Glad to see the maps i made for 30 years being used and taught. I am a retired USGS Cartographer. Word of warning, many of those maps have not been revised / updated, so pay attention to pu
I’ve been revisiting all your old videos and, no matter how many times I watch, I always learn something new. After I finish rebuilding my Tacoma engine, I’m totally going to sign up for your survival class, and make it a road trip! ATB, David
I love this navigation series, probably my favorite series you have done. Very informative. The bush here in Victoria Australia is not this sparse though.There is 3 million acres of bushland in Victoria, though most of it is very dense with undergrowth higher than your chest and near zero visibility. Though the good thing about it is 99% of it has had little or no visitors since the gold mining days in the 1800's. Makes it a bit harder to navigate but the skills translate well and give names to techniques already in use.
What a beautiful area you live in. i always mark my map if i notice some thing new. Those beavers can make some big ponds. In Vermont in my fathers old camp they flooded the whole valley. They came in and blew the dam up. I use google earth now when i go into a area that new to me it shows you everything. I always use maps if i can. great series Dave we all appreciate your knowledge that you share with us Thanks
Hey dave, just want to give yous guys a big shout out from ireland, Have been watching your videos for a long time and just want to show my appreciation for what you guys have taught me. Keep up the good work and hopefully see yous in the woods!
Pardon my French but why in the Christ did someone hit the thumbs down symbol! AWESOME vid Dave!! Your practical teaching techniques are second to none.
Dave I love this series and I think I'm going to show your videos to my soldiers next drill we have to do land nav course. Thank you! Just made my life easier!
That was a nice walk Dave. I really like these nature walk, land nav videos. I agree, nature is magnificent, especially when you can enjoy it like that, without human sign disturbance and litter. Thanks.
Happy to see maps I made for 30 plus years used! Word of warning, most of the USGS maps have not been updated, so if a road or building is no longer there use the contours and water features. Note the publication date too, feel free to contact me with questions bkunert gmail
hay Dave and gang love the videos and the face book page. i know you have covered everything but keep the videos coming man. love you guys love the way yall live.
Have you hunted the pipeline yet? I'd be putting some stands along it if you can hunt there.Trapping along that creek might be good too. You can download topo maps at the USGS website. Thanks for this one Dave, I love land nav. Keep up the fire.
mr. canterbury your videos are excellent. you're an incredible resource of information. is there any kind of wind baffling for your camera convenient to use when shooting these videos? wind seems frequent, and one really wants to focus on everything you say.
Herby, guaranteed that's not a Bigfoot at 5:30. Last year, Dave found three Sasquatch hunting on his property. After tying one arm behind his back, Mr.Canterbury proceeded to give each of them a sound thrashing and made them promise to tell all their buddies to stay away and never trespass again.
I see many of those contour lines on your map do not have numbers to show the elevation/altitude. I wonder if there is a way to work out whether they are a hill or a depression, or is it just finding as many matching features on the map to the surrounding terrain as possible to work out where you are.
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Hi Dave, Where do you get the maps printed on vinyl? Or where do you get the vinyl paper to print the maps on? I've been looking for something like that for quite a while. Thanks for all your videos!
Dave, Do you hve anything on bow drills or other quick fire means without using any carried tools? Just in case there was ever a time you were forced into an emergency situation where you were unprepared & have nothing with you.
In your years of living, have you come across anywhere other than US Geological Survey, that will make maps of a particular area? Can read a map just fine using terrain association but Im a little picky and would like a terrain map made with MGRS grids.
Hey Dave, just wondering. What wildlife area are you sharing? Also, I do believe you learned a lot of survival from the military? If so, God Bless and thanks you serving.
I've been getting my topo maps from MyTopo and I am wondering what scale you recommend to use. My current map of my home city and county is 1:50,000 with a 1 kilometer grid put over it. I want to get maps that are easier to use will hiking so I need to find a scale that works the best.
great video dave but as you know not a lot of people can read a map unless they were in the boy scouts or the army i make my cub scouts can read map and compass . again thanks for the great video
that is a clump of leaves hanging from the tree in the foreground. I had to watch it 3 times since the first time I said "dangit there's proof" but when dave makes 2 more steps it becomes clearly leaves right over his head.
Yah beavers can wreak havoc on a maps accuracy. A uncle in Miss. left some bottom land lay fallow, didn't plant and when he went back to look it over beavers had made them selves a Lake. It took him a while to reclaim it. Them beavers didn't want to give up there hold on it . It seemed a little funny to some of us , but not to my Uncle!!
Many people have no idea what contour lines are or what they mean. Perhaps you could have started with teaching map reading. Most important are how close they are to each other representing the difference in gradient. There is a difference between a cliff and a gentle slope in contour lines.
Dave, Did you notice someone else down by the creek with you, looks just like the so called sasquatch, watch it at 5.30 it walks down to the creek and stops, you almost zoom your camera into it? Just letting you know brother!!!
now I know why those sasquatch moved down here on my property in north GA.cause Dave run them off from up thare .LOL Thanks Dav for A vid with NO .COM.
Hmm, I see you took down the yurt; the beat down area where it used to be -- just before going down to the creek bed north of it. Cool, the yurt shows up on Google Earth!
No Mate look closer , it walks to the creek then watches you from behind the bushes. Seriously! (time line 5:30) Ok sorry yeah I see what your saying, your right lol!
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"there is no human trash here...it's a wonderful experience..." lol I want to have a hunting ground like that! I'm so sick of seeing trash everywhere in the woods and I am more than willing to hike 6 miles in to escape the eyesore(s) left behind by human trash.
Nope it is a leaf, Slow it down and take a good look. PS I live in "Big Foot country" never seen one in 30 years I have been going into the deep northwest bush.
