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Great Instruction Video !! These Skills will save Your Bacon, if understood and used. Great Practice !! Thank You. H.

I need this ! The new compass looks fantastic. I hope it does the job. Thanks for the wonderful video. I hope you have a fantastic week. - Josh

Appreciate this great video, Brother.

Beautiful! I love the '?' marker on the final tree. That requires employing both critical and creative thinking. I watched a video with Dave Canterbury field testing an example of mapping out an unfamiliar area, using the pegs/sticks in the ground that you mentioned, employing the records of pace count, azimuth and reverse azimuth for all locations. The result is you can return to the start point from any position in the area being charted out, but he waited until the last location to reveal how you can input some very simple math (assuming your PC/Az/RAz records are accurate!!), dial in the final bearing and just walk it out, back to 'base camp' on the bearing you resolved. Both fantastic videos, fantastic orienteering exercise...and a fantastic practical field exercise. I hope it was a fun time for your youth group. Out of curiosity, how did they make out!!?? Love this channel, Matt. You are providing an excellent resource for understanding bushcraft/survival skills. Thank you!

very well thought out..good luck with your class..safe journeys

Nice course, Matt. Thank you for the lesson on navigation.

Nice video. Thanks. Down here in NZ I use cow ear tags, last a bit longer in the outdoors. And can do different colors for different routes. But slightly more expensive.

Great video Matt. I have never seen someone set up a practice nav course. Of course poison ivy would be involved, I think it at a nav course requirement.

Boy that looks like fun! I would like to do that course as well. I like to watch all these bushcraft type videos so I can stay sharp while I’m in the woods. You never did say how you liked that little Silva compass. Was it accurate?

I greatly appreciate the time and effort you devote to share your knowledge and experience. By any chance will you cover edible and medicinal plants?

also interested if you ever use the "finger pointing" method of attaining an azimuth....and checked it out vs. the "cheek sight" method. The finger pointing method is also pretty accurate for most land nav applications in general....when pin-point accuracy is not needed...

great starting level course....!! Interested in if the silva mini compass was accurate....and whether you had your declination set on the MC-2.....and if that caused the mini compass to be off a few degrees (unless it can be set too).

Matt, What is the best way to verify the accuracy of my compass so I will use it and trust the bearings? I took 5 devices ( Suunto MCll, Silva Guide 426, my cell phone, old Silva Boy Scout Compass 1051, and A Casio Pathfinder Watch) aligning the edges to grid north (top of map). I got 5 different bearings. I’m flummoxed. Talking about readings ranging from 48 degrees to 86 degrees. I don’t know if any of them are correct. Any ideas on verifying the accuracy before you head into the woods?

PS- this course is going to be great for your youth group....!!!

Was that a tombstone?

It's a good skill you demoed , my cal 1= 115 metres, 2=70metres ,3=128m,4=119.4m,5=197m,6=222m,7=157.7m. Am i on the right track ? Tks

the only thing I disagree with is the use of nails being pounded into the tree. There are many other methods to do this without pounding in nails.

What’s your location for the youth group?