Fowler Vs. Dan Wowak on History's Alone season 3 ( 87 days episode 14)

I weighed 235 when I went to basic training at Fort McClellan Alabama and in 16 weeks weighed 185.

The pictures of you on Alone was saddened hurts your heart then you do that for your family and then your wife to leave you ..your better off without her bless you for staying with Jesus

I didn't know he was on Alone! Lol I've been watching his chann for a while now, (found him through Townsend and Sons) but had no idea about this! Always loved his channel 😊 weird to see pics of him without a beard.

I follow both of you and , both are great

Dan had a really bad attitude but rightfully so.

Antimicrobial fabric on underwear keeps smell and bacteria build up from happening. Same as the socks and compression gear that athletes wear . You can wear it for a few days before you stink in a situation where you cant change clothes. Also having underwear that separates your jewels from the sausage to avoid sticking and sweating nuggets.

So here I am like who is this dan guy, and coalcracker bushcraft...hes gotta be from pennsylvania, sure enough he lives maybe 10 miles from me, pretty crazy

Watching every episode

Dan was boring, arrogant and lazy. Fowler Rocks!!

DUDE! his face! it looks so much better with that beard =D

Fish guts is a good fishing bait

Kinda of like Ali's boxing "Rope a Dope"

Lol I just thought about this, all these people in this foreign country hovered around these crackhead like looking people, That pic of Dan and Greg just made me laugh and think about this. And add Zach into it as well.

You're an a******'s who doesn't even have the patience to hunt an animal Properly people who trap animals are weak how you can torture an animal I will never know a way I do know that's because you have no skills

That picture of dan and Greg. I would run so fast the other way..

Another fantastic video. Way to prop Dan up after the show give him Credit and referrals.

Question

Can you give me some details on that frame tent you've got up on the platform. What size is the what size is the platform who manufactured the tent and does the tent have a model number

Happy new year Idol Zachy Fowler...I wish I can do all the things that you do in 30 days survival challenge.can I have some of your GRIM Survival card😁
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It was awesome hearing his point of view after watching it ty for this video

Hi. I am particularly interested in Dan's comment regarding a lot of stuff we do in the Bushcraft community is novelty type stuff, and in a true situation you wouldn't apply it. I was wondering if Dan might elaborate on that point a little? Thanks. I have watched Dan's channel for a while now and like his stuff. I have to confess I have never actually seen a single episode of Alone, and did not know that Dan was on it.

Dan is actually an awesome guy. I like his approach on traditional skills and tools.

why does he put his bandana that way.????!??

A bow fishing setup seems like it would have been useful

How did you keep the camera equipment charged and have enough memory cards for 87 days

Hahaha underwear?!? Hilarious!

Amazing content! It is incredible to actually see what the contestants think without all the editing that goes into the show. Awesome channel!

I've met Dan a few times in his capacity as a survival/bushcraft instructor. He is an awesome guy. His channel has great content on a wide variety of outdoors activities. This was a great behind the scenes interview giving his point of view of his time on Alone season 3. Thanks.

is that tent on a insulated platform ? ice forms on bridge first. i know its good to keep the foundation dry for long term. but heat rises so i was just wondering abought your floor ?

I have a question to the people who have been on Alone or in similar situations. A lot of people bring bows and slingshots, and a lot of people seem to set snares and build traps. But from what I've seen or read online, these items seem to very rarely pay off. The absolutely vast majority of the protein people get comes from fish.
Is it still worth carrying sligshots/slingbows, bow and arrows or any similar hunting weapon? Or would it potentially be more useful to swap them for another item?

Great video, I understand how TV works and it's great to hear what was really going on.

Where's the rest? I've been hoping so much to hear from Dan. I think after the show, and the way they made him look, he didn't want to talk about it. I'd love to hear more from him if you can get him to talk Zac. He's got a great story to tell yet I think

That was interesting. I need to be honest, I didn’t liked him at the show, but I like his Channel 👍🏼

coolness!!!

I hadn't heard much of Dan's experience. He is a big fellow. lost 50+ pounds and still weighed 80 pounds more than my max weight of 150. I can see both his and your strategies of doing and doing but slow.

Great post...and the underwear thing is just a troll, to see if you would answer.

you only caught 9 fish, and you're happy with having taken a hank of paracord instead of a 2 person paracord hammock, made of 9 strand 750 cord, out of which you could have woven 200 sq ft per day (half a day) of 3" mesh netting? Do you realize how many more fish you could have been catching? Over lap some of the mesh a few times, and it's small enough to trap crayfish, overlap it once and it will hold magpies and crows. You could have caught 100x as much poundage of flesh food. Would have changed a lot, eh?

in most areas, if you shred and roast or fry cambium, it will REALLY bait in ducks and gulls. Use the treblehooks to catch and drown them. Use their guts as bait. The netting can make traps for birds, crabs, fish and mammals. Just overlap the 3" mesh, tying every other mesh, until you get the size of mesh that you require. While critters can easily figure out that they should gnaw on one cord that has them by the leg, they are much less capable of gnawing thru many layers of mesh. Keep your traps within 50m of where you always stay/go, so you dont waste time and effort servicing your line. Typically, it takes a month of making small brushpiles around your camp, baiting same, then assembling the netting boxtraps, baiting each step, before traps will produce,but if ice has ruined the fishing, making such animal traps is the obvious thing to do.

forget the paul bunyan stuff (ie, axe.) Alan won without one, and Carleigh went 86 days without one. Obviously, then, it's not needed. Forget the ferrorod. Start your first fire with firerolling a chunk of your T-shirt.. Once you have ashes, charred punkwood, dry-bags (tarp and tape) , tinder, starting other fires is easy with any hard, sharp stone and any carbon steel tool. You can bank a fire in ashes and maintain its viability far longer than any period that you're going to sleep under such conditions. So needing to light a fire "from scratch" is something that should occur rarely (since you wont be moving around much). A large McElroy type pump-drill is quite viable, too, made in half a day. The bow drill sucks.

If you blow off the axe and the ferrorod, right there you have the ability to take the hammock and the duct tape. If you take a modified Crunch and a Silky saw blade to be held in the visegrip, you can blow off taking the saw, which lets you take one ration of mixed pemmican and gorp, which let you get started fishing right away, not having to waist a day looking for bait, Condor now makes an e-tool with a saw edge, which can be modified to give you a real saw kerf.

Much respect for Dan and his approach and mentality for the show. People think they can do something like this right off the couch...they would have a rude awakening once they were dropped off. Great job on the interview and thanks for sharing!

you had plenty of gear from which to make a pontoon raft. Chunks of tarp, the rainsuit pants, one set of clothing (waterproof spray before you go) the camera case, your gaiters.the backpack. That nobody chose to take the miraculously useful duct tape was quite telling. :-) Stuff those items with (force dried if need be) debris, and assemble an outrigger pontoon raft in a day.

I thought Dan's attitude of conserving calories and doing as little as possible was pretty boring but also refreshing, especially compared to some other contestant nut-cases that where doing an exercise routine. I remember thinking at the time that it seemed like a solid tactic but at the same I did not want him to win because of it. It could have led to future contestants doing something similar.

Also, he was honest about what his tactic was and his motivation. he wanted the cash and made that clear.

I enjoyed the video guys. Really cool hearing two different perspectives on survival. Thanks, John

Awesome interview questions & answers! Thanks for doing the interview.

I subscribed to Dan's channel, thanks. Looks like some great content.

Thanks for sharing this, Fowler. It is interesting to hear the behind he scene stories.

Thanks for the chat this am. And this video.