The Frisbee can serve several purposes: protect the finish on a no-stick pan while traveling, collect shavings from a feather stick, fan a stubborn fire, etc. I bought one just to keep my kids occupied, then used it for other things. I'll be looking for that egg carrier! Love the tipi, stove - heck, this whole playlist is gold!
trousers left on the boots, great tip. hot metal bottle in wool sock. the cup idea with odds and sods by the bed. raised stove off the snow. spark arrestor low down eggs in a jar multiple paper plates great tips to help other thanks
funkyprepper I do this with my clothes in winter here, and we live in a stone house in the Pyrenees! Can get down to minus 18C. Great idea for the pants and boots, but I take off all my top layers together and leave them at the end of the bed for easy access. Especially when we are waiting for llama births.
I've seen the eggs in a jar idea before, but for me putting the eggs in a normal plastic container and stuffing it with paper works just as well. I use paper towels and toilet paper along the way at any rate, and use it up when the eggs are gone.
Nice idea. Nothing like keeping them in their natural state. I also like Lonnie's method of pouring how many as you want into your skillet. Seems easier. Less clean up.
I tied a license plate to the back of my sled with paracord. It serves as a brake so the sled won't slide backwards. I use a plastic milk crate to pack stuff in, it makes a good stool and also footrest. I will now build a stove because of this video. Thanks!!!
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Carry TP in a old tobacco can with lighter fluid and a bic lighter.I carry that in the back seat tool box which is under the seat.I use the lid as a leg to raise the can off the floor,lighter fluid to lite the TP to burn as a candle withe the lighter to ignite it,I have a heater to keep me from freezin in the truck.But also open 2 windows a bit to let gases out and let air in.Just a survival thing.It works.
You're a good man Lonnie. Been practicing some of the stuff you teach, and enjoying the woods more all the time. It feels good to have things sorted out, everything just gets so much more comfortable. I grew up monkeying around in the woods, but never thought to get organized about it until I was a middle aged man! Thanks for what you do.
Hello Lonny I have seen the Video twice and i love it It Shows how to live in the snow and stay alive . You use very simple Tools and Equipment and for normal people as i am it very good to see At Last i like the intro very much the music Sounds like Alaska is used to be for me Thanks for sharing your knowlege Greeting from Germany Stay healthy and save and dont catch the Virus Yours Frank
When I grew up in Wisconsin, we would use bales of straw, pulled apart and fluffed up for bedding under our canvas tents during winter campouts as Boy Scouts. Mittens worked better keeping our fingers warm, than gloves. We used crossed sticks, tied together, buried in the snow at each outside corner of our tents for anchors to tie the corner tent grommets to. I like the five gallon wood stove, Lonnie. I've been thinking about how to make a wood stove for my deer hunting blind. Hope you two have a peaceful winter up there in Alaska. Kind regards from Northern Michigan.
Living in Maine, winter camping advice is something I'm always interested in. What really strikes me about this channel is just listening to Lonnie talk!
You my friend , are what really lured me back into the bushcraft lifestyle from when I use to spend my youth , all day in the woods. It wasn't called Bushcrafting back then LOL. But I'm glad you were the first videos I saw here on youtube. You do a lot of great things for the outdoors community. You show a great respect for nature. Thanks Lonnie 👍👍
It's good to hear that wonderful flute again. The last time I watched one of your videos, the intro was silent, and I thought my laptop's speakers had finally died (it's very old). Excellent video, as always.
I have used a tipi for years for elk hunting the hot tipi is magic in the snow. Lots of great tips in this video as always thank you for sharing. The wood pot holders are going on my checklist!
Great tips Lonnie.Spark arrestor, felt pack idea and pants over boots are golden tips I've never even considered. ALWAYS learn something from you Brother! Blessings!
Its the extreme survival videos that give you the best info. Anyone can survive in moderate conditions but in truly cold environments this is what you need. You don't need fancy gear, you need common sense in real life situations to survive. If you can deal with the worst then you can easily deal with the easier moderate temperatures.
I have been watching your videos for a little while now and I just wanted to say I am glad I came across you and your videos, your knowledge and experience is very impressive and refreshing, your not trying to prove anything, just enjoying your life the way you want to. Thank you for sharing with us. Rock on brother.
I think this is your best video yet, Lonnie! Many things I remember from winter bivwac in Germany while in the Army! You covered those hreat ideas and more!
Honestly, this was a great and very informational video, I have enjoyed quite a few of your videos. This one was truely filled with many useful tips I have not heard before and I will use not only use to improve on my own ideas but also just in general. Loved the jarred eggs tip, The boot's and pants idea, the stainless sports bottle (heated open and kept in a wool sock) as foot and body warmer idea, the spark arrestor down low tip and finally someone has after all these years sold me on paper plates. Lol, to think I already have a frisbee too. Thank you so much for the time you put into making these videos. No need to respond (a reference to another video you made on your version of a swedish torch) I just wanted to express to you like many, many many people have, that I appreciate what you're doing.
Just found your videos and love em, you are the real deal, so many great ideas that a northern Alberta Traditional bowhunter can use, Thank you for your efforts, look forward to watching them all.
Yes. It is almost always very high humidity here. My hunting partner moved here from Rhode Island a few years ago. He said he feels colder here when it is in the 30's than he did when it was in the teens and low 20's in Rhode Island. I know when I lived in Idaho I could not believe I could go out in just a good sweater when it was in the teens. I loved it, That was a beautiful state and met a lot of good people there
I stumbled across Lonnies video on slingshots 2 days ago, and have been catching up on all the others as I can. Dont know how I have missed this sight all these years, but believe I have found home here. His general demeanor is that of the guys I grew up with, hunted and fished with, in the Haskell valley as a kid. Talk about finding home again.....
What a great video! Good information including some things I would have never thought of. I especially appreciated the soft spoken but direct style of the man speaking.
Such a welcome change from the many "all the gear and no idea" UA-camrs. Just goes to prove that the most important aid to survival (or in my case - comfort!) is your brain and its contents.
Frisbee idea is awesome and the eggs in a jar is way cool. I love this whole concept and looks fun, I really like the TP hot tent thing its a very simple process and way more easy on what you need to bring with ya. Its seems like it would be way better rolling up tarps than packing a big ole tent with poles....your vids are great I'm glad I found this channel.
+Airik1111 I sold my literally 80 pound traditional 12 foot by 14 foot canvas wall tent because it was just too much tent and to heavy as well as just too hard to set up by myself. This hot tipi is a breeze for one person. Very easy to transport as well as very easy too set up and take down. I'm loving it.
Have watched many of your great videos Lonnie. I really appreciate how genuine you are with your opinions & the gear you use/make. So many youtubers in this genre seem more interested in brand names & specs of new gear. I have summer camped for many years & have now, thanks to people like yourself, developed an interest in winter camping. Tried a quinzee twice last year which was great but would prefer to tent. I've never noticed anyone putting the spark arrestor just above the stove. Has this ever caused you any problems or needed a clean out? Keep up the great work.
I personally have never used the spark arrestor just above the stove though I am told that it works well. In fact I do not use a spark arrestor up to this point. My brief experience of using a spark arrestor ended in a failure due to the screen plugging up very rapidly causing the stove pipe not to draw very well and then smoke would come into the shelter interior. I do have an idea for my stove this year that I may employ. It is a quite long spark arrestor on top of the pipe that hopefully will take longer to plug and will be easy to remove and clean when it does require cleaning.
Thanks Mr. Lonnie as always most educational! I want you to know I appreciate your videos and the time it takes to make them and tell Mrs. Connie thank you for letting you make them for us! I hope all is well with you and your family! atb stay safe and warm! Mark in Texas!
Man your the most awesome camper/hiker I have seen on the internet. You just made me feel so much better about what I would do in a SHTF situation with you stove and sled. You see my spine is broken in 2 places from riding with a crazy person in an automobile accident in 2012 and it is terrifying to me about how me and my wife could haul our lively hood and stay warm. Thank you sir so much and May the Most High YAHWEH bless you.
+Luke Carter "May the Most High YAHWEH bless you" He already has many many times. My wife and I are born again Christians and are not ashamed to say so. Glad you enjoy the videos. Thanks Luke for the kind words
hello... Lonnie hope you and the miss is doing great good to see this video great job take care stay safe out there god bless you both... amen winter is on the way again
Another great video. The leather gloves for tending the stove is an important tip. They can be inexpensive and can also be used as pot holders. A burn can ruin your day for sure. If you have some welding gloves, even better. You could even move a hot stove, if needed. I like that every tip made sense. Obviously comes from experience and hard-learned lessons. LOL
Thanks for taking us again Lonnie! I dream of being able to camp like that in the snow! At least it finally got cold here, 25 for lows and 50 for highs. Now if we could get about a foot of snow so I can play with the Grandkids in it! Thanks Again, Y'all Have Fun & Stay Warm! Much Love From Atlanta!
Lonnie, I put a gate hinge (long triangle side with a square side) on the back of my sled to keep it from “backing up” on me. It drags along with no friction until the sled starts to backup. Thanks for all you and Connie give to everyone!
One thing I also use as I’m getting older is a pee bottle bought one for my boat at Walmart but use it camping way more, sucks getting up and out when it’s freezing and besides you can use it as a warm bottle in your bag don’t worry it doesn’t leak!
Your videos are addicting! Love the wood burning stove. My friends and I used to use an Army surplus tent for deer camp and also used a fuel oil burning stove which wasn't real effective and stunk the place up. We got it for free, though, and we were young and camping on a budget. Had we known how to build such a good wood burning stove so inexpensively, our camping would probably have been a great deal more enjoyable. Anyway, thanks, and Keep up the good video making!
Thank you so much. We usually go on a family ( one of my boys, his daughter and myself). In September in Alabama. The State park is actually a mountain top. We don't have a hot tent Orr stove; however, I still learned a few extra things we can use.
Good info Lonnie! Plan on spending a night out in my lean to I made here in the next couple weeks. I pretty much built myself a camp or man cave, lol. The wife and I went out for over ten hours yesterday, so much fun, very relaxing. Also cooked venison with bacon in a skillet in the fire, some sweet corn, and marshmallows for desert, very good meal! Thanks for sharing!
I just want to say thank you for sharing the camping and survival videos I learned a lot from them I'm watching them I really appreciate the videos you share thank you so much I hope to see more God bless
+john- waxerone I learned that it's best to go with larger size clothing so I can add other items underneath. Rolled up pants legs and sleeves won't offend the bears much. Most ponchos are too short for good coverage. Military surplus are generally larger and better made.
Watched about 3 minutes and subscribed before finishing. Thanks for this video. Got a wood stove last year, but didn't get it dialed in well enough to trust not asphyxiating myself in a hot tent.
Awesome. It is always great for me to hear that the work I produce is the sort of thing that certain people have been looking for and are happy to find. When using a woodstove in an enclosed area. Keep in mind that the combustion process that occurs inside the stove requires oxygen. So what I am saying is that as long as the exhaust gasses are vented safely outside, the burning wood will be constantly bringing fresh oxygen into the tent. If you have not seen my series on making a tarp tipi hot tent, wood stove and wood stove installation series, you may be interested in watching it if interested. Making And Using A Hot Tipi Tarp Tent ua-cam.com/play/PL_fotv96EsweyRrySfWPBvI1ZgARTNFAv.html
Good stuff there that lots of people can benefit from. My wife's favourite was the Frisbee mine was the trousers ( pants ) pulled over the boots. Thank you Lonnie.
I can't imagine camping on snow, but as a non driver, getting everything there is an ongoing issue. I love the sled! And I would love to be in such good company.
Thanks I learned some new things I always wear slip on foam knee pads and when not kneeling slide them round back over my calfs. I like to provide knee pads for those I am in the woods with and have saved many a person from bad slip and fall mishaps. I try to avoid putting my knees on the ground plus I can sit on them too. Even work as hot mitts. kudos to you fer sharing yer experience mister.
great video i live in uk ,but i adapt a lot of the stuff i learn here some great tips from a wise old outdoors man all the best always a pleasure to watch your videos
Great video, I learned a lot of little tricks that would be very useful. I learned a long time ago if your cocking in cold weather, using wood helps to keep you food hot longer then putting on cold ground. Thanks for the tips, there are a few I hadn't thought of.
all good tips as Always. i hope i get to use some of them this Winter but it is so much at work, so it is hard to make a daytrip. but i love to see other have fun too :) have a nice time in your beautiful Woods Lonnie!
We're looking to make some survival shelters for the homeless for the this winter and also we plan on staying outside ourselves the entire time we have been studying and testing different methods so far thanks for sharing this video any tips will be used this winter
Love your boot and pant night storage idea. Lol that's how we store our bunker pants and boots for quick deployment to an emergency scene. That stove is pretty awesome. Might have to take a Crack at making one. Thank you for the tips. Can't wait to try some winter camping.
Lonnie always learn so much from you, if I could humbly make one comment. Your melting of snow technique is a great one, I would just like to mention to folks to make sure to reboil even after you add snow to the hot water, to ensure if they intend to drink it is safe to drink. Having your boots ready would seem to be a simple thing, however I did learn this the hard way last year winter camping, I left my boots outside as not to get snow in my tent... BIG mistake I could not get them on in the middle of the night they were frozen solid and I had to bare foot to use the bathroom in the woods.
+KrypticPatriot I too have had to learn the cold morning boot problem the hard way lol. Here in Alaska I never boil melted snow water. I have used this method for many many years in many many different locations.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival this concept of make you own gear if you can is great it the way my father and mother brought us up to do things. when I watched the first video of how to make a tipi I was hocked .I've been gathering all the pieces to make one for me and my son.thanks for all the tips and advice Atb jam
Great video and great tips. I don't get snow here to sleep on. But it does get cold to us. It was 33 degrees this morning and supposed to be even colder in the morning. That's pretty cool for a Florida boy. But it sure makes for great camping and hunting. Thanks for another great and enjoyable video
+dalton vickers I'm guessing that there in Florida it is very high humidity and I agree that 33 would be bone chilling cold when experienced with high humidity. The dry cold is much easier to endure.
Good tips Lonnie! For the cup stash at night idea, I keep my bandana tucked into the wrist cuff of my sleeping sweater sleeve, so that I can wipe nose drip anytime without light. For eggs, I really enjoy OvaEasy freeze dried eggs. They are real 100% eggs, and taste really good - way better than dehydrated eggs. Here I can buy them for a cost about twice the cost of fresh eggs, but its worth it for me to cut the water weight for the sled haul. Another tip is a beeswax candle lantern - makes a nice scent, and pleasant light. There is no end to the leaning curve for winter camping....I may get it all figured out by the time I expire.....likely not! :o)
Great video Lonnie, bursting with tips and tricks, I wish we would get the snow in the UK like you do so I could try out hot tent camping, ours goes to slush very quickly, one day I will get the chance to come over to alaska to try it with my son's and maybe my daughter's I hope, cheers craigs
great stuff Lonnie, once again you`ve dropped some great tips. Love your show, keep it up young man. You and Connie have a great xmas and a happy new year, from all in Scotland. Stay safe.
Lonnie I'm a new subscriber to your Channel you rock man I love your hot tent videos it's something I want to do all your tips are fantastic on winter bushcrafting talk to you later getting ready to watch another one of your videos thanks for sharing
Tons of great tips. I love your videos and have already made my tp tent and my paint bucket stove. You have easy to follow instructions and are thorough. Appreciate that 😉👍
Thanks for the tips Lonnie, I have to admit I am one of those putting the spark arrestor on the top, and experience clogging after a few nights. I will try to make one to put closer to the stove and see how that will work out. A lot of good tips for the people! Atb, Odd
Great stuff as usual Lonnie. I'm on my fourth Tipi now !heheh will do the stove also. I'm makin my bi-pods outta cedar 2x4's ripped in half then whittled down some. Greetings from toon town Saskatchewan
Brilliant, I had a lot of winter trip's planed this year but it's been unseasonably warm in the UK this year. But still time, I'll be trying a few of your tips
Great sensible advice. Not my style of camping but some tips are handy eg I like the way you have your pants and boots ready & using steel water bottles as hot water bottles! Thanks for sharing. :)
Good tips Lonnie. I put my glasses in the right top of my boots flashlight on the top left know where they are and know left from right in the dark by ferl...also like yourself pants over boots fireman style. Excellent video as always. Best
+Tom M Did the pine bough subfloor once worked well. when we truck in for an extended camp we spread a bale or two of hay sub floor...after breaking camp it is mid winter feed for the critters.
Good job, never know when the bombs gonna drop. But I think I would go with a pine leaf floor with a tarp on top. I gotta have that comfort if I'm in the winter. Thanks
Hi Lonnie! I figured with all the crazy things going on in the nation that I should hone up on some survival skills and came to this video. Great tips! My main concern is keeping warm in the winter wilderness if I had to bug out (God forbid). Wish I still lived out in the country. I used to live in a one room cabin with a loft. Had a bunch of health problems, so I moved back into town. Dumbest thing I've done...not really but it is one of them. LOL Guess why they say hindsight is 20/20. Anyhow, I used welding gloves so I wouldn't burn myself on the woodstove. They are pricey but worth it. I also used a small piece of ceramic tile on the stove to keep my coffee warm all day. You have a very nice, calming voice. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom with us! Blessings!
If you are not already aware, I made a video on how to make this tipi, the woodstove that is in it as well as the stove jack that the stove pipe goes through that keeps the tent fabric from getting too hot. I also made a video on how to make a pyramid or range tent. I have camped quite a bit in both the tents and I much prefer the pyramid tent due to being able to stand up in it and move around in an upright position. I have used the range tent at around 5 degrees Fahrenheit and was very comfortable but I was using a larger stove. I use the smaller homemade stove in the bigger tent when the temps are warmer such as Spring Summer and Fall times. The bigger stove I made by using a stove kit made for a 55 gallon oil barrel but used it on a 30 gallon barrel instead. I had to modify the barrel slightly at the collar of the stove pipe as well as where the legs mount to the stove by bending the stove metal to form to the parts. That stove / tent combo was fantastic at the cold temps I have experienced in it so far. The smaller tipi can be warm at those temps as well by using the smaller stove but after a while the crawling around all the time on the hands and knees is bothersome. The smaller stove also will not hold a fire more than 5 hours with the stove turned all the way down. The bigger tent with the bigger stove is warmer through the night and will hold a fire throughout the night. Make A Tarp Tent Tipi Hot Tent On The Cheap ua-cam.com/video/wtLdMIaIIFw/v-deo.html Turn Your Tarp Tent Into a Hot Tent - Stove Installation ua-cam.com/video/HfiUgGhTe1k/v-deo.html Make A Hot Tent Wood Stove ua-cam.com/video/L5fPbDwtUIU/v-deo.html Make A Pyramid or Range Hot Tent On The Cheap ua-cam.com/video/t47WFUZM4go/v-deo.html
Wow, a frizzbie who would have thought, great idea!!! Instead of packing the snow we always tried to shovel as much as we could away then pound in the boughs! once ran into some miners who used old carpets for the floor it worked well!!!
+A J Taylor Our community all up and down the highway as well as distant locations have a winter campout locally for men and their sons. It is very interesting to tour from one tent to the next to see how each person has his camp set up. Many many different methods and many of them work well. We even have some guys that bring in all the material to make a plywood floor lol. Sure is nice once it is set up though. The carpet idea does sound good but I would be afraid that when it comes time to pack up to leave that portions of the carpet may be frozen to the snow. I guess you could just give it some good whacks on top of the carpet using the back of an axe or hatchet and it should come loose
***** It was pretty funny to walk into the tent and see an 9 x 12 oriental carpet on the floor!! It was sure cozy. We had rolled the logs on a pine log bridge and ended up with the axles sitting on the runners. All we could do was jack it up and push it forward off the jack. Moved inches. It was -30 and colder at night and we slept in the truck bed but it was like being in a fridge. The invite for hot coffee and a warm up by those prospectors was like heaven. They came and helped us get the truck off but it was still 4 days. Thinking back we would have been better off taking the time and building a lean to and getting one of your warm 3 log fires going day and night. Not to smart when your only 22 or 23 yrs old. Things would be different now for sure. Didn't even see a moose either. Put boughs under the carpet and she won't stick.
+A J Taylor Great idea about boughs under the carpet. That makes perfect sense. Perhaps the reason that older folks are wiser is because younger folks have the energy and rambunctious attitude to push forward through adverse conditions. Us older folks would have a much harder time in those conditions trying to "bull" our way through using nothing but shear determination. Therefore we *HAVE* to be smarter in order to pull through and come out the other end still smiling. :o) I'm sure glad that God has granted me the wisdom that he has given me since I don't think I could do some of the things I did the way I did them when I was younger. lol
Really love your vids it's interesting to learn the differences in camping technique, around here in the south eastern states I wouldn't even consider camping in a tent without a floor if you did you'd have all sorts of bugs chewing on you and probably a snake or two trying to share your bed roll. Keep up the great work.
Nice one Lonnie some useful hints and tips for snow camping, unfortunately here in ol Blighty heavy snow is now getting rare, it used to be yearly ! take care, atb, Paul.
+RowdyRoddy I can get it as warm as we want it. It will often get too hot and be uncomfortable when I or my wife are cooking things on the woodstove. I am looking forward to putting a liner in it though as I believe that will make it even more comfortable in there. It was 8 degrees above zero Fahrenheit on my first night on this campout and the stove had no problem keeping it warm at those temps. It still was noticeably cooler on the back side of me from the woodstove though. I believe that a liner would cure that since it has cured the problem in my larger home made tents of my past. There is no condensation problems overhead. From about two feet up from the floor there is some condensation though. After I get a liner in the tipi though I believe it will cure this also if not almost cure it. In the video where I am standing outside and pointing the camera in to the tipi you can see a bit of the condensation on the door flap. It is in the form of frost. ua-cam.com/video/oPzvwf1VNtE/v-deo.htmlm44s
The Frisbee can serve several purposes: protect the finish on a no-stick pan while traveling, collect shavings from a feather stick, fan a stubborn fire, etc. I bought one just to keep my kids occupied, then used it for other things. I'll be looking for that egg carrier! Love the tipi, stove - heck, this whole playlist is gold!
I always found this very useful. Keep cotton balls and Vaseline to start your fire when it’s cold it’s hard to start fires this helps unbelievably
trousers left on the boots, great tip.
hot metal bottle in wool sock.
the cup idea with odds and sods by the bed.
raised stove off the snow.
spark arrestor low down
eggs in a jar
multiple paper plates
great tips to help other
thanks
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funkyprepper I do this with my clothes in winter here, and we live in a stone house in the Pyrenees! Can get down to minus 18C. Great idea for the pants and boots, but I take off all my top layers together and leave them at the end of the bed for easy access. Especially when we are waiting for llama births.
I've seen the eggs in a jar idea before, but for me putting the eggs in a normal plastic container and stuffing it with paper works just as well. I use paper towels and toilet paper along the way at any rate, and use it up when the eggs are gone.
Nice idea. Nothing like keeping them in their natural state. I also like Lonnie's method of pouring how many as you want into your skillet. Seems easier. Less clean up.
Pants on the boots - isn't that the fireman way? ! Great video! Gosh but I'd hate to HAVE to live that way again! I'm spoiled & know it!
I tied a license plate to the back of my sled with paracord. It serves as a brake so the sled won't slide backwards. I use a plastic milk crate to pack stuff in, it makes a good stool and also footrest. I will now build a stove because of this video. Thanks!!!
Both are great ideas. I also use a milk type crate to haul my wood stove in and that gets used to organize stuff once I reach the campsite.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Carry TP in a old tobacco can with lighter fluid and a bic lighter.I carry that in the back seat tool box which is under the seat.I use the lid as a leg to raise the can off the floor,lighter fluid to lite the TP to burn as a candle withe the lighter to ignite it,I have a heater to keep me from freezin in the truck.But also open 2 windows a bit to let gases out and let air in.Just a survival thing.It works.
Milk crate. Duh and genius. Thanks.
Life saving advice here. I will never forget this. A must watch for all who don't know how to winter camp.
You're a good man Lonnie. Been practicing some of the stuff you teach, and enjoying the woods more all the time. It feels good to have things sorted out, everything just gets so much more comfortable. I grew up monkeying around in the woods, but never thought to get organized about it until I was a middle aged man! Thanks for what you do.
Hello Lonny
I have seen the Video twice and i love it
It Shows how to live in the snow and stay alive .
You use very simple Tools and Equipment and for normal people as i am it very good to see
At Last i like the intro very much the music Sounds like Alaska is used to be for me
Thanks for sharing your knowlege
Greeting from Germany
Stay healthy and save and dont catch the Virus
Yours Frank
When I grew up in Wisconsin, we would use bales of straw, pulled apart and fluffed up for bedding under our canvas tents during winter campouts as Boy Scouts. Mittens worked better keeping our fingers warm, than gloves. We used crossed sticks, tied together, buried in the snow at each outside corner of our tents for anchors to tie the corner tent grommets to. I like the five gallon wood stove, Lonnie. I've been thinking about how to make a wood stove for my deer hunting blind. Hope you two have a peaceful winter up there in Alaska. Kind regards from Northern Michigan.
Living in Maine, winter camping advice is something I'm always interested in. What really strikes me about this channel is just listening to Lonnie talk!
Your an inspiration to those that are afraid to tackle winter surviving, u rocked this video.
You my friend , are what really lured me back into the bushcraft lifestyle from when I use to spend my youth , all day in the woods. It wasn't called Bushcrafting back then LOL. But I'm glad you were the first videos I saw here on youtube. You do a lot of great things for the outdoors community. You show a great respect for nature. Thanks Lonnie 👍👍
+Bryan Resch Awesome. I would like to think that it has been a positive influence. Thanks for the kind words
Just wanted to say Far North Bushcraft and Survival is the best youtoob channel. Lonnie and Connie keep em coming. Thanks for the inspiration.
Lonnie you are a wise and calming individual. Your ideas help a lot. Thank you.
It's good to hear that wonderful flute again. The last time I watched one of your videos, the intro was silent, and I thought my laptop's speakers had finally died (it's very old).
Excellent video, as always.
I have used a tipi for years for elk hunting the hot tipi is magic in the snow. Lots of great tips in this video as always thank you for sharing. The wood pot holders are going on my checklist!
Great tips Lonnie.Spark arrestor, felt pack idea and pants over boots are golden tips I've never even considered. ALWAYS learn something from you Brother! Blessings!
Its the extreme survival videos that give you the best info. Anyone can survive in moderate conditions but in truly cold environments this is what you need. You don't need fancy gear, you need common sense in real life situations to survive. If you can deal with the worst then you can easily deal with the easier moderate temperatures.
The boots and pants thing is GENIUS! That alone is worth watching this video, but don't stop there, there is a lot of good useful info here! Namaste!
I have been watching your videos for a little while now and I just wanted to say I am glad I came across you and your videos, your knowledge and experience is very impressive and refreshing, your not trying to prove anything, just enjoying your life the way you want to. Thank you for sharing with us. Rock on brother.
Always enjoy spending some time with ya Lonnie. Appreciate ya buddy.
I think this is your best video yet, Lonnie! Many things I remember from winter bivwac in Germany while in the Army! You covered those hreat ideas and more!
Honestly, this was a great and very informational video, I have enjoyed quite a few of your videos. This one was truely filled with many useful tips I have not heard before and I will use not only use to improve on my own ideas but also just in general. Loved the jarred eggs tip, The boot's and pants idea, the stainless sports bottle (heated open and kept in a wool sock) as foot and body warmer idea, the spark arrestor down low tip and finally someone has after all these years sold me on paper plates. Lol, to think I already have a frisbee too. Thank you so much for the time you put into making these videos. No need to respond (a reference to another video you made on your version of a swedish torch) I just wanted to express to you like many, many many people have, that I appreciate what you're doing.
Delightful. Got directed here from Quebec. Great ideas, and I sure appreciate the efffort it takes to make a nice vid like this. Thanks much. Jules
Just found your videos and love em, you are the real deal, so many great ideas that a northern Alberta Traditional bowhunter can use, Thank you for your efforts, look forward to watching them all.
Another great vid. I've not done much winter camping and suffered cabin fever as a result. You have inspired me to get out and do it. Thanks.
your such a blessing to us all!! and probably saving lives as well !!
There's a man who knows how to do it. Thanks for the great snowy video Lonnie.
Yes. It is almost always very high humidity here. My hunting partner moved here from Rhode Island a few years ago. He said he feels colder here when it is in the 30's than he did when it was in the teens and low 20's in Rhode Island. I know when I lived in Idaho I could not believe I could go out in just a good sweater when it was in the teens. I loved it, That was a beautiful state and met a lot of good people there
I stumbled across Lonnies video on slingshots 2 days ago, and have been catching up on all the others as I can. Dont know how I have missed this sight all these years, but believe I have found home here.
His general demeanor is that of the guys I grew up with, hunted and fished with, in the Haskell valley as a kid.
Talk about finding home again.....
+Dave Wesley Your words are very encouraging. Welcome "home" my friend.
What a great video! Good information including some things I would have never thought of. I especially appreciated the soft spoken but direct style of the man speaking.
Such a welcome change from the many "all the gear and no idea" UA-camrs.
Just goes to prove that the most important aid to survival (or in my case - comfort!) is your brain and its contents.
Frisbee idea is awesome and the eggs in a jar is way cool.
I love this whole concept and looks fun, I really like the TP hot tent thing its a very simple process and way more easy on what you need to bring with ya. Its seems like it would be way better rolling up tarps than packing a big ole tent with poles....your vids are great I'm glad I found this channel.
+Airik1111 I sold my literally 80 pound traditional 12 foot by 14 foot canvas wall tent because it was just too much tent and to heavy as well as just too hard to set up by myself. This hot tipi is a breeze for one person. Very easy to transport as well as very easy too set up and take down. I'm loving it.
All your videos are amazing, I like to learn all the tips from them!
Love the video and the info, feel like we just got home from a great camping trip with a good teacher. Thanks.
Have watched many of your great videos Lonnie. I really appreciate how genuine you are with your opinions & the gear you use/make. So many youtubers in this genre seem more interested in brand names & specs of new gear. I have summer camped for many years & have now, thanks to people like yourself, developed an interest in winter camping. Tried a quinzee twice last year which was great but would prefer to tent. I've never noticed anyone putting the spark arrestor just above the stove. Has this ever caused you any problems or needed a clean out? Keep up the great work.
I personally have never used the spark arrestor just above the stove though I am told that it works well. In fact I do not use a spark arrestor up to this point. My brief experience of using a spark arrestor ended in a failure due to the screen plugging up very rapidly causing the stove pipe not to draw very well and then smoke would come into the shelter interior. I do have an idea for my stove this year that I may employ. It is a quite long spark arrestor on top of the pipe that hopefully will take longer to plug and will be easy to remove and clean when it does require cleaning.
Thanks Mr. Lonnie as always most educational! I want you to know I appreciate your videos and the time it takes to make them and tell Mrs. Connie thank you for letting you make them for us! I hope all is well with you and your family! atb stay safe and warm!
Mark in Texas!
Man your the most awesome camper/hiker I have seen on the internet. You just made me feel so much better about what I would do in a SHTF situation with you stove and sled. You see my spine is broken in 2 places from riding with a crazy person in an automobile accident in 2012 and it is terrifying to me about how me and my wife could haul our lively hood and stay warm. Thank you sir so much and May the Most High YAHWEH bless you.
+Luke Carter "May the Most High YAHWEH bless you" He already has many many times. My wife and I are born again Christians and are not ashamed to say so. Glad you enjoy the videos. Thanks Luke for the kind words
hello... Lonnie hope you and the miss is doing great good to see this video great job take care stay safe out there god bless you both... amen winter is on the way again
You are sooo camping-smart! The things you come up with really is incredible information... so thx for sharing!
Another great video. The leather gloves for tending the stove is an important tip. They can be inexpensive and can also be used as pot holders. A burn can ruin your day for sure. If you have some welding gloves, even better. You could even move a hot stove, if needed. I like that every tip made sense. Obviously comes from experience and hard-learned lessons. LOL
Thanks for taking us again Lonnie! I dream of being able to camp like that in the snow! At least it finally got cold here, 25 for lows and 50 for highs. Now if we could get about a foot of snow so I can play with the Grandkids in it!
Thanks Again, Y'all Have Fun & Stay Warm! Much Love From Atlanta!
Lonnie, I put a gate hinge (long triangle side with a square side) on the back of my sled to keep it from “backing up” on me. It drags along with no friction until the sled starts to backup. Thanks for all you and Connie give to everyone!
Excellent idea.
One thing I also use as I’m getting older is a pee bottle bought one for my boat at Walmart but use it camping way more, sucks getting up and out when it’s freezing and besides you can use it as a warm bottle in your bag don’t worry it doesn’t leak!
Your videos are addicting! Love the wood burning stove. My friends and I used to use an Army surplus tent for deer camp and also used a fuel oil burning stove which wasn't real effective and stunk the place up. We got it for free, though, and we were young and camping on a budget. Had we known how to build such a good wood burning stove so inexpensively, our camping would probably have been a great deal more enjoyable. Anyway, thanks, and Keep up the good video making!
Thank you so much. We usually go on a family ( one of my boys, his daughter and myself). In September in Alabama. The State park is actually a mountain top. We don't have a hot tent Orr stove; however, I still learned a few extra things we can use.
Good info Lonnie! Plan on spending a night out in my lean to I made here in the next couple weeks. I pretty much built myself a camp or man cave, lol. The wife and I went out for over ten hours yesterday, so much fun, very relaxing. Also cooked venison with bacon in a skillet in the fire, some sweet corn, and marshmallows for desert, very good meal! Thanks for sharing!
I just want to say thank you for sharing the camping and survival videos I learned a lot from them I'm watching them I really appreciate the videos you share thank you so much I hope to see more God bless
I loved the tip where you leave the pants on your boots...simple, yet genius!
+john- waxerone I learned that it's best to go with larger size clothing so I can add other items underneath. Rolled up pants legs and sleeves won't offend the bears much. Most ponchos are too short for good coverage. Military surplus are generally larger and better made.
Watched about 3 minutes and subscribed before finishing. Thanks for this video. Got a wood stove last year, but didn't get it dialed in well enough to trust not asphyxiating myself in a hot tent.
Awesome. It is always great for me to hear that the work I produce is the sort of thing that certain people have been looking for and are happy to find. When using a woodstove in an enclosed area. Keep in mind that the combustion process that occurs inside the stove requires oxygen. So what I am saying is that as long as the exhaust gasses are vented safely outside, the burning wood will be constantly bringing fresh oxygen into the tent. If you have not seen my series on making a tarp tipi hot tent, wood stove and wood stove installation series, you may be interested in watching it if interested.
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Good stuff there that lots of people can benefit from. My wife's favourite was the Frisbee mine was the trousers ( pants ) pulled over the boots. Thank you Lonnie.
I can't imagine camping on snow, but as a non driver, getting everything there is an ongoing issue. I love the sled! And I would love to be in such good company.
Thanks I learned some new things
I always wear slip on foam knee pads and when not kneeling slide them round back over my calfs. I like to provide knee pads for those I am in the woods with and have saved many a person from bad slip and fall mishaps. I try to avoid putting my knees on the ground plus I can sit on them too. Even work as hot mitts. kudos to you fer sharing yer experience mister.
great video i live in uk ,but i adapt a lot of the stuff i learn here some great tips from a wise old outdoors man all the best always a pleasure to watch your videos
Looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the info, Lonnie. Wish it got cold enough to warrant half these stay-warm tips down in mid Appalachia.
Great video, I learned a lot of little tricks that would be very useful. I learned a long time ago if your cocking in cold weather, using wood helps to keep you food hot longer then putting on cold ground.
Thanks for the tips, there are a few I hadn't thought of.
+Edwin Dueck Glad you liked the video my friend
all good tips as Always. i hope i get to use some of them this Winter but it is so much at work, so it is hard to make a daytrip. but i love to see other have fun too :) have a nice time in your beautiful Woods Lonnie!
We're looking to make some survival shelters for the homeless for the this winter and also we plan on staying outside ourselves the entire time we have been studying and testing different methods so far thanks for sharing this video any tips will be used this winter
Great video ! This kind of simple tips can make a huge difference in a camping situation . Thanks for sharing :)
Love your boot and pant night storage idea. Lol that's how we store our bunker pants and boots for quick deployment to an emergency scene.
That stove is pretty awesome. Might have to take a Crack at making one. Thank you for the tips. Can't wait to try some winter camping.
Lonnie always learn so much from you, if I could humbly make one comment. Your melting of snow technique is a great one, I would just like to mention to folks to make sure to reboil even after you add snow to the hot water, to ensure if they intend to drink it is safe to drink. Having your boots ready would seem to be a simple thing, however I did learn this the hard way last year winter camping, I left my boots outside as not to get snow in my tent... BIG mistake I could not get them on in the middle of the night they were frozen solid and I had to bare foot to use the bathroom in the woods.
+KrypticPatriot I too have had to learn the cold morning boot problem the hard way lol. Here in Alaska I never boil melted snow water. I have used this method for many many years in many many different locations.
Interesting Lonnie, I suspect it would be rare to get bacteria in the snow. I think if one stays away from obvious contaminated snow.
You still have to filter it somehow to get the aluminum and barium out from the chemtrails.... unfortunately.
Thanks for sharing Lonnie. Your channel has helped me more than I could begin to describe since I started wild camping many months ago. Atb.
Thanks for taking us along and for great camping tips! We enjoy your videos very much! Greetings from Canada!
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival
this concept of make you own gear if you can is great it the way my father and mother brought us up to do things.
when I watched the first video of how to make a tipi I was hocked .I've been gathering all the pieces to make one for me and my son.thanks for all the tips and advice Atb jam
Great tips. Thank you Lonnie. Happy camping!
Great video and great tips. I don't get snow here to sleep on. But it does get cold to us. It was 33 degrees this morning and supposed to be even colder in the morning. That's pretty cool for a Florida boy. But it sure makes for great camping and hunting. Thanks for another great and enjoyable video
+dalton vickers I'm guessing that there in Florida it is very high humidity and I agree that 33 would be bone chilling cold when experienced with high humidity. The dry cold is much easier to endure.
Good tips Lonnie! For the cup stash at night idea, I keep my bandana tucked into the wrist cuff of my sleeping sweater sleeve, so that I can wipe nose drip anytime without light. For eggs, I really enjoy OvaEasy freeze dried eggs. They are real 100% eggs, and taste really good - way better than dehydrated eggs. Here I can buy them for a cost about twice the cost of fresh eggs, but its worth it for me to cut the water weight for the sled haul. Another tip is a beeswax candle lantern - makes a nice scent, and pleasant light. There is no end to the leaning curve for winter camping....I may get it all figured out by the time I expire.....likely not! :o)
+Wintertrekker I'm sure you have MANY great tips for making camp life easier that you have picked up over the years. I enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks for an excellent video. Lots of great ideas. Keep on rockin'!
Lonnie,your stove goes well,i saw you making it a while back,and it stills going strong
atb
steve
Hi Lonnie, I know this video is nearly three years old, but it’s a great one! I enjoyed the tips very much.
I agree!! I just watched it again, Muskrat Jim!!
Great video Lonnie, bursting with tips and tricks, I wish we would get the snow in the UK like you do so I could try out hot tent camping, ours goes to slush very quickly, one day I will get the chance to come over to alaska to try it with my son's and maybe my daughter's I hope, cheers craigs
would love to see a video on how you made your Paint Can stove.
+G' Knight I as well would enjoy such a video.
there is a video on how he made it, says it was only 4 months back, not too far down list
+G' Knight Looks like other viewers have already answered your question. Hope you have had a chance to watch the video
+Zerkbern Hopefully you have seen the replies by others to G'Knight. If not then you can see the video here.
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I did find it last night after reading this. I don't know how I missed it when you did it. Thanks.
Lonnie for president.
great stuff Lonnie, once again you`ve dropped some great tips. Love your show, keep it up young man. You and Connie have a great xmas and a happy new year, from all in Scotland. Stay safe.
best tip , the way you pull your gear!
Lonnie I'm a new subscriber to your Channel you rock man I love your hot tent videos it's something I want to do all your tips are fantastic on winter bushcrafting talk to you later getting ready to watch another one of your videos thanks for sharing
+Dave Petro Thanks for the positive feedback. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Lord willing, there are many many more to come.
Awesome video, Lonnie.. You were born to improvise!
Tons of great tips. I love your videos and have already made my tp tent and my paint bucket stove. You have easy to follow instructions and are thorough. Appreciate that 😉👍
Lonnie those were some very good backwoods wisdom's. Love your channel. God Bless.
+DrDennis77 Thank you. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
great tips as always. you are a regular in my watch later file. I appreciate the time you take to share your vast knowledge. Thank you.
Thanks for the tips Lonnie, I have to admit I am one of those putting the spark arrestor on the top, and experience clogging after a few nights. I will try to make one to put closer to the stove and see how that will work out.
A lot of good tips for the people!
Atb, Odd
Glen and I love your videos ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great stuff as usual Lonnie. I'm on my fourth Tipi now !heheh will do the stove also. I'm makin my bi-pods outta cedar 2x4's ripped in half then whittled down some. Greetings from toon town Saskatchewan
Powdered eggs for me. Another informative video, pack lite but effective essentials.
Sitting in a tree stand hunting whitetail deer and watching your video 😂. Love your channel God bless you.
Brilliant, I had a lot of winter trip's planed this year but it's been unseasonably warm in the UK this year. But still time, I'll be trying a few of your tips
Great sensible advice. Not my style of camping but some tips are handy eg I like the way you have your pants and boots ready & using steel water bottles as hot water bottles! Thanks for sharing. :)
Good tips Lonnie. I put my glasses in the right top of my boots flashlight on the top left know where they are and know left from right in the dark by ferl...also like yourself pants over boots fireman style. Excellent video as always. Best
by feel not ferl typo.
+Tom M Did the pine bough subfloor once worked well. when we truck in for an extended camp we spread a bale or two of hay sub floor...after breaking camp it is mid winter feed for the critters.
What about Bigfoot?
Such an informative list of advise and tips, many thanks for sharing ~Peace~
Good job, never know when the bombs gonna drop. But I think I would go with a pine leaf floor with a tarp on top. I gotta have that comfort if I'm in the winter. Thanks
Thank you for this, I could listen to you all night mate, great tips
Hi Lonnie! I figured with all the crazy things going on in the nation that I should hone up on some survival skills and came to this video. Great tips! My main concern is keeping warm in the winter wilderness if I had to bug out (God forbid). Wish I still lived out in the country. I used to live in a one room cabin with a loft. Had a bunch of health problems, so I moved back into town. Dumbest thing I've done...not really but it is one of them. LOL Guess why they say hindsight is 20/20. Anyhow, I used welding gloves so I wouldn't burn myself on the woodstove. They are pricey but worth it. I also used a small piece of ceramic tile on the stove to keep my coffee warm all day. You have a very nice, calming voice. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom with us! Blessings!
If you are not already aware, I made a video on how to make this tipi, the woodstove that is in it as well as the stove jack that the stove pipe goes through that keeps the tent fabric from getting too hot. I also made a video on how to make a pyramid or range tent. I have camped quite a bit in both the tents and I much prefer the pyramid tent due to being able to stand up in it and move around in an upright position. I have used the range tent at around 5 degrees Fahrenheit and was very comfortable but I was using a larger stove. I use the smaller homemade stove in the bigger tent when the temps are warmer such as Spring Summer and Fall times. The bigger stove I made by using a stove kit made for a 55 gallon oil barrel but used it on a 30 gallon barrel instead. I had to modify the barrel slightly at the collar of the stove pipe as well as where the legs mount to the stove by bending the stove metal to form to the parts. That stove / tent combo was fantastic at the cold temps I have experienced in it so far. The smaller tipi can be warm at those temps as well by using the smaller stove but after a while the crawling around all the time on the hands and knees is bothersome. The smaller stove also will not hold a fire more than 5 hours with the stove turned all the way down. The bigger tent with the bigger stove is warmer through the night and will hold a fire throughout the night.
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Very informative and interesting as always. Nice to see your work and creativity. Thanks Again!
Nice job at enjoying the winter cold outdoors. Very nicely done.
Wow, a frizzbie who would have thought, great idea!!! Instead of packing the snow we always tried to shovel as much as we could away then pound in the boughs! once ran into some miners who used old carpets for the floor it worked well!!!
+A J Taylor Our community all up and down the highway as well as distant locations have a winter campout locally for men and their sons. It is very interesting to tour from one tent to the next to see how each person has his camp set up. Many many different methods and many of them work well. We even have some guys that bring in all the material to make a plywood floor lol. Sure is nice once it is set up though. The carpet idea does sound good but I would be afraid that when it comes time to pack up to leave that portions of the carpet may be frozen to the snow. I guess you could just give it some good whacks on top of the carpet using the back of an axe or hatchet and it should come loose
***** It was pretty funny to walk into the tent and see an 9 x 12 oriental carpet on the floor!! It was sure cozy. We had rolled the logs on a pine log bridge and ended up with the axles sitting on the runners. All we could do was jack it up and push it forward off the jack. Moved inches. It was -30 and colder at night and we slept in the truck bed but it was like being in a fridge. The invite for hot coffee and a warm up by those prospectors was like heaven. They came and helped us get the truck off but it was still 4 days. Thinking back we would have been better off taking the time and building a lean to and getting one of your warm 3 log fires going day and night. Not to smart when your only 22 or 23 yrs old. Things would be different now for sure. Didn't even see a moose either. Put boughs under the carpet and she won't stick.
+A J Taylor Great idea about boughs under the carpet. That makes perfect sense. Perhaps the reason that older folks are wiser is because younger folks have the energy and rambunctious attitude to push forward through adverse conditions. Us older folks would have a much harder time in those conditions trying to "bull" our way through using nothing but shear determination. Therefore we *HAVE* to be smarter in order to pull through and come out the other end still smiling. :o) I'm sure glad that God has granted me the wisdom that he has given me since I don't think I could do some of the things I did the way I did them when I was younger. lol
Great tips. I've seen guys have their spark arrestor carbon up and block the stove in just a few hours.
Really love your vids it's interesting to learn the differences in camping technique, around here in the south eastern states I wouldn't even consider camping in a tent without a floor if you did you'd have all sorts of bugs chewing on you and probably a snake or two trying to share your bed roll. Keep up the great work.
Outstanding. I know I will be using a few of these tips. Thanks.
GREAT TIPS GREAT VIDS FANTASTIC SCENERY THANKS FROM THE UK STAY SAFE AND WELL
Nice one Lonnie some useful hints and tips for snow camping, unfortunately here in ol Blighty heavy snow is now getting rare, it used to be yearly ! take care, atb, Paul.
A lot of really great tips, thanks.
Jason
How warm does it get in your tent? Still no issue with condensation? Great tips. Appreciate you sharing them
+RowdyRoddy I can get it as warm as we want it. It will often get too hot and be uncomfortable when I or my wife are cooking things on the woodstove. I am looking forward to putting a liner in it though as I believe that will make it even more comfortable in there. It was 8 degrees above zero Fahrenheit on my first night on this campout and the stove had no problem keeping it warm at those temps. It still was noticeably cooler on the back side of me from the woodstove though. I believe that a liner would cure that since it has cured the problem in my larger home made tents of my past. There is no condensation problems overhead. From about two feet up from the floor there is some condensation though. After I get a liner in the tipi though I believe it will cure this also if not almost cure it. In the video where I am standing outside and pointing the camera in to the tipi you can see a bit of the condensation on the door flap. It is in the form of frost. ua-cam.com/video/oPzvwf1VNtE/v-deo.htmlm44s