A Huge Tree Fell Down On My Tent - How I Got The Best Of It.
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- A huge beech tree fell down on my tent. After some thoughts I decided to use it as a shelter. Here is how it all worked out.
The Tent
www.hot-tent.com
Saws
silky-europe.com
Musen:
My dog eats raw chicken every night. Besides that she has dry food available all day.
Musen (the mouse) is a labradoodle
She is half brown labrador and half black/white toy poodle.
Her real name is Effie, but i only use that when her hearing is bad. ;)
Cody
The black labrador is called Cody. He belongs to Tony.
When Musen and me is at the site, Cody is with us. He loves Musen and me, and not least: he knows i have food.
Cody is afraid to cross the bridge.
Tony
One of my best and "oldest" friends.
He has the fishfarm down stream, and lives close by.
The place I have my tent belongs to the fish farm.
The Cats
The cats are wild cats and live around the fish farm.
Plet Mis
The mother cat. She is mother to all the other cats that comes near me.
She brings them to me, and some of them
Great film too love the headache cure keep the films coming please
Your channel is one of the very few left that show some real bushcraft - how to make things and I enjoy watching that. Thank you for sharing!
I love how ypu go from having a huge tree fall to making a mallot& building a recycle bin the beautiful spoon. Resilient!
When I saw the old timber for the shelter I thought for a moment it was time for another build. I'm so glad you are still making good use of it. Good to see you again, I hope you are well.
I have some other huge timber from the neighbour. I will take that to use later :D
Thankyou God noone got hurt🙏🙏🙏
Beech tree are notorious for that, water collects and rots through big branches, you were very lucky.
Yes. It was some rotten between the stems. No wind, only rain from the night before to make it heavy. :O
Soren👍👍😮 Certainly thankful you were at the fish farm when the disaster happened and no one was hurt. Things can be replaced but not people ETC.. Using the tree as shelter is one way of saying "I win", good job. Glad the tent was saved. Duct tape as we call it is a permanent piece of gear here, from patching broken tents and packs ETC., to fire starting, it's multi purpose usage is indispensable. Thanks for great video and story, well done. See ya next time.
Thank you Terry. :) its not duck tape, I though of using that, or Gorilla tape, its Under roof tape ...its made of the same as under roof, but sticks. :)
Glad no one was injured! A Man turns misfortune into a positive, great job! Keep them coming
That's the thing I'm most scared of when camping in the woods - falling branches and trees. Glad it happened while you were away!
Yes. Me too. One of the trees I tied my hammock fell a couple of years ago. It was alive but rotten at the trunk. Fell when I sat down going to bed. Lucky it was side heavy because it was close to the sea, and didn't hit me and Musen. :)
Whew! Close one but it wasn't your time. That tent has seen a lot and to survive so much it must be a good one. I love what you did with the downed tree. You handle things so well like, "Oh now I can build something else." Respect your friend from Florida 🌴
Thanks :) New tent and video soon. :)
Nice version of Mother btw, and naturally a great video🤗
Wow! Glad you decided to take that walk.
You've got angels on your shoulders! Very, very lucky.
That branch reminds me of one those terrible sculptures that came to life in Beetlejuice.🤣
im just really glad you're ok! 👍👍
Thank you :)
First and foremost I, we,,are all relieved that everyone was safe and there were no injuries. That was a miracle. Leave it to you Don to make something good out of a bad situation. You are so resourceful in every way. Poor little Kurt ran the wrong way but thankfully made it. Precious Musen is smart and kept his distance. Don you are so good with making things out of wood that I know your head is spinning with ideas for putting it to good use. I can't wait to see what projects you make with it. It looks like you have enough wood to make some beautiful and needed things. Maybe a shelter? Yea, to no more headaches. I'm happy to see all is well with you Musen and the gang. Be well and enjoy the weekend and I'll see you again soon my friend.
Thanks Alice. Yes plenty of ideas. It would have been fantastic to cover it in boards. But that would be to expensive. Plastic works fine. :) Yes lots of material to use for stuff and firewood. :)
I found your channel by accident a couple of years ago because I watched Bertram…I’ve enjoyed your videos. 🇨🇦
so good to see you again Mr Von Gun... love from Cape Town
Tes vidéos son comme une thérapie pour moi et ma façon de penser et MERCI pour ça !!🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲♥️
Thank you :)
Stay safe! Best wishes!
I always enjoy your videos you are so creative and natural.
Thank you so much Don. Keep it up please.
Thank you Ann :)
wow so glad you and musen are ok! you made the best of of whole situation by making a shelter from rest of tree and you have lots of wood for new crafts and projects. dinner sure looked good love all your cats. take care friend and be safe and well.
Thanks Sherry :)
hello from morocco
Glad your ok 👍
Thanks man :)
Thank you for all of videos and insight.
DonVonGun
I enjoy all your videos. good to see you back making another great video. Glad your ok. Take care.
Great video Don. Glad you weren't In the tent. Good thing you heard the warning cracks.
Thanks man :)
Wow man! I'm so glad you're OK and hope you stay safe out there 👍👍
Some will say you should have known, but I suppose it happens to the best. Years ago a friend of mine lost his life due to a widow maker, glad to see you alive and still doing vids. You are in my top five of all time and your vids are genuine.
There were no strong wind, only rain from the night before. The stem had rotten between the other ones. :O ...Thanks :)
Close call! Glad you're ok, tents are easier to fix than human bones.
Thanks. Yes :D
Great video. Glad you weren’t hurt. Hopefully you have more videos coming. We need you man!
Thank you :) Have a couple on their way.
"Aunt T, how is he not freaking out!!! I would be so mad." Thank you for another "Aunt Tig's words of wisdom" moment, "Well Cade, maybe he was too busy being thankful to freak out. Musen didn't get hurt, he didn't get hurt, the tent wasn't that bad, it could have been alot worse, right?"
Glad you are all alright. Now back to hand sewing 10 wool cloaks for the members of the Don Von Gun Junior Bushcraft (and DnD) Club...
I was a bit shaken In the beginning.
Big ups for turning a near disaster into an admirable spider dome. Super fedt!
Tak :)
Your Guardian Angle has been keeping an eye on you I see! Do be careful out there, All the best from Upstate NY, USA
Holy sheet! I’m so sorry.
Y are ok. That’s the important!
Thanks :) Now I have more light coming down on my camp, and a huge cover. Only had a small tarp under the tree before.
Thank my friend.!?
Köszönöm szépen a videó nagyon jó lett 🥰 sók sikert kívánunk üdvözlettel Magyarország 🇭🇺🇭🇺🙋
Wow
Don, so enjoyable...those must be some deep thoughts! I know, I know, being outdoors will do that, that's why we go. Some really magical moments you caught in the video. Thanks
Yes best place to think. In front of the computer I get entertained and distracted. Thanks :)
You look nice with short hair.
Great to see you out again. Sorry about the tent, but glad you were not injured. The headache preventer made me laugh! Enjoy the upcoming Holidays my friend. We have moved to the Georgia mountains and have a bit of woods to enjoy. Best regards. Tom :>)
Thanks Tom. Sounds very nice. Enjoy :)
Hi, Don! You always seemed to me a lucky man....now I know YOU ARE a lucky man.
I see you have your personal version of "if life gives you lemons..." ;)
Thanks :) Yes its positive to have a huge place that is covered. Only had room for a small tarp before. This gives me much more opportunity :D
Your videos are always interesting
Really liked the Carving and the cool new tarp shelter....
Witaj Przyjacielu wspaniale dziękuję pozdrawiam serdecznie 🤗👍👏💪🐺🐾🏞️🥇☕🍰
good lord😱
Well, you know what they say, eh mate? when it ain't yiour time to go, it ain't your time to go! Wow! Amazing gunner! You look so different with your hair so short. I guess it was that time, eh? Love all the snow up there!! (me too!)
Had short hair for the first 4 decades. Got tired of it. Then I missed it. Now I found out I didn't miss it anyway. :) ...midlife crisis? :O
yeah I've had short hair for the last 20 years and one day I just let it grow. now it's past the middle of my back. I always think about cutting it but have had a million compliments lol so I guess I'll keep it until the end of the year. gets to be a pain that long. always gets in my mouth😝
:) I can only emagine. I find my hair everywhere. :O @@andi2234
As usual another great calm video. Appreciate you sharing your time with all of us. Sorry about the tent , but perseverance is key. Use it until its bit usable anymore. Great job.
A great video. I am so glad the tree didn't get you. Take care
Thank you :)
And now that cat has 8 lives left! 😂
I had a lean-to oilskin tarp out back for about a year when I used to live in West Virginia. One day, after a storm, I came out to find a deadfall limb on top of it, about 12' long and maybe 8" thick. It was suspended by the tarp and had I been underneath it when it happened, I'd pretty sure be waking up in an emergency room had it not been an oilskin tarp.
Had that been a nylon tarp, I don't believe it would've been suspended in the air when I got there, but on the ground having crushed through the tarp like a piece of toilet tissue.
The last time I had a good campout, I was using my 10X10' oilskin tarp in a plow point configuration. It was an especially windy day. I had two 60' widowmakers come down around me in the distance. When another one came down in front of me, I was like, "Okay, time to go." and I packed up faster than a Ukrainian in February of 2022.
Just yesterday as I was hunting (again, a windy day), I had a long heavy deadfall limb fall not far from me with winds so gusty they were bending the tops of trees almost 30 degrees in either direction. It was spectacular. It sounded like freight trains running over me.
But...I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.
It's called the "wild" out there for a reason. If I wanted to be safe, I would've stayed home in my climate controlled structure with lights on demand and potable water coming out of a sink.
I've been hit by falling debris on perfectly calm days while out there. It sure wakes you up.
Good stuff Soren.
PS My favorite places to stage myself while hunting are fallen trees, next to the uprooted base. Besides them providing great cover, there's almost zero chance that another tree will fall on me there and if it did, I'd have the already fallen tree to provide a stop large enough for me to be under.
Its some dangerous stuff being out when its strong wind. It has ruined several nights for me. I hate it. But there was no strong wind, only rain from the night before that has been weighted down on the tree. It was rotten to some point between the stems. I had a, what seemed to be a strong living tree break when I sat down I my hammock once. It had leaves and live bark. But was completely rotten at the trunk. Lucky it was close to the beach, so it leaned against the ocean, and missed me. :O Thanks my friend
more please boss
Wth? Holi crap dvs! Nature is our friend sometimes. I love what youve done to the place🤣✊💪👊👍 your innovative soul inspires me today thankyou dv good to see u & Ms Musen 🌻 i never liked the tent that much anyway. Soren listen a second. That log u carried is too big. Jesus Christ are u trying to break your back too? Dont make me come over there& take u down& sit on you. And this is a good lesson to look up now and again... & i love ur creative solutions to konking ur knoggen. That spoon is just in time. I made soup. Thankyou dv ur the best. Superb editing as per usual...can we talk about the music?
Thanks Linda :) Yes some times its better to saw a bit more, but I just wanted to get it out of the way. It happened often when cleaning the site. Thanks that would be nice with some help. :) I can't use the music I want, only licence free. You think it sucks with music in general?
@@DonVonGun no i love music& was hoping you picked up a guitar or banjo& played urself..your filming and editing to me is so top notch that either way is good by me. I know that isnt very helpful. If it feels good do it someone once said. The woods sounds are my favorite. Breaking branches woodfires crackling.I was hungry for bacon.🥓🥓 That chicken looked good tho. 🍗🍗 im happy to see you looking strong&ms musen happy.it is almost winter here..excellent job my friend! Take good care! 😍🤩
Det var nära ögat, ta hand om dig!!! ❤
I'm glad you're safe. I'm interested in what you'll make of this. I'm also interested in the saw you're and where you got it. I'd like something like that. Thanks and stay safe.
Thanks :) Katana boy Link under the video.
As others have said, glad everyone was ok. I’ve heard it said that why you shouldn’t camp near beech trees, but I think I read that you said it seen to be rotten inside.
Thanks :) Yes there was rot between the stems.
Thank you for uploading! Yet another stroke of fate you had to suffer ... But you took it with dignity and used the new circumstances to your benefit. May the headache-log prevent any further mishaps!
Thanks :) Two times that log made me sit on the ground. :O
Lucky man I hope you have done the lottery?😁
:D
He speaks.
Your are looking handsome after long time. you shaved at least and cut your hairs😁
🍻
Yikes...that puts things in perspective...🤔
Yes. No wind. Just rain from the night before. But it was rotten to some point between the stems.
Soren is still alive thats all what matter ❤️
Thanks man :)
Hiii sir.....
Oh shizzles that was a hell of a scare :/ glad it happened with you not around! And what a lot of effort to get rid of it again. But you really did make the very best out of it :D
And that dangling log...ahahahhaha you should carve a duck out of it: DUCK warning :P
Thanks :) Haha!! yes a duck would be nice, I get your point. :D
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Large Beech trees are very prone to splitting and losing large limbs. I'd never camp near one.
It's good to see you again and..In one piece! Good thing that you weren't in that tent when it happened. Damages were minimal too. Did the tent leak after the rain?
Great video as always and this headache protector is really smart. I really wasn't expecting that!
It leaks a bit, but not much. But it has done that since the snow destroyed it. Thanks :D
@@DonVonGun oh I see. Maybe using some gorilla tape would fix the leaking. It works really Well. Sometimes it can be really hard to find where the water comes from.
Also, someone mentioned music. I think I personally like more without music and only nature sound. It's more immersive imo. But it's perfectly fine with music too.
Anyway, have a great day!
You've been gone for a long time buddy
I hope You are okay
Thanks. Im fine. Working on a couple of videos. :)
Der er nogen der holder hånden over dig min ven, eller under, om man vil. Fed video som altid.
Tak :D
: )
so sad about the tent... please buy a new tent for the coming winter
NEJ hvor RØV :(
Ja. Men til gengæld har jeg fået et ordentligt stykke overdækket. :)
@@DonVonGun Ja, hold da op ^^ Jeg har aldrig set et overdæk af den kaliber :D
Duct tape, Plenty of duct tape .
thank you, and once again it shows who the master of the forest is.
your skills really cannot be surpassed.
The only drawback, I and I'm sure everyone else too, would like to see more videos of you...🪓🔨👍
Thanks Tom :)