At the beginning of your video, you thanked all of your subscribers. But I'd also like to thank you. I've been watching your videos for several years. You're extremely knowledgeable, your videos are unique, and you seem like a genuinely nice guy. So thank you (and your wife) for continuing what you do.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival Like Randy said: Thank to you for all your info,tip and great advise.I'M so jealous of your playground...where are you my friend ?
+Sebastien Boucher I am from Austria and here is making a fire in the woods restricted to certain places. The woods are free to enter for all, but there are restrictions, like anywhere in Europe.
@@bikepackingmitherbert1153Es ist eine Schande, dass Regierungsbeamte die Menschen darauf beschränken, nur an bestimmten Orten ein Feuer zu machen. Ich bin Amerikaner, aber ich liebe die deutsche Sprache. Meine Familie kam 1858 aus der Schweiz, Graubünden, dem Safiental und der Stadt Thusis. Ich war neunmal in der Schweiz, in Österreich und in Deutschland, beginnend 1972, als ich Student in einem Austauschprogramm war. Österreich ist ein wunderschönes Land und die Menschen sind die freundlichsten und zugänglichsten aller deutschsprachigen Nationen. Ich besuchte von St. Margaretten und Bregenz, Vorarlberg nach Salzburg, nach Innsbruck nach Wien. Ein Märchenland, wunderschön! Alles Gute für Sie und Ihre Lieben.
That bread recipe is more useful than people realize. I went camping many times carrying heavy bags of bagels (that eventually went bad), bringing packets of yeast (dough rising is a hassle), and trying to build bushcraft ovens (very little heat for the amount of firewood).
Hello Lonnie and Connie, I'm Christine from Moonta Bay in South Australia, and I really enjoy and appreciate how you both show us all your valuable bushcraft and camping skills. I can't get enough of your videos and I'm downloading them all so I can watch them over again whenever I want. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us too, especially the Aussie Dampa, you made my day!😃 ...Love you both, God Bless You, sending prayers! 👋🤗♨🤗🙏❤
Not a conventional flute, but an instrument sometimes referred to as a "Native American" flute. Unlike an actual flute, it's an in-line instrument more similar to a recorder or clarinet.
Dear Lonnie, your fire blows away my stress. Your videos blow my mind every day. Your soft, calm voice is something incredible. You bring peace into our lives and thoughts. Thank you again for every single second of your life. Greetings from Slovenia Europe
Lonnie and also rember this. I always keep the commercial till its end. All subscribers, never close Commercial at Lonnies chanel. It is his money. And je deserves evey penny. God Bless you both.
+zevnikov Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness. The income derived from the advertisements on the RUclips videos are very important to Connie and we really appreciate you thinking of that.
+Jackloreknives Awesome. Nice to see my vids are useful on a number of levels :o) Good luck and may your hands be blessed enough to be able to take what is in the visions of your mind and turn it into something that they can hold.
Lonnie, you never have to thank me.. I have gained so much knowledge, confidence, and skill from your videos. I need to be thanking you.. So thank you.
+dwtlax Never the less, if it was not for you viewers, there would be very little reason for me to be doing these videos. The overwhelming majority of the comments on my videos have been *VERY* positive and uplifting to me. You folks just will never know what that has done for me. I am indeed thankful. This video avenue has enabled me to produce videos that many have said are very helpful to them. This has given me an oportunity to actually be able to help people in my own way on a global scale and in return, people from all over the world have let my know how thankful they have been for the videos. This in turn has been a huge blessing to me to hear how much my videos have helped and how thankful viewers are. You may be able to see by now that the benefits are circular, never ending. One helps the other which in turns helps the original again. We all benefit from each other.
+Thierryoutdoors You are welcome my friend. "Simple pleasures" What more could one ask for :o) Life really can be fulfilling if one re-evaluates their true needs.
One of the few truly educating channels on Bushcraft in North America. I've used dried bark to slow down my burn rates in especially damp conditions. Thanks Lonnie.
+Yankee Woodcraft Well said. Think the same thing. He teaches much and doesn't try to "sell" anything. Far cry from the growing crowd who teach little, of value, and try to sell much. Yes! Thanks, Lonnie for all that you do.
Buff Studly Most can apply here in rural NC, as well. :-) Record low temp is -5 F & record snowfall is 22", if memory serves. While our winter isn't as severe, don't think his summer temps are as bad as ours, either. So, excluding individual location extremes, much about being outdoors is universal. Thus, a lot of folks have an opportunity to learn from what he teaches, IMO.
Awesome Video! My 5 Grandkids have been out of school this week and since they either live with me and my wife or live next door, I've been spending lots of time with them while their parents are at work! I don't let them spend all day watching TV or computers and such, I keep them outside around the campfire, gathering dead branches to burn and cooking on the fire. It blew their minds when we cooked IN the coals like this! My Granny taught me how to do this when I was their age (around 10) and I've done it more times than I can remember. Anyway, Thank You and Connie for such Wonderful Videos that actually teach outdoor living! Happy Thanksgiving to You and Connie!
+James White Thank you for the kind words. I hope for you that someday those grandkids will look back on the time spent with their grandparents with fond memories
Thanks Lonnie, here it is in Glenfield Upstate NY and its raining tonight on this Tuesday May 22nd 58* 10:20pm tying flies. My area doesn't have a whole lot of cottonwood but have used the same concept with dead pine which pops alot but gives good heat and a good supply of coals. Your videos are awesome friend and have shared your site with others...Thank-You Again.
OK, I missed this older one Lonnie. Your excellent freestanding lean-to shelter; is a classic example of "here is one we prepared earlier'. That is a lot of work by a very skilled bushman. Well over 100 saw cuts of many collected tree limbs. Certainly a great instructional example. Aahhhh, damper cooked over an open fire, Aussie bush folk would spread Golden Syrup en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup (light treacle or molasses) or strawberry jam. Yes, a 1 lb tin had its place to the bushman's tucker bag. As your bodily reaction clearly showed, at the end of a hard working day the sheer pleasure of damper spread with Golden Syrup was your just reward. Kind regards from Greg n Thailand
We like to use the bark off of the old dead black jack oak trees. It is all over the place here and is easy to get. Like you say, just peel it off the tree or off the ground where it falls off the tree as long as it is dry. I thank you for all you have done for us over the years and all you have taught us. It has been a great pleasure to go there with you. Love the flute and opening. Have a great Thanksgiving and I wish you many more. Thank you
+alpha numeric Thank you very much. I'm very thankful for viewers like you who are not only new to the channel but also long time friends such as yourself.
We have alot of cottonwood here in KY mainly down on the river banks of the Ohio. Never even tried to burn it. Mainly used the tulip poplar trees. They are also good firewood kindling and fuel
Great video Lonnie, you know it amaze's that some people just doesn't understand how simple you can survive in a remote location. Thank you for these extremely well made and educational videos ! I love getting out in the mountains of north Georgia and staying for "awhile" enjoying the outdoors.
+Lawton Murrey We can live a much simpler life for sure. We have been taught from childhood to be good consumers and it is a hard habit to break. We have been taught to rely on possessions to help us survive.
Lonnie and The wooded beardman on one comment I found a 💎. Been watching you two for so long and I would never have thought you two knew each other. 😲 I never comment but thank you both for your content.
Went for a walk to collect the bark, found a huge piece that I trekked home, through some on the fire and got too busy so didn't see if coals formed. Will try again but really enjoyed getting out and finding the bark, thanks again for making my day in the great outdoors enjoyable.
Hey Lonnie, tell you what! I got so inspired on watching this last time, I gathered up some maple bark and built a fire in my Weber grill and did up some chicken thighs with the coals that were left. Wow! The flavor the bark gave the meat was awesome, indeed!Thanks again. As regards the hardhack, turns out the Indians used to call it arrow wood. It evidently was used for arrow shafts.
Back in 1990 flying to Okinawa Japan on a boeing 747 FEDEX USMC military transit and we had a refueling stop in Anchorage, AK I remember it being dark very early morning (3 or 4am) flying over the snow covered mountains I could see little cabin lights and such in the distance, after landing at Anchorage the air smelled very fresh, clean and crisp. Now that's living. At Anyrate, Great Video as always..
+eric1970x Thanks for watching and the compliments. Yes our air here is generally pretty pure. Surprising enough though, we can, at times, have some of the worst air polution in the nation. It is during certain very cold spells when the wind is dead calm that we get what is called an inversion I believe. The wood smoke will come out of the chimneys and settle down on the ground and just gather and hang around.
I would like to thank you. The first of your videos I watched was the making and whipping a hammock out of ripstop nylon. Your beard was a lot shorter then! Ha! Still use mine every time I camp. I've been fortunate enough to have visited Alaska many times over the years having several friends that live in North Star Borough. Sadly thought one dear friend recently past. I'm going to miss old Birt. But thanks again and best to you and your wife this upcoming Christmas.
Best to you for Christmas as well my friend. Sorry to hear of the passing of your Alaskan friend. That is one of the minuses of us getting older ourselves. Our friends who are also generally older people begin to start thinning out up until it is our turn to check out.
It is so rewarding to learn new skills from people like you, and your wife who really have good knowledge, and share it with the rest of us. So thank you for sharing.
+Jorn Andresen It is our pleasure to share what we do. If it wasn't for the viewers then what we do would be wasted and useless. So you folks bless us as well.
Yep... nice. On my river floats, I'll use these cottonwood slabs for good coals then use green Alder grill and cover from smaller branches to cook up freshly caught Salmon for a light smoke taste.
Lonny been watching your vids which seeems like for yrs now. I kinda do this stuff in NW Wis and when I cant be in the bush I watch and learn from your stuff. Your tone of voice is what I like seems like Im right there with ya I listen and learn from ya
I have been told similar things many times by others here as well. I'm glad you the viewers are able to feel that connection and that the videos are helpful.
Sometimes the simplest things are all that are needed to supply warmth cooking abilities and food......the world is moving to fast....sometimes you have to stop and realize what your missing. Great video.... I enjoy them very much👍👍👍
+trevor parsons Thank you and glad you enjoy these vidoes. I agree with you totally. Life often does go too fast. Life often gets to going so fast we sometimes can't keep up and end up getting a mouthful of dust as life keeps on flashing past.
Thumbs up my brother ! I truly honor you and thank you for the awesome native flute playing in background ! So awesome. I am thankful for Father CREATOR, Son JESUS, and for awesome brothers like you ! Aho ! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Connie !!! GOD Bless !!! ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE
+Wolf Travels2 I really appreciate the kind words. I too am thankful for our many many blessings that we experience daily because of the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.
I have not watched All of your videos yet but I will/ I enjoy your laid back manner coupled with your vast knowledge of the outdoors.Your cooking and shelter building make me want to come visit you for a long time.
+Phil Rusciano You are going to be busy if you are going to watch all the videos:o) I'm glad you are enjoying what you have watched so far. Hope you enjoy your video marathon
I've found thick pieces of pine bark to do well in this manner, too, which is fortunate in my area of the Upper Great Lakes, as there are plenty of big old pines that become windfall in storms and die partially standing up. Thanks for the reminder that some methods/resources put fewer demands on human energy in the wild, and thus are very valuable.
Very good advice on using bark. We use it sometimes along w/ pinecones to start the woodstove. I do not know Alaska, but there`s what we call hardhack here in PA. It is in the viburnum family. It also is good for a nice, hot fire, and will still burn well when green. Smells good, too. Thanks
Lonnie, have really enjoyed your videos, thank you (and your wife) for taking the time, and the effort it takes, to share with us what we all love to do. Good choice on your coat, I use the same on this side of the border :)
+Johnny Yukon Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Great coat. My wife bought that for me and I really like it.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Connie. Its close to midday on Thanksgiving day here in NC. Thanks for all you do; your channel and your style is what RUclips is all about and the way it should be. Sharing skills and knowledge just for the pure joy of doing so. Too many who try to make RUclips their living just don't get the spirit that you demonstrate so well in every one of your videos.
Thank you for all the videos Lonnie. I am one of the new subscribers you mentioned and I really enjoy them. It's not the Alaskan wilderness here in Yorkshire, England but it's beautiful countryside and the things that I'm learning from your vids will be useful. Thanks again.
+joe mazmo Hello Joe and a great big hearty welcome to you. Glad you dropped by to set around the campfire for a while, while we share. I really do appreciate every subscriber that watches the videos
+Karen B lol, I love that. "Intelligent life does appear to be a bit harder to find these days. :o) Thank you and may God bless you and your loved ones as well.
Great video Lonnie I have been following your videos for a few years now all the way over here in England . Always great content and I always feel am learning something and enjoy the way you put things across .thanks to you and your wife and thanks for taking the time to share with us .Atb Jam
+Jam Thebushcraftman Thank you Jam for the wonderful compliments. Glad you are learning from the videos and enjoy the presentation style. You are welcome. Atb
Really enjoy your videos Lonnie. I'm an outdoorsman but not much into bushcraft. Your videos are so relaxing. I like to watch and daydream about some far off place I'll never go to, or an adventure I'll never live. Thanks for feeding my imagination.
Great video Lonnie! I don't think there are cottonwoods here on Prince Edward Island, but we have lots of poplar. I now have something else to keep an eye out for while I roam the woods! Thanks, Chris mllj
+Chris Collier I don't know if you have the Cottonwoods either but If you do you most likely would find them in creek valley floors where they can get lots of water as that is where they like to grow the best.
Happy Thanksgiving day to you and your wife. I have also found your videos to be not only informative and valuable but also inspiring. Over the years, my wife and I always look forward to the next new video you guys post for all of us to enjoy and learn from. Thank you Lonnie and Connie.
+stevemichelle1203 That is awesome that we are able to provide videos that you folks enjoy. Hearing words like this make it just that much more meaningful to us to produce these videos just knowing that many people out there are looking forward to seeing them.
It's after Thanksgiving for me, thank you for sharing the video. You are the only "subscription" I look forward to viewing . Nice to see buck however briefly.
+aholesmith Thank you my friend for the kind words. It is always good to hear positive comments. I'm still working on dealing with the occasional bad comments from some people. :o) lol That one is going to take me a while. my wife tells me I need thicker skin lol.
Hey Lonnie another awesome video. Im here in Texas and just watching your videos has given me so much knowledge to want to explore our great world. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. I learn so much from you. You scare me each time your near a fire I think that awesome beard is going to catch fire. Watch the whiskers! Thanks again.
+Jerry Ryan We are never to old to experience a great childhood lol. I was never in scouts but was many years in "Royal Rangers", a Christian based boys organization very similar to the scouts. I too remember many of those times with fond memories.
Finally.... a good use for the Cottonwood. On a serious note, stumbled on to your channel. This is the 7th video in a row I've watched. You Sir, are a "bucket of good information". Thanks for sharing it with us. I'm subscribing so I don't miss any of it.
+monte gb Wow you have been busy. Even I would get bored if i had to watch seven of my videos in a row. lol I want to wish you a big hearty welcome to our channel and to say we are happy you are here. I think you will find many videos of interest in the past as well as the future. I have a list of over 180 videos that I still want to do, and the list is growing faster than I can record the videos.
Thank you, Lonnie. I always enjoy your videos and have learned much from your teaching. Greetings from Tennessee and may you have a great Thanksgiving and a winter that will not be too terribly harsh.
+TheSunkenGrave Thank you for the kind words. Our winters lately have not been harsh at all and actually we wish they were a little more "harsh" lol Connie and I have a remote cabin that requires us to travel on and cross several rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds in order to get there in the winter and the last few years weather has not cooperated very well. Evry time we can finally get out there, the weather warms up and we start getting concerned about overflow water running on top of the ice and also openings in the ice. The rivers here were freezing up nicely last week but this week has changed all that and is causing a big delay. Sooooo... we would like a little more harsh winter but like you said, not too harsh. :o) Atb
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival I understand. What I really admire is that you are the "real deal." You live and can truly survive in a remote wilderness. I live in what is basically suburban Nashville so creature comforts are always at my disposal. I do enjoy driving about an hour away and camping out for a night or two in some really beautiful nature but I wouldn't last too very long if I had to live off that land like my ancestors. So much respect for you, Sir. You make great videos and I appreciate so much you sharing your vast knowledge. Someday I really want to try out that three log fire for heat.
I'm a new subscriber and not only did I really enjoy this video but I'm greatly enjoying your channel in general. I'll be going through, watching many of your videos now that I've discovered them and hope that you continue making them in the future.
+Christopher Anthony Thank you very much for subscribing. I offer you a hearty welcome to the channel. Yes I do plan on continuing to make many many more videos. I am only half way through the videos that I want to do at this point and there are always new ideas for videos coming in all the time. Many more years worth of future videos if all goes well.
Like everyone has been saying, thank you both for sharing with us all :) Just love the nature around you there, beautiful scenery. Wish we could be there with you, to be honest ;D
Happy Thanksgiving to you Lonnie and Connie. It made my day to see you had another video out so quickly. They just keep getting better and better. Excellent notion on the cotton wood bark. No tools needed to harvest and that is a big plus. Makes a nice bed of coals for cooking I see... Wow. Thanks for sharing this and all the others as well. God bless you my friend.
Wow!! Lonnie it is awesome that you have those woods to enjoy anytime you want and that you do know how to. Thank you for sharing what you know with us. I have learned so much from your videos. Im currently trying out the tarp tent you showed a while back. I think its so awesome.
+Life Essentials 01 Yeah I often (though not always) just walk right from the house here out into the woods. There are times when videoing that I just have too much stuff to conveniently carry by hand when walking. I will then hop on the 4 wheeler, pickup, snowmachine etc..... to help haul the stuff.
ahhh yes... big ol slabs of cottonwood bark....use it on canoe trips along the yellowstone...makes a great fire...good tip for sure Lonnie...atb...woods
+MTwoodsrunner I'm in the process right now of having a hand made freight canoe built for me that should be ready by spring. It won't be much good for paddling because of it's size but will be perfect for motoring up some remote rivers here in alaska. I will be putting a surface drive mud motor on it to enhance it's shallow water capabilities. Sure am looking forward to the adventures ahead.
+FSBushcraft I loooked on your channel but could not find the video you were refering to either by name or th eyoutube search for keywords in your videos. Which video was it? Sounds like it might be interesting
The ending where you're eating is so funny. "Well, I guess you'll have to trust me." Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Gently snowing here in Colorado, very pleasant.
+adarkerlight lol yeah there for a while I couldn't figure out how I could get my hands and mouth in the camera view and keep the scene lit with light etc. It was almost too much for me to figure out spur of the moment especially when I have fresh baked bread in my hands just inches from my mouth and it is crying out "eat me, eat me". What is a man to do. lol I also hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving with the fresh snow a falling.
great vid lonnie, we have the big cottonwoods here too and i have often availed myself of their usefulness,they make a fine bowdrill set as well.also, the bigger slabs of bark make a good tray to put gathered tinder on or just a dry spot to set your pack. very useful tree indeed thanks again.
+trenton maloney I agree. I too have used the cottonwood wood for very good friction fire wood. I have heard that the bark makes for good low friction bearing blocks for friction fire but it seems to me to be just too soft and does not last very long. It only lasts for one or two uses before one has to start a new divot to hold the spindle. Other woods, bones or rocks make better bearing blocks
+William Larkham Jr (Bigland Trapper) Had a great Thanksgiving with family. Hope you also had a great Thanksgiving. You have a great Christmas too my friend. The bannock was good.
Very nice video Lonnie! I don't find many dead cotton woods here but we do have a lot of standing dead ash and I like to use the bark like you for making a great base of coals for cooking. Keep up the good work and You, Connie, and Buck have a great and Happy Thanksgiving!
+Sty North Thank you my friend. I also hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving. I have never had the opportunity to learn much of the ash tree since we don't have any here. We do have some mountain ash but it is very rare here.
Hey Lonnie. I've been subscribed for a few months now and I would like to thank you as well. I've been interested in the survival and I'm 17 now but never knew where to start. Haha. I enjoy watching you videos and you have a good one
+Xxsnip3rdogxX14 Thank you. It is great to see a person of your age that is interested in the natural world around them and interested in how to exist in that natural world by adapting to and fitting in with it I want to offer you a great big hearty welcome to the channel. Connie (my wife) and I are really glad you have found our channel and that the videos here interest you. Atb to you and your loved ones.
Once the covid crisis is over, you really should consider running weekend classes teaching some of the techniques you show to groups of perhaps 20 or so. Many thanks to you and your better half - Andy.
Lonnie- Awesome video as always! The microphone, editing and music really moved your videos to the next level! Happy Thanksgiving to you and the wife! 😊
+Nick Morris My wife and I really enjoy cooking "damper" like that as well. You are welcome. May you and your loved ones enjoy a blessed Christmas as well.
At the beginning of your video, you thanked all of your subscribers. But I'd also like to thank you. I've been watching your videos for several years. You're extremely knowledgeable, your videos are unique, and you seem like a genuinely nice guy. So thank you (and your wife) for continuing what you do.
+Randy Chadwick Thank you very much for those kind words. If it wasn't for you viewers there really would be no reason for me to do these videos.
+Randy Chadwick .....I could not say it better - extremely knowledgeable nice guy...please keep on going this way, we all love you...
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival Like Randy said: Thank to you for all your info,tip and great advise.I'M so jealous of your playground...where are you my friend ?
+Sebastien Boucher I am from Austria and here is making a fire in the woods restricted to certain places. The woods are free to enter for all, but there are restrictions, like anywhere in Europe.
@@bikepackingmitherbert1153Es ist eine Schande, dass Regierungsbeamte die Menschen darauf beschränken, nur an bestimmten Orten ein Feuer zu machen. Ich bin Amerikaner, aber ich liebe die deutsche Sprache. Meine Familie kam 1858 aus der Schweiz, Graubünden, dem Safiental und der Stadt Thusis. Ich war neunmal in der Schweiz, in Österreich und in Deutschland, beginnend 1972, als ich Student in einem Austauschprogramm war. Österreich ist ein wunderschönes Land und die Menschen sind die freundlichsten und zugänglichsten aller deutschsprachigen Nationen. Ich besuchte von St. Margaretten und Bregenz, Vorarlberg nach Salzburg, nach Innsbruck nach Wien. Ein Märchenland, wunderschön! Alles Gute für Sie und Ihre Lieben.
What i like about you... never tryin to out class anyone, just being yourself, as we all should be, just ourselves.
That bread recipe is more useful than people realize. I went camping many times carrying heavy bags of bagels (that eventually went bad), bringing packets of yeast (dough rising is a hassle), and trying to build bushcraft ovens (very little heat for the amount of firewood).
Hello Lonnie and Connie, I'm Christine from Moonta Bay in South Australia, and I really enjoy and appreciate how you both show us all your valuable bushcraft and camping skills. I can't get enough of your videos and I'm downloading them all so I can watch them over again whenever I want. Thank you for sharing your recipes with us too, especially the Aussie Dampa, you made my day!😃 ...Love you both, God Bless You, sending prayers! 👋🤗♨🤗🙏❤
Theres just something ancient and magical about the sound of a flute. It touches your soul.
even more fun too play!
Incognitus Maximus I'm pretty sure Lonnie is the one playing that flute. He plays it good from videos I have seen him play.
Not a conventional flute, but an instrument sometimes referred to as a "Native American" flute. Unlike an actual flute, it's an in-line instrument more similar to a recorder or clarinet.
Dear Lonnie, your fire blows away my stress. Your videos blow my mind every day. Your soft, calm voice is something incredible. You bring peace into our lives and thoughts. Thank you again for every single second of your life. Greetings from Slovenia Europe
+zevnikov Thank you and greetings to you and your loved ones from Alaska USA. Glad that my videos are useful to you on several different levels.
Lonnie and also rember this. I always keep the commercial till its end. All subscribers, never close Commercial at Lonnies chanel. It is his money. And je deserves evey penny. God Bless you both.
+zevnikov ....good that you say that: I just did not know this, about commercials..thank you...
+zevnikov Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness. The income derived from the advertisements on the RUclips videos are very important to Connie and we really appreciate you thinking of that.
Fun fact: The natives on the west coast used to use cotton wood and ponderosa bark for their stealth fires while on the war path.
Very relaxing Lonnie. I am now well chilled out and ready to face a day in the workshop.
Thanks
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+Jackloreknives Awesome. Nice to see my vids are useful on a number of levels :o) Good luck and may your hands be blessed enough to be able to take what is in the visions of your mind and turn it into something that they can hold.
Lonnie, you never have to thank me.. I have gained so much knowledge, confidence, and skill from your videos. I need to be thanking you.. So thank you.
+dwtlax Never the less, if it was not for you viewers, there would be very little reason for me to be doing these videos. The overwhelming majority of the comments on my videos have been *VERY* positive and uplifting to me. You folks just will never know what that has done for me. I am indeed thankful. This video avenue has enabled me to produce videos that many have said are very helpful to them. This has given me an oportunity to actually be able to help people in my own way on a global scale and in return, people from all over the world have let my know how thankful they have been for the videos. This in turn has been a huge blessing to me to hear how much my videos have helped and how thankful viewers are. You may be able to see by now that the benefits are circular, never ending. One helps the other which in turns helps the original again. We all benefit from each other.
Simple pleasures... a hot bread when it is cold... a good fire and a nice shelter in the woods.... Lonnie, thank you.
+Thierryoutdoors You are welcome my friend. "Simple pleasures" What more could one ask for :o) Life really can be fulfilling if one re-evaluates their true needs.
One of the few truly educating channels on Bushcraft in North America.
I've used dried bark to slow down my burn rates in especially damp conditions.
Thanks Lonnie.
+Yankee Woodcraft Well said. Think the same thing. He teaches much and doesn't try to "sell" anything. Far cry from the growing crowd who teach little, of value, and try to sell much.
Yes! Thanks, Lonnie for all that you do.
Agreed Lee. Thanks.
Buff Studly Most can apply here in rural NC, as well. :-) Record low temp is -5 F & record snowfall is 22", if memory serves. While our winter isn't as severe, don't think his summer temps are as bad as ours, either. So, excluding individual location extremes, much about being outdoors is universal. Thus, a lot of folks have an opportunity to learn from what he teaches, IMO.
+Oldtimer Lee so very true
+Yankee Woodcraft Thank you for that high praise. Atb
I never thought of burning `shedding` bark before. Thanks for the tip
Awesome Video! My 5 Grandkids have been out of school this week and since they either live with me and my wife or live next door, I've been spending lots of time with them while their parents are at work! I don't let them spend all day watching TV or computers and such, I keep them outside around the campfire, gathering dead branches to burn and cooking on the fire. It blew their minds when we cooked IN the coals like this! My Granny taught me how to do this when I was their age (around 10) and I've done it more times than I can remember. Anyway, Thank You and Connie for such Wonderful Videos that actually teach outdoor living! Happy Thanksgiving to You and Connie!
+James White Thank you for the kind words. I hope for you that someday those grandkids will look back on the time spent with their grandparents with fond memories
+James White I know, Lonnie and Connie are inspiring me to get outdoors, and I can hardly wait until they create their next video, lol.
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Thanks Lonnie, here it is in Glenfield Upstate NY and its raining tonight on this Tuesday May 22nd 58* 10:20pm tying flies. My area doesn't have a whole lot of cottonwood but have used the same concept with dead pine which pops alot but gives good heat and a good supply of coals. Your videos are awesome friend and have shared your site with others...Thank-You Again.
You are welcome my friend and I want to thank you for sharing the videos. I really appreciate that.
OK, I missed this older one Lonnie. Your excellent freestanding lean-to shelter; is a classic example of "here is one we prepared earlier'. That is a lot of work by a very skilled bushman. Well over 100 saw cuts of many collected tree limbs. Certainly a great instructional example.
Aahhhh, damper cooked over an open fire, Aussie bush folk would spread Golden Syrup en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_syrup (light treacle or molasses) or strawberry jam. Yes, a 1 lb tin had its place to the bushman's tucker bag. As your bodily reaction clearly showed, at the end of a hard working day the sheer pleasure of damper spread with Golden Syrup was your just reward. Kind regards from Greg n Thailand
We like to use the bark off of the old dead black jack oak trees. It is all over the place here and is easy to get. Like you say, just peel it off the tree or off the ground where it falls off the tree as long as it is dry. I thank you for all you have done for us over the years and all you have taught us. It has been a great pleasure to go there with you. Love the flute and opening. Have a great Thanksgiving and I wish you many more. Thank you
+dalton vickers You are welcome Thank you so much for being a long time viewer of our videos.
I'm very thankful for your videos, Lonnie.
+alpha numeric Thank you very much. I'm very thankful for viewers like you who are not only new to the channel but also long time friends such as yourself.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival. I was just wondering where did you get that coat you are wearing. I’m only a Scottish teenager.
We have alot of cottonwood here in KY mainly down on the river banks of the Ohio. Never even tried to burn it. Mainly used the tulip poplar trees. They are also good firewood kindling and fuel
That's for sure what "time efficiency" means!
Great video!
Stay safe and keep having fun!
I never would have thought the mystery wood would be cottonwood, I'll have to use that if I need a fire ice fishing! Great video!
+Fishermanjake AK (FishermanjakeAK) It is handy stuff to have on hand for sure FishermanJake. Good luck with your ice fishing this season.
Great video Lonnie, you know it amaze's that some people just doesn't understand how simple you can survive in a remote location. Thank you for these extremely well made and educational videos ! I love getting out in the mountains of north Georgia and staying for "awhile" enjoying the outdoors.
+Lawton Murrey We can live a much simpler life for sure. We have been taught from childhood to be good consumers and it is a hard habit to break. We have been taught to rely on possessions to help us survive.
Thanks Lonnie. I am on the Kenai Peninsula and never knew about the cottonwood bark. I will be making some nice campfires this winter. Great videos!
Wow that bark burns really well!
+The Wooded Beardsman Yeah it is a great source of handy fuel if it is found locally.
Lonnie and The wooded beardman on one comment I found a 💎. Been watching you two for so long and I would never have thought you two knew each other. 😲 I never comment but thank you both for your content.
Went for a walk to collect the bark, found a huge piece that I trekked home, through some on the fire and got too busy so didn't see if coals formed. Will try again but really enjoyed getting out and finding the bark, thanks again for making my day in the great outdoors enjoyable.
+Tall Cedars I'm glad that I was inspiration for you to get out and enjoy the outdoors with all the fresh air and real sensory stimulation.
Hey Lonnie, tell you what! I got so inspired on watching this last time, I gathered up some maple bark and built a fire in my Weber grill and did up some chicken thighs with the coals that were left. Wow! The flavor the bark gave the meat was awesome, indeed!Thanks again. As regards the hardhack, turns out the Indians used to call it arrow wood. It evidently was used for arrow shafts.
+1fanger Those chicken Thighs sound wonderful. I'll be right over. Save me a plate. :o)
What an excellent idea. I must get back into camping again.
Back in 1990 flying to Okinawa Japan on a boeing 747 FEDEX USMC military transit and we had a refueling stop in Anchorage, AK I remember it being dark very early morning (3 or 4am) flying over the snow covered mountains I could see little cabin lights and such in the distance, after landing at Anchorage the air smelled very fresh, clean and crisp. Now that's living. At Anyrate, Great Video as always..
+eric1970x Thanks for watching and the compliments. Yes our air here is generally pretty pure. Surprising enough though, we can, at times, have some of the worst air polution in the nation. It is during certain very cold spells when the wind is dead calm that we get what is called an inversion I believe. The wood smoke will come out of the chimneys and settle down on the ground and just gather and hang around.
8:52… look at that view. Also, down here in FL, dried magnolia leaves make a good tinder, because of the oils in them.
It is VERY BEAUTIFUL where you live.
Thank you for all your helpful videos.
Thanks Lonnie&Connie for all your hard work making these awesome videos!
+Revo Runner You are very welcome and thank you for the encouragement.
I would like to thank you. The first of your videos I watched was the making and whipping a hammock out of ripstop nylon. Your beard was a lot shorter then! Ha! Still use mine every time I camp. I've been fortunate enough to have visited Alaska many times over the years having several friends that live in North Star Borough. Sadly thought one dear friend recently past. I'm going to miss old Birt. But thanks again and best to you and your wife this upcoming Christmas.
Best to you for Christmas as well my friend. Sorry to hear of the passing of your Alaskan friend. That is one of the minuses of us getting older ourselves. Our friends who are also generally older people begin to start thinning out up until it is our turn to check out.
It is so rewarding to learn new skills from people like you, and your wife who really have good knowledge, and share it with the rest of us.
So thank you for sharing.
+Jorn Andresen It is our pleasure to share what we do. If it wasn't for the viewers then what we do would be wasted and useless. So you folks bless us as well.
Yep... nice. On my river floats, I'll use these cottonwood slabs for good coals then use green Alder grill and cover from smaller branches to cook up freshly caught Salmon for a light smoke taste.
Lonny been watching your vids which seeems like for yrs now. I kinda do this stuff in NW Wis and when I cant be in the bush I watch and learn from your stuff. Your tone of voice is what I like seems like Im right there with ya I listen and learn from ya
I have been told similar things many times by others here as well. I'm glad you the viewers are able to feel that connection and that the videos are helpful.
Sometimes the simplest things are all that are needed to supply warmth cooking abilities and food......the world is moving to fast....sometimes you have to stop and realize what your missing. Great video.... I enjoy them very much👍👍👍
+trevor parsons Thank you and glad you enjoy these vidoes. I agree with you totally. Life often does go too fast. Life often gets to going so fast we sometimes can't keep up and end up getting a mouthful of dust as life keeps on flashing past.
Thumbs up my brother !
I truly honor you and thank you for the awesome native flute playing in background !
So awesome. I am thankful for Father CREATOR, Son JESUS, and for awesome brothers like you ! Aho ! Happy Thanksgiving to you and Connie !!! GOD Bless !!!
ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE
+Wolf Travels2 I really appreciate the kind words. I too am thankful for our many many blessings that we experience daily because of the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.
I have not watched All of your videos yet but I will/ I enjoy your laid back manner coupled with your vast knowledge of the outdoors.Your cooking and shelter building make me want to come visit you for a long time.
+Phil Rusciano You are going to be busy if you are going to watch all the videos:o) I'm glad you are enjoying what you have watched so far. Hope you enjoy your video marathon
As always love your videos hope you and Connie are doing wonderful. God bless.
Lonnie - Great video!!!!
+Todd Toven Thank you and thanks for watching.
I've found thick pieces of pine bark to do well in this manner, too, which is fortunate in my area of the Upper Great Lakes, as there are plenty of big old pines that become windfall in storms and die partially standing up. Thanks for the reminder that some methods/resources put fewer demands on human energy in the wild, and thus are very valuable.
+Random Button Pusher That is good to hear that about Pine tree bark as well. Since we don't have pine here I am not so familiar with it.
Thanks Lonnie, for another great informative video. Really nice introduction to the video through the use of your flute playing and scenic shots.
+Bill B. You are welcome. Thank you. Glad you like the intro and flute. I enjoy playing the flute
Thank you for this and all of your useful, peaceful videos.
Great video Lonnie, thanks for inviting us around your campfire . Atb Darren
+Darren Roberts Thank you Darren and atb to you as well. Glad you stopped by.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO WATCH YOUR VIDEOS, GOD BLESS YOU CONNIE AND BUCK AS WELL
+Mr1SUPERdoodle Thank you. May God bless you as well. Atb
Very good advice on using bark. We use it sometimes along w/ pinecones to start the woodstove. I do not know Alaska, but there`s what we call hardhack here in PA. It is in the viburnum family. It also is good for a nice, hot fire, and will still burn well when green. Smells good, too. Thanks
+1fanger We don't have any Hardhack here so I am unfamiliar with it. Sounds like a useful wood.
Lonnie, have really enjoyed your videos, thank you (and your wife) for taking the time, and the effort it takes, to share with us what we all love to do. Good choice on your coat, I use the same on this side of the border :)
+Johnny Yukon Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Great coat. My wife bought that for me and I really like it.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Connie. Its close to midday on Thanksgiving day here in NC. Thanks for all you do; your channel and your style is what RUclips is all about and the way it should be. Sharing skills and knowledge just for the pure joy of doing so. Too many who try to make RUclips their living just don't get the spirit that you demonstrate so well in every one of your videos.
+DocLarsen44 I appreciate those words of encouragement. Indeed if it wasn't for you the viewers, there would be no reason for me to be doing this.
Thank you for all the videos Lonnie.
I am one of the new subscribers you mentioned and I really enjoy them.
It's not the Alaskan wilderness here in Yorkshire, England but it's beautiful countryside
and the things that I'm learning from your vids will be useful.
Thanks again.
+joe mazmo Hello Joe and a great big hearty welcome to you. Glad you dropped by to set around the campfire for a while, while we share. I really do appreciate every subscriber that watches the videos
I am always searching for signs of intelligent life, and that is why I love to watch your videos! God bless you and your family.
+Karen B lol, I love that. "Intelligent life does appear to be a bit harder to find these days. :o) Thank you and may God bless you and your loved ones as well.
Great video Lonnie I have been following your videos for a few years now all the way over here in England . Always great content and I always feel am learning something and enjoy the way you put things across .thanks to you and your wife and thanks for taking the time to share with us .Atb Jam
+Jam Thebushcraftman Thank you Jam for the wonderful compliments. Glad you are learning from the videos and enjoy the presentation style. You are welcome. Atb
My youngest boy loves your channel!
Really enjoy your videos Lonnie. I'm an outdoorsman but not much into bushcraft. Your videos are so relaxing. I like to watch and daydream about some far off place I'll never go to, or an adventure I'll never live. Thanks for feeding my imagination.
Love the new opening with your flute as background music! It's a keeper!
+Larry Hampton Thank you. Glad you enjoy the new intro. I like to change it up now and then.
Thank you for taking us with you and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. See you next video
+Pescho Anvi Thank you. Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not where ever it is that you live, I hope you and your loved ones have a happy day.
Great video Lonnie!
I don't think there are cottonwoods here on Prince Edward Island, but we have lots of poplar. I now have something else to keep an eye out for while I roam the woods!
Thanks,
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+Chris Collier I don't know if you have the Cottonwoods either but If you do you most likely would find them in creek valley floors where they can get lots of water as that is where they like to grow the best.
Your awesome Lonnie I watch you everyday. Thank you for your great videos. Your an amazing teacher
Happy Thanksgiving day to you and your wife. I have also found your videos to be not only informative and valuable but also inspiring. Over the years, my wife and I always look forward to the next new video you guys post for all of us to enjoy and learn from. Thank you Lonnie and Connie.
+stevemichelle1203 That is awesome that we are able to provide videos that you folks enjoy. Hearing words like this make it just that much more meaningful to us to produce these videos just knowing that many people out there are looking forward to seeing them.
It's after Thanksgiving for me, thank you for sharing the video.
You are the only "subscription" I look forward to viewing .
Nice to see buck however briefly.
+aholesmith Thank you my friend for the kind words. It is always good to hear positive comments. I'm still working on dealing with the occasional bad comments from some people. :o) lol That one is going to take me a while. my wife tells me I need thicker skin lol.
great way cook and enjoy the outdoors, thanks for sharing and have a great weekend, take care, Taro
+Taromovies Swiss Bushcraft Hope you also have a great weekend my friend. Thank you.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival better than McDonald's!
Hey Lonnie another awesome video. Im here in Texas and just watching your videos has given me so much knowledge to want to explore our great world. Keep up the great work.
Another great video Lonnie, peace and wisdom brother. Shane
+Randal Flagg Thanks Shane. Atb
Thank you. I learn so much from you. You scare me each time your near a fire I think that awesome beard is going to catch fire. Watch the whiskers! Thanks again.
Thanks for the video Lonnie . I truly enjoy your videos , they make me long for my youth in the Boy Scouts . LOL Please keep 'em coming
+Jerry Ryan We are never to old to experience a great childhood lol. I was never in scouts but was many years in "Royal Rangers", a Christian based boys organization very similar to the scouts. I too remember many of those times with fond memories.
Finally.... a good use for the Cottonwood. On a serious note, stumbled on to your channel. This is the 7th video in a row I've watched. You Sir, are a "bucket of good information". Thanks for sharing it with us. I'm subscribing so I don't miss any of it.
+monte gb Wow you have been busy. Even I would get bored if i had to watch seven of my videos in a row. lol I want to wish you a big hearty welcome to our channel and to say we are happy you are here. I think you will find many videos of interest in the past as well as the future. I have a list of over 180 videos that I still want to do, and the list is growing faster than I can record the videos.
Thank you, Lonnie. I always enjoy your videos and have learned much from your teaching. Greetings from Tennessee and may you have a great Thanksgiving and a winter that will not be too terribly harsh.
+TheSunkenGrave Thank you for the kind words. Our winters lately have not been harsh at all and actually we wish they were a little more "harsh" lol Connie and I have a remote cabin that requires us to travel on and cross several rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds in order to get there in the winter and the last few years weather has not cooperated very well. Evry time we can finally get out there, the weather warms up and we start getting concerned about overflow water running on top of the ice and also openings in the ice. The rivers here were freezing up nicely last week but this week has changed all that and is causing a big delay. Sooooo... we would like a little more harsh winter but like you said, not too harsh. :o) Atb
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival I understand. What I really admire is that you are the "real deal." You live and can truly survive in a remote wilderness. I live in what is basically suburban Nashville so creature comforts are always at my disposal. I do enjoy driving about an hour away and camping out for a night or two in some really beautiful nature but I wouldn't last too very long if I had to live off that land like my ancestors. So much respect for you, Sir. You make great videos and I appreciate so much you sharing your vast knowledge. Someday I really want to try out that three log fire for heat.
I'm a new subscriber and not only did I really enjoy this video but I'm greatly enjoying your channel in general. I'll be going through, watching many of your videos now that I've discovered them and hope that you continue making them in the future.
+Christopher Anthony Thank you very much for subscribing. I offer you a hearty welcome to the channel. Yes I do plan on continuing to make many many more videos. I am only half way through the videos that I want to do at this point and there are always new ideas for videos coming in all the time. Many more years worth of future videos if all goes well.
Like everyone has been saying, thank you both for sharing with us all :) Just love the nature around you there, beautiful scenery. Wish we could be there with you, to be honest ;D
+MouseOnFilm You are welcome. If it wasn't for you the viewers it wouldn't be worth doing what we do.
Happy Thanksgiving to you Lonnie and Connie. It made my day to see you had another video out so quickly. They just keep getting better and better. Excellent notion on the cotton wood bark. No tools needed to harvest and that is a big plus. Makes a nice bed of coals for cooking I see... Wow. Thanks for sharing this and all the others as well. God bless you my friend.
+Catherine Perrett Thank you my friend. I hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving. May God bless you and yours as well.
Wow!! Lonnie it is awesome that you have those woods to enjoy anytime you want and that you do know how to. Thank you for sharing what you know with us. I have learned so much from your videos. Im currently trying out the tarp tent you showed a while back. I think its so awesome.
+Life Essentials 01 Yeah I often (though not always) just walk right from the house here out into the woods. There are times when videoing that I just have too much stuff to conveniently carry by hand when walking. I will then hop on the 4 wheeler, pickup, snowmachine etc..... to help haul the stuff.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival I forgot to say that that is great that you are enjoying the tarp tent. Glad the videos have been useful for you.
Thanks Lonnie, I wasn't aware of the cottonwood tree bark thing I knew cottonwood is great for bowdrill too.
+Eagle 467 You are welcome. Yes you are right, the cottonwood is great for friction fire.
ahhh yes... big ol slabs of cottonwood bark....use it on canoe trips along the yellowstone...makes a great fire...good tip for sure Lonnie...atb...woods
+MTwoodsrunner Thank you "woods" yep the bark works quite well as fire wood fuel. I'll bet those float tripe are quite enjoyable.
Yes Sir Lonnie, covered a lotta miles in a canoe...God willing i'll cover many more before i hang up my paddle amigo...atb...woods
+MTwoodsrunner I'm in the process right now of having a hand made freight canoe built for me that should be ready by spring. It won't be much good for paddling because of it's size but will be perfect for motoring up some remote rivers here in alaska. I will be putting a surface drive mud motor on it to enhance it's shallow water capabilities. Sure am looking forward to the adventures ahead.
A freight canoe...that will be something!
I'm excited for ya amigo...adventures ahead is right!!!!....taker easy, but taker...woods
Great tip Lonnie, I just did a video on almost the same thing using punk wood trees that have fallen, and easy to pull apart by hand....
+FSBushcraft I loooked on your channel but could not find the video you were refering to either by name or th eyoutube search for keywords in your videos. Which video was it? Sounds like it might be interesting
Hope all is well with you guys. No new videos lately. God bless. Thanks for all the info over the years. Been extremely helpful
You may want to re-check your subscription status as I just posted a video last week. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge, Lonnie.
+gus1911 You are welcome.
Happy Thanksgiving Connie and Lonnie, I wake up looking for you video even day you put a big smile on my face.
+william burnett Thank you. Glad you enjoy the videos. May you and your loved ones also have a happy Thanksgiving.
Wonderful brother!!!! Lonnie...... youre the best!!!!!
+joesneon Thank you and thanks for watching.
The ending where you're eating is so funny. "Well, I guess you'll have to trust me." Happy Thanksgiving to you too! Gently snowing here in Colorado, very pleasant.
+adarkerlight lol yeah there for a while I couldn't figure out how I could get my hands and mouth in the camera view and keep the scene lit with light etc. It was almost too much for me to figure out spur of the moment especially when I have fresh baked bread in my hands just inches from my mouth and it is crying out "eat me, eat me". What is a man to do. lol I also hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving with the fresh snow a falling.
only vid ive seen with NO THUMBS DOWN love it good work
+k1l050 My normal "thumbs downers" must have missed this one somehow. They must have been gone on vacation or some such. lol Thanks.
great vid lonnie, we have the big cottonwoods here too and i have often availed myself of their usefulness,they make a fine bowdrill set as well.also, the bigger slabs of bark make a good tray to put gathered tinder on or just a dry spot to set your pack. very useful tree indeed thanks again.
+trenton maloney I agree. I too have used the cottonwood wood for very good friction fire wood. I have heard that the bark makes for good low friction bearing blocks for friction fire but it seems to me to be just too soft and does not last very long. It only lasts for one or two uses before one has to start a new divot to hold the spindle. Other woods, bones or rocks make better bearing blocks
agreed, i like a deer knuckle.
Interesting as always Lonnie, hope you & Connie had a wonderful Thanksgiving, the bannock sure looked good as well...!!!
+William Larkham Jr (Bigland Trapper) Had a great Thanksgiving with family. Hope you also had a great Thanksgiving. You have a great Christmas too my friend. The bannock was good.
Lonnie, thank you for these videos...I love watching them.
Thank you Lonnie and Connie
+Mike Townsend You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
bark like that is also great roofing material
Another excellent video. THANKS!
Great video Lonnie. Alaska looks like a beautiful place. Maybe someday I'll get to see it in person, until then all the best from N.C.
+Jeff Johnson Hello in NC from Alaska. Thank you for watching. Who knows, maybe someday you might make it to Alaska.
Wow beatiful scenery Lonnie ... And a Happy Thanksgivivng to you sir ...
+Arm Mihr Thank you very much. We raised our family here and still enjoy the scenery ourselves also.
Beautiful video! I love the scenery too!
+bacon Thank you. Even though we have lived in this location for over 20 years, we still love the scenery as well. Glad you do to.
great video Lonnie. love watching your videos they are very knowledgeable. keep up the great work.
+Michael Kennedy Thank you for the compliment and glad you enjoy watching the videos.
that was great im all warm in my sleeping bag watching your video thanks Have a great Thanksgiving
+Joseph Russell Lol. What better place to watch these videos. Enjoy. I also hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving
Very nice video Lonnie! I don't find many dead cotton woods here but we do have a lot of standing dead ash and I like to use the bark like you for making a great base of coals for cooking. Keep up the good work and You, Connie, and Buck have a great and Happy Thanksgiving!
+Sty North Thank you my friend. I also hope you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving. I have never had the opportunity to learn much of the ash tree since we don't have any here. We do have some mountain ash but it is very rare here.
Thank You Lonnie. Great info as always.
+Doug Wood Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Great video Lonnie, I'll have to try them camp vittles.
+Jim Myers Thank you. Hope you enjoy the "vittles"
Hey Lonnie. I've been subscribed for a few months now and I would like to thank you as well. I've been interested in the survival and I'm 17 now but never knew where to start. Haha. I enjoy watching you videos and you have a good one
+Xxsnip3rdogxX14 Thank you. It is great to see a person of your age that is interested in the natural world around them and interested in how to exist in that natural world by adapting to and fitting in with it I want to offer you a great big hearty welcome to the channel. Connie (my wife) and I are really glad you have found our channel and that the videos here interest you. Atb to you and your loved ones.
Happy Thanksgiving my friend. Best wishes to you Connie and Buck. A lovely roaring fire..what a nice way to start my day!
+TuckerSP2011 Thank you for allowing me and this video to be a part of your day. Atb
Lonnie said awesome. That is awesome.
+TheLightningGate Thank you and thanks for watching
Once the covid crisis is over, you really should consider running weekend classes teaching some of the techniques you show to groups of perhaps 20 or so. Many thanks to you and your better half - Andy.
Another good video. Thanks for sharing.
+Hoonozit You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
Lonnie- Awesome video as always! The microphone, editing and music really moved your videos to the next level!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and the wife! 😊
+ScoutCrafter Thank you for those kind words. I also wish you and your loved ones have a happy Thanksgiving
I love cooking damper like that! Another great video mate, thanks for sharing and have a great Christmas and New Year.
+Nick Morris My wife and I really enjoy cooking "damper" like that as well. You are welcome. May you and your loved ones enjoy a blessed Christmas as well.