I really appreciate the more improvised shelters the most. Have a couple set ups around the place. Want to incorporate some of these ideas.Thanks! Learn something every time.

Don't take this wrong, but he reminds me of me, when I was a little kid in my back yard with a blanket hung over the clothes line playing camping out & I LOVE IT..Very special memories. THANK YOU

This guy is the Da Vinci of bushcraft! (Edit) I forgot to mention how much I LOVE that machete!

Dave, I've been watching you for years. You think outside the box. I love it. You are quirky and thats great. Continue your path please, your ideas are inspiring and in my humble opinion, the way you think is the core of bushcraft

Well that was very interesting! Ranger bands are pretty useful

Being retired army..i used ranger bands for everything to include holding my tools while working on and engine...they last a long time and one innertube will make about 40 thick bands..a smaller Inner tube like the old schwinn bike tube makes great regular rubber bands that out last anything sold on the market...great instructional video Dave...

"...and that got the wheels to turning..." Yup! And thats why we watch you, Bushcraft Professor Dave! Always awesome, thank you! 👍😎🇨🇦🌿

I'm going to ranger band the tent stakes. vertical and horizontal to keep them small compact as possible. Got me thinking about ranger bands again. Always fun to watch your videos, Dave!

I was thinkin...where's he gonna get inner tubes THAT big?😂

Hey! So awesome to see that we got the creative juices flowing on this one! Keep up the awesome work sir!

What a great Idea. I will have to play with this idea my self.

You have the insatiable curiosity of a teenager Dave. That is a great setup!

I love that folding stove! Great shelter design, and the bug net hammock idea is wonderful. Better than having a separate bug net and ground cloth.

Dave is a great role model! A child watching today may become influenced in ways that encourage them to find new ways of doing things by thinking for themselves. Your ranger band shelter looked EASY to make and FUN to use. Jungle hammock is a great idea it would help in reducing the risk of tick bites as well as anything else that may be seeking your warm hospitality. . . THANKS, Dave. Love the shelter! Enjoy your weeks end!

Thanks for the video Dave. Looks like a great shelter. Love the ranger bands and hammock as a tent ideas. See you in the next one! 👍

Good ole' Ranger Bands!!! Thumbs up!!! Clark

We watched, while making cheesy grits and coffee on our GStove. Gas company shut the line after the neighbor complained about the burning wood smell almost gassed herself with a leaking stove. Amanda hates sleeping bags: says we can’t cuddle and it makes you a bear burrito. You said ‘ time for bed’ and ordered me to finish posting.

I didn’t know what a ranger band was but I’ve got a similar product from the hardware store called tuff wraps. Basically use them to temporarily tie things conveniently. Man, your gear dumps are always so elaborate. I organize and carry gear the same way and people make fun of me.🐸🍺🔪🔥

Hi Dave! Those bands are awsome! So versatile, right up there with tierips and duckttape. Leave it to you to create something we haven't seen yet! Greetz from Holland, Ellen

Enjoyed the video Dave. Your videos could be 4 hours long and I'd still find time to watch from beginning to end.

Hello from Oklahoma! Good Video. Ranger bands are the best. I see a lot of possibilities with these two ideas. Thanks for letting us tag along. God Bless!

I'll have to be ready for Dracula on my next campout and make a stick like that. I'm always impressed. You are awesome!

Hi Dave, thanks for sharing, and let us enjoy outdoors & Live! All the best, Michael

Thank you very much Dave dear friend for the wonderful video - May you have a happy weekend - See you in the next video 🌲🙏🌲

Funny, I was just thinking about using the bug net on my hammock for ground camping. Great video my friend

Awesome informative video as always Dave! Take care and stay safe my friend!!

Hey Caught a show on time.finnaly. kek. you look a snugs a human in a bug net! great building idea Dave, looks like a success.

That's an excellent idea Brother Dave! Hey buddy y'all have a great weekend~John

Awesome video Dave. Loving that southern accent. 😎🤘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💯💯

Great video as always! Those 37 minutes flew by again 😂

Man oh man do I ever know what you mean when you say the wheels start turning, when they get going I just take the wheel and hold on cause ideas like this ain't got no brakes. This is the first time I've seen a hammock run on the ground like that and the ranger band shelter frame is great. Thank you for sharing your ideas here Dave. They are always inspiring and I appreciate it!

A thought: Seems that the key is to have the bands twist in opposite directions. If both are twisted toward the "front" of the frame it will torque the whole construction that direction. If the twist is opposite, the torque will neutralize.

Awesome video as always Dave! That was such a brilliant idea using the Ranger Bands to construct your shelter here. Much easier and quicker than using paracord, etc. Ya gotta love how these innovative ideas are sparked after hearing/seeing something on topic, yet different. And you're certainly the master of creative thinking my friend 👍 Hope you have a great weekend my Brother!

gm Dave love your videos and your southern voice

You are the koolest camper alive, i always loved camping 🏕️🥾 and enjoyed it and now at 50 years old it's coming back again, a great set 📐 up and coffee at my favorite water fall at the river or mountain spot near water nothing beats it , thanks dave for bringing me back home 🏠

Ranger Band & Rock n Rol Band. You're a Rock Star for making it stand. Love the tiny table. Love it more if there were coffee & scones though. Cheers mate from Australia. Hi Nick wherever you are.!!

I like that hammock idea as a bivi. Rigging it on a cot would make a good bug protector too.

Great Use For Your Ranger Bands ! Love This Idea, Simple & Easily Constructed, Hap-E Zzz's Thanks Davey ! Hi Nick ! ATB T God Bless

More genius from Dave. Ever experimenting. You never seem to lose your boyish desire to play in the woods. Commendable - you'll never grow old Dave. Perhaps some sort of ground mat insulation for comfort and resistance to conduction??

Never thought about using my hammock like that. That’s pretty cool Dave !!

Great stuff Dave 👍. Puts a smile on my face to see a new video out by you 😊👍. Thanks and God bless! 🙏✌️

always coming out with original material and yes that table is slick.

Hi Dave! Brother, the combination of your thinking creatively and your skills with the sewing machine make for some very cool projects.

Some great ideas as usual Dave, I’m going to cut some bands and add them to my kit, also the hammock as a bug net is a good thing for when the bugs are aplenty but the trees aren’t suitable and my camping permission is infested with ants 😮thanks for the ideas,

Always good to see ya man!

Love this setup Dave. I got Ranger Bands from Brigade Quartermaster or U.S. Cavalry decades ago but just used them to secure loose items to pack straps and such. Gonna have to make some now! I know multiple bug net equipped hammocks that are promoted as ground tents if trees aren’t available. I don’t have one but I do have a couple of Enos Double Nest hammocks and multiple surplus mosquito barrier nets as tested by you. They have enough material as you’ve demonstrated in the past to tuck under and keep you bug free on the ground. Love that camo pattern and wish I had that material. You can’t beat having a table when you camp. Going to find me one of those for sure! Keep those wheels turning Dave! Unfortunately we are overrun by black bears here in Southwest Alabama. They wander through our neighborhood almost daily so I’m unable to do some of the setups you use. They’ve never invaded any of my camps but we do have to allow for them. Still hoping to meet you and Nick someday! Stay safe and never stop those wheels!

Very Fun Vid Dave, and the quote of the day " It aint a work of art, but it WORKS"!. With Halloween fast approaching an in-depth vid on the Bushcraft Dracula stick would be great🤣. Thanks for the share.

Nice shelter idea, the more you know the better the outcomes. Thanks Dave for a great tutorial on shelter options. Stay safe, stay outdoors.

Light weight, quick, super strong fastening system. Awesome addition. Thanks for sharing.

Wow ! I liked this ! Great video ! 😄

Those bands look like a really great idea. It seems the strength could be adjusted by making some narrower to make them easier to attach for different applications. And maybe some from, say garden tractor size for super strong applications. Thanks for another great video!

I have three different size innertubes, which gives me three different sizes of Ranger Bands. I use them instead of rubber bands, even made a drive belt for one of my Wife's vacumcleaners, which worked great by the way.

That's awesome brother. Good idea on the flashing red light if you leave the shelter at night.👊💀

Wow! He used a ranger band fid. Great video Dave, as always 🔥

I did enjoy this Dave. Thank you very much for the video. Ranger bands are great, so are zip ties. I always carry both.

Hammock idea was pretty good, Carrying ranger bands all the time,so many thing you can do with it,even as a simple tripod I used it for. Mister survival haha

I really enjoyed this video. It’s one of my favorites so far.❤ we think alike, and I love the fact that you’re making cool shelters🏕️

Very well done all around my brother 👍 All the very best to you and yours 👍 🍻🍻🍻

I like your set up great, God Bless Brother.

I've heard seen the hammock bug net but this is a serious real world application always great to see your enginuity!!✌️💚✊️🔥

The shelter is awesome. Good work. The little table for a dollar is unreal. I would love to run into a deal like that. To make the A-frame more stable, maybe make some stakes a foot and a half long or so first and and drive them down about 6 inches, and put a ranger band on each, then push the A-frame legs through the ranger band on the stake. The bugnet hammock is a fantastic addition. The entire set up looks awesome. Yea, that cammo pattern looks great. Your innovatioins always amaze.

That's a really cool looking shelter brother! Thanks for the video

Great video as always, thank you brother.

I like the idea of the bug hammock on the ground, because many of the state and national parks here won't allow hammock use. Doesn't matter if you have straps to protect the trees. Just a flat out rule. I cansee it because people ruin trees without thought and someone would have to inspect your setup. I don't like the ruling but I understand it. I also like the idea of the red light marking your tent if you step out for the old call of nature. I will have to try and find one. Thanks

Great shelter! I have a Hennessy hammock that I've used on the ground a few times. I was camping in a forest that had been logged within the past couple years and could not find two trees that would support me. By tying my hammock to a couple baby trees just enough to keep the rain fly taut, I was able to get a good night's rest right there on the ground. I love the ranger band shelter idea and I'm gonna have to start carrying more of them in my kit!

Great watch as always. I have loads of innertubes that I use for different things....chainstay protection on the bike... using on the frame to protect paintwork when attaching accessories.... cutting some up for fire starting etc, but never thought of using them as bands, especially not shelter building! I shall cut some up and carry them in my kit from now on. I've never actually heard the term, ranger bands before... I must be the only one 😅. Many thanks again for a great video and excellent inovation. 👍

Ranger bands to the rescue !!!! lol Hammock worked out well !!!

I SHALL watch the next one. 😁👍🏼😁👍🏼

Condor doesn't mess with David.. we don't mess with Condor 😤

Great Friday morning video Dave,and some more great ideas with the ranger bands and bug free sleeping environment,thats the most important thing when the bugs are looking for supper lol.Thanks for all the prep work you do too for making these videos,it will be cool weather soon so looking forward to some fall and winter ideas from the wizard of the woods lol,take care and see you on the next one.

i picked up similar folding tables a couple years ago and i freaking love em. it's so innocuous but having a flat place that you can put food or a chemical stove is convenient and as a man with glasses they're super convenient at night so i can set my glasses down on a place where chances are very low anyone (or anything) will accidentally step on them or roll over onto them.

Hey my friend I live in southern south east Georgia and I lived in Boone north Carolina for around a year and a half and I really loved it up there! Hey I like watching your adventures you remind me of my self and loving the great outdoors and nature.never know what you might see or experience!

I really enjoy seeing new things the R&D is always cool I will try this my next time out

Great deal Dave. I use ranger bands and have them with my gear, but i don't believe I've ever heard or thought of building a shelter with them. Ideas like this is what makes your vhannel one of the best. And why ive been a long time subscriber and I just hit the like button before i even watch the video. This is just another case of you thinking outside of the "normal" box. Anything can and will happen. Best practice and prepare before needing it. Thats a good reason for having diverse and multiple use items. Man I love ya'lls videos. It's nice seeing you and Nick out together when he can make it. God blesd ya'll and stay safe out there on your travels.

Well Dave that is an Informative and interesting idea for bike tubes/ranger bands. I Don't think I Have Seen anyone else Use them that way! So now we know another Way to make a Frame for a tarp shelter 👍 the bands made me think of the thicker rubber bands that they use on broccoli stems at stores 🤔 for some reason. Good use of old blown bike tubes. Thanks Dave keep the Great Ideas🤔 coming ! 👍

Great job on the video Dave 👍👍👍

Hello David great ideas simple but practical thank you very much

Great video,, on a slightly different topic, I've recently bought a wallet made of recycled inner tube, it even has the size of the tube,,(bmx), on it,,lol, 🤣 the company do different items, but it's all in aid of charity,, they're called "the cycle of good",, All the best from across the pond,, 👍

Looks awesome to me. Watch out for those bears lol. Keep the videos coming man thank you.

What an awesome shelter loved it. 😁😄😄😃😄😄😁😁

I just plain dig it! Great vid again Dave. Now i gotta check out the other guys vids, never seen him before.

Really enjoyed this one and I can tell you did too! Glad to see you enjoying yourself in the woods! :)

That's a serious piece of metal!!

Another day outside and another adventure outside the box! 2 weeks after we agree Dave dont sleep on the ground we need to realize he will survive on the ground . Thx for the invite sir!

Thanks for the video! That tarp is very discrete!

I usually take about 20 to 24 inches of the tube and cut it in strips about 3/4 inch wide. Stretch and wrap the strip around your sleeping bag, a tarp or about anything, wrap one end under the other, like a single knot, and it will hold. Strips would hold those sticks in place, and I think, would be easier to work with for something like your doing here. Always fun to watch you come up with new ideas.

I have a Burmese bolo 1941 that was used by the British soldiers in the jungles fighting against the Japanese during WW2 and it has the brothers names that made them in a very small cutlery shop and it has a arrow point design stamped in it and the words property of the king of England. I say this because you're knife looks very similar to my WW2 bolo knife and it has a canvas knife case and leather laminated handles and brass rivets holding the handle on and it is in really nice condition and the blade is almost a quarter inch thick. I very happy to be the owner of such a great bolo knife and a piece of history that has made a very long journey through war and survived and made its way to me to take care of. I call it my good luck bolo and if it could only speak and tell me some true stories of where all it's been and what all happened with the man that was issued to!

Very cool the bands held up. I do really like that camo pattern. We just got our first hammocks this year. Nothing fancy. Now I need to find the ones with bug nets. I like the idea of being able to use it on the ground also.

Great video. God bless. From Glenn CATT. In Massachusetts.

Mt man here from the smokies good vid as always 👍👍

Great video Dave, good to see you.😀

A great camp learned alot we need to know what we have 😊 to use in the woods and doesn't cost alot I found a bike tire using and making rangerbands.

Hmm Ranger Bands? I could see making them from semi inter-tubes. Using them to make a traditional plow point tarp shelter rather than regular cordage. Run a couple of regular ranger bands down the long pole. Clip a large piece of cameo netting underneath the long pole to the ranger bands to act as a poor man’s mosquito net. And a regular tarp across the top. Beats eating bugs all night long like Lewis and Clark did for two years straight. I read a dramatic retelling of their journals. That was one of the major sufferings they had for the trip. Being eaten alive constantly by Mosquitoes morning, noon, and night.

Great video awesome job. Your videos are incredible well thought out and original . You also communicate to your audience with almost like a Mr Rogers in the woods feel lol.. keep it goin Dave .

Very ingenius! Looks cozy.

Awesome ideas!

Another Great Video, thanks for sharing

You must’ve been a Eagle Scout in your past life. Love your videos man!

Hi Dave ☺ pretty neet shelter, I'm not sure how it would stand up to a strong wind, ya could end up in a stick and tarp sandwich, lol. Was that a bushcraft black hanging round your neck, good knife, and the fold up table was a steal from the bargain bin, great score by your brother. I liked the hammock and bug net , using it on the ground is a great idea for keeping out the crawlers, and stuff. Thanks for another interesting video mate, we learn something every time, stay safe, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.

Nice one Dave great video 👍 thanks 👍