In Australia there was a man called ‘possum’ who lived for decades alone in the bush without a bow or rifle, just fishing and trapping and eating wild edibles plus got occasionally got lucky by coming across a potato or an orange that may have washed down the river from a farm or something. He barely carried anything, he just had bits of essential gear that he had salvaged from a rubbish dump that was along one of the routes he used to walk along, he was doing this right into his older years and still used to swim across the river at certain places using plastic drums and bottles he may have salvaged from the the tip or found floating down the river and also still covered quite long distances on foot, he even knew where all the native bee hives were and used to raid their hives for honey which he stored in jars he found and stashed that in his caches too. Just shows anyone can survive perpetually in the bush with free rubbish salvaged from the edges of civilization. Interestingly the only thing he ever asked for from farmers that he did voluntary odd jobs for in return for the favor was just matches and salt…he never asked for anything else which denotes how critical maintaining a supply of sodium is as part of the water kit plus also just essential for seasoning food he made, even experienced bushmen don’t realize how critical salt is because they carry premade food into the bush with them that contains salt so they just need water, but when your only eating food from the wild that little bit of salt that your missing makes a huge difference. Even if he knew about friction fire he wouldn’t have done it as Australia has almost no woods that are reliable for friction fire, even many aboriginal tribes used to trade (buy) the friction fire woods they used from other tribes a long way away that did have the right plants in their area. Also strangely, there doesn’t seem to be any evidence aboriginals used the bow drill method, only hand drill, they also didn’t use bows to hunt, just ‘Woomera’ (spear throwers) and heavy straight flying boomerangs to break the legs of kangaroo etc. Possums dependence on matches also seems strange as he could have used percussion (flint, char and steel) but either didnt know how or was too much trouble to bother it’s not known

The second bugout kit is a great place to put your older gear when you upgrade your equipment for whatever reason.

Now I have jobs for all the 'not useless but inferior' gear I have laying around... excellent knowledge thanks so much from the UK.

We definitely need more of these kind of videos this is a great series!

I feel bad for all these other preppers KZfaqrs.. Hands down the best quality channel no nonsense stuff.

A cache system is ALSO useful for backpacking jaunts capped by an extended camp stay. Pre-position an ax and saw and an extra tarp at your intended final site. Same with a lantern and fuel, if you like.

Thank god I found this dude on the other hand I'm now trying to do everything at once 😂

I'm glad that you pronounce it correctly by saying "Cash" instead of "Cash Shay." *Thumbs Up*

My Dad was Green Beret , I had no uniform , he taught me well , most important thing I was taught , 4 step program , first , Don’t Panic , second ,Evaluate , third Solve , fourth Advance , now repeat Program

My secondary kit which is my "If I'm separated from my pack." Kit. It features my older kit or things that primarily get used for backpacking but might be heavier than what I normally carry. I'd like to get my hands on that rifle, I have my primary but Dave Canterbury really sold me on the utility of that thing.

I have often sealed/taped a hacksaw blade on the outside of PVC caches. Instead of using cleanout ends and sealing them, I'll use caps an just cut one end off the cache.

Semper Fi brother. Got my caches ready. Wisdom always here. Nice to here common sense; not so common much anymore. Don't always comment, but we love ya from North Carolina. Blessings to you & yours from Marty N Angie

Quick tip: Gorilla glue is GREAT for gear repairs. The straps on my pack, my boots and my rain gear have all been permanently repaired with Gorilla glue in a fraction of the time it would take to repair with needle and thread.

I know a family that used to guide backcountry horseback elk hunting trips. 15-20 miles into the PNW wilderness, they had multiple pre staged cashes that also had stuff for the pack-string. A month long scouting/hunting wilderness adventure from horseback, pretty cool. Cashes could each provide everything needed to rough camp right there if conditions require it.

Sealing pvc clean outs with vacuum grease makes them easy to open and is food safe. The pvc can be combined with some cordage to use as a bucket to hall water.

What great videos !!! I’m so glad you popped into my feeds ! My kids have GHB-BOB , but gonna tweak the contents , see your point of point A-B and forget the rest. I believe our worst threat is a EMP ! Have the bags in their cars but the plan is a 3 day bike trip , in case the car won’t start. I’m gonna set up caches at the 50 mile markers. Makes sense that 3 days can turn into 6 or 9 days. So glad you have these videos. Ps The book “ One Second After” by William Forstchen is what set me down this path a few months ago . Scared the crap outta me and turned me into a prepper .

Having a drain plug on each end can also make it easier to get stuff OUT of the cache tube.

I've maintained between 5 and 20 caches for over 20 years. I've updated and modified their contents over time. I finally got rid of the last bit of 10 year old freeze dried meals. Now I focus on proteins, fats, electrolytes and supplements. I can't remember how many times I've switched ammo types, but I do make sure to change all of them around the same time. Some of those caches caches pretty hard to locate after after a couple of years intervals. If I link up the Southwest, South and East caches, I have about three hundred miles of trail systems to cover and enough protein and fat for over 60 days. My Northwest, North, East options have less. I also have about 140 miles of river system cached at intervals. My trenching shovel is probably one of the most important requirements to make it all work. I should probably cache a few.

Better yet, don’t bug out. Stay, defend land you know.

Great video! Thank you! Love the pvc cache container

Excellent advice. Thanks. A small Gill net is also incredibly efficient and doesn't take up too much room 👌

If your caches are buried, do you add a shovel to your base kit? Or cache the shovel near the other caches? In terms of "consumables" - think about adding socks & undies. Having fresh socks after 2 or 4 days on the trail can save you from having to spend time doing laundry. Depending on your scenario, it may be worth having a close(r) cache with a full set of clothing, including shoes or boots! I am not ALWAYS wearing good walking shoes. This may live in a vehicle...but that can be liberated from you.

If it came down to it you could always use your saw on the leatherman to cut the end of the pvc pipe off if you forgot the wrench...

Squirrels are responsible for growing the most oak trees from forgetting where they buried acorns

A very good plan as to caches and also designated locations to move to.

Thank you! Interesting fishing gear, I hope its available in Europe, too!

Was working a job with 8 & 10" cpvc for dual containment industrial waste/acid lines. About 3/4" wall thickness. Lengths of scrap up to 6' . Would have been perfect but the caps/drains for them would have been hundreds of dollars. Expensive stuff, would last millions of years in the ground lol. Maybe next time

​@The Gray Bearded Green Beret , Teflon tape on the threads will make a good seal without having to be real tight. It also helps "lube" and you won't have that sticky motion as you screw on/off. It tends to destroy itself so bring more tape when checking or replenishing your caches.

Outdoor Edge knives. Leukotape. Steel prybar. Rovyvon flashlights. Few ideas for stuff to look into if you read this. I swear by leukotape. So useful.

Great video. I have cached since, hell, around 1984? I was in the Marines at the time and I started to plant caches all around the US. I know this was not ideal, but I was young and just planted them and basically forgot them, marked by GPS coords. Now I just have caches around my home town and I check them every 18 months. Old Habits die hard. FOOD< AMMO< FIRE< WATER. I love you Based approach to survival and I have always respected the Green Berets. Semper Fi.

Around the house, if you put your cashe under the slab for the heat pump, you don't have to worry about someone with a metal detector. I've tested this with a good metal detector.

Dude imagine if everybody lived like that, the woods would be full of litter hidden in places

It's always a good day when you post a video sir. Great content! Your videos have been an immense help in interesting my brothers in bushcraft and preparedness as well.

Thank you.

Good job. I smiled when you got to the fishing lures, remembered catching barracuda down in Panama with a gum wrapper and hook. The natives would clean and fry them up with fried bananas and a coke for $2. Also Sherman might have had the hardest land nav. course ever, just because of the salt water marsh.

Thank you sir. From New Iberia, La.

This is a really good video with a lot of info that I had never thought of. Really surprising how much good info in this vid. Thanks.

I think this is the 3rd or 4th time I've seen these Grayl filter bottles. Tablets are pretty cheap and small to carry, but they do take time and expire, and don't filter certain things. At this point I think I'm being told "Buy a Grayl, it's the Holy Grayl" lol... I've been scouting cache locations myself, along my commute route to/from work especially. I've been approaching it with a "modular" sort of approach already, but this is still giving me things to think about and reconsider; thanks for sharing!

I’m grateful for you sharing your knowledge and expertise. I’m going to find a way to take a live class with you.

"I recommend checking them every year" 😬 12 in situ, once checked ... Need to go out to the woods again

Man your so awesome, excellent content thank you you've definitely come a long way.

love this brother

I’ve got one of those large canvas bags from badger claw those are really really nice lots of room

Wow, so much good info, thanks GB2

Great video, an like the pack list too.

Thank you brother.

My caches are is use 6" pvc with cap on one end! Than bury like post holes. That way I can put my rifles down in them.

Very helpful info! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

7:00 If I were to do this: Carrying the tool with me? Knipex or Channel Lock pliers. WAY more useful. If burying the tool with the cache tube, the plastic wrench is an excellent idea, imo.

Great video. A lot of good information. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

The daredevil spoon 🦾. Very glad I found your channel. Thank you for all you do.

They make that rifle in 12 gauge/.22LR, which strikes me as infinitely more useful as a full-time long term survival food getter. Yes 12 gauge is heavier and takes more space, but opens up infinitely more options over .410 Caliber conversion kits, big game slugs/buckshot, and significantly bigger shot patterns for birds. Plus generally more available in random closets across the country. But it’s much harder to find.

Harbor freight makes those same type of ammo cans in plastic. That would probably be a great option

Thanks!

Along with hunting/trapping /fishing is knowing the local edible plants.

My biggest concern is a rescue mission for mom. Lol.

If you have a cache for active fishing, why not put a micro rod and reel (or full sized) in the kit also, especially if the cache is located at a bug out location? Also, in certain clinates, the frost line of the soil is important to know in connection with food. If burying the caches, remember they have air in them. This is important to remember because if not buried securely, the cache could pop up out of the ground if the location gets flooded.

I've had to use cord and branches to make a tool because lack of said tool

Good video and tips Joshua , thanks for sharing , God bless !

If stopped by security they will Question you about the tool. I would keep it near the cache site hidden of course. Make some out of split hardwood to leave near the sites. Keep it the same size for all sites. Keep it scent-proof, so dogs or bears will not detect easy. Route plan and tracking avoidance. Extra compass in each cache, known benchmarks to use to next point. Night movement. Hard Candy for energy.

Kevlar thread or Dental floss. Blisters moleskin, duct tape, good in case you roll your ankle.

This is at least based. I have seen so many civilians who have helmets with night vision and body armor for their bug out kit. Like they plan to survive by kicking doors and raiding houses. Well, good luck with that.

My big out bag has a bottle of Jack and one shotgun shell

Hemlock tea is deliciou.....ack!

You stay in the geographical area , you are familiar with. Think outside the box. Honestly, homeless people already have a head start lol they got the endurance, they know places locally on foot. Man lol crazy world

Sounds familiar brother oh and mark on map where thier at !!!! Lol personal experience .somewhere I have a complete resupply out there in closing weapons .got hurt cant get there now

I made one.. with the pvc.. looks like the clean out for my septic system. I put concrete in the bottom because first one moved up over winter. I put sealed docs insurance ect. Little cash cuz im broke most times. And food and back up lights ect.. Buried close to house.. I use oxi absorbers and everything vac packed 2x or more.. But this is just incase of fire really.. I have others on routes home from work and to my oh shit location.. Some are on highway routes some are direct compass routes.. Actually had to "tress pass" some cattle pasture ect.. Some are ammo box some are tubs. All are vac packed..

Then make a treasure map and give it to your grandson and see if he can find it (guide him of course if it’s not safe)

G'day Josh, mighty sound advice mate. I reckon you covered just about everything possible cache wise. Having said that, my issue is; whilst I have no trouble at all with a vehicular "bug out" strategy as far as identifying and carrying appropriate resources, there's a good chance traffic wise, it will come unstuck; even walking out, may well present barriers to accessing an otherwise well planned and placed cache location. So.......yes cache(s) are certainly a tactical necessity, but not much good if you cant, for whatever reason, get at them. It then leaves one in a position where a more comprehensive and heavier pack loadout is prudent to provide the best chance for a successful walk away in a strategically undesirable direction. I know what you're gonna say; cater for that too, but my only other alternative direction is really, really undesirable tactically, lol. Btw; as an aside, PVC pipe, female threaded, caps have an external wrenching set up, that a sufficiently large knife spine or other implement, even an appropriately shaped stick, can disengage without a specifically designed tool. Cheers Duke.

May also want to consider clean underwear and socks in the cache.

Just put a note in the case that says "I see you, I know who you are, I know where you live" I betcha a buck youll never have a problem with your cache's disappearing.

Love what you are doing. You make so many good points here. But one criticism: I disagree with using the cleanout caps.. They make a poor water seal, even greased, when the temperatures change. If you tighten them enough to not leak or use sealant you will not be able to easily remove without a wrench. In plumbing they are usually in the air side of drain plumbing for a reason. They are just an access point to a non pressurized pipe. My suggestion: use cellular core pvc (softer stuff) and glue the caps on.. For service reasons leave your cache quite long. Cut the end off do what you need to do, and glue cap back on new slightly smaller tube. Cellular core cuts VERY easy with a saw, and if desired one could even store a (greased) wire survival saw in a waterproof small container with the tube, or even a couple harbor freight sawzall blades. With cellular core that has had some weather exposure, you could smash the end off with a rock if need be, or come in from the side with a hatchet. You can also make a score line around the tube and fracture it by impact. Just please reconsider cleanout caps. I can imagine no greater disappointment than actually NEEDING the contents only to find a fungal science experiment and dud ammo.

From the telco world: look for NEMA4X or IP68 cabinets/containers.

Love the other videos. I’m not sure I buy into this one. There are just too many variables. You can only afford to create so many cache locations and what are the chances that the situation allows you to follow that exact path? Especially since if your leaving home there is something bad going on in the region. It does sound cool, though. And for military use where you create caches based on front lines or where you may retreat.

The frog or fish spear. What brand is it and where can I get one? Thanks

The cache contents are not listed in the referred list, only your bug out bag. I'm particularly interested in the fishing lines. The rifle is interesting but not permitted in Australia, I doubt you'd be able to purchase one here, even if kept at a gun club.

Awesome video, great info, but what did you throw the tube at bro?

Might be a good idea to pack enough food and such for one or two extra people simply because you never know if the situation leaves you with one or more people in your care. Sure those ammo cans will rust over time, but it'll take years for that to happen. And if they do end up getting a few scratches, it takes very little to brush or wipe a little oil over top the exposed metal. Remember that plastic breaks down over time and becomes brittle. Try to purchase items asap, inflation will make you broke in a few years if you're not careful. Live cheap NOW so you can outlast arrogant ones. Last thing I want is to be surrounded by a buncha arrogant twits. Like I've read in a few other posts before typing this comment, you can cashe your older, not so efficient gear as you equip your main pack with better quality. Take care, cheers

Fancy plastic End Cap Wrench? Try Channel Locks

Silver wings upon your chest

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Grey Bearded Green Beret, where could people find that fish speer?

No cash in your cache? :D

WHO is the artist and band that you played when explaining the rifle,,,, WHAT A great song.