Country Tracks Episode 10 - Building a woodland shelter

[alexasmithy]

some great inforamtion here thanks

[thestanleyoutdoors]

Yes it could be used for winter , if you fill the giant hole in the top!

[TheWesternking]

could this be used for winter?

[jfkdjfd]

And he critizes Bear for building a shelter.

[OldDirtyRetard]

ray mears......is my next door neighbour........he gets a builder in to do everything......lying bastard......and speaking of fires......hes got fucking central heating......his bills must be thru the roof

[Slic3R1]

damn man that's a beautiful forest

[CODGOD321BOOM]

what if it rains weres the whole roof at?

[GabBall]

hoo the fuck is that really old lady ho talks about crap we dont care

[SuperMarcusHenry]

Im gone build one of these tonight :D

[jmg1957]

peace from mississippi

[CrackingMoonTravel]

3:12 very important for good night sleep.

I think ppl doesn't build a woodland shelter to get good night sleep.

[40rdclip]

why is he dressed like robin hood?

[jumpinjack76]

omg< a fire in that hut< jesus, why not go ahead and sling some gasoline in it while your at it !

[Rhinoch8]

@jumpinjack76 Dudes from all over the world have doing that for something like 20'000 years.

[azfootball]

Hell Yeah! Robin Hood is back.

[forum8417]

holy shit robin hood!

[psychoguy1017]

He said nice straight pieces of wood that those pieces were more more crooked than a cork screw =/

[CitizenKane380]

Not much good in the rain

[airsoftsurvivalman12]

Small children.. What are they doing in the wild anyways.. I would leave my shelter there if I built in a survival situation.. It could save someone else's life too..

[576ito1080p]

A good woodsman leaves NO trace......more people need to learn this.

[primitiveskills]

@576ito1080p There is no such thing as "no trace". Being proactive to increase the health and biodiversity of the area requires more skill and awareness. It's also more responsible than treating the landscape like a museum and is more alligned with the long term survival of the flora and fauna folks are concerned with. Most native cultures viewed stewardship of the landscape as an extension of garanteeing the health of the future generations.

[pyrosparkes]

hes just saying to get permission to cover his back if people burn down a forest.

[PCM07Navy]

that was kind of kewl wish i could go camping now i miss it but nobody i know likes to camp =(

[BoJoMo47]

@PCM07Navy Someone you know does like to camp - it's you. Don't wait for someone else to make you happy. Make yourself happy and go camping now.

[Glockster42]

Permit to light a fire???? The more I hear about UK laws the happier I am over here!

[johnjohn9208]

''its water proof"... theres a big ass hole in the roof.

[madaboutbrens]

@askstephenmaples survival situations are different buddy pretty much anything goes if it means preserving life. the fire laws are only for England. in Scotland its not a problem and it is aimed at those folk that go wild camping and make a real mess ie chopping into live tree's leaving rubbish etc etc. @edd542 cheers i ended up using this type of shelter with my son and it is very warm and comfortable so i can recomend it. takes a while to make but worth it !

[AskStephenMaples]

Absolutely ridiculous!!! ---- "I need permission to light a fire?" WTF IS WRONG WITH EUROPE - If you are out in the woods and in a survival situation, It will be a cold day in hell before some bureaucratic moron tells me I need his damn permission to light a fire necessary for me to save my life...

[dgl1962]

@AskStephenMaples You're right and the worst part is that someday it will be illegal to even criticize bureaucrats.

'Aint big government great?

[TheOctoman34]

@dgl1962

government sucks donkey toes

[TheWaggaBloke]

hey Ray the pole ya had in ya left hand she's a bit Buggered! Mate

[madmadmadmad0000004]

good shelter. how would I make it so water wouldn't come in through the hole?

[FlamingFury5]

this guy builds some kickass shelters

[munkiman23]

We are very restericted as to what we do in the UK and as a rule the majority of the population do not appreciate bushmen and think they are insane or weird. Especialy the government so do not put us down because bushmen in the UK have to put up with enough shit thanks!

[madaboutbrens]

I would be concerned of burning to death and a narrow escape slit (past the fire) dead leaves and embers could end up being cooked alive. I want to take my son out for his first bushcraft weekend away not sure about this shelter......that said Ray Mears is renouned the world over as a pro if its good for him ? second option is to go all Bear Grylls and make a platform in the trees psml

[edd542]

@madaboutbrens He didn't lash the shelter together so if there was an emergency you could just push the branches out and get out through there.

[Cytacon]

Please sir, may I light a fire. How sad.

[twinkieboyy14]

i am 9 yr. and i can make it in 30 min.

[TheGods1marine]

@twinkieboyy14 Then please by all means build one and make a video

[Caveman0713]

my question to this whole matter is, what if it were to rain. people I know from the UK say that it is cold and rains alot and if you built a shelter without a roof rain gets in but if you put a roof on this shelter you have to go without a fire and then you freeze to death. Any comments? If any of you have an idea or proven theory on how to make a natural water proof shelter that you can build a fire in please share. I dont want ideas of what I can buy. I am a minimalist and dont carry much.

[jebus419]

@Caveman0713 hey i dont know if youve found wildernessoutfittersarchery but dave canterbury has a great video on making a "spider shelter". very nice. similar to this but closed in and with a fire.

[Caveman0713]

@jebus419 thanks for the suggestion, but I've already seen it. I was looking more for something that more than one person could stay in. thats why I was interested in this particular design, it could house 2,3, maybe up to 5 people. Dave's spider shelter is narrow and appears to be a single sleeper only. If you come across a shelter that can do both, for multiple people, keep me posted, thanks

[PerrenEcho]

It feels as if the UK government almost doesn't want me to enjoy the outdoors...

[ArtisanTony]

Having a blanket indicates some level of preparedness so I can only assume that having a tarp also would not have been out of the question. A tarp shelter would have certainly made LNT a lot easier.

[TellEvery1]

sheltering in a pentagon is asking for trouble

[DustBunnyBill]

Not bad. You gotta see the long term shelter me and my 2 friends made in 5 hours! It's amazing! I will post it next weekend because we can't go to it this week with baseball and stuff. If it's not on my account by nex sunday check washingtonwizkidz channel. It will mostlikley be there

[battlematron]

this guy gose into a lot of unnesesary work for making a simple shelter just to stay the night and move on the next day

[MountainGyspy]

He's almost dressed like Robin Hood.

[isis211]

the sticks you found for your fire are a bit too damp, lots of excess smoke there, ya dont want to scorch the wood if if you wish to use that wood again :P

[vanhelsing4561]

Try in the places where the trees was cuted. I will do this kind of shellter next weekend. It will be great. Ray Mears RULES!!!

[TheScorpion615]

hell in the hell does he find so many pitch fork sticks to build this shelter? i tryed looking for the same wood all over the place so that i could build a shelter just like this one. but i couldnt find many sticks like the pitch fork ones.

[rbvmtr]

@TheScorpion615 did you look for Trees that are Dead and still standing ? Dead trees and limbs don't aways fall to the ground , But I admit it is tough looking for that many where I am , being that dead wood is fire wood

[TheScorpion615]

im sure that i did. but i was looking for most of my sticks on the ground. but i know that i check a lot of trees on my way. but at most i found maybe 2 branches that were similar to the ones in the video.but ill also admit that im a newbie at this. so my surroundings might not be on point yet. because im still trying to find a good spot to do this at. most of the wood is dead where im at as well. will that chance once summer comes around?

[rbvmtr]

you can break or cut dead standing trees

I believe their more durible than those that have been on the ground . most of the fallen wood ends up fire wood here . and actually it wouldn't matter what I cut because the city is going to cut everything down anyway all along the river for a jogging trail abt. 12.2 mi. "sucks" I hope I can manage .

[Liuss1337]

Ray mears! your teaching me so much! yoru the best man! :)

[crazycoyotie]

looks like this man done his homework ~~ this is a nice quick shelter ,an it is good wind an weather proof place ~~ not bad 2 a modern man

[TheScorpion615]

id agree with you. thats one of the best looking shelters that ive seen on here.

[Mrreverendjim]

i been building and using similar shelters for a long time and, yes, in the winter. this is a good one. by the looks of some of the comments theres a lot of domesticated people here.

[yojialjimbo]

but its not windproof lol

[IronicallyVague]

The best way to build a shelter is to bulldoze a hole big enough to drive an old school bus into then cover it..

I'd take out the screaming school children first, they tend to panic when you back fill the hole in.

[warpuppyTN70]

omfg lol

[rbvmtr]

ROFL , I guess so ! there's a few I'd leave on just for the attitude adjustment

[oliviamatthews]

@IronicallyVague shut up.

[Rhinoch8]

@IronicallyVague Lol that is a cool idea!

[airsoftsurvivalman12]

@IronicallyVague Thats wrong in so many ways.. but still funny!

[captaincompost123]

@IronicallyVague That's funny shit, man, lol.

[justyoustupid]

@IronicallyVague will i need pre school kids or middle school kids?

[TheSurvivalTheory]

@IronicallyVague omg I laughed SO hard to your school bus comment! :D :D :D LOL

[thebrickfist]

i bet the old man showed her tea- bagging aswell,the dirty old whore!

[longsarm]

woodland is in england :)

[PATTON36015]

GO IRELAND (shamrock fever)

[buttrape23]

hey, where is this at?

[codyy123ify]

is it ilegal because ive done it alot with my bud

[bushcraftourway]

not in britain, its a little known law that says we have rite over unused land

[warpuppyTN70]

omg that is nice! so you can take over land?

[bushcraftourway]

no but you can use it when and how you please

[dillan94P]

what does he mean u need permission to light a fire? who would you ask anyway?

[TheHarleyhillbilly]

i was wondering that myself we have to have burn permits where i live to burn large amounts of brush but not for a camp fire.

[raven246]

cool shelter. if it rains wont the water come through the top and if the wind is blowing it will blow at anangle and get you all wet?

[bushcraftourway]

no, youd think so but it cant

[pinworms70]

The best thatcher I ever seen was Margaret. Muhahahhaaha!

[Kadrius23]

Ah.. beautifull.. I'm going for a 6 month wilderness stay up in canada next spring. Really looking forward to it!

[spr00sem00se]

i have actually helped make one of those shelters, we made it about 6ft high , it took a lot of leaves but stood for well over one year and we went back to i on more than one occasion ,

they are really good

[DorianTC]

Lol bare in mind that you, when it's hot, dry weather you're basically sleeping in a big pile of tinder material:)

[maxbagshaw33]

Dry leavees like that are not good for tiner as they dont flame. If this collapsed, it would most probably put the fire out

[warpuppyTN70]

many dry not necessarily hot.

[pimpmyspy]

yeah its not fair. in the uk u cant do much stuff in the woods

[m6dm90]

i would use poncho liners

[SthealthRaider]

sucks that you need permission

[59Gretsch]

These UK guys need a permit to take a piss.

[Ossadawn]

I nearly said - "It's certainly getting that way", but it is more accurate to say - "Yes, it IS that way". Britain has become an incredibly regulated nation since a Labour government in 1997. But to be honest increasing numbers of people are starting to ignore lots of it now out of a combination of anger and also knowing that in reality the government cannot enforce all the absurd laws that it has put in place since 1997. Slowly slowly we're taking back what is ours.

[agglutination]

That's good to hear. After all, that little island (sorry I'm from Alaska, so your island is little to me) is the source of sooo many of the world's great cultures. I'd hate for that to be lost to government regulation.

[Blabloo72]

I agree. So much land is privately owned in the UK because we are such a small country. Sadly it's not like 'Deliverance' or 'Southern Comfort' where it's a case of 'Where is the law?!'. Good tip - if you take a leak in a UK town it's an £80 fine on the spot from the police (don't know how many USD that is!)

[pinworms70]

£80 is like 7.3 million dollars in US currency, at the current rates. :(

[Blabloo72]

At the time of writing this (28th of October '09) it's $130. (An expensive pee! - best to find a pub)

[wildernesssurvival01]

@59Gretsch m8 wear was bear grylls from? were was ray mears from? yh answers ur question

[TheOctoman34]

@59Gretsch

really

[vallonia]

@59Gretsch Piss permits are now Law here in the U K.

[megal0w]

@59Gretsch thats 3 permits now.... oh and a 2 week waiting list iv not had a piss for 3 months haha

[max465t]

@59Gretsch yea, all over europe, its bullshit

[VinVilhjalmsson]

@59Gretsch If they could find another way to cut cucumbers they would ban knifes too. But if your a rich toff you can wally round all day with shotguns in your Landrover shooting poor people.

[johnboyrebel27]

Hey great video!!! I really liked the shelter idea. I may try to build one myself. Seems like a great winter shelter....

[RumXnXCoke23]

.... i dont even know where to start...

1) why would u build such a complex shelter..

2) if it rains...doesnt it 1 put out the fire 2 get the ground inside ur shelter wet

3)one word.... hail

4) better shelters A Frame Lean-two ... both easier and faster to build... and have better protection....

[TheScotsblade]

1. its a semi-permanent shelter

2. aye, the rain can get the ground wet, but the heat of the fireplace dries it soon (i tried it)

and NO if you have a propper fire it will not turn out.

and 3. Inside an a-frame you can only light a small fire that does not realy keep you warm.

[boomtao]

1) Is that his Robin Hood outfit?

2) Why do these men that have joined to drink tea look so uncomfortable and unhappy?

[bowmasterpigo13]

if it raibn he will get so wet and the firer but u are great love all ur videos

[catroyal]

so, what, do the leaves just stick together by themselves? cool! so long everyone!

[chibbles007]

i neva sin a washing machine in the shelter like lol

[KillzoneFiend]

I hope to god that he washes that blanket out before he sleeps on it.

[liltom413]

I wouldn't :P

[chunkyfecalbreakfast]

Ray Mears is a legend!

[Shifticek]

are there any more country tracks with Ray?

[leshark]

wat if it rains... it would put the fire out??

[mrsnetizen]

He looks like Robinhood

[gands1102]

I will start a fire wherever and whenever i want. Fuck anyone who tells me otherwise........

[bricardiff1969]

ha ha nice one,lol

[turtlebowl]

pretty good....

but if it rained your fucked

[knightgld]

yes and no. if it rains the fire will go out but it would have to rain really really hard for u to get wet.

[OutdoorLore]

Two thumbs up!

[SurvivalDude93]

was i the only one who heard him say "Bitch leaves" ? at 2:32

[goodbyemra1202]

lmao i think he said beech leavess but it did sound like tht XD

[tEkToNiK]

rain would still come in through the top

[n7y7h7c]

its left open for the fire. the beds keep dry.

[mulukchuwen]

in what way or to what extent was that shelter soundproof? if applied to the city, would it be soundproof enough to keep out boom boxes? if so, that would really be of use to me (even if it were placed out in the middle of nowhere.)

[truthspeaker969]

well this is a very luxurious shelter...

[EminemGuy47]

you can do it that way or the uptree shelter were u just takes a bunch of sticks and put it on a tree pretty simple

[vertigo568mailinator]

seems orwell was a survivalist

[rabidmonkeygirl]

His location is similar to that of the man in the maine primitive skills school debris hut video, but the overall designs are much different. Is it due to the one shelter incorporating fire and the other not? What is the advantage or disadvantage of having a shelter with/without fire?

[patriotawake]

remember to ask ye lords for permission to make a fire on his lands.

[vacantsam]

so when it rains the place that your fire needs to be will be soaking wet for days? or did he just not do the roof for quickness

[Rutter1994]

maybe he has already made a easy moveable roof

[ricky0604fh]

if youd have a continuous fire you wouldnt need a cover if it was going good enough, and if it started to rain it hardy every comes straight down so little rain would get in and the bit that did would be vaporized.

[vue084783]

without all these other people's help you won't be able to build a fancy shelter like that, but you're more likely to survive with some people with you to help you out

[ricky0604fh]

yeah but you could build a smaller shelter during summer and then build the more permanent and winter worthy shelter if you have any spare time.

[cuteasabutton87]

Theres someone on this page who has been posting alot of comments about watching Ray Mears and how much they like watching him i've noticed, i'm guessing he fancies Ray.

This isn't spam because i'm a fan of Ray Mears and have no bad word against him, just thought it might be interesting to know.

[joshscottwilk]

Where's the part where it shows you how to build the shelter???

[blahabears]

the whole video retard

[Tylergipsonsg]

and your a bitch

[blahabears]

good one faggot. what are you five?

[djoli101]

anyone know if the intro is a real song?

[Jofph]

I know from exp. that this is hell for your nose...the odor of the dead leaves & branches is killing ya in just a few hours. Let alone the smell of yourself collecting the dirt... but still, I love to watch Ray Mears performing his survival skills...:-)

[short4421]

he never made the roof...??

[LGrey8]

the roof is open to let the smoke out. You dont need an enclosed roof in a small shelter like this one, since you have the fire going. The walls slope inward and protect you from the rain, so there is no need.

[maxhazalex]

thanx ray mears uv helped me coz tonight im building a bivei shelter

haz subscripeb to me or add me

[jrskyles]

id bag lindsey cannon

[0Doc0]

lol nice straight pieces of wood. lol mears get your eyes tested

[LilPistol44]

this is a great video

[dannyladbrfc]

sitting bull dry dead leaves tend not to b that heavy and if your wise enough to take tinder and kindling into the dry sleeping area then lighting a fire shouldnt be to much of a problem this is a great design which ive used and i thnk it kicks @ss

[sittingbull09]

Also,

LOL @ "You need permission to light a fire"

What is wrong with Great Britain?

[eightwillwontcannot]

nothing - it's a comparatively small country and the owner of the land you're on might not want you to burn it all to the ground.

[sittingbull09]

Err, I get it, that happened to me once, rednecks, tons of them, all with gasoline, burnt down my forest I would wander in. Crazy pricks. It grew back twice as thick and beautiful though.

[sophia071]

Woodland Shelter vid

"Also,

LOL @ "You need permission to light a fire"

What is wrong with Great Britain?"

Yes, in survival mode you will approach the castle door and ask the lord if u can light his land aflame...that is silliness isn't it?

[sittingbull09]

I don't understand the intended humor in your post, could you explain it to me is a way a yank would understand?

[sophia071]

Woodland Shelter vid

"Also,

LOL @ "You need permission to light a fire"

What is wrong with Great Britain?"

Yes, in survival mode you will approach the castle door and ask the lord if u can light his land aflame...that is silliness isn't it?

I just found it amusing that this fellow is trying to show u how to survive and leave no trace of man yet mentioned that u must obtain permission to light a fire. I imagine if u r sleeping in a homemade hut permission is the least of your worries.

[sittingbull09]

I would be more concerned with someone making a hut on my land than them making a small fire.

[Snowmanx1983]

If you are just out for the weekend having a laugh then you should seek permission from the landowner before lighting fires. If you really are in a survival situation then obviously this doesn't apply

[ricky0604fh]

of course idiots cant find this out for themselves becaues they dont have basic reasoning skills...

no wonder our world is so fucked up, noone thinks for themselves anymore..

[NicenEasyuk]

All the wildlife in Great Britain is protected by law, set a forest on fire n your cooking animals.

[earfallskid24]

Even in canada one of the largest and unclaimed forest, sometimes you still need a permet from the fire dept.

[sophia071]

All the wildlife in Great Britain is protected by law, set a forest on fire n your cooking animals.

As I imagine would be the case in any forest. You don't need "permission" to be careful.

[IzzyJG99]

England's been a fascist country since the 60's, if you ask me.

[sophia071]

You are right I am sure, what with the lizard queen and all.....It just struck me as amusing. I prob. just have a different sense of humor.

[sittingbull09]

Cool looking and all, but seriously, you would need to build the walls at a gradual angle or you won't have enough room to sleep out of the rain. This would require much longer logs/sticks which are harder to find, and are less often strong enough to withstand much weight. The hole would let the rain in on the fire, but if you build it without one, the walls would need to be steep in order to keep the shelter from burning, and to prevent Carbon Dioxide poisoning. I'll stick with a tarp pup tent.

[LimpLoser]

this series originally came out in 1997..

[boarderboi4lyf]

whats to stop the leaves bloowing away ??

[jesterdre88]

Anything under a 60km/hour wind. Lol.

[plyhockey28]

its robin hood

[gunnerlou]

what would happen if it rained, would it come through the top?

[gunnerlou]

i mean, would it put the fire out

probably, but its not safe to have a fire in a closed shelter anyway because it would choke you out.