Clay's 10 Survival Items for ALONE Season 8
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- After watching the short "10 items" vid that the History Channel released, I realized that I didn't explain why I'd chosen those items. So this week's video is going in depth about why I chose the 10 survival items to take into the Chilko Lake Wilderness on ALONE Season 8. We'll go through each one and talk about some of the tradeoffs of choosing those vs some other piece of survival gear. I'll also talk about the decision to take a ferro rod vs making primitive fire using a bow drill or other means.
My 10 items were:
Sleeping bag
2qt Dutch Oven - amzn.to/3xfgM25
Self bow and arrows
ferro rod - amzn.to/3cAwxc8
snare wire
Gransfors Bruks Axe - amzn.to/2TnXmcV
Silky Katanaboy 650 saw - amzn.to/3pIGrh4
Leatherman Free P4 multitool - amzn.to/3wgAElf
Fishing line and hooks
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I knew as soon as he harvested that deer that he had it in the bag, Couldn't believe how many other people had bows and chose not to hunt.
I thought for a second he was behind the eight ball with no fishing but indeed Clays skills shined through....what a great season
He kept talking about how the deer meat was not gonna last while, at the same time, we watched everyone else noticeably further down the starvation trail. Bagging that deer was an epic moment!
I was surprised more people weren’t hunting too
As soon as fishing wasn’t working that well for the others I was like “surely they have to start hunting now” but nope lmao
They probably all tried hunting, but none of them were successful
Thanks for the shout out, Clay! We hope our parachute cord does the job for you!
It sure did! It’s easy to get stuck with crap paracord but everything I got from 5Col was the real deal!
Can you take a zippo and fuel and that be two items if you wanted to and could you take a live trap as an item just couple things I was wondering 🤔
@@garden2tableproduce highly doubt it
@@rferguson3 your right id bet
@@garden2tableproduce no, there is a list of accepted item choices. A zippo and live trap are not on it lol
You should do a 10 items you WISHED you brought after learning and completing Alone. (:
@Kevin Hart thanks for the education!!
@kevinhart46 Too much converting - seems like someone needs 6 months in Multitool school
@kevinhart46 Well if you need to modify the tool in so many ways, then it's basically a cheat, you might as well call it a new tool
@kevinhart46 Which year did you win?
@kevinhart46 Quite honestly, I have been unimpressed by most of the contestants I have seen(I have only watched one complete season), but you sir come across as a loud mouth know it all typical of most internet experts. Start a petition to hand them, I will be the first to sign, get a hold of previous contestants, someone will give you a reference(I'd try Greg Ovens, seems like a nice guy) If you get on, let me know, I'll root for you.
In the first episode when you shot that grouse then the deer. I told my wife that’s a true bowman. Been rooting for you ever since. Good luck.
Thanks much
Just finished that season, I knew clay had it the whole time, that deer was clutch
It seemed a lot closer. He was doing amazing until the fisher started eating from his traps. If biko could have found even one big meal they would have ended up pulling clay for weight.
@@crystalregna3836
No way he still looked healthy when he left
@@crystalregna3836 that Biko dude damn near didn’t eat a thing the whole time he was there. Even with all that body fat to burn it still takes amazing mental fortitude to basically starve for that long
@@dallaswood4117 being a certain base weight should be against the rules, lmao
@@escapetherace1943 i agree i would have been pissed if biko won, clay demonstrated so much more skill
My husband and I binged season 8 over the past few days and it was our first season that we've watched of alone. We were amazed at how well you did with all the restrictions. Pretty sure I would have tapped out after two or three days. 😂 I don't have any of those skills or any weight to lose. Found myself on your youtube channel learning things. Your love for nature is infectious. So glad you won! 💙
Thanks Ashley
I watched your initial item review and thought “That was fast, maybe he’ll do a detailed one later.” And here you are!!!
Your reaction to winning, telling your wife to get the coffee ready, that hit deep in the soul 😂😂😂😂😂
Congratulations Clay! I really rooted for you and hoped you would win. You were very entertaining to watch; your positive outlook and love for your family were very heartwarming!
Been following your content on bow making for a few years now and just watched my first season of Alone..I thought I recognized you but saw the Osage bow and knew for sure!! I was glued to it and pulling for you the whole time man! Congratulations on the accomplishment!
My wife and I were amped up when you won! It's been raining like crazy and we binge watched your season in a few days. You are a terminator! Best of luck in your future endeavors!!
Love the detailed explanation! It really helps open your eyes to the importance as to which items you choose to take with you.
Clay was leagues ahead of everyone on his survival skills and I believe he could have been a permanent resident of that area lol
@kevinhart46stupid rules…
Clay, it was an absolute pleasure watching your skill set and survival techniques on Alone. You killed it out there! So very happy for your win, and wish you all the continued success wherever your journey in this life takes you.
Thanks Lynn
Congrats on making the show Clay!
I tried…didn’t make it this year…maybe 2022 for me.
Hope you win a million!
Love you my friend.
Get it bro! Good luck 🤞
He's got this! I've learned a lot from his videos as a beginner bow builder! Someday i hope to build bows as good as his
Just finished watching your season. Absolutely incredible, I’m in awe of you and the other contestants’ fortitude.
Glad you enjoy it!
@@clayhayeshunterAny chance you can link the account with the snaring videos?
Congratulations Clay. A great win for you and Idaho!
He's the second Idahoan that's won the show. Idaho superiority lol
Good explanation of why you picked those items. Thanks for showing us. Take care.
Great overview on what you brought. I'm rooting for you on Season 8 man. That is the main reason I'm watching
Thanks Jay
That's some really good insights and tips. I wish the serie would leave more time for the participants to go in dept like this
I've been subscribed to your channel for a long time Clay, and I am super stoked to see you make it on alone! I hope you do well.
Thanks James
Great to be able to catch up on your vids Clay. Didn’t want to spoil things by inadvertently getting ahead of the show. Fine choice of gear you’ve made and really appreciate your thoughtful analysis.
Thanks Ross
Love your pod cast and the show.
That decoy/target in the back ground got me at first lmao.
😉
Same here lol
I wondered about the viability of bringing a bow-fishing arrow in your quiver.
People seem to get hung up debating the "10 items" but it seems to me that the competition is almost certainly won by your "given" gear selection, such as the specific type of coat, boots, t-shirt, thermal underwear, etc. - Its an area competitors have to select their own items and there is a wide variation in clothing effectiveness.
I wonder also about the rules, and if "water proof boots" and "water proof pants/winter bibs" could be combined into just bringing insulated hip-waders. Probably not allowed. But that would be an obvious choice to me for fording creeks, stalking in marshes, fly fishing, tending nets, setting fish traps, possibly even for hiking 10 miles through a temperate rainforest. Haha!
safer to use a reel or bottle rig and those would count as an item...using hands could get you cuts from the line
@@puckerbutton7025 yeah, if you're dumb enough to not wear your gloves while doing-so. Active fishing with hook and line is a silly waster of time and calories in cold weather, especially if you lack a viable watercraft.
@@danjett7719 very true
Why not just make your own and save some space for other tools?
Thank you so much I am trying to get on the show currently and I plan on bringing everything you brought you are the man thank you
Excellent choices in gear items. I would have chosen the same items. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoying your videos on the Alone series.
Congratulations on winning Alone season 8 !
Looking good Clay, hope you got the chance to shoot something.
Thanks Tom, hopefully you’ll see that selfbow in action!
Hopefully we'll get to see you on Alone one of these days as well, Tom. I really enjoy your survival videos.
When you post them...:)
He shot a buck! He cooked some and smoked the rest and that helped him win. But he still lost so much weight
@@clayhayeshunter That's how I got my start
professor Clay!! keep it coming Sir, I really respect your demeanor and kindness in sharing your experience and knowledge. Once my 8 year old daughter saw you on alone and we have been watching your videos, we are starting archery lessons at the local range next month, and we are stoked. Im working through all your media offerings, youre awesome
Thank you kindly
Bro ! I was really excited for you when I realized you were on the show. I knew you were gonna win. Your the one that taught me about bow and arrows. Thanks Clay
Very informative video. Watching season 8 here in South Africa and love this show. It’s interesting to see your take on why you chose what you did.
Hey, as a fellow South African, are you watching through a vpn or can you access the show another way?
@@zwei2084 vpn
Grouse, Deer, Rabits. Got to have some meat. Especially early before the snow. And competing with the other predators was just next level outdoorsmanship. No one is talking about his building skills but his narrow taller cabin, smokehouse, and Deerskin loungechair were all fantastic!!!
a snowshoew hare is 700 calories. A grouse is 200 calories. WHOOPPEE, when hunting all day takes 1-2k more calories than the 3000 calories you'd need to hole up in your sleeping gear.. what you need is FAT and the way to get it is to make lots of netting out of the cotton rope hammock., so the producers made it against the rules to have more netting than you can use as a dipnet.
live weight fish are 300+ calories per lb and are 8% fat by live weight. IF you know to boil the heads and eat the skin, too.
My husband and I were rooting for you since day one when that cougar was on you. You were just smart and had skills and most importantly you used them! Great job! Sooooo happy you won against a heavy man who was basically starving!
Inspiration! Well done on your amazing accomplishment. You are a true survivor!
I thoroughly agree with taking snare wire, when you are trapping you need a lot of snares that don’t blow about like cord snares do.
Clay if you wanted to do another video on what you wore in I think that would be interesting as well. Letting us know if what you wore performed as you expected. Thanks, really enjoy the content and cheering you on!
I’ll do that later on this summer
Thank you Clay, I had the cut accident you describe when I was 8 and still remember it with some consequences that are showing up now near 55 years later.
Hey Clay! Just finished season 8 today. You killed it man, way to go. You lasted about 65 more days than I would have, you got mad skills. Congratulations!
Thanks John
I saw several contestants with dutch ovens and was really questioning that. Thank you for your thoughts.
Clay HAS a Dutch oven! Right? From my understanding every pot capable of being hanged above, of put directly in fire. With a lit that can hold embers, is a dutch oven. But what do I know
@@mayday3025 Why the hate? Dutch Oven is associated with Cast Iron Pots, they have characteristics that the Cast Iron community love.
Just finished watching season eight this video actually got me interested in the show great job. Do they put limitations on what the items can be, they must right otherwise I’m guessing people would take actual fishing rod reel combos and a browning bar in 30-06 things like that
My wife and i just finished watching alone season 8 and we pick you as our favorite contestant , we are so happy you won!! i admire your skills but even more your “Dad skills” love you man keep it coming!!🙌
Many thanks
We watched it all. I was rooting for you from day 1. Congratulations.
You should make a "what I almost brought" video, of the 4-5 items that almost made the trip!
Hell brother i looked at you and thought to myself danm this guy has got a freaking good chance... your a danm good hunter and that fishing pole you made was spot on....hope you made it all the way.
Thanks much
Great gear choices Clay! Well done!
I thought so!
Great video, covered a lot of things I never really considered!!
I like this contestant! Great gear choice and speak with confidence on why and how you want to use each item in details. I knew the contest was over but I will still cheer you on. Both thumbs up and sub!
Thanks much
Check out his channel! Incredible traditional bow builder, hunter, and overall woodsman.
Rabbits do not get enough respect as a prey animal. Rooting for Clay for season 8. Only reason I am watching.
Thanks Kevin
@@clayhayeshunter I saw he was on there and thought the others can just give up on day one. I learned how to make my own string with his vids for my striker longbow and got an awesome 8 point on public land with it. Very fulfilling. Thanks Clay! Got my first buck ever and my first bow kill ever using that string I made on my bow.
Rabbit can be risky for diseases
Rabbits have zero fat
Fat is the key food for true survival.
I think rabbit os overlooked. They are just about everywhere. If you do not know enough edible plants in your area and live mostly on fish, rabbit, squirrel or birds can be important. Eating mostly fish is great for high fat, but you can only have so much before it runs right through you. Thats very bad out there. it Dehydrates you, and youre not getting all the calories out of it that you should. Some solid meats can balance that out just right if you dont know your plants. Just fish or just rabbit long term is not good. together though theyre great.
@@northeastslingshot1664 You have to extract the marrow from the bones and eat the internal organs. If you only eat the muscle meat you aren't surviving you're just hunting for fun. That's why he has that dutch oven. Stewing is the most efficient way to process animal products in survival situations.
I’m a little late but just got done watching your session and I’m super glad you won . I was rooting for you .
I’m a huge fan of the Leatherman too. Goes everywhere with me.
that was a great description of why you chose each item, very impressed. Have you done a video of how you made the gill net needle and making the gill net itself? That would be a really useful lesson.
I’ll do a video on that later.
Your thoughts requested: Consider the following:
a. This show is primarily a calorie game.
b. Many people on the Alone show had their food cache raided by critters.
c. People can expend a lot of calories hunting, gathering and walking trapping lines (of which sometimes even comes up empty), or the food they do get, gets stolen.
d. WHAT IF:
1. A secure food vault was constructed in or near camp.
2. Hunting blinds were put in or near camp to watch over the food vault.
3. Traps and snares could also be added around the food vault area.
* In other words, let the food come to you instead of you going after food. Thereby saving calories while also protecting the food you have.
This is exactly what I was thinking after the last season, hopefully someone tries this!
That could certainly work if you have the opportunity to hunt carnivores that might come to a cache. It would have been tough I hunt deer that way. What it comes down to is working with what you have on your site.
@@clayhayeshunter Thank you for your thoughts. I have seen too many people lose the food they have cached due to critters getting into the food cache. Seems to me that if the critters want a person's food, then utilize that food cache as bait. Properly positioned hunting blinds/traps around the food cache/kitchen/and even sleeping area and let the 'food' come to the person. Trying to think of ways to work smarter and not harder, thereby saving calories. I even considered a wider/deeper hole with food scraps in and/or over the hole. Critter falls in the hole, like shooting a critter in a hole.
So how come your not on this show?
@@idfwy5255 65 years old next month. Been fighting advanced cancer officially since 2003 along with other medical issues and should have been dead years ago, but for some reason I am still here.
And for all the 'armchair quarterbacks' out there:
Just because a person is an armchair quarterback does not automatically mean that they do not possess any knowledge, understanding, wisdom and applications.
Even with just observations and critical thinking, one can learn a lot. Hence also being here on TH-cam, elsewhere and studying numerous books on numerous topics.
You want the potential theory of everything for this universe, or the potential completion of the periodic table of the elements, or how numbers could possibly exist in this universe for math to do what math does in this universe, or what space and time might possibly be, along with some other existential topics, just ask and ye shall receive.
Great video I’m rooting for you clay
Congrats man! That was amazing to watch.
Would love to see some of the items you didn’t take and why. You mentioned you almost didn’t take the Ferro rod and the saw. What else would you have taken?
Salt and/or a gill net
@@clayhayeshunter I could see the salt but you made a nice gill net easy enough. Me I would have wanted a tarp. I have spent couple months in the Rockies where it rained every day for weeks and tarp is needed to work under and put up some wood and also to keep your fire going. You just have to make sure the tarp is high enough, either climb a tree or use a 12 foot pole.
Great work on the show Clay!! One thing about the show that I'm a little skeptical on...
How many arrows were you given? When someone is risking an arrow at a squirrel up in a tree on day one, something doesn't make sense? On a different season I watched a guy intentionally shoot a log and basically pull the arrow on with 2 fingers?? I'm an avid archer, that just doesn't happen..
If you are given only 6 or 8 arrows for the whole time they should be treated like they were gold and why does the "I'm down to only 1or 2 arrows" scenario never take place?
We were allowed 9 arrows. I was pretty careful with mine. Can’t say about the others.
A couple things: first, you’re assuming whoever shot the tree is an avid archer. They may not be and not everyone is going to take the same precautions as you. Second, there is nothing to do if you miss a shot but track the arrow. These people aren’t taking a risk every time they see an animal. You’re watching a TV show that maximizes drama. Out of 10 people you may only have 3 that shoot their bow at a live target all season, and most of those will be small game at close range.
I thought if I were to do that I would take a flu flu arrow with me with a wire or thumper blunt, that way tree or flying targets could be shot and minimize loosing the arrow.
I know that fish get farther from the bank and go deeper as it gets colder so I thought that maybe you could make a set up using an arrow with a float on it, dangle some line with a hook on it, attach it to a makeshift real on the bow, fling that arrow way out there and maybe catch a fish. I bow fish a lot, and those arrows weigh a ton and can’t be shot very far, so I’d never use that, plus most fishing regulations don’t allow you to shoot at trout, just carp type of fish. It looked like that water got deep pretty fast, and getting a bow fishing arrow deep and still stick a fish is very difficult. Who knows
I don’t get to watch season 8 for probably a year but as a Idaho boy I’m rooting for ya and hope you did great! Look forward to watching it, just now was able to start watching season 7! Love the content on your channel
You can get the new season on Amazon prime .
Congratulations on your success on the show. I liked seeing you making your net. It's how we do it here in Hawaii and how I learned as a kid in Boy Scouts. Regarding hooks, circle hooks are perfect for unattended fishing such as trot lines, etc. The fish set the hooks themselves, and they remain in place until you rotate them to remove them. Even the barbless ones work as good as barbed hooks. It's been tested hundreds of times and there was no difference in how effective they were.
Thanks for all the time and effort you put in. It's all very inspirational!
Good info
Looking at this video after the buck episode. Would like to know your thoughts on why you debated taking a 3lb block of salt. Would have loved to see someone finally take the salt.
@Kent Hackathorne sheesh how realistic can it be if you can't bait game?
@Kent Hackathorne I looked at the approved item list just a few minutes ago and decided this show is dumb. Clay is a great archer and woodsman though.
@@jimtim7693 when you are working hard a couple of months in the woods the salt is for yourself or to preserve food.
Love this show!! My wife wants me to try out for it. I went through the list of things and it looks like you and I were on the same page. The only difference in our things is minor. My bow was made for me by a friend, my dutch oven is cast iron and my sleeping bag is a military extreme cold weather bag. As for my axe goes, its a custom order head. Its kind of standard head but with a viking type 6" curved cutting edge and the eye fits the handle like a pick axe. I also would take my saw. Its a 650 too. I got mine from (shout out) Canadian Prepper.
Just subscribed! Ur the man. Just watched the last episode. Awesome work!
Thanks! Clay. As always, good stuff
Titan makes a paracord that has fire tinder,fishing line, and snare wire inside the cord. I wonder if that would be allowed as your paracord
Nope
No, that’s not allowed
Congrats on the win Clay! I just finished watching and was curious what size pack you brought with you/what size pack do most contestants use? A lot of what I am reading says 80L is too big, but I am guessing that changes if you’re planning to go 100 days without re-supplying.
Just finish the season. Amazing work you did out there. Congrats on 500k also
You Rock man. I am a Big fan of Alone...simply because of You!🤘
Great job! It's always good to see someone win because of skills and experience. Tracking down that deer was such a huge turning point. How many days did that last for you? It was hard to tell from the video.
He problably got 40 + lbs from it, and rationed it to about 1 pnd a day. so 40 days
I have watched this show for some time and always wondered how people keep their tools sharp. How did you manage that?
I’ll do a video in that later
very easy, just to put your brain ON
Most Leatherman tools have files.
Congratulations man! I'm from Canada and have been your fan since the beginning of season 8
Thanks much!
I seen that you were the hunter and knew you would win. Good show. And hats off to the other people.
Congratulations Clay! I just watched the last episode. Very impressive performance! I feel like you’re the only one who thrived. I think if they dropped your family off with you, you would have made it for a few years.
Thanks Chad
not under the bs restrictions of this show he wouldn't. He very nearly starved to death.
Another good choice for starting fires in the field, is a flint snd steel. I've used mine over 20 years. You can in a pinch use and high carbon steel, such as your axe head. And chert/flint is readily available in mountainous areas.
Great gear loadout infos. Alone is such an amazing show. You did an amazing job.
Thanks so much!
I made my first gill net a week ago for practice by tying square knots similar to how u would make a paracord hammock. Not fun to make and its rather time consuming
I’ll show a different way soon.
Perfect activity for sitting in your shelter at night while the bears and mountain lions roam around.
Gotta remember to tell people to SMASH that like button!!
That buck in the background was listening as intently as I was! Thanks man
I never watched tv show Alone till I saw it on Netflix. At the very beginning episode 1 I knew that you will win. Trough whole show you showed great skills like building safe shelter, you went exploring, hunting, animal traps, fishing etc. other competitors did just shelter and fishing, and because of that they come to the point of starvation.
I am big fan, I m glad you win, you deserve it - my honest opinion. You showed what was needed to survive.
I saw you had some struggles, but you made it.
When you shot that deer, I almost cried 😂, I was happy for you.
Congratulations, I wish you all the very best.
Keep doing what you doing bro 😎
Could you do a video on how to snare rabbits with snare wire?
I’ll do that later on for sure.
Quadruple the wire and make bear and deer snares
I'd like to see the top 20 that you pared to these 10.
For sure. I want to know what he considered over the ferro rod.
@@zachg6456 he said salt
Salt is another good but overlooked item. Not just for rapidly drying skins and stuff, but for the salt itself.
Overspending calories, sweating, and eating less means you need more salt and potassium asap. Thats why everyone gets weak after a week or so. The labors hit you harder when youve spent your salt.
Would love to have a bow setup like yours. And the Katana is a beast
Hey from Newfoundland my dude.best of luck this season!
Thanks Des
Did you want to bring the salt for yourself or for animals when you mentioned that would have been the alternative to the ferro rod?
Mainly for preserving meat and or fish.
@@clayhayeshunter Good to know! I feel like so many folks on the show had struggles with electrolytes that I wondered why no one has opted for salt for themselves.
It’s a major concern but you have to make a decision and substituting just one thing could be crustal.
@@clayhayeshunter that's so true. I've thought about the 10 items so much and I am glad I am not making the decision lol!
@@clayhayeshunter is a tarp part of the 10 items you can take or is that included with like the bear spray, camera geat etc?
Watching right now, if that hippie from st croix beats you I’m going to be so mad lol, hope you won the $$$$
Haha, Matt’s a cool dude!
I'm here from your video with Xander. Great choices, good reasoning, amazing skill set!
Many thanks
Good info. I grew up in the woods of the Great Smoky Mtns, i know them like the back of my hand. However I live in the Pacific NW these days & the environments are completely different. Which has caused me to have to rethink my gear load outs. The firewood here is so so much different as you mentioned & thats just for starters. Though survival would be easier here than back home now that ive gotten used to its quirks.
Thanks clay for the focus, I'm a little frustrated want to see more of you in the episodes, they focus on some home made rods and not on yours 🤔. Hope they'll correct this soon. Finger crossed for you to win
Thanks Jamel
Fishing is always the main ways to get calories on these shows, you might have to do some bowfishing
Perhaps
Are even allowed to do that? Where I am from you have to be under water to spear a fish. Dumb rule I know
It's how many ancient cultures survived honestly. Fish are(were in some places) plentiful and fairly easy to catch historically. Imagine if they did a show where there are NO fish?
Love seeing someone take advantage of their brand and build something. So many making money off of these type of channels, but not many can actually back it up. Well done, sir
Thanks
Great breakdown!
Thanks
Psst! There is a deer behind you watching you........^^
Clay, do you homeschool your children? In your opinion how do we fight the wussification of our younger generations?
We do homeschool. Personally, I think the only way to develop character is to challenge ourselves. Same for kids.
@@clayhayeshunter Great for you, I wish them a fulfilling life with none of nowaday's BS.
I was so glad when I saw that you won. You did way more than any of them.
😎 looking forward to tonight's episode!
Me too!
You did a great job on Alone.
Hell ya dude.appreciate this clear approach to an efficient set of tools for survival bushcraft.⚡🤙🏾⚡
No problem
As far as tha axe goes, when I was a boy scout in the early sixties, i almost split my foot in half with one of those. They were called a "doe" foot at that time. Since that day I've only carried a straight handle axe. Love your posts!!!
Thanks Terry
Awesome Vid. Thank you.
Awesome content as always, I can see how people stuck with stainless cookware as they problably hike with it at home, you knew this was a stationary game and Long term, quick thinking outside of the box/adapting knowing you would get more from the Dutch oven. Lots of oak where I'm at we call those big rounds of oak "all night burners" used to save your butt on a brisk morning, just give it a few pokes, apply some air and it will fire back up on its own.