Yes now I can say that I heard it through the grapevine that you can filter water through a grapevine I'm sorry for the bad dad joke

Great video man

Right on! Thanks for the quality.

Great video man I love the videos congrats on the 500k subs no one deserves it more

You have the coolest dog ever.

A few questions: is it possible to scale this up? and how about heavy metals and other chemical contaminants? Also, I would not disregard viruses since they are everywhere and in every water source. Can this filtration method be coupled with some other purification method to get rid of those?

Amazing!

Ultra violit sun light eradicates viruses in water. Charcoal pre filter Tree branch filter Boil

I wonder how many litres you could filter before changing to a new one

If you get sick and die, do post and update and let us know.

Same thing applies to Cain and bamboo. Cut below first not above ground and below second not. The water in the tube is pure mineralized angel water

As someone who is allergic to pine trees I do t think I’d try it. But useful information none the less! Imagine in an emergency! Hell imagine if the contestants on alone had known and used this during the show. Several were shown scavenging containers off the landscape.

Time is coming when we have to rely on these techniques for survival, these woods will save us, the Jungle of concrete is our graveyard soon🤔👍

I wonder if we can use the sun heat to evaporate/condensate water for the extra 0.1% safety

Just curious does anyone believe you could transfer gasoline from a say automobile to a can below or would the gasoline most likely cause the membrane cells in the branch to swell and clog. “ thinking of after a natural disaster ; getting gas from weather totaled cars “

Thumbs up!

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing this. ✌️

This gut is awesome

What a qauicidens a dollar bill 😂

This is so cool ☺

Came from Xander B. Great bow building

You did a great test! 👍👍👍👍👍👍 This is a great help to me! Would you tell me, by now you still don't feel any discomfort? Thank you very much.

This is great. Thanks for sharing this ultra beneficial knowledge. Will definitely be trying this . Firouz South Africa

I just wondering will this work with rope or fabrics.

Would any evergreen tree work the same way

As a Botanist with both a B.S. and M.S. you got a lot of the anatomy and physiology of water movement through plants completely wrong… dead wrong actually. Functional xylem is non-living tissue. In conifers the xylem consists of tracheids which are indeed short, xylem tissue of angiosperms (your grape vine) the xylem consists of vessel tube elements which are 1) dead. 2) short… like 40 microns…short. The are stacked one on top of another to form long ‘vessels’ or tubes and they distinctly do not have membranes to filter material out. Tracheids are pointed at each end with no continuous channel. If the plant is intact (with roots) the roots do have a structure (a suberized (meaning rubberized) layer in one cell layer surrounding the central portion of the root called the stele, this does force inflowing water to cross at least one membrane, but until water reaches that band it doesn’t have to cross a membrane. If you do a Google search of vessel element vs. tracheids you’ll see the difference. Glad that the procedure works for bacteria…. Now all you have to worry about are hepatitis, Nora virus and polio (which we had licked but now kids aren’t getting vaccinated and it’s making a comeback, sadly). Won’t filter out any toxins or heavy metals in solution either. Other than that , nice presentation and were applicable appears to work better than the gravel/sand/charcoal method…. Maybe you could add the charcoal method at the end. :-)

That I'll try myself here! You can stack up other filtering elements before the wood part as well, and of course if there are still any doubts, it's just to boil the water after the filtering. Nice video man! 👍🏻

Badass.

Nice video as always!

Huge question? How long will that filter last? Until it clogs up?

Clay, As I watched, wait let me start again. As we watched you and Xander during this hunt, we were all waiting for you to make that shot that would bring an end to a long and drawn out hunt. We all saw both of you celebrating in the harvesting of an elk. The shear enjoyment of the success of the hunt. The breaking down of the animal and cooking up the first meal. In our minds eyes, we also saw your family benefiting in your energy to attain the meal that would feed the for many meals to come. And when it didn't happen, you showed us, that life doesn't always have storybook endings. We also saw what people for generations did in their search of food for their people and tribe. Princes don't always get the pretty girl. The victory doesn't happen with celebrations. But sometimes life wins, and we move on. Thanks for the humility and suffering for us. I've been the Sherpa of many hunts, carrying the prize home only to continue to work to get it cut down, package and stored in the freezer, so it could be celebrated later, with each meal. Thank you for bring us along. Skillet

Survival situation.... Get about 8-10 of those bad boys going... gallons of clear water... then boil it just to be extra sure and you will have clear, clean, most likely very clean tasting water. Super low tech, easy to accomplish, Very good information to have. and even if you cant create fire to boil the water... Odds are pretty good you will be ok, risk is far outweighed by reward.

How can something be primitive, lab tested, AND newly discovered, all at the same time....?

Thanks Clay for the information that not many of us have heard before. Gonna have to experiment with this in my neck of the woods.

I was taught this as kid and any big vine will work and honestly any good newer branch. And you can run it straight out of pond overnight in bucket (if available) doesnt just have to be out of jar. And try to not let the draining end touch water being collected bark may contained things.... i usually sear the end alittle with fire to clean and ensure no bugs etc. But great info being shared so good job 👏

Can you boil the water to kill all the bacteria or do you have to first filter it.

That is way cool!

Next time fashion a hook on the end of your spear and snag them frogs by the lips with the hook .

that filtration looks pretty cool, but I think I'd still boil it before drinking it.

Your supposed to fill samples until theres a hibiscus to keep air out. Well, that's what i was taught anyway.

congrats on the half million subs.

Genius using the xylem tissue of gymnosperms to filter water.

Can I get a glass of water? This isn't a stunt......lol

i consider myself very informed about survival type stuff. but this video surprised me. bravo. very good info. thank you.

That's just genius!

Would have thought you’d kill and eat the snake. One, it would get rid of a potential danger to you and Cedar. And two, it would make a fine meal.

Hey great video thank you.

Thank you Clay, for your continual curiosity in all things relating to bush craft / and the outdoors. I always look forward to your KZfaqs From Australia

Always nicely done by Clay Hayes.

wow, you are very serious with your video, thank you for sharing how to make this bow