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Just ordered another 《 Cup n Bottle set for my Grandson 18. I got him a bedroll and set it all up w/ all the right stuff for Graduation. Shawn, do you think Camp Craft will ever have anymore of their waxed canvas bedrolls ? I purchased one after your video. I absolutely 💯 % love it !!! Now I want to get one for my wife. ...Alan in Texas 🇨🇱
I'll definitely still watch if you change your video format or length, it's when people visibly change themselves that turns me off their channel. I've always watched for the knowledge transfer, and for the good vibes 🤙🏻 Keep doin you, Corporal. You got me back out about 2 years ago and even got my mom to join me, it's now our mother/son adventures. And for that, I thank you dearly.
30 years later, I still remember this from my Wilderness Survival merit badge in Boy Scouts. Positive mental attitude, first aid, shelter, fire signaling, water, food.
Fire used to scare the crap out of me. Watching your videos, starting small, and repetition now have me confident (not stupid) enough to practice many different types of fire starters. Some of us have been here since before the overnighter videos. The channel was awesome then, and it's still awesome now.
Thanks again for teaching us those skills! No apologies needed, you doing your best 👍 I made my first bow drill fire last week, YOU show me how to do so.
I like the way you keep going over the fundamentals over and over. You don’t just do something one time and master it. You can still learn more about the basics 10,20,30 years later. I learned that in martial arts
5 BASIC skills beautifully & clearly explained! You do a great job! Interestingly, about 30-35 years ago I was deer hunting on a cold winter day on the side of a mountain with Beech Trees reaching to the sky when a COLD rain moved-in. Using a military-issued Emergency Space Blanket similar to yours, I easily & quickly erected an emergency shelter very similar to the one in your video. As other hunters scampered to their vehicles, I waited out the rain & continied to hunt. In case yo uare wondering, I did NOT get a deer that day! But I enjoyed hunting a while longer! Prayers for a safe trip from visiting with your son. The Old Preacher
So there's going to be a Corporal's Corner garage sale. I'm in! Lol. I must admit that I didn't go watch the video as soon as the notification went out. I had to visit your Etsy store first and get another bottle and cup set. Great video. Skill refreshers are always good.
I am an 81 yr. old, dedicated outdoorsman since those days when I first learned to walk and followed my father into the Appalachian woods where I grew up. He was my mentor and taught me things about the animals and plants and trees in those old worn-down mountains and impressed upon me the importance of always knowing where you are in relation to where you want to be, which I have carried in my brain to this day. He showed me how to set, read, and understand a compass and it took me many tries until I finally learned how to shoot a path and then follow it in a desired direction until I encountered my landmark and did the same thing over and over again. I got so good at it that I would go up one of the mountain trails we used all of the time, and I turned off the trail and walked until I was sure that I was out of sight of the game trail, and I marked a tree with a piece of bright yellow cloth, (part of an old shirt) hung on a branch. I then shot an azimuth to another tree and walked to that landmark to establish a straight line. It was maybe 40 yds. in length but that wasn't the purpose of the drill. I was attempting to walk a pattern as close to a square as I could to end up as close to the 1st tree as I could get using only the compass to lead me back to the starting point. I came within 20' of that 1st tree on my 1st attempt (with no cheating!) and I was pleased that I got that close. As I grew older, I realized that I was able to accomplish this with one factor which I took for granted but never realized that it was the KEY to coming back to point one! I will let your readers figure out what that one crucial "key" point was that I unconsciously used to find my way "back". When you grew up at the end of a 2-mile dirt road into the Appalachians and your most modern "toys" were an old compass and a Barlow pocketknife and your lunch was a PBJ sandwich wrapped in wax paper and stuffed into a red "farmers" handkerchief tied to your belt, this "exercise" was a challenge for a 5 yr. old boy with "adventure" in his blood! This is my segue into my following comment. You have explained, in just PART of your 17 1/2-minute video, what took me weeks of practice to learn as a young boy and years of challenging myself to finding new ways to use that compass to gain further knowledge of my "backyard", where I had free "roam" of wherever I wanted to "explore!! Throughout my entire life I have hiked and camped, fished and lived off the land, and guided others into many parts of our great country and the adjoining forests and lakes of our Canadian friends and I am STILL learning things with which I can polish my skills and also new things of which I had never considered. Your explanation of the very BASIC ground level instructions for traveling in a straight line in the woods was so eye-opening to me that I marveled at the time it took from my early childhood to learn the simple basic steps that any child could learn in one day if given the steps in the simple language you covered in your talk. Rendering such a complicated looking tool to its most basic operation is a skill in itself and I commend you on your approach to using a compass and also the many other hints and tips [just the building of a simple fire is a good example] that you provide in easy-to-follow steps for those who are starting out and also to provide to us "old wanderers" a reality check to our skills so many times merely taken for granted as habits are formed and experience is built throughout the years. I am not able to trek out in the woods any longer because of my old injuries from my military days and also being "rode hard and put up wet" throughout my different "challenges" I have put my body through simply enjoying the myriad of adventures in nature and the outdoors. But through your videos I am still learning to hone my knowledge "bank" of all my many trips to the woods and it all gives me a sense of accomplishment and pleasure far and above any other life choices i have made in my life as a small business owner and a husband and father of 2 grown sons. And speaking of "sons", where was YOUR son in this video??? I have waited through so many videos for the day when that small boy mastering the "rope" bridge crossing came into his own as a grown man!! Hey, you owe him for allowing you to use his skills to introduce YOUR videos for so many years! ........... just sayin' ........ 😉👍 ru-vid.comgaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f60b.png
I think this video and ones like it are great for people who are just starting out but a refresher is always good for experienced folks. Keep grinding there!!!!!
I was elk hunting and lost my hatchet along the trail somewhere, I had to use a knife, it was snowing at -14* @ four thousand feet, I had to build a teepee over the fire with ceder bows, then it took some time to process some wood down to dry wood.. pain in the a double s.. after an hour or so I got a decent fire going.. still snowing lol it's not always easy..
So simple yet so important. Even on my 30 acre homestead, I always have with me = mitlitary poncho, victor inox forester knife, pocket flashlight and bic lighter. Thanks for the video !|! take care.
Thanks once again for a great video. You work hard on these vids and I appreciate it. I wish I had the money to buy all of your products. I did splurge and bought a sweatshirt and love it!! Can’t wait for the cold to use it again.
Shawn …. Excellent instructional video!!! Actually learned something new!!! I can now shoot and walk an azimuth … if my failing 70 year old knees will let me. Please keep the excellent videos coming and be safe in your travels!!! God bless you and your family!!! Chuck Knight from Atascocita, Texas. ✝️🎣👨🌾😵💫🦌🙏
Knowledge weighs nothing thank you for sharing your experience this hopefully will save someone’s life someday enjoy your trip safe travels 🏕️can’t wait for the posts
Im from the UK too! We are bravest campers. Coz we have to deal with all the poisonous snakes and spiders and scorpions. People from other countries dont understand all the risks we take when we step out the door here.
Hope you enjoyed your Independence Day. I enjoy the videos. I want to learn more skills, improve the ones I already have. I appreciate your videos. Question about water. If you were going to boil and filter, which would you do first?
Great video corporal K. With great videos like this it still amazes me how many people still enter into the woods to hike, camp whatever and end up in a survival situation with no gear or the wrong gear with them???
Enjoy the dry weather in sunny LowCal. You'll miss it when you return to Ohio and the high humidity. I've been in TN for the past year but will be returning to LowCal next week. I'll miss the friendly people here in TN along with the ability to get outside into the woods. Back to the land of fruits and nuts!
Sir, this is the First time Anyone has taken the time to teach me about compasses or how to properly start a fire! I am 55 years old and am eternally grateful for you making it simple stupid for me with explanation to match!!! Thank you so very much!!!
Thank you for showing the way to use the compass again! I’m not experienced in the woods and every bit of teaching I can get will help when and if I need it. Another awesome AF video!!!
Sir, I thank you for all your videos. I always learn from you, everytime! I will watch anything you post, everytime! I hope you and your family all the best! Watching from Vancouver BC Canada 🇨🇦 😊
Thanks for the Refresher. I am OK with all except the Azimuth. Never used that or a Compass, I, however, haven't become lost as yet I will need a bit of help on that one.😊
Love your videos. Have learned alot from you. I watch them over and over till I get what ever your teaching right. I'm so much better out in the bush. After I master them I teach my kids. Thank you.
I once got lost in the woods picking mushrooms,,and i remember a trick called Swedish compass,,i took a long stick,,the longer the better,,and just hold it hanging,,it will help you not to go in circles
