40 years ago, while hunting on the edges of the Australian outback, we came across an almost identical in-ground hut. We called them shepherd's huts, a temporary home until the homesteader / squatter, built a more permanent structure. It kept the scorching sun off you, and the dirt fireplace was ideal for cooking with off-ground dugout shelves for beds. The wooden / dirt canopy was exact to your build and was cozy, warm and a partial safe area from bush fires. Excellent video mate.

I wish I had beautiful soil like that in my garden. I could grow anything!

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Top class. I think that's the most homely shelter I've seen anyone make in the wilderness. Our ancestors must have felt so cosy in their shelters sometimes.

It may even seem ironic to dig a hole in the ground in a survival situation. It may have the appearance of a tomb, but in these weather conditions it is the best alternative to stay alive! I really enjoyed your video!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

As someone who used to dig burrows as a kid and try and make a tent out of it. This pleases the 7 year old within me.

Отличный вариант 👍 На юге России казаки так и осваивали земли: копали 2-3 соединённые траншеи, делали А образную крышу над ними, крышу застилали камышом, травой и засыпали землёй. Это было временное жилище на период постройки дома из глины с соломой. Потом при вспашке участка для поля с него приносили камень, им выкладывали стены и временное жилище превращалось в хранилище урожая и заготовок, называет погреб, в котором почти всегда постоянная температура 👍

Земля хорошая - песчаная !

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Dude......dug out ....we can see the backhoe tracks.........and the limbs....chain saw marks.........oh never mind that was one that i dreamed I built...............great job..............

Замечательно окей класс я впечатлён удачи вам.

Look! Another KZfaq channel where nobody talks and explains what they're doing! Exactly what we all needed!

Very convenient spot with nice soft dirt, no rocks and all those trees the exact right size.

Walking in the wilderness away from the utter madness society has produced. Bliss.

Great video!

In a friend's backyard we had almost 150 of on Ground forts!!!! Like I said we dug about 150 feet in all directions sometimes 6-foot deep so you could stand up, sometimes only 4 ft deep and average of 3 1/2 ft wide, so you could lay a piece of plywood on it!!!

I'm a former log cabin builder from Northern Minnesota (pencil pusher now, I'm 60). Back in the day we used axes and chainsaws, there was usually no power to the site until the building was complete. I like the concept for a dugout survival shelter in the right environment, but up north we have bedrock (glaciers scraped off the topsoil) and even in early winter, frozen ground. Go too deep in the woods and you'll have a root network that will have you sawing all day. Right place and season, though, and I think this would work and be an effective shelter. A good warm camp for a few days, but may not be worth it if you're on the move in a climate warm enough to dig. Still a cool video though, and not a bad idea for staying under rifle fire in the deer opener or otherwise.

I'm envious love it

the house is awesome

Спасибо, за подсказку, как выжить. Урок поучительный, полезный, интересный и прекрасное укрытие на всякий случай.

What an amazing job you did to set up for the night and I'll be watching more of your videos whenever they are added to your list, cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

just outstanding! enjoyed the video!

Cool!

Very cool. Until it rains

Pfadfinderromantik ohne WC

bravo omule

Awesome. Never fig a hole like that in New England - rocks and stones.

This is great. Until a hard rains. Then, it will be a swimming pool!

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Very nice Video. Thanks.aim sri lanka

Nice.

The dugout style shelter is the only way to go if at all possible. So much warmer especially in the north country. 👍👍

If I met someone in the forest with a spade digging a long hole like that I'd run for my life 😀

Love that idea 😀. I've yet to find a riverbed that didn't have river rock all through it. I'd like more dirt like him 😀.

Harika bir video

snow certainly melted quickly

This is the most wholesome and inspiring video ,that I've seen in a while Excellent presentation, ...Had my attention from the very start . It is a very comforting thing to live in such intimate harmony with Mother Nature .

I do so love this underground bushcraft, because you can stand up in it comfortably. Some are so small you can't stand up in them.

Great experience outdoors. Wonderful video thanks for sharing

Отличное укрытие,а главное огонь внутри!👍👍👍

We call these dugouts in Australia ,my brother and I made one as kids, it's a lot of work, I remember thinking that as a 10 year old ,but if you want to keep a low profile it's definitely the way to do it, we used to hide there when our father was looking for me or my brother when we'd been naughty ,worked for awhile,it's important to have some way for small animals particularly snakes to be able to get out, and raise the sides two or three inchs to stop it becoming a mini lake, we used logs and old roofing iron for the roof the logs worked well as they gave us a 360° gap so we could see around , the height we dug too was the height where we could bend over but still walk around you could go deeper if you are more enthusiastic about digging,

हिंदी मात्रभाषा Love from India.

It always turns into a cooking show.

Love your dug out shelter, and the fire and food you cooked, tasty 👍🏻💞 Thankyou for helping me learn 💪🏻🙏🏻

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Yeah these huts are awesome, my partner and I made one of these and slept in it for a week just for the experience, it was brilliant. We lined the inside of ours with a tarpaulin . We did a fireplace like that too, it was so cozy.

Outstanding talent!

Sangat menakjubkan💪💪

I ❤ U bro

Wonderful video thanks for sharing!

I laugh to myself when I watch these "Dug Out" shelters, all of them, other than roots, are fairly clean digging, where I live, the ground loaded with rocks, good size ones, it would take well over a day+, to dig that, where I live

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No doubt about it it's definitely alot of work but he got lucky with picking a sand pit to do dig in. I like it just need to find a sandpit of my own lol

There are some possibilities for short-term survival in such constructs, but many of this type of video feature a brown, clayey soil, workable stuff but very different from the black, friable soil in this region. The shelter's roof in this video would also be useless in a rain or even a light snow. With some kind of impermeable cover and door and soil that doesn't crumble this shelter could make a fun hideout or getaway spot for camping, reflecting, and observing nature.

Very good presentation and craftmanship

My son watched this video with me and he thought it was me! Great work. Love the video.

Always great except when the ground is frozen.

Chthonic life! Awesome 👍🏼

Hi friend The dirt looks good. It's good soil to dig with a shovel :) You must have built a lot of muscle in your body from shoveling dirt up to your waist. That fireplace is something I really want to try, but here I need an excavator to dig as much as I do :) Today's dish also looks so delicious. i really like your cooking 안녕 친구 흙이 좋아 보입니다. 삽으로 파기 좋은 흙입니다 :) 흙을 허리까지 퍼 올리는 동안 당신의 몸은 매우 건강해졌을 것이다. 저 벽난로는 정말 해보고 싶은 것인데 여기는 저만큼 땅을 파려면 굴삭기가 필요할거야 :) 오늘 요리도 너무 맛있어 보여요. 나는 당신의 요리를 정말 좋아합니다

Ez egy fedett sirhely az erdoben! Amugy tetszett volna ha nem vagy ennyire igenytelen!

정말 좋은 힐링 동영상 입니다. 잘 봤어요

Very nice! More than enough to survive.

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I just watched your video. That’s a great idea. I’ve watched many video’s where leaves are used as insulation against rain water and keeps heat inside. Thank you sir for showing us how it’s made

Interesting project but I don't see it as practica/fully thought out in an emergency situation. You have a shovel, mattock, lighter, cutting board, and grocery store veggies. Why not a tarp or three, or even a cheap roll of dropcloth plastic? Plastic or tarps over the roofing cover before applying brush/dirt would be the ideal waterproofing for the interior as well as a vapor barrier for heat retention. If building it as a long-term structure (weeks to months of use), it'd be best to invest the time and effort into making a rudimentary kiln to bake mudbrick shingles for protection from the elements.

You have made a very fine shelter. It looks to be made 'quickly' but I know it took a deal of experience and effort. In the end, you made a cozy shelter in which to spend one or several nights!

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Super, I really like such a shelter, I've been thinking recently whether I should make one myself Your video helped me thank you and I'm subscribing

Love your shelter style 👍💐💐

Nice soil. Even frozen it crumbles easily.

The problem is the earth walls trickling down onto your sleeping bag/ platform..Need a decent military pick and shovel.

one has to wonder how many days it took to build this.

It would make an awesome bath tub if it rains.

당신은 멋진남자.

That was a smart shelter, there are is one aprovment that could help. Do not sleep at the lowest point. You can avoid that by digging less deap on the side you are to sleep on. That apart i do think the shelter works but it is a lot of work for a night.

Great video thanks.

Çok güzel olmuş elinize sağlık

Great narration. So interesting.

Все здорово, но зимой так не выкопаешь))

Big trouble if its rains otherwise great temp shelter.

There's No Way the digging in my area would be this EASY. I didn't see One Rock

Mantap

Cool shelter.

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Wow, the soil inside looks so fine. It looks like staying there would leave you incredibly dirty. I don't mean in the unhygienic sense, but literally that it looks as though dirt would get everywhere, haha! Very cool shelter design.

One or two nights as long as it's not raining

The video was good all that old talk about snow an if rain fall humm

Does this style radiat the heat throughout the shelter well? Plus how do you like the pack shovel and would you change anything about it? I see you have a separate pick for digging. Great plan

Bravo tres bel abris magnifique

Thats a really cool shelter.

Excelente

That is so cool

Amazing video ....turned out brilliant well done..

Хорошо но в один световой день, не построиш такую хижину

Super bravo

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Love the video. Nice shelter. And yes...if you are working steady you can build this in your timeframe. Forget the haters....you made a great shelter and showed us how you did it. Outstanding.

nice. planning on spending the winter there?