Bushcraft Camp: 3 Day Solo Bushcraft - FULL SHELTER BUILD
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Date: 2026-10-28
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EsyuDach
if you want something more heavy duty than a kochanski supershelter, you dig into the side of a high creek bank, leaving 2 ft of dirt between you and the top, Dont have a big tree over you, because the roots will be a pita, pain in the but and it might topple over and crush you. You dont want bare earrth over you either. what you want is small bushes, ideally, but sod is acceptable. dig 4 ft into the bank, turn parellel to the creek and dig 4 ft parellel to the creek. Go back outside and move down the bank in the direction that you've tunneled, repeat, but in the opposite direction, so that your 2x2ft tunnels connect. Enlarge the center 6 ft of the tunnel to 3x3 ft, by digging deeper into the hillside and downward, Make 4 doors by weaving braches, stuff the entranceways and the sleeping-chamber with dry grass, mosses, reeds, bough tips, as insulaation all arround you.
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if you want something more heavy duty than a kochanski supershelter, you dig into the side of a high creek bank, leaving 2 ft of dirt between you and the top, Dont have a big tree over you, because the roots will be a pita, pain in the but and it might topple over and crush you. You dont want bare earrth over you either. what you want is small bushes, ideally, but sod is acceptable. dig 4 ft into the bank, turn parellel to the creek and dig 4 ft parellel to the creek. Go back outside and move down the bank in the direction that you've tunneled, repeat, but in the opposite direction, so that your 2x2ft tunnels connect. Enlarge the center 6 ft of the tunnel to 3x3 ft, by digging deeper into the hillside and downward, Make 4 doors by weaving braches, stuff the entranceways and the sleeping-chamber with dry grass, mosses, reeds, bough tips, as insulaation all arround you.
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EsyuDach
With typical heavy clothing and such a shelter, you wont need any heat source until it's below 0F degrees outside, You have to get food, tho, to keep your body generating heat. if you need more warmth, use a couple of Sibrean fire lays to heat 4 head-sized rocks for half an hour so and put them into a row of pits under your sleeping chamber. Surround each stone with a 2 thick layer of ashes and they will warm you 20F degrees or so for many hours. If yiou have no stones, or only fist-size stones, or need to leave no sign of your presences, heat your items over a Dakota fire pit, wrap them in spare socks or debris and put them inside of your reflective tyvek bivy with you.
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With typical heavy clothing and such a shelter, you wont need any heat source until it's below 0F degrees outside, You have to get food, tho, to keep your body generating heat. if you need more warmth, use a couple of Sibrean fire lays to heat 4 head-sized rocks for half an hour so and put them into a row of pits under your sleeping chamber. Surround each stone with a 2 thick layer of ashes and they will warm you 20F degrees or so for many hours. If yiou have no stones, or only fist-size stones, or need to leave no sign of your presences, heat your items over a Dakota fire pit, wrap them in spare socks or debris and put them inside of your reflective tyvek bivy with you.
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taoutdoors
Hazel responds well to being cut. by coming back and not dying. sounds like our Manitoba maples here in Ontario, cut them, mow them, pull them up, they come back! I feel zero guilt in cutting them back severely, the amount of cutting that it takes to actually kill one is. well I'm not sure, they always frigging come back!
Glad to see you back out in the bush, I hope your kids love the outdoors as much as you do!
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Hazel responds well to being cut. by coming back and not dying. sounds like our Manitoba maples here in Ontario, cut them, mow them, pull them up, they come back! I feel zero guilt in cutting them back severely, the amount of cutting that it takes to actually kill one is. well I'm not sure, they always frigging come back!
Glad to see you back out in the bush, I hope your kids love the outdoors as much as you do!
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mistygroves3503
Oh my! This reminds me of those good days when I was about 10 (63 years ago, and me, my brother and some friends used to spend almost all of the summer holidays, or any other time we didn't have to go to school, down the woods building shelters and improving them. We built some good waterproof ones, too. Thanks for the memory. Thanks and take care. .
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Oh my! This reminds me of those good days when I was about 10 (63 years ago, and me, my brother and some friends used to spend almost all of the summer holidays, or any other time we didn't have to go to school, down the woods building shelters and improving them. We built some good waterproof ones, too. Thanks for the memory. Thanks and take care. .
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douglasreeves9938
I have found that rebar twist ties are a very fast and sturdy way to tie things together. They are as environmentally safe as nails and screws and do not use nylon or polyester in their manufacture as does paracord or bankline. Having said that, I use twist ties, bankline and paracord, as necessary.
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I have found that rebar twist ties are a very fast and sturdy way to tie things together. They are as environmentally safe as nails and screws and do not use nylon or polyester in their manufacture as does paracord or bankline. Having said that, I use twist ties, bankline and paracord, as necessary.
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taoutdoors
Question: Why don't you char the surface of the poststhe ones buried in the ground that will later support the ridge beam (or ridge post, in this case)to prevent rotting
Why are you connecting the platform with paracord It would be more authentic to make those joints using a drill and wooden pegs!
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Question: Why don't you char the surface of the poststhe ones buried in the ground that will later support the ridge beam (or ridge post, in this case)to prevent rotting
Why are you connecting the platform with paracord It would be more authentic to make those joints using a drill and wooden pegs!
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michaelmcintosh802
Mike, when I was younger we'd go camping, we would take a short metal coffee can, we cut strips of cardboard place them in the can, they would be the same size of the can, then we would melt wax over it with a wick in the middle we would light it and we could cook on it or heat our tent
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Mike, when I was younger we'd go camping, we would take a short metal coffee can, we cut strips of cardboard place them in the can, they would be the same size of the can, then we would melt wax over it with a wick in the middle we would light it and we could cook on it or heat our tent
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taoutdoors
You're actually doing the tree a favour by cutting those suckers off at the base. They're the unfruitful spawn of its root system that serve no purpose but to sap away at the nutrients that the main trunk should be getting. You're simply tending to the tree. Gardening.
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You're actually doing the tree a favour by cutting those suckers off at the base. They're the unfruitful spawn of its root system that serve no purpose but to sap away at the nutrients that the main trunk should be getting. You're simply tending to the tree. Gardening.
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michaelpurdy1116
I love your video and have been following since the beginning. I like the mini hatchet, but when I looked up the price, it blew me away. $245 is a great deal of money. Converted that to Canadian currency and it comes to $461. That really is astronomical.
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I love your video and have been following since the beginning. I like the mini hatchet, but when I looked up the price, it blew me away. $245 is a great deal of money. Converted that to Canadian currency and it comes to $461. That really is astronomical.
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damogranheart5521
Lovely to watch! I can plainly see where my mistakes were when I was building shelters as a grade schooler and as a teenager! I'd like to try again!
Greetings to you, your family, Jax, and your parental units!
Have fun and be safe People!
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Lovely to watch! I can plainly see where my mistakes were when I was building shelters as a grade schooler and as a teenager! I'd like to try again!
Greetings to you, your family, Jax, and your parental units!
Have fun and be safe People!
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forendetta8164
You did a gigantic and fantastic job, a speed, impeccable emergency shelter. We can do better, but it takes too long and more time. It's fast and super impressive and ingenious. Perfect I approve mike, thanks for sharing.
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You did a gigantic and fantastic job, a speed, impeccable emergency shelter. We can do better, but it takes too long and more time. It's fast and super impressive and ingenious. Perfect I approve mike, thanks for sharing.
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Pamanbara
Honestly, I’m really curious what those mushrooms taste like. I explore the rainforests here in Indonesia too, and we have so many different kinds of mushrooms, but I’ve never come across anything like the ones you have!
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Honestly, I’m really curious what those mushrooms taste like. I explore the rainforests here in Indonesia too, and we have so many different kinds of mushrooms, but I’ve never come across anything like the ones you have!
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FreezyAbitKT7A
poly Baling twine is a lot cheaper than paracord. Electrician's pulling twine can be found in the rubbish at commercial construction sites. ask the foreman if you can take it or if they could save some for you.
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poly Baling twine is a lot cheaper than paracord. Electrician's pulling twine can be found in the rubbish at commercial construction sites. ask the foreman if you can take it or if they could save some for you.
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simonmitchell5801
Top tip with potatoes, Starting with cold water keeps the starches intact. Putting them in hot water can cause the outer layer to turn mushy or gluey before the middle and they don’t cook evenly
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Top tip with potatoes, Starting with cold water keeps the starches intact. Putting them in hot water can cause the outer layer to turn mushy or gluey before the middle and they don’t cook evenly
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Kurty1213
I remember once me and my friend tried to do raised beds on a lake shore. It took us the whole day just to cut the wood and put in on logs with our one crappy saw. These projects they take a lot of time
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I remember once me and my friend tried to do raised beds on a lake shore. It took us the whole day just to cut the wood and put in on logs with our one crappy saw. These projects they take a lot of time
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TimBall62
No offence meant, you make fantastic and very informative bushcraft videos which I have been watching for years, but you make out that compressing soil around a vertical pole was your new idea!
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No offence meant, you make fantastic and very informative bushcraft videos which I have been watching for years, but you make out that compressing soil around a vertical pole was your new idea!
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l. r. sfishing4011
Great video mate. I really enjoy thees video's. Nice to hear you mentioned the hunter's tower. That has to be my favourite build you did. I go back and watch it. Great stuff.
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Great video mate. I really enjoy thees video's. Nice to hear you mentioned the hunter's tower. That has to be my favourite build you did. I go back and watch it. Great stuff.
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douglasreeves9938
I have often wondered why some bushcrafters will not carry a 1. 5lb collabsible rake but will expend the calories to craft a natural rake. So love your vids. Stay safe, mate.
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I have often wondered why some bushcrafters will not carry a 1. 5lb collabsible rake but will expend the calories to craft a natural rake. So love your vids. Stay safe, mate.
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EmileMarcotte7
Great video as always! Have you changed cameras The video felt slighlty different to me than usual, not in a bad way just different. Maybe just a higher frame rate Thank you
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Great video as always! Have you changed cameras The video felt slighlty different to me than usual, not in a bad way just different. Maybe just a higher frame rate Thank you
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Jay-hm4yy
Should of stir-fried the veggies a bit, to give it some color and flavor before putting water and making it a soup. It would release more flavor into the soup.
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Should of stir-fried the veggies a bit, to give it some color and flavor before putting water and making it a soup. It would release more flavor into the soup.
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