How I build a debris survival shelter step by step Part.2

Here is the send part of the series where I Construct a debris style survival shelter.

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Howto & Style

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• Bushcraft
• survival
• shelter
• debris hut

[icychap]

I must respectfully disagree that this will withstand more abuse than a tent. The walls may be rigid due to the logs/sticks, but guylines will maintain a tent's shape even in high wind, the nylon walls will be more water/wind resistant than natural materials, and this will biodegrade. Also, this will not protect you from small animals or insects, or keep you off the ground.

[BushCraftBums]

@icychap LOL, Think where gonna have to agree to disagree on this one bud,,,,respectfully of course.....Best regards.

[nebdar]

@Wildamp thanks

[Raunchyfad]

Aw, cute, it looks just like the protective casing a caddisfly larva makes.

[dartmoorwolf]

i know once we built a small shelter like this and it was stil semi standing (but needed repairing) after three years

[SuhwoopGGs503]

using the bark as shingels is a great idea i would definatly rather use bark off of a tree rather then old water loged bark on the ground. my reason being that there are tons of insects spiders and snakes that LOVE dead bark.

[troybrownrigg]

I've found california king snakes in debri similar to that, it seems to provide a temperture increase for them! Always best to be safe. Good video! This provides a means to not using tents, saving them for later use.

[iceblood16]

@BushCraftBums agreed, debris huts own.........



[Rhinoch8]

@icychap I would say that it's a different system. Tent is good, but debris shelter is more modulable. A well built debris shelter can withstand a high wind storm, with lotsa water. You are in a cocoon, that can withstand severe winters due to the thick layer of insulation that a tent doesn't have. For the insects, you can "smudge" the shelter, by placing burning logs in it. You make a matress of dry leaves, twigs, or sprucebows to be off the ground.

[Rhinoch8]

Its beautiful where you're at! Where is it?

[nonameddog]

nice shelter!

[icychap]

@primitiveskills That's a fair assessment. My intention is to be comfortable in the wilderness for a short period of time (generally no more than 3 days), and I bring the gear necessary to facilitate that. If something goes, I will try to fix it or leave. I'm not making my home out there - I'm just visiting.