There is a training course for shooting where they tape your hand up and cover it with a blood substitute. If there was a training course for being injured in a survival scenario, people's approach to training, gear and their confidence in the woods might be vastly different. Sometimes you have to take a step back and ask yourself, "Is this being wise or being lazy?" I do think being chased by a wildfire would be quite a survival scenario. Dropping gear to cut weight while legging it, ideal directions being cut off, having to redirect because of shifts in the forward edge of the fire area, loss of landmarks due to obfuscation, obstruction and destruction.
I got into trouble last friday in the saskatchewan prairie ...jeep broke down...sun was setting cellphone discharged in minus 20 c wind chill walked with a blanket in a full cotton gorka suit no long johns for 5 miles almost home before a guy drove by and picked me up...I am glad that I always during the winter accustom my self up to minus40 c by going out naked and wet in the yard after a shower...cause the burning cold would have taken a lot of other people out but my body was used to it...I walked in open plain ..no trees no bush no cover for wind at all...made a small short about it for who is interested ... for sure put a extra pair of cloth now in the jeep and a windproof jacked
a quote that I heard and stand by is , what most people call a "survival situation", unless you're injured is nothing more than just "Inconvenient camping"
To this day it's still amazing to me at the amount of people that will spend hours watching all things outdoors on the web but you ask them the last time they actually bothered to "outdoor"....they give you a blank stare.....like it's a foreign concept.
@The_Red_Off_Road Considering public land for that in Texas is non existent (I'm lucky enough to have family with land) it's sadly fairly common for a lot of people to practice in the house and backyard. That being said, there's still plenty of ways to appreciate the outdoors here, just a lot harder than even 20 years ago.
And I don't understand why any of these people watching wilderness survival videos don't go out in the woods and do all the "things". It's fun, it's great exercise, and you will learn stuff. I enjoy being in the woods and am there every chance I can be. Oh well just my mean nothing two cents on the thing you were commenting about.
In my personal experience, when I was a teenager, maybe 17 or 18, I worked on a fireworks crew. One job was in Dearborn, MI at Camp Dearborn. Working from before dawn until 23:00 or so. Long story short, my so called friends that I drove with there left me at the behest of a girl. I was quite pissed, but I started walking the unknown distance home with the only knowledge of direction came from the previous day riding in a vehicle and paying attention to street signs. I walked from Camp Dearborn to River Rouge roughly 49 miles with nothing but the clothes on my tired back. I appreciate your channel because I appreciate the brutal honesty of life. Thanks for keeping in the realm of reality.
One point of advice as a pilot. The laser might not be the best idea because it will basically blind the pilots. When a laser hits a cockpit it reflects all over and can temporarily blind or disorient the pilots and at worst give them permanent vision damage depending on how powerful the laser is. It hasnt happened to me but i know a few small aircraft pilots who have been lased and it would be 100% be better and safer if you just used a bright flashlight. If youre in a survival situation you likely dont have lights around you so it will be easier to see a flashlight as it will stick out if you shine that at the airplane without having the strength to harm the pilots in the airplane. Just my thoughts on the matter. Great video.
I agree, that little 2k lumens tac light he has will do just fine and keep him from being locked up though I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Agree with the blinding issue. However the idea is to disrupt the camera and be painfully obvious to the instruments. A regular light doesn't do that. The laser is just that painfully obvious. I agree the flashlight for the pilots would be better. And if it's flying around at the dead of night. Try it. However that laser will bounce around day or night. It is a desperate risk. Use a signal flare first. Lol
@andrewlaughbon9468 I don't know of any airplane outside of equipped surveillance aircraft (usually only military aircraft) that have a camera, otherwise a laser would do nothing to instruments and only causing a massive risk of blinding or disorientation in a pilot, causing a large undue risk to the safety of the aircraft and anything below. The vast majority of the time in a survival situation you're talking about getting the attention of a small private aircraft or search aircraft and a rescue helicopter. The flashlight will do just fine unless you're being found by a military crew with thermals. The laser is more of a danger to the pilots than a helpful tool. There's a reason people go to jail for a while for lasing aircraft.
I was a helo cop for about seven years in SW Oregon, just north of where Randall shoots these videos. We flew SAR missions fairly often. A few points... best to stay with your rig unless you're certain you can and are equipped to walk out, if you have comms (cell and/or radio) and can provide your lat/long 👍, using a laser to signal an aircraft is no bueno 👎 aim it at a treetop or rock face! (I've been lazed a few times!). Big fire (but NOT in fire season 🙄) is good for warmth and signaling. Bottom line... be prepared, stay cool, think it through.
Great realist video. My wife and I did not always own a car. We thought nothing to walk to town to do earns and get groceries. A 7 miles loop. We even added an extra mile to hit a big hill for extra exercise. We are 46 and 51.
You're spot on! Especially about building a shelter, people don't seem to understand how much time it takes to build a "bushcrafter's" shelter like the ones we are seeing on UA-cam or how much more difficult is to start a fire with a ferro rod..
It doesn’t take much effort at all to do either. A simple lean to is not hard nor time consuming to make if you’re in actual wilderness and not what the woods look like in most parks where the deadfall is all picked clean for fires. And I couldn’t disagree more about a ferro rod. They aren’t easier than a lighter, but far from the most time consuming part of building a fire. Collecting and processing wood, kindling, and tinder is the most time consuming part by far…and necessary even with a lighter AND some sort of chemical accelerant. The ferro rod just necessitates a few extra minutes at most of making better tinder. It shouldn’t be anyone’s go to…but there are enough keychain sized ones, or even ones that fit in the corkscrew of a Swiss Army knife…that it’s an utter no brainer to have one. The Boy Scouts for well over a century have preached three ways to make fire. They weren’t being paranoid or trying to make you haul too much weight. That you can carry water purification tabs, storm matches, whistle, cordage, spare havalon blades, a ferro rod, a small bic, safety pins, a tinder or two, and a small flashlight in an altoids tin? Stick a piece of cut inner tube around it to hold it shut and throw one in your fishing bag, one in your day hiking bag, one in your hunting vest. It weighs nothing and almost every item listed has value well beyond bonafide survival. To me that’s the key. Carry the survival items. Just figure out how to make the survival items the same items you often use or need in the outdoors anyway. Stuff that is truly just survival needs to be tiny and light and impossible to leave behind. I do not go out without a headlamp. Full stop. So I have a really good one. I use my knife all the time outdoors. So I have a nice one albeit relatively little by many survival standards. But I almost never need a compass so I make sure that the one I have does multiple things and is light enough to be able to justify.
@@thopkins2271 I'm not talking about a simple tarp shelter. I'm talking about those big wooden shelters that we're seeing on UA-cam. People think that they can build such a shelter but in reality they won't when really needed, because it takes hours to build it, skills and planning. About making fire yes you must be able to start a fire with multiple ways, but a lighter should be number one. It's the easiest, cheapest and everyone has a lighter on him/her (or should have). I couldn't agree more about carrying the survival items although I'm not a fan of survival tins, I just carry them on my person. Something I'd like to add is that people need to get out and test all their gear and skills.
@@jimmyzulu85 I’m all for carrying them b on your person. I don’t, other than a knife or multi tool and a tiny ferro rod connected to my keys. But I never hunt without a day pack, and I never fish without an orvis sling bag. If I’m off roading in the jeep…well then I’m better outfitted than almost anyone. And yes those shelters are ridiculous. Maybe fun for those that consider that their recreation though.
You mentioned having flat tires on your ATV I always carried tire plugs and a bicycle pump tape to the handlebar. Never let me down. Plus the duct tape I could start a fire with it.😊 I even had to put four tire plugs in one hole before, but it got me home. Save me a little egg time.😊
I run my hounds on 🦝 and bobcat about 200 nights a year. I hunt deer , turkey , hogs etc. as well as predator calling for coyotes. Love fishing as well. I hunt 90% of the time by myself. Last night I followed my hounds about 4 miles in a Wilderness area public hunting.
I've had to break out an old school compass twice on the same small ranch that I lease the hunting rights to. Both times it was well after dark and the canopy was thick enough that I couldn't see the sky well, plus the brush was thick enough that one had to stick to cattle trails. For some reason, it's really easy to walk in circles when you have to watch the ground and you can't just march off in a straight line. I have google maps on my phone, but with spotty reception it's easy to walk off in the wrong direction because the phone doesn't always show it's exact location.
Map & Compass, Knife (small), Lighter (small), Whistle, Bandanna - all this fits in your pocket. Rain Gear, Water, Snacks Everything else is extra weight for extended efforts.
Agree. Even in my city park, I would stuff a Bic lighter, an emergency poncho, maybe a snack bar, in my pockets. Carry a disposable plastic bottle of water from 7-11. Took under 30 seconds to grab those things. I'm certain preppers would laugh and non-preppers would say, "paranoid" for having those minimal items. However, those things could have meant the difference between a very uncomfortable and deadly situation to just a very uncomfortable but _living_ situation.
Trolls be like: He's promoting Bic Lighters, he's getting paid by BIC for this video! 🤣🤣🤣 Love your style and content! I carry in a cross draw holster, it's the only thing I've found that provides access but doesn't interfere with any other straps or belts when I have a back pack on. I have a great big coyote brown scarf, some piece of surplus I got years ago, thin cotton, quite long and large and I drape it around my neck. It can hang in such a way that you would walk right past me and never see the S & W 686 hanging there but it's still right there if I want it. Have fun!
You’re right! I graduated from SERE in 2000. One thing I carried as a loadmaster was a 5mW green laser. I put that fact into my ISOPREP too. Mike Jones recently did a couple of survival vids. Check them out too.
Is 5mW and 5,000mW the same? I know that sounds stupid but I was curious about abbreviations in the numbers because mine says max output 5,000mW. I can light shit on fire with it and it shoots a visible column of light into the sky without fog or smoke in the air
Mine is a tiny one. Its marketed use is for pointing out celestial objects, but in a survival situation I probably would have just shot it straight up so my location could be seen by rescue.
That makes sense. Mine is like one of those palm sized maglight style flashlights but 3xs as long. Overall it's not small but it's not bulky either. I think it's one of those "illegal" lasers from on-line but I'm not really sure about it, it was a gift and I'm not a laser autist like some folks
I kind of agree with you had a heat riser go bad in my exhaust. I ran out of gas 3 miles from home. It was 19 below zero and 35° winds but I was prepared. I had a winter parka and winter boots. I just started walking and walked all the way home at 3:30 in the morning no problemo.😊
Thank you for your service and your time. My Dad retired from the military after twenty years. Every year we took weekend trips around Thanksgiving and Christmas to the hunt camp in Georgia. We spent many hours there in the spring planting alfalfa, corn, & other native grasses to build up the herd at hunt camp. In the summer we would camp for 2 weeks on a river in Tenn. and run trout lines. He taught me how to hunt, fish, and sustain myself through the elements, hot or cold, good & bad times, & to always be prepared for the inevitable accidents. What you just went over is almost the exact same things he taught me. As a girl it was hard at times to be as tough as he wanted me to be, but as I have grown, I understand that everything he taught me was not just for me, but for the generations after him. I just wanted to tell you that you & the info. your sharing is appreciated. I’m pretty sure it would have my Dad’s approval ,Sgt. Potter 1923-1993. 🫡
I'm not starting a wildfire. I'm not putting a laser in a pilot's eyes. I have solutions that meet the same need differently. But point well taken.👍 Excellent vid, my man.
I have always carried a green laser pointer in my backpack for that reason, excellent signaling device. Surprising I never hear anybody talk about them being used for that you’re the first person.
I grew up in the boonies with the nearest town over an hour away. I'm still amazed at the way people think they can survive in the wilderness. It's not easy even knowing what you are doing. Most people die from an unplanned night in the woods. Long term survival isn't as easy as people think. I usually walked in to where I was fishing, hunting or running my trap line. This video is spot on. 👍
Listen to this man. Im a 51 year old infantry veteran. 2 years ago i weighed 270 lbs now im down to 210. I work out and walk 6 days a week. I realized 2 years ago I was a fat fuck who could not protect his family now I almost feel like i could serve in the infantry again lol. Get in shape go camping and rough it with one man tents and back packs. This will give you a better idea of what is needed in the outdoors in your area. Only thing he forgot to mention was bring bug spray its a game changer lol
I cannot overstate how refreshing it is to hear you speaking common sense. I have had many of these thoughts watching other videos and it’s great to hear that I’m not the only one questioning some of the “fantasy land” tactics. Sure it’s fun to go camping, but in most cases you sure can just walk home or call for help…
Water in a survival situation. Tap a tree, it's already purified. Drill a shallow hole about 1/2 and inch, maybe an inch, in. Tap it with a hollow tube of some type and stick a cup under the end. It runs decently. Don't forget to plug it with sap if you can. Otherwise it will eventually heal itself after take the tap out. (If you don't have tablets or a filter at all that is.)
@@eddiekane1202The end of the saw on a multi tool.works. even the corks screw could do the job with some effort. Or the the thin blade FCOL. You really think I literally ment a drill. 😂🙄
Loved it. This video, your consistent advice and some comments here make venturing out very accessible and inexpensive. Thanks for the great, reassuring advice and the consistently excellent work.
I got stuck on my dirt bike soaking wet because I crashed into a creek. I struggled for hours on this trail in a snowstorm and decided to leave the bike behind. I walk/jogged out in fun dirt bike gear. It sucked but I got home. Another time I broke my handlebars and my friend came to get me in his truck. I was freezing so I did jumping jacks, push ups, squats and walked constantly until he got there. It sucked but we got my bike out. I still like the survival gear though but it’s mostly useless unless you are stuck for days.
I broke down 80 miles away from home when i was doing a very long commute during the height of the cvid issue (couldnt ride in the tow truck) not even remote. Grabbed my water changed into my boots grabbed my pack w a few snacks and tarp just in case. Walked about halfway home b4 someone was available to pick me up. An hr or 2 more that tarp would have been invaluable. Left my wallet at home so no cash or card just the batt left on my phone and battery brick. Great info, major lesson... stay fit friends.
While I do have knives for specific tasks. The only 'knife' I EDC is in my Leatherman Surge. The reason I like the heavier Surge is because of the larger scissors and more robust pliers than what the wave or the charge has. I snapped the tips off my Leatherman charge trying to remove a nail from a tire.
Love your content!! You’re awesome and I really like your take on things. I do think that if someone is hiking or camping up here (Upstate NY) in the Adirondack high peaks or anywhere “back Country,” that the cold is definitely a factor, distance is a factor, and the possibility of getting injured and having no communication is also something to be considered when heading out. I always go out with most everything I need to make it for a couple of nights. The Cold seasons require a lot more gear but it doesn’t take much during the warmer months. Aside from that, we have meth heads and just dirt bag people preying on the weak. I try to be prepared for anything and try to be anything but weak. I am not a bad ass but I will keep my family safe and prepared. We love your channel!! Love it! Thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do for your fellow Countrymen. We owe you so much!! We have nothing but respect and d gratitude. Thank you!!
Great video as usual !!! My days of doing the hardcore Survivalist stuff back in the hills ( Sangre De Christo Mountains CO.) are now past me due to multiple injuries and illness , yet I keep the truck prepped and multiple plans to sloowly get back home from Cañon City ( about an hour’s drive) . I also used to be a VFF and Wildland Firefighter and I agree 100% about starting a BIG ASS FIRE ..safely . After all you don’t want to have the fire meant to save you be the reason you are now BBQ and will never get home .. alive. 😂
That sunset looks cool- San Juaquin Valley that way- I think its good to have some sort of kit with you whether your on an ATV or in your truck or car. Something that you can put over your shoulder and go. Water, water- must have along with the other basic stuff. Some of this stuff should be already on you as part of your EDC-
I took the Wildeness Survival classes for my Wilderness Sirvival Merit badge. We had to build a shelter and spend the night out there, without a tent. It was hands down the best class I took in the scouts. That and pioneering. And maybe the first aid. Anyways… I got lucky having a scoutmaster that was a 30-year navy veteran that retired as a master chief. He could speak Eskimo and Inuit. If you have never built a shelter, I’d recommend going out and practicing. City folks prolly can’t do that, but you can go to a national park or a state park and at least get out there and out of the house. I can teach you how to do a lot, but I can’t teach you how to persevere. Know what it’s like so you won’t be distracted by the environment. Most Americans are too comfortable in the A/c. It’s amazing how many people won’t even sleep in a tent. 😂
The idea of heading out for a day trip in the wilderness and a disaster making it a multiple day walk to get back is real for some people - you have no idea. But you do you. You are right that people should be able to make it to the highway from the middle of the state park.
You made me happy a cpl minutes in. I remember a few years back when I spent 3 months paddling the Missouri. I took a short vid to message my friends. It was basically, how I can believe how privileged I am to be able to enjoy such beauty. And the you hit the whole survival thing. Here’s my big one, you fools rubbing two sticks together, got to have a flint n steel. Dude a pack of bic lighters will offer you years of fire.
I used to live in the actual wilderness for a few years, now I live very close to it haha 😂 and its a hard ass life dont fool yourself be prepared and your kit will weigh a shitload more in the winter time that's just the way it is.
Your cell phone is probably one of the most important devices whenever you get in trouble. In areas with bad service and long distances to cover, one with a replaceable battery seems like a good idea.
There seem to be many videos about a "get home bag". Back in the 1980s and 1990s we went for miles carrying NOTHING. If we were stranded far from home we just walked home, we didn't need a bag of supplies or any kind of special skills. Just walking.
Good information. I think a lot of preparation depends on my environment. Being in a wilderness in southern California would be a lot different than in coastal Alaska or western Idaho. I need to be more fit but I am very close to being 80. As a widower, I get bored staying home, reading and playing my mandolin, but I'm not one of those guys who watches TV or plays cards with the old guys in a retirement home, so I often take drives. The terrain around me is rough enough that driving 10--20 miles on gravel roads going east, I soon have no roads. And the terrain in my area is rough enough that logging operations usually use helicopters for hauling out logs, if one goes very far from civilization. 2-meter HAM radios are limited because of the lack of enough repeaters. If I'm that close to a repeater, even with my bad knees and hiking poles, I can walk out. If I had an HF radio, I wouldn't need the repeaters, but those are a lot more expensive and heavier. Cell phones here have iffy reception near civilization. Lots of mountains and canyons. But it is important to know things about where you are going. Every spring, I take a modified camp trip to see how I am doing. Last early April I ran into snow 4 miles from a paved road. I slept in my Subaru after some hairy snow driving. Two weeks later I was ten miles from a paved road with snow appearing on the road and soon, I decided not to push it and I carefully turned around and returned home. Soon I plan on buying a DeWalt cordless chain saw, lighter that my Stihl Firewood Boss. It is easy to drive a ways back on a gravel road or dirt road, find a dead end (Topo maps aren't totally reliable.), turn around and find where a standing dead white fir, decided to fall across the road, blocking my return trip, and a hand camp-saw may be good for ten-inch trees but not for a 3-foot diameter one. The fellow with this video looks like he's probably around 40 years old. It makes a lot of difference when you double that age. In my car I carry my Cabela's day pack with 2500 cubic inches (what is advertised.). I always have extra water plus a Sawyer water purifier besides my canteen. And I have a first aid kit. One thing I did 10 years ago which I would recommend, I took, not for certification, a 6-week EMT search and rescue class. Intense and I've forgotten a lot but I also remember a lot. Tourniquets are great if you have another person with you but bad, wide slashes on your thigh can kill in 15 minutes. And under stressful survival conditions, that isn't hard to do. I take QuikClot with me. I also take Pure Protein Bars, I get at Costco and though only 200 calories each, they are very nutritional and I'll take enough to keep me alive for several days. I also bought a Cold Steel camp shovel and with it I can chop down small trees. Wilderness here doesn't have grizzlies. Those are 400 miles farther north so all I have to worry about are mountain lions, black bears, wolves, moose. I have driven on roads where I was really glad to get past--places that look like real survivalist camps. I usually carry either of two Ruger Blackhawks--a .357 mag 125 grain FMJ or a .41 mag, cowboy action 210 grain. Full loads are hard to keep on target. And I carry the gun on my hip. Trails in Washington are good and well-marked, but not in Idaho. It is really easy to start on a good trail and after a mile--no sign of a trail. so I carry a compass. I'm not tech savy so I go old fashioned. I used to be a scout leader so I've camped in winter some and I even camped with boys on a fairly steep slope in winter on the slope of Mt. Baker, a 10,000 foot volcano in Washington, but I was only in my early 40's which makes a lot of difference from 79. I will go back and review this video because though I though I was always prepared I did see several items that could be very useful.
A hatchet or knife wound to leg is the most likely need for a TQ. Other than that, fall out of a tree a puncture. In 20 years I know of one bear who impaled its stomache on a branch. And 2 humans broke vertebraes falling out of trees. And they got up and walked. One had a collapsed ribcage so he couldn't yell. One guy I know hit himself real bad with an axe.
I always let someone know where i am heading, what route i am taking, and when i should be back. If i don't make contact by the prescribed time, then they can send someone my way. Nowhere is it too far to walk out.
When we were kids man we'd survive in the middle of nowhere on Atvs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles all weekend with nothing but rum, beer, hot dogs and a pack of smokes. 10 or 20 of us would do these long multi-day loops through the most remote holes way up North. Worst injury I ever got in the bush was when I punched out a cabin window and the glass came down and cut me to the bone on my tricep . I just took my shirt off and tied it really tight around the arm. We kept fooling around and drinking beer all day then I finally went to emergency room and got stitched up, the nurse had very little remorse. Not my best decision. The entire arm turned purple and green for weeks, and I still don't have much feeling in my forearm. Not the first time booze got me in trouble lol. Anyway I live, work, ride hunt and fish in some good remote places. Most of the time I just carry a multitool, lighter plus something as backup, and something to drink out of. Most of the time you're never further than a few hundred feet from the nearest trail/cut-line/road, so yeah I've always walked out. Worst case I've had to walk all night to get to cell service or to get where "normal vehicles" could reach, then just light a fire or walk till the ride shows up. Take a nap here and there if needed, but if you run out of beer, god help ya. I guess when you grow up doing the things in the bush, it's surprising what little you need. Yet so many people just walk out into the bush with backpacks full of stuff and die every year on well established trails in big busy national parks. Some people need all the help they can get I suppose, hence the hyper popular bushcrafty youtuber channels. My biggest pet peeve of youtube is all the feathersticking nonsense. People out there buying $300 knives just based on how well they can featherstick lol. I've never seen anyone do that in my entire life until the internet and youtube was invented. There is shit laying around in the woods everywhere that will burst into flames in less than 3 seconds with a bic lighter lol. Even if it rained all week, it's at the base of the spruce trees and hanging off the side of the birch trees among other places. It's probably necessary in some parts of the world. But mother of god I'm not gonna split wood with my knife and stand there whittling to get a fire going when I'm in stage 2 hypothermia cause I was too stubborn to come off the lake, or down out of the deer stand sooner lol.
In my experience, setting up a camp and utilizing bushcraft skills, are only for when I am on extended hunting trips that last for several days/weeks. . . On a regular day out, the only tools for emergency are my pocket knife and my torch lighter.
I enjoy bushcraft im not a bushcrafter.i enjoy survival and the outdoors. but i feel like your right walking out is never talked about or signaling. i think they assume that most people are lost and then need to use some kind of survival tactics. and here in Oregon we do get a few lost people in the woods hundreds of miles from their home, and they have been known to get themselves killed buy trying to walk out. i say always if your lost then just make your car your camp. you will be found for sure, faster if someone knows your route. but you will be found. awesome video brother!
Thoughts / Reasoning behind No Garmin DeLorme InReach PLB? No Pen Flare? No hand flare for signaling/ starting fires? 🎶Meet me down by the railroad track, track. 🎶
I have a laser that shoots a solid stream visible stream straight through the clear air, I can actually start fires with it its so powerful. glad to see I was on the right track packing it in my survival bag because that thing seems visible from space with how strong it is and it doubles as a fire starter
It's a lot easier if you like to camp and hike anyhow. I'm old, so I'm going to suffer if I have to hike 50 miles, but I routinely hike with gear and camp with a tarp just for fun. Instead of a chest rig, I've got a riggers belt with first aid, survival gear, a fixed blade and I can attach my holster. I also have a full get home bag if I want food, water treatment, shelter, etc.
The people who get lost and find themselves in a survival situation aren't usually the ones who buy Baofengs(or get HAM licensed or look up repeaters), bring a sat beacon, wear bushcraft chest rigs, carry redundant layers of survival equipment, extra clothes, a fixed blade tool, all weather fire starting, extra food, be able to trek out from a stranded vehicle over new country... etc....
I've built a fire and spent the night, then walked out, instead of stumbling onto a grizzly bear in the dark. 99.99999% of the time, that will suffice. what you can carry in an altoid tin will do the job. However, from a standpoint of just gaining knowledge, when you watch the UA-cam stuff, go practice in the backyard, then take it up in the hills and try it. You want the reflexes before you have to do it under shitty conditions. It's fun stuff even if you never have to use it. Nothing wrong with learning the skills.
This is exactly it. I think people load their packs down with the stuff they camp or recreate with, and then add a bunch of survival stuff. Silly. Make quality and informed purchases the first time when buying outdoors equipment…and then all of a sudden your regular gear is a perfect multifunctional survival tool. When you aren’t intending on spending the night…you’re spot on. A well thought out altoids tin with a space blanket attached to it with a piece of inner tube is hard to beat, fits in any bag you would have while outside, and adds no weight.
Thanks for another great and informative video, sometimes it’s getting another perspective that clarifies the haze on a few topics that you cover. Any chance you post the specialty items you showed? Tac light- model $ Admin chest - brand $ Laser flare- $ best glide? Civ strobe- $ brand Not shown mentioned- pick/ e-tool Thanks again and I’m quite interested in the protein bar and bic lighter chesty pocket. - Спасибо
1986, USAF jungle survival exercise at Clark AB. TAG! You two 1st Lts are it, (F-16 pilots.) Now we were pretty senior Lts by this time, if there is such a thing. Nick and I in pretty great shape. They sent a ANG SERE instructor from Spokane. He was a tad…fat. 😂 Well we EnE’d to our extraction point, doing all the SERE wood stuff, and? Someone forgot about us! 😂 No Huey. Couple hours, and no radio contact, going to get dark? Nick and I start walking. Uh boy! The heavy E-6 was really winded after a mile or two. We had maybe 10-12 miles to go, but, a big hill in our path. Luckily at the top of the hill we got radio contact, and about an hour later the Huey came. got to actually give bearings with the backwards compass, pop smoke, the whole shebang. I still wonder if the rotund SERE instructor would have made 12 miles! 😂 But? Way back in the real survival school? Non-combat pre cell phone and only a radio? Build a big ass fire!!! 😊
Yes you are correct. But the point in learning Bushcraft/survival skills is to gain confidence and knowledge.. it is fun to learn, gets people in the outdoors and gets them needed excersize away from the dang TV and video games..
Three centuries ago, the population of game animals (and their four-legged predators) was much greater than it is now. Back then, the human population on this continent was much smaller.
From my understanding the reason why people teach others to build brush shelters is for those who don't carry something to get out of the elements. That way IF you can't walk out (which I agree is reality most of the time. Hell I live by 2000 acres of unpopulated woods....but there's a road north south east west that you can walk to in a day) You need shelter or your lost later in the day you can hopefully stay out of the elements. Of course your gonna need to not only sleep under something but preferably in and on something as well. With signal fires usually the rule of thumb is three fires with smoke (burn green foliage during the day) that are equally spaced apart. Unfortunately most people don't carry a ham radio or radio with them period and cell phones are nice...if you can tell the rescuers where you are. Or the PLD so many carry now that's great but how accurate are they. I agree with having a physical compass on hand even a cheap one just check the accuracy of it by checking against a tried and true one. Plus knowing how to figure out cardinal via nature directions helps. I get tablets they have their place. But if your in the wilderness away from civilization. Just carry a single walled stainless steel container of some kind to boil.
I have walked my ass home once before, it ain't the funniest thing to do but I wasn't going to be a sitting duck in a state park where the last tracks I saw were at least a week old, no cell service, and it was a 6-hour walk home. I am lucky that the big cats are not in my area and the black bear is easily spooked off.
More likely situation for the average person is you break down don’t have service and you have the option of leg it back in the dark and cold or set up a basic camp typically camping out in car is a decent idea if you don’t have a car maybe leg it out don’t if you don’t have a light ( phone dead)
If you're in an area that's withing 50 miles of your home, an area you're fairly familiar with, you ought to be able to figure out which direction is "home", just by knowing over which part of the surrounding terrain the sun rises or sets. You ought to only need a compass for movement at night, or when the sky and horizon are obscured by cloud cover and/or stormy weather.
I rarely see on youtube a survival specialist with a PLB, despite it would be an important item in a survival kit, to my understanding. Is it because of the cost, or it's just too easy to get rescued with it?
Old 11b here. Brother i lke to use a molle waist pack/butt pack for my small /survival kit..i sling it on a GPstrap..i give a shit what people think i go armed everywhere..i also go heavy on signal kit like mirrior,flares,panel..if you have a machine it should be loaded up with a tool kit for your machine water ,chow ,1staid stuff ,poncho/liner..i don't do the ax shit neither, why .i use a saw if i need to cut wood...Vince g 11b Infantry..
What? You mean when you get your ATV stuck, you don't immediately grab two sticks to start making a friction fire, and scavenge the land for flint stone to start making primitive arrows? Shocked.
anther great rainy day in OR love the rain embrace the suck lol walked 20 miles the other day lol in the snow for no reason bic lighter with tape love the videos
Thats so true no one will not walk. I have seen people wait for hrs for somebody to drive to them. In the city there are certainly places you should walk through male or female. That may make a video stranded in the city.
Love tip #2. Got lost on a late day hike with my girlfriend. She got scared, so i told her that if we didnt find the car soon, I would start a fire so big that someone would definitely find us.
I have spent weeks in the mountains as a younger person and what drove me out time and again is hunger . Contrary to UA-cam there is nothing to eat in the Great Outdoors .
Based on what most people do in the woods, you are perfectly right. Unless you had to drive for weeks, ride some animal for 5 days and then paddle for 3 days to get there, there should be a way to walk out alive or get some attention. I think most people teach survival based on their overall teachings. If you preach carrying an axe or giant knife, of course you should have tourniquets and israeli bandages. BTW, even if you don't seem to have a signal, try 911 anyways because that signal is boosted and may still work.
Priorities:
1. If you're not injured, take a walk
2. If you're hurt, being seen by everyone possible is crucial
Hey man who makes that IR signal? I took mine with me when I got out and the screw closure on the bottom broke. Great video brother, Charlie mike.
There is a training course for shooting where they tape your hand up and cover it with a blood substitute. If there was a training course for being injured in a survival scenario, people's approach to training, gear and their confidence in the woods might be vastly different. Sometimes you have to take a step back and ask yourself, "Is this being wise or being lazy?"
I do think being chased by a wildfire would be quite a survival scenario. Dropping gear to cut weight while legging it, ideal directions being cut off, having to redirect because of shifts in the forward edge of the fire area, loss of landmarks due to obfuscation, obstruction and destruction.
Words of wisdom from Randall!! Cheers man!
I got into trouble last friday in the saskatchewan prairie ...jeep broke down...sun was setting cellphone discharged in minus 20 c wind chill walked with a blanket in a full cotton gorka suit no long johns for 5 miles almost home before a guy drove by and picked me up...I am glad that I always during the winter accustom my self up to minus40 c by going out naked and wet in the yard after a shower...cause the burning cold would have taken a lot of other people out but my body was used to it...I walked in open plain ..no trees no bush no cover for wind at all...made a small short about it for who is interested ... for sure put a extra pair of cloth now in the jeep and a windproof jacked
fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Glad you were prepared Brother. - Godspeed@@Shadowaspen
a quote that I heard and stand by is , what most people call a "survival situation", unless you're injured is nothing more than just "Inconvenient camping"
-dave canterbury
@@jackofalltradesprepping9611 yes
Perfect!
I’ve quoted this for years.
To this day it's still amazing to me at the amount of people that will spend hours watching all things outdoors on the web but you ask them the last time they actually bothered to "outdoor"....they give you a blank stare.....like it's a foreign concept.
They can’t get away from the controlled environment of their couch! 😂
Most of our fellow countrymen are soft af.
@@TexasNationalist1836 I have a feeling you are not a Texan. Something is off about that statement coming from a “Texas nationalist.”
@The_Red_Off_Road Considering public land for that in Texas is non existent (I'm lucky enough to have family with land) it's sadly fairly common for a lot of people to practice in the house and backyard.
That being said, there's still plenty of ways to appreciate the outdoors here, just a lot harder than even 20 years ago.
And I don't understand why any of these people watching wilderness survival videos don't go out in the woods and do all the "things". It's fun, it's great exercise, and you will learn stuff. I enjoy being in the woods and am there every chance I can be. Oh well just my mean nothing two cents on the thing you were commenting about.
@@Downhaven that person from “Texas” is prolly a Russian bot. They love to use Texas as a cover.
In my personal experience, when I was a teenager, maybe 17 or 18, I worked on a fireworks crew. One job was in Dearborn, MI at Camp Dearborn. Working from before dawn until 23:00 or so. Long story short, my so called friends that I drove with there left me at the behest of a girl. I was quite pissed, but I started walking the unknown distance home with the only knowledge of direction came from the previous day riding in a vehicle and paying attention to street signs. I walked from Camp Dearborn to River Rouge roughly 49 miles with nothing but the clothes on my tired back.
I appreciate your channel because I appreciate the brutal honesty of life. Thanks for keeping in the realm of reality.
One point of advice as a pilot. The laser might not be the best idea because it will basically blind the pilots. When a laser hits a cockpit it reflects all over and can temporarily blind or disorient the pilots and at worst give them permanent vision damage depending on how powerful the laser is. It hasnt happened to me but i know a few small aircraft pilots who have been lased and it would be 100% be better and safer if you just used a bright flashlight. If youre in a survival situation you likely dont have lights around you so it will be easier to see a flashlight as it will stick out if you shine that at the airplane without having the strength to harm the pilots in the airplane. Just my thoughts on the matter. Great video.
Fuck ‘em
I agree, that little 2k lumens tac light he has will do just fine and keep him from being locked up though I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Agree with the blinding issue. However the idea is to disrupt the camera and be painfully obvious to the instruments. A regular light doesn't do that. The laser is just that painfully obvious. I agree the flashlight for the pilots would be better. And if it's flying around at the dead of night. Try it. However that laser will bounce around day or night. It is a desperate risk. Use a signal flare first. Lol
@andrewlaughbon9468 I don't know of any airplane outside of equipped surveillance aircraft (usually only military aircraft) that have a camera, otherwise a laser would do nothing to instruments and only causing a massive risk of blinding or disorientation in a pilot, causing a large undue risk to the safety of the aircraft and anything below. The vast majority of the time in a survival situation you're talking about getting the attention of a small private aircraft or search aircraft and a rescue helicopter. The flashlight will do just fine unless you're being found by a military crew with thermals. The laser is more of a danger to the pilots than a helpful tool. There's a reason people go to jail for a while for lasing aircraft.
Signal flare, flashlight or fire would likely be the best route, as well as signal mirrors in the daytime.
I was a helo cop for about seven years in SW Oregon, just north of where Randall shoots these videos. We flew SAR missions fairly often. A few points... best to stay with your rig unless you're certain you can and are equipped to walk out, if you have comms (cell and/or radio) and can provide your lat/long 👍, using a laser to signal an aircraft is no bueno 👎 aim it at a treetop or rock face! (I've been lazed a few times!). Big fire (but NOT in fire season 🙄) is good for warmth and signaling. Bottom line... be prepared, stay cool, think it through.
Great realist video. My wife and I did not always own a car. We thought nothing to walk to town to do earns and get groceries. A 7 miles loop. We even added an extra mile to hit a big hill for extra exercise. We are 46 and 51.
You're spot on! Especially about building a shelter, people don't seem to understand how much time it takes to build a "bushcrafter's" shelter like the ones we are seeing on UA-cam or how much more difficult is to start a fire with a ferro rod..
It doesn’t take much effort at all to do either. A simple lean to is not hard nor time consuming to make if you’re in actual wilderness and not what the woods look like in most parks where the deadfall is all picked clean for fires.
And I couldn’t disagree more about a ferro rod. They aren’t easier than a lighter, but far from the most time consuming part of building a fire.
Collecting and processing wood, kindling, and tinder is the most time consuming part by far…and necessary even with a lighter AND some sort of chemical accelerant. The ferro rod just necessitates a few extra minutes at most of making better tinder.
It shouldn’t be anyone’s go to…but there are enough keychain sized ones, or even ones that fit in the corkscrew of a Swiss Army knife…that it’s an utter no brainer to have one.
The Boy Scouts for well over a century have preached three ways to make fire. They weren’t being paranoid or trying to make you haul too much weight.
That you can carry water purification tabs, storm matches, whistle, cordage, spare havalon blades, a ferro rod, a small bic, safety pins, a tinder or two, and a small flashlight in an altoids tin?
Stick a piece of cut inner tube around it to hold it shut and throw one in your fishing bag, one in your day hiking bag, one in your hunting vest. It weighs nothing and almost every item listed has value well beyond bonafide survival.
To me that’s the key. Carry the survival items. Just figure out how to make the survival items the same items you often use or need in the outdoors anyway. Stuff that is truly just survival needs to be tiny and light and impossible to leave behind.
I do not go out without a headlamp. Full stop. So I have a really good one.
I use my knife all the time outdoors. So I have a nice one albeit relatively little by many survival standards.
But I almost never need a compass so I make sure that the one I have does multiple things and is light enough to be able to justify.
@@thopkins2271 I'm not talking about a simple tarp shelter. I'm talking about those big wooden shelters that we're seeing on UA-cam. People think that they can build such a shelter but in reality they won't when really needed, because it takes hours to build it, skills and planning. About making fire yes you must be able to start a fire with multiple ways, but a lighter should be number one. It's the easiest, cheapest and everyone has a lighter on him/her (or should have). I couldn't agree more about carrying the survival items although I'm not a fan of survival tins, I just carry them on my person. Something I'd like to add is that people need to get out and test all their gear and skills.
@@jimmyzulu85 I’m all for carrying them b on your person. I don’t, other than a knife or multi tool and a tiny ferro rod connected to my keys. But I never hunt without a day pack, and I never fish without an orvis sling bag. If I’m off roading in the jeep…well then I’m better outfitted than almost anyone.
And yes those shelters are ridiculous. Maybe fun for those that consider that their recreation though.
You mentioned having flat tires on your ATV I always carried tire plugs and a bicycle pump tape to the handlebar. Never let me down. Plus the duct tape I could start a fire with it.😊 I even had to put four tire plugs in one hole before, but it got me home. Save me a little egg time.😊
I run my hounds on 🦝 and bobcat about 200 nights a year. I hunt deer , turkey , hogs etc. as well as predator calling for coyotes. Love fishing as well. I hunt 90% of the time by myself. Last night I followed my hounds about 4 miles in a Wilderness area public hunting.
"There's no such thing as the middle of nowhere Agent Scully!"
agent scully aint been to the yukon. alaska, british columbia,
I've had to break out an old school compass twice on the same small ranch that I lease the hunting rights to. Both times it was well after dark and the canopy was thick enough that I couldn't see the sky well, plus the brush was thick enough that one had to stick to cattle trails. For some reason, it's really easy to walk in circles when you have to watch the ground and you can't just march off in a straight line. I have google maps on my phone, but with spotty reception it's easy to walk off in the wrong direction because the phone doesn't always show it's exact location.
Good video, simple and to the point.
A lot of people have an opinion about wilderness survival, while having spent no time in the wilderness.
Map & Compass, Knife (small), Lighter (small), Whistle, Bandanna - all this fits in your pocket.
Rain Gear, Water, Snacks
Everything else is extra weight for extended efforts.
Agree. Even in my city park, I would stuff a Bic lighter, an emergency poncho, maybe a snack bar, in my pockets. Carry a disposable plastic bottle of water from 7-11. Took under 30 seconds to grab those things.
I'm certain preppers would laugh and non-preppers would say, "paranoid" for having those minimal items. However, those things could have meant the difference between a very uncomfortable and deadly situation to just a very uncomfortable but _living_ situation.
I would add a ferro rod and tinder. The ferro rod is extremely reliable for starting fires
Knife = big
Trolls be like: He's promoting Bic Lighters, he's getting paid by BIC for this video! 🤣🤣🤣 Love your style and content! I carry in a cross draw holster, it's the only thing I've found that provides access but doesn't interfere with any other straps or belts when I have a back pack on. I have a great big coyote brown scarf, some piece of surplus I got years ago, thin cotton, quite long and large and I drape it around my neck. It can hang in such a way that you would walk right past me and never see the S & W 686 hanging there but it's still right there if I want it. Have fun!
You’re right! I graduated from SERE in 2000. One thing I carried as a loadmaster was a 5mW green laser. I put that fact into my ISOPREP too.
Mike Jones recently did a couple of survival vids. Check them out too.
I'm not sure you're going to find garandthumb by searching mike jones, i'm not going to test it lol
Is 5mW and 5,000mW the same? I know that sounds stupid but I was curious about abbreviations in the numbers because mine says max output 5,000mW. I can light shit on fire with it and it shoots a visible column of light into the sky without fog or smoke in the air
Mine is a tiny one. Its marketed use is for pointing out celestial objects, but in a survival situation I probably would have just shot it straight up so my location could be seen by rescue.
That makes sense. Mine is like one of those palm sized maglight style flashlights but 3xs as long. Overall it's not small but it's not bulky either. I think it's one of those "illegal" lasers from on-line but I'm not really sure about it, it was a gift and I'm not a laser autist like some folks
@@Chudchanning5,000mW is 5 Watts. That'll completely blind any eye it hits, and start grass fires. Be careful with that...
I kind of agree with you had a heat riser go bad in my exhaust. I ran out of gas 3 miles from home. It was 19 below zero and 35° winds but I was prepared. I had a winter parka and winter boots. I just started walking and walked all the way home at 3:30 in the morning no problemo.😊
Absolute on point, Randal
Thank you for your service and your time. My Dad retired from the military after twenty years. Every year we took weekend trips around Thanksgiving and Christmas to the hunt camp in Georgia. We spent many hours there in the spring planting alfalfa, corn, & other native grasses to build up the herd at hunt camp. In the summer we would camp for 2 weeks on a river in Tenn. and run trout lines. He taught me how to hunt, fish, and sustain myself through the elements, hot or cold, good & bad times, & to always be prepared for the inevitable accidents. What you just went over is almost the exact same things he taught me. As a girl it was hard at times to be as tough as he wanted me to be, but as I have grown, I understand that everything he taught me was not just for me, but for the generations after him. I just wanted to tell you that you & the info. your sharing is appreciated. I’m pretty sure it would have my Dad’s approval ,Sgt. Potter 1923-1993. 🫡
I'm not starting a wildfire.
I'm not putting a laser in a pilot's eyes.
I have solutions that meet the same need differently. But point well taken.👍
Excellent vid, my man.
You’re the first channel I’ve ever seen that touches on this subject. Having the mental strength to get yourself home in adverse conditions is key
Please make that a t shirt. “Walk your Happy ass home.”
I have always carried a green laser pointer in my backpack for that reason, excellent signaling device. Surprising I never hear anybody talk about them being used for that you’re the first person.
I grew up in the boonies with the nearest town over an hour away. I'm still amazed at the way people think they can survive in the wilderness. It's not easy even knowing what you are doing. Most people die from an unplanned night in the woods. Long term survival isn't as easy as people think. I usually walked in to where I was fishing, hunting or running my trap line. This video is spot on. 👍
Listen to this man. Im a 51 year old infantry veteran. 2 years ago i weighed 270 lbs now im down to 210. I work out and walk 6 days a week. I realized 2 years ago I was a fat fuck who could not protect his family now I almost feel like i could serve in the infantry again lol. Get in shape go camping and rough it with one man tents and back packs. This will give you a better idea of what is needed in the outdoors in your area. Only thing he forgot to mention was bring bug spray its a game changer lol
Mate, your excellent down-to-earth videos are coming thick and fast, and they are very much appreciated. From an Australian bushman.
I cannot overstate how refreshing it is to hear you speaking common sense. I have had many of these thoughts watching other videos and it’s great to hear that I’m not the only one questioning some of the “fantasy land” tactics. Sure it’s fun to go camping, but in most cases you sure can just walk home or call for help…
Water in a survival situation. Tap a tree, it's already purified. Drill a shallow hole about 1/2 and inch, maybe an inch, in. Tap it with a hollow tube of some type and stick a cup under the end. It runs decently. Don't forget to plug it with sap if you can. Otherwise it will eventually heal itself after take the tap out. (If you don't have tablets or a filter at all that is.)
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@@BCVS777 Yea, certain someone's are gonna LOVE that FYI. 😏
I usually pack a drill when I go to the woods too
@@eddiekane1202The end of the saw on a multi tool.works. even the corks screw could do the job with some effort. Or the the thin blade FCOL. You really think I literally ment a drill. 😂🙄
@@chriss2283 it’s called busting your balls. get a sense a humor
Great points,as long as your not injured, if you can navigate you can walk your way out or find a road.
Loved it. This video, your consistent advice and some comments here make venturing out very accessible and inexpensive. Thanks for the great, reassuring advice and the consistently excellent work.
I got stuck on my dirt bike soaking wet because I crashed into a creek. I struggled for hours on this trail in a snowstorm and decided to leave the bike behind. I walk/jogged out in fun dirt bike gear. It sucked but I got home.
Another time I broke my handlebars and my friend came to get me in his truck. I was freezing so I did jumping jacks, push ups, squats and walked constantly until he got there. It sucked but we got my bike out. I still like the survival gear though but it’s mostly useless unless you are stuck for days.
I broke down 80 miles away from home when i was doing a very long commute during the height of the cvid issue (couldnt ride in the tow truck) not even remote. Grabbed my water changed into my boots grabbed my pack w a few snacks and tarp just in case. Walked about halfway home b4 someone was available to pick me up. An hr or 2 more that tarp would have been invaluable. Left my wallet at home so no cash or card just the batt left on my phone and battery brick. Great info, major lesson... stay fit friends.
While I do have knives for specific tasks. The only 'knife' I EDC is in my Leatherman Surge. The reason I like the heavier Surge is because of the larger scissors and more robust pliers than what the wave or the charge has. I snapped the tips off my Leatherman charge trying to remove a nail from a tire.
Love your content!! You’re awesome and I really like your take on things. I do think that if someone is hiking or camping up here (Upstate NY) in the Adirondack high peaks or anywhere “back Country,” that the cold is definitely a factor, distance is a factor, and the possibility of getting injured and having no communication is also something to be considered when heading out. I always go out with most everything I need to make it for a couple of nights. The Cold seasons require a lot more gear but it doesn’t take much during the warmer months. Aside from that, we have meth heads and just dirt bag people preying on the weak. I try to be prepared for anything and try to be anything but weak. I am not a bad ass but I will keep my family safe and prepared. We love your channel!! Love it! Thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do for your fellow Countrymen. We owe you so much!! We have nothing but respect and d gratitude. Thank you!!
In the eastern woodlands/ Ohio you will probably find a road in a few hours.
The more you know the less you carry! That’s why i go into the wilderness with two pack horses.
I just bring a 6 pack...the less I know the less I worry
Great video as usual !!! My days of doing the hardcore Survivalist stuff back in the hills ( Sangre De Christo Mountains CO.) are now past me due to multiple injuries and illness , yet I keep the truck prepped and multiple plans to sloowly get back home from Cañon City ( about an hour’s drive) . I also used to be a VFF and Wildland Firefighter and I agree 100% about starting a BIG ASS FIRE ..safely . After all you don’t want to have the fire meant to save you be the reason you are now BBQ and will never get home .. alive. 😂
That sunset looks cool- San Juaquin Valley that way- I think its good to have some sort of kit with you whether your on an ATV or in your truck or car. Something that you can put over your shoulder and go. Water, water- must have along with the other basic stuff. Some of this stuff should be already on you as part of your EDC-
The IR beacon is a great idea, any experience with the trip wire perimeter alarms?
I took the Wildeness Survival classes for my Wilderness Sirvival Merit badge. We had to build a shelter and spend the night out there, without a tent. It was hands down the best class I took in the scouts. That and pioneering. And maybe the first aid. Anyways…
I got lucky having a scoutmaster that was a 30-year navy veteran that retired as a master chief. He could speak Eskimo and Inuit.
If you have never built a shelter, I’d recommend going out and practicing. City folks prolly can’t do that, but you can go to a national park or a state park and at least get out there and out of the house. I can teach you how to do a lot, but I can’t teach you how to persevere. Know what it’s like so you won’t be distracted by the environment. Most Americans are too comfortable in the A/c. It’s amazing how many people won’t even sleep in a tent. 😂
Nice, I wish I stuck with scouts
The idea of heading out for a day trip in the wilderness and a disaster making it a multiple day walk to get back is real for some people - you have no idea. But you do you. You are right that people should be able to make it to the highway from the middle of the state park.
An ample supply of tea will cover most emergencies.
Well, there was that one time in Boston Harbor...
You made me happy a cpl minutes in. I remember a few years back when I spent 3 months paddling the Missouri. I took a short vid to message my friends. It was basically, how I can believe how privileged I am to be able to enjoy such beauty. And the you hit the whole survival thing. Here’s my big one, you fools rubbing two sticks together, got to have a flint n steel. Dude a pack of bic lighters will offer you years of fire.
I used to live in the actual wilderness for a few years, now I live very close to it haha 😂 and its a hard ass life dont fool yourself be prepared and your kit will weigh a shitload more in the winter time that's just the way it is.
Your cell phone is probably one of the most important devices whenever you get in trouble. In areas with bad service and long distances to cover, one with a replaceable battery seems like a good idea.
I thought they don't even make phones w/removable batteries anymore....That's why everyone is using external batteries...?
@@RonLumbar There are a couple but you have to look them up. Fairphone, Kyocera, Nokia still make some.
There seem to be many videos about a "get home bag". Back in the 1980s and 1990s we went for miles carrying NOTHING. If we were stranded far from home we just walked home, we didn't need a bag of supplies or any kind of special skills. Just walking.
Hill People chest bag it looks like? Great choice! Also a very common sense loadout, good info sand hill.
Good information. I think a lot of preparation depends on my environment. Being in a wilderness in southern California would be a lot different than in coastal Alaska or western Idaho. I need to be more fit but I am very close to being 80. As a widower, I get bored staying home, reading and playing my mandolin, but I'm not one of those guys who watches TV or plays cards with the old guys in a retirement home, so I often take drives. The terrain around me is rough enough that driving 10--20 miles on gravel roads going east, I soon have no roads. And the terrain in my area is rough enough that logging operations usually use helicopters for hauling out logs, if one goes very far from civilization.
2-meter HAM radios are limited because of the lack of enough repeaters. If I'm that close to a repeater, even with my bad knees and hiking poles, I can walk out. If I had an HF radio, I wouldn't need the repeaters, but those are a lot more expensive and heavier. Cell phones here have iffy reception near civilization. Lots of mountains and canyons. But it is important to know things about where you are going. Every spring, I take a modified camp trip to see how I am doing. Last early April I ran into snow 4 miles from a paved road. I slept in my Subaru after some hairy snow driving. Two weeks later I was ten miles from a paved road with snow appearing on the road and soon, I decided not to push it and I carefully turned around and returned home.
Soon I plan on buying a DeWalt cordless chain saw, lighter that my Stihl Firewood Boss. It is easy to drive a ways back on a gravel road or dirt road, find a dead end (Topo maps aren't totally reliable.), turn around and find where a standing dead white fir, decided to fall across the road, blocking my return trip, and a hand camp-saw may be good for ten-inch trees but not for a 3-foot diameter one. The fellow with this video looks like he's probably around 40 years old. It makes a lot of difference when you double that age. In my car I carry my Cabela's day pack with 2500 cubic inches (what is advertised.). I always have extra water plus a Sawyer water purifier besides my canteen. And I have a first aid kit. One thing I did 10 years ago which I would recommend, I took, not for certification, a 6-week EMT search and rescue class. Intense and I've forgotten a lot but I also remember a lot. Tourniquets are great if you have another person with you but bad, wide slashes on your thigh can kill in 15 minutes. And under stressful survival conditions, that isn't hard to do. I take QuikClot with me. I also take Pure Protein Bars, I get at Costco and though only 200 calories each, they are very nutritional and I'll take enough to keep me alive for several days. I also bought a Cold Steel camp shovel and with it I can chop down small trees.
Wilderness here doesn't have grizzlies. Those are 400 miles farther north so all I have to worry about are mountain lions, black bears, wolves, moose. I have driven on roads where I was really glad to get past--places that look like real survivalist camps. I usually carry either of two Ruger Blackhawks--a .357 mag 125 grain FMJ or a .41 mag, cowboy action 210 grain. Full loads are hard to keep on target. And I carry the gun on my hip.
Trails in Washington are good and well-marked, but not in Idaho. It is really easy to start on a good trail and after a mile--no sign of a trail. so I carry a compass. I'm not tech savy so I go old fashioned. I used to be a scout leader so I've camped in winter some and I even camped with boys on a fairly steep slope in winter on the slope of Mt. Baker, a 10,000 foot volcano in Washington, but I was only in my early 40's which makes a lot of difference from 79.
I will go back and review this video because though I though I was always prepared I did see several items that could be very useful.
A hatchet or knife wound to leg is the most likely need for a TQ. Other than that, fall out of a tree a puncture. In 20 years I know of one bear who impaled its stomache on a branch. And 2 humans broke vertebraes falling out of trees. And they got up and walked. One had a collapsed ribcage so he couldn't yell. One guy I know hit himself real bad with an axe.
I always let someone know where i am heading, what route i am taking, and when i should be back. If i don't make contact by the prescribed time, then they can send someone my way. Nowhere is it too far to walk out.
When we were kids man we'd survive in the middle of nowhere on Atvs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles all weekend with nothing but rum, beer, hot dogs and a pack of smokes. 10 or 20 of us would do these long multi-day loops through the most remote holes way up North. Worst injury I ever got in the bush was when I punched out a cabin window and the glass came down and cut me to the bone on my tricep . I just took my shirt off and tied it really tight around the arm. We kept fooling around and drinking beer all day then I finally went to emergency room and got stitched up, the nurse had very little remorse. Not my best decision. The entire arm turned purple and green for weeks, and I still don't have much feeling in my forearm. Not the first time booze got me in trouble lol.
Anyway I live, work, ride hunt and fish in some good remote places. Most of the time I just carry a multitool, lighter plus something as backup, and something to drink out of. Most of the time you're never further than a few hundred feet from the nearest trail/cut-line/road, so yeah I've always walked out. Worst case I've had to walk all night to get to cell service or to get where "normal vehicles" could reach, then just light a fire or walk till the ride shows up. Take a nap here and there if needed, but if you run out of beer, god help ya. I guess when you grow up doing the things in the bush, it's surprising what little you need. Yet so many people just walk out into the bush with backpacks full of stuff and die every year on well established trails in big busy national parks. Some people need all the help they can get I suppose, hence the hyper popular bushcrafty youtuber channels.
My biggest pet peeve of youtube is all the feathersticking nonsense. People out there buying $300 knives just based on how well they can featherstick lol. I've never seen anyone do that in my entire life until the internet and youtube was invented. There is shit laying around in the woods everywhere that will burst into flames in less than 3 seconds with a bic lighter lol. Even if it rained all week, it's at the base of the spruce trees and hanging off the side of the birch trees among other places. It's probably necessary in some parts of the world. But mother of god I'm not gonna split wood with my knife and stand there whittling to get a fire going when I'm in stage 2 hypothermia cause I was too stubborn to come off the lake, or down out of the deer stand sooner lol.
WOW, someone with common sense ideas 👍 I'm tired of GLOOM DOOM, LET'S BE HEROES TYPES. THANK YOU 👍
Good talk Brother, I agree.
In my experience, setting up a camp and utilizing bushcraft skills, are only for when I am on extended hunting trips that last for several days/weeks. . . On a regular day out, the only tools for emergency are my pocket knife and my torch lighter.
Ever seen or heard a sasquatch out there?
I enjoy bushcraft im not a bushcrafter.i enjoy survival and the outdoors. but i feel like your right walking out is never talked about or signaling. i think they assume that most people are lost and then need to use some kind of survival tactics. and here in Oregon we do get a few lost people in the woods hundreds of miles from their home, and they have been known to get themselves killed buy trying to walk out. i say always if your lost then just make your car your camp. you will be found for sure, faster if someone knows your route. but you will be found. awesome video brother!
Thoughts / Reasoning behind No Garmin DeLorme InReach PLB? No Pen Flare? No hand flare for signaling/ starting fires?
🎶Meet me down by the railroad track, track. 🎶
Finally! Someone mentions a Laser for signalling - I always thought it was a no brained
Great video! Just a heads up a laser can damage camera equipment
It is extremely hard to get more than 40 miles from help in the lower 48.
Oh, I absolutely love videos like this…… keep burning their reality down Randall😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Your radio has a light and strobe on it too. So you are definitely good
I have a laser that shoots a solid stream visible stream straight through the clear air, I can actually start fires with it its so powerful. glad to see I was on the right track packing it in my survival bag because that thing seems visible from space with how strong it is and it doubles as a fire starter
It's a lot easier if you like to camp and hike anyhow. I'm old, so I'm going to suffer if I have to hike 50 miles, but I routinely hike with gear and camp with a tarp just for fun. Instead of a chest rig, I've got a riggers belt with first aid, survival gear, a fixed blade and I can attach my holster. I also have a full get home bag if I want food, water treatment, shelter, etc.
Sound advice, GP. Thanks.
I like to have an Israeli bandage in my IFAK.
Exactly right. I carry just enough to walk back home or signal someone.
The people who get lost and find themselves in a survival situation aren't usually the ones who buy Baofengs(or get HAM licensed or look up repeaters), bring a sat beacon, wear bushcraft chest rigs, carry redundant layers of survival equipment, extra clothes, a fixed blade tool, all weather fire starting, extra food, be able to trek out from a stranded vehicle over new country... etc....
Starting a wildfire when I’m injured in the middle of nowhere doesn’t really sound like I’d be doing much to improve my situation.
Thanks for keeping it real!
Keep Smilin!!!!
What make and model of radio was that?
Super underrated advice 👏
I've built a fire and spent the night, then walked out, instead of stumbling onto a grizzly bear in the dark. 99.99999% of the time, that will suffice. what you can carry in an altoid tin will do the job. However, from a standpoint of just gaining knowledge, when you watch the UA-cam stuff, go practice in the backyard, then take it up in the hills and try it. You want the reflexes before you have to do it under shitty conditions. It's fun stuff even if you never have to use it. Nothing wrong with learning the skills.
This is exactly it. I think people load their packs down with the stuff they camp or recreate with, and then add a bunch of survival stuff. Silly.
Make quality and informed purchases the first time when buying outdoors equipment…and then all of a sudden your regular gear is a perfect multifunctional survival tool. When you aren’t intending on spending the night…you’re spot on. A well thought out altoids tin with a space blanket attached to it with a piece of inner tube is hard to beat, fits in any bag you would have while outside, and adds no weight.
Randall's fireside chats lol. Imagine trying to get back home after a bear attack, like the Revenant movie....
I know you weren’t ranking on anyone but I was laughing watching that 😂👍🏼🇺🇸.
Learned something! Thanks dude! 💯🍻
Thanks for another great and informative video, sometimes it’s getting another perspective that clarifies the haze on a few topics that you cover.
Any chance you post the specialty items you showed?
Tac light- model $
Admin chest - brand $
Laser flare- $ best glide?
Civ strobe- $ brand
Not shown mentioned- pick/ e-tool
Thanks again and I’m quite interested in the protein bar and bic lighter chesty pocket.
- Спасибо
1986, USAF jungle survival exercise at Clark AB. TAG! You two 1st Lts are it, (F-16 pilots.) Now we were pretty senior Lts by this time, if there is such a thing. Nick and I in pretty great shape. They sent a ANG SERE instructor from Spokane. He was a tad…fat. 😂 Well we EnE’d to our extraction point, doing all the SERE wood stuff, and? Someone forgot about us! 😂 No Huey. Couple hours, and no radio contact, going to get dark? Nick and I start walking. Uh boy! The heavy E-6 was really winded after a mile or two. We had maybe 10-12 miles to go, but, a big hill in our path. Luckily at the top of the hill we got radio contact, and about an hour later the Huey came. got to actually give bearings with the backwards compass, pop smoke, the whole shebang. I still wonder if the rotund SERE instructor would have made 12 miles! 😂 But? Way back in the real survival school? Non-combat pre cell phone and only a radio? Build a big ass fire!!! 😊
Yes you are correct. But the point in learning Bushcraft/survival skills is to gain confidence and knowledge.. it is fun to learn, gets people in the outdoors and gets them needed excersize away from the dang TV and video games..
Three centuries ago, the population of game animals (and their four-legged predators) was much greater than it is now. Back then, the human population on this continent was much smaller.
It will flip again when the grid is permanently shut down. By sabotage or a CME aka Nature
Hey brother, fellow Marine Grunt, 0311 please tell me the name of that signal panel! 🙏🏾 And how ti find it. It's the best one I've seen. 👍🏾 Thanks 👊🏾
How are you going to survive without your beer when the SHTF? Will you become a beer Pirate?
What radio make and model was that?
From my understanding the reason why people teach others to build brush shelters is for those who don't carry something to get out of the elements. That way IF you can't walk out (which I agree is reality most of the time. Hell I live by 2000 acres of unpopulated woods....but there's a road north south east west that you can walk to in a day) You need shelter or your lost later in the day you can hopefully stay out of the elements. Of course your gonna need to not only sleep under something but preferably in and on something as well.
With signal fires usually the rule of thumb is three fires with smoke (burn green foliage during the day) that are equally spaced apart.
Unfortunately most people don't carry a ham radio or radio with them period and cell phones are nice...if you can tell the rescuers where you are. Or the PLD so many carry now that's great but how accurate are they.
I agree with having a physical compass on hand even a cheap one just check the accuracy of it by checking against a tried and true one. Plus knowing how to figure out cardinal via nature directions helps.
I get tablets they have their place. But if your in the wilderness away from civilization. Just carry a single walled stainless steel container of some kind to boil.
What is a matching gun?
And make SURE they are BIC lighters too. There’s zero other dependable disposable lighters better than bic.
Excellent points, brother.
Thank you! Making common sense, common practice. 👍
I have walked my ass home once before, it ain't the funniest thing to do but I wasn't going to be a sitting duck in a state park where the last tracks I saw were at least a week old, no cell service, and it was a 6-hour walk home.
I am lucky that the big cats are not in my area and the black bear is easily spooked off.
More likely situation for the average person is you break down don’t have service and you have the option of leg it back in the dark and cold or set up a basic camp typically camping out in car is a decent idea if you don’t have a car maybe leg it out don’t if you don’t have a light ( phone dead)
If you're in an area that's withing 50 miles of your home, an area you're fairly familiar with, you ought to be able to figure out which direction is "home", just by knowing over which part of the surrounding terrain the sun rises or sets. You ought to only need a compass for movement at night, or when the sky and horizon are obscured by cloud cover and/or stormy weather.
I rarely see on youtube a survival specialist with a PLB, despite it would be an important item in a survival kit, to my understanding. Is it because of the cost, or it's just too easy to get rescued with it?
Old 11b here. Brother i lke to use a molle waist pack/butt pack for my small /survival kit..i sling it on a GPstrap..i give a shit what people think i go armed everywhere..i also go heavy on signal kit like mirrior,flares,panel..if you have a machine it should be loaded up with a tool kit for your machine water ,chow ,1staid stuff ,poncho/liner..i don't do the ax shit neither, why .i use a saw if i need to cut wood...Vince g 11b Infantry..
What? You mean when you get your ATV stuck, you don't immediately grab two sticks to start making a friction fire, and scavenge the land for flint stone to start making primitive arrows?
Shocked.
anther great rainy day in OR love the rain embrace the suck lol walked 20 miles the other day lol in the snow for no reason bic lighter with tape love the videos
Thats so true no one will not walk.
I have seen people wait for hrs for somebody to drive to them.
In the city there are certainly places you should walk through male or female.
That may make a video stranded in the city.
Love tip #2. Got lost on a late day hike with my girlfriend. She got scared, so i told her that if we didnt find the car soon, I would start a fire so big that someone would definitely find us.
You should come up to Michigan and play
I have spent weeks in the mountains as a younger person and what drove me out time and again is hunger . Contrary to UA-cam there is nothing to eat in the Great Outdoors .
I always went back to town for food also 😂. Never made it more than a little past 2 weeks out
Based on what most people do in the woods, you are perfectly right. Unless you had to drive for weeks, ride some animal for 5 days and then paddle for 3 days to get there, there should be a way to walk out alive or get some attention.
I think most people teach survival based on their overall teachings. If you preach carrying an axe or giant knife, of course you should have tourniquets and israeli bandages.
BTW, even if you don't seem to have a signal, try 911 anyways because that signal is boosted and may still work.
What chest rig is that?