hang over the front edge of the roof then when it rains, pull the rope to unfurl the tarp, you could even add some loops in the rope so that you can hang some logs from it when it's a bit windy.

  • @piddy3825
    @piddy3825 Рік тому

    I'd like to see you craft some bushcraft tools, like a shovel, rake and a wheelbarrow.

  • @survival-alone
    @survival-alone Рік тому +1

    You are very passionate about your work. I love how you do. Wishing you a lot of health, more videos

  • @asdasdas9622
    @asdasdas9622 Рік тому

    Good ol' TAOutdoors stuff is back!

  • @williamneal7210
    @williamneal7210 Рік тому

    D@MN...your bushcraft shelter...is nicer than my house...

  • @csehszlovakze
    @csehszlovakze Рік тому +2

    consider reversing the tarp roof's direction, it's much easier to let it roll down in case of rain or a heat wave, and you'll have all the time in the world to pull it back up, even if you don't make a primitive pulley system that should make it even easier. I grew up with a roof window, so I have over a decade experimenting what's the best alternative.

  • @kingrafa3938
    @kingrafa3938 Рік тому +3

    Great job Mike. The shelter is looking nice and comfortable. Looking forward to the next video.

  • @billparrish4385
    @billparrish4385 7 місяців тому

    18:10 A valid point about the odd number of staves, where you've got your weaver on the outside of a given stave on one course or wrap, then on the next one, it's on the inside of that same stave. An odd number of staves is one way to bind each stave alternately on the inside and outside. Another method is where you use two weavers at the same time, the one always on the inside of that given stave, the other always on its outside, but because there are two weavers, the stave still remains locked into the weave. And with this method using a pair of weavers, you can indeed have an even number of staves, because each one has a weaver alternating inside and outside each course, it's just that it's two different weavers. You can also have an even number of staves with one weaver, and every course just 'jump' two staves, advancing around the circle which two staves you jump. You sometimes see two weavers used when starting the bottom of a basket, with thin weavers to get the flat bottom started. But many basketweavers use a pair of weavers all the way up the basket as well, or also alternate between one and two for interesting patterns in the weave.

  • @FreezyAbitKT7A
    @FreezyAbitKT7A Рік тому +3

    split your hazel saplings and they will bend easier and you get 2 of them.
    If you harvested a mammoth, you could use it's skin for a roof. That would satisfy your traditionalist viewers that are likely agoraphobics.

    • @bbranett2188
      @bbranett2188 Рік тому +1

      Or stitch together 1200+ muskrat pets

  • @londondirt1217
    @londondirt1217 Рік тому

    Get yourself on the next season if Alone (the American version). You’ll smash it!!

  • @old-moose
    @old-moose Рік тому

    As usual, very entertaining. It brings back so many memories of well misspent youth. ;-) Thanks

  • @permatacamping
    @permatacamping Рік тому +1

    Good job my friends___❤🙏🙏

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 11 місяців тому

    That was a really good idea because I can use that for the chicken pan or for my goats

  • @kira07
    @kira07 Рік тому

    Maybe you can make a video how to remove a tree stump using primitive tools? That would be handy : )

  • @richardtauarua6318
    @richardtauarua6318 Рік тому

    Thanx for the commentary mate

  • @motherhubbard3428
    @motherhubbard3428 11 місяців тому

    Have you looked into the old Korean Ondols? They heated their whole home with it and there was no smoke smell. It’s a lot of work and digging, your friends would have to be in on it, but it is a great heating system. Have the chimney come out 15-20’ from the house and put a smoke house over it. It’s a pretty safe way to heat too.

  • @Quietluxury83
    @Quietluxury83 Рік тому

    Creative outdoor kitchen. i like this idea.

  • @Richardjdocherty
    @Richardjdocherty Рік тому +1

    Really enjoyed the slow tv feel to this one 👍🏻 nice quiet start to the Saturday and gonna have to give a fish trap a go

  • @johnwyman5939
    @johnwyman5939 Рік тому

    Nice job on shelter and making fish trap. Nicely done on video!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍

  • @madamecampsalot6384
    @madamecampsalot6384 Рік тому

    TA awesomeness!😊

  • @sharonkatope7199
    @sharonkatope7199 Рік тому +2

    The new fire pit is great! Looking forward to more additions to the shelter - well done! BTW, the tarp roof is perfect considering the purpose of the camp.

  • @MattGeo4754
    @MattGeo4754 Рік тому +1

    I'm still lovin' the cool stuff!

  • @richardmacyczko1580
    @richardmacyczko1580 Рік тому +2

    These videos are awesome. I really love "Bushcraft Camps." My plan when I retire is to buy a small home in the country with enough land to make my own. You have made so many shelters I have so many ideas. Thank you from your friends in Florida USA 🌴

  • @PoeticTwist
    @PoeticTwist Рік тому +1

    Just a small suggestion, for your tarp roof, use some rope that is water resistant, or proof, that you can pull to bring the trap up.

  • @thecrew777
    @thecrew777 Рік тому

    Really enjoying these!!! Great fish trap, btw.

  • @hotlineoperator
    @hotlineoperator Рік тому

    Dry wood is diffucult to peal or bend. If you can submerge it in water, it makes it easier. The kettle hook can also be made from a nail.

  • @user-pb6go1lx5c
    @user-pb6go1lx5c Рік тому

    You should be on the reality show "Alone".

  • @MrGrahamg01
    @MrGrahamg01 Рік тому

    Great video, as usual 👍 thanks for sharing 👏👏👏

  • @adrianbew9641
    @adrianbew9641 Рік тому

    Our ancestors although new where predominant species grew they would of used what was close at hand near lakes and rivers and most likely willow or withy, both which grow close to water and still used today for crab and lobster pots.

  • @ArielleViking
    @ArielleViking Рік тому +1

    Brilliant to see this build progressing. Nice idea to make a crayfish trap, looking forward to a catch n cook. 👍

  • @freddyoutdoors
    @freddyoutdoors Рік тому

    Really enjoyed watching and the fish trap looks cool bet its ace camp best on winter nights

  • @VaDeR-411
    @VaDeR-411 Рік тому +1

    Don't forget to cover it with lead blanket - make you invisible to thermal imaging military tech and some other mil-tec toys.

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 Рік тому +1

    Wow amazing 🤩

  • @josephinegibbs3902
    @josephinegibbs3902 Рік тому

    Thank you for the long quiet section at the beginning. I needed that today. Loved the whole video.

  • @vera599
    @vera599 Рік тому

    Am I the only one that was hearing “No Limit” in the rhythm of the hammering?

  • @abz_bushcraft
    @abz_bushcraft 11 місяців тому

    Hello @ta_outdoors my friend
    I want to tell you that you are unique in making bushcraft shelters. I watch all your videos and get lost

  • @user-pu3mr7lr2k
    @user-pu3mr7lr2k Рік тому

    Вам бы сперва крышу накрыть что бы дождем не измочится. А потом все остальное строить, когда крыша накрыта и дождик не страшен. Молодец все окуратно построено.

  • @joshcline8764
    @joshcline8764 Рік тому

    Sweet camp.

  • @V3ND10L4
    @V3ND10L4 Рік тому

    Maybe use that awesome tarp to do some water collection??

  • @adrianbew9641
    @adrianbew9641 Рік тому

    You want to tie some string to the front roller that will wind up with the tarp and allow you to unroll it when you want.

  • @gca259
    @gca259 Рік тому

    Save the tarp and make a wooden wheelbarrow...?
    The place looks like a country pub smoking shelter 🙂

  • @CrazyManuel94
    @CrazyManuel94 Рік тому

    Actually using partwise modern Materials is a good way to show how little improvements can do a lot in terms of how much time things last.

  • @RancidPlum918
    @RancidPlum918 Рік тому +2

    Very awesome video Mike I learn something every time your amazing 👏

  • @georgeallen8781
    @georgeallen8781 7 місяців тому +1

    i don't know if this rings true for anyone else, but i watch this stuff cos I'm about to be homeless. Is this something anyone else is experiencing?

  • @thebikepackingadventurer
    @thebikepackingadventurer Рік тому +2

    That’s an awesome setup. Lovely woodland really coming together now

  • @carltonbirds
    @carltonbirds Рік тому

    Very lovely

  • @kevinwilliams4899
    @kevinwilliams4899 Рік тому

    Not so much a survival shelter! more a survival detatched Bungalow with outdor facilities. Keep up the great content. I have seen you on Andy & Simons Videos. Now a subscriber.

  • @thewinner7861
    @thewinner7861 Рік тому

    I watched the first 2 of this then 1 hour later you released this

  • @SSRT_JubyDuby8742
    @SSRT_JubyDuby8742 Рік тому

    Like deployed 👍

  • @elterga6224
    @elterga6224 Рік тому +1

    Love the return to the basics!

  • @ethanjamesgarcia3914
    @ethanjamesgarcia3914 7 місяців тому

    I’ve been watching your channel for years and realized I wasn’t subscribed. I just did

  • @T_rainz
    @T_rainz Рік тому +1

    Looking at all the skills you have. I reckon you could do a bamboo style building.
    Excellent work on your bush craft shelter, home from home👍. Me and my dog would love living there

  • @user-pu3mr7lr2k
    @user-pu3mr7lr2k Рік тому

    У вас получился хуторок , очень красиво и лес очень красивый. Только бока в беседки наверное немного закрыть надо. Что бы ветер там не гулял. Еще дровник постройте что бы дрова были сухие и не надо будет заними лазить по сугробам если у вас бывает зима. А еще можно построить дом на дереве рядом. Тоже было бы не плохо или летнию кухню готовить там. По чаще снимайте свои видио они очень интересные и полезные.

  • @elizabethmears5816
    @elizabethmears5816 7 місяців тому

    I would have put a carpet or thick rug underneath the plastic.
    Would stop the friction of the roofing wearing holes in your plastic.

  • @lola_caribou249
    @lola_caribou249 Рік тому

    Love these style of videos reminds of the videos when I subscribed a few years back.
    @18:03there’s an odd scream that can be heard 🤔 not sure what it was. Could be a lamb but it’s not that time of year.
    Keep on doing what you do Mike, your doing awesome💕

  • @ShaunUnderwoodx
    @ShaunUnderwoodx Рік тому

    It's better to have and not need to use this than pray you had when you need to use.. I absolutely love TA outdoors.. the One stop UA-cam channel for everything you need to know when the coming apocalypse arrives.. I'm not sure it's nuclear proof but still? Those tarpaulins have multifunctional so I guess we see 😊.. I presume you own this forest or friend or do you just go into any nearby forest and basically just start building... Of course there are many videos I have to watch so maybe I missed that part as to what I can see this forest looks very very familiar from other videos I have watched.. bro you're amazing... Thank you for the awesome.. totally awesome outdoors 💪👍

  • @tbrowniscool
    @tbrowniscool Рік тому

    A bow saw would make all that cutting at least 30% easier/faster. Great video!

  • @user-qt2br7oo4i
    @user-qt2br7oo4i Рік тому +1

    凄い技術ですね😊

  • @channchum3542
    @channchum3542 Рік тому

    Made for skills building houses 🏡 I want to build 🤝👍❤️

  • @rickywhite7578
    @rickywhite7578 Рік тому

    Excellent

  • @stevekunz6573
    @stevekunz6573 Рік тому

    Tarps are just as bushcraft as rope, and knife, well done my friend.

  • @snoxander6333
    @snoxander6333 Рік тому

    Cool video 👍🏽

  • @nicholasnapier2684
    @nicholasnapier2684 11 місяців тому

    That’s what I wanna do an East Tennessee

  • @widascamping-kk5hm
    @widascamping-kk5hm Рік тому

    Skil dan kemampuan hebat.

  • @farmyourbackyard2023
    @farmyourbackyard2023 Рік тому +1

    Very nice. I liked how you rolled up the roof tarp. Smart.

  • @ferdinandosantaniello5090
    @ferdinandosantaniello5090 Рік тому

    Bravissimo

  • @paulgallery310
    @paulgallery310 Рік тому +1

    Great idea with the roof!- Couldn't you fix a long length of Para-Cord to the front edge of the tarp when roof is on (long enough so you can still reach it when the roof is rolled back. That way when you want the roof on again just pull the Para-Cord which would be rolled up with the roof
    :)

  • @sinopaswain
    @sinopaswain Рік тому +1

    First

  • @cahilla54
    @cahilla54 Рік тому

    First time watching your channel and I’ve subscribed straight away. Very informative. Probably one of the only bushcraft UA-camrs who explains what he’s doing and why

  • @hannieuwenhuize
    @hannieuwenhuize Рік тому

    You could roll up a rope with the tarp and be able to roll the tarp up and off more easily

  • @ForestWanderer_YT
    @ForestWanderer_YT Рік тому +1

    That hand saw in the beggining is huge. Is it a Silky?

  • @nitroxinfinity
    @nitroxinfinity Рік тому +1

    Building huts, playing in the sandbox and starting a fire. 🤔Are you sure you're not a kid?

  • @ethanstone8179
    @ethanstone8179 Рік тому

    I love watching your videos have you been to bury saint Edmunds in the uk there’s a reconstructed Anglo Saxon village there called west stow I’d recommend having a look at the buildings and trying one yourself 👍🏻🤞🏻

  • @MrOldclunker
    @MrOldclunker Рік тому

    Seemed interesting up until you pulled the city slicker bug repellent move. Left.