Shelter Basic Tarp Setups and an E Fire 2
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Anyone can make it happen in "perfect" conditions. I appreciate you taking advantage of the bad weather to test yourself and teach us. Keep up the good work Dave.
David, you're awesome. I've learned a lot of knowledge from your videos. I loved watching you and Cody on t.v., Dual Survivor. Watched all the time.
This is what I like about Mr. Canterberry, no pre-prepared B.S. His stuff has all the hair on: he built his shelter in the rain - ok, lots of "EXPERTS" can do that. He gathered material and started a fire in the pouring rain - nothing pre- set. Love it. I learn from this man: he IS the real deal. Others can talk their trash about him, don't mean diddley. He delivers the straight goods. From HillSleeper
You go. "Off track" all you want. I learn a lot from your skill & experience. Thanks for all you do. Btw..first time I made a fire with a ferol rod...I was amazed!
What Dave didn't mention was a tool he takes everywhere. The same tool we all carry. It's his brain. Thanks for sharing it with us, Dave. Nice work.
Never any fluff in your videos Dave, just no-nonsense information that works when it matters. Thanks for this one.
As someone that lives in Louisiana with craploads of pine and cedar, I will say that it is fine to cook with pine or soft, resinous woods. The caveat is that you want to wait until it is burned down to coals. Don't cook with the flames! lol That is when you will be sorry. The coals will no longer have any resins so it is a pure, clean heat. With the coals you can quickly stoke a fire back up after cooking, or you can even move some of the coals out of the fire to use just for cooking. Of course some kind of hardwood is more desireable, but sometimes that isn't too feasible when in the woods and all you can see in every direction is pine. Of course that also means the ground will be covered in pine straw... really easy to get a fire going, but also VERY important to keep it safe and under control! lol
***** I can second this. Was out recently and my wife actually came with me. She got hungry and impatient. We had some precut, preseasoned potatoes completely sealed in foil. She put them right in the flames. Despite multiple layers of foil, by the time they were done, they tasted like a burnt pine branch. Disgusting. You can, however, cook over pine (resin) flames if you're using a pot or pan with a lid. I do this with my Fry-Bake pan, but you do end up with a sticky resin soot on the outside. The national forests I camp in are 99% coniferous, so I really don't have much of an option.
Sensational... I really miss these old school, "oh crap, it's starting to rain and I need heat and shelter now" vids. Raw survival skills... Thanks Dave!!
I swear you're the Bob Ross of survival videos! I could watch all day.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Interesting to see you wearing Arborwear tee shirt Dave, as an arborist I respect and wear their pants, 2 different types and they wear really well under heavy use. Keep on keepin on brother.
Listening to your terminology is amazing. This stuff comes natural to you because you literally live this life style.
And have been for decades.
I think common sense and some basic knowledge of the outdoors is so very important. Knife and axe safety go along with it. Also your cordage and knot knowledge is amazing. I absolutely love watching your videos and dearly miss you on dual survival. I highly recommend you to make another tv series your way.!!!! You produce, you hand pick the people involved.
I seriously think it would be very successful Dave. Thank you so much. I watch your videos over and over.
I learn so much. God Bless. !!!!!!!!!
I'm sure you already know this but there may be some viewers who would benefit from learning it. Poison ivy is a vine (I don't know if you have this in Ohio, I'm in GA) that meets your flammability requirements but it can kill you if you burn it, think poison ivy rash in your lungs. I'd mention that it would be wise to learn what the poison plants look like so you don't inadvertently burn them. I've watched a lot of your videos but I don't recall you mentioning these plants before.
(I'm not Dave, but I have an answer.)
Pruning shears can only cut up to 2 in. diameter sticks (and is a struggle at that dia.) and they work best on green wood (live wood). If you try to cut hard wood that is seasoned, which is best for fires, you will have more difficulty than you would if you just busted the sticks over your knee with slow pressure, not to mention using your knife with a baton for cutting/chopping. Tin snips might be a good idea though, serving as both shears and snips!
This reminds me of the last time I scouted in an area of pine woodland and got caught in the rain...I did exactly the same as you did. Started a fire and got dry under my tarp and packed everything away when the rain blew over a few hours later. I then headed home, rather later than planned but it is because of people like you sharing ideas like this, that I was able to cope in that situation. Good work, keep it up :)
Hi Dave, thx for the video. I always have 5 lines permanently attached, 4 to the corners and 1 to the center to pull the tarp up. This gives more head room. The lines are tidily coiled when not in use. You can shave a couple minutes off your setup time with this. Keep up the good work!
I still have friends who can't build fire or understand how IMPORTANT FIRE IS! I practice whenever possible and am always the one they turn to when they say, "I'm freezing, start a fire Bill" excellent video. Thanks again
What lengths of cordage do you have in your kit at all times. Building on the fly like this cutting a long spool in a quick pinch wouldn't be very efficient.
Great video Mr. Canterbury. Love the impromptu stuff you sometimes do in your videos. When a situation arises and you can teach us something, we all benefit. Thank you. All the best.
man you guys have some soft weather back east...throw in a 20-40 mph sirling wind plus that rain and then put up your tarp
What kind of shelter would you recommend for a backpacker/hunter in a consistently windy area like Wyoming?
LOVE UR VIDEOS... I would love to take your classes !!!
Great video! I think impromptu is always cool. It lends credibility and it emphasizes an ever present component of survival, flexibility.
thank you for the basic skills videos. My girls and I study them in our homeschooling.
I think it's great the way just having a fire makes you feel a whole lot better.
Thanks Dave, I'm moving to the Eastern Woodlands from the west coast, and video's like this are a great resource to introduce me to the basics. Thanks!
Hi Dave, Thanks for making this combination Shelter & Emergency Fire videos, it really is a great idea. Definitely provides the instruction we need to learn how to deal with & think about solving and preparing these two C’s together on the fly when the weather gets bad real fast! Always enjoy learning from you in these videos! Keep up the good work!
Great vid Dave
life saving no nonsense approach to being caught short outdoors.. brilliant
really enjoy your vids .the knowledge,the presentation; keep up the good work; will be ordering from your store soon.
great video dave... i love most of your videos. most of all i loved the yurt series. what about a series "journal of the cave" as you talked with jeremy while the overnight scout in the cave? ;-) best regards from cologne, germany! arthur
awesome, like allways, Dave!
Should you build an overhead shelter for your fire so if it starts raining heavy, the fire stays lit?
It's been years since this was posted and it's amazing to me that no one's learned from this what making a REAL fire is about in poor (aka emergency) conditions. You'd think that wilderness survival channels on YT would be all over Dave's stuff and reproducing what he's taught already and spreading the good knowledge.
And not that I'm anybody to grade Dave, but that is textbook firecraft. That will give you fire practically every time. Snow, hail, storms, pouring rain, nightfall, no light, blindfolded, windy, poor materials, with the proper tools, it's almost impossible to fail for the skilled woodsman (not impossible, but almost impossible).
Get up your fast burning soft/resinous woods first, built that heat up and those coals, then find some hardwoods for the long burn once that fire is breathing on it's own. I've made hundreds of them in these conditions. No two are ever alike. There's no format other than learning how to adapt to what your region hands you and making it work for you.
This is why Dave's still one of the absolute best on YT. All the fancy graphics and gimmicks on the other channels and all the challenges and made up silly stuff is never going to supercede pure practical basic fundamental survival skills. When I begin to do my videos, these will be my foundation. These will be my standards; Dave's videos.
Great video! How do you determine the proper place to start the fire? You're in close proximity to several pines that supply your kindling. I would be afraid of starting a forest fire. How do you prevent this? Is it a matter of simply controlling the size of your fire dependent on your surroundings? My fear is that fires can quickly get out of control.
No worries, "getting off track." Thanks for making use of a great opportunity Dave!
this was one of your best vids dave....../honestly..great job...safe journeys
Even as an instructor with 1000s of fires under your belt, making fire impromptu in the rain & on camera is just plain excellent! I also like how your are revisiting the basics often.
Question: Since this frame looks similar to a Yukon Chair, could a person make the legs of it longer to create a seat? If anyone could, it’s you, Dave.
This system is calling my name.
How can I send you pictures of the Swedish Wedge (Swedge)configuration that I’ve used with my tarps for 25 years? I think you’d like it.
Great videos always!
Dave is the real deal~
I hope more people educate them selfs on important matters such as this*
This is truly important basic knowledge~*~
I'm curious why you say that magnesium fire starters are a waste of money. I understand that a larger ferro rod is good as they are longer lasting, but why don't you like the idea of magnesium as tender? The biggest issue I see with magnesium is that it takes some time to shave, but it is waterproof and burns extremely hot. Also good brands of magnesium fire starters are much easier to shave then the generic brands.
Living up here in Maine "the pine tree state" this is the common practice for getting a fire started. It is almost impossible to fail once you have that clump of pine sap! I fill a chewing tobacco tin with it and keep it well stocked during my tramps. If you have a metal chew container you can place some on the lid and use it for a candle or mini heat source for cooking under your canteen stove. It does make things soot up good though. Thanks Dave!
Hey Dave, Something you might want to point. Will be speaking to the chour to some but being basic.. I even noticed it in one of the other Basic Vids. Showing how to get the dead UPPER branches on that Pine tree. You would be surprised at how many out there don't know how to get those branches down. Awesome vid. Great Series!
Dave, just wanted to say I'm so glad you continue to educate us on here for free and I miss you on the Dual Survival show. Appreciate your hard work and dedication to this channel, brother! Keep up the great work and God bless!
Always like the prompto moments. It shows the reality of being outdoors. Being able to adjust and reset priorities on the fly is what can help save your life. One of the big things I have always liked about you Dave! Keep up the great work!
I could smell that fire after you got it going and I'm in CA...great instruction Dave, thanks for sharing it.
Seriously one of the best videos SHOWING how to do emergency shelter building. Fire, imo, is included in that.
Wow Dave...that was most excellent!!
I've got plans to hit the dirt this weekend.. I'm planning a little fire practice.
Thanks a lot for the video =D
In my kit I have got a tarp. I also got a puptent for shelter.
I will use the tarp for a shelter if I had to.
A couple days ago I got a Alice pack with a frame and a sleeping bag for $23.00.
From the same guy at a yard sale I got 3 ammo packs for a $1.00 each to organize my kit.
I feel that a kit should have things that will make surviving in the woods a little better.
I might have to be out there for a long time.
I love pine, not so good for cooking over but still love it for getting my fires going, I was going to ask a question just alittle off topic about on the glob of sap roughly how long do you think that it would burn for on its own? I have never tested it by itself before. They could be a few reasons why this would be improtant ie whie its buring gives you more time to get wood and you know for sure that the fire is not and most likely will not go out even if it does start to rain harder etc
Thanks for the tips on specifying that it's the properties of the tree or plant that is important. I had a cottonwood tree nearby that the bark was torn and shredded from a big winter storm last year. I stored as much of that as I could and have been using that as a fire starter for campfires all summer. :) It was a peeling tree bark, but because the wind did the work, it was torn and broken down into stringy lengths
I have yet to get a spark to catch on anything but a cotton ball, could be my striker trying a new one, your videos and Sarges are helping me, but man in the dirt its a lot different then watching a video! Dry grass just kept smothering and smoking, we had one dry christmas tree branch and man that thing went up like a torch on the cotton ball flame. It almost too quick were running and scrabbling to keep it going, I am so use to newspaper balls and the Bic lol it was bring in clowns but fun
Great video. I dont know if you made a video about another topic , but what about plants to avoid ? ivey and poison oak . That stuff can drive you nutz if you get a good dose. How to stop the ithing? oh and chiggers especially when making bed padding.. Thanks Dave
Always good to see a campfire, even in a video :)
I'll be out this weekend, with a tarp, and I was wondering if you have any tips and tricks against skeeters, bugs, mosquitos. Especially for nighttime, when you're sleeping in the open.
I don't like the chemical stuff. Is there something natural maybe?
This video is amazing. Need to learn more about trees . Learning a lot. Would be amazing to see more of these in different conditions, places, etc. To learn about my environment in Miami for camping in the glades, and other places. Thanks Dave
its 12:58 in the morning here in ohio and im inspired to go start a fire in the back yard right now, lol, just on the fly, total darkness. with my fero and thats it. maybe my steel wool we'll see. thanks dave for the video. ill be out back! cya
You may want to make a best of list on your channel and put this one in it.... This was extremely well done, and hopefully many of the folks who watched it realize that if they can reliably pull off the two skills demonstrated in this video they have a 99.9 percent chance of surviving any bad mojo mother nature throws at them ..... Many people have perished because they lacked the knowledge to pull these two things off before inclement weather or the temperature dropping after sundown...
Dave, can you pull the hoody part of the poncho down to use as a pocket to hold some of your stuff while using the poncho as a tarp? Also, just an idea here; If the bag used to contain the poncho/tarp was attached to the inside of the poncho at the belly (like a kangaroo pouch only on the inside) you could use that as an inside pocket to keep any items that you might want on-hand from getting wet. Well, that is my to cents. Good stuff
nice video you were right to go ahead with the fire cause within the first two minutes of the video i was wondering if you were going to light one to show us it can be done in the rain. you did make it look easier than it is , but its something you have done more than once.i've tried 2 times the first time i was able to get fire the second time i tried until it got so dark i couldn't see so i had to use a trusty bic
Dave thanks for the great video as usual, Just checked the store and am wondering is the tarp included in the poncho shelter system the same as the tarp in the video? You may have a pricing error on the site, the poncho by itself is almost double the price of the "system". I could be confused, they might be different products. Just wanted to let you know in case there was an error. Keep up the great work.'
Thanks
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Just want to say that I went backpacking last weekend and my buddy was in charge of bringing extra fuel for the alcohol stoves. Well, he forgot and due to all the millions of fire vids I've watched that you have made really helped. Pulled off a few tricks that I learned from these vids and we had hot meals even in the thunderstorm drenched environment we were in. Had zero thoughts that I couldn't do it, practice enough that my GF says I may be a pyromaniac. Thank "YOU" for everything you do.
I purchased a Trek Light hammock from your store bout a year or so ago and it's a great piece of gear. Doesn't weigh much and a piece of cake to set up. Had to get a mosquito net for it cus n these parts they'll carry your butt off even with repellant on, lol. Just wanted to say congrats on the new store in Indianpolis and thanks for selling top notch gear brother! May the Lord continue to bless you and yours.
The other day I asked you how you would start a fire in extremely wet conditions and you answered " fatwood in your environment." Thanks for showing what you'd do if you didn't have any fatwood. This vid answered my quest to the "T", appreciate that. I live close to Wilmington, NC and it's pretty much all pine forests around here. I'm confident now that I can start a fire in my environment under wet conditions without sureflame methods. I will definitely practice this now....thank you sir!!
Great video! I'm sure you've probably covered this in one or more of your other videos, but I haven't found it yet. What do you think of magnesium fire starters? I used to carry one with me all the time, and although I did use it several times it was never under problematic conditions. I could have just as easily started the fire without it. I know a lot of people like them, but I've also heard a few say that they are near worthless under bad conditions. Your thoughts?
The information is solid but it's all situation-oriented.
I live in a different country but I had Pines around me all my life and I've never even seen a huge bundle of sap like that once.
Plus, in places like south France or northern England (like the Lake District) making a fire will be an imaginary scenario. It's too wet, the rain drops are too big and it's simply wet all the freakin time.
I took A LOT from the process and knowledge but it certainly doesn't apply to everything.
Good video, Dave! Was wondering how long it would take to gather that pine sap from the tree (like if you lodged a blade/stick in the trunk or cut into it & let it flow to gather it)? Also, would the dry sap light up like that? I figure it might work if powdered (like Maya dust). Would love to get to one of your classes to really learn this stuff, but I can't get out there just yet. Is the virtual classroom like this, but expanded?
very well done, the fire bonus is a plus since it shows how potentially easy it is to make a fire if you have patience and keep a level head, camp where your fuel is, make your fire sustainable and always go a little bigger than what you think is optimum for your initial kindling bundle(which ever shape you choose), no use in risking having a failure due to a small mistake or being too lazy to get more. without needing to film, you would have had that whipped up and lit in a couple minutes.
I really like the way you have been doing the videos and the topics , I can really see how good you have gotten with the editing and shoting of your videos and I like the music on the sections that are showing the progres of things and have no talking just the music . I really have learned a lot watching this videos and I know the presntation really helps a lot of people that learn and watch your videos great job Dave !
This post is off topic but I'm not sure where else to post it. Can you use a Pellet gun say a .22 caliber to procure food in the form of small animals like squirrels , rabbits etc cetera? Thanks I love your videos series!
Dave just subscribed to your channel not to long ago. I'm very impressed with the knowledge I'm picking up from you and your school. I spend many hours durning the hunting season in South East TN in the woods. This is giving me great confidence in survival capabilities if I ever need it. Thanks for your channel.
great tip on the big fire v small fire for drying clothing! you always have some small piece of info you have never shared before! glad to see you go "full speed" setting up a tarp, would love to see how fast you can really do it when not worrying about teaching and moving a camera. great vid as always brother!
Hey Dave, I've been following your channel for a long time now and there are a lot of videos about fire but I don't recall any fire-safety videos. Can you show us how to make sure that our camping fire won't cause any large fires in the wood, especially at night when we go to sleep. Thanks in advance. - Niyazi from Turkey.
nice profile picture, i have that tattoo on my back, where abouts in coshocton do you camp, im just over here in columbus but my dad lives in coshocton. dave is in jackson ohio at his school
Great vid! I was taught by uk forces to not break timber on knees or shins, could end up not being able to walk from peroneal nerve damage. Looking forward to the next instalment. Take care.
Another great video as usual! I do have just one small critique, taught to me in uk forces, and it was to refrain from snapping timber on your knees or shins., cant tab with a bust knee. :)
If that doesn't just prove how fast a camp can be set up. one of the most concise videos out there done in the rain to reinforce the methods and teachings.
Dave can you make it any easier?
Great vid sir. Got my first spider hole started last weekend, made a ridgeline shelter. Got my pack ready and found an old Hickory knife at Ace hardware for 8 bucks. You are an inspiration and got this 36 year old off the couch sir. Thank you. Overhang on this one is a great idea.
Dave have you ever considered making a series on ATV where you survive with the opportunity of having an ATV or snowmobile etc. and what supplies would take if going and a trail ride in case some sort of thing would happen. thanks i really like your videos.
How do you deal with the rain running off the back of your tarp and then flowing along the ground into your dry area? It looks like the rear of the tarp is slightly uphill in the video. We used to just dig a small ditch to divert it, but this is supposedly taboo in this era of "Leave No Trace".
Dave I never see any one build some kind of protection over there fire to keep the rain off.I understand if you have a big fire.and there are times we might not have time to build some kind of protetion over the fire.I mean we spend all that time get a fire and then here comes a down pour.
That big fire for drying clothes vs a small fire seems like some great advice Dave. Thanks! Of course I live in the Nevada desert and very rarely have to worry about rain. when it does rain the big worry is not being in a low spot when the flash floods run through the area.
I've seen you start probably a hundred fires over the years but I still sit through the vids until the end. I personally have started very few fires and then only just to see if I could do it. If I ever need it I hope these hours of seeing you do it come in handy. Thanks for the vids.
If you DID have to use pine to start your fire in wet conditions...and then put some other hard woods close to the fire to be drying out so you could eventually use that fire to cook...how long after you get the other hard woods to catch would you have to wait before you could cook on the fire?
Cool, Dave! That pine sap was a good find. How fast do you think you could gather it from the tree? Like if you chopped a blade into the side & left it there for the sap to flow onto it? P.S.- Would it still light up that fast if it was dried & solidified? Maybe you'd need to powder it up?
I am so blessed to have found ur vids and I enjoy the knowledge but wish I could download ur knowledge into my head, you didn't just start this lifestyle yesterday and I didn't have the opportunity to join the Boy scouts as a kid in the early years, thanks so much for ur efforts in helping us, when you start out behind the eight ball it is frustrating when you see how much you don't know.
For sure and certain, this is an exceptional instructional video. Campfire on the fly... in the rain no less. Let's give a round of applause for the star of the show...... pine sap.
magblocks SUCK! if you want a metal match, get a ferro rod like the one he sells on the pathfinder store! BTW, his fire starters are the best sure-fire starters around. period. I'm not affiliated to him in any way...just one happy customer.
Awesome job thinking on your feet and also teaching a very valuable lesson that you have to adapt to the enviroment and be level headed enough to chanfe the plan when you need to, cause mother nature doesn't care what your plans are you are at her mercy.
Dave just off topic. Im sure you have said this before but cant remember what video it is. If you had to have only the bare minimum items to take out in the woods and stay for a long period of time what would you take.. Axe gun mess kit?
Good stuff. I'm doing an overnight Friday into Saturday. They're announcing scattered thunderstorms for Friday. This info is very useful. Although my plan is to build a modified brush shelter, I'll be initially setting up a tarp to use at the start.
Thanks for showing the fire making. I'm sure I'm not the only one who struggles when it's damp, let alone raining. Lots of great info for sure! Would you ever sacrifice one of your 12g shells and use the primer/gunpowder to create a fire?
Great vid, In the british army we were taught not to break timber with our knees or legs, can't tab with peroneal nerve damage. Keep info coming, your an inspiration!
Hey Dave, great video. You got the fire going in short order. Jam up job. I have learned alot from you over the past year. You do carry the large Ferro rods on your web site?
Fantastic video...you have shown the quickness that must be stressed in a life saving situation...your own!
Off-track?...I actually thought the video was to the point...a detailed expanation of how to pitch a quick tarp shelter and start a damp fire...a totally likely scenerio for anyone who spends time in the backcountry.
I dried out my soaking wet shoes over a small fire. Took quite a while, but as long as they're wet you can get them in close, and you can move them back accordingly. I did burn my laces though. Paracord fixed that.
Thanks for sharing. The best tip i got was drying my gear. Music was cool for the fire. I find music in the back ground while people are talking a distraction playing while were just watching the fire was cool.
Great video! But i still have a question, i live in an area with very few pines and pine like trees. But a lot of oak and birch. If i wanted to start a fire, which items should i take? I'm thinking birch bark?
Hey Dave, Great Video! Been a fan for a while. Just wanted to ask if sometime you could show the distance or the where abouts you put you fire to your shelter. Also if you could do one with a hammock? Thanks again Dave!!!
i think its a great learning video showing it don't matter who you are mother nature is still boss that you have to be ready to adapt to the climate change regardless of your skill level and get that dirt time
Lucky you had pine available! Finding enough dry tinder might entail carving a dead branch to get the core for fire starting and kindling! Nice demonstration worth a thousand words!