Ray meats is fantastic to watch. Society has lost that connection to the land.

Hope you had a good Christmas pal, let's make 2022 the year we all get outside amongst nature a bit more .

"I have applied many of the techniques out in what we call, "The Bush"" Oh, I bet you have.

No drinking his own piss and jumping over tiny cracks trying to convince you he just jumped a gorge while the cameraman is gently jogging next to him

@@sideshow4417 welcome to showbizzzzzzz

@@djscoah8037 *Quickly cuts to nodding shot*

Yes there is quite a difference between North American forest and European forest. Our forest do seem a bit wilder than European forest.

Being from England but living in the American Pacific Northwest for most of my life I find shows like this rather interesting. One difference that I noticed was when he said two things: First when he said he had “permission” to have a little base camp. Second was when he said that he had “permission” to have a little fire. I am so blessed to live in an area with so much public land. Other than during fire season we can have a campfire whenever we like. We can camp almost anywhere we like with hundreds of thousands of square miles to choose from and outside of official campgrounds it s free. Also, hunting and fishing is much better here since there aren’t any “Kings deer” lol to worry about. Interesting how he seemed happy that boar are once again roaming the forest while here in the states they are considered a varmint and we are trying to eradicate them lol. Like they say “one man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure”. All in all I’m glad I live where I do. I like to visit my family back in England but I definitely wouldn’t want to live there. When I think about America I think about “Freedom” and how important it is to me. I like a good cup of tea, but I love a big mug of coffee, lol. Cheers

Prepperjon I live in england now but want to move to Pacific Northwest ( probably Canadian because of citizenship) because of the amount of space and untouched wildlife there

@@prepperjonpnw6482 Unfortunately an accurate assessment of the situation here. We certainly had more freedom when things were under the Crown, but when 'the Crown' actually became socialism we truly lost our basic freedoms to enjoy camping and bushcraft in our native forests. I am fortunate to have private land, but in a large forest just camp, and if you get told to move on then just move on (it's unlikely).

@@greatoutdoors630 you're misinformed. that read like a redtop tabloid. it's not your fault though. look. when everything gets privatized?? that's the opposite of socialism. hopefully this understanding will help you to discern the difference.

Is that you, Larry David?!😄

You do if its not your land. But go to your local woods, and litter, shit, camp. Local Council won't care

All land is owned and it's illegal to camp without permission here in the UK. I ignore that and leave no trace but Ray isn't going to be able to say the same in a public broadcast is he?

wouldn't it be utterly immense if we'd have had the chance to learn bushcraft at school, but yeh those days are gone, thank god for youtube and Ray!

@@teamcrumb Yes exactly mate. Being able to learn the things we want to learn and not being fed stuff we're not interested in would be a great idea.

Just like the British people, their culture and heritage. All things that should be preserved. The same thing is happening in many countries around the world.

no such thing as 'native' english lol

@@southwestsaxon just like the Arabs in Palestine? You know them being from Arabia and all that. Can we have an open conversation about surah 65:4? lol

@JustAnother IrishMan 100%👌🏻

@@southwestsaxon here we go again. The English are from England and they ARE native to England. Just as the Native Americans are native to American. The native Americans were not originally from American buy after years of intermarriage with other tribes and lots of time the only place they are found is America hence they are native. The same rules apply to the English. Please don’t try disappear my culture or heritage, you would not do it for native Americans so don’t do it to the English.

2 dozen scouts with pellet rifles and a 2 week campout 1. Squirrels 0. lol.

They have re-introduced pine martens into this forest, since your comment, which do a good job of controlling the greys.

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@@luispetel9516 : WTF is that supposed to mean?!

You mean air rifle-totting hunter wannabes who more often than not cause damage to wildlife?

@@BurnyTone no I'm talking about genuie members of the British association for shooting and conservation who take they pest control seriously.

Not just air rifles. .22 also

Calm down RAMBO! 🤣👊

@@DazDc hmm... not going to lie, I dont trust people who enjoy killing animals for fun and pretend they care about the service they provide. Less barbaric solution would be to reintroduce a species to deal with it.

I know?! I feel like doing it myself.

@@curbyourshi1056 what do pine martins do to greys??

@@phuklyyve8941 Eat the shi* out of them.

That's actually a project that's happening now. Good call on that Neil!

They would certainly help but the eastern greys have so many natural predators in their natural habitat they would still be difficult to control and they also have to compete with many other squirrel species

They’ve reintroduced them herein the forest of dean

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They re-introduced them to exactly this forest 2 years ago. Google forest of dean pine martens

This is what I was wondering... I don't think england has a predator larger than a fox

Hello, I believe it’s called Stimulate by Aaron Wheeler, it’s available on spotify and apple music if you use them :)

@@wilfgordon7704 yes, I've managed to find it after long long search but thanks a lot anyways, really appreciated!!All the best

@@pacos76 glad you managed to find it!

There's a threat to beech trees in North America: the beech blight aphid. Potentially more problematic than squirrels, which can be killed and eaten. The UK government should encourage its citizens to supplement their diets.

True I’ve never saw them strip trees here in GA. Maybe a mineral their needing.

@@crawwwfishh3284 Evidently these gray squirrels were imported to GB in the late 1800's as novelties, big mistake. Hadn't thought of a mineral need, very possible!

@@Barbarra63297 Yes something is wrong. Here in the states in my late 50s I have hunted and fished and have never saw a beech tree damaged. Be safe take care Barb.

put your glasses on.

It's more bearable if you make the picture smaller. I've found this a problem with other Mears videos too. Try Survivorman - excellent production!

ankita chandel why say lol think of construction, not a single man walking the forest people do damage to the ecosystem every day but together we can hopefully reduce that by stop polluting the environment and stop doing construction on animals habitats

Nonsense.

Wild camping in the forest is not allowed because of fly tipping, littering and fires. You only have to visit the most popular picnic sites there to see scorched black earth, discarded beer cans, crisp wrappers and instant barbecues to show you where some twat has nearly set fire to the forest and left it like a shit tip. So no thanks, we’ll keep our forest the way we like it, and whatever country you’re living in can do what it pleases with whatever you’ve got. Thanks for being so concerned about our business though. We’ll mind ours and your can mind yours. How’s that sound?