Wilderness Survival - Part Two - Priorities

Taken from our Woodsmaster volume 2 DVD.Learn about survival priorities and how to tell time with your fist in a wilderness survival situation. This is part two of a series on survival shelters and skills by Ron Hood http://www.survival.com

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[liberatedhumanbeing]

Priorities are different depending on terrain & person. Shelter was always low on my list due to the ease of building one. A half hour or so of work where he is & I can build a decent shelter that will keep out rain, wind & sun for months. Cold weather may take more & top it on my priority list then. My priorities were always food as it requires looking for, fire & shelter are easy & can be made almost ANYWHERE, where as food & water need be found & retrieved. Not just gotten anywhere, anytime.

[Slamaxe]

Actually the priorities remain the same. The whole point was that if the priority is already met, it is not a priority. Those priorities given are established by physiology and conditions not by skills and experience. Since you mentioned the "ease of building one" I have to assume that you are inexperienced in other terrains. You would not make that statement on the plains of Patagonia, I guarantee it. Come by the forum and discuss this if you want... it's free and full of fun folk.

[Tossdart]

In North Bush we have extremes of cold -80 degrees windchill can happen to you. In North Winter one must be inside & fire inside with you period or you will fail at life quickly. Securing wood to feed a body length fire for open shelter is exhausting. Survival realities change according to location, reason & person. Living in bush is not overnight survival. One must have requirements quickly or be too weak to meet needs. In North this means inside warmth & calories. Fat meat, ask Innuit.

[Slamaxe]

Well said Tossdart. In the rest of the video we make exactly that point. These are only very small parts of a much more extensive video and are intended to show only emergency priorities and not all the techniques.

The dogs pack their own food and I shoot small game to share with them. Parts of the animals I don't eat and they love.

Thanks!

[RDC112]

if anyone is dissin this vid then dont watch it n if u think u can do better then him then i wanna see u try

[themachman19691]

That fist time is brilliant!!!wish they taught me that in school instead of algebra.

[thegreatwoodlife]

@kuckold while I agree because I myself have done a 14 day water only fast, your body can do pretty cool things. Infact on the 14th day I wasn't even hungry. But I don't know many people who can go more than 40 days on just water.

[Frooshmeister]

Great vid, i rented it once from netflix..

Wanted to post a reply to what SkejanC said about the wilderness priorities being shelter, water, fire, then food.. I believe that to be wrong, and givig advice that is wrong can potentially kill people so be careful. I believe that fire should be before water because A. It will scare off predators since you are fresh meat in the wilderness and B. For signaling in case that heliocoptor or search party is looking for you. Obviously if it was a desert s

[godsspartin117]

whats the name of his channal

[IRONHE4D50]

Just heard. RIP indeed

[practicalbeing]

@Brionkendo Huge Lol!

[DontTreadOnME201]

RIP Ron!

[Brionkendo]

GIANT BLOODY HEAD! ;)

[Agemrepus]

These videos are awesome! Thanks for the advice! Oh, and you're not 67.