1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard 3 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics. They'll get you closer 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. Welcome back and congratulations. If 6 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: you're listening to this podcast right now, that means that 7 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: you've survived another week of pandemic two thumbs up, which 8 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: is great because this week we're talking all things survival. 9 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: So what are we going to cover? Biting the head 10 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,960 Speaker 1: off rattlesnakes, drinking your own urine. Not necessarily, but you 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: should know how to survive, or at least have the 12 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: skills and confidence to get out of a hairy situation, 13 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: or at the very least weight a night out if 14 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: need be. Honestly, hunting can take you to some remote country, 15 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: a long way from roads and civilization, but that's why 16 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: we love it. However, there are some inherent dangers involved 17 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: in the pursuit doing this for a living. I've found 18 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: that most people are under prepared in the bush skills department, 19 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: not just for survival, but also comfort and peace of mind. 20 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: I have a philosophy that there's no such thing as 21 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: an unprepared night out. With the right skills and know 22 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: how you can be prepared for anything. So this week's 23 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 1: podcast is going to help give you the information needed 24 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: to feel the same way. But first I want to 25 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: share the story of a trip alone in the African bush. 26 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,440 Speaker 1: It's a story of giant thorns, eating succulents, and pursuing 27 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: wild meat. I personally really believe that hunting and just 28 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: general outdoor skills go hand in hand. I think one 29 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: of the best complements I ever got from someone was 30 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: just we're out out and about on a hunting trip, 31 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: and the guy said to me, he'd actually been on 32 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: a lot of trips with a lot of people, and 33 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: he said, you know, there's just something about you. He said, 34 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: one thing that strikes me is you're very I don't 35 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: know how to say it, bushy, just having and I 36 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: knew exactly what he meant. He meant that I have 37 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: a lot of just general outdoor skills where no matter 38 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: the situation, no matter what we got in, he felt safe. 39 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: And I feel a lot of that comes from the 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: way that I interact with the outdoors, but also just 41 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: kind of pushing my skills and testing my abilities all 42 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: the time. This particular story takes place in South Africa. 43 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: I was over there, uh for a few months doing 44 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: some work and visiting some friends, doing some filming and 45 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: just hunting around. And while one of my friends had 46 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 1: some guiding work, I decided I was going to go 47 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: out on this big piece of property that he owned 48 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: and just kind of do my own thing, do some 49 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: solo hunting. But what I really wanted to do is 50 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: just kind of live off the land in a place 51 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: that I'm not familiar with. I didn't really have a 52 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: cell phone. Um, I just kind of wanted to go out. 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: I had my tent in my basic camping hunting gear, 54 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: but nothing real crazy and just kind of live off 55 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: the land. So before I went out, I met up 56 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: with some local guys, some indigenous people of the area, 57 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: and kind of just helped me understand some of the 58 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: plants and survival tactics of the area, things that I 59 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: could survive on and use while I was out there. 60 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: I really wanted to be self sufficient. I wanted to 61 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: hunt for my food, forage for my food, and then 62 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: you know, just enjoy the African savannah or chaparral. I 63 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: guess it would be. I'm kind of a mix between 64 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: desert and forest, very similar terrain to something you might 65 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: find on like the inland areas of California or something 66 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: like that, very similar to that. But I I thought, okay, 67 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: so I went out. I learned a few different plants. 68 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: Some of the natives used to survive on a lot 69 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: of succulents. When you actually see in stores a lot 70 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: they call it elephant brush or um. You know, just 71 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: so many different kinds of plants and other things. So 72 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: I got set up. I picked this good spot, and 73 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: you know, my buddy just went off to work. I 74 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: think I can't remember. He had a ten day hunt 75 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: that he was guiding, and so I kind of had 76 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: the run of the place, walking around for as long 77 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: as I needed. I actually had a four wheeler there 78 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: if I wanted to rip around or get out of there, 79 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: but it broke down the first day anyways, so I 80 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: was just pretty much on foot from there, which suited 81 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: me just fine. So the whole plan of the hunt 82 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: was there was some kudo in the area. There was 83 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: What I was really interested is maybe kind of figuring 84 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: out some mort hogs or some bush pigs. At night, 85 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: just whatever I really found. Bush bucks were pretty fun 86 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 1: to chase some planes game, but really I just kind 87 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: of was like camping, hanging out, living off the land, 88 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: eating whatever I could find, and you know, interested in 89 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: some of the plant life, some of the animal life, 90 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: doing some hunting as well. And I was actually filming 91 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: for Solo Hunter as well, So I figured, okay, myself 92 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: filmed this. You know, it doesn't have to be a 93 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: full on survival whatever, naked and fraid style, but that's 94 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: not the point. It's just to go out to enjoy 95 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: myself and kind of test to whatever skills I have. 96 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 1: So one of the days I was actually out and 97 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: I had my bow and my rifle with me. How 98 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: did it go? I was? I was actually looking for 99 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: this kudoo came out in this little opening way across 100 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: the valley and if you don't know, kudos like an 101 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 1: elk sized animal, big spiral horns, really cool animals, and 102 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: for me, I was just kind of thought, cool, cool, 103 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: I'm just kind of sneaking around the African bush with 104 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: my bow and um, you know, get over there and 105 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: end up not really making anything happen. But as it 106 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: panned out, I was thought, okay, well, I'm gonna work 107 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: my way back toward camp and try to get to 108 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: camp right around Dart, still familiarizing myself with the area. 109 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: I didn't really have any GPS or anything like that, 110 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: but you know, there's enough landmarks and everything I could 111 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: easily find my way back. So I get back kind 112 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 1: of toward camp, and I decided, oh, man, I come 113 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: across the this is down. I guess it was probably 114 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,799 Speaker 1: like an acacia type tree, real thorny tree, and had 115 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: it was down and dead, and I thought, oh, perfect, 116 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need to build a fire tonight. There wasn't 117 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: a lot of good wood where I was at, and 118 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: so this, this dead tree is going to be perfect. 119 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: So I'm breaking branches down from this tree. And I 120 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: grabbed this one big branch just like the tree to fallen, 121 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 1: and this branch is up a little bit higher, and 122 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: so I grabbed this branch and I'm pulling on it 123 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: to snap it because I'm just gonna get a big 124 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: old armful of firewood. And as it breaks, the force 125 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: of it swung that stick. It's like a pretty good 126 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: sized stick baseball bat style swing straight into my leg. Well, 127 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: if you know about these acacia trees. They've got massive 128 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: I would say, like three four inch type thorns on them. 129 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: And of course that thing hit my leg and just 130 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: buried that thorn right into my leg and I'm like, 131 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: oh crap, I'm out here by myself. I've got no phone. 132 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: You know, it's dark now, and I just like it 133 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: was a stinger for sure. So I'm thinking, all right, cool, 134 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: uh maybe you saw this solo episode it's the older episode. 135 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: But grabbed my gerber multitool just like, sweet, I'll just 136 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: pull this thorn out of my leg. So I got 137 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: to start pulling it out and like it is not budging, 138 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: and that thing hits so hard it buried itself into 139 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: the bone. And then with the way that it buried, 140 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: it kind of created this suction. So I'm pulling as 141 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: hard as I can and now this thing is not 142 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: coming out. Finally I got it, kind of worked it 143 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: out of the bone, but I was afraid of breaking 144 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: it off. I get it pulled out, actually filming the 145 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: thing and like underwear shot pliers dark alone in Africa style, 146 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: pull this thorn out. I'm like, all right, sweet, Now 147 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: I got a little ways back to camp carry whatever 148 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: fire would I have get my fire started and I 149 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: had Luckily I had my first aid kid. I put 150 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: some antiseptic stuff on it. It's pretty sore and ten 151 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: her for a while, so I took a few like 152 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: advill or whatever have you, and then went to bed. 153 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if it was the thorn in my 154 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: leg or the who knows what, maybe too much I 155 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: took some kind of it was actually was an advil. 156 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: It was something that I bought there. But I remember 157 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: just having like a strange hallucination and night about some 158 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: strange I don't even know what it was, just and 159 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: then I finally fell asleep hearing the baboons screaming outside 160 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: the tent, going after each other. I think there was 161 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: a bean pod tree that I happened to be camped 162 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: right underneath that night, which I didn't realize. The monkeys 163 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: were coming in and eating these like bean pods, and 164 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: I didn't even notice it when I set up my tent, 165 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: and sure enough, it's like that's where they wanted to be, 166 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: and it was I kind of realized there wasn't many 167 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: other trees similar to this tree, and I just happened 168 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: at my tent right underneath it. So middle of the night. 169 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I wake up and it's just like chaos 170 00:08:55,360 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: out there, like baboons making crazy noises. Little vervet monkey, 171 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: he's making crazy noises, all kind of congregating at these trees, 172 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: fighting over these little bean pods that are all around 173 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: my tent. I'm trying to scare everything away. I've got 174 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: my gun right there, Like, what's going on? Man, I 175 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: don't want one of these baboons ripping through my tent, 176 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: which I actually ended up moving a little bit later on, 177 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: finding a little bit more suitable camping spot. So after 178 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: that happened, I was like, all right, you know, just 179 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: take it easy. You know, you're out here for a while. 180 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: Don't do anything too stupid. But at this point, I 181 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: just really haven't had any meat yet. So I'm eating this, uh, 182 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: the succulents, different little bushes, plants and that. Also I 183 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: watched the monkeys actually eat those bean pods and I thought, yeah, dude, 184 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: those that might be okay. So I tried one. It's 185 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: pretty bitter, but I figured out it's probably safe if 186 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: the primates can eat it. But I decided to actually 187 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: just boil them, and those were not bad. They're fairly good. 188 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: I also also found some like prickly pears. I didn't 189 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: even realize that there were prickly pears there. I cut 190 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: into ap bull prickly pairs and it had like this 191 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: white sap, which I thought non white sap and cactus 192 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: is generally kind of stay away. The prickly pair that 193 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: we have in the Southwest that we eat has clear sap. 194 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: But there was another prickly pair there that looked a 195 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: little bit different, and I cut into that one, and 196 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: I had, like, the clear sap is very familiar to 197 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: what I had seen around southwest US, Arizona and everything 198 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 1: like that. So I cut some of that up, would 199 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: cook some of that. It's pretty good. It's kind of 200 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: like a bell pepper type flavor. Stalking along this little road. 201 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: Then you know, I'm like, all right, I'm living off 202 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: these plants, which is fine. I was doing pretty good, 203 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: but I thought, man, it would be great to have 204 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: some steak. And then sure enough, this little dyker comes 205 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: out and it's just this tiny little antelope. I'd say 206 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: it's like the size of like a super large jack rabbit. Um, 207 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: this one was pretty small. You know. At this point, 208 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: it's getting starting to get dark. It's pretty close I 209 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: draw my bow back, and he caught the movement and 210 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: turned towards me. I'm like, all right, this is kind 211 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: of it's not necessarily survival mode. I had food that 212 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: I was eating, just wild plants. Uh oh yeah, it's 213 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: called spec boom or elephant plant. It's just like this. 214 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: It's a succulent that you'd see at a store. I 215 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: actually had one in my house after this trip that 216 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: I kind of kept there just as a reminder of 217 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: eating so much spec boom. But it's got the sour 218 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: apple taste. You could probably find it like a succulent 219 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: shop or whatever. But it's got this sour apple taste, 220 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: like a pretty good texture. It's not bad. But when 221 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: I saw that diker, I thought, oh, fresh meat, that's 222 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: what I want. So I draw back. Thing turns kind 223 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: of towards me. I released the arrow and they're so 224 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: fast that it actually spun around and I hit it perfect, 225 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: quartering away ran into the bush, but I didn't. It 226 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: kind of looked like maybe I hit it back just 227 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: the way I saw the arrow, and I started to 228 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: look and couldn't find it, so I pulled out of there. 229 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: I went to camp, thought, man, what are the odds 230 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: that it's, you know, not gonna get eaten by something else. 231 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: Luckily enough, when I went back the next morning, I 232 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: found it. They're not very far from where I left, 233 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: but there's just no moon. My light battery was kind 234 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: of pretty dim and going out, and I just thought, well, 235 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: let's just go back in the morning, and sure enough 236 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: it turned out it was a cold night as wintertime 237 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: cooked up the meat. There's just like nothing better. On 238 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: those days where you've just been eating random plants, you 239 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: find to have some fresh camp meat. And that's to 240 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: me just kind of getting back to the basics. It's 241 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: it's not looking for the biggest animal. It's not anything 242 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 1: other than just kind of honing and testing my outdoor skills, 243 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: finding some plants I can feed on, being comfortable in 244 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: the wild, doing something alone in a new and unfamiliar area, 245 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: you know, getting into a little bit of danger with 246 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: the breaking the branch and in a small kind of 247 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: injury that could have been a lot worse, especially if 248 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 1: it hits somewhere different. It's not necessarily a survival story, 249 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: but it's just a story of building outdoor skills that 250 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: if needed or I was in another spot, would come 251 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: in very useful in a different scenario, a little bit 252 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: of history on I would say my survival skills or abilities. 253 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: I think that, just like anything, there's a lot of 254 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: things that need to practice. Now. I've been a part 255 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: of search and rescue missions that have been successful. I 256 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: actually found my wife in a search and rescue scenario. 257 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: I ended up saving her life. And I probably should 258 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,719 Speaker 1: have told that story, but I've told that story on 259 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: a couple of other podcasts you can find it, and 260 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: and I just didn't. Really It's one of those stories 261 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: that takes a lot of it's very emotional, it takes 262 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of telling, and I just 263 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: didn't have the energy, honestly to tell it right now. 264 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: But um, I also didn't want to tell a search 265 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: and rescue story because I wanted to tell a story 266 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: of those times where I go out and hone my 267 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: skills for the instances when you might need them the most. 268 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 1: And I've done that throughout my life, whether it's making shelters, 269 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: practicing different types of bushcraft skills. Things that I liked 270 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: to do in the summer growing up as a kid 271 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: was create different hunting tools, create different cooking methods like 272 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: starting fire honing skills that I might need one day, 273 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: because the last thing you want in an actual survival 274 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: or emergency is it to be the first time you're 275 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: doing something. It's probably not going to go as well 276 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: as you think. You can think about it in your 277 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: head all the time. And I'm not saying you have 278 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: to go out and starve yourself or whatever, but it's 279 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: a good idea to go out and test your skills 280 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: a little bit, to learn some skills, to practice these things. 281 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: And that's just where I'm coming from. So that's why 282 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: I wanted to tell a story about just being out 283 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: in the wild with the bare minimums, living off the 284 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: land and honing my skills. Now, you may not have 285 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: to go that extreme, but I'm gonna give you some 286 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: survival tips. We're gonna talk about survival, and I'm gonna 287 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: talk about the things that I think you need to 288 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: know and the things that I you need to do 289 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: or practice with and even have fun with. So when 290 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 1: I think about survival growing up, I actually learned about 291 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: desert survival at a fairly young age. We've taken classes 292 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: on desert survival and even through actually our elementary school 293 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: where I grew up, we had to do a desert 294 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: survival course, and I think that that is probably one 295 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: of they. I don't know if they still do that 296 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: in school's probably not. It's probably something that was lost 297 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: in everything that goes on now, but it's something that 298 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: is extremely beneficial to understand and know and get some 299 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: like guidance and practice to start out. So I'm gonna 300 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: be that guide for you today. But when I think 301 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: about survival, there's this adage in I mean, there's so 302 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: much stuff you can look up now on the subject. 303 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: When I was growing up, this was just there was 304 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: one book. It was like an encyclopedia on survival, and 305 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: I had that thing, and I would flip through that 306 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: book and literally try everything in it. And I think, 307 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: over the course of my life, I have done everything 308 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: in that book, look at least once, probably multiple times. 309 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: But if we're just talking about survival, we're going to 310 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: talk about the rule of three. So it's something where 311 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: they say the things you can't live without with So 312 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: they go three minutes without air, three hours without shelter 313 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: that could be in like harsh conditions, three days without water, 314 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: and then three weeks without food. So if you think 315 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: about okay, the basic tenants of survival. The thing as 316 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: hunters especially we think of. I was like, Oh, I'm 317 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: gonna go get some food, because it seems to me 318 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: like hunger is that thing that kind of drives you 319 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: that you're always thinking about daily. You know, you drink water, 320 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: but you don't really think about, yeah, I'm hungry or 321 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: I'm thirsty. It seems like hunger is like one of 322 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: the main things, but you can actually survive the longest 323 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: without it. Water is extremely important, but then you come 324 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: down to depending on the elements shelter protecting your body, 325 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: so staying warm or cool depending on the temperature is 326 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: out there. Now, I would add on one thing to 327 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 1: that rule of threes, and in my opinion, it would 328 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: be probably the most important to be like three seconds. 329 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: You can't survive three seconds with bad judgment, because sometimes 330 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: decisions just come down to a thought or a decision 331 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: that you can make that could actually put you in 332 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,479 Speaker 1: a worse position. So when I think about survival or 333 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: the idea of survival, it really comes down to slowing down, 334 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: calming down, thinking it out. That's your first step in 335 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: any situation. And if you look at search and rescue 336 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: things that I've been involved with personally as well as 337 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: stories that I've read. Most people have what they need 338 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 1: to survive on them or with them, but they just 339 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: either panic, they don't really analyze and know their gear 340 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: and the many uses of it, or they do something 341 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: extremely what you would call stupid. And so by understanding 342 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: your gear, understanding a few and knowing having a few skills, 343 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna probably survive any situation that comes your way, 344 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: you know, as a guide or whatever. I think a 345 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: lot of people that I interact with don't have the 346 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: skills that I think, like I would deem necessary or 347 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: things that I think are pretty basic. A lot of 348 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: people may not know. And I really believe that it's 349 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: because a lot of people put their faith in technology 350 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: now and so many of these skills are lost. You know. 351 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure generations before even me, when we didn't have 352 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: phones or GPS is to rely on. We had paper 353 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: maps and a compass, or we had I mean, when 354 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: I first started hunting alone, I would say, yeah, I'm 355 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: going out, how long are you going for? Two weeks? Okay, 356 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: good luck, have fun. If something happened in those two weeks, 357 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: everything was on me to get back to civilization. To 358 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: get back to where I was going to be safe. 359 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: You know, I tell people where I go. We'd set 360 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 1: up this kind of thing. But if something happened on 361 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: day one, you know, two weeks is a long time 362 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: before someone comes and looks for you. And now with 363 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 1: gps is, cell phones, satellite messengers, I think a lot 364 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: of people just put all their faith in that basket. 365 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: And I necessarily don't think that that's a good idea 366 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: because I think first, if we're gonna talk about survival, 367 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: we gotta say, well, well, what is survival And most 368 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: people think, well, it's getting lost and then surviving. Well, 369 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 1: it's not always that. Survival is just a lack of 370 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: things you need. So I mean, as we talk the 371 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: rule of threes, well you need shelter or you know, 372 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: a proper protection from the elements. You need water, you 373 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,719 Speaker 1: need food. So it could just be it might not 374 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: be getting lost, it might just be a lack of 375 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: those things. That could be too hot out. If you're 376 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: out hiking and it's a hundred degrees and you're in 377 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: the sun and then you're exerting yourself and you get 378 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: heat stroke, that could be a survival situation. If you're 379 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: out and you're crossing a stream and it gets deeper 380 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: and you get plunged into the water and come out 381 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 1: and it's below zero and get too cold. That's a 382 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: survival situation. You could just be hiking up day, hiking 383 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: up a canyon, or you drop your pack, you go 384 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: after an elk up the ridge and now you're out 385 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: of water. These are all survival situations. So what we 386 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 1: need to talk about is having the skills and knowledge 387 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: to probably avoid those situations. But if you get into 388 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: those situations, what you can do and what you have 389 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: on you and knowing how to use and do those 390 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: things to get out of whatever situation. So if you 391 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: ask me, hey, remy, have you been in a survival situation? Yes, 392 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,959 Speaker 1: I've been in many what I would consider survival situations. 393 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: There's times where I've been severely dehydrated and not had 394 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: the proper water or been able to find water. There's 395 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: times where I've one time, in particulars crossing a river 396 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: in New Zealand, got swept down the river, freezing cold, 397 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: got out, had to go find shelter, make a fire, 398 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: dry out, storm came in and that's a survival situation. Now, 399 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: was I scared or oh this is It wasn't like 400 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 1: being lost or anything like that. It was just saying, 401 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 1: here's a potential threat, and I just have the skills 402 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: to get through it. So it was just for me, 403 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: I just considered it another day. Like I said, there's 404 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: no such thing as an unprepared night. You know, you 405 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: hear a lot of guys like that. You go out 406 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: and plan on coming back, but you lose your way 407 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: on the way back to the truck. That's what we 408 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: refer to as an unprepared night out. You weren't preparing 409 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: or planning on spending the night out, but yet you're 410 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: lost temporarily or whatever, and you've got to spend the 411 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: night out with the right skills. It doesn't feel like 412 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: an unprepared night if you know what you're doing. You 413 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: could just say there's so many times where I'm hunting, 414 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: and the style that I hunt would be like big whacking, 415 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: where I'm just going out. I might just sleep that night, 416 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: get up and continue on. That's just part of what 417 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: I might be doing, so it wouldn't necessarily be an 418 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: unprepared night. So we're gonna talk about let's break down 419 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: the things that you need to know to survive the 420 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 1: situation sations that you're probably going to encounter at some point, 421 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: big or small. I would say the first is going 422 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: to be in that rule of three is one of 423 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: the most important. I mean, are we can just check 424 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: off the list because if you're underwater, swim to the surface. 425 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: You know, we all we all realize we can't can't breathe, 426 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: you can't live. But thinking about that staying warm or 427 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: staying cool and having that shelter. So number one would 428 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: be building a shelter and building a fire, fire in 429 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: combination with shelter. Most of the time hunters, we're hunting 430 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: in the fall through early winter. That's probably one of 431 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: the things that you're going to encounter at some point. 432 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: Being cooled. You could get caught in rainstorm and then 433 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: the temperatures could drop. You could be hiking through a 434 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: lot of deadfall, your clothes get soaked, it gets dark, 435 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: now it's cold. What do you do. Knowing how to 436 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: make and having a fire, it's probably one of the 437 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: most important outdoor skills that everybody needs to know. I'm 438 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,880 Speaker 1: always surprised that how many people have trouble starting fires 439 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: in inclement weather, wet weather. It's a skill that I 440 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: think a lot of people take for granted. It's because 441 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: they think, well, when you're at home, if you've got 442 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: a fireplace, you start a fire, but you have all 443 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: the things there. So I think the key to knowing 444 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: and understanding how to build a fire is to first 445 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: understand the materials that burn well in the areas that 446 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 1: you're at, and then starting small too big, and having 447 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 1: all and gathering all the materials and fuel ahead of time. 448 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: Some of the biggest mistakes when starting a fire would be, 449 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: you know, starting it with the wrong stuff, trying to 450 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: light the wrong thing, wasting energy getting it going and 451 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: they're not having enough stuff to feed it, or just 452 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 1: trying to start too big and not being able to 453 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: get it going because you have nothing to build on. 454 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: When I go to a new area, I take my lighter, 455 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: I find different materials that are similar to things that 456 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: I have where I'm at. So if I'm hunting in 457 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 1: the pine forest, some of the best fires started would 458 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: be pine pitch, stuff that burns for a long time, 459 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: real hot to start get it going. Pine needles they 460 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: burn hot and fast burns like kerosene. But then there's 461 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: other ways in places that you can find dry materials. 462 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: Some of the mosses burn really well. Um, just stuff 463 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: to to start the fire. Now, if I go into 464 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: a new area, say the Pacific Northwest, where it's really 465 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: wet and you know, like different types of trees and plants, well, 466 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: kind of try different things while I'm out there before 467 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 1: I have to make a fire to see, Okay, what 468 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: burns well? Well, okay, the inside of this bark burns 469 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: really good. If I'll remember that, Oh, this moss on 470 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: this particular type of tree grows really well. Oh these 471 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: dead leaves on this tree. Maybe I'm in an oak 472 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,439 Speaker 1: type forest, you know, maybe there's certain hardwoods that the 473 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: leaves burn really well and long. So what I like 474 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: to do is I just kind of find the materials 475 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: ahead of time when I don't need to build the fire. 476 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 1: Just examining what's around my scenarios. When I'm in a 477 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,400 Speaker 1: new area and the places that you hunt a lot, 478 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: you should know the materials that burn fire is really well, 479 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: Like what's the best fuel to build a quick fire? 480 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: And then know how to keep that and look out 481 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: for it. On late season hunts. When I'm elk hunting, 482 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: I'm building fires like every freaking time, I sit down. 483 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 1: To be honest, you know, if I'm gonna sit down 484 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 1: and glass for a few minutes, I'm just gonna build 485 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,439 Speaker 1: a quick fire. And by doing that, I've got you know, 486 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,199 Speaker 1: there's probably snow on the ground and there's not a 487 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: lot of fire danger of its spreading. Build a small fire, 488 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,880 Speaker 1: glass warm my hands up, put it out, walk on. 489 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: And I've done that so many times that you get 490 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: good at building fires and building those skills and knowing 491 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: what to look for. So, like I said, these are 492 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: just little skills that you need to practice along the way. 493 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: So if you come into some kind of quote unquote 494 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 1: air quotes survival situation, you already have the skills needed 495 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: to do what you need to do. Now. The second 496 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: part of that would be building a shelter. A shelter 497 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 1: is just anything that can kind of protect you from 498 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: the elements. It could be something that keeps you dry, 499 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: keeps you warm, keeps the wind off of you, allows 500 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 1: you to maybe sleep, or even just weather out a storm. 501 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: There's been times where I've been big wack hunting storms 502 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: rolling in I found a little rock overhang that I 503 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: crawled up underneath and made my camp in there. Um 504 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: I didn't have a waterproof anything, but you know, the 505 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: storm comes through, I mean my little baby underneath the 506 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: rock and then continue hunting or doing whatever. But also 507 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: just knowing, Okay, what do I have on me in 508 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 1: my pack that I can use to build a shelter 509 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: or just maybe we'll call a shelter something that helps 510 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: you keep you warm. So what clothes do you have 511 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 1: with you? You know your clothes can help be a 512 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: shelter from the elements. What maybe do you have this 513 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: waterproof do you have like a garbage bag in your pack? 514 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: What happens if you put your rein gear on and 515 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 1: then like used your pack as some form of shelter. 516 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: Maybe you lean some sticks up against the rock and 517 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 1: then cover that with pine boughs and bark. That's another 518 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: extreme form of a shelter, like building an almost tent 519 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: style shelter. There's so many different things like at that 520 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: while you're out there summertime, like now is a great 521 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: time you're gonna go out camping. Maybe you've got kids, 522 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: maybe you don't. You're never too old to go build 523 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: a shelter while you're out camping or just hanging out 524 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: in the outdoors doing these kind of things of saying, Okay, 525 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: in this area, what am I looking for. I've been 526 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: out in the Nevada Desert and built some just real cool, 527 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: almost like tent style structures out of different kinds of 528 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: pine boughs, sagebrush, piled it up, rocks, whatever, you know. 529 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: When I'm out hunting, if I'm getting into an area 530 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: that's a long ways away or it's starting to get dark, 531 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,199 Speaker 1: I'm going, Man, this is new. I don't have to 532 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 1: say I don't have a GPS. These are skills that 533 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 1: I've just kind of done over the years. I thought, okay, 534 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: what do I have in my bag? And while it's daylight, 535 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: looking around, saying, oh, hey, there's some rock rims over there. 536 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: I bet you there's a probably a pretty good spot 537 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: to shelter in because the wind's coming this way. Like, 538 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: as I'm hiking and walking through I'm always making mental 539 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 1: notes of places that would make good shelters. Play to 540 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: be quick and easy over oute where I'm at. If 541 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: worst case scenario, I can't get back to where I 542 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,360 Speaker 1: need to go, I need to stop and spend the night. 543 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 1: Most people get themselves in trouble because they go too far, 544 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: They wander, they get lost when they really could just 545 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 1: hang tight, wait a little bit and easily find their 546 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: way back in daylight. So I would say probably most 547 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: of those unprepared nights are just people going, Okay, maybe 548 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: they went too far, they don't have their their flashlight 549 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: dies there. Whatever, they're walking around, they're going, I thought 550 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: the truck was here, We should be back at the truck, 551 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: and they're back of the truck. You've lost your way 552 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 1: of navigating, You've lost your visual way points. Okay, maybe 553 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: now is just the time sit down, waited out and 554 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: find or create some form of shelter, spend the night, 555 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: and continue on in the morning. The thing about spending 556 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 1: a night outside, it's probably gonna be miserable, but it's 557 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: just a night. Hopefully it's just a night, you know, 558 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: Hopefully you don't unders so far off that you get 559 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: too far out of track it it becomes multiple nights. 560 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: One thing is is it's uncomfortable to sleep with if 561 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 1: you're napping in the daytime, it's super easy at night. 562 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: The grounds hard, the grounds cold, so shelter might even 563 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: be including making something to sleep on to insulate your body, 564 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 1: and you know, just protecting yourself against the almost staying warm, 565 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: moving around. It might be something where you get up 566 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: your cold, you've got a fire going, you keep that 567 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: fire going, stay warm, walking around building the fire. Who 568 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: knows even just keep walking around, get your blood flowing, 569 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: just so you don't get too chilled on those cold nights. 570 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: Let's jump into the next thing. I would say it'd 571 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: be finding water. A few podcasts back, I guess it's 572 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: probably two months now, we talked about purification, filtration, etcetera. 573 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: One thing you've got to think about in a quote 574 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: unquote survival situation. That might just be a situation where 575 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: you're out hunting. You brought one bottle of water, You've 576 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: gone fifteen ridges now and your plum out of water. 577 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: What do you do? Well, you can find water, but 578 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: is that water going to be safe and potible. I 579 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: like to carry some things with me, like iodine or 580 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: potible aqua or maybe even just you know, not every 581 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: hunt you have water filtration with you. You know, if 582 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: you're backpack hunting, backcountry hunting, maybe left at it can't 583 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: Maybe you know, on a day hunt, why would you 584 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: bring your water filter? You just carry the water you're 585 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: gonna use for the day. But you got in over 586 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: your head and now you're out of water. Lately, I've 587 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: actually been carrying my sterry pen kind of thing, but 588 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: I always have a little bit of iodine in my 589 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: first aid kit or some pottible aqua tablets just for that, 590 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: just in case. Now, if you do run out of 591 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: that and you find some water that you aren't necessarily 592 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: certain that is going to be clean, there's there's ways 593 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: that you can look for water and clean water. What 594 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: I like to do is like little seeps um. I 595 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: think about it like this. If like water runs through 596 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: about three inches of some kind of soil, it's it's 597 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 1: pretty much like some form of filtration, maybe not purification, 598 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: you know. So if you find like a seep where 599 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: the water is running out of the ground, where the 600 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: water is running under the ground and then back out, 601 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: that's probably a fairly safe source of water. If it's 602 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: something where you can dig down a little bit that 603 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: water fills up, you probably aren't going to have gardia 604 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: and other things in that like you would in a 605 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: stagnant pond and maybe a big stream that has beavers 606 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: stuff like that. There's a lot of water sources that 607 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 1: I've drank out of over the years, with no ill effects. 608 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: Now I'm not saying, yeah, go for it, and then 609 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: you get sick and you blame me. You got to 610 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,240 Speaker 1: use your judgment. But there's ways to find water that 611 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: may not necessarily need filtered, and I drink those a lot. 612 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: But if I'm worried about it, then I'll always go 613 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 1: the filtration route or purification route. Iodine or some kind 614 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,960 Speaker 1: of drops works good. If you don't have that, maybe 615 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: you're who knows like something went wrong, you're in the 616 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: back country, you've got a water source, you need to 617 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: filter your water. I've made filters before many times. Charcoal 618 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: filter is a good one. Like most your pump filters 619 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: actually filter water through charcoal. So what I would do 620 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: is take like you need two bottles, like a water 621 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: bottle and another bottle or whatever, and sometimes just like 622 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: a disposable like you know, plastic water bottle works good 623 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 1: for this. Sometimes I'll throw one of those in my pack. 624 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,440 Speaker 1: Is like an emergency water, so I got the main water. 625 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: That one's like hidden somewhere in case they need it. 626 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: But it's also good to mix drink mixes and uses 627 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: a filter. So you'll use some kind of cloth and 628 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 1: then start out pouring water over the filter into your 629 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: cup with like cloth was say, like rocks or stones, 630 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: and it's something that's clean, not dirt like gravel. Something 631 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: that would be like the first step. The second step 632 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: would be being breaking it down a little bit more 633 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: like some sand. You know, the dirt's kind of been 634 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 1: taken out of it, but washed out sand, pouring that 635 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: over so it drips through, say like a T shirt 636 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: or something, into the other water bottle. And then the 637 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: last step you take that out and then just using 638 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: like from your fire the charcoal pieces chot, like breaking 639 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: up the charcoal into a lot of pieces and compacting 640 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: it into your shirt and then pouring water over that 641 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:14,040 Speaker 1: and let it drip through into your other water container. Now, 642 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: the first couple of times you do it will actually 643 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: be like pretty sooty, pretty dark, but you can keep 644 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: doing it a couple of times, clear off a little 645 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: bit of that, get some of the ash off the charcoal, 646 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 1: and it will filter it at least and be better 647 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: to drink than just stagnant or untreated water worst case scenario. 648 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: But also knowing like the type of environment you're in 649 00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: and ways to find water in emergency situations is great 650 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 1: in the desert here. I've done things where we've put 651 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: like bags over leaves and stuff at night. You know, 652 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: with high and low temperatures high desert, you kind of 653 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 1: get some condensation in that and it can build up 654 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: some water. Honestly, it's not a lot water over plants, 655 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: like trapping condensation kind of sucks. That's like a worst 656 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: case scenario. I mean, if you're high king and hunting, 657 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: it's probably not going to be your your best option. 658 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: But if you're out of water and you've got no 659 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: other options, it's It's something to think about and at 660 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: least understanding those tactics a key skill to have to 661 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: get yourself out of a situation. Maybe it is one 662 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: of those situations where you went in somewhere your who 663 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: knows your GPS, your phone dies, you got turned around, 664 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: you know, how do you find your way out? Well, 665 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: knowing your directions to safety before you go somewhere is 666 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: a huge thing to keep in the back of your mind. 667 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,360 Speaker 1: So before I go into a new area, what I 668 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,640 Speaker 1: like to do is say, Okay, which direction am I 669 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: going in? Like look at a big overview map and 670 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: understand the way that the mountains go and where am 671 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: I going. Then also, no, okay, well, the waterways that 672 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,919 Speaker 1: are in this area, are they flowing to a main 673 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: waterway that's flowing to a way out? What happens if 674 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,960 Speaker 1: I go over the ridge? Where's that waterway flowing? And 675 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 1: understanding that at least you have in your mind, okay, 676 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: all the waterways go to this main waterway. So, um, 677 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: following water is a great way to get out of places. 678 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily always the best way. Like if you 679 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: are in an area where you go up over a 680 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: ridge and now it's kind of more of a divide 681 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: where everything on the other side flows to some other 682 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,600 Speaker 1: waterway that's way away from where you're at, But does 683 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: that get you out? Just knowing that going in of 684 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: like hey, worst case scenario, I can follow the water 685 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: to safety, or knowing, okay, the way the mountains are, 686 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: the way the canyons run if I get over on 687 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 1: the other side, like just understanding the big picture of 688 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: where you're going. My dad, it's the story he tells 689 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: a lot, but is before I was born, got into 690 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 1: a situation where if he pretty much got lost, um, 691 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: not pretty much got lost, he got lost, and the 692 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: only way he found his way out was just following 693 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 1: the water out finally led him to a road, and 694 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,120 Speaker 1: on that road he actually his dad. It was an 695 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,359 Speaker 1: outfit for my grandpa, who was an outfit at the time, 696 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: was just running up and down the roads at night, 697 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: like pretty much all day, just looking for him, and 698 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 1: happened to be My dad sees this light, waves it 699 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,960 Speaker 1: down and it's my grandpa's. You know, following water can 700 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 1: be a way to get you out, can also be 701 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,719 Speaker 1: a way to get you into a worse situation. But 702 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 1: if you have that knowledge of the area, you're going 703 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: into the big picture of it, what happens. You have 704 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,160 Speaker 1: those worst case scenarios like if you get lost, like 705 00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: you can't find your way back to the truck, how 706 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 1: can you find your way back to somewhere where you 707 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: can find your way back, And knowing that is a 708 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:24,320 Speaker 1: great thing before you even get into the area. Survival. 709 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,919 Speaker 1: I feel like it's been overused the term a lot. 710 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,640 Speaker 1: There's so many shows about it, there's so many quote 711 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: unquote experts about it, like people barking at other people. 712 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: That's not how you do that. This is how you 713 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,000 Speaker 1: do that. I mean, it's just here's what you should do. 714 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:39,359 Speaker 1: You should have some kind of bush skills, so you're 715 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: confident that if something happened, you can get out of 716 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: whatever situation you're in. And that's what you need to know, 717 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 1: and that's what you need to have, and those skills, honestly, 718 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: the best way to get them is there just while 719 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 1: you're out doing activities, while you're out hunting whatever. Use 720 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: those skills in times when you don't absolutely need it. 721 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it can be really fun. There's a lot 722 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: of things that I like to do. I mean, I'll 723 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: go I'll build shelters. I love making like clay bank 724 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,840 Speaker 1: ovens where I can you know, smoke um. Actually, like 725 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,920 Speaker 1: one time in Alaska, man I made this awesome oven 726 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,719 Speaker 1: out of the tundra and smoked a bunch of arm 727 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: again that I got with my bow while out there, 728 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,000 Speaker 1: and even some sheep meat. So it's like there's a 729 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: lot of things you can do while you're out and 730 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 1: maybe after the hunt that's fun. It's like kind of 731 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 1: builds to the experience. There's been times where I've just 732 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: gone out in the summer and caught fish with no tools, 733 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:34,359 Speaker 1: just my shoelaces, taking the para cord apart using that 734 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,360 Speaker 1: making a stick hook and catching some bait and catching 735 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 1: a fish, building fires, and then I'd say I skill 736 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 1: build a fire, build a fire, build a fire. Like 737 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: practice makes perfect. So just practicing those little skills and 738 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: have fun with it, it can be something that's extremely 739 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:55,480 Speaker 1: fun to do. I've made caught animals with bulos, I've 740 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,960 Speaker 1: hunted with homemade bows and spears and other things. Now 741 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 1: that's just something because I'm like into it. But I 742 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:05,799 Speaker 1: think that everybody in some way should just practice some 743 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 1: of these basic skills in case they get themselves into 744 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,879 Speaker 1: some bad situations. With the right knowledge and a few 745 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: of the right items, you can pretty much get through 746 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: whatever situation you need to. So I'm going to close 747 00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:24,120 Speaker 1: this podcast out with the top ten items that I 748 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:26,520 Speaker 1: always have. So I think I get I get asked 749 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,719 Speaker 1: all the time like do I need to take a 750 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,399 Speaker 1: should I take a survival kit? What do you take 751 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 1: in case of an emergency? I mean, you need to 752 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: take what you need to feel comfortable and confident. I 753 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,160 Speaker 1: personally don't carry a survival kit. I have in the past, 754 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: but they just becomes one of those things that just 755 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: ends up in your pack and it's bulky and heavy 756 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: and not a lot of stuff that you use that often. 757 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: But think about the things that you would use and 758 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: maybe those are something that have multiple uses and you 759 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: can have those in your pack. So I'm going to 760 00:38:57,280 --> 00:39:00,120 Speaker 1: run through top ten items that should probably always be 761 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 1: in your pack list fire making. So it's gonna be 762 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,319 Speaker 1: some kind of firestarter, a lighter, and maybe even a 763 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: secondary source if you want as well. Or I like 764 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,319 Speaker 1: to keep up lighter in my pocket and I have 765 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: one in my pack, or I always keep one in 766 00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,279 Speaker 1: my first aid kit. Well, actually it's a first aid 767 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: kit number two. I always have my first aid kit 768 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,839 Speaker 1: and there's a couple of other things that I put 769 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 1: in there. I know the contents that are in it, 770 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: and a lot of them have other purposes. I've got 771 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,479 Speaker 1: medical taper, um, I've got i a dyne in there 772 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: I will throw um. I actually sometimes have like a 773 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 1: little small compass and I just do a first like 774 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,200 Speaker 1: they make these like lightweight backpacking first aid kits, and 775 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,040 Speaker 1: then I add some of my other stuff in there, 776 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,919 Speaker 1: a little bit of other medicines that I might need 777 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,520 Speaker 1: that small compass, like a little baggy of potible aqua 778 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: and a lighter. Having those items in there is just 779 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,759 Speaker 1: it's like cool. If something happens, I could pull that 780 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,560 Speaker 1: kid out and I know that I've got things in. 781 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 1: There is a little bit of thread and needle. I 782 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: mean I can even use that needle to make a 783 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,839 Speaker 1: fishing hook and other things. So that little first aid 784 00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 1: kit has some of the things that I like. Now 785 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 1: out of that first aid kit, some of the I 786 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,600 Speaker 1: guess Number three would be those potable aqua or water 787 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:12,560 Speaker 1: purification tablets. Number four a knife or multi tool. You 788 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: need it for hunting, but man, that thing has so 789 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:19,880 Speaker 1: many uses for survival or just comfort situations. It's that 790 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,360 Speaker 1: must have Number five cordage or like pecord or mule 791 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: tape something like that. You can use it for so 792 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: many different uses. I mean it's not just for survival type, 793 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:32,799 Speaker 1: because I mean I use it to hang corders. I 794 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: use it to hold down my tents. I use it 795 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 1: just like when you're packing out, to tighten things whatever. 796 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 1: Number six garbage bags now I use like big thick 797 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 1: contractor bags. It's probably the most underrated piece of gear 798 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: in your equipment. I use it to line my pack 799 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,839 Speaker 1: when I'm packing out. But honestly, I mean I've used 800 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,400 Speaker 1: them to cross rivers as waiters I've stuffed them with 801 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: pine boughs and used it as like a sleeping pad 802 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 1: when my broke to keep me warm. M I've used 803 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,160 Speaker 1: them just even like throw my pack in when it's 804 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: raining outside so I have more room in my tent, 805 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,799 Speaker 1: And they're just like or just you know, if you're 806 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,719 Speaker 1: really cold. I've had these like hunts where the temperature 807 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,839 Speaker 1: drops and the wind just feels like it's ripping through 808 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,560 Speaker 1: your sleeping bag. Early you know, maybe it's an early 809 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 1: season hunting temperature drops. Stuffing your sleeping bag in that 810 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: garbage sack just like helps block the wind. You know, 811 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,320 Speaker 1: Sleeping in this big black garbage bag inside your sleeping 812 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,320 Speaker 1: bag blocks the wind, warms your body up. It's awesome. 813 00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,040 Speaker 1: Duct tape. Here's another one. I mean what I do 814 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: is I wrapped my duct tape around the next item 815 00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: on the list, a water bottle. Yeah, you're probably always 816 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,719 Speaker 1: always gonna have a water bottle. Some people use bladders. 817 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 1: I prefer the bottles. I use it for other things 818 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,319 Speaker 1: while I'm out hunting. But I wrapped my duct tape 819 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,440 Speaker 1: around that water bottle. And it's nice to have a 820 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,080 Speaker 1: bottle that I can, you know, if I needed to 821 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,440 Speaker 1: pour water from or filter whatever. You can do it 822 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,480 Speaker 1: with bladders as well. One thing that I do like 823 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: to take I guess this would be like number now 824 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,280 Speaker 1: mind late season or back country, I like a metal 825 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:06,640 Speaker 1: camp cup if possible. If I'm going back country, I'll 826 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,799 Speaker 1: make my camp cup like a little metal one because 827 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,799 Speaker 1: I can boil water in it whereast case scenario, I 828 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,319 Speaker 1: can also melt snow with it. And then I have 829 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,320 Speaker 1: like another thing if I need to transport water or whatever. 830 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,360 Speaker 1: It's just good to have. And then I would say 831 00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 1: the last thing is I always keep like a reserve 832 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,320 Speaker 1: of food. So it might just be like an energy 833 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,520 Speaker 1: bar that I put in a strange pocket. That's like, 834 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,560 Speaker 1: all right, that's only if I really need it. I 835 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,480 Speaker 1: never actually, like if I'm going out, even on a 836 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: day hunt, like I'll never eat all the food that 837 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,960 Speaker 1: I have. I always leave like a good portion of 838 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,480 Speaker 1: high calorie like a high calorie bar, and maybe it's 839 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,720 Speaker 1: a cliff bar or whatever. I'll leave that for those 840 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,279 Speaker 1: it's taken me all night to get out kind of scenarios. 841 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,040 Speaker 1: It's like, oh man, I might need some extra energy 842 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,439 Speaker 1: to get out, Like having that reserve is always good. 843 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: And then this this bonus item. Something that I used 844 00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 1: to take a lot was like a a small it's 845 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 1: like a tarp that had a reflective site on it. 846 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,800 Speaker 1: Not the survival like the chintzy survival tarps, but like 847 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,680 Speaker 1: an actual utility tarp, but like a small one, like 848 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:10,839 Speaker 1: a six ft by five foot size. I'd use that 849 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,960 Speaker 1: for actually like skinning out animals, putting meat on if 850 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,319 Speaker 1: there's nowhere to hang it, like I've been in a 851 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:16,759 Speaker 1: real flat area and don't want it to get in 852 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,960 Speaker 1: the dirt. Now I use carry game bags and everything, 853 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,960 Speaker 1: but that was something that I used back in the 854 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,120 Speaker 1: day a lot. But it also gave me great peace 855 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,319 Speaker 1: of mind for having something for signaling as well as 856 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:29,920 Speaker 1: you know, wrapping around me or building a shelter. So 857 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,960 Speaker 1: anything that you think you might need to be comfortable, 858 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,439 Speaker 1: go ahead and take, but understand what's in your pack, 859 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,399 Speaker 1: what you've got, and how to use those things. Then 860 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:44,840 Speaker 1: do some practicing and put what you have into practical applications, 861 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 1: and that way you'll never have a night, whether you 862 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:53,200 Speaker 1: planned on it or not, that is unprepared. I hope 863 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,239 Speaker 1: that helps you guys, maybe gives you something to do 864 00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,200 Speaker 1: this summer or while you're in quarantine, go do a 865 00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,080 Speaker 1: little bit of fun survival thing. If you do something, 866 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,120 Speaker 1: tag me in it. I'd love to see it. Be 867 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,200 Speaker 1: cool to share some of that stuff with everyone else, 868 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,520 Speaker 1: So appreciate all the interaction I get with everyone. That's 869 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,319 Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing what everybody comes up with. 870 00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:13,719 Speaker 1: Be kind of cool to to check that kind of 871 00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: stuff out. I think next week, maybe let's talk about 872 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:20,319 Speaker 1: some essential gear gears like honestly the number one thing 873 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,000 Speaker 1: I get asked about. So I was thinking about doing 874 00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,879 Speaker 1: a like a day hunt pack dump like and then 875 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: maybe like a multi day, five day kind of pack 876 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: dump and comparing the two what I've got, the essentials 877 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,040 Speaker 1: that I have. So yeah, I think that that would 878 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:36,280 Speaker 1: be good. Yeah, if you guys, if you think about 879 00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,600 Speaker 1: it and you don't subscribe, you know, I've said it 880 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,319 Speaker 1: a couple of times before, but it helps us out, 881 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:43,799 Speaker 1: so do it. That'd be sweet. I don't like telling 882 00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:45,279 Speaker 1: people what to do. Don't do it if you don't 883 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 1: want to do it, but if you want to, that's 884 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:53,440 Speaker 1: cool too. So until next week, everybody, stay safe and survive. 885 00:44:54,480 --> 00:45:00,799 Speaker 1: Get you later. Und