Survival Skills: Firemaking in Snow, Part 2
PART 2 of 5: A complete series of videos by Nutnfancy and my friend chronicling firemaking in cold and snowy conditions using backpacking equipment only. The series shows the scenery, adventure, survival philosophy, gear observations, our standard joking around, and the good times with long time friend BuggetNuster (YouTube name) and Allie the Mountain Dog. We hiked into the snowy and cold Rocky Mountain bivouac location I had chosen earlier for my Wilderness Lean-To series of videos. A few …
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correction : rabies
Wolves don’t attack, wild dogs with rabbies do.
I have watched a lot of your videos and you do a real good job on them, but I have one question. It seems like you don’t like bolt actions? Like on this trip you have semi-auto 22lr’s. Do you not like them? Oh, by the way I love ruger 10/22 I think they are the greatest little gun ever made, you can do so many things to them!
Sacred Order of Survival:
Shelter, Water, Fire, Food
If it’s just cold, Fire can be a form of shelter. With practice, you can get fire going in just a few minutes with just a knife and a piece of cord…
In survival situation, just burn the logs into pieces in the fire, no need to cut into nice firewood. You save a lot of calories!
I usually carry a Barrett .50 BMG Sniper Rifle with me at all times, to take care of the rabbits and such. For bears, I pull out my 95 caliber sniper rifle (It does exist seriously, look it up), and pwn teh n00bs.
But srsly, I would carry bear spray and a .40 Hollow point, any 10mm, or a .45. But more important then what type of weapon you use is knowing tactics to survive when you run upon a bear. I would rather not have to kill one a bear, because I think they are awesome.
8:07
Homoerotic much?
Good times; thank you so much for bringing your camera along (and wonderdog!)
1) Bearspray!!!
2) Glock 20c ,10mm (or glock 29)
I think Nutn will agree that his favorite Glock 17 won’t be enough in this POU even in the lower 48 unless your placement is flawless under stress–run&gun drills!?).
If you don’t mind the weight and very low firepower of revolvers, then go bigger with a .44 magnum or even .460 magnum against a grizzly. That should get it done as long as one doesn’t poop one’s pants and forgerts one’s training in a hurry. I hope I never have to find out!
you know there is no recorded evidence of wolves attacking humans…except werewolves. Seriously, wolves never attack people. Research it and see.
He addresses this in one of his more recent videos, might have been high skys part 2 I think. Anyway, he was carrying a Kel-Tec in .380 but said it was largely unnecessary, and that against a bear you’d need something a lot bigger, and against other things (specifically cougar) you probably wouldn’t have a chance to use it. So he was saying you should have a fighting knife on you, and if you are worried about a skirmish w/ bear then you might want something a lot more powerful than .380.
Nutn’s camera doesnt work if he doesnt have a cap.
dude wearing a cap into the wilderness is bumb
i know what you mean, I use the cold steel 2 handed machete, it does the job and it works like axe too.
Carry full strength bear spray like the stuff sold at REI for protection against wild animals. It is harder to hit a charging animal in a panic situation with a gun than the wide fog blast from bear spray. There’s a reason Alaskan guides trust bear spray over their guns for repelling attacks.
Its frustrating watching limbing without a machete… I use my machete for EVERYTHING, it’s just such a flexible implement, and limbing is a snap with it, so much less effort than with a knife, and I’m not really that big a guy.
that last picture of BuggetNuster looks like he has twigs in his hat and kinda reminds me of a reindeer lol…but being serious i appreciate all the effort u both went through 2 make this video,it’s very helpful thank u very much
Hey Nutnfancy, I had a quick question for you. Suppose you ran into wolves or some other predator, while out on your hikes what would you carry for self defense should the need come to use it?
no problem.
thanks man
i think it is a “sawviver”.
Dude I was seriously waiting for Bugget to take that knife and tell Nutn to do some work lol.
Great vid.
“Excellent” That was friken priceless!
what saw is that
a fair while
plus you can just sharpen it with just a sharpening stone or a file
my hacksaw for college cutting through metal pipe was good for most of the quarter…. only when i got pissed off and snapped it did i have an issue. And since blades are cheap light and often are carried in the saw its not a major issue. Carry a spare or 2 and you’ll be good for a long time. Replace once in a while or before a big trip if your paranoid
Poor Mrs. Nutnfancy. I feel your pain. From Mrs. obsessed with nutnfancy…
The machete is the perfect thing to carry as both a useful tool and as a weapon if the need arises. Lighter than an ax, they can clear paths, quickly chop small trees and branches to make shelters, butcher meat, protect yourself from wild animals, chpp tinder and firewood. Personally, I prefer machetes with a little heft toward the tip like a bolo or panga for chopping woody vegetation.