15 Wilderness Bushcraft Skills For Surviving 100 Days Alone in the Wild | Brought to you by History

15 Wilderness Survival & Bushcraft Skills for surviving 100 days alone in the outdoors. This video is sponsored by History. Here are a few handy wilderness survival tips that I would want to know when having to survive alone in the outdoors. It is said there are four pillars of survival: Water, Fire, Shelter and Food. In this episode I show you how to unlock each one of these pillars and give you the knowledge that just might help you when alone in the wilderness. From collecting water from plants, to building primitive bushcraft shelters with your bare hands. How to catch fish with a handline, and light a fire with no lighter, matches or man made material.

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0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Finding Water
2:48 - Water from Plants
3:40 - Retaining Water
4:00 - Wood Water Container
4:23 - A Frame Shelter
6:35 - Gathering Moss
7:18 - Ferrocerium Rod Fire
8:29 - Flint & Steel Fire
9:31 - Bowdrill
11:44 - Hand Drill
12:05 - Foraging Wild Edibles
13:32 - Hobo Handline
15:01 - Netting (Drop Net)
15:48 - Foraging Crayfish
16:34 - Woodcraft

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[BeyondYourDoorstep]

Considering it's 2020, I'm taking notes.

[bencowles]

My record for wilderness survival is 217 days. It was done in south American jungle over a hundred miles from the nearest sign of civilization. In the back woods of alaska i did a solo camp for 176 days. It is not as hard as some people think. If you know what you are doing you can survive almost anywhere and you can actually live failry comfortably in the wildness. My uncle went to the wilderness to get away from civilization and has lived out in the wild for over 20 years. The cabin he built by hand using hand tools is actually pretty nice.

[Daniel-wwyp]

You know you are doing something right when the History channel sponsors your video👌

[trollpatrol]

Great tips. I flooded my son with these types of things when he was young. He always seemed annoyed. Our walks took forever, we had less time to fish or whatnot. It was when we spent a couple days in the woods he saw it all come together, and knew why I took that extra time. Priceless!

[ahdcat]

C'mon Mike... teach us how to make a cell phone using nothing but a squirrel, a pine cone, and a titanium spork. ;)

[scottmclaughlin]

Remember the good old days when the History Channel contained actual history not aliens, bigfoot or reality shows.

[stormdancer]

At least I know how to fish - and to clean fish. We did it almost every weekend growing up. I never ate a store-bought fish until I went away to college. Bream, crappie, bass, catfish - love them all.

[unrealkalel]

I think you got the valleys wrong in the beginning. A U-shaped valley indicates a glacier, where a V-shaped one indicates that the valley was formed by a river.

[OldBillOverHill]

I first got into this as a youth. I bought a book, "Edible Plants of the Rocky Mountains", still a great reference book. One plant, the common cat tail, can save you life. From the pollen to young shoots to the tubers, it is edible. The cotton can be used to start fires and as padding and insulation. The reeds can be woven into mats to cover a shelter and sleep on. Willow is good too for weaving. Pine or spruce pitch is great for a fire starter too and as a sealant/glue. In a conifer forest you can roof your A frame shelter with boughs or seek shelter under a big spruce and you will find dry tinder there too.

[doc-t-]

10 items for 100 days (aside from the clothes on my back and the bag the items would be in)
- Hatchet
- Fixed blade Survival knife the one i have has a flint on it as well
- Box of storm proof matches
- Bundle of paracord
- heavy duty Tarp
- Shovel
- life straw or sawyer mini (some kind of filter)
- simple Fishing kit (line and a few hooks in an altoids box or whatever)
- simple first aid kit with antibiotic ointment, bandages, lotion for dry skin etc
- metal cup for boiling water and cooking etc

The arctic would have plenty of snow and ice to melt for water as well as preserving any meat.
The elements would make fire and shelter EXTREMELY important so the hatchet, knife, cordage, tarp, shovel would all be helpful in using the pine trees and branches to make a really nice shelter to keep you safe from elements.

2 cutting tools
2 fire starters (matches, flint and steel)
2 water purification tools (life straw and cup for boiling water)
2 ways to gather live food (Snares and fishing)
and of course first aid kit for minor boo-boos that can become huge problems if not treated quickly in survival situations. Also assume I would be wearing many layers of clothes as well as some sort of hat, boots, gloves, wool socks etc and those wouldnt count towards my 10 items.

[MyForestHobby]

Alone - one of my favorite shows on History.
Also Vikings of course :)

[ArielleViking]

So wonderful that The History Channel has noticed you and sponsored this video. I remember trying the bag on the tree trick when I was a little girl, thanks for those memories Mike. Love the wild foraging and fishing/hunting, those are always a favorite of mine. ❤

[SirImran]

Love, Laughter, and Joy are the key ingredients of a happy and Peaceful life. May you be blessed with all of them

[BruceNitroxpro]

One thing to remember is your EDC, your "everyday carry." Somehow, you MUST have a knife... a bushcraft knife is best, but ANY blade is better than none, The second thing is a stainless steel container within your basic loadout. Third is carrying a ferrocerium rod, or fire steel as its often caled. Knowing how to use it is more than a skill, it is an art. The fourth thing is so simple that many people forget... CORDAGE. Basic bank line (#36 tarred three strand is best) is worth its weight in gold. Most people need a map of their area... but most people don't know about how to read one or even how to navigate with one. Learning should be BEFORE you really NEED it.

[shorea]

I like the chill voice it's like a documentary. None of the (sometimes annoying) swag in other bushcraft channels.

[jayrogers]

I think once you’ve got your essential things ( shelter from the elements, sustainable water, fire and sustainable food) the real battle will be mental, being alone will probably take its toll

[DisturbedGeneration]

These tips are awesome.


I decided to take an empty leather journal i havent known what to do with yet. And turn it into a bushcraft/survival book.

Just so i can refresh myself every now and then without having to look at a screen

[bigpappa]

Love your videos and your workmanship and SKILLS level!! You are truly amazing and the way you know your ancestry and the way they lived is truly important thing everyone should know but most sadly dont. Thank you from a outdoorsman from Tennessee.

[Gabo]

Hey man, this is Gabo from Mexico. Not only your bushcraft skills and knowledge do I really admire. Also your communicating skills. The way you structure and sepak your ideas sounds really professional and educational. Cheers!

[TexasRy]

YES - 10 things in the woods for 100 days. My best memories growing up are from spending hours and hours in the woods, listening to the wind blow through the trees, watching the squirrel's and rabbits run around, you could almost HEAR nature talking to you, amazing! I aspire to live in the forest and get back to nature and once again, leave the troubles of the modern life behind and I guess if SHTF happens, we may all be going back to nature sooner than we think