Nothing like a Sunday morning watching Ranger fieldcraft and survival learning the lessons he shares with us Andrew and Shawn Kelly are the best bushcrafters on RUclips
Hey Andrew. Hats off for taking one for the team and eating a mouse. Next time, we want to see you rustle up some Bernaise Sauce using your amazing woodcraft skills.
Love wild onions. I went to a local wild edibles class several years ago and learned nearly 50 non woody plants in my area. I came home with some seeds. Every year I harvest them and replant seeds for next year. Now nearly 100 plants this past season.
The Hatchet series was influential for me as a kid, the books instilled a love of the outdoors and reading. I still fish from a canoe to this day because of those books. Great video as always.
The reaction, “Mmm, gross.” Im sorry, but I died laughing. Another great training video. Thank you for the amazing content, I use your videos to teach survival & SERE in classes as training aids.
Holy smokes!!! Ranger Fieldcraft and Survival is the MAN! Eating field mice and drinking out of boiled plastic bottle that was found in the field, Priceless!!!! He really shows how to survive when SHTF!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!!!
Even tho it's a lot of the same skills we have all seen a hundred times i appreciate the different application/approach each time thanks for the hard work and educational entertainment
Even when you have a good survival or bushcraft knife, a good axe or hatchet is a force multiplier when it comes to survival, comfort, and convenience. I consider a hatchet part of my minimal gear whenever I go hiking or camping. I keep one in my vehicle at all times. You can also exchange some pack weight for a lighter more moderately sized knife that performs fine tasks better. Axes and hatchets can help you conserve precious calories in a survival situation, compared to working with just a big heavy thick overbuilt survival knife.
That big and overbuilt survival knife, is nothing more than a gimmick ,that marketing has brainwashed people that it's a tool that exists and we all need it. The only true part, is that at some point in the modern era we live in, it did exist indeed, however, it's just another way, that marketing found its way to our wallets. The only big survival knife, is a Machete and it still is just a traditional tool, that tribes of the past who lived in the Jungle, used to have, for their every day needs. So, even a machete, falls into that category today, because it isn't a tool you need to survive, simply because you are not living in the jungle, 100 years ago, but in a big city in the year 2023.
I can't explain how much B it means to me that you are sharing your knowledge and skills! I can't thank you enough! I wish you were in my area! Bushcraft in NC is fun.. hot AF in the summer. But reasonably cold in the winter!
Mr Andrew as always a great and practical video. You are my idol in the field of Survival, I am always pleased to see something interesting on the channel.
_Hatchet_ was my absolute FAVORITE book as a kid! I loved it so much, that I recommended it to both of my sons when I saw it listed as one of the books on their middle school reading list. 👍🏻 I'll never forget the part when the Porcupine wandered into Brian's shelter!
I like the practical approach with the one tool survival. Who knows what you'll lose or not have, and what you will be able to find/make a tool to use to survive.
Great content in this video Andrew,nice trap setting, I really enjoyed the hatchet video,your knowledge is superior, thanks for another fantastic video 👍☘️😎
Great to see the hatchet in action. I really enjoy working with all axes. Its a super tool, and I personally like the added necessary focus to complete tasks safely. Tasty morsel you had there. A cold beer after that meal woulda hit the spot.
@@dierampe Sure! The Gransfors Bruk Swedish Axes are awesome. Particularly the Gransfors Carpenter's Axe and the Gransfors Carving Axe are very good options. Have to be a bit patient for availability. Have fun!
Nice video. Never read Hatchet, but might now just for the experience. Most of us have probably seen lighting up a tinder bundle/birdnest with an ember before. The video didn't suffer for not having it.
I would love to see some videos on survival in the high plains. Out here water is scarce, we get a little more annual precipitation than a desert. There are also large areas without trees, which creates shelter building, and fuel for fire challenges. Finding food is also more challenging. It gets both very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.
Truly, these are skills we should be thankful we never have to use but we walk in confidence because we have the knowledge in a bad situation. Andrew makes this appear as if he could perform these tasks every single day and be satisfied until rescued or finding his way to safety. Good show man.
Great video! Loved the shelter, I use them a lot here in Australia. Quick, easy and it doesn't require bundles of cord to make. I won't be boiling water in a plastic bottle anytime soon, the amount of crap that is leeched into the water from the plastic will eventually kill you anyway. Survive the situation only die horribly from cancer years later.
I remember reading hatchet in 6th grade, time to read it again! Thanks Andrew for your survival videos, you have a clear, cool way of teaching. I've learned a lot from your channel!
Always good content from your channel. One thing I would like to see is a "survival scenario" video where they take what an average soldier has in their pockets and vest/webbing using only standard GI items that are commonly issued. Alternatively, an aircrew survival one having only their issue survival kit. No augmentation.
@@jamescrowe7892 I will look again. Some of the earlier ones I remember had him doing great videos covering what an infanteer should be carrying on their kit but it was often augmented by items purchased like a sheath knife. For example go with issue pocket knife and M9 bayonet as your tools, etc. Basically what does a young private in a normal infantry or artillery unit get issued they usually have on their person.
The Camp Carver is an awesome tool. It ain’t cheap for sure but is a great design executed perfectly, even made in the USA! Straight out of the box was razor sharp, ready to work.
I was a young Boy Scout when that book came out and remember reading it around 1987 or 1988. I've often wondering about surviving with a hatchet, but find myself grabbing for a large blade, like the Tops Storm Vector, more times than a hatchet. I've tested a half dozen Seax style blades, and found the Storm Vector to be the best of the lot. It beats the Terava Skrama due to length and balance.
Excellent video! Hatchet is a great tool option. When all the water has frozen over, chop the ice. Then, it's either crushed ice in that plastic bottle or you can get down to liquid water. Unless you are operating undetected, blaze your trail with the hatchet, marking both outbound and inbound. If all you have is a hatchet, fabricating that baton is definitely a priority IMO. Any thoughts about tiny ferro rod, tape, stainless wire, needle and/or razor under the paracord wrap? If not the handle, then the mask ...
Great Timing !! I'm just back home from my 4th " one tool weekend" this year.. and funny enough it was with my hatchet, the Gränsfors Small Forest Axe. And I have to say it's not my 1st choice. The 3 other options are : a Kukri, a Tom Brown Tracker and a Victorinox Ranger Grip 79. Have done every we the same tasks : - set up the tarp, so I needed sticks to plug it down, - build a reflector for my fireplace, so a lot of wood to process - make a fire that last till morning, so I have to gather and process plenty of deadwood - start the fire with a bow drill, so make all you need for that. - build a no.4 Trap My ranking for a one tool option after those 4 weekends : 1. Victorinox Rangergrip 79 2. Tracker 3. Kukri 4. Hatchet My favorite Combi, = 2 Tools, have done that last November- December, same tasks : 1. Vic R79 + Gränsfors, 2. Tracker + folding saw, 3. Kukri + folding saw, 4. Hatchet + folding saw
Vielen dank, herr Swiss guy. First time I heard of the Rangergrip. Must be a good one. I had an ancestor who came from Zurich to Pennsylvania about 1711. One of his sons built him a stone house that is still standing.
@@peterbogart4531 cool, I live in Zurich, in a house built 1567 :-) ok, it has have a few changes trough the years but jepp, nothing uncommon in good ol' Europe. The Vic RG79 is a "newer" model coming after Victorinox bought Wenger. They have had that Model first, known as Wenger Ranger. Then Vic has made some improvements, various models. So nearly everyone can find the one that's fit best.
Loved the cooked mouse "oh gross". I gave this book to my kids and they all loved it many years ago. Gary Paulsson's "Hatchet". thanks for reminding me of it.
Outstanding and precise in-depth explanations. So glad you took extra time with the bow drill how & why. Thank you soldier and thanks for your service.
I prefer carrying a machete, but I'm in Cen Fla, not alot of trees to use a hatchet on, but alot of bush. Thx for the vid Andy But in the Midwest or the north, I could see the value of an axe or a hatchet vs a machete. Or in other words the right tool for the job.
Nothing like a Sunday morning watching Ranger fieldcraft and survival learning the lessons he shares with us Andrew and Shawn Kelly are the best bushcrafters on RUclips
Yes and yes
Personally I think Andrews video presentation and engagement is much better...
@@neoaliphant true
Ditto.
This
🔥🤣 cook it till it is a brick. Love it. Almost how i cook anyway. 🤣🔥
🔥❤️🔥 another great video ❤️🔥🔥
Hey Andrew. Hats off for taking one for the team and eating a mouse. Next time, we want to see you rustle up some Bernaise Sauce using your amazing woodcraft skills.
Love wild onions. I went to a local wild edibles class several years ago and learned nearly 50 non woody plants in my area. I came home with some seeds. Every year I harvest them and replant seeds for next year. Now nearly 100 plants this past season.
The Hatchet series was influential for me as a kid, the books instilled a love of the outdoors and reading. I still fish from a canoe to this day because of those books. Great video as always.
Same. I still read and "play" outdoors cuz of it
Every young person should read this book. It's very short, but holds so much knowledge.
The reaction, “Mmm, gross.” Im sorry, but I died laughing.
Another great training video. Thank you for the amazing content, I use your videos to teach survival & SERE in classes as training aids.
Yes after his strong statement about overcoming the psychological disgust and surviving lol
but how was rat innards removed? after it hardened from flame? i hate the idea of eating its poop
Holy smokes!!! Ranger Fieldcraft and Survival is the MAN! Eating field mice and drinking out of boiled plastic bottle that was found in the field, Priceless!!!! He really shows how to survive when SHTF!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!!!
Somehow the mouse changed the flavor of my coffee whilst watching
😂😂
Thanks Andrew!!
Thank'YOU Major🧙 With the Hatchets We're Immortal 👍❣️🤣🤣🤣...☝️
Even tho it's a lot of the same skills we have all seen a hundred times i appreciate the different application/approach each time thanks for the hard work and educational entertainment
That's the quickest, simplest, most practical and camouflage shelter I've seen someone on RUclips build. Great job!
Even when you have a good survival or bushcraft knife, a good axe or hatchet is a force multiplier when it comes to survival, comfort, and convenience. I consider a hatchet part of my minimal gear whenever I go hiking or camping. I keep one in my vehicle at all times. You can also exchange some pack weight for a lighter more moderately sized knife that performs fine tasks better. Axes and hatchets can help you conserve precious calories in a survival situation, compared to working with just a big heavy thick overbuilt survival knife.
That big and overbuilt survival knife, is nothing more than a gimmick ,that marketing has brainwashed people that it's a tool that exists and we all need it. The only true part, is that at some point in the modern era we live in, it did exist indeed, however, it's just another way, that marketing found its way to our wallets. The only big survival knife, is a Machete and it still is just a traditional tool, that tribes of the past who lived in the Jungle, used to have, for their every day needs. So, even a machete, falls into that category today, because it isn't a tool you need to survive, simply because you are not living in the jungle, 100 years ago, but in a big city in the year 2023.
Thanks for this video. I had no idea you could sterilize water in plastic. Never even considered it. Thanks for teaching me different.
Thank you Bic and Zippo for not making me not have to do this every time I smoke.
Another great video Andrew
I can't explain how much B it means to me that you are sharing your knowledge and skills! I can't thank you enough! I wish you were in my area! Bushcraft in NC is fun.. hot AF in the summer. But reasonably cold in the winter!
Thank you! I've learned so much watching your channel.. greetings from Ontario Canada!
I follow your teachings here in Brazil.
Thanks Silva! Big hug the size of Brazil.
The earth is flat. 💪
Mr Andrew as always a great and practical video. You are my idol in the field of Survival, I am always pleased to see something interesting on the channel.
Man, the hatchet series of books is what got me into loving books back when I was a kid. Everybody should read it.
WOW that book is a blast from the past!!
🤘😌👌 on poinT skill-sets
_Hatchet_ was my absolute FAVORITE book as a kid! I loved it so much, that I recommended it to both of my sons when I saw it listed as one of the books on their middle school reading list. 👍🏻
I'll never forget the part when the Porcupine wandered into Brian's shelter!
Thank you for a great video! I just love the Hatchet series, makes road trips much better, listening as we drive.
I like the practical approach with the one tool survival. Who knows what you'll lose or not have, and what you will be able to find/make a tool to use to survive.
Learned more from this one video than five other survivalist videos combined.
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your wood lore
Great content in this video Andrew,nice trap setting, I really enjoyed the hatchet video,your knowledge is superior, thanks for another fantastic video 👍☘️😎
I loved that book as a kid.
Great to see the hatchet in action. I really enjoy working with all axes. Its a super tool, and I personally like the added necessary focus to complete tasks safely. Tasty morsel you had there. A cold beer after that meal woulda hit the spot.
Hey, can you name a good hatchet for carving? I would like to try one
@@dierampe Sure! The Gransfors Bruk Swedish Axes are awesome. Particularly the Gransfors Carpenter's Axe and the Gransfors Carving Axe are very good options. Have to be a bit patient for availability. Have fun!
Nice video. Never read Hatchet, but might now just for the experience. Most of us have probably seen lighting up a tinder bundle/birdnest with an ember before. The video didn't suffer for not having it.
Awesome
Hi Andrew . Greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thankyou for your time to make these videos. Thankyou
Oftentimes, I miss spending weekends outdoors. Great video.
Dude ate a mouse 🐁 hahaha. Very nice man. I enjoyed watching it but won’t be trying it anytime soon.
cool. thx
I would love to see some videos on survival in the high plains. Out here water is scarce, we get a little more annual precipitation than a desert. There are also large areas without trees, which creates shelter building, and fuel for fire challenges. Finding food is also more challenging. It gets both very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.
Truly, these are skills we should be thankful we never have to use but we walk in confidence because we have the knowledge in a bad situation. Andrew makes this appear as if he could perform these tasks every single day and be satisfied until rescued or finding his way to safety. Good show man.
Great video! Loved the shelter, I use them a lot here in Australia. Quick, easy and it doesn't require bundles of cord to make. I won't be boiling water in a plastic bottle anytime soon, the amount of crap that is leeched into the water from the plastic will eventually kill you anyway. Survive the situation only die horribly from cancer years later.
That meal had my mouth watering!
I remember reading hatchet in 6th grade, time to read it again! Thanks Andrew for your survival videos, you have a clear, cool way of teaching. I've learned a lot from your channel!
To present your meal like some Fancy outdoor cooking, Chanel got me :D thanks for this Video
Really useful and practical video with no BS. Thank you for sharing your knowledge my friend. This stuff saves lives! 🙂👌🏆
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, this was a great video. It was full of vital information. Stay safe out there. 🤗 👋
Another excellent video! What next, survival without using hands and legs? Andrew is his own shelter, fire and water container.
Great revision for hatchet use Major. Cowabunga.!
I have one of those Council tool hatchet. That is a nice hatchet.
Another great video Andrew! Love the hatchet!
I have always like the book hatchet. A hatchet is always a good tool to have on hand. Thanks for the good information.
Thanks Michael, great instructional video 👍.
Great video.
I own the camp carver so this video is perfect for me.
You earned a subscriber!
Thank you.
Good, explanatory, survival / bushcraft video. Shows knowledge and experience
⭐👍
Bravo Andrew! Your training classes are solid. Thank you.
Great video 📹, Andrew. Practice makes perfect!! Thanks.
Classic novel! The whole series is good!
Another great show n tell. 👍
Thanks again Andrew
I'm 31 and I read the hatchet in school when I was 10 or so. best book ever. I loved it! great video brother!
Great video. Both my kids read that book in school and loved it.
Always good content from your channel.
One thing I would like to see is a "survival scenario" video where they take what an average soldier has in their pockets and vest/webbing using only standard GI items that are commonly issued.
Alternatively, an aircrew survival one having only their issue survival kit. No augmentation.
Have you checked some of his earlier videos? I think he may have covered what you are looking for.
@@jamescrowe7892 I will look again. Some of the earlier ones I remember had him doing great videos covering what an infanteer should be carrying on their kit but it was often augmented by items purchased like a sheath knife.
For example go with issue pocket knife and M9 bayonet as your tools, etc. Basically what does a young private in a normal infantry or artillery unit get issued they usually have on their person.
Oh wow! I’ve got that book, as well as several other written by Gary Paulson!
Thanks Andrew
The Camp Carver is an awesome tool. It ain’t cheap for sure but is a great design executed perfectly, even made in the USA! Straight out of the box was razor sharp, ready to work.
A fantastic video demonstrating the exclusive use of a hatchet for survival. Thank you!
Hey, your really good mate, your vids are no bullsh***t and your legit. Just want to say thanks, from Australia.
Great book, and a great inspiration for a survival video.
Excellent video Major! Thank you!
Outstanding
Great job. Good book too.
Thank you for this video. Great tips and techniques!
Wow, it seems like just a few days ago that I was watching this lesson in person. Thanks Andrew for the quality of instruction. "Scouts Out"
I was a young Boy Scout when that book came out and remember reading it around 1987 or 1988. I've often wondering about surviving with a hatchet, but find myself grabbing for a large blade, like the Tops Storm Vector, more times than a hatchet. I've tested a half dozen Seax style blades, and found the Storm Vector to be the best of the lot. It beats the Terava Skrama due to length and balance.
Excellent video! Hatchet is a great tool option. When all the water has frozen over, chop the ice. Then, it's either crushed ice in that plastic bottle or you can get down to liquid water. Unless you are operating undetected, blaze your trail with the hatchet, marking both outbound and inbound. If all you have is a hatchet, fabricating that baton is definitely a priority IMO. Any thoughts about tiny ferro rod, tape, stainless wire, needle and/or razor under the paracord wrap? If not the handle, then the mask ...
Thanks for sharing
Thank you 😊
Mouse and mud water !!!! I love it.
Thanks for a reminder to read that book again. Keep it up, Andrew!
Thank You.
Enjoyed the one tool survival video!
"Mmm, gross"
Best part :D Also, the dome sapling shelter...I don't recall seeing anyone else do this style. Thank you for the demonstration!
Thanks for the video.
Great stuff! Love all your content! Thanks for sharing your skills!
Ii enjoying watching these videos. I'm already an experienced outdoorsman and wilderness survivalist but I can always learn more.
Great Timing !! I'm just back home from my 4th " one tool weekend" this year.. and funny enough it was with my hatchet, the Gränsfors Small Forest Axe.
And I have to say it's not my 1st choice. The 3 other options are : a Kukri, a Tom Brown Tracker and a Victorinox Ranger Grip 79.
Have done every we the same tasks :
- set up the tarp, so I needed sticks to plug it down,
- build a reflector for my fireplace, so a lot of wood to process
- make a fire that last till morning, so I have to gather and process plenty of deadwood
- start the fire with a bow drill, so make all you need for that.
- build a no.4 Trap
My ranking for a one tool option after those 4 weekends :
1. Victorinox Rangergrip 79 2. Tracker 3. Kukri 4. Hatchet
My favorite Combi, = 2 Tools, have done that last November- December, same tasks :
1. Vic R79 + Gränsfors, 2. Tracker + folding saw, 3. Kukri + folding saw, 4. Hatchet + folding saw
Vielen dank, herr Swiss guy. First time I heard of the Rangergrip. Must be a good one. I had an ancestor who came from Zurich to Pennsylvania about 1711. One of his sons built him a stone house that is still standing.
@@peterbogart4531 cool, I live in Zurich, in a house built 1567 :-) ok, it has have a few changes trough the years but jepp, nothing uncommon in good ol' Europe.
The Vic RG79 is a "newer" model coming after Victorinox bought Wenger. They have had that Model first, known as Wenger Ranger. Then Vic has made some improvements, various models. So nearly everyone can find the one that's fit best.
@@swissguy8052 Awesome!
Thanks brother
Loved the cooked mouse "oh gross". I gave this book to my kids and they all loved it many years ago. Gary Paulsson's "Hatchet". thanks for reminding me of it.
Outstanding video as always !
Thanks
Andrew you rock buddy good advice on survival
Outstanding and precise in-depth explanations. So glad you took extra time with the bow drill how & why. Thank you soldier and thanks for your service.
Good stuff! Thanks.
Thanks for another useful video!
I remember the book the hatchet great book. Thanks so much for another great video man.
Awesome 👏
Another awesome video, thank you Sir.
Thanks Andrew for another great video
Excellent job sir! Your demonstration are the best
I prefer carrying a machete, but I'm in Cen Fla, not alot of trees to use a hatchet on, but alot of bush. Thx for the vid Andy But in the Midwest or the north, I could see the value of an axe or a hatchet vs a machete. Or in other words the right tool for the job.