Just to let you know - We’ve gone 4K!! Finally upgraded the camera gear after many years! So be sure to switch your settings to 4K and enjoy! Watch more Bushcraft & Survival tips here: th-cam.com/play/PLxnadpeGdTxAJy5_f_-6cjrAnuWRwUf8M.html Cheers for watching folks! - Mike
survival is highly dependent on location and season. knowing how not to freeze at the poles is not of much use at the equator. in general stay dry stay warm stay fueled covers it . knowledge is the key eating poisonous animals or plants dosnt make survival easier . fire if you dont bring it with you you need to know how to make it. shelter is the same as fire. food is the same as fire and shelter . lastly if you dont know where you are you cant know where you want to be or where that is . every day carry the tools you need for survival as you never know when it will become survival time. thanks for the videos
How about making a stone knife? A glass knife from beach sand on the beach? A primitive tool set made by hand? How to make and use a tree tap? Prill knife build? From survival to comfortable living (No metal tools). How to find natural paint? How to dye your hair from natural resources? Berries? Limestone? Natural uses of human poo and urine in the wild? How to make bone tools?
@@koudacyen obsidian was knapped and its far easier to find that than to produce glass from beach sand. having said that the man is literally in the heart of flint knapping locations world wide so at least ask for flint lol but it is a skill and requires practice to produce usable results phil harding is a better bet for that skill set . primitave tools made by hand...hammer club lever infernal combustion engine you would have to narrow that one down just a little lol. but if you want a quick and dirty sharp edge heat a river rock to near 1000c and drop it into water if it shatters you should have lots of sharp edged pieces with rounded backs.
How do I start doing this? I've always wanted to go into the woods, but lacked the needed skills and experience. How do I start getting into hiking and camping?
The bag strap paracord is actually really useful, always hanging my pack up by that strap on trees and that’d certainly stop the handle getting as shredded aswell
I find it interesting that you are one of the few people who talk about being able to sharpen your knife in the woods. I carry a small mill file, medium grit on one side, fine on the other, and a diamond sharpening rod. Keeps things nice and sharp.
That was a cool trick for making an emergency whistle! I just happened to have a bottle cap on the table next to me and tried it and it really works! Thanks Mike, cheers
You can also use a blade of grass between your two thumbs. A little tension and the gap allows air to pass on either side of the blade of grass. My father taught us that when we were young.
Love your channel. You are a resourceful man with many talents. I've already incorporated your use of Paracord, a radiant heat source to add to my pillow, I use my clothes in a stuff sack as well. And I will give your fishing setup a try - super good stuff!! Thank you 😎 Dry bags are also good to collect rain water off your tarp, should fresh water be a distance away. I let it rain awhile to clean the tarp and then filter the water prior to drinking it. The Sea to Summit shower is really just a dry sack with a spray head attached to the bottom 🤓 If I'm near a water source, I'll store perishable food in it, build a rock enclosure around it with some water flowing through, tether the dry bag and this will keep the food cool and dry.
6:02 Acorn whistle! Now there's something out of my early teens at Boy Scouts! A skill I still have today. Never thought I'd see that again! Different sizes give different pitches. 9:33 Hint: if you do the shaping of the cap before cutting it to length it will be much easier to hold firmly. Once shaping is done , cut to length. This technique has a wide range of applications. Enjoyed the video, as I'm also in UK. Cheers mate.
One of the best survival tips is: learn how to whistle without the help of fingers, what if you cannot use your hands and really need to call for help?. Nice video mate, I love your content.
Trotlines and "yo-yo" devices for fishing are musts for me to have if I'm going out for more than a few days. The handline is a great idea. I wrap fire core paracord around everything except my shoulder pads for extra fire building in bad weather conditions. Just a few thoughts for your other viewers. Be well and many fires friend.
Great video. I always learn something useful from these trips that I can try. Good close-up shots, definitely honing the director's skills. I myself have recently started making videos about my adventures, of course, this cannot be compared with your work yet, but I am moving very quickly towards this. 🌙👍
Cargo pockets are a good thing. Just remember, any extended period of time walking, and whatever you have in that pocket is rubbing against the outside of the thigh. Keep the contents to a minimal (as flat as possible) to avoid the skin abrasions.
Instead of a proper rainfly for my hammock, i instead carry a heavy duty tarp, big enough to cover my hammock and keep me dry in the rain, but also has many other uses that a normal rainfly wont. An old altoids tin can be turned into a char box, and can keep tinder try, just load it with small wood chunk, poke a 1/4" hole on the top and toss it in the fire. If you rip your pant legs, turn them into shorts, and use the remaining leg portions to create storage bags, tie off one end with paracord and flip it inside out, paracord at the other end to tie to your pack. Another great video, always learn new stuff
I got myself dyneema cord as well as other ropes and cordage types. Dyneema is unreal. It floats in the water, 4mm cord can hold more than a 1300 kg, high resistance to rubbing. Used in yachting and for stunts. Worth to have at least 10-20m.
Dyneema is static and doesn't stretch, it's highly abrasion resistant, and difficult to cut, but it has a very low melting point and is very susceptible to heat and fire. Just things to keep in mind.
Good stuff for your type of area. I'd love to see someone who does that sort of thing for desert areas. I found one but haven't found more and it was a different desert. Yes, first aid kits and a whistle should be accessible at all times. it's easy to think of places to attach a whistle after you think about perhaps falling down a steep incline or whatever. Love your idea of extra paracord on the outside of the pack too. Perhaps a plastic bag recycled to use for any rubbish. I love your videos.
also do that btw you can whistle on the thin label wrapper around plastic bottles stretch it between two fingers over a short distance and blow on it with your mouth rested on the fingers loud as hell and rly easy
Works great. I can recommend a piece of cloth to go over the sack as a final layer. While really comfy and flexible, the sack can get quite damp in cold and humid environmemts, so some sort of fabric on the outside is a quick fix.
Hey, I just had a thought (and no, wise guys, it didn't hurt!) Could you scrape off some of the pine glue from a glue stick, and use it as an enhancer for, say, some wet tinder? I think that might actually work, a new trick for the tool box that I've never heard anybody else try. And thanks again for the new video, Mike. I always learn something new when you post.
In a pine covered area there are often stumps where trees have died. All the resin collects at the roots. It's a natural firestarter. Cut into three inch lengths and half inch wide. Taper ends. Once you know what to look for not hard to find. Will look like spikes sticking up out of the ground where all other wood has rotted away. Bring a shovel. Only a small portion will be above the ground.
I always pick up a few chestnuts if I come across any. I have never roasted them before but I will be sure to do so next time. I personally never had any trouble eating them raw, but I have a rather strong stomach
I learned a trick to start fires during wet weather while in the Boy Scouts many decades ago. Build your fire with the driest material possible and add a small candle in base of the fire. The candle will help dry the kindling and small wood until the fire can continue on its own. A piece of candle about 2 inches long would be good enough. A tea light candle would work as well.
also with the pillow full of leaves if they are dry after you use the pillow those leaves can be used as a firestarter because of how dry and brittle they would be after your head would have been moving the leaves during your sleep.
Rather than the bag wit the reflective shield and the leaves, try the inner of a 5 liter wine carton. It is strong, blow it halve up and it's a a pillow or cusion to sit on. You can pop out the valve, fill it with water, put back the valve and you have a very lightweight and very small water container that golds 5 liters of water. You can blow it up and wave it in the air as a signaling devise, much more effective than a mirror, because it reflects in all directions.
Great video thanks Mike if you light the plastic wad on a shotgun cartridge this is also handy as a firelighter, as can burn for a good few minutes BUT lighting the plastic gives off a bit of black smoke. Great tips im sure they will come in handy 👍🏽
I really wish I could find some acorns in my area but the squreals got to them first, we also didnt have many to begin with because of a snow storm in may. Most of the time here in Oregon the acorns are everywhere.
I'd recommend adding a CAT tourniquet to your 1st aid kit. The bandage is great, but if you've got a bad enough bleed, it will be faster to stop the bleeding with a tourniquet and the CAT is easy to deploy solo.
Everyone should have a CAT (combat application tourniquet). And I highly recommend Quick Clot blood clotting agent. Out in the woods most places there's a lot of sharp broken branches that are an impalement risk (amongst other things), and if you cut a big vein or heaven forbid an artery, you'll need to stop the blood loss.
@@MB-jg4tr Agreed! There is one particular tourniquet on the market which is head and shoulders above the rest. Primarily because you don't have to slide it over the lacerated limb. Unfortunately, I can't remember the brand name of the tourniquet, so keep your eyes open for one that can be disconnected, and slid under the limb, and reattached. It's really important if the limb in question is trapped beneath fallen debris that cannot be moved, especially if the limb in question belongs to you!!
I use my sleeping carry bag as a leaf stuffing pillow and a thin sheet cut off a emergency blanket. Other times I just use to tow of footwear. Or afalsa blanket and a small heap of packed dirt.
Thanks for a great video. I was wondering if you could make some tips and survival skill tricks to those who end up in the wilderness in winter time with only a tent to sleep in. So I guess my question is how to keep warm in winter with minimal gear.?
Thanks for sharing 👍 This was a really useful video, full of great hints & tips, as usual. Are you going back out in the camper van or doing something next to the pizza oven camp soon? I love those videos 👏👏👏
Just came across the channel. Looks like great content! I saw your uses for swiss kife video. Now I'm trying to decide if it's better to go for a swiss knife or a foldable knife as party of my edc (hiking/camping probably 2x per month)
Good idea with the bottle cap lure. It just so happens that have two bottlecaps sitting on my desk! would be interesting to see if i could use them to catch some perch!
Another great video Mike & has made me want to go back & make another fishing hobo. I'd also like the bag & content you carry to sharpen your knife & axe (do you sell them) or have you got a video about putting it together or even links where we can get them from? Thank you my friend, I hope you & the family are all ok (must be growing up now) can't wait to meet again, take care & stay safe 🙏🙂👍
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, greetings from Northern California. Thank you for sharing the many bushcraft and survival tips. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 🤗
Just to let you know - We’ve gone 4K!! Finally upgraded the camera gear after many years! So be sure to switch your settings to 4K and enjoy! Watch more Bushcraft & Survival tips here: th-cam.com/play/PLxnadpeGdTxAJy5_f_-6cjrAnuWRwUf8M.html
Cheers for watching folks!
- Mike
I'am on phone, so no 4k for me, but i don't need it
survival is highly dependent on location and season. knowing how not to freeze at the poles is not of much use at the equator. in general stay dry stay warm stay fueled covers it . knowledge is the key eating poisonous animals or plants dosnt make survival easier . fire if you dont bring it with you you need to know how to make it. shelter is the same as fire. food is the same as fire and shelter . lastly if you dont know where you are you cant know where you want to be or where that is . every day carry the tools you need for survival as you never know when it will become survival time. thanks for the videos
How about making a stone knife?
A glass knife from beach sand on the beach?
A primitive tool set made by hand?
How to make and use a tree tap?
Prill knife build?
From survival to comfortable living
(No metal tools).
How to find natural paint?
How to dye your hair from natural resources? Berries? Limestone?
Natural uses of human poo and urine in the wild?
How to make bone tools?
@@koudacyen obsidian was knapped and its far easier to find that than to produce glass from beach sand. having said that the man is literally in the heart of flint knapping locations world wide so at least ask for flint lol but it is a skill and requires practice to produce usable results phil harding is a better bet for that skill set . primitave tools made by hand...hammer club lever infernal combustion engine you would have to narrow that one down just a little lol. but if you want a quick and dirty sharp edge heat a river rock to near 1000c and drop it into water if it shatters you should have lots of sharp edged pieces with rounded backs.
How do I start doing this? I've always wanted to go into the woods, but lacked the needed skills and experience. How do I start getting into hiking and camping?
The bag strap paracord is actually really useful, always hanging my pack up by that strap on trees and that’d certainly stop the handle getting as shredded aswell
I find it interesting that you are one of the few people who talk about being able to sharpen your knife in the woods. I carry a small mill file, medium grit on one side, fine on the other, and a diamond sharpening rod. Keeps things nice and sharp.
Hiya, sorry I keep saying this but I'd love to see you do a limited budget overnighter! Or one using only items from the middle isle of lidl or aldi!
That was a cool trick for making an emergency whistle! I just happened to have a bottle cap on the table next to me and tried it and it really works! Thanks Mike, cheers
I keep an empty .22 lr case in my kit for the same purpose but the acorn cap is a great “made from the environment” option!
You can also use a blade of grass between your two thumbs. A little tension and the gap allows air to pass on either side of the blade of grass. My father taught us that when we were young.
I’m really digging these concise tip videos!
Still loving your content! years later you still teach me at least 1 thing EVERY video, much love from New Zealand
Glad to hear it!
Love your channel. You are a resourceful man with many talents. I've already incorporated your use of Paracord, a radiant heat source to add to my pillow, I use my clothes in a stuff sack as well. And I will give your fishing setup a try - super good stuff!! Thank you 😎
Dry bags are also good to collect rain water off your tarp, should fresh water be a distance away. I let it rain awhile to clean the tarp and then filter the water prior to drinking it.
The Sea to Summit shower is really just a dry sack with a spray head attached to the bottom 🤓
If I'm near a water source, I'll store perishable food in it, build a rock enclosure around it with some water flowing through, tether the dry bag and this will keep the food cool and dry.
I'm definitely using these tips TA Outdoors
Great video Mike, it's really interesting the things that you can do while out in the countryside. 😊
That bottle cap fishing lure is GENIUS 👍😆
You can definitely see the connection in the use of the whetstone to the first aid kit😉
Personally loved this video. So many useful tips and tricks. Thanks for sharing!!
It's always good to know and learn survival tips because you never know when you'll need them.
6:02 Acorn whistle! Now there's something out of my early teens at Boy Scouts! A skill I still have today. Never thought I'd see that again! Different sizes give different pitches.
9:33 Hint: if you do the shaping of the cap before cutting it to length it will be much easier to hold firmly. Once shaping is done , cut to length. This technique has a wide range of applications.
Enjoyed the video, as I'm also in UK.
Cheers mate.
One of the best survival tips is: learn how to whistle without the help of fingers, what if you cannot use your hands and really need to call for help?. Nice video mate, I love your content.
Trotlines and "yo-yo" devices for fishing are musts for me to have if I'm going out for more than a few days. The handline is a great idea. I wrap fire core paracord around everything except my shoulder pads for extra fire building in bad weather conditions. Just a few thoughts for your other viewers. Be well and many fires friend.
Great video. I always learn something useful from these trips that I can try. Good close-up shots, definitely honing the director's skills. I myself have recently started making videos about my adventures, of course, this cannot be compared with your work yet, but I am moving very quickly towards this. 🌙👍
I always read this same comment in every channel that I subscribed 😂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cargo pockets are a good thing. Just remember, any extended period of time walking, and whatever you have in that pocket is rubbing against the outside of the thigh. Keep the contents to a minimal (as flat as possible) to avoid the skin abrasions.
Instead of a proper rainfly for my hammock, i instead carry a heavy duty tarp, big enough to cover my hammock and keep me dry in the rain, but also has many other uses that a normal rainfly wont.
An old altoids tin can be turned into a char box, and can keep tinder try, just load it with small wood chunk, poke a 1/4" hole on the top and toss it in the fire.
If you rip your pant legs, turn them into shorts, and use the remaining leg portions to create storage bags, tie off one end with paracord and flip it inside out, paracord at the other end to tie to your pack.
Another great video, always learn new stuff
Sorry, but a 1/4" hole in a char box is *way* too big! A 1/16" is more like it, and possibly 1/32" is closer to reality!
Nice I'm a fan of the outdoors myself looking forward to more survival videos
I would love to see a 10-list in rope/cord uses.
I got myself dyneema cord as well as other ropes and cordage types. Dyneema is unreal. It floats in the water, 4mm cord can hold more than a 1300 kg, high resistance to rubbing. Used in yachting and for stunts. Worth to have at least 10-20m.
Dyneema is static and doesn't stretch, it's highly abrasion resistant, and difficult to cut, but it has a very low melting point and is very susceptible to heat and fire. Just things to keep in mind.
yeah it's also crazy good for bow strings
Snap weight??
These high quality videos are soo satisfying thank you!
Thanks for the great video!
Good stuff for your type of area. I'd love to see someone who does that sort of thing for desert areas. I found one but haven't found more and it was a different desert. Yes, first aid kits and a whistle should be accessible at all times. it's easy to think of places to attach a whistle after you think about perhaps falling down a steep incline or whatever. Love your idea of extra paracord on the outside of the pack too. Perhaps a plastic bag recycled to use for any rubbish. I love your videos.
Thank you , Mike .
Ever the teacher , 🙂 .
🐺
Love these vids Mike!
Love the pillow tip. Simple and effective.
Very helpful and informative video Mike 👍
I think I’m in love with you, brilliant comprehensive video
Amazing stuff, love to learn things like this
Love you From Indian Occupied Kashmir.
The leather wood thing i think is very important for finish sharpening. This helps a lot, thnaks.
Thank you for all the work that we see going into your videos, it keeps us coming back!
I make my pillow by stuffing my sleeping bag sack with clothes.
That's an extremely good idea! Will definitely do that next time. Cheeers
How have I never thought of that? Simple but genius
Same here. Much cleaner, faster and less faff than collecting leaves.
also do that
btw you can whistle on the thin label wrapper around plastic bottles
stretch it between two fingers over a short distance and blow on it with your mouth rested on the fingers
loud as hell and rly easy
Works great. I can recommend a piece of cloth to go over the sack as a final layer. While really comfy and flexible, the sack can get quite damp in cold and humid environmemts, so some sort of fabric on the outside is a quick fix.
Learning from this channel and this video, so happy and serene.. 🔥🔥
Hey, I just had a thought (and no, wise guys, it didn't hurt!) Could you scrape off some of the pine glue from a glue stick, and use it as an enhancer for, say, some wet tinder? I think that might actually work, a new trick for the tool box that I've never heard anybody else try.
And thanks again for the new video, Mike. I always learn something new when you post.
In a pine covered area there are often stumps where trees have died. All the resin collects at the roots. It's a natural firestarter. Cut into three inch lengths and half inch wide. Taper ends. Once you know what to look for not hard to find. Will look like spikes sticking up out of the ground where all other wood has rotted away. Bring a shovel. Only a small portion will be above the ground.
Fine tips in there, I mostly liked the one on drying grass by bodyheat - it is underrated how good the body is to dry stuff
Love this series
6:53 totally thought he was about to say to make two small holes in his finger 🪦
I always pick up a few chestnuts if I come across any. I have never roasted them before but I will be sure to do so next time. I personally never had any trouble eating them raw, but I have a rather strong stomach
I learned a trick to start fires during wet weather while in the Boy Scouts many decades ago. Build your fire with the driest material possible and add a small candle in base of the fire. The candle will help dry the kindling and small wood until the fire can continue on its own. A piece of candle about 2 inches long would be good enough. A tea light candle would work as well.
always a fan of the information side of these videos but I definitely cannot wait for some more winter camping videos
also with the pillow full of leaves if they are dry after you use the pillow those leaves can be used as a firestarter because of how dry and brittle they would be after your head would have been moving the leaves during your sleep.
Thank you!
Rather than the bag wit the reflective shield and the leaves, try the inner of a 5 liter wine carton. It is strong, blow it halve up and it's a a pillow or cusion to sit on. You can pop out the valve, fill it with water, put back the valve and you have a very lightweight and very small water container that golds 5 liters of water. You can blow it up and wave it in the air as a signaling devise, much more effective than a mirror, because it reflects in all directions.
Acorn whistle is awesome 👌
Jolly Good Show. Loved your bushcraft tips 👏👏👏👍☕️☀️
I learned something new today. Thank you
Thank you Mike .
Great video thanks Mike if you light the plastic wad on a shotgun cartridge this is also handy as a firelighter, as can burn for a good few minutes BUT lighting the plastic gives off a bit of black smoke.
Great tips im sure they will come in handy 👍🏽
This man is the new AlfieAesthetics
I really wish I could find some acorns in my area but the squreals got to them first, we also didnt have many to begin with because of a snow storm in may. Most of the time here in Oregon the acorns are everywhere.
Great video and voice over work. I could definitely see/hear you being on a Discovery Channel Documentary.
Great job Mike! Always useful!
Thanks for the video mate from the land of Cornwall :)
Any chance of a video on what beginners should bring on there first overnight trip?
Excellent merci
I'd recommend adding a CAT tourniquet to your 1st aid kit. The bandage is great, but if you've got a bad enough bleed, it will be faster to stop the bleeding with a tourniquet and the CAT is easy to deploy solo.
Everyone should have a CAT (combat application tourniquet). And I highly recommend Quick Clot blood clotting agent. Out in the woods most places there's a lot of sharp broken branches that are an impalement risk (amongst other things), and if you cut a big vein or heaven forbid an artery, you'll need to stop the blood loss.
@@MB-jg4tr Agreed!
There is one particular tourniquet on the market which is head and shoulders above the rest. Primarily because you don't have to slide it over the lacerated limb. Unfortunately, I can't remember the brand name of the tourniquet, so keep your eyes open for one that can be disconnected, and slid under the limb, and reattached. It's really important if the limb in question is trapped beneath fallen debris that cannot be moved, especially if the limb in question belongs to you!!
Sending love and light ❤
You can whistle using an acorn cap, holding it between your index and middle fingers. No second hand required.
Woww good job, thank for video.
Excellent tips 👌
You could easily use 2-3 meters of paracord and make it a king cobra weave, easy on the hand and lots of cord age.
Thanks man!
YESS, GREATTTTT INFO ❤
why do i keep rewatching this video all the way through 😭
Love your videos
Interesting, useful and very well put together. Thank you.
Thanks Mike! 👍😁
We need a vedio demonstrating all the useful things you can do with a shemagh.
I like bushcraft tips
Awesome episode Mike!! Cheers from across the Pond, California USA 🇺🇸 👊🏼😎🤙🏼
Atomic Shrimp has some good videos on cooking "chicken of the forrest".
I use my sleeping carry bag as a leaf stuffing pillow and a thin sheet cut off a emergency blanket.
Other times I just use to tow of footwear.
Or afalsa blanket and a small heap of packed dirt.
great tips great job many thanks
Good video thank you
The first tip is really useful, I really need to work on my knots, I'm really bad with stuff like that, I know how to tie my shoes and that's about it
Great tips, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for a great video. I was wondering if you could make some tips and survival skill tricks to those who end up in the wilderness in winter time with only a tent to sleep in. So I guess my question is how to keep warm in winter with minimal gear.?
Excellent channel. Learned lots thanks 👍🏻
The leaves in the dry bag tend to compress. I use the inflatable bag from a wine box as a pillow.
Also, a first-aid kit should be bright orange.
Thanks for sharing 👍 This was a really useful video, full of great hints & tips, as usual.
Are you going back out in the camper van or doing something next to the pizza oven camp soon? I love those videos 👏👏👏
Just came across the channel. Looks like great content! I saw your uses for swiss kife video. Now I'm trying to decide if it's better to go for a swiss knife or a foldable knife as party of my edc (hiking/camping probably 2x per month)
Great tips Mike cheers
Good idea with the bottle cap lure. It just so happens that have two bottlecaps sitting on my desk! would be interesting to see if i could use them to catch some perch!
great tips, yet another new usefull informations, great work, love it
Great Video 👍
One life saving piece of kit you could fit in your first aid pouch,is a cat tourniquet...
Another great video Mike & has made me want to go back & make another fishing hobo. I'd also like the bag & content you carry to sharpen your knife & axe (do you sell them) or have you got a video about putting it together or even links where we can get them from? Thank you my friend, I hope you & the family are all ok (must be growing up now) can't wait to meet again, take care & stay safe 🙏🙂👍
This tricks are very useful!
Parabéns
Great tips! Thank you! 👍
Awesome tips and good job on video, nicely done! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍
Great video Mike keep'em coming bud. Stay safe and be well brother. Strength and Honor... 👊 🤙 🍻
great tips thanks, a sharpening video bush axe and bush knife I would watch that
great video
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, greetings from Northern California. Thank you for sharing the many bushcraft and survival tips. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 🤗
In a pinch, the cap from lip balm or even a Sharpie can be used as a whistle in place of the acorn cap.