good video. as to batoning being a you tube/social media invention: splitting wood with a hand held blade dates back to the 16th century when both "L" shaped tools as well as straight, or slightly offset tool handles called FROE, ( shortened from old English Froeward or"turned away") used for crafting as well as primitive fire building. and it was not uncommon for travelers to use their primary blade when a froe was not part of their travel gear. ( all those years in the SCA were good for something)

The thing that I love about your channel, Dave, is that you're never afraid to admit when you've done something dumb, like cutting yourself while batoning small pieces. You aren't afraid to show failure, just so that you can show how to work around that. That there, my friend, is humility, and something that I like about you.

Please don't apologize for explaining it in very simple terms. No one else is doing it at such a basic, logical level!

It's a long 48 min video and I loved every second of it. It's got everything, informative, honest, humorous, practical while being entertaining.

I really enjoyed this video. I'm a 60yr old farm boy....and you showed what so many have forgotten in a short video...with fun and humor.

showing what will work, and that which won't, is actually more instructive than watching an unrealistic, success every time. this could save someone much time in failure. in a need it to work now situation, failure could be catastrophic. great lesson to be learned. thank you for pointing these facts out Dave.

You are just a natural born teacher, Dave. You sure get through to me, and got me back into playing in the woods, not just walking through it for ‘exercise’. Thanks!

I've started using the Survival Russia (Lars) technique of carrying a fire kit with bicycle inner tube and lighters for my fire making, but I've just learned why a fire I tried to make in the woods died out even with a tinder that has a very good flame working time. It was because I put on twigs instead of batoned wood most likely.

I have yet to be disappointed with a Dave Pearson video. Always great stuff.

I've learned alot watching your video's. I often take day hikes and will set up a nice area, tarp it off, make lunch and just enjoy the woods. I pack whatever i feel like for that day, no ultra light pack for me. I was glad you showed the fire not lighting perfectly. Most guys would leave that out of their video. It's reality in its purist form. Thank you Dave. There should be more channels like yours but that's why i enjoy your vids. Honesty. Thanks again Dave 👍

Good stuff David! There was a ton of great info, and I especially appreciated you addressing the issue of people practicing or demonstrating with saw-cut ends on ideal platforms. A while back, I realized how reliant I was on my saws for breaking down wood and decided to try going without them for a while. Living in the wet Pacific Northwest, split wood is essentially mandatory for half the year, and I learned a lot making hundreds of fires with just knives and machetes. The biggest take-away is probably how much of an advantage it is to have a saw. 😆 Not having the ability to quickly create flat surfaces really makes you adapt your approach. Outside of the obvious bucking challenges, splitting jagged ends on a round work surface is a very different skill set than working on an ideal stump top with neatly sawed rounds. I don't know if I have ever seen this addressed this way before, so thanks for bringing a healthy dose of reality to your always entertaining videos. 👍

Thank you for taking the time to clear things up and demo of "flame working time" with examples of the differences. Another example why creating feather sticks is good skill to know how to do

Anybody that says they have never failed to get a fire started is either using a flammable liquid (which can still fail) or fibbing their hind end off. Thank you Dave for keeping it real.

Oops,, back in 1955, my Grandmother showed me how to baton wood for kindling , and at that time she was in her 70s.

Good discussion and demo Dave! Over 45 years ago when I was a wee lad at summer camp, with our belt knives we were battoning small pieces into what we called "toothpicks"..."making toothpicks" is what we always said. That was long before KZfaq was around haha! Us kids did not have saws or machetes, so all the big wood was cut and split first with an axe (and all the wood looked like that real forest wood you showed). The camp I went to had no gas stoves either, so all our canoe trip cooking was done on fires, and many a time we made "toothpicks" to get the fire going (they were usually much larger than real toothpicks, but we made them as fine as possible). We always had a competition for the one-match fire too, so those toothpicks were prepped with tender loving care to get that first catch from the match!

I love that you show how things dont always work . But if you dont give up you can get it. Thank you again for your AWESOME videos.

This is the only video that actually goes into detail on fire fail scenario.great video that uses real life situations.thanks Dave.

Dave, you never cease to amaze me. This video is one I unknowingly have been waiting for a long time. When I saw the title I knew you had hit it out of the park. This video NEEDS to go viral in the bushcrafting / survival community to set things straight. My grand father taught me the art of batoning 40 years ago, long before KZfaq. He used a straight blade that he had been forged by his father. It was a rectangle shaped piece of metal (no point on the end) with basically a grind on one side of the "blade". He would sharpen in on a foot peddled grinding stone. I think he called it a fro. I cannot tell you how many hours over years I spent splitting wood into small pieces for stating fires in the old cookstove and the woodstove. Thank god he did know about feather sticks, that would have taken up all my fishing and hunting time. I was lucky enough to have inherited it when he passed as it has been in the family since the early 1900s. Thank you Dave, Peace Brother!

Dave, been a long time follower, if I can call myself that! I was taking a look at your videos lately and I remember when they were posted...then I am baffled when I see they've been posted 3-5-6 years ago but I remember them like it was yesterday! Just wanted to thank you big time for your teachings and the fact that you bring a lot of common sense into the camping/survival/whatever communities follow you. Keep up the good work and thanks once again!

When all else fails, that's when I break out my fatwood stash and scrape up some fine shavings to up my chance of success. This is a great video with sage advice from first hand experience Dave. Thanx for sharing!👍👍

Dave, if you read all this comments, you realize that you can go to sleep with a smile in your face, you're helping a lot of people and just for the sake of it, thanks my friend.

I love how occasionally a cat just strolls through :)

Another great episode of fun in the woods! I hope you are enjoying the coffee, I’m going to go have a cup now! Thanks David⚡️🌎👍🏻🐄☕️🍀💥

I bought a knife online, and was trying to baton some firewood, and it broke!!! Right at the where the knife slims down to go into the handle. Lesson learned - buy cheap, that's what ya get! Thanks again for the video! Didn't hurt my feelings to teach me something! God bless ya man!

Another fine dose of reality for us. You had very good weather to work with for fire starting; many another day would have been even more frustrating. And you made things harder by not having a typical 'birds nest' tinder bundle of composite materials. Many of us will have seen that fluffy 'tinder flash' but not known of the 'working time' concept. The point that level, broad chopping blocks are not found where wood has not been sawn often goes unremarked by viewers--even old hands. The realistic look at batoning dead standing or dry fallen wood was first-rate. I am a fan of using simple joinery for raised beds and cooking cranes and even for longer-term shelter construction. I LOVED that material. Not only was I reminded of things, I learned even more from this video.

Fabulous! It definitely ALL makes more sense when you explain it that way! Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge... it is so appreciated!

Your videos are full of pure logic. What a gem this video is.

I like how he left the failure in the video and didn't edit it out. Great video lots of good info

This was an awesome video, first of its kind that laid out the bare bones on all these issues. I love your honesty and enjoy your content, a fan of yours in North Carolina be safe and be blessed

Excellent video that shows real world use of the tools that one uses in the woods

I appreciate getting this comprehensive view of the usefulness of various procedures. It will guide my tool purchase choices and methods.

I'm totally new to any sort of bush crafting/survival skills. I was never a scout and was never in the armed forces. I'm starting from ground zero. And I have to say...watching your video where the attempts to start a fire DIDN'T work was extremely helpful to me. Why? Because in all likelihood, that's exactly what I'm going to experience at first. And possibly even further down the road. So only watching successful videos would undoubtedly make me very frustrated when my attempts are failing. Watching THIS video showed me that even an experienced woodsman does not achieve 100% success all the time. Thanks for this, and all your other videos. (Sometimes I wish they were a little shorter and more organized but that's part of your "style" and you definitely know your stuff!!)

Great advise mate, thanks. G'day from Australia 🇦🇺

Dave my opinion is simple. Many roads lead to the same place. You choose the one you like to travel. If you don't like to baton then simply don't. If you prefer an ax, use it. If you like machetes use them. No need to criticize folks because they do things differently. Don't matter to me if you drive a Ford or a Chevy as long as it gets you to church on time. You did a good job and didn't criticize anyone. Just stated your experience. Well done my friend.

Yet another super video Dave!!! Your explanation followed by a demonstration is supurb...certainly demonstrates the advantages of curls/batoned wood vice fluff and twigs! Thanks again for helping 'newbies' like myself learn something new and valuable! Safe bushcrafting to you and yours ALWAYS!

I love this guy. So knowledgeable, and funny as sh*t. Very good video. Very informative, and realistic, based on his extensive experience. Now I understand why I have such a hard time making fire sometimes lol. I love that his videos aren't slickly edited to show everything happening perfectly. Definitely one of my favourite youtubers!

Another great video Dave. A jewel of a video you mite say. Thank you dave, always click on your videos as soon as i see a new one. 👍👍👍👍

Love all your video's dave. They always are intertaining and educational thank you.

Great video! I like how you spoke reality with the "no flat edges on the end of your logs" discussion. And the talk about flash tinder, and flame working time... One thing that I've been doing to help extend the life of my ferro rod is to stuff my feather sticks with tinder. Cattail fluff or unraveled jute twine... One strike and it's working. 👍 Salt of the earth, you are. Thank you for all your videos! (And I bet few people think about the usefulness of batoning for shelter building. Lol)

I love your videos little brother! Mostly because of your transparency. I love that you show that you don't always get a fire the first time. If it is a matter of survival you will keep trying. If you don't know that all of your hard work can fail the first time then you can panic. Gotta keep trying. Thanks again!!

Nicely comprehensive. And an enjoyable watch, as ever.

David, you are a man after my own thoughts! Why try to make an imperfect world look like one which is perfect? Show the "bloopers" 'cause they will happen along with the successes. I remember building my 1st fire piston a few years ago. I watched Robin [ aka, "nativerobin" ]do hers, and I gathered up all my "stuff" and I went to building such a simple way to make fire happen in about a half hour. Then it took me 2 MORE hours to teach myself HOW to make it happen! Now I can pump pistons with the best of them. You always leave me feeling that, no matter how successful I have been at doing some kind of bushcraft, I always come away from your videos feeling like I learned just a little bit more than I knew beforehand. Just to put things in perspective, I have been using the outdoors for my personal pleasure and adventures and challenges for myself to attempt for over 60 years now and I am still learning as I go. And I still have enough humility for me to give kudos where they belong. So KUDOS to you Dear God for placing all of this splendor at our fingertips for all of us to enjoy. And KUDOS to you David, for sharing your experiences with us!!

the key is: BUILD: a fire start small . take your time .plan ahead .and always . learn as many techniques as possible . and practice as much as you can until it becomes like a muscle memory .. and dont be afraid to make mistakes. just learn from them . great vid bud , god bless you and your family ...

Great explanation and demonstration! Usually people think that KZfaq created batoning because almost every person who does a knife test only batons as their primary factor that decides whether the knife is good or bad, completely overlooking the fact that it’s not the quality, sharpness or grind of the blade that equates to a better performing splitting implement, it only depends on the thickness of the spine in my experience. Also, batoning straight-grained wood does no damage whatsoever to the knife, it’s usually the gritty particulates and knots on the piece of wood, and the momentum that drives the blade into the abrasive ground (either soil or concrete in some “rare” cases) and repeated heavy blows to the back of the blade with an oversized stick, that will dull and even destroy the toughest knives and axes.

Lots of places that I venture into for primitive camping are along popular trails and get heavily used. It's difficult to find small material and kindling because the area is fairly picked over. Batoning allows us to create kindling and smaller material from large pieces to get fires going. Batoning definitely has its place.

Great video. Best one ive seen on the subject. Well done sir.

“Well neither one worked...” 😂😂😂 Brother your quotes crack me up!!! I would be absolutely honored to be able to spend time in the woods with you. It would be a blast! 😂👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Your videos are the real deal. From this one I realized that wood matches are always square, can't say I've ever seen a round one. Thanks for leading me to Mors and Lofty.

your going to get some amazing comments Dave so i'm going to keep this short Quote "you do it because you enjoy it" Dave , that is exactly right. nuf said :-) fantastic info as always.

Hi Dave, honest and realistic as usual. The point you made best is that we all have do deal with reality

Those older Condors are just beautiful. You have all the toys. So, you win. 🎉

Good explanations of correct tool(s) for the job at hand and what to do to ensure success getting a good fire going. Thanks again for another informative and realistic film.

Boom, point taken, well lets hope lol. I set my gear up depending on what I'm doing. Tbh Dave, I just use what I have to hand and get her done. Spending real time outdoors and using these methods is the only way to learn. Sharp edges rule the fire. It's so wet here in Wales I use moss over the fire when it's first lit to keep the rain off. It's smoky but it doesn't go out. I have often steamed fish in the hot damp moss while the fire gets going. Cya next time Dave.

Flippin love this channel one of the best. FUN IN THE WOODS.🤘🤘👍👍 I love my tools use them if ya got them.🔥🔥

The best, most comprehensive video I have seen on the subject! 👍

Dave, Best presentation on the subject I have ever seen ! Thank you very much.

Hi there David from a sunny Scotland. Some nice experience showing through in this video. Next time can you get a second camera just aimed at your face so we can see the frustration when the feathers wont catch or the fire goes out!!! Just kidding you. I too carry a machete with a knife attached … usually my Ka Bar Cutlass with a Bushlore. I also will have a neck knife which is always my Wessex Blades custom knife. I don't use an axe as I think they are accidents waiting to happen. You take care brother and I look forward to the next "Dave adventure! …. atb Jim

You are GOOD!! at 5:04 splitting half a piece of kindling, you are expecting two pieces. But no, Reallybigmonkey1 splits it into FOUR pieces with a hit or two with your axe. Amazing!

I use axes and batoning and saw & wedges. It’s all good options and I like knowing several ways of solving a problem. Think people should listen more than they talk and relax a little. Good video sir.

I’m so done with people thinking they can tell others what not to do with their own stuff. This video is great. You tell people how to the thing they’re already going to do, and do it right. And what to look out for.

GREAT VIDEO! Should be the final answer on batoning.

Good stuff! Appreciate the knowledge ,thank you for all the work You put into these videos. I have yet to buy my first machete, was thinking of an Ontario, when I do. I want to try one of Your combo ideas with a mora knife I have here when I pick one up

Another great video...... I loved it when you said "why carve a spoon when you can buy one"....LOL. Thank you so much for all your work and effort in putting out quality videos. Take care.

This is why I like your channel the best: common sense and lots of experience! Great job

Love the video Dave have to laugh when you mention cat tails for fire lighting wondered how many cats you get through 😾 but on the serious side when you you do a video you never are critical of anyone which says a lot about you, So keep up with the videos Dave A T B J👍😹

great vid. very informative. you should have bushcraft/outdoor living class.

Dave.I am with you 100% on your real world comments and how you show your mistakes (learning opportunities).I have been batoning since the sixties and feather sticking just as long.I just didn't know it was called batoning it was just what my grandad and and uncles and dad taught me camping in the North woods of Minnesota. And FYI my grandad was a welder and a woodsman so I feel a connection to you and your videos

Hey Dave, Thanks for making my Friday...Great demo, full of good ,solid, and experienced, common sense...G.B.camp axe, my M7 bayonet, a Mora, and a Silky, was always my gear...Trying to buck wood without a saw is just too much like work man...I never really graduated ''machete training'', so I have no experience there...Thanks for the pleasant video Mr.P.....Take care, God Bless, and have a great Father's Day Brother...CHEERS !!

You rock!!! Love this so true. I myself felt it was foolish of folks to show sawed wood when Suposidly they only have a knife. Cuz I've done if with just a knife and... Its a c u next Tuesday! To be blunt lol

Some cats just don't understand... batoning. LOL

I think you tube hasn`t invented the skill of batoning, but I could see where you could have thought that, Batoning is derived from the french word BATON = STICK so its pretty old as Other Than Intended says also cocerning froes. Even so your information is really valuable and I learned a lot about the sharp edges on the wood and the good use of the machete.. Thanks David, you rock..

Well as a city boy who from the U K went and lived in Kamloops B C and learned so much from a Canadian wildlife hunting and survival guy, the one thing I remember was be prepared I was taught to never go out in the wilds with just a knife, so pleased to see a video with common sense advice, I used a zippo to make fires lol bollox to that ferro rod. And yes had several methods of making fire with me and usually camped where I could park my truck, sorry to you hard core guys but I was and am a greenhorn who likes the outdoors but dont like discomfort

Axes are great but verry dangerous if you don't know your doing or tired..Most of the times in the woods when making fire you are tired.

i notice that alot of people use well seasoned wood when they do this as well which makes it look even easier lol

I thoroughly enjoy your videos, and either learn something new or am reminded of lessons my Father (Born 1916-Deid 1990) taught me when I was "young-in" (as he use to say). Spent many a day and night out hunting and camping. I always tried to pay heed to what he said and done, because as he said, "You never can tell when this little bit of information might help save your life….. BOY!!!!". Thank You so much for your wonderful videos and please keep them coming. Wither in your basement, yard or in the woods, I enjoy watching the videos.

My second time commenting on your videos. Your videos are among some of my best learning, as I am only 8 months into this stuff. On my own.. I have realized that curls and batoning kindling has become so much more preferable to twig hunting. It’s also much more relaxing and fun. Just think about it: You’re sitting in ONE spot gathering all of your firewood… instead of rummaging around for it. Wow. That’s a novel idea 🤣. I actually make a game out of it, to see how small I can batton down my kindling. You also taught me something valuable, in that we are burning the driest stuff on the inside of the wood, rather than fighting the bark. Duhh. I also had a grin a mile deep, as I watched you build a teepee fire. I have always found that to be the quickest method, as they always burn the fastest, the hottest, and seem to control smoke better (at least it seems so to me). But then again, Maybe that’s because I’ve been batoning my kindling for a while now 🤔 However, it also consumes much more wood in a single burning. But I have found the teepee useful for things like building a breakfast fire, or any fire I wanna cook on to get some hot coals going rather quickly. Now. I never realized machetes were great for batoning! (Sorry… I haven’t seen ALL your videos.. 🥺😂). But what a revelation! I do always see you with one, which is why I refer to you as the baton guy! I have been struggling, well not struggling, almost struggling, with a Schrade 12” Frontier. Beefy punk. But I’m finding that’s the problem: it’s too beefy. It’s real thick, so I’m fighting that sometimes. Plus… the friggn thing weighs a ton 😑. It’s resolved. I’m going to pursue the machete thing, because it does have wider applications as well. I can pair it with a nice, smaller, inexpensive Mora and be golden. I just caught a video from another fella who actually sets his machete up in a sling and carries it over his shoulder around his back instead of on his belt. Much easier to get to when needed, much easier to put away, and it can be swung off your shoulder a lot faster when you don’t need it. Plus no getting poked when bending down… Tonight’s goal was to get educated on machetes, and I am so glad I ran into your particular video. Your content never disappoints, and never fails to deliver. Thanks again Chief!

Hey, it's bamboo! Cool )))

missed ya

'Quest for Fire' is a documentary type movie that a friend of mine worked on many years ago, filmed in Africa, about how cro-magnon man first discovered fire and how they made it. Things we take for granted were incredible discoveries thousands of years ago.

Great video. Learned a lot at the end about batoning your pieces down smaller and using batoned wood. I always see people using twigs. Thanks for the video.

Old cranky guy comment - Where I find large wood , I find small wood / tree branches etc. - funny how that works . I can see the efficacy of batoning wood and have done so many times to acquire dry core wood or to create wooden tools and devices with a specific geometry . If the weather is lousy and I need a fire quickly to keep from freezing to death , you won't see me batoning wood and making feather sticks . In my BIG GIANT opinion , A blade in the 5-6 inch range should be able to perform batoning tasks on soft to hard wood up to 3 inches in diameter . I'm not a "hatchet guy" and find a large knife (parang - barong - golok - machete ) infinitely easier - faster and safer to use than a hatchet . A full size axe or crosscut saw is a completely different story . In freezing rain or snow -> "Cut and drag" . Don't spend a lot of time making nifty looking logs . Cut wood in lengths which can be dragged and let the fire do the work . A lot of people (particularly Americans ) might be surprised to know people like Kit Carson - Lewis and Clark ... and more than a few others preferred a large blade as opposed to a hatchet or tomahawk . I wish more people talked about a "tip stick" which is simply a safe way to hold wood upright while using a hatchet or large blade for splitting . Thanks for your video and ideas Reallybigmonkey1 . You always make a great deal of sense . Please give your cat a big hug from me ... while I do a sermon somewhere else .

Why do pets always seem to get in the way when you're about to do something potentially dangerous, like chopping wood! lol My dog does it, your cat did it, and I've seen plenty other's do it too

Excellent, excellent, excellent! I haven't even finished the video yet but had to stop and comment. I love watching you and Nick out in the woods but I love these opinion/training/what not to do videos, more and more. I stopped at the point you were making about batoning with a knife making small pieces for a little wood-burning stove. These little details are so good and only learned with experience. I never thought about the act of lifting away your hand and slicing it with the blade but I have done similar things. And it always seems to happen when you get in a hurry and forget the basics of knife safety.

Love this video Dave, I love the way you keep it real not staged for success every time.

Q: for you Dave. Now baring in mind how little freedoms we truly enjoy these days, does the youtube "holier than thou" opinionated bunch "we are better than you" people feel that I should use my left or right hand to wipe my butt? Or should I just try to scrape it clean on a convenient sapling / tree? Jesus christ! Not often I get rattled but deciding whether or not someone should baton wood or not, kinda tells me that some people have far too few worries in life. Doesn't matter if it doesn't NEED doing, if someone gets pleasure from batoning a piece of wood etc and they are not harming anyone else in the process, then let them do it, FFS! Edit: Dave and his large chopper is a myth ;) Also, I forgot to ask which parang that is that you showed early on Dave??

I see that you're a Condor fan as well, Excellent edged weapons from those folks. Mora is another good one. You really cleared the air about batoning, thanks a lot.

I think my dad said with fuel and oxygen a fire can double in size every 15-30 seconds. When I build a fire I think of that. Doubling the Size and Volume of fuel to match up with the Size of the Fire I've created. Smallest twigs/pieces volume for 15-30 seconds. Then double the volume of slightly larger diameter pieces when it plateaus. Then tripple the volume of that when It plateaus. With even bigger pieces because it's grown exponentially. All the way until I've got a big enough fire to last until I find more wood. Just start micro and plan to grow the size of the fire exponentially in steps before hand and people will have much greater success making fires. Thanks Dave. Great video. :)

FINALLY !!David I appreciate your videos. The silly dry humor is a great bonus. Knowledge is only as good as the avenue in which it has been obtained. Thanks for your "opinions" lol. I've learned a great deal. Keep giving us your tips and opinions and God bless.

Dave, You are The Man! I definitely appreciate your honesty and earnestness. An inspiration to us all.

That cat has a lot of love for you...LOL. Enjoyed this, how many tries have I made in fire starting and just get plain shot down. The only time I heard the word batoning growing up was a Majoret with that twirling thing loved watching that. You did cover a lot of things that are important and helpful. Thanks, Dave and have a Happy Fathers Day.

I can’t comprehend not batoning. It’s just always been something I’ve done far before I even knew it had a name lol. To be fair I rarely ever baton through anything more than a couple inches thick and always match the knife to the job. I surely always have either an axe or a saw for anything more. I mostly baton to feed my stove as you have mentioned. I usually wear leather gloves because I’m also prone to nicks and cuts. Great video!

Looks like Hebert is trying to steal Nick's camera man job! Sometimes the obvious is only obvious when you start at the beginning which is why you deserve a big thanks for your patience to structure your videos this way. You always learn more from the guys working around you than you do from the manual. They do it their way because it works!. Love to see a DIY ferro rod striker video. Stay safe!

You've managed to talk true sense again Dave. Plus not many people talk about knife safety, and correct batoning can really make things safer. Think this is one of the best videos yet. Thanks for the good work :-)

This was a really helpful video Dave, thank you. I appreciate the demonstration, it’s so much easier to learn by watching it take place. It’s normally wet here in the U.K., so we have a lot of extra troubles lol, but this video was just great 👍 x

It's nice to see how thing might and might not work in reality. Thanks for the video and education .

Thank you for bringing balance and common sense to this topic!

you have an eccentric way of explaining your way of doing things,(love it), sort of stick a candle stub up your crack light it and fart you wont get burned but you will illustrate the principle of how a acetylene torch works!. Keep it up good buddy

Hey. I've been trying to make some fires for the first time in my life with only some success, and I've been kind of demotivated because it can be really hard. whether it's striking a ferro rod 50 times and not getting the tinder to catch, or maybe the feather sticks finally catch fire but don't manage to get the kindling to catch fire. But I got a lot more motivated seeing you have the same problems with the ferro rod/kindling, and then making it work with some more planning. Your videos have really motivated me to keep on trying, while also explaining the different types of tinder. Thanks!

Dave, very glad I came back to this vid as a refresher...excellent !!

This is the FIRST time a see a cat in a bushcraft video! That was really funny!