7 Bushcraft Skills For The Frontier - Jon Townsend and Dan Wowak
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Dan Wowak and Jon Townsend share skills that are crucial for surviving on the American frontier. A compilation of our collaboration videos with Coalcracker Bushcraft.
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0:00 - 6:05 Shelters That Fit in Your Bedroll
6:05 - 14:02 Fire Starting: No Matches, No Lighter
14:02 - 21:26 Making Your Bed With Dead Leaves?
21:26 - 31:12 A Survival Item From Tree Bark?
31:12 - 41:28 Cooking Systems in the Backwoods
41:28 - 47:51 Smoked Bison
47:51 - 52:13 Nothing Goes to Waste on the Frontier
52:13 - 58:36 Fatwax: A Surprising Resource to Protect Your Gear
I have a complaint about this video. It ended. This was epic! Thank you for sharing all of this info.
That's where you are wrong. The video didn't end. Where Jon and Dan stopped is where YOU start by going outside and working with these concepts. It's even more entertaining to do it yourself.
Dan has his own CZcams Channel. Excellent non stop information. He has enough videos online that will keep you busy for months. He's in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
@@charliebecker9391 I have looked his channel up, and subbed. My only problem, I'm coastal NC... it's OK though, some stuff must be useful everywhere.( pine branch fire= yuck food)
Always a great video!
I know, right? How dare they end it.
42:22 That look at the camera right after he said "jerking the meat" killed me
Dan is a natural teacher, and Jon is a natural learner! Brilliant questions and very clear answers. Great episode 🙂
Yeah, the way Dan talks is just like a teacher to a student.
I watched both of these guys separately.
I really enjoyed this video. I have never had the flint and steel explained so well. There was so much information in this video. Great job to both Dan and Jon. 👍
Yeah. But he may not be a careful Reader. He has apparently seen the word "taut" and mis-read it as "taunt." So he keeps pulling things "taunt."
I didn't know before hand who John had as his guest, and I was listening while I was doing something else. As soon as Dan started to talk I said "I KNOW that voice". It's always fun when one person you watch has on as a guest ANOTHER person you watch.
42:21 the way Dan looks at the camera after Jon almost does that gesture is comedy gold.
it was a 18 century version of the show "the office". lol
A bushcraft collab isn’t what I expected, but it’s absolutely perfect!
they did one together awhile back
This guy is a born teacher. No arrogance in his giving out of information. He seems to really enjoy seeing people learn.
Two of my three favorite CZcamsrs together? Now we need a crossover with Fandabi Dozi!
That would be so cool!
Who?
Scot-Irish episode?
@@jeffjag2691If you could convince such a Highlander to immigrate to colonial America
Yes that would be interesting
This is great. I've been watching Coalcracker Bushcraft all year and then I just started watching the Townsend's and now I see that you all are working together. I love it.
Thanks for mentioning Coalcracker Bushcraft, this is the first time I've seen Dan and he has a fantastic wealth of useful knowledge! Very helpful to know where to find more like this.
@@psysonichedgehogDan was on I believe the 3rd season of “Alone”.
Having been homeless in the past, I find this VERY interesting! If I am ever homeless again, I will have learned new things to help me survive. I think this video and other related videos should be shown at shelters so that when the government cuts you off, you can still live. I survived because of charity, but not everyone wants to accept help. Now all you need is a guide to safe wild foods (I know about dandelions, but others might not), and you will have helped millions of homeless. I'm sure other things could be added, but if I had known this info back when I was homeless, life would have been much better! Oh, I should point out I lived in a rural area, not in the middle of a city. I slept in the woods, not in a park.
Super glad you got away from homelessness. Been there. Done that.
Les Stroud (Survivorman) has an entire TV series called Wild Harvest about gathering food.
That's the main reason why I watch these type of videos. In the event something catastrophic happens I'll at least have basic survival skills to get me through the day/night.
@@LinkRocks The old WWII air force survival Periscope Films are fantastic for some of their survival information. Sure, I'm not likely to have a parachute to use for cloth in the arctic, but a lot of the shelter and mental process points will always be valid.
I was a homemaker for ten years...then suddenly homeless when my ex-husband left. What an incredible lesson in prepping and survival! So glad to be out of it though. 😊
Excellent crossover episode. I'm sure you've discussed things, but maybe Jon should cook something on Dan's channel as a return? Nicely done both of you!
That's a great idea!!! 18th century foraged recipes
I'm with you. Fantastic idea. I'd love to see that.
Jon mentioned how there are a few cookbooks with recipes for unusual meats. It'd be interesting to see what recipe could be done with an animal that was hunted.
Bring the nutmeg...
I was born and raised in West Virginia. I'm incredibly lucky that both of my grandfather's and dad taught me so many survival skills when I was a kid. A few years ago it was something I did for personal entertainment and living history presentations, but THESE days...
I would have loved to see those kind of history presentations, sir!
I am a city kid. I don't know much at all. (My parents grew up in the middle of Seattle)
@@marilynmitchell2712 I was fortunate to grow up in Central Wisconsin. Spent most of my time in the woods.
@@marilynmitchell2712you're still in luck. Washington and the surrounding states have some of the best wilderness in America
@@marilynmitchell2712you watched this video, didn’t you? You know something then. Start with joining some modern hiking/camping groups and then dive into learning about the history of your area, edible plants, etc
Beginner: Modern camping
Expert: 18th century Bushcraft
Legendary: Primitive Technology guy
PT is *almost* into the Iron Age!
Yes!! Dan is the best, and I first learned about Coalcracker Bushcraft from your original collaboration, so thank you for that. Absolutely one of the best, most entertaining bushcrafters out there!
same. found him years ago because of Townsends!
The 8' x 8' tarp lives on as the British Army's venerable "basha". Concessions to several centuries of development include the material, the pattern (I have two, one in regular DPM and one in desert DPM), and the addition of grommeted holes around the edge. Still a fantastic piece of kit.
Two of my favorite teachers in the same place. This was a good collaboration.
I've watched Dan's videos and found them to be not only informative but very detailed instead of rushing through each step. For someone like me who isn't well versed in the outdoors I need to be taught like I'm 5 so I don't miss an important step. 😂
The blanket pin is more or less the same as a kind of Roman brooch known as a fiblua that was used to pin a cloak, like the sagum (the Roman military cloak) closed around the neck. The sagum was essentially a big wool blanket treated with lanolin and did double duty as a rain/cold weather garment and beddiing. Some things never change!
The Scottish Highlanders had the same setup.👍
Epic! What a pleasant surprise to see this wonderful duo back in action. Please consider making new episodes with Dan. They are one of my favorites!
I'm so happy to see two of my favorite channels collaborating! 10/10 great video.
Glad I learned a majority of this in the BSA back in the late 80's early 90's and had to use it on camp outs .
This is an older series. I have seen this maybe 2 dozen times and never get tired of it. It put ya in a really good mood.!
Coalcracker and Townsends together! "Until next time, stay in the 18th Century woods!"
Awesome to see a collaboration with both of you. Now a collaboration with Townsend's and Tasting History CZcams channels.
I remember when these videos first came out! Still just as enjoyable today as when I first watched.
I had to go back to make sure if it was a repost or new content. Excellent compilation of old material.
Always love when Dan shows up. His last appearance got me hooked on his channel.
That was one of the best bush crafting videos I've ever seen! Good stuff. Time to go outside:)
Been following both of you guys for years, so awesome to see a collab!
Wow! You guys really hit a home run with me on this one. Both of you are a couple of my favorite CZcamsrs. Watching you start with just a blanket and build a fur trading camp was really awesome. You didn't just talk about history. You LIVED history.....and now I could too! By the end of the video, it seemed like I was watching a real couple of early American guys at an outpost somewhere on the frontier. Thank you, I loved it!
Dan! It took me much longer than I'm willing to admit to recognize you. The outfit the me (I didn't read the title, this just came on). What a great video. Can you do a video on how to make your hat? It looks like a crude version of a Western hat. Cool.
I might never use these skills but it's great to know. How much ingenuity have we lost over the years? Love this!
There are 8 billion people in the world, many of which still practice subsistence survival skills out of necessity or tradition. I think we’ve not lost any problem solving skills
Thank you for this fantastic collaboration 🎉
The crossover I never expected! Dan is such a gentleman. Smart man, great teacher with a lot of love and passion to share.
How did you "not expect" this? They've been making videos together for years now.
@@Serjo777 It's called being pleasantly surprised.
Valuable information! I've always thought these types of skills should be taught in school. You never know when they might save your life.
Great collaboration!
Love Coalcracker! Nice pair up for such key topics!
Both of you in the same video! Coalcrackerbushcraft and Townsend need to do more videos together. To me it just makes sense and is AWESOME!
I love both Dan at Coalcracker and Townsends. Both in one video to boot!!! Keep inviting Dan out for his frontier wisdom to share. Outstanding video!
Quite obviously this is one of your best videos, if not your best ever. I really liked it. Coalcracker Bushcraft has been one of my favorites for a long time. The two of you make a great combination. God Bless.
Jerky should be dry as the desert. The problem with store bought jerky, is that they want the water in there, because water is heavy. A little bit of extra water in store jerky lets you put less jerky in the package, as it's sold by wight.
I have purchased a 5lb roast, sliced it, cured it, then dehydrated it, and it weighed right around a pound. Water is heavy.
Just started and I'm so happy and know this will be amazing. 2 of my favourite CZcamsrs!
EDIT: It was in fact amazing! One of the best collabs I've ever seen.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO BEST outdoor guru's in that part of the world!
Been subscribed to both for a long time!
Dan's channel is superb. Have been following him since ages now. So much knowledge. And some great Bushcrafting skills.
Good stuff, Dan. Thanks for sharing this, Jon.
Dan has an outstanding collection of skills, well presented 👍
Wonderful. I've watched both of your channels for several years but am so happy to see this combined effort.
I love the idea of adjusting my tastebuds to not be so damn used to sugar and modern overindulgence. I really love this camp history so much. Thank you guys for your hard work and knowledge 🤘
Loving the idea and actually doing it are two different things. All you have to do is cook at home. Good luck 👍🏼
What a treasure. More videos with CCB please. Arguably the best video I’ve seen on both of your channels.
I watch coal cracker bushcraft all the time thanks to Townsends and love the skills and history they both provide. The skills are useful and the history shows a track record of success that puts an ace in your hand for an uncertain future.
You both were absolutely fantastic I love watching these episodes doesn't hurt to watch him a couple of times 2 gives you a refresher on what to do when you're out in the woods not that I ever get to go to the woods LOL can't drive can't drive any longer I have glaucoma you can feel sorry for me that's okay LOL be safe and continue to do your videos cuz they're fan really great thank you be safe also❤
I love Dan's look at the camera after suggesting nutmeg! :D
Great to see all of this. I had about survival skills when I was a kid, read it 'till it fell apart, but it was a long time ago now and I never really understood some of the things. This is like a refresher course. :)
Thank you so much for this information. I can't wait to try this stuff out!. I adore this channel!!!
An excellent video covering the simplicity and complexities of the skills and knowledge of those that walked the trails before us.
Great to see two of my favorite creators together. Keep up the great work!
I’m sad, but only because this video was a compilation of all of your old collabs and not a new one. As someone who is a fan of both channels, I’d love to see you two do more!
I follow both of you and it is so funny to see Dan so serious. As always Great content. Thanks. I was great to see you two together again.
These videos will become priceless in just a few years probably.
Couple points about the venison heart:
Point 1: You spoke of eating heart as something to do when the other cuts had been used up, etc. I can't speak about 18th century frontiersmen, but a lot of native groups in the past and modern hunters today made/make the organs the first meal from a kill. This is simply because organ meat doesn't preserve as well (barring modern pressure canning) as muscle meat. When refrigeration isn't available. Additionally, organ meat is high in vitamin D - which is very important in cold climates - making it a more sought-after meat than the muscle tissue at times.
Point 2: Referring to innards as "pluck" is simply because it's what one "plucks" out of the animal. I have no etymological proof, but I've always suspected that this is where we get the term "plucky" - meaning to have a lot of nerve and tenacity. Analogue to the way we use the term "gutsy."
Yep... it was innards(liver and heart first), fat, good marbled meat and then low grade lean meat in ye'olden days. 😋
When I was growing up, my dad often cooked beef heart and tongue, as well as chicken hearts and gizzards, for inexpensive dinners--but even as a kid, I loved the taste and texture (all are very tender if braised or stewed over low heat, and much more flavorful than most cuts from skelatel muscle) and consider them delicacies even today. The biggest problem is that interest in "international" cuisine has driven up the cost of some organ meats, especially calf's tongue and cheeks, so they're no longer such economical alternatives to steak. Other examples of this phenomenon are flank steak and skirt steak, which have become almost as expensive as NY strip steak, at least where I live.
When out hunting deer, I reckon one of the best parts is getting back to camp and frying up heart slices. Beautiful tender meat. I can't believe people would consider it less desirable!
Awesome to see these guys enjoyed it.
Subbed to both channels and pleasantly surprised by this video. It's a crossover I didn't know I wanted, but love nonetheless.
2 great reenactors and educators for the public
I've watched this video several times. I wish the two of you would make one every week or two. It was amazing. Thank you.
Bro is cracking me up with how he says taut lmao we all say something weird but it sounds like he wants Jon to taunt something. I love the video
I am so delighted that two of my favor8te CZcams channels connected to present this video! Well done to you both! Any other excuse you may have to do another would suit me just fine! This was packed Wirth very useful info!
I love these cross overs you do, especially here with my two favorite CZcams hosts, I love the fusion of modern survivalist and frontier living. You guys both put out the best videos and they are always jam packed with useful info.
Wonderful to see the two of you together again. Great overview of bushcraft skills! Thanks for sharing your time and expertise.
Thank you Jon. This was a wonderful conversation between you and Dan. Your both so knowledgeable.
Great episode. You and Dan make a good team and very informative. Glad you had him on your show. Keep up the awesome work. Love your videos.
I love these collabs! I actually discovered Dan's channel through their last collaboration and I've learned so much since then.
Two of my favorite CZcams channels combining forces. Dan is a very good, no-nonsense, common sense sort of instructor.
Reading up and writing about the Lewis & Clark expedition... and seeing all this stuff in action is so useful for thinking about how the food all fits in!
Truly a unique way of thinking about all this suffone reads about- or doesn't. Much of this stuff was just "things everyone knew" so it was rarely written down.
This video is several years old. It would be cool to say that in the title or description.
Is there any new content in this one? That would be awesome.
Sorry. I was so excited when I saw this until I realized it was old.
If you don't have a center loop/tie up point u can before you hang the tarp put a little ackorn or pebble(nothing sharp ofc!) in the middle at the inside and then push it through gently, and tie it of with some twine, that way you have a tie up point even if your tarp doesn't come with one.
Really love the bushcraft series with this guest speaker, they were how I found the James Townsend & Son channel; so I was really happy to see them spliced into a single long-form video. Love the channel, long time fan.
This is an extremely well done video that shows some of the simpler, but extremely important outdoor skills that a person could utilize in the woods. Though I did not learn anything new this time, I am sure it will be a big help to those just starting out. As a former Scout leader and outdoorsman I am always on the lookout for new ideas. I really get tired of all those videos that you think might be worth watching, but are nothing more than an "outdoor cooking show". I do know how to cook, I already know how to cut up an onion, I know how to season and brown meat, I know how to "chew" food, I do not need to watch someone cook something and then eat what they just cooked. Please keep up the good work, and keep these instructional videos coming.
This video could have run on and on and on and on...
And on!
I never get tired of good people, that teach great bushcrafting skills!
And know how to cook!!
You never stop learning with this kind of thing.
And I never get tired of it!!
❤️👍
Are we just going to ignore the look Dan gives to the camera at 42:25 when Jon talks about Jerking the Meat?
HOW DID I MISS THIS?! coalcracker bushcraft AND towsends? two of my favorite youtube channels in one video hell yeah!
An amazing collaboration between two great people. A lot of good information passed on in a followable way.
Hey Jon.. When you make these collaboration videos with Dan, do you go to him, or does he come to you? I live about an hour away from Dan. Would be pretty cool knowing you're in my neck of the woods.
The value of cordage cannot be overstated.
Cannot be overstated.
@@JunkCCCP We'll tie ourselves up in knots if we keep going under and over like this... 🤣🤣🤣 Good catch BTW, will fix!
To already be subscribed to both Jon's and Dan's channels for a long time, and then to be surprised and pleased beyond measure to see the two of you together was awesome!
This was a great video of you both together!
I loved watching this! Thank you !
Dan is so good at explaining things and making them simple. I love his videos. Thanks for having him on.
OMG, a crossover I never expected!
Me either....super cool!!
Man, they did this video a number of years ago. :)
@@ShannonKWest I'm happy you saw it, then. It's completely new to me.
Any writers here learning anything for their stories?
What a great idea! An excellent collaboration video! With the added value of original journal inspiration! Thanks to you both.
This is why I don't have television anymore. Who needs it? Everything I want to watch is right here. Great episode.
I keep waiting for Joe to walk up and join them.
Joe?
@ldsphotodude49 joe momma.
Jk, Joe Pera, I believe the name is. Funny guy, has had a couple of tv shows on Comedy Central. Has been on the show before.
From about 4:00 onward: TAUT, not 'taunt'.
He want's to pull his tarp _taunt_ in order to give it good _heighth_ in case he runs into _inclimate_ weather. 😏
It doesn’t matter you know what he means
@@blakekaveny It does matter... Words matter.
Who put it in your head that using words incorrectly doesn't matter?
@@StoneE4 You’re right words do matter. But you obviously understood what it was that he meant. Most people don’t like people that correct them on stuff like if they’ve clearly been understood on what they were trying to say.
@@StoneE4 I was always taught that if you clearly understand what the person was trying to say then their no point to correct them on it.
This hand down is my favourite type of video
I really enjoy combined subscriptions working together. All that talent presented on one shoeing! FANTASTIC! I finally have learned to properly one-off my tripods! Thank you!!!
I will instantly like anything that shows people the skills they will need in the future.
This can't be happening. Two of my favorite people on youtube on the same screen!!!
They did a video together a while back.
@@unclebob1959 I spend 3/4 of every year where there is no internet or cell service so this is the first for me.
@@loosejoocethese videos are from 2018 . But each part was posted individually so they just reuploaded them all together
I love seeing two of my favorite, most genuine, down to Earth youtubers get together and make this kind of content. Living history is such a wonderful thing and so many communities pull form it.
Well done, Gentlemen! That fried deer heart looked so delicious!
Great, informative video, guys. Thanks. (P.s. the retired school teacher in me wants to let you know... to tighten a rope is to make it "taut".. not "taunt"... taunt means to tease or harass...lol)...❤
Not the point.
17th century grammar?
@@worm_vaquero Probably not. Dan doesn’t do 17th century stuff he does woodsman living stuff
You missed Dan's mispronounced "inclimant" weather within the first 3 minutes.
@@worm_vaquero Don't forget his use of the nonexistent word _"heighth."_
Coalcracker on the show, nice!
Good stuff!! Great stuff for just getting started in the world of bushlore; kind of basic for some of us, but it's great, solid skills and info!! I've followed Dan for quite a while: he's an excellent instructor! I make a similar paste wax with tallow, beeswax and a bit of spruce sap...it's not needed, but was part of the recipe I started with, and it gives a nice evergreen scent to the paste. I use it on leather, steel, wood, my beard and my cast iron...great stuff!! BBQ originated as barbacoa, exactly as described, just not to jerked dry. Jerky is easy to make at home in the oven, on like 220 degrees with the door propped open a tich to let the moisture and heat out. An effective smoker can be made with a tripod over a low smoky fire wrapped with green boughs or hides. This was done often to help preserve hides too...what gave traditional plains buckskin it's distinctive tawny color. Jon and crew always present the Good Stuff in a wonderful manner!! Subscriber from the beginning days!!
I love beef heart. Cooked right and it tastes like roast beef 😋 . Great video..that Dan really knows his stuff!...but it makes me thankful to have the things we have today. 🙏
I really enjoyed the series you did with Dan.
Frontiersmen didn't practice bushcraft. They practiced woodcraft.
Bushcraft is a collection of skills practiced in the bush of those countries in the vicinity of the Indian Ocean (South Africa, Australia, etc...). There is absolutely zero lineage historically speaking between bushcraft and the American frontier. In fact, the most prolific writer on the matter [Richard Graves] made a clear distinction between the two practices. I know it's a big catch phrase and brings in the views, but we shouldn't dilute American tradition & woodlore just to get more views, likes & subs. It's the re-pronouning of American tradition and there's already too much of that going on.
The word itself didn't exist until the 19th century so I'd like to see how someone could travel back in time 200 years and marry the two. Woodcraft (the practice of self reliance in the woods consisting of camping, hunting, fishing, trapping, conservation, the use of tools like axes, trade knives, etc...) can be traced back to the early 1300's in England and was brought to American shores first by the Spanish who had towns and roads and trade routes from coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to the modern day borders of Canada well over a century before the Pilgrims even landed on Plymouth Rock. They in fact were the ones who first mapped out and literally named The Appalachian Mountains. The Frontiersmen followed after them and the Native American was the master woodsman of the New World whom the Europeans learned much from, but the Dutch, the French, the Portuguese, the English, the Spanish were all accomplished woodsmen when they arrived already.
WOODSMEN...not bushmen.
And this isn't a new phenomena. Horace Kephart had a similar disgust with the relabeling of traditional American woodlore by marketers and the social media of his day a century ago (magazines, trades papers, etc...)...
"Woodcraft properly relates only to the forest wilderness.The literature of outdoor sport is getting us used to such correlative terms as plainscraft, mountaincraft, and even icecraft and snowcraft. This sort of thing can be overdone..." --Horace Kephart, Camping and Woodcraft
Of course, some will cry that it doesn't matter what it's called as long as we get out there to which I would respond, 'Would you call a ballerina to come administer first aid to your parent that was having a heart attack on the floor or an EMT?'
Words matter. Facts matter. History...matters.
I remember some videos you did with Dan (Coalcracker Bushcraft) a while back. Enjoyed them a lot and subscribed to his channel, which is really good as well. Glad to see y'all collaborating again.
Nice to see two great channels collaborate. Great video!