I'm so glad I found your page! I used to catch your TV show whenever I could, and when I saw your name come up as I was surfing TH-cam I was stoked! Instantly subscribed, and am looking forward to soaking up a bunch of that good old back woods know-how! You are a genuine modern day renaissance man!
thanks for sharing your knowledge . People would do well to heed these methods .Imagine when the grocery stores are closed and have been raided and you can not get any food or water . Bet you would have loved to pay attention to this man .
You have to remember that the more AREA to be collected from, the more water. Next time dig a 9 ft. square area with a clear plastic bag sheet that is 10 ft. square. Also it works better if you dig the hole in an area that is more moist in direct sunlight. Make sure the sides of the plastic is sealed good with plenty of dirt like you did. Put your container in the center like you did with the sucking tube. Great video on teaching people how to get water. Water extracted like this is pure clean 99.99% clean water to drink.
Very helpful. Thank you! I love to go waaaay out in the middle of nowhere when i camp and the more of these tricks I can learn, the easier it gets. Also, you never know when you might not be planning on staying out for days or weeks at a time, so it's a good thing to know more than a few ways to get water, build shelters, start fires, etc. The more i know, the more comfortable i am about going out for longer periods. The longest I've gone out for was 2 weeks in Washington around the end of winter time. We got super lucky and found a spring about half a mile from our camp where we got our water and we also found an old dock in the grass that was there from back when the lake we were near was bigger. We used the wood from the dock to build a really nice lean-to, then we pretty much turned it into a cabin over the next couple days as we salvaged the dock wood. We were only gonna be there a few days, but we figured since we could now survive here, we'll stay till we all have to go home and back to work. We have gone back a few times since then and put in a nice little wood stove and a three burner propane stove. We also found more wood out there so we added to the place.
WOW dude! I've been a student of survival for almost 30 years and I never knew the thing about the ferns! That is really cool! Thank you VERY much for sharing your knowledge! I guess thats why I say I've been a student of survival and not an expert because I'm still learning. Subbed and will be watching more of your vids. THANK YOU!
Jack don't worry about the haters they don't appreciate what you do for the YT community. you are a great guy for uploading and sharing the knowledge you have thank you man!
I'm sure that you've been thanked a million times for posting this info and so add mine as well as this was really fantastic to know about incase ever in that situation with no water around.
thats incredible! i have field tested the 7 ways to find water, but not like this,i mean when it really matters. i am glad that you are ok. thanks for telling me this. Jack.
Jack I would swear you live in the wild! The skillset you have blows me away. It's like the saying goes, You learn something new everyday. Thanks for posting brother!
Oh my goodness thank you so much for this video i owe you my life. i wathched this video before I went camping(like 3 weeks before)and then i fell and all my water was gone. i was able to make a fire and I used almost all of the methods to get water. i was lost for 5 days...thank you I would have been dead if it were not for you...by the way I am only 14 and this happened about one month ago.
These are all good methods of getting water, but I would never recommend anyone drink straight out of a creek like that. If it was a spring it would be different, but you don't know what could be in that water. It could have cholera, dysentary, amoebas, parasites, e. coli poisoning, schitzomonasis, giardia. These things will take you straight out of the game. Remember you can go roughly 3 days without water so try not to panic and make mistakes that can be avoided. Find a way to make it safe.
ive used the solar still a couple times it works with brackish or saltwater to 1: clear plastic 4x4 2: hole 1' deep 3' diameter as big as you want but remember you need to dig the hole it wont dig itself. 3: vegetation tall grasses and leafy greens then i pour brackish into the soil around the cup. mostly i dont need to use it im in florida and theres creeks and marsh wherever i go, im gonna keep my eyes out for leaky trees and fern bulbs, new to me thanks jack
being born and raised in the blue ridge mtns of nc .. I hear all the time people saying DONT DRINK WATER FROM ANY MTN STREAM.. even eugene knows better that water is 80% better for you then water out of the tap
hey man im from NC also, Winston Salem. Could you elaborate on why not to drink mountain stream water. Im pretty young and curious about finding and getting clean water for myself and others.Right now i only have access to bottled water in plastic or tap. Id really hate to drink tap water and need better choice then to drink bottled because its in plastic and is basically tap water.. what kind of water do you drink and where do you get it from. thanks. Your information will help me in the future.
m from boone nc area and if your in winston salem. you don't have a lot of options. even your area lakes and streams would be contaminated. I drink my water straight from the stream up in these blue ridge mtns no matter what egene says stream water in the applachian mtns is safe to drink but a deer etc could have pissed in it test it first for taste before you continue.
yea , there wasnt much, about an 8 oz glassfull. if volume is what you need just use more than one solar still. the cloth on wet grass is the big producer(the most work too)
I think this is fantastic and everyone needs to watch more of this man and relearn how to live from the land because very soon we will have to again. Take his advice and learn from him he will save your life some day.
I doubt that drinking water directly from a creek is very safe. It could make you very sick with the runs and dehydrate you enough to kill you if you can't get help or use a remedy.
You need to boil or treat any water you find, even if you're very thirsty. It may look crystal clear and safe but there could still be some pretty dangerous organisms in there. No since trading thirst for infection.
Me & my friend are going on a survival trip in the spring, so I'm just gathering up all the info. that I can get. Thanks, Jack, your videos are awesome, but you could turn up the quality to 480p. and it would make them EPIC!
Good information TrapperJack... it was also good to see how productive or unproductive some of those methods were. In the case of the solar still, digging the hole with primitive tools (hands and stick) you would have lost more moisture than you would have gained the following day. It was also good to see the rain/dew collector sheet and also the dew collector rag demonstration. Those are two methods I will definitely use. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us TrapperJack!
Hi Jack great video! I love your show on TV too! I've done the solar still "tree method" too works great! Some other awesome ways to find water, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
this is a great video realy like the sock on the grass maayybe some1 will save there life with the help you have shown on this vid thanks on behalf of evry1 take care ray
Thanks for the info. One time I was walking through a metro park trail, and I saw what looked like (3) three trees split, one completely in half, the other two had very large branches sheared off by what looked to me like a single lightening strike that hit all three trees. It was shocking (no pun intended) to see that kind of devastation. Not many videos out there on what to do in the wild when a severe lightening storm approaches, and when you can't get to a vehicle or structure.
To make it easier to collect dew, run a long stick through both sleeves of a tee shirt and tie the ends of a cord on either side of the sleeve openings. Then, tie a rope to the center of the cord and drag it along behind you as you walk across the grassy field. Stop and wring out the tee shirt whenever it gets soppy wet. This will be much faster and is not stoop labor.
the fern potatoes has a woody aspect that makes them inedible unless they are fully dried , then roasted, the powder used as a flour stretcher. the water can have tannins in it.
this was indeed an interesting video. the bagging methods were neat. i have a couple of questions though. in the case that you dont have plastic at your disposal is there any way to create stills using natural resources. also when you drank out of the stream how can you be sure you wont get sick from that? is there a way you can purify the stream water naturally to avoid this?
although nearly all fern fiddles can be eaten there are only a couple ferns that are truly edible. the bracken fern is one of them. the root "Potatoes" are best eaten in just after the wet season they are fully hydrated then near the end of dry season the potatoes will be strong with tannins and some alkyd compounds that render them almost undesirable. they can be treated similar to Aurum Root ( arrow root , wapotato ) and eaten, again season relates to useability.
extracting water vapor from the atmosphere is a common practice in any arid environment. dew forms best in the desert. but can be collected anywhere. I did say that these methods can be used in dry areas, I didn't really imply that I was in the desert, however the methods were developed there, and can be used wherever needed
you can tap birch trees for their sap around the first week or march. their sap is quite runny/watery, and kinda sweet. it contains vitamin C and other good stuff. you can collect quite a bit fairly easily, and also do it sustainably in ways that don't hurt the tree ensuring you can come back to the same tree year after year. there are vids on youtube ;)
Hey, I saw you get a good shot of water from those "fern potatoes"... which is amazing in itself, but I have a couple of questions: Can you eat those little potatoes? Also, I have read that those ferns are edible when they're still curled up, before they fan out. Have you ever eaten those? Thanx again for your videos... the knowledge you are giving people is priceless. Peace.
+Silver Schooner its actually 3 ways.... condensation ... tree harvesting ... river or water roots if u lucky... i wouldn't go for the water potatoes,,, or roots or trees... most trees and roots are poisonous ...bring with u the knowledge of making water from condensation and u should be good for about 25 days... until u will die of starvation/malnutrition or get to nearest civilization
The dew sock thing; my concern would be the fact that intestinal parasites larva , commonly just called worms, live in dew soaked grass. I live on a farm, have to 'worm' our livestock multiple times a year for this reason. Also, as I've seen others ask, are the fern potatoes edible? I would assume so if you could drink the juice. The "fiddler head fern" can (and has been eaten by me) be eaten. Even cooked its still kinda fuzzy. Flavor is unremarkable. Thanks for the vid man!
Nice Jack! I imagine if a person employed all of these methods they could sustain themselves. I think the most important survival item might be plastic.
i live in nevada you can find holes in the rocks carved by native Americans that hey used to crush different foods , there is usually water in them now or you can also see black markings on rocks means water ran thru it once also digging in shaded areas usually leads to water but remember that uses energy and sometimes thats not worth time or energy cool vid btw thanks for sharing.
Extreme survivalist techniques for getting water. You used better solution when drinking from spring. No lack of water that way. But the problem with that up north is most people would need to filter, boil, or add iodine tablets due to Giardia & other bacteria. If getting water from an underground source where it comes out, then that might be safe to drink w/o filtering, ..., but we usually need to do that treatment. I drank water that when when young, 1960s-70s. Today?
If you put sea water or if you urinate in the hole of your solar still over the leaves it would give you better results with amount of condensation and all that condense water which drips in the cup will be purified and clean .
Barbel Man Indeed he is ! It`s easy to see that he knows what he's talking about, and can his stuff. So I'm trying to see as of much of him as possible. Peace.
Loved the part on the leaves being covered by the bag. I am wondering though. What if you are in an area where disease is rampant. I'm going to see if you have any vids on how to make water sterile. So if you already have a video up on sterilization just refer this question to it. Again much thanks for the video.
In early July last year the Chinese elm in my yard developed a small fountain of water about five foot from ground level which squirted out several inches from the tree trunk, the water had a slightly bitter taste but was drinkable and cold!
Dowsing rods can also be made out of steel hangers. Make a handle for each hand shaped like an L, about 12inches long. Put the short end in each hand, extend your arms in front of you far apart enough for each rod not to touch. Hold arms steady in front and apart from each other, walk either forward or backward according to the direction the rods direct. Guaranteed to locate water.
Question for you. I've eaten a lot of bugs and larvae. But I've never eaten a caterpillar. I always thought that was a bad idea. And what does it taste like?
hey jack. thanks so much for the info! you have given me ideas i never thought of. i like the sock idea and the wrapping plants with the plastic bag. i was a boy scout when i was younger. what is your background? are u ex-military? also i guess in the desert, u can get water fm cactus? thanks again! LR
I've seen clear water pour out of trees like that. I collected ten gallons in four minutes. I boiled it and drank it after it cooled and it was fine. Tasted like a tree, but I couldn't believe that tree was dropping water so fast.
A clean drinking tube running from the collector to the edge of the still will prevent a lot of that vapor loss. Collecting the water an hour or more after sunset will also reduce loss.
Food is the least of your worries in a dry area, water goes faster. Falling Dew is one of the best in most places, as it happens almost everyday. Though his sources might not have been much, with other precautions a little goes a long way.
i use large leaves like bananna leaf instead of plastic. clear stony bottom streams are considered safe to drink, sediment and decaying matter in water harbor pathogens and bacteria.
buying bunch of coconuts helps if SHTF and coconut water to but, if there's Leafs you can put trash bag over the branches and catch rain in buckets, I am reading survival in the wild lolz.
The solar still methods you mentioned are taught by the Israeli Defense Forces so you know they work. Good video. I didn't know that about ferns. Is it any kind of fern, or a specific type?
I'm so glad I found your page! I used to catch your TV show whenever I could, and when I saw your name come up as I was surfing TH-cam I was stoked! Instantly subscribed, and am looking forward to soaking up a bunch of that good old back woods know-how! You are a genuine modern day renaissance man!
thanks for sharing your knowledge . People would do well to heed these methods .Imagine when the grocery stores are closed and have been raided and you can not get any food or water . Bet you would have loved to pay attention to this man .
You have to remember that the more AREA to be collected from, the more water. Next time dig a 9 ft. square area with a clear plastic bag sheet that is 10 ft. square. Also it works better if you dig the hole in an area that is more moist in direct sunlight. Make sure the sides of the plastic is sealed good with plenty of dirt like you did. Put your container in the center like you did with the sucking tube. Great video on teaching people how to get water. Water extracted like this is pure clean 99.99% clean water to drink.
Very helpful. Thank you! I love to go waaaay out in the middle of nowhere when i camp and the more of these tricks I can learn, the easier it gets. Also, you never know when you might not be planning on staying out for days or weeks at a time, so it's a good thing to know more than a few ways to get water, build shelters, start fires, etc. The more i know, the more comfortable i am about going out for longer periods. The longest I've gone out for was 2 weeks in Washington around the end of winter time. We got super lucky and found a spring about half a mile from our camp where we got our water and we also found an old dock in the grass that was there from back when the lake we were near was bigger. We used the wood from the dock to build a really nice lean-to, then we pretty much turned it into a cabin over the next couple days as we salvaged the dock wood. We were only gonna be there a few days, but we figured since we could now survive here, we'll stay till we all have to go home and back to work. We have gone back a few times since then and put in a nice little wood stove and a three burner propane stove. We also found more wood out there so we added to the place.
Dude you are a friggin font of survival knowledge I love it. Keep on keeping on.
WOW dude! I've been a student of survival for almost 30 years and I never knew the thing about the ferns! That is really cool! Thank you VERY much for sharing your knowledge! I guess thats why I say I've been a student of survival and not an expert because I'm still learning. Subbed and will be watching more of your vids. THANK YOU!
the very young tubers are edible and very good, so I am glad this made it onto the video for public discussion. thanks.
Jack don't worry about the haters they don't appreciate what you do for the YT community.
you are a great guy for uploading and sharing the knowledge you have thank you man!
I'm sure that you've been thanked a million times for posting this info and so add mine as well as this was really fantastic to know about incase ever in that situation with no water around.
thats incredible! i have field tested the 7 ways to find water, but not like this,i mean when it really matters. i am glad that you are ok. thanks for telling me this. Jack.
Jack I would swear you live in the wild! The skillset you have blows me away.
It's like the saying goes, You learn something new everyday. Thanks for posting brother!
You're the smartest dude on tv.
Oh my goodness thank you so much for this video i owe you my life. i wathched this video before I went camping(like 3 weeks before)and then i fell and all my water was gone. i was able to make a fire and I used almost all of the methods to get water. i was lost for 5 days...thank you I would have been dead if it were not for you...by the way I am only 14 and this happened about one month ago.
The drinking tube is an excellent suggestion. Thanks for the video.
These are all good methods of getting water, but I would never recommend anyone drink straight out of a creek like that. If it was a spring it would be different, but you don't know what could be in that water. It could have cholera, dysentary, amoebas, parasites, e. coli poisoning, schitzomonasis, giardia. These things will take you straight out of the game. Remember you can go roughly 3 days without water so try not to panic and make mistakes that can be avoided. Find a way to make it safe.
ive used the solar still a couple times
it works with brackish or saltwater to
1: clear plastic 4x4
2: hole 1' deep 3' diameter as big as you want but remember you need to dig the hole it wont dig itself.
3: vegetation tall grasses and leafy greens then i pour brackish into the soil around the cup.
mostly i dont need to use it im in florida and theres creeks and marsh wherever i go, im gonna keep my eyes out for leaky trees and fern bulbs, new to me thanks jack
Thanks Jack for taking the time to do these vids. Knowledge is a great thing.
being born and raised in the blue ridge mtns of nc .. I hear all the time people saying DONT DRINK WATER FROM ANY MTN STREAM.. even eugene knows better that water is 80% better for you then water out of the tap
hey man im from NC also, Winston Salem. Could you elaborate on why not to drink mountain stream water. Im pretty young and curious about finding and getting clean water for myself and others.Right now i only have access to bottled water in plastic or tap. Id really hate to drink tap water and need better choice then to drink bottled because its in plastic and is basically tap water.. what kind of water do you drink and where do you get it from. thanks. Your information will help me in the future.
m from boone nc area and if your in winston salem. you don't have a lot of options. even your area lakes and streams would be contaminated. I drink my water straight from the stream up in these blue ridge mtns no matter what egene says stream water in the applachian mtns is safe to drink but a deer etc could have pissed in it test it first for taste before you continue.
Thank you
TheWellenoughalone welcome
+Jack Burton I just hiked up a mountain in NC and everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I stopped by a stream on the way up. It's a crazy world.
wow amazing!!! i always knew w/solar stills u could puefy water with em but i never knew u could get water using only leaves! Thats so cool!!!
yea , there wasnt much, about an 8 oz glassfull. if volume is what you need just use more than one solar still. the cloth on wet grass is the big producer(the most work too)
i knew it .. :) you're the old master of lost wisdom.
with your knowledge i feel more comfortable ...
thank you for all your efforts.
I think this is fantastic and everyone needs to watch more of this man and relearn how to live from the land because very soon we will have to again. Take his advice and learn from him he will save your life some day.
I doubt that drinking water directly from a creek is very safe. It could make you very sick with the runs and dehydrate you enough to kill you if you can't get help or use a remedy.
I am curious. wouldnt you burn off more water than what you would gain with your solar still with such a deep hole to dig ?
the fern fiddles are great food, when young and tender, some have tannins but they can be boiled to remove it
You need to boil or treat any water you find, even if you're very thirsty. It may look crystal clear and safe but there could still be some pretty dangerous organisms in there. No since trading thirst for infection.
In the early morning you can collect dew with a piece of cloth, it is on almost anything
Great video, have a good day. take care.
Me & my friend are going on a survival trip in the spring, so I'm just gathering up all the info. that I can get. Thanks, Jack, your videos are awesome, but you could turn up the quality to 480p. and it would make them EPIC!
Awesome! Thank you for taking the time to do this for us!!
Good information TrapperJack... it was also good to see how productive or unproductive some of those methods were. In the case of the solar still, digging the hole with primitive tools (hands and stick) you would have lost more moisture than you would have gained the following day.
It was also good to see the rain/dew collector sheet and also the dew collector rag demonstration. Those are two methods I will definitely use. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us TrapperJack!
thanks trapper jack! I would not have thought of half of these. Thanks! I'll try a few of these when I go out next time!
Hi Jack great video! I love your show on TV too! I've done the solar still "tree method" too works great! Some other awesome ways to find water, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Good info you really know your stuff
and I appreciate you shareing it
Thank you for making this. You're the best.
i have spent 35 years in the wilderness. each day is a chance to learn a new or improved skill.
methods as effective, such as Iodine tablets, sunlight, perk wells dug on the shore line of a lake or stream, micro-filtering, and three other ways.
this is a great video realy like the sock on the grass maayybe some1 will save there life with the help you have shown on this vid thanks on behalf of evry1 take care ray
good idea but what are you gonna do if you do if you Dont have plastic
I liked the sock idea the best it looked the most efficient :)
Love the show! You are a very creative guy! Best Wishes!
Thanks for the info. One time I was walking through a metro park trail, and I saw what looked like (3) three trees split, one completely in half, the other two had very large branches sheared off by what looked to me like a single lightening strike that hit all three trees. It was shocking (no pun intended) to see that kind of devastation. Not many videos out there on what to do in the wild when a severe lightening storm approaches, and when you can't get to a vehicle or structure.
hey buddy I have learned so much from you are you planning on making more vids Dan in ohio
To make it easier to collect dew, run a long stick through both sleeves of a tee shirt and tie the ends of a cord on either side of the sleeve openings. Then, tie a rope to the center of the cord and drag it along behind you as you walk across the grassy field. Stop and wring out the tee shirt whenever it gets soppy wet. This will be much faster and is not stoop labor.
the fern potatoes has a woody aspect that makes them inedible unless they are fully dried , then roasted, the powder used as a flour stretcher. the water can have tannins in it.
great video dude. the info could save someones life
the alturnative water sources are important. i filmed this vid in the Ocala National Forest
this was indeed an interesting video. the bagging methods were neat. i have a couple of questions though. in the case that you dont have plastic at your disposal is there any way to create stills using natural resources. also when you drank out of the stream how can you be sure you wont get sick from that? is there a way you can purify the stream water naturally to avoid this?
although nearly all fern fiddles can be eaten there are only a couple ferns that are truly edible. the bracken fern is one of them. the root "Potatoes" are best eaten in just after the wet season they are fully hydrated then near the end of dry season the potatoes will be strong with tannins and some alkyd compounds that render them almost undesirable. they can be treated similar to Aurum Root ( arrow root , wapotato ) and eaten, again season relates to useability.
extracting water vapor from the atmosphere is a common practice in any arid environment. dew forms best in the desert. but can be collected anywhere. I did say that these methods can be used in dry areas, I didn't really imply that I was in the desert, however the methods were developed there, and can be used wherever needed
you can tap birch trees for their sap around the first week or march. their sap is quite runny/watery, and kinda sweet. it contains vitamin C and other good stuff. you can collect quite a bit fairly easily, and also do it sustainably in ways that don't hurt the tree ensuring you can come back to the same tree year after year. there are vids on youtube ;)
Hey, I saw you get a good shot of water from those "fern potatoes"... which is amazing in itself, but I have a couple of questions:
Can you eat those little potatoes?
Also, I have read that those ferns are edible when they're still curled up, before they fan out. Have you ever eaten those?
Thanx again for your videos... the knowledge you are giving people is priceless.
Peace.
7 ways to stay alive when lost in the woods. You must have water. Water is life.
+Silver Schooner its actually 3 ways.... condensation ... tree harvesting ... river or water roots if u lucky... i wouldn't go for the water potatoes,,, or roots or trees... most trees and roots are poisonous ...bring with u the knowledge of making water from condensation and u should be good for about 25 days... until u will die of starvation/malnutrition or get to nearest civilization
The dew sock thing; my concern would be the fact that intestinal parasites larva , commonly just called worms, live in dew soaked grass. I live on a farm, have to 'worm' our livestock multiple times a year for this reason.
Also, as I've seen others ask, are the fern potatoes edible? I would assume so if you could drink the juice. The "fiddler head fern" can (and has been eaten by me) be eaten. Even cooked its still kinda fuzzy. Flavor is unremarkable.
Thanks for the vid man!
I think he forgot to mention you'd have to filter/sanitize each source before consumption. That would be wise.
+Devin Devore Gotta catch the fiddleheads in late spring while theyre still curled up. Saute in butter and theyre better than asparagus
Nice Jack! I imagine if a person employed all of these methods they could sustain themselves. I think the most important survival item might be plastic.
i live in nevada you can find holes in the rocks carved by native Americans that hey used to crush different foods , there is usually water in them now or you can also see black markings on rocks means water ran thru it once also digging in shaded areas usually leads to water but remember that uses energy and sometimes thats not worth time or energy cool vid btw thanks for sharing.
Great Show I hope to see it again!
i need to do a vid on sterilizing water, there are seven methods of doing it.....
No, thank you! I love your informative videos!
Eugene, sure miss your old show that they recently canceled, maybe they will put it back on.
@jjssccpphhdd i agree, to get enough water from a solar still you would need ten or twelve of them,
4:20. huge issue you shouldn't shove the rock in the cup. a small pebble placed in the center would work just fine
Thanks for sharing. Never thought about dew on grass.
Extreme survivalist techniques for getting water. You used better solution when drinking from spring. No lack of water that way. But the problem with that up north is most people would need to filter, boil, or add iodine tablets due to Giardia & other bacteria. If getting water from an underground source where it comes out, then that might be safe to drink w/o filtering, ..., but we usually need to do that treatment.
I drank water that when when young, 1960s-70s. Today?
Sorry Jack..that did NOT look like an arid environment. I live in the high desert of California.where arid is ARID.
If you put sea water or if you urinate in the hole of your solar still over the leaves it would give you better results with amount of condensation and all that condense water which drips in the cup will be purified and clean .
Learn something new every day.. Great vid..
Me too Eugene is genuine woodsman, survivalist, the real thing!
Barbel Man
Indeed he is !
It`s easy to see that he knows what he's talking about, and can his stuff. So I'm trying to see as of much of him as possible.
Peace.
Loved the part on the leaves being covered by the bag. I am wondering though. What if you are in an area where disease is rampant. I'm going to see if you have any vids on how to make water sterile. So if you already have a video up on sterilization just refer this question to it. Again much thanks for the video.
I would say "What's up, dude? I like your videos. They're the reason I'm out here and as result, I'm doing well."
yes some times they contain tannins that should be cooked out
hey can you make tea out of just regular grass clippings???? and with the solar still can you use any leafs..?
thanks for watching
In early July last year the Chinese elm in my yard developed a small fountain of water about five foot from ground level which squirted out several inches from the tree trunk, the water had a slightly bitter taste but was drinkable and cold!
I found this video informative. Thank you jack survival
Dowsing rods can also be made out of steel hangers. Make a handle for each hand shaped like an L, about 12inches long. Put the short end in each hand, extend your arms in front of you far apart enough for each rod not to touch. Hold arms steady in front and apart from each other, walk either forward or backward according to the direction the rods direct. Guaranteed to locate water.
Thank you for the response. I love Hillbilly Blood, and your Survival techniques videos. Loved your crossbow!!! and the gem farming.
WOW! Great info - thank you!
indeed, well done man! Sawyer makes a pretty good water filter bottle for legging it round the bush. Keep it up bro!
Question for you. I've eaten a lot of bugs and larvae. But I've never eaten a caterpillar. I always thought that was a bad idea. And what does it taste like?
i did divining rods and it works for me for water and i can find oil that way too
I watched all your videos.
Yep. Thanks for the info, I love your videos.
hey jack. thanks so much for the info! you have given me ideas i never thought of. i like the sock idea and the wrapping plants with the plastic bag. i was a boy scout when i was younger. what is your background? are u ex-military? also i guess in the desert, u can get water fm cactus? thanks again! LR
I've seen clear water pour out of trees like that. I collected ten gallons in four minutes. I boiled it and drank it after it cooled and it was fine. Tasted like a tree, but I couldn't believe that tree was dropping water so fast.
A clean drinking tube running from the collector to the edge of the still will prevent a lot of that vapor loss. Collecting the water an hour or more after sunset will also reduce loss.
Food is the least of your worries in a dry area, water goes faster. Falling Dew is one of the best in most places, as it happens almost everyday. Though his sources might not have been much, with other precautions a little goes a long way.
i use large leaves like bananna leaf instead of plastic. clear stony bottom streams are considered safe to drink, sediment and decaying matter in water harbor pathogens and bacteria.
buying bunch of coconuts helps if SHTF and coconut water to but, if there's Leafs you can put trash bag over the branches and catch rain in buckets, I am reading survival in the wild lolz.
ok, just saw he did the branches for water.
and also, the water may be in soil inside the tree, so it mush be wrung out of the mud, then sterlized. so with that you cant really use a straw
cool stuff bro!! TY for sharing!!
Thank you for this helpful video
thanks. food, water, fire, shelter. water is most important.
cool video now i shall look at moor of your videos
Can you use any kind of fern to get them little "potatoes"? Are any ferns toxic?
Great videos! Thanks!
The solar still methods you mentioned are taught by the Israeli Defense Forces so you know they work. Good video. I didn't know that about ferns. Is it any kind of fern, or a specific type?
sometimes you wont always have fire. so other methods are a wise idea to learn
thank you great video!
can you use hide for the solar still?
the sock is best. it gives more than any other. only tree seeps rival the amount of dew you can collect.