Best Mattress in the Woods! Green Beret Bushcraft Camp Build Part Two
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Continuing the series of the Bushcraft Camp Build with nothing more than vintage gear, including my only three hand tools: a knife, a folding saw, and a hatchet.
During this episode I choose the best shelter location, clear the area to allow for construction of my camp (and set that material aside for future projects), and make my browse bed mattress with the GB2 Bedsleeve.
This series is about a return to more traditional bushcraft skills and enjoying myself doing a solo overnight camping trip, while building the bushcraft camp with more traditional bushcraft gear. I have chosen to use vintage camping gear like an Oilskin Tarp, a selection of leather and waxed canvas items, and some hand forged items that are truly one-of-a-kind like my marlinspike. In addition, there are some items that would be considered more modern mixed in there.
The focus of this series was not teaching the skills by the numbers; it was meant to show "skills in context" as they would be used in a bushcraft camp setup.
In addition, there is a short discussion of why I like to use traditional gear over modern gear at times.
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5:30 It's not thick, it's just BIG BONED wood.
Was thinking ‘plump wood’.
😆see, some folks get my little jokes once in awhile
That's what she said.
The subdued perversions were in full force at Flintlock haha! I especially liked the discussions about the Beaver hides.....😂
Thats some THICC wood
As a kid growing up around the woods of Lockbourne AFB, I began my 60+ years of hiking/camping along the banks of Black Walnut Creek and the Scioto River. My bed was an old burlap bag I found in a barn. I filled it with hay and slept very comfortably on it with my dad's army wool blanket wrapped around me...never knew it was called a "browse" bed. Your canvas bag is ingenious. One of your commenters, Uncle Randy, mentioned using a sleeping bag liner which works well. Presently, I use a Klymit Static V air mattress with a fitted cover sheet which gives a good R value. However, I always carry at least one long 55gl contractor bag just in case my air mattress fails. Good ole duct tape is used to seal the end. I really enjoy your videos, Josh, as you remind me of my military survival instructor...presentations are clear, concise and directions are easy to follow and apply.
Your 'belt and suspenders' advice is right on point! THANKS for posting.
The debris bed does indeed look comfortable.
I like the canvas bag. very well designed for multiple uses.
During training once a British sargent was showimg us his kit.
He had a small pair of garden snips to cut branches up to say 1/2 inch.
For trying to remain hidden you can crawl up under a large bush or into extremely thick vegetation and then carefully snip out a hollow to hide.
Or if you need to be able to look out.
Surgically remove a couple of the more view blocking pieces, while remaining effectively concealed.
Broken branches in and around your camp might attract attention you dont want.
Cutting and rubbing dirt onto the fresh cuts can camoflague your prescense or passage through an area.
Can you explain that last point please??
@@GuitarDudeBoii After cutting branches rub dirt or mud on them to hide your work.
@@GuitarDudeBoii when u have a fresh snip you'll just see a white dot from a distance but smudge some dirt and u won't see the fresh snip
@@GuitarDudeBoii Shawn R is right: the idea is to darken the fresh white cut on anything you have changed.
I know some over 80 years old people who have slept in their childhood and adolescence only on such mattresses. In winter it was partly so cold that ice flowers formed at the windows. The old people still swear by the fantastic insulation of the leaf mattress. Cost-effectively and easily recyclable. Greetings from Switzerland
We did a similar thing, only on factory-made, cotton-stuffed mattresses. Quality quilts made the difference in keeping us warm in freezing rooms.
I used two drum liners and spent two hours filling em up. I slept under a small tarp with a mss sleep system. Best Boy Scout camp ever. Whiny kids were going to the cars cold. I was warm and comfortable. It works
I have done the drum liner thing as well and found it quite comfortable!
I'm studying for my exams and can't get to the woods. Your videos give me the fix I need to keep going and hit the books hard! Thanks for everything Josh!
Cool, I like that. We used giant burlap bags when I was a kid, don't know what they were originally used for but one of the dads of the group that I hung out with got them from a farmer. They retained moisture and were damp when it rained. This is a much better idea.
I'm enjoying this series immensely. As you settle into that property I would love to see you and the LRB do a series on caretaking the land.
I am finding that this is a FINE series. This first video on filling a traditional style, breathable mattress sack is just the thing. The strong point is The Grey Bearded Green Beret fills the sack with a generous amount of duff: leaves, moss, and pine needles. "Tourist" teachers just give us a minimum idea of what will be required. As much as I LOVE the Thousand Islands-Adirondacks-Green Mountains, I would still not rely on a blanket for cover at night. During MY camping season, I need a no-see-um mesh cover. I find either mosquitos or black flies.
This is my go to for camping. I love my sleeping bag liner. Super warm and comfy.
I can't keep saying just how excellent the information and instruction in these videos are. Can I? First class as always sir.
Being from upstate NY , having hiked , trapped ,hunted in the Adirondack, Helderburgs , Catskills, SERE school was along time ago, I'm to damaged to enjoy all that anymore, I enjoy what you do.keep it up .
When I was a kid in Maine, my parents still used a rope bed with a straw mattress and with a feather tick on top. It's way better to be flat than heaped way up like that. When you make the bed, you fluff it up and then use to rods to beat the top like playing the drums or your two hands and in a minute, the mattress is perfect, then do it with the feather tick too.
Fantastic clip!
I have tried to listen twice to the whole video about a comfy bed in the woods and twice fallen asleep ... this isn't a criticism at all it's a blessing :) Plus one day I'll get to hear the end as well.
I fell asleep three times filming it, so you have some catching up to do
I love it...you tie a bowline knot just like I do. Make the marlin spike then pull the tag end through....
Absolutely. Overhand slip, marlinespike hitch, truckers hitch, bowline, and arbor knot all start the same. You will enjoy this video if you haven't already seen it ua-cam.com/video/LrOc3L9s4fQ/v-deo.html
Really like the bit you said about "the woodsman of old" and to have knowledge of the traditional ways and the modern. Be versitile in both. Love all your vids!
As any DI would say, "that's just a wilderness fart sack." Thanks for sharing, J. Semper Fi.
Wilderness fart sack, lol.
I've been wanting to sew up one of these out of ticking for my 18th century reenacting kit to stuff with straw or even browse like you've demonstrated here. Thank you for the great quality information!
The traditional ways really interest me because the equipment last for years.
Probably the most comfortable sleep I've had in the woods has been on a brouse bag. Good vid, good advice!
Kephart also wrote if the browse is damp you could cover it with a poncho on top. Or any plastic really. Yeah and a pillow case to stuff. Yeah makes sense.
Fabulous, eductional and relaxing all in one! Thanks for this! Makes me think of adapting some old kit I have lying around-- a fleece sleeping bag liner, which I could use as a 'browse bag'...
That's a comfy bed right there! It well worth the time and work to assemble these. Great discussion brother!
I'm glad I found your channel you are full of good information and tricks keep it up & thank you for serving our country country and our freedom.
Awesome! Thank you!
I remember you teaching me about white pine needle tea.... It was awesome!!
I had bought a basic foam roll out for a sleeping pad but then I saw a rifle mat and it was wider and longer but yet was more compact and more heavy duty with some padding and insulation properties so I went with that instead.
In all my years I have never used any kind of stuffed sack for a mattress although I have made smaller ones for a pillow. What I have done is to make a Mat of fir boughs with grasses or other soft materials on top, then my ground cover and bed roll. Depending on conditions I will sometimes build a level platform of small trees or flat rocks first.
that bed sleeve is pretty cool, I'm going to have to go ahead and make one
Joshua, thanks for sharing and bringing us along. God bless brother ! 👍
Great video! Thank you.
Shoot, I thought I was the only one who used those beds anymore. I read about one in a Davy Crocket story when I was a kid. So I made one by sewing a bed sheet together and put snaps on it. I've used grass, leaves, even evergreen branches. With a wool blanket on top.
Love that sleeve. That is much better than the air mattress I've got. That two stick rope maker will be interesting. Stay safe.
The browse bed is fancier than the sheet and safety pins I have used in the past. Most of the time I just build a quick frame from deadwood for my bed.
Great vid, dude.
I'm going to try this during my winter camping trips. I usually move away from the hammocks around January here in Alabama. Until then it's just too da** hot. Great video, really like instructions with context.
I'm late to the dance Mr Green Beret but I'm here now, this is a great series thus far thanks and ATB from the Yellowknife
Certainly solves the ground problem.
Solid video. Great content for the community. Useful tool and great additional application
''I've got the back that goes with this gray beard.''
-11b4p 82 '74
I just carry a big croker sack that we normally load pecans in for shipping..... lots of uses..... croker sacks are strong and you can pack it full so it swells up nice..... yup
Can't wait for part 2
That does look extremely comfortable! Simple but great idea. Thanks for the video.
Just came across your channel. Nice. Former ODA 061 Devens in the mid to late 80's (+/-). Keep up the good work........I got the knees that goes with the gray beard.....
DOL, brother! 1/75 and ODA 715
An improvised browse bag with an industrial plastic sack, can be combined with a therm-a-rest to increase the "R-value" if temperature gets too low.
Thank you
If you where building a shelter this would help with collecting marital great idear
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Haha, UA-cam subtitles called you the great breeder green beret. More information than I needed 😂
Well I do have 4 kids so I suppose I do alright with that
Awesome job as usual Josh. Really enjoying the new format. You're in your element.
I’m really liking this new series keep up the good work
I like the mattress you have. Many uses indeed. I am thanking if it had extra heavy duty large teeth zippers. That would be fast set up.
Perfect.
Interesting point about the sleeping pad versus the browse bag. I don't know of how many alternative uses the sleeping pad has for being in the woods. As you noted, it's convenient, but the browse bag (e.g. Jon pack sleeve) has a variety of other uses. Very simple and yet very utilitarian as well.
The first and only time I've seen a timber rattlesnake in the ADK was while I was hiking MNT Marcy/Skylight/Gray. I was at a cool spot called 'Lake Tear of the Clouds'. I've lived in the area a majority of my life & have hiked all 46 high peaks (ADK46r #11,235) and I find the little bastard at 4,293 feet elevation coiled up by the water.
I’m in upstate ny too!
Really hope now that you have a good base camp you can make more videos of you just being out in the woods more often.. the reviews and what not are great, but these types of videos are the best.
This is the direction I am taking the channel for the foreseeable future, until the analytics tell me otherwise, I think the majority prefers this style. Time will tell. Thanks!
That's a good idea nice piece of equipment
Another greta video! Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Thank you for a great video, Brother.
Amazing !
Nice Violet Corts! I found what I thought were Cortinarius this summer but turned out to be Laccaria ochropurpurea (still edible, after identifying). I love finding new species on my foraging lands. Also found LOTS of Lactarius indigo, Armillaria spp., and Pleurotus p. with some Cantherallus lateritius mixed in. Just turned over the woods for deer hunters last week over here in the Midwest. It's been an awesome summer for foraging around here this year. Just waiting for the Pleurotis o. and Griffola frondosa season to get into full swing and head to different woods.
Looks way more comfortable than my thermarest.
Great video Sir! Always enjoy your videos immensely!
Cheers,
Tim
My Thursday therapy session! Cant wait for next week! Any chance to incorporate a bush craft chair? Perhaps a Adirondack! Lol! One that would relax this old back. Love your stuff man! Thanks again! stay tuned folks! This is the man to watch and learn.
Next series I will get to the chair. I didn't end up doing one for this series.
Cool beans! Thank you.
I will be binge watching your videos. I'm not too far south of you up in ADK.
Great 👍 video. Love the new easy camping gear. But ALWAYS have contingency methods. Tell your cell phone “ call Josh”. Bingo. Done. I still hand dial friends occasionally so I remember their #s should I need them. GPS. Talk about heaven for campers. Better know your basic navigation just in case. Always embrace newer better methods. But NEVER forget where you came from or old proven methods and skills. May be all you have in blink of an eye.
Would like to hear or see more uses for the marlin spike, definitely made me think about using it for a rapid ridge line as opposed to a stick toggle just for the speed and ease of removal if it was time to break camp quickly. Overall good video and I like the style as there was variety and skills being used hands on. Looking forward to the steaks.
Mainly used for getting knots out easily for recovery of cordage, but it would work well for a toggle for sure. Punching holes in bark like an awl as well.
Got it, but also got a new guy question: what is the reason for punching holes in bark?
@@MrGlobalTransport making bark containers. You punch holes in the sides and lace them up with roots or natural cordage.
Very good, Thank you very much
Old school works just fine !
Care to elaborate? What is 'old school' just sleeping on the ground?
@@SaintTrinianz like the days of the fur trappers and frontiersman I meant .
@@robertw4230 ah, I don't remember...
@@SaintTrinianz way before our time !
@@robertw4230 I could sleep on a bed of furs in the forest, no problem!
@16:17 "I'ma gonna get some o' my punky dope out" Lol yeah I know what you're talking about. Everything is better with punky dope.
Hope this works for me.
Maybe I'm a softie but a roll matt on the forest floor is never soft enough and always get sore shoulders and neck
Thanks for posting man!
Like that browser bed. I tried to see how you closed the end up ,But just couldn't see enough to figure out how you did it.
You did say you were going to show more uses for the bag later though. Maybe I can catch how later on.
As stated in the video, it doesn't matter how you lace it up, but to answer your question, I just laced it up like I would a pair of shoes.
These violet mushrooms grow here(Austria) too, their smell is wonderful and they taste really good. don't overcook them, they get soggy.
The old ways are more reproducible locally and more durable for longer term use, thermarest needs one puncture and it’s good for nothing but filling as a browse bed 😆
How about using a spilt stick to clamp the the end of the browse bed. Love the canvas sleeve, very versatile
That would probably also work
“We’ll call it Thicc Wood, not quite Phat tho” -Grey Bearded Green Buret
See some people catch my humor
17:21 casually drags body away 😆
dragging that mattress through the woods looked like a body bag.. lol
WOW!!!!!👍🏻
personally l do't like thermarests much. l've had too many deflate from a hot ember and when that happens it's just a ground sheet and a pretty expensive one at that. Browse beds smell better and are more comfortable
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Re gear choice: staying in a modern home or hotel and going for a walk in the park is pretty efficient too. That isn’t the experience everyone is looking for. Using different gear, and especially techniques removed from our usual technology, gives us new experiences, enhances our skills, opens up possibilities. There isn’t a “right” way to spend time in the woods.
This right here. Spending time in the woods is what matters.
A sargent that went to ranger school back in the 80's got crabs from the pine needles, so I always thought it wasnt a good Idea to sleep with pine needles ? have you ever heard of that? thanks for all the videos
As good an excuse for crabs as any I guess...
I used this method around 1980 as a boy scout. I mean, real boy scout. For guys, they like ultralight stuff use Dyneema® fabric instead
Any recommendations on funky dope?
I love canvas. But if you ( even ones ) will forget to dry this stuff out after rain, mildew/mould will take it from your bare hands immediately. Even if you will be able to kill infections, that bloody smell will stays (((( So, you just need to be more organized 😉ATB🙏🏻🍀❤️
Great series. Does anyone know where video 1 can be found?
Sometimes you just want to run oldschool. Do I have a 1945 combat pack because I think its the best made day hiking woods pack? HELL NO! I've got one because its neat, I like it, and it makes a good old school day hiking bag if you don't expect things of it that it was never meant to do. Are you gonna get some looks? Sure but to me repurposing/using old gear is a joy in an of itself.
I'm hoping to get to a flint & steel or pathfinder class and use that pack. Was made to carry a bedroll and can only hold the bare necessities. I think it'll work well.
This is fucking insane !! Thank you :)
Forgoing a browse bed.... In the past I've either used my grabber or what the Japanese call a "blue sheet" (even if it is green...) to act as a barrier against moisture and the cold. How well, will the Jon Pack Bedsleeve serve as a groundsheet?
Its untreated cotton canvas, so I wouldn't use it as a ground sheet only with no insulation in it. You would be better off using out as a hammock or raised bed if you didn't have duff insulation to put in it
I wonder if a GI surplus duffle is wide enough to do this with.
You could make a pretty small one, for sure.
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While an inflatable mattress may be lighter and easier, this thing will work even with a hole in it.
I like the browse matterss and the rope you made and I am wondering about the tensile strength of both how much weight will they hold if used in a hammock configuration and on the rope can it be used to both drag and lift game up to the size of say a bear or moose or elk and hold them I am an avid outdoors man and hunter but I don't take trophy I eat what I shoot. Also I happen to have a military surplus air matterss ( veitnam era ) but it leaks around the plug when inserted is their a fix for this or can I just spray it down with the product called flex seal after inflating it and let it dry and after the mattress is dry and De flayed do a lite spray on the plug and let dry like I have been getting told to do what is your opinion?
The tensile strength of the rope depends on the method of construction and the diameter you make, really. This is how ropes were made before synthetic material was available, some of them a very large diameter, especially for ships. Think of how large the mooring ropes and ropes on the large sails were back in the day. They can be made to hold weight for sure. As far as the air mattress, I have never used that technique, it seems as though it could possibly work. The theory sounds good
Do you have to worry about ticks crawling out of the browse bed and onto you?
When using a brows bed how do you deal with ticks?
I don't do anything different. If you are in a tick-filled area they will get on you just for being there. Doesn't matter if you stand, sit, walk, stand still, or lay down.