Solo Survival: How to Survive Alone in the Wilderness for 1 week --Eastern Woodlands
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- In this video (part one and two) I go into the wilderness of North Eastern North America with only a knife and live off the land for a week. I document many of the crucial steps and tips and tricks that I do to survive in the forest. Skills shown are shelter, primitive fire, bark containers, water purification, fishing, weaving natural rope, bark shelters, trapping, edible plants, primitive cooking, fish traps....and tons more.
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After a few decades of being obsessed with collecting survival and primitive skills techniques, I am putting out these videos to demonstrate the skills and excursions found at my school, Wild Survival (wildsurvivalskills.com). Videos are focused on primitive skills, rewilding, tracking and nature awareness, living off the land, off grid living, indigenous skills, shelter building, primitive fire, water purification, trapping, hunting, bow making, flint knapping, primitive pottery, basketry, edible and medicinal plant preparation and numerous indigenous skills.
I began studying wilderness survival when I was 17 in order to have the ability to spend extensive periods of time in nature, seeking out empowerment without the need for external sources. I began studying in 1993 under Tom Brown Jr eventually teaching for Tracker Inc. I sought-out every old Native American teacher I could and eventually traveled the world living in very remote indigenous villages in the Amazon, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Peru. My school teaches survival and primitive skills, nature awareness, how to live off the land, re-wilding and how to prepare for disasters. I strongly believe that experiencing survival living changes the way people approach their entire lives.
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This man got me thinking I could actually make it in the woods
Right.
When you know you can last 2 minutes without seeing a huge spider and crying to get out-
@@brvkensouls4429 it’s a bonus if. You find a spider get a free snack wink wink
@@brandonthefateful5095 Actually? I really, really hate Insects especially spiders but I only have a problem if they are inside my room, while camping i never at any problems with insects around, but I would not eat them though (i mean better than starving...)
CZcams algorithm is preparing us for the end of the world.
I am about to make a bow to cure my boredom
😂😂😂
Only for the plebs, the rich and powerfull will be underground or off planet.
Smart man! Since you said that it seem like it since we're leading toward that direction with this crazy pandemic shit
Hopefully soon. Our society is pretty fucked.
when he said "or maybe trap some animals to eat" and then it cut to the baby beaver I got so scared lmao
The only guy I've seen actually catch fish with improvised hook and line.
This guy makes all of the "survival shows" look like amateur hour. He literally did all of this with a pocket knife. Good stuff to know.
This is what i been saying all the time bam that how it done
And barefoot!
It's very true, although he picks very resourceful areas with alligning weather. Imagine that fire and shelter if it was raining. The leaves would make it wet inside the shelter, and the fire would be hard to make. Not discrediting the survival possibilities here, just saying that it would be a very different story
GOTHICforLIFE1 He would adapt if he knew it would rain.
@@GOTHICforLIFE1 but wouldn't he be sure to know the area first and also act accordingly, so he would survive pretty well
Shelter, Water, and Fire:
0:20 - Shelter
1:57 - Bark bowl
3:45 - Grapevine water
5:20 - More shelter
7:53 - Bowdrill making
14:51 - Fire starting
Edible plants:
20:03 - Ramp (Wild onion)
21:01 - Fiddlehead fern
21:39 - Burdock
22:16 - Garlic mustard
22:28 - Stinging nettle
Fishing:
23:14 - Fishing line making
25:21 - Fishhook making
26:16 - Fishing
29:13 - Gutting the fish
31:37 - Ending
THANK YOU
The real mvp
Perfect. Best comment.
Andromeda Gaming thx
Thanks
damn he's going hardcore
not even any shoes
I never knew vines were a good source of water. that's interesting.
Not all vines, grape vines
Grape vine water is new to me, too. Just be careful to tell the difference between wild grape, poison ivy, and Virginia creeper. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poison_Ivy_and_Grape_Vines.JPG
Basically if it's hairy, be wary lol!
Wait VINESS
Don't try it with poison ivy vines.
More popular in jungles
The only thing I can think about is all the bugs hiding in those leafs
I was going to try to make that... thanks for putting that in my head.
Amaliewk Kjønniksen hey it's better than freezing to death 😄
light a very smoky fire inside your hut, it will get most of the insects away but it might light your whole shelter on fire
Nice and warm though. LOL
Amaliewk Kjønniksen At least you'll have some little friends!
Tom, can't help but comment on your equanimity throughout your piece. No wacky weirdness or sensationalism. Honestly, I stumbled upon your vid, and, as a comparatively, well-traveled outdoorsman, I am both humbled and inspired. Really, wonderful presentation. Thanks!
This youtube video needs to be a book
5 STAR RATING THIS GUY DESERVES MORE LIKES.
Finally, somebody practicing bush-craft without a bunch of gadgets. Thank you!
this guy can fish with teeth..I can barely fish with professional equipment...much respect for you sir.
Teerasak Mairoddee yeah
i came here bc of grayson and omg i didnt know how many ppl actually came here because of him until i saw the comments
The best part about this video.. is he did all this with a cheap - made in China - $15 knife. I'm a knife collector. High end, $400-$600 knives. This is an eye opener. I'm going to be reccomending this video to everybody in the knife collector community. NOICE!!
I really want to drink that water !
me tooo
me too 😁 I bet that wild grape vine water has less germs than city water even after fancy filtering....
😂 Me Too!
***** I am pretty sure that water from a health tree is not gonna harm you.
What 'parasites' are you referring to, exactly ?
By the time water boils (100degC), it's already had time to kill any pathogens. 85 degC does the trick so, even at altitude, boiling for any length of time just wastes fuel. Boiling/distilling supersedes all chemical purification ('filtering', drops) and is second only to reverse osmosis for purification.
If i'm ever stuck in the wild, i have saved this video so that i can pull up you-tube on my iPad and get these steps.
Tonio Yendis you wont have internet in the middle of the forest.. no signal no internet.
Crisp - i guess you've never heard of sarcastic-humor?
Tonio Yendis k
😂
You could just download the video to local storage...
100x better than the majority of survival shows on television. Not to mention your video editing skills are on point.
The simple life is so simple, yes takes energy and effort but thats life and yet many of chose to survive on Walmart and don't even have a clue how to survive , its no wonder we are so unconnected with the planet anymore we have lost touch with natural survival skills
👍So true in a lot of cases. 🕊
I dont think its that important to survive in the open anymore since we are getting more and more advanced in every way as a society and also the simple life your referring to is surviving in the wild not thriving and how are people supposed to be as connected to the world as people before the technology age as phones, tv’s, and computers are becoming more integrated in our lives more and more by the day
This is why i will raise my kids with this knowledge.
This would cure so many ailments...
Thanks again for the great response everyone. Not sure what is next, maybe Australia desert or the Amazon. If interested in classes check out my schedule and website. California Edible, Medicinal Plants and Survival is up next! www.wildsurvivalskills.com/courses1.html
I'm trying to get my friends to watch these survival shows, I'm from the Tenn mountains I know how to find my natural springs & water witch, etc.... but I want my friends prepared just in case they need to hit the woods to survive.... never hurts to learn something that's good.... as they say knowledge is power.... Thank you for making these & caring enough about people to offer it to them freely.... Bless you
Impressive doings but also great camera angles, use of light, etc. Good show!
Which of your shows if any have edible plants in Tennessee? I'm a cripple now so I couldn't go into my woods any more if anything real bad happens but I have 7 grandsons in my county, I'd like to teach them more then what I taught their dad's.... Their dad's can hunt & fish & trap & track they've spent a lot of time in the woods but I never covered edible plants.... Wish I had....
Sorry to burst your bubble, but whilst ptaquiloside (the carcinogenic component of bracken fern) is sensitive to heat, it is far more stable to heat when it's still bound up in the matrix of the plant itself. Secondly, ptaquiloside likely isn't the only carcinogenic compound in bracken.
I really, really, would not recommend you ever consume bracken fern again, for your own sake.
Hey Joshua, Yeah it always seems to be a grey area where some people say that anything harmful burns off and then some say dont eat them no matter what. Ive done a fair amount of research and feel that its safe to do on occasion. Which other compounds besides ptaquilosides have you found to be harmful and not volatile to heat. I genuinely would be into reading and research you have done that suggest that heat doesnt render them near harmless. If you can send me links Id be thrilled to read what you have. honest-food.net/2016/04/28/bracken-fern-edible/
Survival are 10% skills, 5% creativity and 85% knowledge.
Just wanted to say - a really absorbing and potentially highly useful video. It's not very often that one sees a video that's so entertaining whilst factual, void of dramatics and potentially life-saving. Nice one!
I find it cool how i instantly recognize what plants/trees he’s interacting with sinply cause i live in the east but i never knew the names of all these plants and trees
This man did everything barefoot. Respect
I literally want to get out and try to survive for one week out in the wilderness now, but Im sure ill fail from the first day. 😂👏🏻
Me too! XD
Same
Scorpionic hope you are in perfect health and have perfect dental hygiene. If not you will always be dependant on "society" and "commerce".
Scorpionic
I'm sure you will survive if you take me with you..... :)
Scorpionic It's easy, the forest has literally everything you need, you just have to be creative with how you go about getting/making it.
Watching this during pandemic. The first step is to find a wilderness where they haven't already paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Hearing you get excited is the best part of the video.
I'm just watching this because I plan on running away and I want to survive.
And ...how was it?
Berien Nangin I think he's dead by now
what happened
Yeah he's definitely dead.
Sailing Star rip
Can I roll with you for the apocalypse? Great vid man.
Canadian Dude -
I've lived in population-dense urban and suburban areas for most of my life, but unlike the kids I grew up with, I had exposure to rural life too. I got to spend all of my childhood summers with my dad up in the Adirondack Mountains. I got to do a lot of camping - not hardcore survival camping like this - but I learned the basics about foraging and fishing and starting fires. Back then, I probably would have been able to survive if I got lost in the wilderness .... at least if it happened during the warmer months. (If I got lost in the winter, or if a bear took a chunk out of my thigh. I would have been screwed.) The locals knew all about the plants and wildlife around them and they were very generous with their knowledge. Those mountain folks were some of the hardiest, most resourcful people I ever came across. I didn't have the stomach to accompany them on any hunts, but they had me catching and cleaning bass and perch like a pro. I haven't done any mountain living in decades. It would definitely take a little time to readjust to pulling out fish guts, but I would really like to get reacquainted with nature. There's a small patch of woods and a stream within walking distance of my house. If the zombie apocalypse wiped out the food supply, I might be able to find enough fiddleheads and frogs (as a last resort) to get by. I really don't think I could bring myself to kill Bambi or Thumper though.
fishing is always a testament for patience
I wonder how many lives this guy might save from sharing this.
its super helpful actually
Frankie u
when he said "I'm gunna throw that in my teepee" I was like "Please for the love of God do NOT put that in your shelter." I soon after realized he was talking about his fire pit, and that his shelter isn't a teepee.
SAME
Yep
Same lmao. I was like "your gonna WHAT?!"
Skrew quarantine. Im finna live in the wild
Well since there are no more sports to watch, groceries are becoming scarce, and our economy is shit, I guess this will be my new weekend hobby.
lol
yep time to start my tree cafe
this video was actually useful I saw a video where someone tried to teach how to make a fire " then use your firestarter kit" that guy stole 3 minutes of my lifebbut this vid actually helped
"Use your Firestarter kit" Omg that just sounds retarded 😂😂😂
As if in an emergency you have all kits necessary lol.
I know, you get a lot of videos like that from youtubers not just fire starter kits but other nonsense garbage.
wow this dude really knows what he’s doing 👏👏👏respect
This was super relaxing to watch
Grayson is the reason why I’m watching this rn
mate, you sure know your shit
Yes he does actually
dude
I have spent literally decades learning primitive living skills
your video is simple and well explained. Had to subscribe.
I remember years ago, learning how to create a rope like that from thax. A weed, an old craftsman showed me that at hunting camp.
Good times, p.s.
my friend put together a survival library - working on it like 11or 12 years. He sent it to me before doing his homestead full time off the grid.
Happy to get it to anyone who wants access.
How do I get a copy?
yo sounds sweet
Sean Thornton sounds good. I would appreciate it, cheers
The eastern woodlands have so many resources for survival. It's easy to see why most natives lived there and not in the desert mountain west where I live. Tom's video on "How to survive alone in the desert" highlights the difficulty of surviving in the desert west. I really enjoy these videos, he's calm and very good about explaining each step.
you actually get straight to the shit thankyou
You in the comments make sure to have a good day and make sure to be nice to anyone else in the comments
I was massively impressed with that fishing, Incredible. I've never seen such a cool and new way of how the old and primitive, basic way of fishing in play. Well done, this was very informative and cool!
Man, this is great. I've learned how to make a bow drill before, but not to angle the string so it doesn't rub on itself. Little tips like that make all the difference and they're dotted throughout this video like nuggets of goooold
i knooooow, such a great comment. This is precisely why I have been watching survival/cooking videos for years now, ever since i was living in nyc and desperate to escape. I'm slowly adding up a lot of really good info i never had any idea of before, shit i didnt even know you could eat bone marrow or cook down bones to get more nutrients, eat fish heads etc when I started!!! All the info matters..
Dont forget in all this to focus as much as you can on local area survival too- you can reduce the amount of information you need to memorize and get great tips. Now I know how to clean poison puffer fish, use saw palms for tinder, load a rifle, can foods, forage for dandelions, make sea grape preserves, find oysters, avoid dangerous mushrooms and build cob housing!!! This stuff is really quite confidence-building and every new fact adds up to a greater knowledge of the natural world!!
Wow he started the fire so fast
Really enjoying these videos, mate. No ego to your approach, just pragmatically stepping through each phase of what you're doing. It's really easy to follow, and I can't wait to get outdoors and try some of this. Subscribed and looking forward to more vids!
for me its all started from the "300 days solo survival in the island video" and the entire recomended video turn out to be a surviving video lmao
Shinigami Shin same lol
👍☺️
Bruh same🤣
19:40 I thought he was gonna eat the baby beaver lmao
Wow, you put all the pro fisherman to shame...
Blown away by that fire lighting-And all done without any showing off
I watched this a long time ago aboutb3 years and I loved it finally I found it again
i learned more from you in 10 minutes than watching all those survivor and grills show super impressed
You ever realize that in that exact same position, 21:50, a man millions and millions of years ago may have been sitting just like that in the exact same place fiddling with sticks and twigs, trying to make a fire for himself. Crazy
col. yabjfd i’m 59 years old and I often ask the young people today were you ever a Boy Scout or a Girl Scout it is amazing to me kids don’t even know how to thread a needle so on a button much less crochet or net not that I do any of it but I know how if I had to they don’t know how to make a fire they don’t know how to cook if it’s not in the microwave they’re lost it’s just sad!
I always say if I could take three things into the wilderness it would be strikeless matches a Compass and a knife
Doubt that
or a woman xd :)
I hope to one day get up the courage to try and survive in the wild to get a break from Trump and the city life in general. I really appreciate people who are willing to teach others what they know. Thank you,
Greatest friggen survival tutorial I've seen. Nobody every talks about water collection realistically. Gained a sub.
Just think if, the world went back to living off the land without internet and a grocery store.....ppl would have to learn quick to survive or adapt to change
If civilization collapsed, more than 95% of everyone alive would not be alive by the end of the first six months, most would die within the first couple of weeks.
@@jamesrogers47 if they couldn't find pure water they would be dead in 3 days.
that's why i love to study this kind of stuff, it's super empowering knowing you could just walk into the woods one day and live out there
I'd be a cannibal
Man this helps my wanderlust 😊
Awesome video. Can't wait next time wife kicks me out of the house again Definitely doing this in the yard.
best movie i've watched in years
Also the book my side of the mountain inspired me to do it
Love that story. I turned my son onto it. We home schooled in the woods and he spent most days hiking, hunting, and building shelters.
Great video if I'm ever trapped in the wilderness I will use these tricks
The tripod leave hut is iconic, its warm, comfy, easy, and hidden. I love it
Lmfao I just imagined seeing Michael Scott off in the distance talking to his own camera
Tom is the best...I've lost count of how many times I've watched this.
Excellent! It brought memories of Borneo where I was trained by the Iban in 1969. So important is angle of bow when fire lighting as it it so DOES break! Nice survival video.
Eastern forests have to be one of the easiest places to survive. I live in TN. Absolutely no shortage of water, food, or wood. I'm trying to get my wife into bushcrafting
Agreed
Fresh fire cooked bass seasoned with edible wild plants sounds like a nice mediaeval dinner to try.
I always wondered how to make a water container without bamboo. Now i know. Amazing how much water you can get from a grape vine. I was under the mis-conception that fish hooks had to have barbs. Great onfo! I sent this link to my brother-in-law who is putting together his bugout bag. Really enjoyed this video.
I used to use the fishes intestines for more fishing bait
if I'm on a plane going down in the forest, and this dude is on board, I'm like " hey don't sweat it we are good".
He could live right there for like 2 years...............................
Me in 2020: *Watching survival videos to prepare for when the world ends from corona zombies*
Love these vids sooo much! Idk why I enjoy watching survival guides so much but they help me feel prepared just in case something happens. Guess these are my guilty pleasures 😂.
This video is so awesome! It reminded me how much I love nature, and now I desperately want to take a trip to the Appalachians!
Not only am I lucky enough to live in the Colorado Rockies i'm replying from Pike National Forest. I highly advocate getting out as soon and often as you can! I LOVE it out here!
you gotta be careful in the appalachian. they have alot of people up there doing stuff if you know what i mean,,,,that could not end good
Wow the new Son's of the forest gameplay looks hella realistic
Dude... I learned more in this episode than all the other channels ive seen together.. Getting fire explained so well I think Cody Lundene would be impressed..From materials, putting it all together to completion..
I would never think one can catch a fish with that kind of hook. Amazing fishing skills. Amazing survival skills
OMG this is so smart. Is it just me or do you guys want to spend a day in the wild now?
well done. no grandstanding or nonsense, just good info. and you're actually doing it.
Watching him build the shelter is like watching him put together a lego set
one of the best ACTUAL BOW METHOD of actually starting a fire. Well done! i appreciate the reality. not the bull that we mostly get presented. I advise all interested to watch this reality method!
If we don't have any tools can u show us how to make stone tools
Kaz sweet you watch him to
This isn't minecraft
jaskaran multani but he can still make stone tools
This is not minecraft
+jaskaran multani right 😂 but im sure there is a possibility
You ARE certainly on my list of Good People to have in my camp. Post Zombie/ Coronavirus apocalypse!
I am super impressed. I really can’t figure out why so many dislikes... but to each there own.
I am sharing this with my hubby!!
I am in boy scouts as a star scout and this video was very helpful.
We should be forced to take a survival course. A “Life Diploma” of some sort. Most folks wouldn’t make it five minutes right now. Hopefully we still have CZcams when everything completely turns to poop.
I can't believe you didn't eat the fish roe! Rich, delicious, full of protein and natural oils.It's eggs for heaven's sake. Just rinse it, wrap it in a ramp, and bake on a hot stone. Yum.
Its usually a sign of a master that he does not add drama or talk up the difficulty of what he is doing. He just gives you the information. Next spring I am going to try that bark cordage for a dow drill. I am going to have to find what I have locally that does the same job -Wych Elm or Lime maybe? Whatever bark it is, I know it will not be as easy as he made it look. Good tip on tilting the bow to save the cordage, I never realised that. Thanks.
Hi Tom,
i'd like to say, this is probably the best on actual survival i have seen thus far and also probably the only vid in quite a few years i actually learned something useful from.
Man after Grayson said he watches survival videos I was like what doe he like about them look at me now binge watching survival videos the whole night
you’d think fish would learn by now
Im back at it again 3 a.m. right here
hii Gray i bet you're not gonna read this cuz you're too focused on the video but anyway just wanted to say thank u for the addiction of watching survival videos you got me
according to recent scientific studies, fish dont feel "pain", just reflexes, but nothing comparable to what we would call pain, anyway nice video ! really interesting stuff
Hi, Tom. You've done such an excellent job on making these videos. I know you've helped so many learn valuable skills.
As a former boy scout this is very familiar to me. Except for the fact that I never did a whole week by myself only 4 days. I did however go 10 days in the woods with a group of 8. I believe bushcraft skills is an an art that should not have died out. It's scary how many people don't even know how to do anything without electricity.
aright the shelter is built, got ma knife, got ma nutritious leaves *sees one spider -- NOPE