10 Survival and Bushcraft HACKS you probably didn't know!

I always buy White BIC Lighters. Only one I know that you can see the fluid level in.

Lol I "will" likely thank you later

Great tips 😁

Okay so how does the moss serve when the person using it does not have external genitalia like yours? Because I’d be afraid of that leading to infection or something

You’ll thank me later 😅

I bet you get mad poon

Thank you from germany, hesse. I fully understood a few things ( paracord, knife use ) for the first time. I saw the hack with the lighter for the first time ( i've thought of something similar myself ) . :-) Love Regards Daniel

Nice toilet nature paper haha

Great video!

yep , i've used moss and it does the job .

Brilliant information, clever and very useful. Thank you .

Blown away that Americans call gas fuel, and fuel gas.

Love it.

nice trick mud

bullshit

I cannot imagine many things more important in a difficult situation than my shoes and without laces they are pretty useless. In my humble opinion there are better ways to store paracord than your shoes.

Nothing new, but well directed

Using the ax in an angle to split dead wood is pretty dangerous IMO. If you miss or the ax bounces off you have now directed the ax towards your leg. The rest were all good tips and you presented them well.

Id like to see one for the Desert

My vote: Another video.

Gorilla tape is heavier than regular duct tape. But Gaffer's tape is really heavy stuff. It's equivalent is probably what folks call 100MPH tape, or missile tape.

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Did anyone notice the pine cone he threw stuck in the tree?

Great video and yes everyone has comets on every little thing! My favorite was when you tape the kids mouth shut! Lol…. Good to see you training kids and passing the knowledge on!

Grazie mille per il bellissimo video ,molto interessante.

GENIUS dismantle and use of the lighter!

The lighter trick of getting the ferro dust is one I hadn't seen. That was pretty nifty. ^_^

love the tips but he trusts that stool/#8 a little too much lmao😂

thanks so much for making this video
we think we know all the wilderness, camping and survival tips but its aways good t see what others have to say and keep improving over our knowledge as well as the experience next time,

How the hell did he just do that woods stool?? Like a bushcraft David Copperfield

Oml!!!
That pinecone was caught by the tree behind you!!! Fantastic

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Dude..y3r sick, Sahib!!

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Hacks from being Homeless in the woods:
- Do not use the teepee method for making a fire. Put a piece of thick paper like paper plate thats bent. Put small tinder on it and pile that up. Then put plastic on top of it, wrappers, cut up plastic bottles. This will serve to "cook" your actual wood which should be pieces about 3/4 to 1 inch wide. You should carry extra junk plastic with you for this purpose.

- Also to LIGHT a fire do it the EASY way. Carry a small amount of Charcoal Lighter Fluid in an emptied out hand sanitizer bottle. Fun fact it can be used as hand sanitizer too. But with this you put a couple drops on a piece of thick paper... you flick a lighter just once and that thing will be on fire and it should be enough to get the fire going, and if not you just do it again. Its like a windproof match. No need to blowtorch your damn tinder with a lighter. Your Lighter will last longer than you'll ever need it most likely if you always do this, and the charcoal lighter fluid even in a little bottle like that will last for probably at least 50 campfires if you don't abuse it (how many 2-3 drops worth are contained in a hand sanitizer bottle volume?)

What I mean by Thick Paper is the sorta tagboard that is normally used on food boxes like stouffers or betty crocker or whatever, one step below cardboard but one step above a paper plate in thickness. The carton that the beer cans come in for example. Also if anyone remembers military stuff, the brown MRE heater pouches. I used to scrounge that stuff like crazy so I could start campfires with it, I had piles of it.

- The most efficient and effective Cooking Wood are sticks between 1/2 to 1 inch size. Anything bigger will burn too slow or might go out. This will cook your food at the most optimal speed, and they only have to be fed in maybe once every 8-10 minutes. Any twigs smaller than this wont last long enough and may burn the food. Then again where I lived I also had to conserve firewood so that I didn't compromise my camouflage, so there was a firewood economy that had to be observed... because of that you know I know what im talking about with this. Ten years of living outdoors makes me a professional.

- I talk alot about using Paper Towels, but this ought to make you feel like a thief... at a public restroom spool off a bunch of paper towels from the dispenser and carefully fold them. Like at least 20-30 pulls at a time. There's a survival reason for this though. Typical paper towels have surface texture and spooled in a way thats inefficient for storing them, plus the round shape isnt great to carry anyway. I guess Blue Shop Towels are okay but its still a round object. By packing like the equivalent of 40-60 paper towels in a flatter shape that's basically a thin book its easier to carry them, and they might be free. One tip about public automatic dispensers is if you give a gentle tug on the paper after its spooled out one, it will usually let you continue making it give more, so that you can take longer pieces that are maybe 4-6 lengths in size. This is useful for a cleaning plug.

- Cardboard works as good as a camping mat, and it weighs less. So don't buy camping mats anymore. For convenience make sure the cardboard is the proper size and pre-roll it so you'll be able to tightly wind it up in a roll. I use girls' hair ties that I find on the sidewalk (i collect them) to secure it. The only downside is durability and you don't wanna get it wet, but for being Free and lightweight, hey man...

An additional benefit you probably didn't read far enough to understand is Cardboard can be spread out in layers on TOP of you in an emergency when your blankets or sleeping bag just isn't enough to keep you warm for some reason... like when winter camping and 40 degrees turns into 24 degrees unexpectedly or such. In addition to the cardboard you lay on, you can have some on top providing extra insulation. Over your legs/feet/abdomen.

- Also for winter camping the key to staying alive below 30 degrees, besides layers, is shutting off airflow in your tent. Which is another reason I love Cardboard for camping. Although less practical for the average camper it can be used on the outside to provide some extra insulation for the tent. But one thing you definitely want to use it for is to COVER UP THE DOOR. On the outside. Or maybe stick a piece in the zippable window portion.

- More winter crap, and in general... Avoid condensation buildup on tent walls. Wipe it down with paper towels. Otherwise that condensation is getting in your pile of clothes or underneath your bed, or in your socks. Likewise below freezing if there is a bunch of condensation forming frost on the tent walls scrape it off with paper towels, if the temperature improves and it melts you're practically going to have the floor drenched in there. To dry out wet socks (KILLER ISSUE HERE) pull them off and stuff paper towels in them, and tuck them in bed with you so they stay warm... in cold or humid+chilly places they wont normally dry out or they'll just freeze solid. Controlling wetness is critical at any time of the year, even during warm months itll kill your clothes by souring them with mildew.

During polar vortexes when it'd be -5F to 5F frost buildup on my tent walls was a serious issue, and I had to be careful about it. Yeah, living homeless in the woods and its 0 degrees out... one extra problem that happens below maybe 15F is your spare water might freeze so you'd need to keep your water bottles in bed with you, and not be gone from home longer than a few hours... also it hurts to breathe the cold air overnight so you do need a scarf or balaclava (or covid mask, lol) to be kind to your throat. As for your own warmth, I used multiple sleeping bags (40F rated/standard) plus I was wearing 3 layers of shirts and jogging pants, and my coat, with me to bed. I find using 2 Regular Sleeping Bags better than a more expensive and bulkier one rated at a lower temperature... compare rating to 60F and this is the difference in temperature each is worth.

Do not human burrito yourself with a sleeping bag. Open it out flat, then turn it 45 degrees so its a diagonal, it will cover you much better, and if you have 2 you'll practically be swimming in soft comfort.

Hey remember the texas deep freeze... i was living outside at that time. Guess what, these tips can help in an unheated Home in a situation like that too. If That ever happens to you you won't die in your damn home.

- No need to Bathe or Shower for up to a Week. Wash your armpits and use antiperspirant, will be good for about 2-3 days. Use a long rolled up paper towel as a "cleaning plug" (that's what I call it) and stuff it in your underwear to clean your crotch or absorb odors when you're relatively stationary. This can be reused as long as you leave it set out to air out. For Women this can obviously also be used as a pad.

The final toilet paper wad you use while bathroom should be made quite wet with water so it will help clean your butt crack. Really even in normal life I have always wetted my toilet paper wads so they more effectively clean... since dry toilet paper will skip over places and not collect as much waste as it should. It will make you feel more fresh and confident, trust me.

- To take care of toilet business in the bushes... Pull your pants off but leave 1 leg still on, this way you don't accidentally nail your own droors, you can grip/hold the other leg with your hands. Then you can just pull them down to put the other leg back in. I learned this whilst having to wear like 3 layers in the winter and it was just so much of a pain to try and hold them and not accidentally drop diarrhea spray or urine into my pants somehow. Or not wanting dirt to get on my shorts in the summer.

- Also you can reduce Toilet Paper usage by using a Plastic Bag from the grocery store as a glove to scoop as much of it off first as you can. Then use the TP to finish up. You can wipe the waste off the plastic bag fairly well on tree branches above head level, then pull it off inside out and roll it up so it stores decently. You can dispose of the bag later by starting a fire with it.

- Its better to cook a bunch of food all at once, at least when it comes to meat. The whole day's worth. What you need to do is make sure the leftovers properly dry out, so if you put them in a baggie there will be no condensation. Remember that if you properly cooked it and didn't contaminate it then everything microbial on it is dead. After that it will be safe to eat for at least a day, and because you let it cool off and dry for a couple hours perhaps there will be less growth of bacteria or mold on it. My meat usually lasts safe and edible while cold about 2 days before it starts getting slimy or white spots on it. It'll definitely be safe for you the same day. Obviously, make sure no flies land on it.

- use plastic grocery bags to handle raw meat, like gloves, so that if you're careful you don't even have to wash your hands well, I very rarely had to wash my hands even though I was fixing steaks, chicken, etc from food stamps and pantry... between letting the tongs do most of the work and using plastic bags as gloves.I would also use plastic bags to marinate meat with vinegar and other stuff, cheap and free alternative to zip lock. Just make sure they don't have any tiny holes in the bottom. The Tongs would get sanitized with campfire heat before any handling of cooked food took place, so would my knife, and also halfway through the cooking process too.

Nice! Learned a few tips today

Nice tips. The pine cone is guaranteed not to leave cling-on, though. Thorough scrubbing that even the tv bear family couldn’t challenge.

The stool tip is great and not just for sitting on. I have subscribed.

Thanks

Wow. Great stuff. You have a new subscriber.

Great stuff my friend, thank you!

Glad you said dry wood to cut

Roll the lighter wheel backwards.

Mr. Hayes is obviously the man, and getting guidance from him is priceless and greatly appreciated. That having been said, I'd just like to share my experience with using paracord as laces. I first heard about this practice about 15 years ago, when I started getting into long distance hiking/bushcraft. It seemed useful, easy to do, and pretty "tacticool", so I did it right away. For the next couple of years, constantly re-tying my boots became just... part of hiking. As mentioned in this video, they tend to be slick, and come undone. Constantly. I was using mil-spec 550 cord, and the slickness never went away for me, even after a few years of heavy use. Only half-thinking about it, I think I told myself that this was just the cost of having easy-access paracord at my fingertips, should I ever need it. Meanwhile, I had a 100ft bundle of the same mil-spec paracord in my backpack, on every single outing. Plus, of course, the few extra feet available to me in my constantly untying boots... "should I ever need it". I eventually recognized the error in my thinking, and went back to regular laces. I've never broken laces in a quality boot, and not to burst bubbles, but after 15 years of hiking, rafting, camping, and hunting, there hasn't been a single instance when I went - this 100ft paracord line isn't enough; I wish I had that extra FOUR feet of it in my boots! That would be totally worth constantly re-tying my boots! :)

"The uses for duct tape are absolutely limitless" - there's like 5! :D

Very helpful info thank you kindly!

I don’t comment much ever, but this is my first video I’ve found or yours and you definitely just got a new subscriber and a fan! These are amazing tips that are actually easy to remember!

Thumbs up, thx

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