Greetings from Canada. Just wanted to point out that the standard accepted tapping practice for maple trees is to leave the tap hole open when you are finished. Filling the hole increases the chance of infection, and doesn''t actually really stop the flow. You can safely suck sap with a vacuum pump from a tree for 4 weeks straight so some sap loss isnt really going to hurt it, but putting dirt into an open wound may.

Katniss Everdeen was here

@whizzkid775

9 жыл бұрын

You wot m8

@yqq9808

4 жыл бұрын

And so was I after watching it

@razzati420

4 жыл бұрын

lol

@joelwurz7089

3 жыл бұрын

no she wasnt

@rachaelboyd769

3 жыл бұрын

lmao, yessss.

I'm currently reading Catching Fire, but I've just taken a break for awhile to see how this spile thing really works since this is the first time I heard of such thing and now, I think I'm engrossed in knowing about it more and all the other survival skills depicted in Hunger Games. Thank you for this video!

@chriskourliourod1651

8 ай бұрын

Welcome to the woods! It’s amazing how the accumulated debris of knowledge and culture can arouse interest, change lives, and even save lives! Our Lord Jesus Christ, His Word the Bible, and The Chronicles of Narnia saved my life; my family going hunting and gathering aroused my interest in such matters; and Henry David Thoreau’s Walden changed my life. Here’s my own saying: You can’t know everything, but you can keep learning!

Instead of using clay to plug the hole use pine sap, this will seal the hole much better and help in the healing process. Next time make your drain tube before you punch your hole in the tree, you lost half a canteen of water running down the side of the tree while you got the drain tube ready. Very useful information.

@ambivertPA

Жыл бұрын

What tree is this???

@milesjargon

3 ай бұрын

@@ambivertPAI think he says its a Birch tree. This technique can be used on Birch, Maple and Sycamore, as far as I know.

I never heard of getting water from a tree in this manner. This is probably the most interesting and valuable information I have seen in several years. Most people talk about how to make your own water filter and which way is the best way to get clean water. This to me is the best and safest...if it is the proper time of year and you have these trees available. Now I just have to learn my trees better.

First, before cutting on the tree, have your "stick" ready to insert into the hole so you are not wasting precious water.

@daviedood2503

3 жыл бұрын

Chill, it's not like the tree can't get more water from the ground. Besides the extra water is helping plant life AROUND the tree!!!

@crashpal

3 жыл бұрын

😏

@elastronaute1198

3 жыл бұрын

sounds liek something else

@echoscope4278

2 жыл бұрын

U might add cedar in there too, dont know about laurel...probably.

I am reading The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and wanted to know if people could really get water this way, aha

Thank you for making this video, this can show many people that can't find water, just collect it from a tree. I will try this technique out sometime, keep up the good work!

This will be of interest to my apprentices who have just started their carpentry course in Southampton , England. I wanted to show them how wet trees are when they are growing and this is perfect , thanks dude.

ANOTHER great vid guys! You guys are definitely #1 with Survival Vids. Informative, updated, interactive, and consistent. TOPS!

8 years in the Infantry. Never was shown that one. Great Video.

This would be a great thread for our Survival Forum. Go to survivalschool(dot)us/survival-forum to sign up and post these and any other questions you might have about tree tapping!

Excellent vid ,great music and am very happy to see you repair the wound you created in that tree. TYVM

This is a good channel to learn how to survive! Great video!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, I never knew that, I love survival, thank you for showing me a way that you can get water without a fire.

Super idea. Will try it..thank. You. Like the respect you showed for the living tree.

Very informative. Thanks for sharing this info. Keep up the good work.

new subscriber here.. love the tips and i LOVE the fact that you bandaged the tap hole with clay when you finished.. respect nature and it will respect you.keep on surviving.

fantastic!!! love it, thanks so much for sharing

Thanks for sharing your knowledge...Great Video...

This is great! I was looking around for a way to do this on a backpacking trip, thinking of getting an old-time hand crank drill and bringing a section of a hose for a spile, but this is much simpler. Thanks for posting.

@ruthshelton1924

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Flynn Don't use a rubber hose unless really have to- it puts unwanted chemicals that can make you very sick in the long run.

@rranimalrescue2052

4 ай бұрын

Use smaller holes. 5/16 in largest. Takes a bit longer but wound easier to heal. Tap at 3 ft above ground so easy to run hose to canteen, bucket. Filter then drink if poss. Research 5 top trees for water tapping in your area.

Really good to know! I want to try it out as soon as possible!

Love this, thanks for sharing.

this is irrelevant, but i love your dog! i've always had an interest for bushcraft, so i find these kinds of things fascinating

Awesome video wish I had vines like that in manitoba thanks!

This Is so interesting. I didn't know this was possible. It's a great idea for a water filter in the wildernes and source if there is none.

Excellent, thank you for the post.

Great lesson! Thanks!

wow thats prety awesome ,thanks for the info.

Looks good brother. Thank you for that.

i had v. good success taping scycamore in england in mid february on a i foot dia tree. put a big ten inch chevron in the bark and a drip stick. got a pint overnight. fixed the wound by pounding tissue paper into it and hoped for the best. great vid

Awesome video. Thanks!!

Great information... keep posting those great videos...

Great Demo! Well done.

Awesome man thanks thats a life saving skill

thank you for the info.

love it ...thanks

Cool, I learned something! Great idea!

liked the video. awesome stuff. its great you showed enough respect for the tree to protect its wound.

Awesome tip

I appreciate your care for the Tree's Life

that was awesome to know,thanks

Very helpful man thanks :-)

Thanks for the tip : )

Thank you

I was wondering what kindof trees this could work on and where. I don’t want to try this and accidentally poison myself. Good vid tho, had no idea you could do that

Subbed/liked , good info thanks.

Excellent

I've never used this method but I've drank from water vine though very good taste.if I did it this way I would smere mud on the cut afterwards to protect the tree common since I think.

Good info

Really interesting.

Good video!

thanks for this didn't know you could do this.

holy crap! I've never heard of this subscribed

Great video, here in Australia we have a tree that can also be tapped, the "paperbark" tree, in this video we demonstrate the process: I3WJZqH0Ecg the water comes out with so much pressure that you could easily fill a canteen with ice cold water in a couple of minutes, and it tastes very similar to an iced green tea. So like you said, natures vitamin water.

Thank u 🙏

Thanks

Dude that is awespme😳👍

thx man :) thanks a lot dude i dont even know how many days i get thirsty hiking and got no water left lol ima try it right now even tho its dark out lol

Very informative video. Subbed. Thanks for sharing.

is the range of time you can use this method effectively from early spring to late winter, or does this method only work efficiently in early spring and late winter?

amazing!

Great bro good to know

great vid very informative

Nice. There are actually a few birch in the woods behind my house. I'll give this a try. Curious to what the water tastes like. I'll probably burn the hole though after. then put mud over it. Don't have any clay around here.

What kind of tree sir? I’m walking Appalachian trail in April , any particular ones to look out for ? Thanks so much for your time And the video

thats a beautiful doggy

Outstanding video, during the later summer months does this methoed work just as well?

Thanks for the quick reply. Would you please tell us how to recognize the River Birch and let us know if the Northern Birch can be tapped for water as well? By the way your videos are great!

Good job

Awesome

This video was excellent. I wouldn't use this technique unless I absolutely needed to. I'm putting this info down on my list of survival techniques, I am a pepper and just another notch to survive.

@worddunlap

8 жыл бұрын

+Donna Bowers pepper?

@donnabowers1317

8 жыл бұрын

+worddunlap Really are you kidding me. Don't waste my time by critiquing my grammar. I was using a mobile phone at the time. You know what I meant. Go do something constructive.

@worddunlap

8 жыл бұрын

Excuse me. Pepper can be a lot of things. It's a broad term. WTH? www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pepper

@roseaustin3286

5 жыл бұрын

@@worddunlap Prepper. Spell check may have changed it.

nice Belgian malinois. good video too.

Awsome!

Great video, thanks. Good thing you showed the first aid for the tree....lots of psychos out there. I always ask them, "Where do you draw the line, do we call a medic for a mosquito?" Thanks

good to know!

Varey nice and really like your Chanel :-)

NICE WORK,,,MY FRIEND,,,

I really like your dog

Good video

i didnt know this trick. thanks.

I was surprised to see this.Wonderful!!

the Dog LOL

Being from western Washington I never thought about that, great tip!

@thetacountry4487

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Haushahn in western Washington, one thinks how to not get too MUCH water hahaha

Tap close to bottom of tree and eliminate the need to suspend container off of ground.

nice video

Wow, just by watching this video showed me your an expert! I subbed! Thanks for the tutorial!

Does this technique work on any tree?

Using forked stick for the drip tap can give you an impact surface to drive the "tree end" point of your drip stick into the cambium layer without damaging the "drip end" point. Let the fork point out and upward so you can use your baton hammer to pound the crotch of the fork to secure the inside point into the tree.

Nice, are there any trees that would be dangerous to do this with? Does it work with all trees??

@robinthrill3r7

4 жыл бұрын

Use it on Oleander. Perfectly safe!

@ragazzinayankee

4 жыл бұрын

@ Wow. I was wondering that! Thanks!!! Which ones are safe?

@ragazzinayankee

4 жыл бұрын

@ Awesome! Thanks a LOT! I'm a "survivalist in the closet", lol, Love collecting knives and gear and I devour the videos but never practiced on the field, this " virus thing" motivated me a LOT, if we act this way with a flu, if some day we have a "really bad virus" better to be prepared and learn how to Really Survive, we might need it.

@daviedood2503

3 жыл бұрын

@@ragazzinayankee that's cool, we don't discriminate against sexual orientation here, even if you're in the closet. Be proud and loud! Good luck to ya on your survival projects!

@daviedood2503

3 жыл бұрын

@ my question is, what if you BOIL the water for 20 mins? Assuming the steam didn't take all your water away, would it be safe to drink then??

just what i was looking for when my bottle water runs out. I also got this from The Pepper Journal i was reading.

that is absolutely correct. Birch is different than many other trees you tap.

Everyone should have a few tree sap spiles in their bugout bags...

Thanks. The sound carries. Instead of the root, why not the vines or other available resources? The root looked a bit troublesome to manage, thereby increased energy loss & more perspiration plus leaving a large footprint to be noticeably followed, could these be risky steps to be taken?

I was once cutting some wood for a bow at the base of a large Sycamore. As I was cutting large amounts of water poured out I was using a chain saw and think It may have leaked a cup or two of liquid easily.

I get that its not necessary to boil the water. But just in case, is it possible to do it without altering the taste badly? have you tried? Thanks for the vids, i'm learning a lot. Also, i'm subscribbing ;)

Are there any southern trees like walnut cedar? We have a few maple trees but they are typically in yards that make maple syrup out of.

I don't know if you have beech trees there, but just yesterday I cut a live beech branch and it was just pouring sap. Tasted good too.

1 - Can you do this with all trees or are some poisonous to humans? 2 - I heard that this works only in the early spring or late winter like when people tap trees to get the sap and make maple syrup. 3 - Wouldn't the fermented sap be as good as or better compared to fresh sap because it's broken down more and has more enzymes?

You can tap spruce. In Colonial America, spruce sap was very popular for turning into 'spruce beer', which was made as both an alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage. It's not as tasty as maple or birch though. Birch sap is delicious.