check out the big box stores like Orchard Supply or Home Depot in the fireplace sections they sometimes carry bags of pre-cut fatwood pieces for starting your fireplaces
What I like about pine is a lot of times when you have a live one, the lower branches at reachable level are dead and dry from being protected by the overhanging live branches. Good burnable wood at reachable levels.
excellent video that's the stuff I look for you definitely practice what you preach your not just a process explainer like most thank you for showing the way it truly is out there
being caught in this kind of situation sucks. making a quick fire helped me by being able to warm up while i went out to get more firewood and set up shelter and other things. how many things can a hypothermic (not hyperthemic) person get done. great vid dave. i think this shows that knowing your priorities is key.
When pine trees die, (get blown over, etc) the sap can still flow and collect in the base, and at the knots of the limbs sometimes. This sap is 'resin' - it's highly flammable and waterproof. The wood gets saturated in it where it collects. So - if you break up an old stump and find that reallly hard, sap-soaked wood, THAT is fatwood. And it burns like mad, even when wet.
Good video. You would have been proud. I had bottled water, bleach, buckets, candles, flashlights, batteries, paper plates and plastic ware, trash bags, a lighter, a ferro rod, two Sterno cans, an improvised oil lamp stove to heat already prepared meals, using vegetable oil, rubbing alcohol and hand made jute twine wicks, thermometers to measure the outside temperature, and critter proof storage bins to put refrigerator food in on the back deck. My family thought I was a genius. Lol!
How about a scenario where your primary fire making kit is lost? I would love to see your recommendations for fire in those conditions with NO fatwood. I can of course see using a lighter or ferro rod as most of us carry both on a daily basis, but the source for reliable tinder under those conditions is what I am interested in out side the usual birch bark, as I have none in my area. Great vid as always.
Dave, one can only understand your point if they have been in this situation... so cold that the immediate start of a fire gives you that mental boost which warms you from the inside. It's called relief and hope. Fear starts to fade and you begin to feel human again. I can remember -30F days when I lived in North Dakota... I could give a damn about prepping the perfect fire just wanted to get it going. Good job!
Dave, I have watched every video that you've made. I live in a rural area in upstate New York and have had a problem with ticks. Not only on me, but on my dog also. I clean my house weekly and my cloths daily, but when I spend any time in the woods I find ticks on my clothing. I haven't seen a video on ticks and how to prevent bringing them in your house. I'm positive that you can offer some perspective. Thank you for all the knowledge. Dean.
Thank you Dave for taking advantage of a bad situation. I appreciate that you went out in the cold and the wind and the snow to give a gift of knowledge and show how "Dirt time" pays off. One of the most important lessons that you have taught me, (actually I believe it was Bonnie who was one of your test subjects earlier this year) is that you need a balance of small fuel to keep the large fuel-burning. Good Journey Sun blade
Thanks dave for all your videos they are great this one I think I would have gathered some wood and small stuff before I lit the candle just so your not scrambling to find wood. I know I always am looking for birch bark to store for such an event. Anyway thanks for all you do!! Keep posting videos!!
Dave, Sir... you are an inspiration and I appreciate all your effort and time. Your philosophy of free information is pioneering and I thank you. God Bless you and your family, brother and greetings from the UK.
Living in FL this type of fire, wet conditions, is a fairly common thing. Pine roots, we call it lighter knot, are great to have on hand for just these conditions. Thanks for the great vid there Dave! Great job as a lot of folks out there would not have to deal with these conditions very often.
hey dave, how come you've never been an fan of petroleum soaked cotton balls? I understand you have mini inferno, but was just curious? We as watchers all would like to thank you for you contributions and your leadership which brings us all together to learn this fine style of life.
Fat wood comes from dead pine where sap (or pitch) from that pine has collected (this can happen sometimes on live pines where injury to the tree has occurred) Mostly found where a pine has died and not fell and the sap ran back down to the base of the tree. It is recognized by its density, and grayness in appearance until cut, then it will be reddish and smell like a fresh cut Christmas tree. In the south we find it mostly on old growth stands of trees, flood swamps.
I loves ma fat wood! LOL God bless a good sharp knife! Now, to add a beeswax candle to my pack! (I think I could have gotten 0000 steel wool burning with my ferro-rod.)
Fat wood is wood that is impregnated with resin (pine sap). When a tree dies, often the resin will collect in certain areas of the tree. Resin is very flammable and burns well.
I like that you showed the use of green pine and where I live I use cedar because of its high resen content and burns quick and quite well under damp and adverse conditions,
.Could kindling from say a “spruce tree” of northern New England be a good substitute to your fatwood, with the resin in spruce, being a good accelerant? And thank you for taking yourself out and away from your family, in some pretty crappy weather to teach us something in a truly realistic setting Dave, I appreciate it.
I've lit live fir trees on fire in the pouring rain with a lighter that have giant pitch pockets on the sides of them. A bundle of fat wood sticks is the best fire starter hands down, even in the pouring rain, sometimes I do demos, standing in the pouring rain hunched over with flint and steel and slivers of fat wood, I find a sliver of fat wood to be more effective the a candle.
another great video dave..practice what we preach..its only when we test our skills in the worst conditions do we gain that hard earned woods knowledge...who would have thought to prepare for a wet snow storm in oct!!...i got great respect for you dave..safe journeys
For sure Dave, Lots of reosurces would be gone if we all took them for class, wasnt complaining just thought it owuld have been cool. Im going to try out here in Cali for some. Pines everywhere.
theres no wrong way or right way to start a fire. ok there might be but what im trying to say is theres a short way and a long way. Dave did what he had to do to get a fire going right now. the only roul in this roul book is staying ALIVE!
I'm very surprised he's never suggested a Zippo with a Thunderbird insert in it (keeps the fuel from drying out & makes it only come out when the lid is opened to a certain degree). That can be done without much dexterity & work for twigs/slivers/feather-sticks, as well as regular tinders.
It's resin impregnated wood from a pine tree. It's a lot darker because it is soaked with resin. You can find it in the stump and also in the joints of limbs. I harvest it from stumps of fallen pine trees.
You did it right. You didn't waste energy or time. Two very important things. ANYTHING can happen when you are out on your own. What if you spent thirty minutes gathering wood, only to find that you couldn't get a fire started-for whatever reason- Now you have wasted both, time and energy.
This situation is perfect for when you need a sustainable fire in 5 minutes because you know that in 6 minutes time it's going to rain. For those of you who like to criticize Dave; what would you prefer? Have a fire started before it's raining or wait until you have collected all the materials you need and then start a fire while God is pissing down on you? I understand exactly what you are trying to teach here Dave but one thing you can not teach some people is common sense. Love your work Dave
At last I see a fire video in truely difficult conditions; 32 - 40 degrees, raining.and windy I live and work in the Allegheny Forest these are the most difficult conditions. Hypotheria is a real concern. FIngers don't work. Fuel is abundant, but soaked. A group of two people here last year died in these conditions. I recomend that anyone who goes outdoors practice these skills at home, in these weather conditions, where it's safe. Better yet take Dave course. This isn't the time to fail.
My husband and i have been in a situation close when it dropped down to twenty during night and we let fire go out it is very hard to move Dave did very well because in that situation you will use everything you can we finally used a flare and threw in all toilet paper and two wet fires you want it made fast and you want it hot then worry about the rest grate did survival is using whatever you have that works to get out of danger
I dropped 3 scotch pines that were green this spring dead brown this fall. the log sections from the trunks burned for close to 24 hours. The smallest limbs eedles burned hot and fast. I burned it off because they were big infested and I didnt want leave bug factories. Pine is a quick fire but it soots up your gear something fierce.
Its weird seeing how you already have snow, yet, here in Ontario Canada (which is not known for having warm falls/winters), we're still enjoying +10-15 degrees Celcius (yes, we use C not F). :)
Great video enjoyed it a lot. I've found this fire starter which is the fluff from the outlet of the tumble dryer the *fluff* from tumble dryer, I found it in a video a few years ago and it takes a spark very well, is readily accessible and has always worked for me.
good video and dave makes this look very easy ive done this before exept it wasnt a hurricane just a bad storm it is hard but props to you dave for going outside in the hurricane lol i took a walk during the hurricane on sunday night lol hope you didnt get hit too bad
Dave, thank you for the great videos. Growing up in south Ga I have used fat lighter (fat wood) many times. Very good stuff! We have it everywhere. I could not even start a fire without it until I made a trip to the mountains and had to learn other methods as fat lighter was much harder to find and less common. These days I just have to go to work to find it. I do work training for individuals with developmental disabilities. We split and bundle lots of it everyday. Anyway Thanks for the videos!
Ace Hardware sell fatwood at their stores in Oregon, can't say for sure if they do it elsewhere. It is like 5 bucks for ten long sticks...works pretty good...
I second skyhawk5100's request to hear your ideas about a wool blanket versus a sleeping bag. You've been making videos for a very long time, so maybe you've explained this before. I've not seen it, however, and I think a lot of people would like to know your reasoning. (My guess is a person can put a blanket to more uses than a sleeping bag, but I'd like to hear it from your mouth.) If it has been explained before, can you give us a link to that video? Great video, thank you!
I'm not sure you understand my point. It just doesn't make sense to have an emergency fire for the sake of fire, there would be a reason, I'm sure you agree. So why light a fire and not use it for the emergency reason? If you're rushing around getting wood for it you can't be using it for the very reason you needed one in the first place, it just doesn't make sense. It makes far more sense to gather everything first so you start using the heat as soon as it's lit by being there with it.
Rubber should burn even when its wet so in emergency it may be piece of shoe (theory) Matches in winter are better than lighter (fact) Candle is really useful for quick fire and emergency light (fact) Am once walk long distance in winter and wet foots in creek and begin blizzard, then build shelter from fallen tree and use candle matches and bark to make fire and dry socks. Everything was covered by snow instead bark on trees.
In this kind of weather I'm a big fan of a big fire with a huge coal base at this point I usually go for five to seven whole trees, wet or not they'll burn. Why cut 'em they'll burn through:) That's assuming you have all the wood you want, I'm in Washington State, yup there's enough!
not always, in this example , Its cold, its wet, its getting worse and nightfall is coming on, If your hypothermic, wet and cold in conditions that are poor your dexterity will get worse, if dave had taken time to get enough wood before hand he might not have had enough finger power to start the fire. Getting the fire started and making sure it wont go out when you step away in this case is better than getting more wood. What good is wood for hours if your too cold to start a fire?
Dave, have you ever used those party candles that re-light after you blow them out. I have them in my pack. I just figured in a wind like yours, once the candle is lit under your coat, you can put it into the tinder. Its not exactly old school, or longhunter approved, per se, but like you said, being warm is the point of this vid. Just a thought.
Good job Brother. I take my two small children outback often, and tell them this. "Daddy is hurt, its getting dark, and its very cold,, yall start us a fire or we freeze" I do this to them in all 4 seasons. I test them so if the SHTF my babies can at LEAST start fires. We use magnesium rods ect.. Anyway when I get them home today from school IM showing them this video. Thanks for the videos and all you do for my Family! Thumbs Up!~~John
You can use the warmth of your beginning fire to dry out any moisture in your collected kindling/fuel. I would not have use so much fat wood. You could have build it up the normal way, with pencil lead size etc - even when wet... Stack you other wood around the fire to dry out.
I have trouble finding good tinder due to lack of Birch or Pine where i am its all Oak and Goat Willow and Ground Eldar n few other broad leaves any tips Dave? Great video as always. And God bless you and your family for your entertaining videos and helping us prep for the future.
Great vid as always Dave! Sandy sent snow your way? I would love to see more winter bugout/survival videos as I live in southern Wisconsin and the climates are quite similar.
hey man thanks for some good info. i got hit pretty hard with sandy and me being a outdoor person fire is pretty essentional so thanks again and god bless
Dave I love your coat who makes it ? Thanks for all your help too. I am from Toronto an city boy who is beginninig to learn because of people such as yourself. God Bless you and thanks so much. I am thinking of coming to your basic course next march before I stay with my parents in Florida who are snowbirds for a few weeks next year too.
knotty knotty Dave. You were cutting your fatwood inside your triangle of life zone. Great video. Could you have gotten away with using less fat wood? Just wondering.
I really enjoy going back and watch the older videos
check out the big box stores like Orchard Supply or Home Depot in the fireplace sections they sometimes carry bags of pre-cut fatwood pieces for starting your fireplaces
What I like about pine is a lot of times when you have a live one, the lower branches at reachable level are dead and dry from being protected by the overhanging live branches.
Good burnable wood at reachable levels.
excellent video that's the stuff I look for you definitely practice what you preach your not just a process explainer like most thank you for showing the way it truly is out there
being caught in this kind of situation sucks. making a quick fire helped me by being able to warm up while i went out to get more firewood and set up shelter and other things. how many things can a hypothermic (not hyperthemic) person get done. great vid dave. i think this shows that knowing your priorities is key.
When pine trees die, (get blown over, etc) the sap can still flow and collect in the base, and at the knots of the limbs sometimes. This sap is 'resin' - it's highly flammable and waterproof. The wood gets saturated in it where it collects. So - if you break up an old stump and find that reallly hard, sap-soaked wood, THAT is fatwood. And it burns like mad, even when wet.
Good video. You would have been proud. I had bottled water, bleach, buckets, candles, flashlights, batteries, paper plates and plastic ware, trash bags, a lighter, a ferro rod, two Sterno cans, an improvised oil lamp stove to heat already prepared meals, using vegetable oil, rubbing alcohol and hand made jute twine wicks, thermometers to measure the outside temperature, and critter proof storage bins to put refrigerator food in on the back deck. My family thought I was a genius. Lol!
How about a scenario where your primary fire making kit is lost? I would love to see your recommendations for fire in those conditions with NO fatwood. I can of course see using a lighter or ferro rod as most of us carry both on a daily basis, but the source for reliable tinder under those conditions is what I am interested in out side the usual birch bark, as I have none in my area. Great vid as always.
Dave, one can only understand your point if they have been in this situation... so cold that the immediate start of a fire gives you that mental boost which warms you from the inside. It's called relief and hope. Fear starts to fade and you begin to feel human again. I can remember -30F days when I lived in North Dakota... I could give a damn about prepping the perfect fire just wanted to get it going. Good job!
Dave I just wanted to say thank you for all the videos you do, you give away a lot of information and time and it is greatly appreciated.
Dave, I have watched every video that you've made. I live in a rural area in upstate New York and have had a problem with ticks. Not only on me, but on my dog also. I clean my house weekly and my cloths daily, but when I spend any time in the woods I find ticks on my clothing. I haven't seen a video on ticks and how to prevent bringing them in your house. I'm positive that you can offer some perspective. Thank you for all the knowledge. Dean.
Thank you Dave for taking advantage of a bad situation. I appreciate that you went out in the cold and the wind and the snow to give a gift of knowledge and show how "Dirt time" pays off. One of the most important lessons that you have taught me, (actually I believe it was Bonnie who was one of your test subjects earlier this year) is that you need a balance of small fuel to keep the large fuel-burning.
Good Journey
Sun blade
Learned a lot watching your videos; but I would rethink using my foot as a cutting block.
Glad to see you weathered the storm, and taking a bad situation and using it as a teaching opportunity. Thanks
Dave! Thanks spending the time it takes to make and share these videos.
Informative, helpful, and I truly appreciate them.
Happy Veterans day too!
Thanks dave for all your videos they are great this one I think I would have gathered some wood and small stuff before I lit the candle just so your not scrambling to find wood. I know I always am looking for birch bark to store for such an event. Anyway thanks for all you do!! Keep posting videos!!
There are fakes and there is the truth of it . You don't have to be great just good , it is what it is and " I SEE A FIRE ON THE FLY " Thanks Dave !!!
Dave, Sir... you are an inspiration and I appreciate all your effort and time. Your philosophy of free information is pioneering and I thank you. God Bless you and your family, brother and greetings from the UK.
Thanks Dave for all that you do...
Living in FL this type of fire, wet conditions, is a fairly common thing. Pine roots, we call it lighter knot, are great to have on hand for just these conditions. Thanks for the great vid there Dave! Great job as a lot of folks out there would not have to deal with these conditions very often.
seeing that weather makes me miss the midwest.
Thanks for the video. I forgot about the candle 'trick'. It's a good reminder to see it again.
hey dave, how come you've never been an fan of petroleum soaked cotton balls? I understand you have mini inferno, but was just curious? We as watchers all would like to thank you for you contributions and your leadership which brings us all together to learn this fine style of life.
Good job bro.... fatwood is a gr8 help in those conditions.
Good vid brother. Shows the importance of fast fire in an emergancy. good job. good test of skills.
Fat wood comes from dead pine where sap (or pitch) from that pine has collected (this can happen sometimes on live pines where injury to the tree has occurred) Mostly found where a pine has died and not fell and the sap ran back down to the base of the tree. It is recognized by its density, and grayness in appearance until cut, then it will be reddish and smell like a fresh cut Christmas tree. In the south we find it mostly on old growth stands of trees, flood swamps.
I loves ma fat wood! LOL God bless a good sharp knife! Now, to add a beeswax candle to my pack! (I think I could have gotten 0000 steel wool burning with my ferro-rod.)
Fat wood is wood that is impregnated with resin (pine sap). When a tree dies, often the resin will collect in certain areas of the tree. Resin is very flammable and burns well.
I like that you showed the use of green pine and where I live I use cedar because of its high resen content and burns quick and quite well under damp and adverse conditions,
Holy crap. Think I'd go back in the house and wait until it was warmer to try to survive.
2022 and this video will never get old to me
.Could kindling from say a “spruce tree” of northern New England be a good substitute to your fatwood, with the resin in spruce, being a good accelerant? And thank you for taking yourself out and away from your family, in some pretty crappy weather to teach us something in a truly realistic setting Dave, I appreciate it.
Great idea with the cold-and-wet fire making test. I'm gonna try later this week when I smoke my clothes for deer hunting.
I've lit live fir trees on fire in the pouring rain with a lighter that have giant pitch pockets on the sides of them. A bundle of fat wood sticks is the best fire starter hands down, even in the pouring rain, sometimes I do demos, standing in the pouring rain hunched over with flint and steel and slivers of fat wood, I find a sliver of fat wood to be more effective the a candle.
another great video dave..practice what we preach..its only when we test our skills in the worst conditions do we gain that hard earned woods knowledge...who would have thought to prepare for a wet snow storm in oct!!...i got great respect for you dave..safe journeys
For sure Dave, Lots of reosurces would be gone if we all took them for class, wasnt complaining just thought it owuld have been cool. Im going to try out here in Cali for some. Pines everywhere.
theres no wrong way or right way to start a fire. ok there might be but what im trying to say is theres a short way and a long way. Dave did what he had to do to get a fire going right now. the only roul in this roul book is staying ALIVE!
I'm very surprised he's never suggested a Zippo with a Thunderbird insert in it (keeps the fuel from drying out & makes it only come out when the lid is opened to a certain degree). That can be done without much dexterity & work for twigs/slivers/feather-sticks, as well as regular tinders.
It's resin impregnated wood from a pine tree. It's a lot darker because it is soaked with resin. You can find it in the stump and also in the joints of limbs. I harvest it from stumps of fallen pine trees.
You need to icefish up here in the northeast in 0 temps before you can master the almighty BIC. 👍
You did it right. You didn't waste energy or time. Two very important things. ANYTHING can happen when you are out on your own. What if you spent thirty minutes gathering wood, only to find that you couldn't get a fire started-for whatever reason- Now you have wasted both, time and energy.
This situation is perfect for when you need a sustainable fire in 5 minutes because you know that in 6 minutes time it's going to rain. For those of you who like to criticize Dave; what would you prefer? Have a fire started before it's raining or wait until you have collected all the materials you need and then start a fire while God is pissing down on you? I understand exactly what you are trying to teach here Dave but one thing you can not teach some people is common sense. Love your work Dave
Like the new paint job on you shotgun Dave.
Good to hear the Badhorse Band again! Great video. Thanks. Elmer.
Nice fire Dave, Hope you and your family are well.
At last I see a fire video in truely difficult conditions; 32 - 40 degrees, raining.and windy I live and work in the Allegheny Forest these are the most difficult conditions. Hypotheria is a real concern. FIngers don't work. Fuel is abundant, but soaked. A group of two people here last year died in these conditions. I recomend that anyone who goes outdoors practice these skills at home, in these weather conditions, where it's safe. Better yet take Dave course. This isn't the time to fail.
Great video... glad to see you are safe after the storm. God bless.
as always love your videos dave. thank you for your hard work and thank you for sharing and teaching us the tools to survive. you the man!
My husband and i have been in a situation close when it dropped down to twenty during night and we let fire go out it is very hard to move Dave did very well because in that situation you will use everything you can we finally used a flare and threw in all toilet paper and two wet fires you want it made fast and you want it hot then worry about the rest grate did survival is using whatever you have that works to get out of danger
I dropped 3 scotch pines that were green this spring dead brown this fall. the log sections from the trunks burned for close to 24 hours. The smallest limbs
eedles burned hot and fast. I burned it off because they were big infested and I didnt want leave bug factories. Pine is a quick fire but it soots up your gear something fierce.
Its weird seeing how you already have snow, yet, here in Ontario Canada (which is not known for having warm falls/winters), we're still enjoying +10-15 degrees Celcius (yes, we use C not F). :)
Great video enjoyed it a lot. I've found this fire starter which is the fluff from the outlet of the tumble dryer the *fluff* from tumble dryer, I found it in a video a few years ago and it takes a spark very well, is readily accessible and has always worked for me.
Great video Dave you never disapoint brother, God Bless You.
Hey Dave why do you use your feet for shaving wood chips?Ain't that dangerous?
Looks cold out there brother, be safe! Glad you're showing this stuff
Upgrading my fire kit immediately! Thanks for the great video.
I love the Tiger Stripe type pattern on your shotgun, very cool!
Wouldn't tossing up a tarp act as a good wind break?
Great video.. I gotta get out and try that.
Thanks Dave,
I never really thought of it in those terms, but that's a good point.
good video and dave makes this look very easy ive done this before exept it wasnt a hurricane just a bad storm it is hard but props to you dave for going outside in the hurricane lol i took a walk during the hurricane on sunday night lol hope you didnt get hit too bad
Dave, thank you for the great videos. Growing up in south Ga I have used fat lighter (fat wood) many times. Very good stuff! We have it everywhere. I could not even start a fire without it until I made a trip to the mountains and had to learn other methods as fat lighter was much harder to find and less common. These days I just have to go to work to find it. I do work training for individuals with developmental disabilities. We split and bundle lots of it everyday. Anyway Thanks for the videos!
Ace Hardware sell fatwood at their stores in Oregon, can't say for sure if they do it elsewhere. It is like 5 bucks for ten long sticks...works pretty good...
Fatwood is naturally occurring incredibly sap-rich pine wood. It burns well even when wet. It smells kinda like it was dipped in kerosene.
I'm not much of trapper dave,glad to see ya doing more self reliance vids.thanks dave
.bill
Thanks dave :D
I second skyhawk5100's request to hear your ideas about a wool blanket versus a sleeping bag. You've been making videos for a very long time, so maybe you've explained this before. I've not seen it, however, and I think a lot of people would like to know your reasoning. (My guess is a person can put a blanket to more uses than a sleeping bag, but I'd like to hear it from your mouth.) If it has been explained before, can you give us a link to that video? Great video, thank you!
I'm not sure you understand my point. It just doesn't make sense to have an emergency fire for the sake of fire, there would be a reason, I'm sure you agree. So why light a fire and not use it for the emergency reason? If you're rushing around getting wood for it you can't be using it for the very reason you needed one in the first place, it just doesn't make sense. It makes far more sense to gather everything first so you start using the heat as soon as it's lit by being there with it.
Great job Dave.
Another great video thanks brother
I prefer lighters for sure, but it's for that very reason that in cold wet weather I also carry a container of those big stormproof matches
Rubber should burn even when its wet so in emergency it may be piece of shoe (theory) Matches in winter are better than lighter (fact) Candle is really useful for quick fire and emergency light (fact) Am once walk long distance in winter and wet foots in creek and begin blizzard, then build shelter from fallen tree and use candle matches and bark to make fire and dry socks. Everything was covered by snow instead bark on trees.
In this kind of weather I'm a big fan of a big fire with a huge coal base at this point I usually go for five to seven whole trees, wet or not they'll burn. Why cut 'em they'll burn through:) That's assuming you have all the wood you want, I'm in Washington State, yup there's enough!
Nice fire and quick.
not always, in this example , Its cold, its wet, its getting worse and nightfall is coming on, If your hypothermic, wet and cold in conditions that are poor your dexterity will get worse, if dave had taken time to get enough wood before hand he might not have had enough finger power to start the fire. Getting the fire started and making sure it wont go out when you step away in this case is better than getting more wood. What good is wood for hours if your too cold to start a fire?
"Inclement weather" is what everyone else is calling Frankenstorm. And this guy got a fire lit out in it. Kudos.
Great channel..
awesome video, love them all
Dave, have you ever used those party candles that re-light after you blow them out. I have them in my pack. I just figured in a wind like yours, once the candle is lit under your coat, you can put it into the tinder. Its not exactly old school, or longhunter approved, per se, but like you said, being warm is the point of this vid. Just a thought.
Glad those trapping videos are done. This is much more interesting to watch. Just my thoughts. Please don't thumb down.
Dave, excellent teaching video !
THANK YOU. .
wish we could of harvested some fatwood last week at class. that would have been awesome.
NIce Vid Dave, I noticed you done a new mod to your stock of your gun is burnt in or painted
Good job Brother.
I take my two small children outback often, and tell them this. "Daddy is hurt, its getting dark, and its very cold,, yall start us a fire or we freeze" I do this to them in all 4 seasons. I test them so if the SHTF my babies can at LEAST start fires. We use magnesium rods ect.. Anyway when I get them home today from school IM showing them this video. Thanks for the videos and all you do for my Family!
Thumbs Up!~~John
You can use the warmth of your beginning fire to dry out any moisture in your collected kindling/fuel. I would not have use so much fat wood. You could have build it up the normal way, with pencil lead size etc - even when wet... Stack you other wood around the fire to dry out.
I have trouble finding good tinder due to lack of Birch or Pine where i am its all Oak and Goat Willow and Ground Eldar n few other broad leaves any tips Dave? Great video as always. And God bless you and your family for your entertaining videos and helping us prep for the future.
Excellent
Great vid as always Dave! Sandy sent snow your way? I would love to see more winter bugout/survival videos as I live in southern Wisconsin and the climates are quite similar.
hey man thanks for some good info. i got hit pretty hard with sandy and me being a outdoor person fire is pretty essentional so thanks again and god bless
Nicely done 👍
good video.
Thank you for the video Dave, they're really really useful, Thank You So much, I appreciate your efforts. Thank you.
What kind of lube do you use on your firearms to keep the elements from wrecking them? Great Video, keep 'em coming Mr. Canterbury.
Dave I love your coat who makes it ? Thanks for all your help too. I am from Toronto an city boy who is beginninig to learn because of people such as yourself. God Bless you and thanks so much. I am thinking of coming to your basic course next march before I stay with my parents in Florida who are snowbirds for a few weeks next year too.
knotty knotty Dave. You were cutting your fatwood inside your triangle of life zone. Great video. Could you have gotten away with using less fat wood? Just wondering.
Just use that old shed in the woods Dave, no probably not safe to stay in there for a long time.
Awesome! this rly helped cause my area is just like this where is this at? id love to take a class with you!
Thank you. Good info.
Old wood from pine trees. Find an old pine tree trunk and dig it up. Stuff burns great. In the south we call it "Fat lighter".
Great video...thanks
Awesome video.. thanks