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6-27-24 12pm Thank You! Surface area, holes in frame and pointed toe are the keys to the type of walking we do. There are not groomed trails in the backwoods that we prefer to go. Apparently the modern snowshoe makers never leave the trail head😅. My question is where can you BUY a traditional snowshoe & how much$?👍. Great video thank you for REAL information!

Bear bells - ranks right up there with blasting a podcast if you want to be the most annoying person on the trail.

I also never knew I could mince ginger without peeling it! I've been peeling it for years! Thank you so much!

Hi Kevin. You don't have the chili powder listed in your ingredients in your notes above.

Hey Kevin! I'm new here. How long does this meal last before it goes bad? Can I prepare this 3 weeks before heading out?

I prefer the noise from my 12 gage. Works very well!

Wait how does the chicken curry recipe work? COCONUT MILK is almost entirely fat content. Fat is the absolute enemy when dehydrating which is something that Kevin has said many times on this channel, because it makes the food liable to spoil. I just dehydrated the curry meal for 10 hours and it is ridiculously greasy. I'm worried about brining this meal into the backcountry and getting sick. Thoughts or advice, anyone?

How cold was the battery?

Thank you

this is a good thing together with bear spray that doesn't always deter the bear away, because of a sudden fear and to miss the bears 👀 , wow , i always read about these incidents although i don't live in America, the growing of a beard might be hard to scare a hungry bear away

Try trapping them first and when you’re sure they’re all dead then bust the damn, they will either build back or move elsewhere where you can’t remove the dam

Of course s 44 or 12 gauge makes a fair amount of noise... just in case bear spray or horns didn't work. They are pretty handy in bear country!😂

Why do you keep them in the freezer until you go? Isn’t the whole point that they are shelf stable at the end of this process?

just realized you can imagine trying to unswirl the whirpool for j stroke

I recently had an incident in Manitoba. I always thought that an air horn would scare a bear away but I had a bear that totally ignored the air horn. I never thought that was possible but it just goes to show that you shouldn't depend on any one method to scare a bear away. Fortunately, this bear was not aggressive.

Lmmfao! Bear attacks are not rocket surgery!

Just made this for me and boys heading into the BWCA! It was really good and packed well. I added rosemary AND thyme to this too, and brought a family pack of instant mashed potatoes (baby reds with garlic and parmesan) instead of the hash browns. I’m gonna use your potato method next time. One question, I put my dehydrator on 135 degrees. How long did it take you to dehydrate it? How many hours did you put the mix in for? Thanks again, it’s definitely a fan favorite we’ll keep using in the future!

Great review Kevin. Very thorough and suitably nerdy. Love it. We appreciate your hardwork 👍🏼

Bear safety part one, don’t go where bears live. The end

Why would you call a Cardiologist a fool? Are you a Lipidologist?

I don't like the air horns! Because it keeps accidentally going off - If only there was a twist lock for the top button.

Thank you you helped me a lot. I’m leaving for Mount Rainier on next Monday and Yellowstone next month. I appreciate it.

You're a genius. Nothing else to say. Thank you!!!

Awesome and so simple to learn!

Charles Bronson stared in the movie the mad trapper and he tied a string to the tips and he lifted the shoes as he stepped looked clever. Does that work , have you heard of that.

such an informative video!

I use the quick cook pasta, use smallest amount of water u can get away with, bring to boil, turn off gas and just let it soak. Use a wool hat to keep the heat in. Perfect every time

Bear spray in one hand and a good pistol in the other.

We should train bears for scent jobs.... 🎉

Just like sharks….. bears are wild animals that Don’t care in the least about our guidelines 😱

Trying to wrap my head around some of this Kevin and here is where I get stuck. If I look at Jeff’s new maps for Algonquin park the faint blue lines generally run on most other maps I have seen from north to south or towards true north I assume. Then going to the government site for the current declination I can see what it is. Where I am confused is Jeff’s maps faint blue lines run more NE/SW and does that mean it accounts already for the declination and if I also corrected on my compass I would be correcting for something he has already corrected for when making the map? Hope this makes sense.

I have found dental floss is excellent for stitching up all sorts of things in the field. I have even used it to stitch together leather. Webbing also works well to patch over holes and tears and to reinforce stress points.

Not Locating the Bear Banger Kit. What is the NAME so I can purchase one. Thank you!

If you need to speak softly and gently, how would an air horn work? Going to a National Park where you can't carry bear spray.

I haven’t seen your other vids if already done but what about Polar bears? Is it always predatory? Joe Rogan said when people are around “they smell meat.” 😂😂😂

Great, informative clip. Thanks. One of the most experienced bears I've encountered was in '75 in Camp 4, Yosemite before all the new metal food storage units were installed. Then the typical approach was to hang food between trees. In this one place there was only one oak tree, but it had long enough branches so a rope could be looped over the thin end where a bear's weight would not be supported. The climber who arranged that, heaved his food bag up to the branch and tied the rope to a solitary fence post, away from the tree. One morning a bear appeared, walked by, noticed the hanging bag and swiftly climbed up the three to fetch it. Elegantly (for a large animal) he walked out onto the branch to do the job. Oops, as anticipated the branch began to bend, preventing the bear to reach the food. What the climber wasn't anticipating was what the bear did next. After retreating a bit, the bear stood up onto the 'food branch' with his hind legs, grabbed a smaller branch above it, then walked out, using both branches for weight distribution and got out far enough to barely reach the bag (while still holding up with the other front leg to the upper branch), flipped the bag over the branch, then climbed down for a deserved (?) meal.

Great video. I really appreciate the detail and the lack of dramatization. I've read Herrero's excellent "Bear Attacks Their Causes and Avoidance",but's great to see your collection of bear encounter videos so I can see the bears actual body language.

Thanks for a comprehensive break down most of all the cost to fuel savings to weight .

I never had the opportunity to use spray, but have used an air horn twice. It worked both times, once in Wrangell-St.Elias N.P. where I worked, and another time in Chugach S.P. The response was immediate. Made me think that bears, whose hearing is much more sensitive than a humans, just don't wanna be around something that's that annoying. Right or not, I believe that not all bears react identical, depending on the area where they live. There should be no question that in places where there is a considerable tourist activity, most of them a bit nervous about actually seeing a bear, the wildlife of such an area is fully aware that they're 'not alone', that there is an undercurrent (if you will) of a strange life-form present, something that shouldn't really be here. In places where people see bears 'all the time', like where I live, bears seem to be aware that there is a pesky species that yells, bangs pots, toots horns or throws rocks whenever they're seen in yards. Those bears respond much more agreeable than one who's never seen a human and thus may get unnervingly curious. As such, I've 'talked to' many a bear (typically black) and found them quite co-operative about vacating the area. What I like most about them is that they don't display an annoying, endless bark like so many dogs use when they encounter a stranger. Like it or not, Charlie VanderGaw (look him up here on CZcams) has discovered traits in bears that show us bear traits most folks had no clue about. Cheers ;- )

I, too, rely on noise for bear deterrent. My Glock 20 emits about 170 dB of noise.

This is the absolute best video about bears in the wild. Thanks

Can i assume rhat is for 4 peoples because of 4 chicken breast. And for the sauce also ? I ask beacause i made it and it was not so tasty , just want to know to make it tasty enoff for the next time , i make a another try today

Sorry if you've answered this (and I have your excellent book but not with me), but is there any reason to boil the meat before dehydrating if I'm going to store it in the freezer? I know you say fats go rancid over time at room temperature. But stored frozen and eaten within a few days of removal from the freezer, I haven't found it to be a problem. And I've found that meat cooks just fine in the dehydrator (several hours at 160F or so). So can't I just put the sausage directly in the dehydrator? Thanks Kevin!

What about a 44 magnum?😂

Uhm 12ga slugs deter most things !😮

Not the *Goon Stroke* 💀💀💀💀

I like 10mm noise maker

Two questions: When I make jerky, I just put the raw meat in the dehydrator. Given that it dehydrates for several hours at 160F (71C), why is it necessary to cook it first? For chicken, if I don't have a pressure cooker, should I just forget abut dehydrated chicken meals? Thanks!

What size pot do you use for 2 people??

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