How to Live OFF GRID Longterm in the Woods 

Mate your absolutely right about education on fire starting, when I went to a semi wild campsite in April, I actually had to start the camp fires for the youngsters on the neighboring pitch... They were trying to a light a log with matches... I gave them a quick talk on firefighting for dummies, but basically mankind has regressed to the point where he has no mastery of fire.

Great video. I'm glad you pointed out the importance of permission from the land owner. As a woodland owner, it's heartbreaking when we turn up and find we've had uninvited visitors. Firepits dug indiscriminately, wood dragged from where its been neatly and safety stacked. Our simple little log seating area turned upside down. Chopped, firewood and half burnt wood left laying about. Sorry to hijack a lovely video but anyone reading this, please respect private woodland... leave no trace! What we don't see and have to clean up, we aren't going to be too upset about.

Great way to live your life. Regrets will be less as you actually get to enjoy what life should be about.

Those birds are amazing don't need a radio out there.

To sum what I think is most important in this video; be aware of the environment that you're going to stay- perhaps spend a night or two at each spot you like-, find a sturdy shelter for all seasons of any price, don't cheap out on your sleep system, know how to produce a fire using several methods, get proper cooking equipment, good wool clothes and focus on living a cost effective, self-sufficient, comfortable life

The off grid things you do are very informative and awesome! thanks for sharing! stay safe!🙏🤙

ANOTHER FINE VIDEO! I admire your chance to live long-term in a friendly forest. I also have been admiring your setup as your adventures have unfolded. This video is chock-a-block with REAL information. My experience with the Kelly Kettle system was mixed: I read the instructions and then left the cork IN during my first boil-up. I was not seriously burned. I certainly agree with your idea of a mix of quality and sensible thrift in putting an entire kit together. Older cast iron RULES! I note that YOUR fry pan has a longer handle than we typically can purchase in the USA. The extra leverage of the longer handle offsets the extra weight of the pan. I, too, use a mix of old and new and of heavy and lightweight items in my outdoor adventures.

This is a brilliant video!

thank you this was so well everything i needed to know about off grid thank you

Great information video. A good list of everything one would need for overnight and long term camping. You covered everything very well. And it is a pleasure to supply you and your family with their own logo hats. Also thanks for sharing. Have a super wonderful day/evening.

Beautiful tent .👍

Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed watching it.

Great set up!. Love it...you have taught becky well. ❤

Great explanation bud. Think it's great how far you've come... The other place was great, but this one tops it all. Long term in the woods takes dedication

We have 35 acres of land to use for camping out on and I use it sometimes for that, but mainly let it grow back up since we sold the timber on the land. The state has many parks which people can campout on for overnight and several days rental cottages for those who want to get away from home to be in the forest.

As soon as my house sale closes my son and I are going to move to a camp we're building on a friend's property. We'll be raising our chickens and turkeys and getting some rabbits and a few goats. We'll do some gardening too. We plan to cut and mill some trees to make some simple cabins while living in tents. I hate to leave it when we get done working on it for the day, but we have 6 dogs and we're not quite set up to take them all for an over-nighter yet. Can't wait to get out there for good. Been feeling the call of the wild for too long now.

Hey thanks for the tips man and I really like the presentation no bs like a lot of other videos

Thanks for this vid really interesting and informative.. I came across your channel a few days ago and girl outdoors and subscribed to both. Absolutely brilliant both channels🏕️🏕️thank you👍👍

Great video..many thanks for the tips

Its good that you have friends, that let u homestead on there property, kudos to your friends,

That's a stunning wood

What a well thought out informative vid lost of tips to help anyone however they do their outdoor camp outs appreciate your efforts enjoyed watching this one 👍

Great information,shower setup ,and did I miss where your toilet was ,thanks for sharing opps part 2 next

Very informative thanks. ✌️👊

Bloody beutifull mate great set up keep going ya doing great cheers 🐨🇦🇺

i've been thinking about doing this for about 6 or 7 years, as i am sick and tired of the rat race and paying every single penny i earn to inflated rent and bills. so tired of feeling like a slave to the system, it stresses me out and that's not a real life for anyone. My main problem has always been, how do i find some woodlands to live in that i don't own ?.. until i can save enough money to buy some land, how would i start off ? So really happy to find channel's like this one, to help me understand everything involved with going off grid and living a real life for once... only difference would be, i wouldn't be hunting those beautiful animals, i'de be painting them :)

Will be doing 31days in march wild camping for the GREAT TOMMY SLEEP OUT thx for the tip

For me the main thing would be to buy the cheapest piece of land in the middle of nowhere, then get couple backpack solar panels to charge a couple big capacity power banks, a good durable tent, sleeping pad, summer and winter sleeping bags, and several other stuff but yea pretty possible to live happily off grid

Just found your channel , have quite a bit of woods on my property.Thinking of setting up a little campsite . Quite hot outside now In South Central Indiana USA . I'm going to wait till fall . Plus we have Chiggers very annoying.

Nice view 👌😍😉😎👍

Awesome video, my friend! Great offgrid living skills! Enjoyed watching, the surrounding nature is amazing. Cheers from Russia, bushwaker, and welcome to my channel about special bushcraft tips and hacks! Kind regards, Yuriy! Good luck!

Thanks infomation sir 👍🏿

I love your forest camp. You’ve done a great job with it. The only thing missing for me would be a little stream or creek as we say in Oz! BUT then you’d have to contend with mosquitoes..... Have fun. Deb from Oz

nice setup you've got there! You might consider trying to dig a small pond as a way to catch and retain some additional water - added bonus it will attract and benefit the local wildlife! I started working on one last year on a friends property where I have my little forest camp

Good video and a nice piece of land there. I agree about Reed Chillcheater, their kit lasts well and performs better.

Sometimes its better to buy cheep (depending) but most of the time its better to get the expensive stuff that will last a very long time. Just need to be careful not to get ripped off by companys that charges a lot for cr*p.

The only reason why I watch videos like this is to prepare myself for whenever I turn into an adult I will go on a journey to the wilderness and stay there to really find myself if I can.

That's my chill video for my kipping bag. I'm camping with the kids in my garden behind the woods. Can't wait to watch this. Also a question for you do you sell merch please

Those mtp smoks are great

You should be in charge of the education system!!LOL

Looking good mate. As for water I think Becky would be a great dowser and you could find a water source all you need is an y branch of Peach, Hickory, Dogwood, or Cherry and some know how and then you could find water. In Joy mate

The beast from the east was the first winter out living,if it wasnt for people making videos on how to survive,ivs tried to live in doors since and find it hard,been out now since the first week of December done sub-zero temperature a few weeks ago and found it so,easy,but that's is to do with people making videos,winter and stormy weather is not for beginners,always practice before cold weather and stormy weather as u can get into a big problem the u cant sort out,thank you for making this video as people need these skill,even after about four years camping theres always something to learn and the better you get we can still make a mistake and that mistake can be the end of ur life,,me I push myself to limits to see how far I can go before it comes a risk,,I also know people who live in doors and there always saying I'm mad doing what I do,I love living the way I do and will not live back in doors until I get too old,,,and just a quick message for the homeless,you can still can get a job or go self employed,,❤

Looking forward to watching this when i get home. Dont have enough data to watch it all at work. 👍

Thanks for the advice I'm definitely not hiding from interpol

Love your videos mate, keep them coming 👍 quick question, is there any unowned land in this country that you could do something similar to your camp?

I lived in the wilderness 20 years living off the land without electric power. Saw very few people.

6 litres a day of water. I drink 3 a day. Great vid

Good idea to know whom own the landscape or you don't know whom own it that you must ask them permission for long or short term camping in their landscape

Any one have any tips for finding unused woos to rent ?? Always wanted to do 6 to 12 month off grid as a test to myself and haveing a hard time

Great video, really enjoyed it. Did you stain the shave horse or did to turn that color on its own ?

Another great video mate. Got a question do you have any trouble with snakes in your camp? Here in Australia when i go camping mostly in the summer i get a lot of snakes come in to camp it docent bother me as much but when i have friends come we all have to keep tents zipped up at all times as most of if not all the snakes are deadly in Australia also another hazard is ticks and giant centipedes. Looking forward to more of your vids have a good mate.

I beg to differ on the private land part. I've got several bunkers, hand dug, on public hunting grounds

This is great man. How do you deal with the insects in the summer?

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Bushwacker man,thank you for the response.went to the link you sent, couldn't find any baseball caps there ? Is there somewhere I should be looking.let me know if you would please.👍

You forgot to mention , bring half your House Contents too

Nice video. Where can I buy the hoodie you're wearing

Thanks for the video, great info. So am I right in thinking if I buy a piece of woodland I can live there indefinitely? There's rules on building structures which I've heard of but I think that's out of order, If you own the land you should be able to build a cabin ect. I've looked online at buying woodland but there's only 2 or 3 websites that do it. Are there other ways? Kind regards Aaron

Been thinking about buying my own plot for a while now you have given me some good points are there any laws about living off grid ie council tax or postal address

Where does one,have a pony ?

Hello friend.

Is there a club you can join to use and share private woodlands. Or if you own your own woods swap and share each other’s land. Great vids sir 👍

Hi brother iam living in namibia .. kavango west .. we have about 5000 hectares about 10km by 5 km ... i want to stay in the bush for 5 or 6 months ... bow that summer is over here bugs are few ...

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13:33 - Not sure if you are going to read this, but I have a question about arctic tent... how do you keep it from moulding as its it raining in the UK quite often, does the heat inside helps to dry the tent thus preventing mould or does the material itself is resistant to water, preventing leaks and absorb water... I am just wonder as in the near future I would like to purchase such tent, but if I will pay £500-600 for the tent just to find out it will start getting mould after a year, that would be quite expensive temporary shelter... How long have you got that tent and did you notice any patches of mould?

It’s called the forest.

Man how I can go there with you for real

im probably going to do this soon in a tent but my biggest worry is lightning

Can any one help me out I’ve been looking for this pacific 10 man artic ten now and can not seem to find one can any one point me in the right direction thanks

Come to Canada and try your skills bud.

What about the toilet?

Where is possible to do this in the U.K. ?

Picked your cast-iron up really cheap from where?

Will you stay during midge season

Is it by a fishery ?

Bushwacker man how do you get one of those baseball caps.?🤔

This seems like such a fun thing to do and your could save a lot money doing it, but it's illegal to live in your tent in most countries, even on private property. How do you do it?

about to go ghost.. before the sociteal collapse

You would do better in Portugal. I have a home there which I am working on but I camp in the wooded garden. I may buy more land. I am in the UK now teaching to finance everything I have a stealth camp where I am constructing a small stealth cabin. I am thriving.

What if you can't find any private land??? Is it possible to do this all year round but remain hidden??

Watch out for them Sasquatch.

Even with permission from the landowners, if the council clock on they will move to enforce removal. Does that worry you?

Hi…is that the US arctic tent?

Wow. It would be good to have water. Watch RU-vid “Girl in the Woods”” in the USA. The mosquitoes on her land are really bad. Be careful. Deb from Oz

You would be "living the dream"...

Shame they don’t have a pond

What if I just move somwhere in the mountains where nobody really is?

I'm camping I would rather be out in the wildlife then renting a property 😅

Did you buy ya own land

How do you prevent predator animals from eating you?

I'd love to go off grid just for a week see if anybody realises I'm not home

What about planning permission to live on the land? Nobody explains that

It's easy when someone just gives you land lol

is it possible to find a piece of land not owned by anyone? ive got no friends, im thinking of buying a tent and leaving the city ideally id love to head up to west scotland, i see on google maps alot of empty land and no houses or citys for 100s of miles how would anyone find my tent or have a problem with me been there? funny how i can rough it in a cardboard in some back alley with a bunch of crackheads no one bats an eye yet i cant buy a tent and live in the wild! i know where id rather be!

500 pounds no idea how much that is 😂

Sooo... what do you do for money then?

"i saw about 9 people" what he means is he saw 9 people

5:00 minutes in and this bloke hasn’t taught us a thing!

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This video could have been just the first 30 seconds. Tips for living off grid - "borrow or get some private land" - End.