Your time in the woods and experiments with bushcrafting is much appreciated. I started watching youtube because of you. Now I have over 65 channels that I watch and learn from. It has been a great experiance. I have recently gone back to camping every chance I get, something I haven't done in 10 years (after retireing from the military). Thanks you for all that you have done for me.
im pretty sure through these videos you have become the mentor for alot of young people in the modern world who up until now haven't been able to tape into this knowledge, to be able you go out and try this stuff and find out what works you really need to know it exists in the first place, and i thank you for enlightening us all
I am always amazed at why people can't just watch and enjoy in lieu of always passing judgement. There are no modern experts on this stuff. We have all been spoiled by technology. Keep up the good work!
The Yurt has been used ( for those who don't know) for hundreds of years by the nomadic Mongolians, and are still in use today there are very mobile Easy to pack up and out from one place to another Thanks Dave another great video
Fully understood you Dave when you went over the mentoring thing . And I agree 100% , like golfing, how many teachers are out there telling you how to swing a club this way or that way , I've learned to incorporate many ideas to make it work for me. Much like hunting, growing up I was told to one thing by one individual and something else by another guy , but when ever I saw you cooking with fire(cover scent) I Said now what do I have to lose and BOOYAH got me some venison. Thanks again Dave.
What you have to realize if/when you're moving the Yurt, is all the stuff you've gathered over the period of time you were in there. It adds up. Take all those wool blankets you've got hanging on the wall for instance - stuff like that. Well, if you move it a couple of times, excess stuff tends to get trimmed off anyway ;-). Love the series. Thanx very much for taking the time to make them.
Everything in your yurt, including the yurt itself can be packed out (and in) on horses. We used to pack multiple canvas wall tents including (collapsible) wood stoves on top of food, misc. supplies etc... into the rockies, on horses. And moved camp every two weeks. Without vehicles. The term "Nomadic" should be self explanatory I would think. Loving the videos - Thanks!
Dave I really like your clarafication on the mentor thing. I totally agree with you. I look up to you a LOT but I also see people like Terry Barney, John Campbell, Green Dean, Dave Wendle as mentors too. I think it's the cumulation of knowledge that we share that defines us as a person.. I think Mark Twain said it best "The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession". Keep on believin and teaching brother
Hey Dave. I like what you said about not focusing on 1 mentors preferences. Just because 1 person does something a certain way, doesn't mean it will work(or be comfortable) for someone else. That's something i love about Dual Survival. You and Cody don't always use the same techniques but you follow the same basics of survival and the audience can choose for themselves which technique they are more comfortable or efficient with. This Longhunter series is Amazing. Great vids sir.
Dave, depending on your ideas and actions in the yurt, it could be considered both a permanent or non-permanent structure. You are doing a great job in showing and expressing to viewers that it just depends on them. Great job!!
Here! Here! I once lived with a very proud Mongolian. He showed me how to build a Yurt (Ger as the Mongols call it), from cutting the raw timber to making the felt, to putting it together. On average the Mongolian Ger is 16' in diameter, up to 20' with bigger families. It is defiantly a nomadic domicile.
Mr. Dave i enjoy watching your videos keep up the good work. i find it inspiring to learn self reliance. It's sad to see people can't survive without a walmart. It would be great to learn this stuff and thank you for teaching.
Dave I will be honest with you on the "Mentor Issue". I agree with you. I have learned a lot from yourself, Cody, Rick Mears, Michael Hawk and some from Les Stroud. Each of you have your own ways of skinning the "Proverbial Cat" so to speak. I have tried each method, and I have put together a "tested workable" system that works for me. I am just thankful I have had so many mentors to learn from. At least I have peace of mind knowing I could survive in the wild, if the day comes when I have to.
I would say that is a moble structure. People have lived in those in Mongolia forever just like your doing. Then packing them up on horses and moving. I watched Ray Mears live with them on the BBC. I really enjoy watching this experiment progress. Thank you for sharing it.
I've moved a bunch of G P mediums in my day and they are at least a couple hundred pounds with poles and stakes and carrying pouch and we were moving them damn things all over creation. Heavy ass canvas. Worth every pound when it was cold and windy and that pot belly stove cherry red in ft drum in January. Adapt and overcome. Do what is necessary not what is preferable. Great videos Dave.
Another great vid brother. I just wanted to touch on the guy's comment about not being a nomadic shelter. My ppl are Lakota(Sioux) they lived in tipis and moved their camps sometimes 3 times a year or more, and a tipi traditional style weighs prolly 3-5 times what that yurt weighs and they LIVED, not semi permanent but PERMANENT , in those tipis, and they could strike it down and be moving by travoi in less than 2 hours. Keep on keepin it real and you and Mrs. Iris have a great Christmas..
Nomads used Yurts all the time and traveled all over and the yurt worked great.They pulled them on sleds and packed them on horses many family members slept in 1 yurt. So yes it can be used very well as a travel shelter.
Dave, I no longer come home from work and plop in front of the TV (Winter now so it's dark and going out not as much of an option). Instead I have "Journal of the Yurt" episodes to watch! Thank you!!
Dave you have changed my view on preparedness survival and more importantly self reliance in the most incredible way that I just want to thank you... also it is amazing how so many people hear your messages in the way you don’t intend and there are always people looking to pick and anything anyone does.... awesome journey with the Yurt.... can you do a very in depth video or series about storing and keep wild game without refrigeration or freezing? I know you have touched on it but specifics on how to cure or how long items like squirrel and rabbit can last. How long does tallow last before going rancid etc etc... can you explain drying vs smoking as in depth as you can on all these subjects in one comprehensive video if you ever find the time to do so . Thanks for all you do
10-4 on learning from each other. I keep trying to find time away from work so I can toss you a video of me starting a friction fire with palm fronds(known to my peeps as cabbage stalks), my grandma taught me when I was a kid. Good luck in the woods...Lamar
I own the mother of all Yurts. I built this sucker myself with the help of my family. This behemoth is 25 ft in diameter. The center ring is 4 1/2 feet in diameter. It sits 11 1/2 feet off the ground, and it does not utilize a center pole.. It also has a wooden door I built out of 2x6's. The roof lats are 2x4's, and are 16 feet long. It contains all the comforts of home except indoor plumbing. If I had to, I along with my wife and two children could live in this permanently. My point here, is that as big as this monster yurt is, I packed this thing up along with all its contents and furniture, in just a full size pickup very year and moved it to a major camping event in Western Pennsylvania for just two weeks and then moved it back. I promise you these Yurts are easily movable. I realize this post is a couple years after the fact but if anyone reads this I would be happy to send pictures
Hey Dave just had to say the yurt is very mobile. One of the reasons I say this is there are several SCA members that live in yurts during Pennsic over in Pennsylvania. They will come from all over the country set up for 2 weeks and then leave. They will also go to weekend camping events and use them. Plus also the mongolians have been using them for centuries.
Mongolian shepards have been living in yurts for a lot of yrs. Packed them onto llamas and off they went with all they own into the plains of Asia minor. A Nomadic lifestyle. Dave, you need a llama.
@666smoothboy Dave didnt use paint on his stove. He rubbed a few layers of tallow(cow or deer fat) on with some steel wool. Works great for rust prevention.
Hi Dave. I like the video. I did want to say for those others that do not think a yurt can be mobile. They should study up on the many nomadic tribes in Mongolia. Yurts have been used there dating back to the time of and before Ganges Kon (I hope I spelled that right). I think your doing a great job on the Yurt series. Trevor
I used to live in a sort of self sufficient eco village and we lived in a house that was carbon neutral. We had wool as insulation in the walls and grass on the roof for insulation and a wood stove to heat the house. Anyway the real hardcore lived up in the woods in yurts all year round. They didn't move them much but they were their permanent living space.
you would only need to secure one deer, that would do your meat requirement for a long while. I would like to see you process and preserve a deer as one journal entry(smoke houses are easy to make)
Hey Dave, Thanks again for another interesting video. I'm hoping you get around to answering my earlier question by explaining what you meant about eating salty bacon being a bad idea in low water situations. How does salt affect a body that is lacking in water intake?
The yurt or wall tents are truly a great investment. I look at the nomadic tribes from around the world and how they survive in the harshest of conditions from deserts to the great white north. They transport with pack animals from dogs to horses, camels, alpaca's or relying on their own bipedal power and utilizing wagons or drags,, sled's. A person can drag alot more weight than they can carry.
Another differnece but perfectly in line with the 21st century long humter is in earlier days they used huge sheets of felt and dave is useing wool blankets, to acheive the same effect. This PDF file on yurts might be of interest to folks who want to build there own yurts.
" The less a man carries in his pack, the more he must carry in his head. A camper cannot go by recipe alone. It is best for him to carry sound general principles in his head, and recipes in his pocket. The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements. " ~ Horace Kephart
you can find all sorts of wool clothing at thrift stores or value villages, for dirt cheep just chek the label to make sure its 100% wool, and for a cheap pice or you could buy a bran new 1 for 60-100$ or 1 almost new for 3-5$ thrift stores good cheap deals for highend wools
Dave, seeing you fed the stove, I remember a technique called 'top down method'. Have you tried it? I myself never tryed it in a stove, just in a hearth and openfire. Hope you enjoy the hint.
Dave, have you looked at any of the speciality rounds avaliabe for the 12 gauge? I am curious about what you would think of them for a survival condition. The people I buy from are at wolf hil ltrading co. Some of the rounds are a bit overboard, but the fire rounds for signaling or starting a fire? I am convinced of the defensive ability. I hope you will let me know. Keep it up, love the channel and the series!
how true you are Dave on both I wanted to stay in one ,we have yurts( in some) ours Pa. state parks thier little more fancy then yours ? how come you didn,t build your on stove!
Yurts and a similar structure called a ger have been used by Turkish and Mongolian nomads since the 13 century or longer and the whole point of using them is portability. They are called nomads for a reason. When they need/want to move they pack up with their yaks, oxen, reindeer, etc. and move.
That and the guy who said it isn't nomadic doesn't understand that nomadic doesn't mean they move every week. Nomads stayed for months at a time in an area until seasons changed, or wildlife herds moved on.
RICKSHAW (final note): The wheel carriage would, of course, be designed such that the ladder platform would ride at approximately waist height (a little lower) so that the operator's (pusher and/or puller's) hands fall (naturally) to the height of the rungs and rails. So ... I feel that YOU and another person could move the YURT on such a cart, or even with a commercial ELK CARRIER. (I think Cabela's sells them ... maybe Gander-Mountin, etc. (I saw 4x tracks in the mud, in the caves system.
Dave, I would really, REALLY like a DVD series (or, at least, a few segments on RU-vid or the SAN) on medicinal plants & using spices for medicinal purposes. I'm looking for something extensive (like it would include quick fixes for cuts, burns, congestion, etc... as well as more complex things). Please do some things on that (or tell me where to look for this ingormation). It's a pretty important subject for me and there have been some times where this would have been useful.
Dave, what is the name of that sweater you're wearing in these yurt videos? Thanks, keep up the great work, I enjoy watching and learning from all of your videos.
Yurts come from the Mongols and is most definitely a nomadic structure used by a nomadic people for over three thousand years. Marco Polo mentioned Yurts in his writings after his trip to the East.
Dave, Have tried " scotch eggs"? Basically it is a Hard boiled egg wrapped cooked meat and baked inside bread. Great scouting food. Good Journey Sunblade
I have been conversing with Houseonfire72 regarding how to transport heavy winter kit over dry or muddy ground (no snow), or how to carry heavy tools to a remote winter camp, in spring or summer, to dig and build a heated bugout scout-pit (and cache). ISo far, we seem to agree that a section of aluminum extension ladder (6ft+) with a pair of bike wheels, BOLTED on (sliding brackets) to form a one (or two) man equipment, materials, and medivac RICKSHAW CART. Variable wheel carriage position.
regarding the yurt not being "suitable for nomadic living." If I'm not mistaking, is the yurt not used by the nomadic herders of horse and reindeer in Mongolia & Siberia? Anyways, Merry Christmas to u & yours Dave. Keep it up. My 13yr old son & I can't get enough=)
I am looking forward to seeing a hunting overnight trip.. =D I hope you're going to be filming it. About the mentor thing: I totally understood what you meant. I get advise from about 20 different sources. Some RU-vid, some Discovery channel, some the internet (forums, comments, reviews so on and so forth) While at this point I am not looking to self reliant in the woods I still want to come home alive should something happen to me in the woods. I day hike a bit and I want to start backpacking.
hello Dave! I have watched many of your videos but have yet to see one that explains how you keep the floor dry in the yurt/teepee/tpee. Maybe I missed it but if you could point me in the direction it would greatly be appreciated. thanks, Ed
Dave, there is no need to verify the yurt as a livable structure. Tribes in the steplands have lived in yurts for over a thousand years. They lived at low levels for winter and moved the flocks up the steps in summer, living full time in yurts. Yours is quite a bit smaller than the average family yurt so that is a reason to try it to see. I enjoy your series (well, actually all your videos) but was out traveling the country scouting a new home site for 6 weeks. Where is the vid of putting it up?
Another great video Dave; you keep making them, and I'll keep watching! Hope you can answer a question about your more recent videos. What is the intro music that you've been using for the Yurt series? It's a good tune!
First of all, i think the yurt is a mobile structure in every sense of the word. Secondly, when it comes to a nomadic existence, that can be regulated by many things. The Native American tribes that were nomadic in existence were following food sources in the great plains. People in general tend to think of natives as all living in teepees following the bison, when in fact many of the eastern and far western tribes lived in the same areas for many generations because the land could sustain them.
dave, i have asked before but you did not answer. #1 are there any fish on the proporty you can catch in the pond or small brooks? #2 what are your thoughts on the canvas tents like the Cabela’s Outfitter Wall Tents by Montana Canvas? thanks for what i hope will be a reply , (i know ther are alot of questions and you cant answer every 1 of them) and really looking forward to the next video!
@Edzherenow99 NO DOUBT. LOL Dave has just come up with the next 'Reality TV Show' and didn't even realize it. I have only gotten about 5 hrs. sleep per day, in the last 22 Yurt Videos. Hehe. This is great stuff. My cousins and I do this sort of thing (but in a little pull behind trailer shoved (permanently) into their wooded land in Adams Co. Ohio all the time. But then Dave goes and does this. I love it brother. Wish I were there. Dave, you soooo rock on Brother Man. LOL God bless ya.
You gotta think that someone down on his luck in this depression we have been living in could aquire an acre of wooded land cheaply would want a cheap way to get shelter. And a yurt would be better than a two room tent.
@cheeselyman google "moccasin pattern" and "tire shoes." i'd love to see dave's concepts though! also: you can make moccasins and stitch and or glue on tire tread for better longer lasting soles.
Ancient nomadic tribes favored yurts because they were fast to erect, light to carry and wind resistant on the steppe. Mongolian nomads moved their camp at least 4 times each year, which took 3 pack animals to haul a large family yurt for each move.
