I gotta tell you Brother, I wish we lived closer so I could buy you a cup of coffee. You are a huge help to all of us who enjoy the outdoors. As I am sure you agree, we never stop learning. Any of us who thinks there is an end to the knowledge of the woods is wrong and you my friend are an open book and I thanks you. May God continue to bless you and your family. Thanks Dave. Kevin

Dave I just want to thank you for what you do. I have learned so much over the last few months. I have reached the ripe old age of 65 and am still learning. I love to hunt and fish. I will get back to camping in the spring after about a 25 year break. This time I plan on a doing it with out the camper or store bought tent. Back to nature. Thank you

Dave, I have been following your channel for years now and always enjoy living vicariously through your outdoor adventures. I am disabled so not able to get outdoors much. Your work with these videos is such a blessing to me I wish you the very best.

Dave, I have always thought about the basic 5Cs of survival along with the 10Cs thanks to you. Blessing to you Brother and keep the reviews coming.

Thanks for taking us out into the woods with ya Dave. I am thankful for video camera's. Gives us all a chance to hang out with you, and learn something new, even though we all cant be there. Thank's for sharing Dave. Stephen, Ohio

Thanks Dave, Your the best man!

I could watch videos like this all evening long. So much so, I might not get anything else done. Thanks for all you do!

Dave, I've been watching you for years and I can say that this was one of your best videos. You are truly one with your environment. Thank you for showing us what right looks like. Spyder

I have been using your 5/10C mentality since you brought it all to us and have never been unprepared, whether it be on an unexpected overnight hunt or an emergency.

love these kinds of videos brother, hope to see some more!

Love the basics bro. Been reading Sears and Kephart, at your recommendation. Both very knowledgeable. It is awesome to see you show what they taught and wrote about, also your 21st Century take on it all. I also appreciate your candid, straight forward responses to questions and comments. "Finer n frog hair" and humerous at times. Any chance you ever thought about doing something like a live chat session? I know I'd tune in. You already do alot for us out here, but just thinking aloud.

No matter how many times you cover the 5 C's, its always valuable and enjoyable. You've given me a bad case of Spring Fever though. Thanks always!

Dave, This series is great. I agree with you all the way, sleep and food are the two most important parts to keeping a good attitude and staying alive. I sure hope you do a lot more video's like this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge as always

Love you videos Dave have learned so many things from watching them over and over.

Great video Dave. I love the calm thorough approach - never boring to see the little details of what you do.

This exactly the same system I find myself most attracted to: Common sense, near maintenance-free bulletproof gear with weight savings coming not from sacrificing quality, but from using multi-use items in order to eliminate unnecessary bits. I love old world gear (leather, wool, etc...), next USGI Surplus Gear and then I dabble in Expedition Grade gear. But give me steel, wool, leather, wood any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Weight? it weighs what it needs to weigh to keep me alive.

I've tried sleeping without a net tent twice, once on top of a usgi poncho with a woobie as a blanket, and once inside of a usgi Gore-Tex bivy with a usgi poncho as a tarp. Both times I was eaten alive by mosquitoes, and the last time I found 3 ticks on myself afterwards. My net tent is 14.7 Oz, and I will not be camping without it.

Greetings Dave. I wanted to finally drop you a note here. I truly love this series of yours. As much of a 'gadget' guy as I am I still love the basics. Knowing what was used in the past and how it was used is truly the basis for what we do today. For me it just amounts to finding modern versions of the basic items that will still do the job. That's why I enjoy your channel so much. It's mostly about the knowledge and then what you can use to implement it. Thanks so much.

Always a pleasure to stop by.

Thanks for all the time and effort you put into these videos. Andy

Been watching your videos for a little while now. I love your "modern longhunter" approach. I do 18th century living history events in Southern Illinois. I've recently started getting more and more interested in trekking. Several of your videos, this one included have helped me take a look at my "rendezvous" camp and see how easy I could pare it down to longhunter trekking gear. And how that same kit and skiillset can be applied to a SHTF scenario. Thanks for the great work... keep 'em coming!

For some reason this video really hit me, I have seen all of this before in your other videos but this one put it all together in a no frills way.

Dave, I said it before and I will say it again... you have learned, demonstrated and teach the best survival philosophy I have ever seen! The 5/10 C's are so simple, effective and powerful. I refer anyone who asks me about this type of stuff to your videos. Thank you sir!

I've never seen one of those Voyageur tins in action before, a little bit of living history fantastic stuff!

despite what others may say every one makes mistakes and my family and i support you, your family and your incredible work

Dave. You may or may not have tried this. To clean your muzzleloader use equal parts of Murphys Oil Soap, Hydrogen Perixide, and Rubbing Alcohol. If shooting a flintlock, u can use a toothpick to plug your touchhole usually. Pour contents into your barrel and rapidly brush your barrel. Its like back woods foaming bore cleaner. There is a chemical reaction and the peroxide debridges the barrell. Carry the three ingrediets in 6 hr energy shot bottles. All contents dual purpose. Brush teeth w perox

Thank you for the video, I am taking another look at your Bushcraft 101 book and was drawn to one of your videos as I took a break!

Dave, I love this series. I have wanted to get back to this style of hunting/camping/survival for quite some time now. Keep up the awesome videos.

That little fire starting tin was amazing. Scrolling *way* down through the comments I found it was a Hudson Bay Tobacco Box, made of brass. Dave sells them on his site. Just bumping this info to help others out.

DAMN DAVE, sorry about that, but, jeez, YOU the MAN, Cody just doesn't come close, barefoot or not. Keep it up. It's about adaptation, conquer and succeed. YOU keep it simple. Stay free and alive. Basics WILL keep you alive. LOVE YOU MAN!

Dave you look like a Harrison Ford of the woods. I loved this video. You always say a humble thank you at the end of your vids, never ask for "likes, comments or subscriptions" like lots of people, I love what your channel is about. Keep up the fantastic stuff you do. THANK YOU Also, I like the point on a good nights sleep and a full belly, I agree that with those two things, you can suffer an awful lot and keep going!

Excellent video Dave. You covered several points that I'm interested in. Procuring food and getting a good night sleep in the woods. If these skills are learned and you have the 5 C's, you have it made. Keep up the good work.

Nice video Dave! I absolutely love oil cloth tarps really oil cloth anything. When you see the National Geographic Show I did I hope you like the black powder gun and the self bow and flint and steel fire starting and stuff. I tried to represent the self reliance world as well as I could. LOL!!! I learned a lot from you Brother! God Bless!!!

Great series, I also don't recall ever reading that alcohol was used for old time cooking. Too valuable as disinfectant or for trade, even folks who didn't drink kept some on hand. First processed recreational drink in the new colonies was a wine made from berries, grapes had yet to be grown here.

out of all the videos you do on tarp shelters, this is definitely my favorite one.

Watching Dave build fires is a thing of beauty. He makes it look effortless. Just, boom: fire.

one of the best video you have ever made dave thank you brother God bless.

Man you are just f*cking awesome, and you truly are like a father to me.

Always something to learn. Thanks for helping us do that, Dave!

Great fire choose... I been practicing my skills very chance I get. I practice my fire skills very weekend, My fishing skills 1 to 2 days in week. It's funny allot of things I remember it from my grandmother who grow in the country in PR... Keep the great videos...

Getting a good night sleep and a full belly! These advices couldn't be more true! The real key to be sustainable in the woods, not just a short-term passenger...

Dave very good video, really love the old style and always have. On my last camp i was telling my buddy that all we used really was a match, tarp,sleeping system and rope.Tho used canteen to cook in. You dont need much as you said, shelter,cook kit, sleeping system that is it. I made a vid if you want to check it out.

Dave. I enjoy watching all your videos. Thanks.

Thanks for all of the knowledge Dave God bless you and your family and I would like to add that I just got my pathfinder knife in the mail and I have to say it is rapidly becoming my fav knife

Another excellent video Dave, thanks brother

I get the idea about 'Survivability', but what about 'Thriveability? Those guys you mentioned, including Kephart and Sears, all enjoyed their luxuries as well! Tobacco, including pipes and plug, dried meats, staples like floor etc, I would like to see you do a video on some of these luxury items that induce 'thriveability' like they had for extended woodland stays, and how it would all fare in carry with the basics. Thanks!!

That's an odd comment. I'd rather have a spool of #36 bank line over para cord or any other cordage. The stuff is amazing!!

If you still have access to the old website, setup a simple redirect to the new site. It will take about two minutes.

Dave, it's good to see your hair! It's been two years straight of you wearing a hat! I thought maybe that hat was stitched to your head.

You are providing a great service to us Dave.If one is broke like me or the richest man alive, we can come and take of this info you're giving for free. I want to say Thank You!

Another great video, Dave! I love the use of the Hudson's Bay tin!

one of my favorite set ups boss. use it all the time.

I hate ticks, I found one on me this spring all ready. I couldn't believe it since it was around 40f all day and dipped well below freezing at night, yet the little bastards where still moving around. Excellent video, I'm afraid I'm on the other spectrum of traveling light when it comes to camping everything except the kitchen sink.

That tripod is sturdy enough to last a hundred years. Lol. Good stuff.

Dave, thanks for the video. Excellent info!

Have you found wool warm enough for the three seasons? Always used down sleeping bags when backpacking and they're too bulky and heavy.I'd like to substitute the sleeping bag for a wool one,along with a decent tarp

I'm glad to see you teach this kind of mind set. I think people want to know weight because their lugging around so many comfort items.

Dave it's great that you go into the old school ways. Modern gadgets although cool are leaving alot of people in a position when without would be lost. keep up the good work. Dads Corner SRK

Thank you for the video Dave!

Dave, what is the blanket wrapped in? A tarp? You used to advocate the blanket on the outside and the tarp on the inside in order to protect the tarp. Here's an observation: many people are horribly out of shape, so I guess they do need to be concerned about pack weight. Also, if one becomes sick or injured, the weight of a pack becomes a major consideration. I'm just thinking out loud, Dave. Excellent video!

Dave- Can't get enough of the long-hunter videos. Love Cabin Fever series and Waters Edge as well. One question: I'm not sure why, but I really like that little metal waterpot you're using here. Where can I find one like that?

Would be (legally) toeing the line a bit but will give it a try anyway! Thanks again

Great Tarp Setup. I like!

bad ass Dave. miss seeing you on the tube. cheers from so cal

Regarding the bed roll carrier, I'm wondering why they made are not made with quick release brass buckles. Apparently they've been used since at least the 17th Century. Firemen during the Great Fire of London had them securing their hoses.

Youre ending point was very good Dave!

'Eat well and sleep well' is my outdoor saying. This video endorses it.

Man I MISS the old school Canterbury philosophizing. Miss it dearly. A quick note re the way 2023 backpackers vapor lock on weight: -they are not woodsmen. Most never make the mental and spiritual transition out of 2023 and back into what mankind has always been -their on trail capabilities (or lack thereof) are pathetic. Most approach even long through hikes with a 911 mentality. Whereas we came up taught self sufficiency in the wilderness from day one they treat it like a walkthrough exhibit. A museum installation -featherweight fixation is a marketing tool and a bastardizing of Ray Jardin’s original outdoors philosophy -bear bells, poop tubes and fear of campfires tells me two things: I don’t want to venture anywhere with them and don’t want them for neighbors -our ancestors didn’t approach the wilderness with the ever present “Mr Helicopter” in their haversacks. They knew either they remedied injuries or likely would have to learn to live with longer term results. That awareness demands the upmost in empowerment, performance and personal responsibility

Dave you should make videos every friday or so where you answer questions from your viewers, via youtube, twitter, etc.

good videos keep them coming brotha

Great vid Dave. Is there any historical evidence of the frontiersman carrying a spade with them. Though I don't bring my Gerber folding shovel often, I think it would be an indispensable kit item for any extended stay. Its versatility never fails to amaze me when I do bring it. Thanks for all.

Dave, just curious. Did 18th century frontiersman generally boil their water? I assume that micro bacteria and germs weren't all that well known back then. Great video. Keep it up and God bless!

lol, I like that you adapt to modern days. It is good of course to know the basic skills...but like the squirrel cook in there....it adds convenience which is what the pioneer would use I would think. You have your "die hard, live off the land" type, but this is 2013...using some modern conveniences is what the pioneer would have used!!

Dave, I have come to the conclusion that my main source of food year round will be 'birds'. I would like to see you do some variables of bird snares. In every season and in all kinds of weather, there are thousands of birds coming and going. I think this knowledge of how to catch dozens of birds a day should the need arise should be common knowledge and one of the first things a person should do after securing camp. What do you think about my mindset here?

Thanks to ppl like you- I've gotten my Shit together and have put my family in a better situation of self reliance. we garden heavily and this year we started with hens. after sandy hit up here in long island NY i convinced my wife that we do need a small wood stove(plus it saves a hell of alot on my yrly oil bill).The meat situation at the supermkt is out of hand. Cheapest crap there is chicken. whats ur take on procuring meat out of season? All those wild geese that shit at schools n parks?

Great video Dave! You're right about the five C's, every group of people through history had essentially these things. It looks like June in Ohio but it is only April, Lord help me, Aprils in Canada are like prizes from games at a circus you know you're gonna get something but it usually crap and you never like it!

Did you ever do any study into Col. Townsend Whelan? He was quite the outdoorsman too. Lots to learn from Col Whelan.

Thanks for posting!

It was a fleeting reference in another longhunter video, never gonna find it again though! open fires are an issue where i live so was just curious if there was a traditional alternative, thanks though!

another great vid Dave!!

puting sulfer pwder on can help repel ticks.

Hey Dave, like all your video brother keep'em coming, But was wondering about the S.A.N. series and how's that going. And do you expect to be doing some more in the future, Thanks

great video dave thank you

hey dave. i remember you talking a while back about how the pioneers would have had some kind of alcohol available to them as a fuel for cooking. just curious as to what that would be and how it would have been used. The only thing i can think of is a trangia and i don't know how long they've been around. Any examples of stove arrangements that you know of? Thanks for the videos as always!

Is the term "longhunter" referring to the gun you're using or as in long-term? The tin with the charred pulp wood, did it have a lens built into the lid and was it sold for the purpose you use it for? Great video as always. Thanks bud.

Speaking as a Army Vet., I look for Dave to cut that hair and beard once Ohio's heat and humidity begins (end of May). I will call him on it at the spring gathering. lol

When is tick season? We got it pretty bad in Missouri a few years back in July. Great job. Thanks.

Scottish highlanders carried oats and a pan. They mixed the oats with water to make cakes to sustain themselves.

well it is now tick season, at least here in south central ky.. the ticks have always been bad around here and now we have had two mild winters in a row. i think they will be mounting a major assault on us this year. what did the outdoorsmen of old do to help keep ticks from snacking on them? i remember in the hunting magazines from the 70's they said you could eat the heads from a match two or three times a week and that would keep them off you. do you or any of your viewers have any methods.

you should do more cast iron cooking

Dave, do you plan on selling those canvas tarps at the Pathfinder store in the future??? Stephen, Ohio

very cool vid.

Found about a pound of models here in southwest Iowa with my kids. Was a good time, ticks like crazy though.

Great vid as always. Do you have a all natural way of some type of Slav to keep the ticks off. It's a real problem all year round where I chill out I use store bought stuff which isn't real healthy in . The long haul

Do you have a time frame of when the bedroll from Duluth is coming out? Last video you mentioned it was still in R&D. Thanks Dave!

Dave you look better without the head wear! More like a frontiersman lol

Love the vids Dave, I bet you have a can of monster in the bottom of that haversack, hahaha

Dave liking your direction lately more towards frontier less Humvee

How did they sleep warm in the middle of winter with just a wool blanket? Heat up rocks and put them under them with a layer of dirt between the rocks and the blanket?

i always find it pretty funny when you always youse your lovely bankline! so funny (for me)