I was homeless from the fall to the spring. I maintained a job at a junkyard and found a POS tent in the woods that was abandoned, frozen to the ground, ripped badly to were you could see the stars at night. I grabbed a bunch of bubble wrap, old clothes and luckily I had several blankets, a few down blankets and a nice sub zero sleeping bag. The floor of the tent was frozen so I put down a layer of bubble wrap, layer of old clothes, layer of bubble wrap and repeated a few times. I would wrap myself in blankets after climbing in the sleeping bag and would completely get under the blankets and I stayed toasty warm all night long. Id feel a moment of sadness as I got situated for the night, then it'd pass and I felt grateful to just be warm.
I had a travel trailer without heat; slept under 8 blankets and on top of two more, fully dressed. Once my body heat got the bed warmed up I was toasty all night.
I've been homeless in the past and here's a tip. If you're without a tent, look for a place that sells beds and mattresses. When they get mattresses delivered, they come wrapped in a very heavy plastic bag that they throw away. Makes for an excellent bivy!
You almost have all ingredients for mors kochanski super shelter. PE foil + a rescue blanket (mylar) gold/silver which reflects the heat. In order not to trap all the moisture in your bivy you need circulation.
I was homeless for almost two years also had a job. I camped on old quarry land. I stayed alone and had four different ways in. I was in the center of a huge thorn thicket in a shelter of bent over saplings covered with black plastic. I cooked with a one burner propane stove to keep hidden and wore a rubber army chem./bio top and bottom over wool . Later moved into a small cave I made a door for. It was like being a mountain goat to get in and out of it. Rough way to live. Sheriff department searched twice he told me later. He laughed shook my hand .Said he couldnt find a trace of me . Told him I was watching you looking. He said I figgured that to. He told the company he wasnt wasting any more resources on searches. Told them about me getting a kid out of trouble at open water filled quarry they own and if he is there leave him alone he does more good than bad..
I got woke up by the sheriff's a couple times and told to move along. They were nice about it. They understand, at least around here, that most folks are good people
Ive always wondered ....if you're homeless and roughing it in rural settings and the cops send out their people for you .....where exactly do they expect you to go....move along and go where? I never knew as a youngster that I would develop such a disdain for people would but we simply don't know how to be good to one another ......horrid
Interesting couple minutes. A key is always remember at night the cold really comes from the ground. Having the proper insulation underneath is more important than on top.
Read about " the north pond hermit" dude avoided human contact for like almost 30 years. Unfortunately he stole food from cabins on a pond but how he survived is amazing... he never lit a fire for warmth in the Maine winters. He would be active during the coldest times of night to keep warm with his own body heat.
I spent $150 on a north face -20 sleeping bag and $120 on a Thermarest mat. I live outside year round. It's all about the proper gear and spending money wisely. Living outside isn't hard if you're smart and have the gear and fortitude. Also a membership at your local YMCA where you can shower daily and rent a locker goes a long way. Having that hot shower in the morning and a locker full of clean clothes goes a long way towards making the homeless life much easier.
@kilosuave3708 I'm homeless and I usually switch to a lighter smaller sleeping bag in the summer. But I travel on a bicycle from state to state. If you don't leave an area you can accumulate a bunch of blankets and sleeping bags. 99.5% of the time no one will steal them unless you're in San Francisco.
Hey Eugene, looking forward to more videos! I appreciate you sharing your skill set. I believe you have a lot to contribute to the survival community. Thanks again!
I have collected horseshoe fungus for fire for years, but never thaught to use it with a char tin ! Great idea! Australian Natives use horseshoe fungus to carry a fire from one place to another ,because it smoulders very slowly it's easy to manage to carry your fire from one camp to the next, just get a nice big piece and blow on it occasionally where you are nursing your baby fire on the edge of the fungus . Your Sacret fire can last as long as you want , I've heard of Sacret fires kept alive for years this way , nomadicaly moving one camp to the next , and there is always an abundance of supplies fire wood ,food plants and animals available ,with nomadic camping . :) All is Self ,love Thyself ! Respect !
Tim, May I ask you why you are homeless? I'm in Georgia and for a while I lived on occasional army reserve pay (Called Individual Ready Reserve) and jobs through an agency for temporary work. I lived in a cheap apartment but not the really cheap ones in town. I know that in some places rents are incredibly high compared to Georgia. I really want to know your situation. Also what would make a difference with youto change your situation?
I have a couple of antique knives in my collection and, at first, I couldn't understand why the spines were all marked up. Years later, after getting into survival and bushcraft, I figured it out!
I've been homeless once in a bad winter luckily my mum took me in bless her I was very lucky spare a moment for those out there in middle of winter most of whom ended up homeless through no fault of their own it shouldn't be happening in this day and age great video great tips useful if your ever in a homeless situation
Sadly, this is all theatre, if you truly are homeless why would you gravitate away from city life and support networks and instead pitch a camp on prairie flat lands beside a frozen lake? At that time of year ice fishing is likely your easiest option for food. And if you burn that many calories lighting a fire in the open, you will need food, soon. Glad you survived your personal brush with being homeless.
Very good data, I've been out here for 3 years working and supporting kids. It's going to be a lot of us in the future, and we need this the wealth inequality nowadays just blows me away.
So what do you suggest? Your one of the 1%... Almost every person (including the homeless) in the US is part of the 1% percent compared to most countries in the world, US people lose sight of this.
Handy tip, find 2 litre coke bottle, and once you have fire fill the bottle up with hot water. Makes a nice bed warmer. Wrap it up in a towel to keep it warm longer. And when it’s cool, you have clean boiled water to carry around.
@@josephgregor2455 I think you just want to argue. Sure everyone is going to let the water settle and drink the top or filter the water. I have drank out of puddles straight no boiling still here. I do understand what you are saying. Thank you.
@@saved1 no I just believe people should be good without the threat of going to hell. I don’t need threats of going to hell, to be a good and kind human to other humans. I also believe that people provide for themselves, there is not some thing in the sky that does. If you wait around for a mystical being to intervene in your life and help you, you’ll be waiting till you die. I also don’t need the promise of going to heaven to feel better about death. Also the Bible was written by man, and man destroys everything in his path. Religion was literally created to control the masses…..so yeah I don’t want to be controlled, if you guys do then keep believing in a fake thing. Even if religion was a good thing, people who claim to be Christians don’t actually live by the Bible. (Homelessness wouldn’t be a thing if you guys actually lived by what’s in the Bible)
when I was homeless I mainly relied on clothing, water bottles, and newspaper for warmth. There are battery powered gloves and vests on amazon nowadays though. So glad I've been housed for the last 5 years and don't have to worry about sleeping out in the cold anymore.
I like what you said about cotton..It keeps you comfy in the heat but freezes you to death in cold because it wicks moisture and stays wet then you freeze..Synthetic/polyester and wool are the best cold weather materials..Perfect for the winter cold..
I have been living outside since I was a kid. At 53 I have been living this way since 12 years old. Living in a house usually makes me feel trapped and anxious. I am much happier outside and have become very adept at living outside and to be honest it is a far simpler and a less stressful life. I do encounter in some places police and other authorities that try to hinder me but it is so easy to relocate a camp that they are no big hindrance. Plastic is also a great insulator against freezing weather. I have slept outside in -0 degree weather... on the ground, in rain and snow, with only a blanket and a roll of plastic sheet. a 1 dollar box of plastic bags will save your life on a freezing night when a fire can not be made. If you don't have a dollar... plastic bags can be found in dumpsters all over town. One thing that I like and plan to use more is a small solar panel and wind generator to charge batteries or super capacitors and have been researching how to make a small portable still for purifying water. I have been also buying materials to make a ultra light water going airplane for gunkholing along the Intracoastal Waterway. While I do not consider myself homeless, I do like to move around and have lived aboard boats for years and to my way of thinking a flying boat would be a great adventure for an old man like me living out on the edge.
I'm way in Arkansas and I might be homeless pretty soon here this guy's videos as a great tip. You sound like you are hard core whereabouts are you at. Because I am 53 and I have no partner or a group to be with. You sound like you're a Bushcraft master. I wouldn't mind being with someone like you
I carry fat wood I procured from the stump/base of a pine tree. It’s like nature’s gasoline. The flint and steel method seems super primitive… very 😎 😎 cool
I carry a ferro-rod, magnesium block, a few storm proof matches, a freznel lense, a Ronson lighter and a 6" hunk of 3/8" cotton rope, charred on the end where the soda can metal is wrapped around it. This rope will catch a spark even if it's been dipped in water. I hate having to fight to get a fire going! This gear will light all the fires I need for a year or so. By then I'll have gathered a ton of pine resin, chaga, charred punkwood, fat wood and made a pump firedrill, found flint for striking sparks, etc. If you stay in one place, you can just bank your coals in a thick layer of ashes and dirt, with a bit of fuel wood in the mix and the fire will be re-ignitable for 8+ hours, as long as you've got rainproof shelter over it.
Interesting i've used youtube for 10-11 years and noticed within the past couple years they implemented a subscriber count next to the subscribe button before you hit subscribe. But with yours it only said subscribe.........I've even seen channels with only a couple hundred next to it. Maybe because you put homless in the title youtube/whoever doesn't want people to see how to survive on their own in today's society. I may sound crazy but it's food for thought, no joke i was pretty startled to see you didnt have a subscriber count next to your sub button
Tim Scarff. It's up to the channel owner to choose in the settings menu if they want to to show the amount of subscribers they have. He has chosen to NOT show his subscriber amount. All that other stuff you are saying is just your paranoia from too much crack smokin. Put that pipe down homie.
Here is my take, folks!! Become homeless one time! You'll start seeing a different world from what you thought it was!! People are mean, ruthless, in compassionate, even spit on you, curse you, steal from you!! You'll see the painfully dark side of people you thought maybe otherwise!! Or thought they would care!! And just stare at you like a deer in a head light look!! Like... huh? Your homeless? You???? You'll know who your friends arent!! That's for sure!!!
I’m not homeless but I appreciate what you had to say he gave me quite a few tips read an old book from 1944 on camping and he said wool you didn’t want this soft wool But the itchy wool
@@UnderAlog572 I don't mind smelling like a campfire I've been out many times in my life. I've always smell like a campfire when I went back into town. People are like who are you what have you been doing while I was out camping LOL I think I'd rather smell like a campfire dinner smell like body odor the native American people would deliberately walk around the campfire so that the smoke would hit their bodies so that they will not when they went out to hunt the smoke would cover up the human scent
@@arctichare8185 I agree when we went camping at didn't take long for us the smell like the campfire. I would rather smell like the campfire then the smell somebody's body odor LOL do you agree
Eugene Runkis I’ve been looking for someone that would appreciate a job. A nice place to live. Vehicle to drive and live on a ranch with privacy. I have looked everywhere mostly trying to focus on someone down on their luck or a Veteran. Can’t find anyone that doesn’t have either a drug problem or drinking problem or just don’t want to work. It’s a easy farm job. A lot of it is just being there so things don’t get stolen. Checking fence. Feeding calves and other livestock. Basic stuff that I as a woman can do so why can’t I find anyone wanting a job??? Everyone wants to get shit for free or be the boss. It’s ridiculous. I’m going to import me a family from Mexico or Guatemala or someplace they would appreciate a solid lifetime place to live and work. If you know of anyone that might fit what I’m looking for please let me know.
Great video Jack, I give you major respect my friend. Because I know personally how hard it is to be out there alone with no help. And I also give you thumbs up for having a good a attitude and mind for being in your situation. Do you mind me asking where your where abouts are basically my friend.
Love this man’s attitude n enthusiasm for life, his life. Such an embrace for what’s hard but not impossible. Where there’s a will, there’s a way is for sure that man’s moto. God speed you all your hear desires
create some thin, strong cordage using roots or bark.. make a bowdrill.. create fire.. build a furnace using clay, soil, and rock.. make an air blower from leaves and sticks.. burn some soil down until you get some metal.. cast it into a striker using charred wooden mold.. find some flintrock.. then make a fire using only nature.. 😊
Harsh but gorgeous area your in. The big Sky behind you was Breathtaking! It's interesting to see the hillbilly without any hills. You seem to be doing OK though. :-)
+Eugene “Trapper Jack Survival” Runkis Well i wish you all the best , i felt comfortable when i watched your show . You guys are great at what you do and will have a family here in the Adirondacks watching every episode !
@@trapperjacksurvival sorry to hear about your mom passing brother...keep up the good work spreading the knowledge! You're one of my favorite to watch. Love the hillbilly inventions!! Backwoods brilliance!
Solid info as usual Eugene! The cooling effect of moist cotton is due to evaporation. Using clay planting pots to keep food cool is called the Zeer Pot method and works the same way. Also the same reason that you want to wear cotton in hot environments/weather. (I know you know this, my remarks are for viewers!) Hope you and yours are doing well.
It's not a joke if u have to go thru it this winter ime putting a delonghi heater next to the commode open all sink n lavatory doors put a sheet plastic to close off hall to living room so fridge n sink will be warm a 4man dome tent in living room space blankets on tent floor with blankets over them n my sleeping bag if they didn't steal that too n maybe another delonghi in tent so God willing I'll b ok don't have money to have HVAC checked for heat n don't want anyone knowing my plight don want nursing home I'll b ok God takes care of me Anyway it'll keep my electric bill down
Been there done that for several months in the 90s l was homeless but luckily until winter my homelesness ended. Remained around the city sleeping on corn fields when started raining going into a block and sitting on the concrete footstairs hoping nobody gets out to see me...
Glad you didnt go out in the death trap, that water looks cold and that would make it hard to maintain body heat. Cold water takes heat away, i know that seems obvious but...
Love your videos! I've watched some by other folks on stealth camping in places like national parks. Any chance you could do one on that topic? Keep up the good work!
If one wants to be cold wear cotton. The wife and I still have the stones with handles that her parents would warm on the wood stove so she could take them to bed to keep her feet warm. We grew up before insulation and insulated windows and I've lived in houses that the snow would blow into when the wind was blowing hard enough. Neither of us died from the experience though.
And don't forget to make a salad out of that green grass probably some live vegetation maybe even fish in the lake. And if you play dead long enough could even Catch a Predator for some protein and a hat.
I was homeless from the fall to the spring. I maintained a job at a junkyard and found a POS tent in the woods that was abandoned, frozen to the ground, ripped badly to were you could see the stars at night. I grabbed a bunch of bubble wrap, old clothes and luckily I had several blankets, a few down blankets and a nice sub zero sleeping bag. The floor of the tent was frozen so I put down a layer of bubble wrap, layer of old clothes, layer of bubble wrap and repeated a few times. I would wrap myself in blankets after climbing in the sleeping bag and would completely get under the blankets and I stayed toasty warm all night long. Id feel a moment of sadness as I got situated for the night, then it'd pass and I felt grateful to just be warm.
Miki Miyazaki
You also shit in your pants to keep warm😀
What don't break US only makes US stronger brother......
I had a travel trailer without heat; slept under 8 blankets and on top of two more, fully dressed. Once my body heat got the bed warmed up I was toasty all night.
I hope you are doing good now x
@@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN not funny ass hole
I've been homeless in the past and here's a tip. If you're without a tent, look for a place that sells beds and mattresses. When they get mattresses delivered, they come wrapped in a very heavy plastic bag that they throw away. Makes for an excellent bivy!
God bless you
You almost have all ingredients for mors kochanski super shelter. PE foil + a rescue blanket (mylar) gold/silver which reflects the heat. In order not to trap all the moisture in your bivy you need circulation.
Thank you, and God bless you
Cardboard too. Homeless too many years.
How about getting and maintaining a job? Stop being a master of all things cardboard . 🤡
I was homeless for almost two years also had a job. I camped on old quarry land. I stayed alone and had four different ways in. I was in the center of a huge thorn thicket in a shelter of bent over saplings covered with black plastic. I cooked with a one burner propane stove to keep hidden and wore a rubber army chem./bio top and bottom over wool . Later moved into a small cave I made a door for. It was like being a mountain goat to get in and out of it. Rough way to live. Sheriff department searched twice he told me later. He laughed shook my hand .Said he couldnt find a trace of me . Told him I was watching you looking. He said I figgured that to. He told the company he wasnt wasting any more resources on searches. Told them about me getting a kid out of trouble at open water filled quarry they own and if he is there leave him alone he does more good than bad..
Good read, write a novel even if it's just a few pages in a notebook. Someone can read it somewhere
I got woke up by the sheriff's a couple times and told to move along. They were nice about it. They understand, at least around here, that most folks are good people
Ive always wondered ....if you're homeless and roughing it in rural settings and the cops send out their people for you .....where exactly do they expect you to go....move along and go where? I never knew as a youngster that I would develop such a disdain for people would but we simply don't know how to be good to one another ......horrid
Awesome story. Glad you're ok
Awesome bruh, 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Interesting couple minutes. A key is always remember at night the cold really comes from the ground. Having the proper insulation underneath is more important than on top.
We said
Read about " the north pond hermit" dude avoided human contact for like almost 30 years. Unfortunately he stole food from cabins on a pond but how he survived is amazing... he never lit a fire for warmth in the Maine winters. He would be active during the coldest times of night to keep warm with his own body heat.
That is a great book
Eugene is a good guy and a friend. Very talented knife maker and artist.
Eugene freaking rules!! Never a waste of time watching anything he does. Super smart guy with mad skills.
I spent $150 on a north face -20 sleeping bag and $120 on a Thermarest mat. I live outside year round. It's all about the proper gear and spending money wisely. Living outside isn't hard if you're smart and have the gear and fortitude. Also a membership at your local YMCA where you can shower daily and rent a locker goes a long way. Having that hot shower in the morning and a locker full of clean clothes goes a long way towards making the homeless life much easier.
I know its been 4 years but i must ask, as a homeless did you switch sleeping bags for each season or did you keep only 1?
WOW!!!! Knowledge
@@kilosuave3708A -20 bag is great in the winter. I’m sure he didn’t use it in the summer. Those bags compress well so it’s easy to keep in storage.
@kilosuave3708 I'm homeless and I usually switch to a lighter smaller sleeping bag in the summer. But I travel on a bicycle from state to state. If you don't leave an area you can accumulate a bunch of blankets and sleeping bags. 99.5% of the time no one will steal them unless you're in San Francisco.
Hey Eugene, looking forward to more videos! I appreciate you sharing your skill set. I believe you have a lot to contribute to the survival community. Thanks again!
I have collected horseshoe fungus for fire for years, but never thaught to use it with a char tin ! Great idea! Australian Natives use horseshoe fungus to carry a fire from one place to another ,because it smoulders very slowly it's easy to manage to carry your fire from one camp to the next, just get a nice big piece and blow on it occasionally where you are nursing your baby fire on the edge of the fungus . Your Sacret fire can last as long as you want , I've heard of Sacret fires kept alive for years this way , nomadicaly moving one camp to the next , and there is always an abundance of supplies fire wood ,food plants and animals available ,with nomadic camping . :) All is Self ,love Thyself ! Respect !
Thanks mate! Stay alive! Me and the wifey and cat are 9 years homeless now! Love the advice!
Tim, May I ask you why you are homeless? I'm in Georgia and for a while I lived on occasional army reserve pay (Called Individual Ready Reserve) and jobs through an agency for temporary work. I lived in a cheap apartment but not the really cheap ones in town. I know that in some places rents are incredibly high compared to Georgia. I really want to know your situation. Also what would make a difference with youto change your situation?
I have a couple of antique knives in my collection and, at first, I couldn't understand why the spines were all marked up. Years later, after getting into survival and bushcraft, I figured it out!
They were using those 90 degree spines. I truly believe the skills our forefather used will be sought out.
Thank you for this lesson. Good to know. You are saving lives! ❤️
Just recently homeless and been trying learn stuff and get by.. Thanks man
What state
Jimmie Zabriskie how is your situation progressing? Any good news?
Homeless and on you tube. How so??
@@lorenreece1665maybe the public library
My advice is stop the herion habit. You have chased the dragon for years but the dragon won.🤯🦄
I've been homeless once in a bad winter luckily my mum took me in bless her I was very lucky spare a moment for those out there in middle of winter most of whom ended up homeless through no fault of their own it shouldn't be happening in this day and age great video great tips useful if your ever in a homeless situation
Sadly, this is all theatre, if you truly are homeless why would you gravitate away from city life and support networks and instead pitch a camp on prairie flat lands beside a frozen lake? At that time of year ice fishing is likely your easiest option for food. And if you burn that many calories lighting a fire in the open, you will need food, soon. Glad you survived your personal brush with being homeless.
Very good data, I've been out here for 3 years working and supporting kids. It's going to be a lot of us in the future, and we need this the wealth inequality nowadays just blows me away.
So what do you suggest? Your one of the 1%... Almost every person (including the homeless) in the US is part of the 1% percent compared to most countries in the world, US people lose sight of this.
Man I really miss seeing you and two dogs bowjack I love them shows .hope your mom is doing ok .God bless y'all .
Handy tip, find 2 litre coke bottle, and once you have fire fill the bottle up with hot water. Makes a nice bed warmer. Wrap it up in a towel to keep it warm longer. And when it’s cool, you have clean boiled water to carry around.
You have to do more than boil water to drink it.
@@josephgregor2455 What else do you have to do?
@@quercus4730 okay go outside to your nearest mud puddle grab some water boil it and see if you'd still drink it
@@josephgregor2455 I think you just want to argue. Sure everyone is going to let the water settle and drink the top or filter the water. I have drank out of puddles straight no boiling still here. I do understand what you are saying. Thank you.
@@quercus4730 well then you sir or madam are an idiot. Let me know when you get a parasite.
i dont know how you keep sane with friends being homeless all day i feel so bad for the homeless at cold nights
Go somewhere thats warm
Great survival skills. I pray the Lord always provides the resources to meet you needs. I admire your seclusion, your peace, your freedom.
The lord doesn’t provide for him, he does. What nonsense
@@alli6791 Nihilist
@@saved1 no I just believe people should be good without the threat of going to hell. I don’t need threats of going to hell, to be a good and kind human to other humans. I also believe that people provide for themselves, there is not some thing in the sky that does. If you wait around for a mystical being to intervene in your life and help you, you’ll be waiting till you die. I also don’t need the promise of going to heaven to feel better about death. Also the Bible was written by man, and man destroys everything in his path. Religion was literally created to control the masses…..so yeah I don’t want to be controlled, if you guys do then keep believing in a fake thing. Even if religion was a good thing, people who claim to be Christians don’t actually live by the Bible. (Homelessness wouldn’t be a thing if you guys actually lived by what’s in the Bible)
6:22 I was taught that's called a bird's nest. Roughing up dry bark then add hot coal/ spark; blow gently until you have flame and then add Kindling.
when I was homeless I mainly relied on clothing, water bottles, and newspaper for warmth. There are battery powered gloves and vests on amazon nowadays though. So glad I've been housed for the last 5 years and don't have to worry about sleeping out in the cold anymore.
I like what you said about cotton..It keeps you comfy in the heat but freezes you to death in cold because it wicks moisture and stays wet then you freeze..Synthetic/polyester and wool are the best cold weather materials..Perfect for the winter cold..
I remember being homeless and freezing. I remember seeing a beer can and I remember thinking......I wonder if there is anything left in that can?
This dude is so awesome I loved his show with him and his buddy it was generally awesome he showed ingenuity in the Appalachia thumbs 👍👌 👏 😄 😉
I have been living outside since I was a kid. At 53 I have been living this way since 12 years old. Living in a house usually makes me feel trapped and anxious. I am much happier outside and have become very adept at living outside and to be honest it is a far simpler and a less stressful life. I do encounter in some places police and other authorities that try to hinder me but it is so easy to relocate a camp that they are no big hindrance.
Plastic is also a great insulator against freezing weather. I have slept outside in -0 degree weather... on the ground, in rain and snow, with only a blanket and a roll of plastic sheet. a 1 dollar box of plastic bags will save your life on a freezing night when a fire can not be made. If you don't have a dollar... plastic bags can be found in dumpsters all over town.
One thing that I like and plan to use more is a small solar panel and wind generator to charge batteries or super capacitors and have been researching how to make a small portable still for purifying water. I have been also buying materials to make a ultra light water going airplane for gunkholing along the Intracoastal Waterway. While I do not consider myself homeless, I do like to move around and have lived aboard boats for years and to my way of thinking a flying boat would be a great adventure for an old man like me living out on the edge.
Ya fuckin bum im sure your enemployed too
Whatever makes you happy, more power to you
@@erichatthebeehive1970 he sounds much nicer than you.
I'm way in Arkansas and I might be homeless pretty soon here this guy's videos as a great tip. You sound like you are hard core whereabouts are you at. Because I am 53 and I have no partner or a group to be with. You sound like you're a Bushcraft master. I wouldn't mind being with someone like you
@@karenlee1741 Hey if you dont mind me asking, why you say you might be homeless soon?? You ran out of options? Its sad to hear that
And for your goodness I'm saying a prayer that you will always stay warm
So happy to see you back on. Your an excellent teacher. I'll be watching and supporting you. -Stephen, Ohio
thanks so much for watching Stephen, glad that you find my teaching useful. More vids to come soon
If you were a muslim it would be ok though.
O-H!!!
I carry fat wood I procured from the stump/base of a pine tree. It’s like nature’s gasoline. The flint and steel method seems super primitive… very 😎 😎 cool
More good tips in 10minutes than 10episodes from others people channels . Well done Sir.
Hillbilly blood was a amazing show, This guy is truly amazing also keep up the great work my friend...
I carry a ferro-rod, magnesium block, a few storm proof matches, a freznel lense, a Ronson lighter and a 6" hunk of 3/8" cotton rope, charred on the end where the soda can metal is wrapped around it. This rope will catch a spark even if it's been dipped in water. I hate having to fight to get a fire going! This gear will light all the fires I need for a year or so. By then I'll have gathered a ton of pine resin, chaga, charred punkwood, fat wood and made a pump firedrill, found flint for striking sparks, etc. If you stay in one place, you can just bank your coals in a thick layer of ashes and dirt, with a bit of fuel wood in the mix and the fire will be re-ignitable for 8+ hours, as long as you've got rainproof shelter over it.
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🇺🇸🙋♀️🙋♂️ Hello from California U.S.A.. I like your sweater.. It looks as if it keeps you very warm.. Good luck..👍
Thank you
I lived in fort bragg near glass beach when i was young . Cali is a great place
Omg Eugene!!! I thought I would never see you again! Discovery channel needs more hillbilly blood!!!
Discovery....commie liberal poop
john smith shut up and choke on your meds you stupid boomer
I thought that was Eugene. Stay warm .🔥
That show was bullshit and he's a scumbag.
Yes we do need more.....
Hi! It's great to see you! Watched all the episodes of Hillbilly Blood. Just found your site. Take care!
i remember watching your videos since way back when you made that survival bow. im glad your back to making videos again! :)
Thanks so much for the continuous support - more great videos to come soon!
Doesn't have a home but have a yt channel😂.... Subscribed
Interesting i've used youtube for 10-11 years and noticed within the past couple years they implemented a subscriber count next to the subscribe button before you hit subscribe. But with yours it only said subscribe.........I've even seen channels with only a couple hundred next to it. Maybe because you put homless in the title youtube/whoever doesn't want people to see how to survive on their own in today's society. I may sound crazy but it's food for thought, no joke i was pretty startled to see you didnt have a subscriber count next to your sub button
Tim Scarff The channel owner chooses in the settings whether or not the subscriber count is shown.
Bro put the pipe down
@@Cartman2437 lol hahahahah *roasted*
Tim Scarff. It's up to the channel owner to choose in the settings menu if they want to to show the amount of subscribers they have. He has chosen to NOT show his subscriber amount. All that other stuff you are saying is just your paranoia from too much crack smokin. Put that pipe down homie.
Everything is a fucking conspiracy for idiots like you hahahaha
Wow, my world keeps expanding. This is new to me. Very nice.
On my second watch, here, I had a flash of you dressed up as Scout Master. hahaha You are the best
Thank you! haha
Here is my take, folks!! Become homeless one time! You'll start seeing a different world from what you thought it was!! People are mean, ruthless, in compassionate, even spit on you, curse you, steal from you!! You'll see the painfully dark side of people you thought maybe otherwise!! Or thought they would care!! And just stare at you like a deer in a head light look!! Like... huh? Your homeless? You???? You'll know who your friends arent!! That's for sure!!!
I’m not homeless but I appreciate what you had to say he gave me quite a few tips read an old book from 1944 on camping and he said wool you didn’t want this soft wool But the itchy wool
Just wanted to say thank you for the best survival info advice ever. fire has always given me a problem. best regards H
I like that tip about combing the live grass for tinder. Peace!
Thanks! It works! I like to share anything that can help
not everyone knows everything, you would be surprised.
MiWilderness tinder hu .. ur fruit cake .tinder boy
MiWilderness With you.
Such awesome camera work, you're spoiling us
It's a hard scrabble life
Jack Survival, great video dude, ty stay safe and healthy.
After a week camping out...you start to smell like a campfire!
I would rather smell a campfire than the smell of human body odor LOL
@@karenlee1741 as a human I'm offended..do I really smell that bad?
@@UnderAlog572 I don't mind smelling like a campfire I've been out many times in my life. I've always smell like a campfire when I went back into town. People are like who are you what have you been doing while I was out camping LOL I think I'd rather smell like a campfire dinner smell like body odor the native American people would deliberately walk around the campfire so that the smoke would hit their bodies so that they will not when they went out to hunt the smoke would cover up the human scent
@@arctichare8185 I agree when we went camping at didn't take long for us the smell like the campfire. I would rather smell like the campfire then the smell somebody's body odor LOL do you agree
That's the best way to cover up body odor.
Dude is making things look harder than they need to be
Right On Eugene great to see u out and about ill definitely be watching/liking/sharing/ etc. Take Care Bro !! ,,,,Spook
Thank you - great to be back!
Eugene Runkis Great to have u back ! liked and shared ill let u know when i put up a shoutout in an upcoming vid of mine ! ,,,,Cheers ! ,,,Spook
Thanks so much!
Eugene Runkis 👊
Eugene Runkis I’ve been looking for someone that would appreciate a job. A nice place to live. Vehicle to drive and live on a ranch with privacy. I have looked everywhere mostly trying to focus on someone down on their luck or a Veteran. Can’t find anyone that doesn’t have either a drug problem or drinking problem or just don’t want to work. It’s a easy farm job. A lot of it is just being there so things don’t get stolen. Checking fence. Feeding calves and other livestock. Basic stuff that I as a woman can do so why can’t I find anyone wanting a job??? Everyone wants to get shit for free or be the boss. It’s ridiculous. I’m going to import me a family from Mexico or Guatemala or someplace they would appreciate a solid lifetime place to live and work. If you know of anyone that might fit what I’m looking for please let me know.
Whoever is reading this, I hope you find peace and harmony for your day my friend :) Warmest greetings from Greece :) 🇬🇷😀✌
Great video Jack, I give you major respect my friend. Because I know personally how hard it is to be out there alone with no help. And I also give you thumbs up for having a good a attitude and mind for being in your situation. Do you mind me asking where your where abouts are basically my friend.
Actual best case grid down, ladies and gentleman
Love this man’s attitude n enthusiasm for life, his life. Such an embrace for what’s hard but not impossible. Where there’s a will, there’s a way is for sure that man’s moto. God speed you all your hear desires
create some thin, strong cordage using roots or bark.. make a bowdrill.. create fire.. build a furnace using clay, soil, and rock.. make an air blower from leaves and sticks.. burn some soil down until you get some metal.. cast it into a striker using charred wooden mold.. find some flintrock.. then make a fire using only nature.. 😊
Harsh but gorgeous area your in. The big Sky behind you was Breathtaking! It's interesting to see the hillbilly without any hills. You seem to be doing OK though. :-)
Thank you! It is super cold here but we're living!
Your awesome brother!!! Thanks for the video😀 lots of good information, just became a new sub looking forward to more videos from ya, bless you.
I wish u guys were still on TV !!! I havent seen ya in awhile im hoping i just missed it , loved the show !!!
They cancelled the show but I am looking to start a new project up soon
+Eugene “Trapper Jack Survival” Runkis Well i wish you all the best , i felt comfortable when i watched your show . You guys are great at what you do and will have a family here in the Adirondacks watching every episode !
Thank you!
@@trapperjacksurvival sorry to hear about your mom passing brother...keep up the good work spreading the knowledge! You're one of my favorite to watch. Love the hillbilly inventions!! Backwoods brilliance!
@@trapperjacksurvival yeah man lived that show..... learned alot. Support 2A brother.... they r coming for them.
Good to see this guys making vids again 👍🏼
Great info Eugene....love your vids.Thumbs up sir!
I like you Eugene but did you just duct tape a go Pro to a dog's head to film this? I saw nothing in the way of much. sorry
I apologize, next time I will be more mindful, I won't use a seagull and I'll use the dog instead
lol too funny
Solid info as usual Eugene! The cooling effect of moist cotton is due to evaporation. Using clay planting pots to keep food cool is called the Zeer Pot method and works the same way. Also the same reason that you want to wear cotton in hot environments/weather. (I know you know this, my remarks are for viewers!) Hope you and yours are doing well.
It's not a joke if u have to go thru it this winter ime putting a delonghi heater next to the commode open all sink n lavatory doors put a sheet plastic to close off hall to living room so fridge n sink will be warm a 4man dome tent in living room space blankets on tent floor with blankets over them n my sleeping bag if they didn't steal that too n maybe another delonghi in tent so God willing I'll b ok don't have money to have HVAC checked for heat n don't want anyone knowing my plight don want nursing home I'll b ok God takes care of me Anyway it'll keep my electric bill down
Great video Eugene, keep 'em coming!
Good advice.. I need to wear clothes when it’s cold. Here’s me running around in just my skid strained underpants trying to keep warm
I love you Eugene. You've taught me so much. God bless you my brother. I enjoy your videos more than any others. They are so informative.
I spent an entire winter homeless in my truck in Anchorage Alaska!
No money for gas just parked it and used it for shelter unil spring! -20 below
What???? Ididmt know you had a TH-cam. I loved hillbilly blood, got a new subscriber.
At 217 I thought Holy Shit this dude is tough as nails swimming in the water lmao
thanks gene for the vid, i love your work, stay strong my friend. . love and peace
Been there done that for several months in the 90s l was homeless but luckily until winter my homelesness ended.
Remained around the city sleeping on corn fields when started raining going into a block and sitting on the concrete footstairs hoping nobody gets out to see me...
So do your hands just get used to the cold? It doesn't seem to bother your hands too much.
Let's get real...this is a forgotten man who is starving and freezing to death in some desolate place near a beach and some bamboo strands....
been following your knowledge for a long time, thank you for sharing all the important info people should know, ive leard alot from you thank you
You're welcome and I appreciate the continuous support, thank you
I miss hillbilly blood that was a good show wish you guys would bring it back
Another nice vid there Eugene. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for watching
I miss seeing that HillBilly Blood show.
Glad you didnt go out in the death trap, that water looks cold and that would make it hard to maintain body heat. Cold water takes heat away, i know that seems obvious but...
only a crazy bastard would go out there
Thanks for the info bro. Hope you kept warm m dry this winter n all to come.
Love your videos! I've watched some by other folks on stealth camping in places like national parks.
Any chance you could do one on that topic?
Keep up the good work!
I have the utmost respect for you , glad your doing ok Happy New year from N.C . !
good video thanks for the fire demo good to see you again I've missed your vids
Thanks for watching , I'm going to be posting more regularly now
If one wants to be cold wear cotton. The wife and I still have the stones with handles that her parents would warm on the wood stove so she could take them to bed to keep her feet warm. We grew up before insulation and insulated windows and I've lived in houses that the snow would blow into when the wind was blowing hard enough. Neither of us died from the experience though.
Insulating your clothes with paper or newspaper will keep you warm..
Just try it for an hour you'll be to hot
My Mother was a child of the Depression. Her Mother sent her to school with a baked potato just out of the oven as both a coat warmer and as lunch!
This guys a good teacher. He doesnt have thousand of dollars of equipment .
I never understood why your show didn't take off man. You guys were way better than some stupid fake pawn shop.
Love your vids bro
Thank you!
Now this guys got it figered out.
cool video, happy new year, where u outside at now, we like to see more video, I live in northern Michigan!
love your videos keep them coming!!!
Thanks and I will!
You the man sir
you're the master Eugene!
Thank you!
Frizzy, now there's a word you don't use every day. Last time a used it was 1976 when I told my sister she had frizzy hair.
Can you do a video on your clothes you wear in detail?
Yes
Just stumbled upon your Channel l used to watch you on TV that's too cool!! I admire your abilities for sure
And don't forget to make a salad out of that green grass probably some live vegetation maybe even fish in the lake. And if you play dead long enough could even Catch a Predator for some protein and a hat.
Troll alert
When I was homeless I made a house. While all the others used tents….
_"So you don't have to rely on man-made things to be able to build a fire out in the woods."_
. . . . . uses a knife to start a fire.
Element of Kindness Oh, we meet again. Our recommended feed must be nearly identical
@@vulkris no reply = stalker.
Mudslut Music OcO
This is more of a survival guide than a homeless guide. To me homeless is more of an urban thing, not out in the fields.
Can you divulge your location? In the first video I thought Middle East coast but you said near Alaska. West coast? Enjoyed the knowledge.
I'm up north on the East Coast
Awesome video.