Dollar Store Survival Challenge 

James I really enjoyed the video. I don't usually watch a video that long but you kept my interest the whole way. Lot's of good tips. I especially enjoyed the knife sheath. That is a thing of beauty. Certainly a keeper. If you can do all of that with ten bucks worth of gear then I can surely do it with my higher priced tools. Thanks for sharing. BTW I saw what you did before you took your first bite of noodles. I learned that trick many years ago. Makes everything taste better. God Bless. Chief

James, you have the heart of a teacher & the soul of Grizzly Adams. Thanks for sharing all your hard-earned wisdom.

Just started watching the old videos on this channel. I think a lot of people missed the point of this channel, teaching along with entertainment. Making the knife sheath and backpack would definitely not be needed to a point but it gives you two benefits. Keeps your mind busy from boredom and creates useful tools. Plus he is showing us something that may come in handy if you have to last longer than 24 hours and need to move. Good video on both aspects.

I don't understand why people dislike the backpack segment in this, I for one enjoyed your entire video and tips. You are truly skilled! Thanks so much!

One of the more entertaining $10 challenges I have seen. Love all the crafts! Well done.

I like this video. This guy went out into the woods with 10 dollars worth of stuff and stayed 24 hours and made a video about it and demonstrated a whole lot of simple but advanced bushcraft stuff

Honestly that backpack making was very informative. Regardless of what people didn’t like about this video, you did the challenge and you proved it!

I enjoy how you take less expensive items, like these dollar store items and the stanley cook set. It is how we did it when I was a kid.

I searched dollar store camp challenge. I saw this one and said "oh this is one of my channels". I subbed you a couple months ago. I generally don't visit channels, I see something, if I subscribe I take it from there. Anyway, I enjoy watching these type videos, I've seen some good ones and I've seen some silly ones. This one however, is the best I have ever seen. What a great presentation. A well thought out demonstration of knowledge and skills. It is entertaining and helpful to others and true to the challenge. Good job. As a side note, I read the interaction, about giving thanks, between you and @Chiefkirk Outdoors. I don't think I will ever again forget to give thanks. I was brought to shame and thankfulness. I have many things to be thankful for.

One of the best survival challenge videos out there. Thanks for sharing, love your mentality and perspective. Making all the extra equipment was awesome and a true example of what bushcraft is all about ^^

You do all this to take us along, THANKS James!!

Good job! Lots of good tricks I learned and made me grateful for my well equipped bug out bag! LOL

Inspiring! Great to see what $10 can get you. I think most of us hey carried away with all the cool fancy gear and forget what you can accomplish very inexpensively. Keep the videos coming. You'll be at 100k+ subs quickly.

I enjoyed your video I saw your thing about the contest. I'm new to Bushcraft prepping in survival I'm retired and I really like this type of video you want am I regular watched videos. Keep up the good work keep making the videos congratulations on your first year. Most Bushcraft survival is common sense and you and the other video makers say it the same thing from different points of view. Thank you! Gingdah 🚶💀

I enjoyed watching the video. With the skills that you have in bushcrafting, it was a treat to see what you can do with what you have and survive for 24 hours. I would have liked to see you explain a bit more on how and why you did this or that to the newer people. Nice job overall. Thanks.

James thank you for the video. I’ve made knife sheaths and axe masks from cardboard and duct tape.

one of the best videos I have seen... makes me want to shop at the Dollar Store

i enjoyed the video, but spending 24 minutes of a 51 minute video on making a backpack and knife sheath is too much. That leaves 27 minutes to cover finding a place to camp, building your camp, and surviving the night.

i like that you are teaching your people at your church about these end time survival tips . I wish more of the preachers can be real to their people and preparing their people of the truth

James Great video! I love being out in nature. There is something grounding about being away from technology and realizing the gifts of Gods good earth.

Besides being my favorite Bushcraft site, you have the most fun comment section and we appreciate how much you respond to us. Thank you for keeping it real and fun too.

Hey James,came over here,by way of Really Big Monkey .You did a great job of picking your items and put them to very good use.Liked the video very much,you keep making them brother,I'll keep watching.May the Good Lord bless you and yours. Randy

Clothes you have on... I could 'tent' in them haha at minus 3 celcius (like here now in the Netherlands) Those clip-on lights I have a couple in a bag right here, none of them work unfortunately. So, you got lucky! LOVE your video's all of them!! You're a really good guy with lots and lots of good tips and info's, THANKS James greetz Ellen from Holland

good video , deserves more views. tempted to try this $10 dollar challenge here in the UK !

Hello, greetings from Southern Ohio. Yes, me too! Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Some people tend to think they know a lot about these type of adventures. I guess it's human nature but I hope everyone learned a little something (or a lot) from this video. I know I did. Like the dog bowl idea. I'm sure it's the best bowl in Dollar Tree. Was wondering if you were hearing a Big Foot tree knock at that 3:00 a.m., awakening. Just having some fun. I've also got a suggestion. I noticed the dog in the beginning. I know I take my canine with me everywhere possible. If a significant other isn't available, we could use our furry friend. Learned years ago that's where the saying 2 or 3 dog night came from. Meaning how cold the night becomes. Of course, if you have a chihuahua it might not work. Anyhow, Mike from OPP lead me here. Appreciate the shared knowledge & the time you took to educate us. Looking forward to upcoming videos.

Wow that is a cool wooden sheath you came up with😎👍If you bend that cardboard from the knife package in half and wrap it in tape you'd have a perfect sheath as well,only temporary...nothing like the one you came up with ...bravo sir👏

I just ran across your video and enjoyed it. Learned a few new bushcrafting ideas. I'm a newbie bushcrafter, so I'm soaking up a lot of info I'm finding on RU-vid. In an actual survival emergency there's a few things I think I would have done differently, but your ideas worked out just fine. One thing I might add, Top Ramen can be eaten dry. Crush it up in the package first, then open. Then eat like potato chips. I use to do that for a snack back in college. lol Thanks.

I know this is an older video but this great 👍 and you learned me a new trick I will definitely give a go , the knee clamp trick for smaller branches . I’m really enjoying catching up on vids as only found you yesterday . Definitely got a new subscriber

I kept waiting for you to do something more with the remaining trash bags if there were any. So thanks for getting me to think ahead of what you were doing. Congrats on the knife sheath especially.

i appreciate you taking your time to make a video like this, its very interesting and you put forth alot of effort to explain properly and respectful with your waiting for more

The way you used your leg to hold the stick was very cool and will be put in my memory

Since watching this video some time ago I have watched several other $10.00 challenges, I would vote your video in first place as your confidence and bushcraft skills make a daunting task seem fun.

Good pick on your items. You still had extra garbage bags. you can use them as a sleeping bag to stay warmer. Just an extra idea. Love you videos. Keep it up.

I really thought you were going to break that knife just as you got the knife sheath finished LOL great video

I've subbed. This video was full of rookie mistakes, but I love your attitude and your bushcrafting ideas etc. Thank you for putting yourself out there and sharing your adventure :)

Would depend on the season in the UK as regards the £ shops. Spring/summer, you're good. Lots of gardening stuff, even some camping and cycling stuff and the tools DIY section. Autumn/winter you'd struggle.

Your tarp, laid out, then wrapped around all of the other gear, would be the pack, that ties to the frame with a diamond 0 hitch. The cordage could secure the knife sheath together with 3 or 4 loops. That would save many yards of valuable cordage. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

People sleep on dollar tree but seriously look around in there. The paracord WILL surpass your expectations 😂 they've got all kinda of really good little things. On an unrelated note, the LA totally awesome cleaning products are in fact, totally awesome 😂 i use all kinds of things people cant believe came from the dollar store. Night lights, gardening tools, twine, rope, all the different tapes, gardening seeds, plant starters, the list is endless 🥴😆 The snacks are bomb also

Love this video very well thought out !! Can't wait for next episode .God bless 🙏 you

You settled in nicely. Good job! Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Loved the video! Very informative and resourceful. When the knife packaging fell apart, I would have just folded the cardboard, snugly, around the blade and sealed the sheath with duct tape. I love your wood sheath idea. Much more sustainable.

This was an awesome video. I have been watching your makes and hobo series and this is the first true survival video that I have seen of yours. Well done.

Pretty cool idea. I’ve had to carve a spoon out once and also used a sea shell with my Ferber done pliers. This will be fun to make

15:15 That's the moment I shook my head in embarrassment at the pride you felt in coming up with that one liner -- . --

Great job. Really makes you think about what items to buy to help you survive for 24 hours.

A fine video! Id have personally forgone the jute cordage for the water bottle or a hardier water storage, but still interesting seeing you go about it.

Enjoyed watching your video thanks for sharing God Bless 😊✝️♥️

Hope people pay attention, lots of great knowledge.

Just found your channel. That was a great instructional video. You are very skillful and have a lot to offer your viewers. I'm going to enjoy following your channel.

Ok not sure if skilled or loco lol great video. I am really shocked that saw and knife held up that well. That was impressive! Keep on keepin on!

That sheath would make a great gift, add magnets to the back and hang on fridge or in campervan. I love the methods used. I knew this would be worth watching, even if the context was making for frustrating viewing.

Kudos. Learned a lot. Thanks.

Great video! I would have used the duck tape and made a sheath out of the plastic it came in.

Great video. Very much enjoyed it. Interesting challenge With a long fire that close to you I'd put four upright sticks in front of it in case a log rolls off and into the sleeping area. I'm paranoid though :-)

When i was really poor i would use bread bags or grocery bags like the dollar store bags you have for boot liners to keep my socks dry inside of the boots if I didn't have waterproof boots. It works if your careful, its a life saver.

Very well done. Minimum gear and a lot of imagination can go a long way.

"E X C E L L E N T !" said Mr. Burns the power plant owner. Thanks for a great video. 👍👍👍

I love that you both didn't ask us to subscribe at the beginning of the video and brought in making basic tools, like the hammer and wedge. Can you survive 24 hours with this other stuff? Yes. But can you assure safety or rescue after 24 hours? Having made some basic tools, you already have knowledge and tools incase it takes longer and can apply that thinking to gain self sufficiency and self sustainment.

James-I dig them "Bushcraft Chopsticks!" Great adventure brother.

I missed this video But am watching it now for the July 2018 GAW. I am glad I did You could of just layed under the blue tarp and said " success" But you made a sheath and backpack too ? = Awesome. Was that a Great Pyrenees Polar Bear in the background.? great wood craft skill + plus bushcrafting !cool tent stake hammer !

I love this video.. he has created a comedy without knowing it.. how he wonders through the woods and keeps finding other things he wants to try.. and forgets what he started out to do.. he reminds me of ole Tim Conway classics..lol He just might have a small village built by the time someone goes looking for him... Ha Ha.. Love it !! For God's sake give him some water to drink.

A very fun video. Interesting and practical. Thank God for all blessings. Thanks for the video, great job.

Dude I love watching all your videos but could you tell me can we see more of that big white dog I like how he just chills out in the woods

Cool, I'm also from Southern, Ohio... Scioto County. I Love the woods and doing survival with the smallest and cheapest items I can find to see how I can hold up. Good Video man.. Thanks..

Great info and yes Black Forest supplements have made a huge difference in our life. Thanks again Jack

Thanks for the video. I always like watching as many different people as possible doing the same things because usually they do them in a different way and you learn different styles of doing things. Thank you for your way of soing things.

definite Michael Scott vibes... keep em coming

I've watched a lot of people take this challenge and seen some great ideas and some dismal failures. The failures always come from trying to use the tools as something they are not. Then they break and are accused of being no good because they were only a dollar. I liked your choices and the way you used them. I also liked that you made chop sticks. I always wonder about that when I see people carving spoons and forks. Our Dollar tree always has a variety of LED flashlights with batteries that are really good but the Dollar stores are all different. I really think the challenge wold be better if the ten dollers were taken to the local good will or even yard sales. The kits would all be different and the choices would be fascinating, though lighter or matches would probably have to be allowed as a given since they would be hard to find at a good will.

Great job! I learned a lot. Thanks!

Practicality and efficient are first looks are at the bottom and is just there to keep busy to keep your mind off the situation

So once you have the pack frame made you snug your pack of stuff on kind of like a spider bundling it's food with a line to the frame🙂good idea.

Thanks for tips and very nice work i really like the knife keeper

Thanks for this. I’m trying to be somewhat prepared, husband thinks I’m crazy. He thinks all is great 👍. Figure I’ll be trying to make it alone so learning all I can, if he doesn’t wake up. 😢 I don’t like cold and I really don’t like bears!!!!🐻

That is a great ideal. Enjoyed, your video.

Trading other stuff help for survival gear 2 I didn't know that you do tutorials on how to survive out of Dollar tree and thrift stores that is so awesome

I'm new to your community keep up the good work bro thank you for sharing Ken

You remind me of that one uncle everyone has that would teach you how to put up a tent and make a fire lol

Cool video. Thanks for bringing us along.

Late come to this video... first time seeing you without beard lol... very good video

You did quite a bit of work making the backpack and all. I guess it shows how much you can do with some of those cheaper items, but if it was me, I would have just made a hobo bindle to carry the gear and made a simple sheath from 2 halves of a smaller stick and the duct tape. It would save the knife from getting too dull, so you could get more use out of it. Good video, James.

Well I guess you did The next time I'm ever a fugitive from justice I will go to the dollar store LOL

Great video nice area Pack frame was awesome I need to try my hand at making one

Enjoyed Your video you can make a knife sheath from the same cardboard it came in and duck tape and string for a neck shelth. it takes 5 mins and you dont dull the knife making it out of wood

Awesome video! Really enjoyed it! Thank you! Well done!

Great video,really well produced .

oh and are you going to keep that knife? it seemed to be a useful and reliable piece of gear

Good job! 👍👍👍 I enjoyed watching

Thank you for this Video, James.

Wow, nice one James! Cheers, Rich

Hi James, I love the videos and am learning a lot. Is that white dog yours? Keep em coming mate, Hwyl, Nige from South Wales, UK

nice video, I liked everything you made, its shows ingenuity and skill, both are invaluable in a survival scenario, my only concern would be the matches would not last since the dampness would render them useless within a short time, but then, in an actual survival case lasting longer, you would have kept the fire going indefinitely. Thanks again.

Rule number 1 of harvesting water from a natural source. Obtain it from an area where the water has the LEAST amount of movement. All the dangerous microbes and bacteria are churned up in the rapids/mini falls.

What was the-uh-brand of that knife, James? In all seriousness one of the BEST $10 challenges Ive seen. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

so u dulled the piss out of ur knife and destroyed ur saw to make a sheath for your now dull knife....makes sense

Rather then risk breaking your knife splitting wood , could of made sheath with the knifes packing and duck tape .

Awesome would love to see another video 20$ survival for 24 hour's 👍👍👍

So cool. Very resourceful!!!❤

It’s cool! Great video

Great Video! I really enjoyed this!

People chill out! It’s not a life or death situation! He’s practicing his skills! Stop criticizing what he does! You go out and do the same thing! Bet u won’t make it! Haha stop saying stuff ull never do!