Light Weight Scouting Pack Set up 

With all the survival and prepping videos on youtube it's refreshing to see a channel that offers PRACTICAL advice and isn't in the pocket of some corporation *cough*gerber*cough* You're real, offer great advice, and I have the utmost respect for your Christian walk. As long as you have a channel, I'll be a subscriber. Keep up the great work!

I cannot begin to thank you enough Dave for taking the time and effort to post these videos and provide so much invaluable information for the common man. Much appreciated

This vid is the first time anybody mentioned 'necessary' activity in a camping senario. Thanks

Good video. Smart choices. Before I saw this video I ordered a small rucksack (French) to do what you just demonstrated. This is a good starting point for me. Thanks Dave- as usual good work.

I really appreciate your serious discussions on oil cloth. It takes it out of the realm of "just doing things the old fashioned way" and into a good talk on performance.

@ woody woodin The weapon is a Springfield M6 I believe It is a 22lr/410 survival gun.

If there were only one of your videos on RU-vid, this would be the one I'd pick. Just top flight all the way. So good.

This is a brilliant video. One of the best on RU-vid for light weight scouting pack set ups.

Very awesome simple and logical pack set up Dave. Nothing fancy, no bells and whistles that'll just weigh you down and possibly get in the way. That's why I thoroughly enjoy watching you guys from the pathfinder school!!!!

I love the ability to travel light. I have, trust me, fallen backwards on a heavier set up in a swampy setting, No fun. Where the footing is precarious, going light and nimble could prevent a bad accident! I see the merit of this bedroll, as is also described in your first book, Bushcraft 101. As long as one can get a little padding on the ground to keep out the wet and cold, heck yeah, this makes great sense!

Another great video, Dave! I am not a bushwhacker or prepper per se but a lot of the tips and advice you give have certainly been helpful to me on my forays into the wilderness. On a side note, I just watched your video on the Marpat ILBE. Thanks for the tip on the Sealine dry bag. I just now ordered one from Amazon for $39.95. I've been using a loud yellow plasticized laundry bag. It works but the Sealine bag is brilliant stuff. Thank you!!

Great video Dave. Really enjoying this practical series. Thanks for all you do.

Bout to be goin on a scouting trip of my own... dropped in to checkout what other dudes carried!! Love this vid!! Keep up the good work dave!!

Just bought your books... I'm about to do my own overnighter. Thank you Mr Canterbury

Dave i like to thank you for a quick and easy way to pack up lite and and stay and go. And keep up the good work. Thank you.

Im really glad i got to this channel. Tons of real deal knowledge right there! Thank you for sharing it!

Thanks for all your info Dave. Appreciate ya!

Been using a Hammock for a long time, the best part is you can make them easily and custom for your needs. My backpack/scout kit weighs less than 3 lbs for my sleeping section including my tarp hammock and suspension. With quilts, which I would bring even if I was going ground, would be 4Lbs for a bomb proof, spring to no need for fire, setup. Warmth; includes an oil skin tarp which adds a bit of weight, but a Sil tarp does not do well with a long fire close by or for any abuse like Dave said.

Thanks for the video. Excellent. Super good. Nothing extra. Simple, functional and convenient.

Great kit and a really good set up. Well done on your teachings and the 5 Cs ,

Thank you! I know they said the rolled size was different, but I didn't know it was a big difference. I appreciate the information!

your great dave just getting into bushcraft and i love all the practical info .i enjoy sharing it with my son an his cub scout troop

You guys that live amongst trees and water have my envy. Around here you have mesquite and no water. We have to carry in our own water and a means to set up a tarp. What little trees we have cannot bear the tension of a good ridge line. And tent camping adds a good amount of weight unless you fork out some serious bucks.

Great advice and walk thru.. thank you Dave

Dave thanks for the vid. Always nice to see the hammock !

In Poland we have similar packs called "cube pack" (used by special forces some time ago but it's really cheap) and I must say if you attach blanket really tight it's very comfortable, you can even run with this with no problems (of course weight might be...) :)

You are amazing at explaining these things.

Great bid Dave I use close to the same set up. I have a one person tent rather then a hammock, and I carry a collapse able fishing rod and a small mess tin. Thanks for the great vids and advise.

Thanks Dave for your dedication . I enjoy the videos that have made on backpacks and how to pack the pack and what to carry in the pack I will soon be going on a journey cross country and by that I mean I will be hitchhiking a lot of the time .I hope that one day we can to meet thanks Len

Great video Dave.

Thanks for your info Dave very informative.

Nice looking setup, Dave!

Dave, your videos are like crack. I set out to watch one...three hours later I'm still watching!! You're the best....like a cool version of Ray Mears. I cant wait to get to Ohio and take a class. Great job as always

Another Great Vid Dave! Have to say love the m6scout that your carrying.

your looking better after time i saw when the show ended and glad to see it

Excellent demonstration ,thanks.

yes yes please!!! bring the thing back into production!!!

Love seeing the M6 in your videos

always best vids on youtube! i'm here in the jungle and there's a few things i would change but i love the set up!

Great vid Dave!

every class i have taken from you i use the scout pack and a bedroll and a haversack. 4 days 3 nights its always been enough to be very comfortable.

Dave I appreciate your dedication to your subscribers and your school. I enjoy your videos on packs and I am going to be going on a journey cross country and I mean is that I will be hitchhiking a lot of the way I guess you could call it missionary work I learn a lot on how to carry my pack what kind of pack to carry. I believe that you are very dedicated to your work I believe you trust God I all that you do.

Thanks Dave,great video..as usual

5'8", Holy cow, i thought you were much taller than that. Maybe in the 6 foot range.

Dave, Watching your videos, again. Always re-educating myself and learning something new. A question, if you don't mind. Why do you not lay out your tarp and roll your wool blanket inside it to keep it dry and prevent twigs and burrs, etc. from catching on it. Give you more room in your pack and doesn't weigh any more. Great channel, great videos. Thank you. (U.S. Army, Vietnam Vet. Thank you for your service).

I've had luck with Red Elder leaves, the smell is better than the Penny Royal which didn't work. I left out the Pine Tar though which might be the reason. Rubbing Elder on only lasts for twenty minutes, but tucking the sprigs behind my ears and in my hat worked surprisingly well for bug repellant. Red Elder tincture in a spray bottle might just be the ticket. I recently made a med spray that way with yarrow, plantain, daisy and ground ivy. Thanks for teaching me tinctures by the way, Dave!

I liked this video. I always learn so form your videos.

looking good DC

yahmaha loves your videos. I've seen that boat commercial like 6 times recently!

super video dave enjoy all your training videos too relearned a lot that I forgot

Love the pack, Dave! Just bought one of these pathfinder haversacks from Duluth. Now can you tell me the proper technique for evading the wife for a good 3-5 days?

I like your Vids and we all can learn so much from each other, your Tips and Tricks are priceless.Go on and Greatings from good old Germany ;-))

Another good video. Thanks again brother.

I know my suggestion doesn't pertain to your video, but I just got my Ka-Bar Johnson Adventure Potbelly and the Parangatang which is a excellent summer long knife, if you look closely at the Potbelly it sort of resembles a large Nessmuk knife and I can see a little of a Butcher knife in it, Yeah its a large knife, and for people that wish their BK-2 was a little longer the Potbelly is it. it rained today here where I live, but I went out into the woods in my neiborhood and I was impressed, the Parangatang is similar shape to a modified Parang, but a bit longer and not that bad being just a little over a pound, they both came out very sharp and for such versital tool's they weren't that expensive I got both for $147.00 plus shipping, also the Potbelly I think was designed for a 1knife carry option and in loose cover actually I used it for my long knife, Yup their very versital, I would like to know your take on them, Laterz Dave.

Thanks Sir! Your the best!

Hey I know this video is old, but you did a great job on the set up, I myself am making a similar pack, but with P.A.L.S webbing on the from so you can put pouches, and its going to have strap loops on the sides so you can wrap around a bedroll log, almost like a WW2 German M1939 pack. Hope to one day take you classes, and maybe even make a couple items for your shop. Take care and be safe out there.

For brick and mortar breed filth and crime, With a pulse of evil that throbs and beats; And men are withered before their prime By the curse paved in with the lanes and streets. And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed, In the smothering reek of mill and mine; And death stalks in on the struggling crowd- But he shuns the shadow of oak and pine. -Nessmuk

it is a m6 scout it is a 410 and 22lr combo and it holds ammo in the butt stock and is a break barrel action

Awesome video, now your talking my weight range. I love my eno hammock. Even in winter I use a hammock. I'm too boney to sleep on the ground. I want to try out a wool blanket but they are not cheap.

Excellent info.

Man I love these vids.

Was curious on where to get ur pack. Awesome video. Loved to watch dual survival with u on there.

Thank you Sir!

After spinal surgery, my back is worse than before. I have to travel light when I limp into the woods. Bought a DD Traveler Hammock with the 9x9 tarp. Total weight 4.4 lbs, packs small, and a great nights sleep. Black bag from the MSS, SS water bottle, some freeze dried food, and a good book allows me to still do what I love the most. Spend a couple nights in the woods away from everything and everybody.

Nice pack job bro! Love the hammocks. Much better to not wake up with snake snuggled up with ya in the summer. Great vid.

Great Video

I really like how you incorporate comments previouly gotten on other videos in your new videos. As an example you mention here that your bandana is clean and that you don't wipe with it, which seems to be a direct wink to a comment on the recent First Aid video, haha. You're really close to the community and I can assure you, we appreciate what you do for us. Keep up the good work!

I spy a tree stand. nice vids dude I always find them to be helpful and interesting, keep up the good work.

ive been waiting for this upload :D

such a smart video. i hope the folks that were so concerned obout the weight of the other set up in the other vid recognize it.

Great info blessings from uk ✌

Dave's the man💥👍

I believe the hammock is an ENO singles nest

Not Dave, but that tarp is on Tetnsmiths (if you can't find it on Dave's site- don't think it's there). It's one the oilskin tarps section, I believe. A possible trick would be to wrap that tarp around the blanket (like an envelope). That way it won't get wet & heavy if it's raining & you don't have to dry the blanket out.

great informative video, thanks

Easton tent stakes are super light weight good vid dave

You should check out "Clark Jungle Hammocks", their right up your alley. I own the north american model, used it for years now. At first I thought it was pricey but after getting and using it. O man, the weight, craftsmanship, thought and design is outstanding. Knowing how important a good nest rest and a reliable shelter is, I can't imagine using anything else now.

love the vids brother

my fav kind of video

Thank You ..

That's the famous M6 Scout, take-down survival rifle. .22 rimfire and .410 shotgun. i think designed for bush pilots in case they go down.

Nice video.

Awesome video, Dave. Thanks as always. Have you considered wrapping your wool blanket in your tarp and carrying it strapped to the bottom? It might free up a bit of space and protect your blanket a little better.

thank you god bless

Nice! I'd bet Davy Crockett would approve.

Dave! You the man! great video, as always. Deluth packs are a little out of my budget. Any "budget friendly" suggestions?

HEY Dave, thanx for another great video. a question for you - who makes the hat you're wearing in this video and where did you get it? THANX for any information

That's a sensible and practical kit there. Small roll of cordage, small roll of duct tape. Perfect.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Dave. Do you ever use a taughtline hitch when setting up a tarp or mostly truckers? Have you used a wool blanket directly on the ground before?

another excellent vid dave. have you thought to do one on or about a belt kit to go with this series for just wandering away from base camp?

I kinda like that short ENO hammock.. I am 6'1" though.. I think it would work out ok. Thanks for the video

FYI-Dave sells the exact bottle of bug dope that he is using in the video on his website.

I like that treestand

Thankyou

Hi Dave, what do you think of those blue tarp's that cover car's and grill's on your patio, do you anyone using them, they are light and seem to be pretty good for a emergency tarp. Thanx in advance.

I've seen past videos on your winter kits and such, which I've enjoyed along with this one. But it would be interesting to see the opposite spectrum from this video. Meaning, an extended stay, long-hunter/expedition kit. You've indicated in the past, that kits that are for extended stay in the wild, are too heavy/bulky for a pack and require some form of conveyance. Louis and Clark had a mad amount of gear they took with them by boats, horses, and by men.

I like your videos

So help me i see another damn Chevy ad.

Love the mobile aspect of this set up..haven't seen your video lately looks like you put on some lbs..lol....

This is an awesome and simple setup. Thank you for all the great info you provide!