One Tool Survival Options Skills - The Hatchet! 

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Hey Andrew. Hats off for taking one for the team and eating a mouse. Next time, we want to see you rustle up some Bernaise Sauce using your amazing woodcraft skills.

Somehow the mouse changed the flavor of my coffee whilst watching

The reaction, “Mmm, gross.” Im sorry, but I died laughing. Another great training video. Thank you for the amazing content, I use your videos to teach survival & SERE in classes as training aids.

The Hatchet series was influential for me as a kid, the books instilled a love of the outdoors and reading. I still fish from a canoe to this day because of those books. Great video as always.

Holy smokes!!! Ranger Fieldcraft and Survival is the MAN! Eating field mice and drinking out of boiled plastic bottle that was found in the field, Priceless!!!! He really shows how to survive when SHTF!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!!!

Love wild onions. I went to a local wild edibles class several years ago and learned nearly 50 non woody plants in my area. I came home with some seeds. Every year I harvest them and replant seeds for next year. Now nearly 100 plants this past season.

Thank'YOU Major🧙 With the Hatchets We're Immortal 👍❣️🤣🤣🤣...☝️

🔥🤣 cook it till it is a brick. Love it. Almost how i cook anyway. 🤣🔥

That's the quickest, simplest, most practical and camouflage shelter I've seen someone on RU-vid build. Great job!

Even tho it's a lot of the same skills we have all seen a hundred times i appreciate the different application/approach each time thanks for the hard work and educational entertainment

Even when you have a good survival or bushcraft knife, a good axe or hatchet is a force multiplier when it comes to survival, comfort, and convenience. I consider a hatchet part of my minimal gear whenever I go hiking or camping. I keep one in my vehicle at all times. You can also exchange some pack weight for a lighter more moderately sized knife that performs fine tasks better. Axes and hatchets can help you conserve precious calories in a survival situation, compared to working with just a big heavy thick overbuilt survival knife.

I follow your teachings here in Brazil. Thanks Silva! Big hug the size of Brazil. The earth is flat. 💪

WOW that book is a blast from the past!!

Thanks Andrew!!

Thanks for this video. I had no idea you could sterilize water in plastic. Never even considered it. Thanks for teaching me different.

I can't explain how much B it means to me that you are sharing your knowledge and skills! I can't thank you enough! I wish you were in my area! Bushcraft in NC is fun.. hot AF in the summer. But reasonably cold in the winter!

Learned more from this one video than five other survivalist videos combined.

Thank you! I've learned so much watching your channel.. greetings from Ontario Canada!

Great content in this video Andrew,nice trap setting, I really enjoyed the hatchet video,your knowledge is superior, thanks for another fantastic video 👍☘️😎

Mr Andrew as always a great and practical video. You are my idol in the field of Survival, I am always pleased to see something interesting on the channel.

_Hatchet_ was my absolute FAVORITE book as a kid! I loved it so much, that I recommended it to both of my sons when I saw it listed as one of the books on their middle school reading list. 👍🏻 I'll never forget the part when the Porcupine wandered into Brian's shelter!

I loved that book as a kid.

Man, the hatchet series of books is what got me into loving books back when I was a kid. Everybody should read it.

Thank you Bic and Zippo for not making me not have to do this every time I smoke.

Oftentimes, I miss spending weekends outdoors. Great video.

To present your meal like some Fancy outdoor cooking, Chanel got me :D thanks for this Video

Truly, these are skills we should be thankful we never have to use but we walk in confidence because we have the knowledge in a bad situation. Andrew makes this appear as if he could perform these tasks every single day and be satisfied until rescued or finding his way to safety. Good show man.

Really useful and practical video with no BS. Thank you for sharing your knowledge my friend. This stuff saves lives! 🙂👌🏆

Thank you for a great video! I just love the Hatchet series, makes road trips much better, listening as we drive.

Hi Andrew . Greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thankyou for your time to make these videos. Thankyou

I like the practical approach with the one tool survival. Who knows what you'll lose or not have, and what you will be able to find/make a tool to use to survive.

That meal had my mouth watering!

Good, explanatory, survival / bushcraft video. Shows knowledge and experience ⭐👍

"Mmm, gross" Best part :D Also, the dome sapling shelter...I don't recall seeing anyone else do this style. Thank you for the demonstration!

The movie based on the book “Hatchet” is called “A Cry in the Wild”, made in 1990. I watched it again just after watching this video. I watched that movie 15 years ago, or so, and it was responsible for me buying the Timberline Alaska Bush Pilot Hatchet. It’s rather small, but I still have it, and it gave me a new love of small hatchets.

Great video! Loved the shelter, I use them a lot here in Australia. Quick, easy and it doesn't require bundles of cord to make. I won't be boiling water in a plastic bottle anytime soon, the amount of crap that is leeched into the water from the plastic will eventually kill you anyway. Survive the situation only die horribly from cancer years later.

Thanks Michael, great instructional video 👍.

Great revision for hatchet use Major. Cowabunga.!

Hey, your really good mate, your vids are no bullsh***t and your legit. Just want to say thanks, from Australia.

Another great video Andrew

The Camp Carver is an awesome tool. It ain’t cheap for sure but is a great design executed perfectly, even made in the USA! Straight out of the box was razor sharp, ready to work.

🔥❤️‍🔥 another great video ❤️‍🔥🔥

I remember reading hatchet in 6th grade, time to read it again! Thanks Andrew for your survival videos, you have a clear, cool way of teaching. I've learned a lot from your channel!

Dude ate a mouse 🐁 hahaha. Very nice man. I enjoyed watching it but won’t be trying it anytime soon.

Thanks Andrew

I would love to see some videos on survival in the high plains. Out here water is scarce, we get a little more annual precipitation than a desert. There are also large areas without trees, which creates shelter building, and fuel for fire challenges. Finding food is also more challenging. It gets both very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.

Awesome

Nice video. Never read Hatchet, but might now just for the experience. Most of us have probably seen lighting up a tinder bundle/birdnest with an ember before. The video didn't suffer for not having it.

Great to see the hatchet in action. I really enjoy working with all axes. Its a super tool, and I personally like the added necessary focus to complete tasks safely. Tasty morsel you had there. A cold beer after that meal woulda hit the spot.

Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, this was a great video. It was full of vital information. Stay safe out there. 🤗 👋

Right on target with this advice! If you haven't seen it look for the 1954 B&W video by; On the Spot "Survival in the Bush". Three men go into the Quebec bush, one of which is an Algonquin named Angus Baptiste. The only tool or equipment they go into the bush with is an axe. With the axe they make fire, build a lean-to shelter, make snares, fishing spears, and ultimately a birch bark canoe.

Bravo Andrew! Your training classes are solid. Thank you.

Great video. Both my kids read that book in school and loved it.

Another excellent video! What next, survival without using hands and legs? Andrew is his own shelter, fire and water container.

Thank you for this video. Great tips and techniques!

Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your wood lore

Thanks again Andrew

I prefer carrying a machete, but I'm in Cen Fla, not alot of trees to use a hatchet on, but alot of bush. Thx for the vid Andy But in the Midwest or the north, I could see the value of an axe or a hatchet vs a machete. Or in other words the right tool for the job.

Excellent video Major! Thank you!

I was a young Boy Scout when that book came out and remember reading it around 1987 or 1988. I've often wondering about surviving with a hatchet, but find myself grabbing for a large blade, like the Tops Storm Vector, more times than a hatchet. I've tested a half dozen Seax style blades, and found the Storm Vector to be the best of the lot. It beats the Terava Skrama due to length and balance.

"... to live off the land... to eat things that would make a billy goat puke..." classic

I have one of those Council tool hatchet. That is a nice hatchet.

Great book, Hatchet. The full movie is here on YT. They did a pretty good job with the movie.

Great video 📹, Andrew. Practice makes perfect!! Thanks.

I'm 31 and I read the hatchet in school when I was 10 or so. best book ever. I loved it! great video brother!

Great book, and a great inspiration for a survival video.

An excellent illustration of why to always carry a metal water bottle.

Classic novel! The whole series is good!

My avocation was repairing/modifying hand tools/knives/hatchets/axes/swords. Suggestions: 1. Drill a tapered hole about 1 inch from the end of the handle. Thread some 550 cord through. Now you have an option of hanging the hatchet off the ground, off the floor, out from under foot. 2. wrap the handle first with electrician tape and then with tennis racket tape. An untaped hatchet needs routine maintenance. One of the reason you might see a person wear gloves in the summer time and using a hatchet is to absorb impact and to protect the hands from splinters. A wrapped hatchet does the same. 3. Make sure you have the carry system worked out. You might want to carry the hatchet on a pack or offset from the waist. If you buy a hatchet with a sheath, you need to consider how you will be able to carry it with you other than walking great distances with the hatchet continuously in your hand.

Outstanding and precise in-depth explanations. So glad you took extra time with the bow drill how & why. Thank you soldier and thanks for your service.

I have always like the book hatchet. A hatchet is always a good tool to have on hand. Thanks for the good information.

Great stuff! Love all your content! Thanks for sharing your skills!

Great video. I own the camp carver so this video is perfect for me. You earned a subscriber! Thank you.

Well done Andrew! And YES, you can eat mice, rats (cook well) and snakes (lightly cooked)!!

Excellent video! Hatchet is a great tool option. When all the water has frozen over, chop the ice. Then, it's either crushed ice in that plastic bottle or you can get down to liquid water. Unless you are operating undetected, blaze your trail with the hatchet, marking both outbound and inbound. If all you have is a hatchet, fabricating that baton is definitely a priority IMO. Any thoughts about tiny ferro rod, tape, stainless wire, needle and/or razor under the paracord wrap? If not the handle, then the mask ...

A fantastic video demonstrating the exclusive use of a hatchet for survival. Thank you!

Great video thanks. Like that hatchet & have one myself. It works like a knife but better yet works like a hatchet.

Outstanding

Outstanding

cool. thx

Oh wow! I’ve got that book, as well as several other written by Gary Paulson!

Thank You.

Wow, it seems like just a few days ago that I was watching this lesson in person. Thanks Andrew for the quality of instruction. "Scouts Out"

Ii enjoying watching these videos. I'm already an experienced outdoorsman and wilderness survivalist but I can always learn more.

Always good content from your channel. One thing I would like to see is a "survival scenario" video where they take what an average soldier has in their pockets and vest/webbing using only standard GI items that are commonly issued. Alternatively, an aircrew survival one having only their issue survival kit. No augmentation.

Another awesome video, thank you Sir.

We read that in school my sophomore year and I was super exited because I had always loved survival. I grew up on bear grills (fake I know 😂) and dual survival stuff like that.

Great Timing !! I'm just back home from my 4th " one tool weekend" this year.. and funny enough it was with my hatchet, the Gränsfors Small Forest Axe. And I have to say it's not my 1st choice. The 3 other options are : a Kukri, a Tom Brown Tracker and a Victorinox Ranger Grip 79. Have done every we the same tasks : - set up the tarp, so I needed sticks to plug it down, - build a reflector for my fireplace, so a lot of wood to process - make a fire that last till morning, so I have to gather and process plenty of deadwood - start the fire with a bow drill, so make all you need for that. - build a no.4 Trap My ranking for a one tool option after those 4 weekends : 1. Victorinox Rangergrip 79 2. Tracker 3. Kukri 4. Hatchet My favorite Combi, = 2 Tools, have done that last November- December, same tasks : 1. Vic R79 + Gränsfors, 2. Tracker + folding saw, 3. Kukri + folding saw, 4. Hatchet + folding saw

I took a cultural orientation course in the Philippines in the late 70s. One class was given by an Igorot who was an instructor at the Naval base survival school. He showed us different small animals, like lizards, that we could eat in a survival situation. Each time he would grunt, "Hm. Good eating!" 😀

The book reference earned the sub. 👍

Outstanding video! I loved the Hatchet series when I was a kid! I think that I read up to the 5th book, if I recall correctly. The first three were read as a class when I was in 5th grade and I found the next two in the school library - which was great because they counted towards the reading tests that we were required to do and get points for. Edit: There was a movie made in 1990 that was based off of or inspired by Hatchet. I believe it was called "A Cry in the Wild", though I haven't seen it since I was a child.

Another great video Andrew! Love the hatchet!

Thank you another very cool and educational video!!! Umm nothing like a bad tasting mouse but hey it is food! Thank you and have a Great Day!

Mouse and mud water !!!! I love it.

Another great show n tell. 👍

I appreciate your videos they teach me so much

Andrew you rock buddy good advice on survival

Thanks Andrew for another great video

Loved the cooked mouse "oh gross". I gave this book to my kids and they all loved it many years ago. Gary Paulsson's "Hatchet". thanks for reminding me of it.