LOL! Thank you Shawn! I hope you will still do it. It will get to more people that way. It is funny, I was watching your ridgeline video when your comment popped up!

Black Hat Bushcraft I have a different idea now. Great video

Thank you my friend! I appreciate that. Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I also appreciate you taking the time to tune it and I hope you enjoy what you see here. Welcome!

Thank you so much Lonnie! I appreciate you taking the time to tune in and comment sir! Take care.

They truly are! They can better so loud too! I have seen more than usual this year. They seem to be more abundant. Thank you for your time, interest and kind words my friend!

Thank you so much for coming over Connor! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion! I really appreciate him recommending my channel. He is a great instructor and a good friend. Thank you so much for your interest and kind words and welcome to the channel!

Thank you so much for coming over! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I am glad you are here and I hope you will find these videos to be interesting and informative. Take care.

You know Shawn. I don't believe anyone questions his integrity, certainly not me. If he says someone is worth watching and supporting, ya know it;s true. Went over your video list and I am ashamed to admit I haven't ran across you before. Looks like I got some videos to watch this weekend.

@@blackhatbushcraft same with me here, he endorses you, doing the same instructional video on this free standing shelter...was able to learn other tips... :)

Thank you so much my friend!

Excellent! I bet they will enjoy practicing this and it will be a good additional skill for them to own. Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in and comment Jeffrey!

Thank you so much Scotty! I appreciate that buddy!

Thank you so much my friend! I really appreciate your interest and kind words!

I am really glad this was helpful! That's what it's all about, passing on and sharing ideas and knowledge. Take care and happy camping!

Thank you so much Bill! I appreciate that brother!

Definitely and it can be tweaked to adapt to different tarps and conditions just depending. Thank you for your time and interest!

Thank you so much for your kind words my friend! I appreciate your time and interest.

I agree 100%. It is one of the best in my opinion. Thank you so much for your kind words Jamie! I really appreciate it!

Thank you so much brother! I really appreciate your kind words! Thanks for tuning in and God bless you and yours my friend!

Thank you Ciaoo! I appreciate your kind words! I honestly can't claim this as my own idea but I am just passing on what has been shown to me. I appreciate you taking the time to tune and and comment my friend!

Black Hat Bushcraft love your videos and speaking style!

LOL, That one is starting to stick:) Thank you for your time, interest and kind words!

Thank you so much for your interest and kind words!

Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. Thank you so much for coming over! I appreciate you taking the time to tune in and your kind words! Welcome to my channel!

Thank you so much for your kind words and for tuning in! I am glad you enjoyed the setup! Toggles are awesome and so helpful for us bush crafters:) Take care!

Thank you so much for your time and the kind words my friend!

Thank you so much Greg! I really appreciate your kind words.

I agree 100% Eric! That was a miserable demo lol! I appreciate you tuning in brother and hope you will keep in touch! Keep on that bow drill as well. I hope to see you back at the school again at some point for another class. Take care buddy!

Absolutely my friend!! Thank you so much and I hope you will indeed enjoy the videos! You are very welcome here!

Thank you so much for taking the time to tune in Thomas! I appreciate your interest and kind words!

Thank you so much Bill! I appreciate you tuning in and sharing a kind word.

Thank you so much for the sub! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I really appreciate your interest and kind words! Welcome.

Thank you so much for those kind words Allen! I really appreciate you interest and support over the years my friend! I am still at it, just being myself here on the BHB channel. I am really glad you have found me here and I hope you will enjoy this content as you did the old. Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. Welcome to the channel and feel free to comment or ask questions on anything you see here. Take care Allen.

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for your kind words brother! I really appreciate that and I thank you for your time and interest! I hope you are doing well!

Thank you so much for the sub! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I really appreciate your time and interest and welcome!

You are exactly right brother! It gives you total control of your shelter setup and allows you to locate regardless of trees or other features to setup on. Thanks for taking the time to tune in and comment my friend!

Good demo. Here around St. Louis a wind rose shows only 6 percent of the wind is from the northeast. That would help aim the opening to keep out of direct wind most of the time. I expect you could easy move the bipods and stakes if it did change during a rain storm. If you had a single tree, you could put a closed loop around it and shift the plowpoint around the tree as needed. Swirling wind and rain could make it tough to stay dry.

Thank you for your kind words and for tuning in Shawn! I really appreciate it brother!

A good plow point is a fine shelter in my opinion! I appreciate you tuning in Josh and I am glad you got something from it! Take care my friend!

I have had a few others say they like using trekking poles as well. I think that is a good solution if you have it. I think that is why I enjoy bushcraft/woodcraft/camping so much, because there are so many different approaches and techniques to learn and test that it seems endless. I enjoy seeing new ways and the improvisation that we can come up with when needed. I am like you, I try to avoid cutting live trees if I can help it. In my area, we have so much deadfall that I can usually get away with using that. A while back I did a video on a Tentsmith's tarp setup. I used a single pole setup for that. I wonder if it is a similar concept to yours? Thanks for tuning in and commenting my friend!

At that time my hiking staff was a dead fall limb from a pecan tree on my grandfathers property in Bartlesville Oklahoma my next one was also from my grandfathers property and it was from a dead Osage Orange "tree" both were right at 6 feet long and about 2 inches at the top and tapered to an inch or so at the bottom ,and both were full of sentimental value (to me)...but as all things in nature they had to be replaced eventually and now I use adjustable trekking poles (a Walmart find).

Thank you so much for you kind words Todd! I really appreciate it brother! I know there are other methods but it is good to have multiple options to work in any environment or conditions.

Thank you so much brother!

Thank you for the kind words Larry! Take care.

Thank you so much for coming over! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I appreciate your interest and kind words and I hope you will find the other videos to be interesting and informative as well. Take care Sel!

Thank you so much Kelly! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I also appreciate you taking the time to tune in and share a kind word. Welcome to my channel!

I haven't personally but I have seen many others use that. I personally have never carried commercially made trekking poles. I know it could definitely be used and another way to accomplish this though. Thank you for taking the time to tune in!

Thank you you Billy Joe! I appreciate the kind words!

Thank you very much for your kind words Andre! I have used a one pole setup as well and it works for sure. I do feel like the bipod offers more stability and especially if you are using a thinner tarp that can't handle as much pulling pressure. I did a one pole style on my Tentsmith's oil cloth trap setup video. Let me know what you think if you test it out. Thanks again for tuning in and commenting!

Hello and thank you so much for coming over! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. As for compasses, I believe that if you ever need one, it will be a very important item (potentially life saving), so I recommend one that you truly trust. If I had to choose just one that I would stake my life on, it would be the Suunto MC-2. I have used these extensively and I have found them to be excellent. I have a couple of others that I trust but neither of them are in production anymore. The Suunto MC-2 is still widely available and that is the one I truly feel confident in recommending from my own experience. I hope this helps and feel free to ask questions anytime sir!

I just may be able to do that at some point:) Thank you so much for your interest my friend!

Thank you so much my friend! I am not sure of the brand but it came from Tractor Supply. My store carries Orange and Yellow.

Black Hat Bushcraft thank you! I’ll check out our local tractor supply! Again awesome videos. Thank you!

I have used a one pole setup and it does work but I feel like the bipod gives you more stability and especially when using a thinner tarp that can't handle as much pull pressure. I know you can also use a single loop but again, I feel like on my shelter a 3 loop lash doesn't require much cordage and offers just a bit more stability. If I were short on cordage I may definitely cut corners there. This adds one more tool that may be useful depending the resources at hand.

Thank you so much for coming over Shaun! Shawn has one of the best instructional channels on YT in my opinion. He is an excellent instructor and a good friend. I really appreciated his endorsement of my channel. I hope you will enjoy the content here on the BHB channel. Welcome!

That would be an ideal application potentially.

Ernest, this is not meant to be a survival video. It is simply a method of how to set up a tarp shelter without trees. I am all into primitive skills and I have made countless feet of hand made cordage from natural fiber. In the past intermediate survival class at the Pathfinder School, I personally taught the skill segment on making natural cordage. That being said, this was presented as a tarp shelter set up, not a primitive shelter build which is what I think you were looking for. There are many facets to survival studies, one is primitive and one is techniques that can be used with a minimal kit that is reasonable and easy to carry. A huge part of what many in this community try to share is what outdoorsmen can and possible should carry with them should an emergency arise. Many of the people in this community are into camping, hunting, hiking, etc and will carry appropriate survival gear with them. Carrying the gear is the first step but knowing how to best utilize it is an acquired skill set that requires practice. I practice skills like making bow drill fires with natural cordage, building natural material shelters and hand making cordage. However, I can promise you it would be a VERY rare or limited circumstance that would find me without any gear in an emergency. Again, it is great to practice primitive but there is no sense in forsaking modern materials or training with the gear that you use for recreation and train with it accordingly. Those skills are just as valuable as any.

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Thank you so much Blackie! I appreciate you taking the time to tune in and the kind words. Take care my friend!