As a kid growing up around the woods of Lockbourne AFB, I began my 60+ years of hiking/camping along the banks of Black Walnut Creek and the Scioto River. My bed was an old burlap bag I found in a barn. I filled it with hay and slept very comfortably on it with my dad's army wool blanket wrapped around me...never knew it was called a "browse" bed. Your canvas bag is ingenious. One of your commenters, Uncle Randy, mentioned using a sleeping bag liner which works well. Presently, I use a Klymit Static V air mattress with a fitted cover sheet which gives a good R value. However, I always carry at least one long 55gl contractor bag just in case my air mattress fails. Good ole duct tape is used to seal the end. I really enjoy your videos, Josh, as you remind me of my military survival instructor...presentations are clear, concise and directions are easy to follow and apply.
I like the canvas bag. very well designed for multiple uses. During training once a British sargent was showimg us his kit. He had a small pair of garden snips to cut branches up to say 1/2 inch. For trying to remain hidden you can crawl up under a large bush or into extremely thick vegetation and then carefully snip out a hollow to hide. Or if you need to be able to look out. Surgically remove a couple of the more view blocking pieces, while remaining effectively concealed. Broken branches in and around your camp might attract attention you dont want. Cutting and rubbing dirt onto the fresh cuts can camoflague your prescense or passage through an area.
I know some over 80 years old people who have slept in their childhood and adolescence only on such mattresses. In winter it was partly so cold that ice flowers formed at the windows. The old people still swear by the fantastic insulation of the leaf mattress. Cost-effectively and easily recyclable. Greetings from Switzerland
Kephart also wrote if the browse is damp you could cover it with a poncho on top. Or any plastic really. Yeah and a pillow case to stuff. Yeah makes sense.
I am finding that this is a FINE series. This first video on filling a traditional style, breathable mattress sack is just the thing. The strong point is The Grey Bearded Green Beret fills the sack with a generous amount of duff: leaves, moss, and pine needles. "Tourist" teachers just give us a minimum idea of what will be required. As much as I LOVE the Thousand Islands-Adirondacks-Green Mountains, I would still not rely on a blanket for cover at night. During MY camping season, I need a no-see-um mesh cover. I find either mosquitos or black flies.
Being from upstate NY , having hiked , trapped ,hunted in the Adirondack, Helderburgs , Catskills, SERE school was along time ago, I'm to damaged to enjoy all that anymore, I enjoy what you do.keep it up .
I used two drum liners and spent two hours filling em up. I slept under a small tarp with a mss sleep system. Best Boy Scout camp ever. Whiny kids were going to the cars cold. I was warm and comfortable. It works
I'm studying for my exams and can't get to the woods. Your videos give me the fix I need to keep going and hit the books hard! Thanks for everything Josh!
Cool, I like that. We used giant burlap bags when I was a kid, don't know what they were originally used for but one of the dads of the group that I hung out with got them from a farmer. They retained moisture and were damp when it rained. This is a much better idea.
When I was a kid in Maine, my parents still used a rope bed with a straw mattress and with a feather tick on top. It's way better to be flat than heaped way up like that. When you make the bed, you fluff it up and then use to rods to beat the top like playing the drums or your two hands and in a minute, the mattress is perfect, then do it with the feather tick too.
I have tried to listen twice to the whole video about a comfy bed in the woods and twice fallen asleep ... this isn't a criticism at all it's a blessing :) Plus one day I'll get to hear the end as well.
Really like the bit you said about "the woodsman of old" and to have knowledge of the traditional ways and the modern. Be versitile in both. Love all your vids!
Fabulous, eductional and relaxing all in one! Thanks for this! Makes me think of adapting some old kit I have lying around-- a fleece sleeping bag liner, which I could use as a 'browse bag'...
I've been wanting to sew up one of these out of ticking for my 18th century reenacting kit to stuff with straw or even browse like you've demonstrated here. Thank you for the great quality information!
In all my years I have never used any kind of stuffed sack for a mattress although I have made smaller ones for a pillow. What I have done is to make a Mat of fir boughs with grasses or other soft materials on top, then my ground cover and bed roll. Depending on conditions I will sometimes build a level platform of small trees or flat rocks first.
The browse bed is fancier than the sheet and safety pins I have used in the past. Most of the time I just build a quick frame from deadwood for my bed.
Absolutely. Overhand slip, marlinespike hitch, truckers hitch, bowline, and arbor knot all start the same. You will enjoy this video if you haven't already seen it ruclips.net/video/LrOc3L9s4fQ/видео.html
I had bought a basic foam roll out for a sleeping pad but then I saw a rifle mat and it was wider and longer but yet was more compact and more heavy duty with some padding and insulation properties so I went with that instead.
I just carry a big croker sack that we normally load pecans in for shipping..... lots of uses..... croker sacks are strong and you can pack it full so it swells up nice..... yup
I'm going to try this during my winter camping trips. I usually move away from the hammocks around January here in Alabama. Until then it's just too da** hot. Great video, really like instructions with context.
Shoot, I thought I was the only one who used those beds anymore. I read about one in a Davy Crocket story when I was a kid. So I made one by sewing a bed sheet together and put snaps on it. I've used grass, leaves, even evergreen branches. With a wool blanket on top.
Interesting point about the sleeping pad versus the browse bag. I don't know of how many alternative uses the sleeping pad has for being in the woods. As you noted, it's convenient, but the browse bag (e.g. Jon pack sleeve) has a variety of other uses. Very simple and yet very utilitarian as well.
Just came across your channel. Nice. Former ODA 061 Devens in the mid to late 80's (+/-). Keep up the good work........I got the knees that goes with the gray beard.....
Really hope now that you have a good base camp you can make more videos of you just being out in the woods more often.. the reviews and what not are great, but these types of videos are the best.
This is the direction I am taking the channel for the foreseeable future, until the analytics tell me otherwise, I think the majority prefers this style. Time will tell. Thanks!
My Thursday therapy session! Cant wait for next week! Any chance to incorporate a bush craft chair? Perhaps a Adirondack! Lol! One that would relax this old back. Love your stuff man! Thanks again! stay tuned folks! This is the man to watch and learn.
Nice Violet Corts! I found what I thought were Cortinarius this summer but turned out to be Laccaria ochropurpurea (still edible, after identifying). I love finding new species on my foraging lands. Also found LOTS of Lactarius indigo, Armillaria spp., and Pleurotus p. with some Cantherallus lateritius mixed in. Just turned over the woods for deer hunters last week over here in the Midwest. It's been an awesome summer for foraging around here this year. Just waiting for the Pleurotis o. and Griffola frondosa season to get into full swing and head to different woods.
Would like to hear or see more uses for the marlin spike, definitely made me think about using it for a rapid ridge line as opposed to a stick toggle just for the speed and ease of removal if it was time to break camp quickly. Overall good video and I like the style as there was variety and skills being used hands on. Looking forward to the steaks.
Mainly used for getting knots out easily for recovery of cordage, but it would work well for a toggle for sure. Punching holes in bark like an awl as well.
The first and only time I've seen a timber rattlesnake in the ADK was while I was hiking MNT Marcy/Skylight/Gray. I was at a cool spot called 'Lake Tear of the Clouds'. I've lived in the area a majority of my life & have hiked all 46 high peaks (ADK46r #11,235) and I find the little bastard at 4,293 feet elevation coiled up by the water.
Like that browser bed. I tried to see how you closed the end up ,But just couldn't see enough to figure out how you did it. You did say you were going to show more uses for the bag later though. Maybe I can catch how later on.
Forgoing a browse bed.... In the past I've either used my grabber or what the Japanese call a "blue sheet" (even if it is green...) to act as a barrier against moisture and the cold. How well, will the Jon Pack Bedsleeve serve as a groundsheet?
Its untreated cotton canvas, so I wouldn't use it as a ground sheet only with no insulation in it. You would be better off using out as a hammock or raised bed if you didn't have duff insulation to put in it
Re gear choice: staying in a modern home or hotel and going for a walk in the park is pretty efficient too. That isn’t the experience everyone is looking for. Using different gear, and especially techniques removed from our usual technology, gives us new experiences, enhances our skills, opens up possibilities. There isn’t a “right” way to spend time in the woods.
I like the browse matterss and the rope you made and I am wondering about the tensile strength of both how much weight will they hold if used in a hammock configuration and on the rope can it be used to both drag and lift game up to the size of say a bear or moose or elk and hold them I am an avid outdoors man and hunter but I don't take trophy I eat what I shoot. Also I happen to have a military surplus air matterss ( veitnam era ) but it leaks around the plug when inserted is their a fix for this or can I just spray it down with the product called flex seal after inflating it and let it dry and after the mattress is dry and De flayed do a lite spray on the plug and let dry like I have been getting told to do what is your opinion?
The tensile strength of the rope depends on the method of construction and the diameter you make, really. This is how ropes were made before synthetic material was available, some of them a very large diameter, especially for ships. Think of how large the mooring ropes and ropes on the large sails were back in the day. They can be made to hold weight for sure. As far as the air mattress, I have never used that technique, it seems as though it could possibly work. The theory sounds good
The tarps over you keep you and your bedding dry. If you are getting wet, you should be using a different tarp shelter configuration (each configuration has its own merits for certain conditions)
The Gray Bearded Green Beret How do you set it up to keep the water that collects on the ground from getting under the tarp and getting your bedding wet?
kim wiser you would choose a location that the terrain naturally sheds water away from the inside of your shelter after it runs off your tarp. That is also true with a tent. Another technique is to dig a small trench to direct it away if necessary, but usually I’m able to find a spot with good micro-terrain that I can use to my advantage so I don’t have to do that. You learn to look at the terrain and imagine what the water will do...path of least resistance and downhill being the general rules of thumb to look for
The Gray Bearded Green Beret I’m trying to learn more about emergency situations. It’s hard to find videos about basics like knowing where to set up a shelter at a site.
personally l do't like thermarests much. l've had too many deflate from a hot ember and when that happens it's just a ground sheet and a pretty expensive one at that. Browse beds smell better and are more comfortable
I don't do anything different. If you are in a tick-filled area they will get on you just for being there. Doesn't matter if you stand, sit, walk, stand still, or lay down.
I love canvas. But if you ( even ones ) will forget to dry this stuff out after rain, mildew/mould will take it from your bare hands immediately. Even if you will be able to kill infections, that bloody smell will stays (((( So, you just need to be more organized 😉ATB🙏🏻🍀❤️
A sargent that went to ranger school back in the 80's got crabs from the pine needles, so I always thought it wasnt a good Idea to sleep with pine needles ? have you ever heard of that? thanks for all the videos
When going with a real bare bones setup like this where you're shelter is open air, what would you recommend for having to contend with a large mosquito population?
The old ways are more reproducible locally and more durable for longer term use, thermarest needs one puncture and it’s good for nothing but filling as a browse bed 😆
Great 👍 video. Love the new easy camping gear. But ALWAYS have contingency methods. Tell your cell phone “ call Josh”. Bingo. Done. I still hand dial friends occasionally so I remember their #s should I need them. GPS. Talk about heaven for campers. Better know your basic navigation just in case. Always embrace newer better methods. But NEVER forget where you came from or old proven methods and skills. May be all you have in blink of an eye.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret hello, fantastic video, I see your in the same tier as Dave C for high grade knowledge!!.... could you by any chance be kind enough to elaborate on this breathability for the bed sleeve, I'm going to make a canvas duck cotton bed sleeve, I have trekology ul140 sleeping air mat, I haven't been able to go to sleep on it once, I cant sleep on air, I need something solid like your mattress in this video, I'm new to this is this a 4 season as long a s you find browse, what if its wet ? wouldn't be waxed be a good thing , thank you immensely......****edit..**** as i stare at my comment i understand now why its needs to breath...to let the moist browse dry etc right, not go mouldy etc??
Not unless I had a reason to do so. Once I break camp or if it gets soaking wet for some reason. If the browse is dead and dry its going to hold up well
I’m going to buy my husband some earth tone in color long sleeve shirts. What brand do you wear if you don’t mind me asking? He’s commented more than once that they look like good shirts. Thank you
All of mine are 10-12 years old, but they are Columbia Sportswear. They have changed slightly over the years but this is the closest to what mine are that available still: amzn.to/2MaD4fB
5:30 It's not thick, it's just BIG BONED wood.
Was thinking ‘plump wood’.
😆see, some folks get my little jokes once in awhile
That's what she said.
The subdued perversions were in full force at Flintlock haha! I especially liked the discussions about the Beaver hides.....😂
Thats some THICC wood
As a kid growing up around the woods of Lockbourne AFB, I began my 60+ years of hiking/camping along the banks of Black Walnut Creek and the Scioto River. My bed was an old burlap bag I found in a barn. I filled it with hay and slept very comfortably on it with my dad's army wool blanket wrapped around me...never knew it was called a "browse" bed. Your canvas bag is ingenious. One of your commenters, Uncle Randy, mentioned using a sleeping bag liner which works well. Presently, I use a Klymit Static V air mattress with a fitted cover sheet which gives a good R value. However, I always carry at least one long 55gl contractor bag just in case my air mattress fails. Good ole duct tape is used to seal the end. I really enjoy your videos, Josh, as you remind me of my military survival instructor...presentations are clear, concise and directions are easy to follow and apply.
Your 'belt and suspenders' advice is right on point! THANKS for posting.
I like the canvas bag. very well designed for multiple uses.
During training once a British sargent was showimg us his kit.
He had a small pair of garden snips to cut branches up to say 1/2 inch.
For trying to remain hidden you can crawl up under a large bush or into extremely thick vegetation and then carefully snip out a hollow to hide.
Or if you need to be able to look out.
Surgically remove a couple of the more view blocking pieces, while remaining effectively concealed.
Broken branches in and around your camp might attract attention you dont want.
Cutting and rubbing dirt onto the fresh cuts can camoflague your prescense or passage through an area.
Can you explain that last point please??
@@GuitarDudeBoii After cutting branches rub dirt or mud on them to hide your work.
@@GuitarDudeBoii when u have a fresh snip you'll just see a white dot from a distance but smudge some dirt and u won't see the fresh snip
@@GuitarDudeBoii Shawn R is right: the idea is to darken the fresh white cut on anything you have changed.
I know some over 80 years old people who have slept in their childhood and adolescence only on such mattresses. In winter it was partly so cold that ice flowers formed at the windows. The old people still swear by the fantastic insulation of the leaf mattress. Cost-effectively and easily recyclable. Greetings from Switzerland
We did a similar thing, only on factory-made, cotton-stuffed mattresses. Quality quilts made the difference in keeping us warm in freezing rooms.
The debris bed does indeed look comfortable.
Kephart also wrote if the browse is damp you could cover it with a poncho on top. Or any plastic really. Yeah and a pillow case to stuff. Yeah makes sense.
I am finding that this is a FINE series. This first video on filling a traditional style, breathable mattress sack is just the thing. The strong point is The Grey Bearded Green Beret fills the sack with a generous amount of duff: leaves, moss, and pine needles. "Tourist" teachers just give us a minimum idea of what will be required. As much as I LOVE the Thousand Islands-Adirondacks-Green Mountains, I would still not rely on a blanket for cover at night. During MY camping season, I need a no-see-um mesh cover. I find either mosquitos or black flies.
Being from upstate NY , having hiked , trapped ,hunted in the Adirondack, Helderburgs , Catskills, SERE school was along time ago, I'm to damaged to enjoy all that anymore, I enjoy what you do.keep it up .
I used two drum liners and spent two hours filling em up. I slept under a small tarp with a mss sleep system. Best Boy Scout camp ever. Whiny kids were going to the cars cold. I was warm and comfortable. It works
I have done the drum liner thing as well and found it quite comfortable!
I'm studying for my exams and can't get to the woods. Your videos give me the fix I need to keep going and hit the books hard! Thanks for everything Josh!
Cool, I like that. We used giant burlap bags when I was a kid, don't know what they were originally used for but one of the dads of the group that I hung out with got them from a farmer. They retained moisture and were damp when it rained. This is a much better idea.
This is my go to for camping. I love my sleeping bag liner. Super warm and comfy.
I'm enjoying this series immensely. As you settle into that property I would love to see you and the LRB do a series on caretaking the land.
When I was a kid in Maine, my parents still used a rope bed with a straw mattress and with a feather tick on top. It's way better to be flat than heaped way up like that. When you make the bed, you fluff it up and then use to rods to beat the top like playing the drums or your two hands and in a minute, the mattress is perfect, then do it with the feather tick too.
I can't keep saying just how excellent the information and instruction in these videos are. Can I? First class as always sir.
I have tried to listen twice to the whole video about a comfy bed in the woods and twice fallen asleep ... this isn't a criticism at all it's a blessing :) Plus one day I'll get to hear the end as well.
I fell asleep three times filming it, so you have some catching up to do
Love that sleeve. That is much better than the air mattress I've got. That two stick rope maker will be interesting. Stay safe.
Really like the bit you said about "the woodsman of old" and to have knowledge of the traditional ways and the modern. Be versitile in both. Love all your vids!
Fantastic clip!
Probably the most comfortable sleep I've had in the woods has been on a brouse bag. Good vid, good advice!
I'm glad I found your channel you are full of good information and tricks keep it up & thank you for serving our country country and our freedom.
Fabulous, eductional and relaxing all in one! Thanks for this! Makes me think of adapting some old kit I have lying around-- a fleece sleeping bag liner, which I could use as a 'browse bag'...
I've been wanting to sew up one of these out of ticking for my 18th century reenacting kit to stuff with straw or even browse like you've demonstrated here. Thank you for the great quality information!
that bed sleeve is pretty cool, I'm going to have to go ahead and make one
In all my years I have never used any kind of stuffed sack for a mattress although I have made smaller ones for a pillow. What I have done is to make a Mat of fir boughs with grasses or other soft materials on top, then my ground cover and bed roll. Depending on conditions I will sometimes build a level platform of small trees or flat rocks first.
That's a comfy bed right there! It well worth the time and work to assemble these. Great discussion brother!
The browse bed is fancier than the sheet and safety pins I have used in the past. Most of the time I just build a quick frame from deadwood for my bed.
The traditional ways really interest me because the equipment last for years.
I love it...you tie a bowline knot just like I do. Make the marlin spike then pull the tag end through....
Absolutely. Overhand slip, marlinespike hitch, truckers hitch, bowline, and arbor knot all start the same. You will enjoy this video if you haven't already seen it ruclips.net/video/LrOc3L9s4fQ/видео.html
I remember you teaching me about white pine needle tea.... It was awesome!!
I had bought a basic foam roll out for a sleeping pad but then I saw a rifle mat and it was wider and longer but yet was more compact and more heavy duty with some padding and insulation properties so I went with that instead.
Solid video. Great content for the community. Useful tool and great additional application
I'm late to the dance Mr Green Beret but I'm here now, this is a great series thus far thanks and ATB from the Yellowknife
Awesome job as usual Josh. Really enjoying the new format. You're in your element.
Joshua, thanks for sharing and bringing us along. God bless brother ! 👍
I just carry a big croker sack that we normally load pecans in for shipping..... lots of uses..... croker sacks are strong and you can pack it full so it swells up nice..... yup
Great vid, dude.
That does look extremely comfortable! Simple but great idea. Thanks for the video.
An improvised browse bag with an industrial plastic sack, can be combined with a therm-a-rest to increase the "R-value" if temperature gets too low.
I'm going to try this during my winter camping trips. I usually move away from the hammocks around January here in Alabama. Until then it's just too da** hot. Great video, really like instructions with context.
Shoot, I thought I was the only one who used those beds anymore. I read about one in a Davy Crocket story when I was a kid. So I made one by sewing a bed sheet together and put snaps on it. I've used grass, leaves, even evergreen branches. With a wool blanket on top.
As any DI would say, "that's just a wilderness fart sack." Thanks for sharing, J. Semper Fi.
Wilderness fart sack, lol.
I’m really liking this new series keep up the good work
Great video! Thank you.
Interesting point about the sleeping pad versus the browse bag. I don't know of how many alternative uses the sleeping pad has for being in the woods. As you noted, it's convenient, but the browse bag (e.g. Jon pack sleeve) has a variety of other uses. Very simple and yet very utilitarian as well.
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you
Can't wait for part 2
Just came across your channel. Nice. Former ODA 061 Devens in the mid to late 80's (+/-). Keep up the good work........I got the knees that goes with the gray beard.....
DOL, brother! 1/75 and ODA 715
Looks way more comfortable than my thermarest.
Old school works just fine !
Care to elaborate? What is 'old school' just sleeping on the ground?
@@SaintTrinianz like the days of the fur trappers and frontiersman I meant .
@@robertw4230 ah, I don't remember...
@@SaintTrinianz way before our time !
@@robertw4230 I could sleep on a bed of furs in the forest, no problem!
ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY ATB.....Dean UK 👍👍
Really hope now that you have a good base camp you can make more videos of you just being out in the woods more often.. the reviews and what not are great, but these types of videos are the best.
This is the direction I am taking the channel for the foreseeable future, until the analytics tell me otherwise, I think the majority prefers this style. Time will tell. Thanks!
If you where building a shelter this would help with collecting marital great idear
My Thursday therapy session! Cant wait for next week! Any chance to incorporate a bush craft chair? Perhaps a Adirondack! Lol! One that would relax this old back. Love your stuff man! Thanks again! stay tuned folks! This is the man to watch and learn.
Next series I will get to the chair. I didn't end up doing one for this series.
Cool beans! Thank you.
Thank you for a great video, Brother.
I like the mattress you have. Many uses indeed. I am thanking if it had extra heavy duty large teeth zippers. That would be fast set up.
That's a good idea nice piece of equipment
Another greta video! Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Nice Violet Corts! I found what I thought were Cortinarius this summer but turned out to be Laccaria ochropurpurea (still edible, after identifying). I love finding new species on my foraging lands. Also found LOTS of Lactarius indigo, Armillaria spp., and Pleurotus p. with some Cantherallus lateritius mixed in. Just turned over the woods for deer hunters last week over here in the Midwest. It's been an awesome summer for foraging around here this year. Just waiting for the Pleurotis o. and Griffola frondosa season to get into full swing and head to different woods.
Certainly solves the ground problem.
Would like to hear or see more uses for the marlin spike, definitely made me think about using it for a rapid ridge line as opposed to a stick toggle just for the speed and ease of removal if it was time to break camp quickly. Overall good video and I like the style as there was variety and skills being used hands on. Looking forward to the steaks.
Mainly used for getting knots out easily for recovery of cordage, but it would work well for a toggle for sure. Punching holes in bark like an awl as well.
Got it, but also got a new guy question: what is the reason for punching holes in bark?
@@MrGlobalTransport making bark containers. You punch holes in the sides and lace them up with roots or natural cordage.
Great video Sir! Always enjoy your videos immensely!
Cheers,
Tim
Amazing !
Love your videos. Thanks, GB2. How do you make a leaf and debris bed, or a browse bed, in the pouring rain?
I’m in upstate ny too!
The first and only time I've seen a timber rattlesnake in the ADK was while I was hiking MNT Marcy/Skylight/Gray. I was at a cool spot called 'Lake Tear of the Clouds'. I've lived in the area a majority of my life & have hiked all 46 high peaks (ADK46r #11,235) and I find the little bastard at 4,293 feet elevation coiled up by the water.
Like that browser bed. I tried to see how you closed the end up ,But just couldn't see enough to figure out how you did it.
You did say you were going to show more uses for the bag later though. Maybe I can catch how later on.
As stated in the video, it doesn't matter how you lace it up, but to answer your question, I just laced it up like I would a pair of shoes.
Perfect.
Haha, RUclips subtitles called you the great breeder green beret. More information than I needed 😂
Well I do have 4 kids so I suppose I do alright with that
Very good, Thank you very much
I will be binge watching your videos. I'm not too far south of you up in ADK.
Hope this works for me.
Maybe I'm a softie but a roll matt on the forest floor is never soft enough and always get sore shoulders and neck
Forgoing a browse bed.... In the past I've either used my grabber or what the Japanese call a "blue sheet" (even if it is green...) to act as a barrier against moisture and the cold. How well, will the Jon Pack Bedsleeve serve as a groundsheet?
Its untreated cotton canvas, so I wouldn't use it as a ground sheet only with no insulation in it. You would be better off using out as a hammock or raised bed if you didn't have duff insulation to put in it
How about using a spilt stick to clamp the the end of the browse bed. Love the canvas sleeve, very versatile
That would probably also work
Re gear choice: staying in a modern home or hotel and going for a walk in the park is pretty efficient too. That isn’t the experience everyone is looking for. Using different gear, and especially techniques removed from our usual technology, gives us new experiences, enhances our skills, opens up possibilities. There isn’t a “right” way to spend time in the woods.
This right here. Spending time in the woods is what matters.
Any recommendations on funky dope?
I like the browse matterss and the rope you made and I am wondering about the tensile strength of both how much weight will they hold if used in a hammock configuration and on the rope can it be used to both drag and lift game up to the size of say a bear or moose or elk and hold them I am an avid outdoors man and hunter but I don't take trophy I eat what I shoot. Also I happen to have a military surplus air matterss ( veitnam era ) but it leaks around the plug when inserted is their a fix for this or can I just spray it down with the product called flex seal after inflating it and let it dry and after the mattress is dry and De flayed do a lite spray on the plug and let dry like I have been getting told to do what is your opinion?
The tensile strength of the rope depends on the method of construction and the diameter you make, really. This is how ropes were made before synthetic material was available, some of them a very large diameter, especially for ships. Think of how large the mooring ropes and ropes on the large sails were back in the day. They can be made to hold weight for sure. As far as the air mattress, I have never used that technique, it seems as though it could possibly work. The theory sounds good
Great series. Does anyone know where video 1 can be found?
Thanks for posting man!
These violet mushrooms grow here(Austria) too, their smell is wonderful and they taste really good. don't overcook them, they get soggy.
I’m going to show my ignorance!! Can you explain to me how you keep your bedding dry when you are using a tarp or poncho for a tent or shelter??
The tarps over you keep you and your bedding dry. If you are getting wet, you should be using a different tarp shelter configuration (each configuration has its own merits for certain conditions)
The Gray Bearded Green Beret How do you set it up to keep the water that collects on the ground from getting under the tarp and getting your bedding wet?
kim wiser you would choose a location that the terrain naturally sheds water away from the inside of your shelter after it runs off your tarp. That is also true with a tent. Another technique is to dig a small trench to direct it away if necessary, but usually I’m able to find a spot with good micro-terrain that I can use to my advantage so I don’t have to do that. You learn to look at the terrain and imagine what the water will do...path of least resistance and downhill being the general rules of thumb to look for
The Gray Bearded Green Beret Thank you for answering my question!!
The Gray Bearded Green Beret I’m trying to learn more about emergency situations. It’s hard to find videos about basics like knowing where to set up a shelter at a site.
personally l do't like thermarests much. l've had too many deflate from a hot ember and when that happens it's just a ground sheet and a pretty expensive one at that. Browse beds smell better and are more comfortable
I wonder if a GI surplus duffle is wide enough to do this with.
You could make a pretty small one, for sure.
When using a brows bed how do you deal with ticks?
I don't do anything different. If you are in a tick-filled area they will get on you just for being there. Doesn't matter if you stand, sit, walk, stand still, or lay down.
I love canvas. But if you ( even ones ) will forget to dry this stuff out after rain, mildew/mould will take it from your bare hands immediately. Even if you will be able to kill infections, that bloody smell will stays (((( So, you just need to be more organized 😉ATB🙏🏻🍀❤️
A sargent that went to ranger school back in the 80's got crabs from the pine needles, so I always thought it wasnt a good Idea to sleep with pine needles ? have you ever heard of that? thanks for all the videos
As good an excuse for crabs as any I guess...
''I've got the back that goes with this gray beard.''
-11b4p 82 '74
Is that mattress bag waterproofed? Great video, thanks for the demo.
It isn't, its just cotton canvas.
When going with a real bare bones setup like this where you're shelter is open air, what would you recommend for having to contend with a large mosquito population?
Mosquito netting
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret that's what I thought. Cheap, lightweight, works. Thanks
Do you have to worry about ticks crawling out of the browse bed and onto you?
@16:17 "I'ma gonna get some o' my punky dope out" Lol yeah I know what you're talking about. Everything is better with punky dope.
Wow, you don't use gloves getting the materials for the browse bed? Do you ever get poison ivy/oak/sumac?
I am not allergic to them, I don't use gloves unless its winter really
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret You're lucky, I get it just looking at them. 😄
I used this method around 1980 as a boy scout. I mean, real boy scout. For guys, they like ultralight stuff use Dyneema® fabric instead
The old ways are more reproducible locally and more durable for longer term use, thermarest needs one puncture and it’s good for nothing but filling as a browse bed 😆
Great 👍 video. Love the new easy camping gear. But ALWAYS have contingency methods. Tell your cell phone “ call Josh”. Bingo. Done. I still hand dial friends occasionally so I remember their #s should I need them. GPS. Talk about heaven for campers. Better know your basic navigation just in case. Always embrace newer better methods. But NEVER forget where you came from or old proven methods and skills. May be all you have in blink of an eye.
If treated with wax/oil could it be used as a cowboy bedroll with the blanket inside as a bivy bad?
Don’t treat your bedsleeve with wax. It needs to breathe while you are laying on it and sleeping
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret hello, fantastic video, I see your in the same tier as Dave C for high grade knowledge!!.... could you by any chance be kind enough to elaborate on this breathability for the bed sleeve, I'm going to make a canvas duck cotton bed sleeve, I have trekology ul140 sleeping air mat, I haven't been able to go to sleep on it once, I cant sleep on air, I need something solid like your mattress in this video, I'm new to this is this a 4 season as long a s you find browse, what if its wet ? wouldn't be waxed be a good thing , thank you immensely......****edit..**** as i stare at my comment i understand now why its needs to breath...to let the moist browse dry etc right, not go mouldy etc??
How often would you usually change the ‘filling’ of the browse mattress?
Not unless I had a reason to do so. Once I break camp or if it gets soaking wet for some reason. If the browse is dead and dry its going to hold up well
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret that’s great, thanks for the response.
I’m going to buy my husband some earth tone in color long sleeve shirts. What brand do you wear if you don’t mind me asking? He’s commented more than once that they look like good shirts. Thank you
All of mine are 10-12 years old, but they are Columbia Sportswear. They have changed slightly over the years but this is the closest to what mine are that available still: amzn.to/2MaD4fB
Jacob Howell thank you, I’ll definitely check them out
The Gray Bearded Green Beret thank you, our family enjoy your videos especially our 10 y/o grandson.
Great stuff. I've just gotta sub!
Welcome to the channel!