"I'm not a bush crafter, I'm just a guy with a tent ". I don't know why, but that just struck me as a really great quote.

In a virtual sea of winter tent camping ,survivalist expert videos..., The greatest line ever spoken in -40 middle of goddamn nowhere,, freezing my ass off to make a video,,🥶 "I'm not a bushcrafter" I'm a guy who has a tent " .., I'm standing in front of my computer screen,, in a salute position., warm wooly socks covering my feet and hands., thank you good sir for your candid honesty

The coffee-mate would burn if thrown into the air as a cloud of dust. The same thing happens with flour, custard powder etc. (Many years ago there was an explosion in a Birds Custard Powder factory caused by a cloud of powder in the air and a spark)

Enjoy your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. May the Lord bless and protect you and your family

Jay, thanks for the content. I know, I speak for many of your subscribers, especially those of us who are stuck in the suburbs and metropolitan areas. We live vicariously through your 'day trips' to the cabin. Virtually being able to escape for a few minutes means a lot.

Ahhhhhh, Another episode of living vicariously through Jay! Thanks Bud

I’m from Florida and I love your videos and am amazed at how much snow there is and how you can survive there. Thank you for sharing with this 72 year old grandmother I’ve watched for a long time now and will continue to do so. Had to edit you can do anything we need more men like you.

Hi Jay, I really enjoyed the video! Thanks for taking me along. Best regards

i was in the hospital fixing my heart when this video came out im happy to say im out taking care of my health and your videos help with my recovery ty

For that bereg popup tent, cut a sapling and place it under the center hub so it is supported against the ground. This should help prevent the roof from collapsing inwards as you showed. For your wedge and mallet splitting technique, I'd would use a dead blow hammer (plastic shell) so that you are less likely to damage the back of the hatchet or axe that you are using for the wedge.

My husband and I have been watching your videos together for a while, and I finally decided to leave you a comment and tell you just how much we enjoy these videos! We usually watch them just before bed and the winter videos especially are so relaxing and calming to us. I told my husband after watching this video together tonight that the food you make in your videos makes me hungrier than any of the food KZfaqrs that I watch lol! Everything (okay, maybe not the canned meats lol) looks so good!!! Thank you for sharing this part of your life with us and giving my husband and I a channel to enjoy together after a busy day 😊

I enjoy your videos. The beauty of that area is unmatched by anything. Thank You

Another great video! I take that same can of corned beef and I break it all up with a fork, add a can of diced potatoes and an onion, fry it all up and it's delicious! Slap a couple of over easy eggs on top and it's a hearty meal. Stay safe and warm!

Loved this video! It amazes me how the bitter cold doesn’t bother you! I love watching everything you do! Keep ‘‘em coming!

Jay, add some onions to the corned beef while it is frying. Definitely the best. Add some spicy Dijon mustard and you have a wicked sandwich in the woods. All the best.

Coffee-mate contains sugar and vegetable oil, so technically it is flammable. The problem is supplying it with enough oxygen to sustain combustion. If it were mixed with a lot of air, you could accomplish that (i.e. create the conditions for a dust explosion). You could also mix it with an oxidizer like potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, but then you wouldn't want to use it in your coffee. But just for demonstration purposes, try mixing it with a little Spectracide stump remover.

Thanks again. You’re providing sheer escapism for all of us couch adventurers. Beautiful scenery and just the best company. Look forward to every visit

HEY! Hello Jay and thumbs UP!!

I use a temporary adjustable support post for my hunting blind when I'm not using it. It's great. The roof has never collapsed from snow, and my blind is no were as strong as your tent. You should put up a few trail cams in the woods near your tent. Keep up the good work with you channel.

amazing video a hot tent crazy cold weather did not think snow would collapse your tent thanks for sharing

If you like the cold, -40˚C should make you happy. I will say that I'm relieved to see that Coffee Mate not flame up. I can't recall how close your home is to your campsite but it must not be too far if you can do day trips. Being close by makes it convenient to go check on your tents and belongings. I'm looking forward to when you do a long weekend trip. Stay warm and be safe out there in the wild!

Fox and coyote a baby like all of us. Deserves to live. Having a hard time these days finding food. We all need love. Those little paws won't hurt much. I have faced off a mountain lion with love. And I was injured. Mom did her best to get human help and succeeded. She pretended to raid the chickens at the homesteader's. He said she was acting weird. So he came. I was rescued.

Hi jay I really in joy your video. It help me a lot with my mental health issues. Keep up your good work. From the U.K.

Any trip is a good trip. Loved the time lapse of the ice getting bigger. Stay safe.

I suggest that you use an telescopic centerrod in that popup tent when left unattended. Thats what we do in Northern Norway.

Maybe others have mentioned this idea before. You could set up a trail camera, on an extended battery source/solar for cold temps, to catch any wildlife or activity while you're not staying there

Awesome video Jay. Glad I got to enjoy it by my fire sipping a hot cup of coffee. Always an adventure. Already looking forward to the next one. Lots of coffee ready to go. 😁

Cheers Jay. One thing I like about your reviews is the honesty. Stay safe 🍻

Never let anyone or thing rob you from the things you love.

Made it to the end again! Looks like fun. I’d LOVE to be able to travel there and spend the weekend. Blessings to you and yours!

I started watching your videos a couple of months ago and have enjoyed them very much. You are so honest and you seem so natural camping in such a remote area. Just give me such a peaceful feeling after so much sorrow in our lives last year. Please never stop make videos! Stay safe my friend!

Like steel wool, the coffee creamer will ignite with enough oxygen around it. Myth busters did it where the blew it in the air and it ignited. Interesting episode

Another great video Jay.. "I'm not a Bush Crafter; I am a guy who has a tent"

Welcome back Jay !!!

Just what the doctor ordered 🍁

Awesome as always Jay. Thank you for sharing your awesome adventures. KEEP ADVENTURING GOD BLESS YOU

I'm watching from my my camp with my family, I've forgotten my fire starter so I've used a pack of Doritos to started a fire, thank Jay for a great video 👍👏

It can, but as a dust air inhibitor. Generally, you need something to get the fine powder into the air then something to set it off. Almost like what happens from time to time in grain elevators. Yes, I did teach things like this years ago as an engineer in the army.

Hi Jay,I had the same thing happen to me last year with my Eskimo ice hut that I left up all winter. I ended up putting a 2x4 in the middle to hold it up and that did the trick. Stay warm buddy

I have been watching your channel for a couple of years. Reminds me of my younger years spent camping in N. W. Ontario in winter. Pushing 70 now. I am still an avid snowmobiler, couple thousand miles a year. I notice you never wear a helmet on your snowmobile, no helmet laws in N. W. Territory? I think you would find that a good helmet is much warmer as well!

You KNOW you're Canadian, 3:40 when you think -12 degrees Fahrenheit is "Really Nice" lol 🥶🌨☃

Love the snow! The drone shots are terrific. Such beautiful lands.

Another great video. Little suggestion for your instant coffee. Mix it in 2-3 tablespoons of cold water to dissolve it then pour in your hot water. Pouring hot water directly on the crystals gives it a burnt flavour.

Jay…check the contents of your tent. a pole should be in your package for supporting the roof when you are away for a lengthy time in case it snows, mine came with that pole, hopefully yours did also

Powdered creamer, sitting in a pile, not very flammable. Take a small amount, and then blow it into a fire? BIG difference. Good to see you again dude!

Always great to be watching your video. The hatchet appears to be a great tool for the situation of not having your axe. 🇺🇸🐻

Jay, please try this recipe at camp next time. One can of corned beef, can of sliced potatoes, one diced onion, and one can of corn. Fry it all together until crispy and brown. Stir often. This is our Corned Beef Hash. Cheers!

I'm super impressed with the Bear tent ! Sure had you been there to maintain the tent during the snow fall it wouldn't have happened or maybe a inner support at the center. However, the design of the tent is what keep things like the tie down straps from being torn off and basically intact. It buckled at it's knees if you will, just like a spider when it rests, which saved the tent. Which I think is really cool !

Yes! Corned beef hash sandwich (with mustard!) after shoveling snow, for the win!

I'm glad that the canvas tent wasn't the one that collapsed! Now I can relax and enjoy your video...🥰

Hi Jay I watched a couple of your videos. I leave close to Windsor,ON. I enjoy your videos. Stay safe and be blessed.

Happy Monday! Instantly clicked this video when I saw it Jay. I'd watch your content every day if I could. :)

Here in Connecticut, USA, Friday we are expecting -7 F and I was thinking of trying out the diesel heater in my tent. Also, Coffee-Mate is flammable just like diesel, it has to be in a fine mist to ignite.

I have never watched these types of shows when people speak in them. But Jay, I gotta tell you, you make me glued to the tv and I truly enjoy watching your winter camps. I also go winter camping in Ontario crown lands and I definitely relate to your adventures. I have a 12X12 Alaknak Cabela's with a Kni-Co foldable stove! Great Job Mate!

Another great video Jay. Kudos to you handing the extreme cold!!

We must be long lost brothers.... I was thinking you need to put ketchup on your meal... Then you said, the only thing that's missing is ketchup. So delicious. Awesome stuff Jay!!!

Yeah I like your hot tent, l love the scenery , thanks for sharing 👍😊

Love that pan shot at the 7 minute mark, beautiful up there. Loved it when I worked up there.

I had the same thing happen to my 6 man Pup tent at 3am while I was sleeping inside , not too much fun. I'll tell you ! Bent the main pole into a V shape , I had trouble getting out of the tent ! Mike.

Extremely good camping, nice and peaceful

He's back!!! Been checking to see if had missed a video everyday. Glad to see you.

Jay, glad you got back out, and love every video I learn something new each time. You should do Jay in the Woods recipe book. I have been watching for over a year now and trying some of your meals. Looking forward to the next one!

19:19 awesome idea for the time-lapse! Great video, as always. Thanks!

Good day B'y, good to see ya ! You should have packed in your sun screen and speedos.

Jay, I really enjoy this video, and thank you for sharing it with me and the other tent fell down

Jay, you sure are living the dream. Life doesn't get any better.

Dude, du verstehst zwar kein Wort davon was ich schreibe aber du lebst meinen Traum!! Es ist so gemütlich in deinem Zelt bei dieser Kälte ich wünschte ich könnte sowas auch machen! Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland

It’s fun to throw coffee creamer (dry) into fires to see the sparkles. It and cinnamon itch will sparkle really well

Jay, I think you’ve been smokin to many J’s in the woods if you’re trying to lite coffee-mate on fire. Hahahaha

Great video mon ami

So many people split wood from the middle and not the edge. Good you know that trick. It makes it so much easier!

Good to see ya back again. Take care!

coffe creamer will burn, but it must be aerosolized to do so impressively. If you want to experiment try Fritos corn chips. A couple years back I saw where Steve Wallis used hand-sanitizer to start his wood stove.

Man your videos really fly by Jay! Love watching your very relaxing drone footage and scenery shots. Maybe the fox was after your mice in the pallets and log store? Cracking tutorial on the hatchet and hammer method. I have a Canadian Hickory hatchet for my logs and I'm in the UK! I've watched and liked your videos and as usual, I always watch til the end so you get funds from the adverts. Looking forward to your next trip. Take care Jay and thanks for your time.

Kool vid Jay...I'd never make it in that cold weather love watching you fire up the wood stove and how warm you can get it in there

The snowfield in Canada is beautiful, but the cold is very scary. The collapsed tent was unfortunately good information.

Thanks Jay, that looked like a perfect day. You were able to get everything you needed to get done. I really enjoy your videos. They really make me wish I could go and do that. So I am so glad I can at least watch other people enjoying camping. I do have a couple of questions: 1 How close is the next nearest camp site? 2 Have you ever found any animal markings other than mice actually inside the tent?

Dear Jay, I like your videos a lot. This one brought back memories of my school days in the UK when we had canned corned beef and beef for dinner, the corned beef was not cooked though. The school was a boarding school for kids with no parents, so the food was not the best, you got what you got and you ate it because you were hungry. We got canned corned beef and canned beets for dinner and I remember how yummy it was, better than some other offerings. Nevertheless, I now want to try canned corn beef again with beets. Thank you.

Another awesome video, tks Jay for the content

Great videos Jay!!

I was thinking, maybe if you put a support beam from the floor up to the center of the tent. It might help. It is a nice tent. I love just sitting and watching the fire burn. It’s very relaxing. Thanks for sharing, as always it was fun. 🙋🏻‍♀️💕❄️❄️

Diesel in a spray bottle is great for encouraging a fire to burn..... 👃✌️🥰🇨🇦

Very nice. unexpected. Total cozy.

Glad to see you back with a great video👍⛺

Jay - I enjoy your channel and look forward to watching your videos. If you don't mind - how far is the lake/tent from where you live, and what's your process of getting there? Do you snowmobile the entire way? Do you own/lease the land where the tent is? Although I don't have as much remote wilderness close to me (and not nearly as cold), I'm interested in getting away similarly to the way you do. ... just not sure of the options to go about it.

Hello Jay glad to see you again awesome video

Enjoyed the video Jay. I know that wind had to have been brutally cold. I was quite surprised with the Russian Bear tent collapsing, glad there was no damage and you were able to get it back up. I’m stealing your dinner recipe for when I go camping in March. As always stay safe till next time.

Excellent video Jay. I haven't watched your channel in a long time. Happy i got back here

Little tip for you Jay, don't make a habit of hitting that axe with your hammer. The faces of hammers and probably the back face of your axe are hardened and tempered and can chip because your striking 2 hard faces together. With chisels it's a different ball game because the head of the chisels are softer steel and designed to absorb the blow more. One of the first things I was taught as a sheetmetalworker apprentice, never strike 2 hammer faces together. The chips can fly off real fast 😲😲 Another great video Jay , you lucky lucky man 😉 btw how's your nasal passages with the polyps ? Also your other cuboid tent needs a prop in the middle to help it shed the snow 👍 the 'UP'S are much better at shedding it off 😅🏞🪵🏕🪵🏞 All the best and see you next week 👍

thanks Jay been waiting all week for this

Great video buddy food looks awesome nice axe take care my friend all the best

Oh I remember that corned beef... so good on fresh brown soda bread with some Branston Pickles... yummy 😋

Thank you Jay, for another superb video. Great camera and drone work. In the uk, we have corn beef sandwiches all the time, but we never fry the corn beef. We simply slice it and put it with Branston pickle in the sandwich. I'm going to try frying it now.

Awesome video Jay, have a good one buddy!

I grew up with corn beef sandwiches. Sliced and right on the bread with mustard..mmm! And I’ve made your supper many times..quite tasty and easy to make Your knife looks nice and sharp I enjoyed this video. Knowing how cold it is and then the fire gets lit. I can imagine the comfort and coziness Well done and take care 🇨🇦❤️🔥

I just started watching your videos recently. Stay warm and safe. Sending you greetings from Texas

First time watcher and just subscribed Hay. Really enjoyed your video and your approach to hot tent camping. The tent looks amazing. Look forward to more videos and thanks so much for sharing!!!!!

Enjoyed your video! Thanks 💕

Love the drone footage! Cinematographer Jay!!!!

An axe or hatchet is wedge-shaped, no miracle there^^ And ever heard of powder explosions? Since the coffee mate is a powder, it will burn when thrown in the air. Next time put a pole in the middle of the tent, so the roof will stay up with an angle^^