As a silver wolf, I truly appreciate this series. We older woodsmen can benefit from your tips and tricks, to continue our enjoyment of the outdoors.......Thank you, Blackie.

moral of the story: when you become a pissy old man you get to keep everybody warm lmao the way you embrace it shows how mentally strong you are. good video

I'm a proud Fire Tender and I approve this message, one&two

Great tips for us silver wolves. I really appreciate these videos!

Please keep sharing how you keep the Mrs. happy and comfortable in the feild

Everyone eventually has "to go", and planning ahead for that as a individual camper or a participant in a group is probably one of the several considerations that should be discussed or decided upon. As a female in the military that spent most of my field time in units that were mostly male (because that was just the natural ratio back then as there were much fewer women.. I'm 63 now....serious warriors both men and women had the integrity and character to talk about those kinds of things just like we talked about how to not put the kitchen downwind from the porta potty, or in absence of, where and how the "to go" function can be accomplished. I was a lot younger then and squatting was not such a problem. I can still do it but in a way of visualization it becomes quite the "ballet" to achieve. I like the bucket and cat litter idea much better and this day and age is much more sanitary in group camping scenarios. Very good video, and thanks for sharing the information.

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Gotta be up anyway...this is wisdom.

Fire Tenders. I love it! 😀

Blackie. Great info and video. I was a Civil War reenactor for 15 years. When you mentioned the Ole Gatorade bottle, reminds me of those days camping out 1860's style. We used Gatorade bottles often, especially the "Old Timers." We had a nickname for the late night Gatorade bottle. We called it "Mr. Thirsty." Fond memories indeed. Thanks for the tid bit on the female way. I will definitely use that when the time arises. Very neat and my girlfriend will feel comfortable. Great idea. Thanks for sharing it.

Thanks Blackie, subject addressed very well. Im sure a topic many wondered about but didn't want to have to ask.

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A one gallon piss jug is a fine companion at camp. I bring mine home and toss it in the trash can. No fuss, no muss. Great advice on the cat litter. Appreciate the video.

Hi Blackie, greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thank you for your time to make these videos, a subject that needs to be spoken about, thank you.

Another great video. I had the pleasure of meeting you this weekend at the Gathering. You sir, are a true southern gentleman. I am enjoying the haversack I picked up from you. Take care and thanks.

Great information

well done

Excellent advice! 😊

Good video Blackie , thanks for sharing , God bless !

Greetings Blackie- You bring up some good field hygiene points here that will make life more convenient while out camping. I remember years ago when I was in the Army, some young trooper had the brilliant idea to take a cutting torch and cut a hole out on the seat part of a metal folding chair. Well, that chair didn't work out to well- Thanks for the video and remember to watch out for them snakes and critters-

Amen brother! Are you sure you wasn't following me and my wife around when we were camping, LOL. I always used to do her a little private potty area when we camped out and when I went by myself or with the guys I was in a hammock and even when I was younger I used the P jug myself and I rolled to the edge of the hammock and let her rip. It was always a jug I could screw on the top real tight because the p jug stayed right above my pillow. I always had a way to keep The Jug on my arm so it wouldn't fall in case I dropped it. I heard you in another video talk about your hammock that you could hold in your hand with the big openings in it oh, well those were a whole lot easier than the ones now that are solid material. This whole thing might be a little bit long but I had told you at one point I was going to tell you a story about a hammock and me so here it goes. I had one of those moments in the middle of the night and didn't have my jug so I had to get out of my hammock, I took care of business I am starting to get back in my hammock and I missed and fell back into the mosquito net, upside down on my head. Well I finally got turned around where my head was up and I was calling for my grandson who wasn't 15ft from me and he would not wake up for nothing well to make a real long story short I got out of that mosquito net Got. Back in my hammock and finished the night's sleep. My grandson never heard a thing anyway that was my little hammock and me story. This was all a necessary video because no matter what you say or how you say it when you got to go you got to go thanks for the video stay safe

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Our “potty bucket” is a Dallas Cowboys bucket 🪣! Hahaha

Just one of those Topics, Older wolves that get up numerous times at night, could be Prostate problems, check with a doctor. Now for the car camping wife, I bought one of those privy shelters, it folds up flat with the built in coiled poles, added the bucket loo years ago, Keeps her a happy camper, which makes me a happy camper. Remember, any human waste disposed in the outdoors Should be a 100 yds from Any water source and fella's stop peeing in the creeks.

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Saw palmetto with nettle root works better than prescriptions, but still have to get up twice.

Blackie, Great Video and Spot On . I've been a fire tender ,and thanks for sharing always thinking how to make it better and easier. You Are The Master Woodsman and Bushcrafter. Thanks Again for sharing your Time and knowledge and wisdom and experience and passing on the Craft. Tim L.

Good thoughts. As someone who found out he had diabetes because of major bladder issues, less sugar intake seems to help for better hydration. The one thing that will throw off urine color is vitamins as many vitamin pills are not slow release and they will discolor your urine. Dehydration will cause muscle problems which makes pain. I have gone from getting up every hour last summer to once in a while during the night. Women who have had children usually have to go more frequently. You can train the bladder, but you need to ask your Doc about that. If I am on the road with any women in the vehicle, I pull over every hour to hour and half so they don't have to ask. If I am pushing it, I just ask. It's good to stop at least every two hours to stretch your legs and help your lower back.

Great advice Blackie. Thanks again. 👍🚽

I'm proud to say I'm a fire tender blackie

👍👍👍 Good advice 😊. 73 summers under the belt and I'm fortunate in that I normally have to only 'tend fire' once, sometimes twice at night. That said, just as you say, I start each morning first thing on awakening with two glasses water out of the tap (tap water in my neck of the woods is potable). To make it easier to chug down, especially in winter, I fill a thermos flask with boiling water the previous day and keep it near the kitchen sink. A 50/50 mix of flask and tap goes down well. During the day (water is always close at hand .. having suffered from at times in the past, non voluntary, major thirst, water as always on hand 😏). When I 'gotta go' during the day (which can be often), I rehydrate after each 'passing'. Speaking of 'passing' .. at my age, when out shopping, in town, etc, I don't normally pass a 'public facility' without 'inspecting'' it. One never knows when the old bladder will want to summarily evict the tenants 😁. After dinner, no coffee or similar diuretics (alcohol) and water intake to a minimum. I do keep a bottle of water next to the bedside in case I need the occasional sip. Medication .. I try and avoid unless absolutely possible. My Doc agrees .. in that often, one med to alleviate a symptom can result in a side-effect that may require another med and so on .. Work on the Cause and not the Symptom. Once again, valuable advice, thanks for sharing .. take care ..

I live in hurricane country. What you described is the emergency toilet I keep in the house in case I don't have water. 😊

If you don’t want to do the toilet seat thing you can use a pool noodle around the edge of the bucket. Not quite as comfortable but it works. Touchy subject but it had to be said…. Good job!

I certainly read that thumbnail wrong was expecting talk of easy fire starters 😂

I use pine pellets from Tractor Supply - absorbs liquids & odors very well...

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Agree, wife and I use those as well

Whoa that beats bringing artificial bushes for her to hide behind 😅😅 great tips blackie

thanks

I wondered what I call myself now,got it. Fire tender and brush fire control all in one. Hard to go number 2 in a gatorade bottle in the middle of the night 😂😂😂

Yes Lackie, I use a luggage looc! That thing is a god send for camping

I’m one of those fire tenders. Good information, sir.

My granddaughter had me make her a ‘Thunder Bucket’ to take camping.

It all slows up, energy reserves dwindle, need more of some and less of others, thank you for the knowledge...

Thanks Blackie. Up here, we use the term Silver Foxes. My people are all kids from the 70’s, I guess the lingo just stuck.

Instead of a Gatorade bottle, I use a large peanut jars. Much bigger lid for a bigger target to hit. Very important when waking up in the middle of the night. Lol

Awesome tip!

I was in renal failure twice, the first time was because of what I was drinking, I was at that time working grave yard shift 11 til 7, I would drink 3 or 4 red bulls every night and that cause my kidneys to shut down along with mountain dews, My kidney Dr told me not to ever drink any of those kind of drinks again or I would pay big time for it. The second time was from a surgery that went bad.

Thanks so much for helping others. So glad I don't have that problem. I did use the 5 gal. bucket when I remodeled my bathroom in 2017. I made my own flip up seat. Later I bought the Lugable Loo padded seat for a friend who wanted a "seat" for 5 gallon "beach fishing" bucket.

Yep, I am a fire tender as well. I bring the good old GatorAde bottle with me. Lugable Loo is great. But, not practical if back packing. My urologist prescribed a medicine that did help.

I'm the Fire tender here. lol No ones getting cold on this ridge.

Great info. I actually have two of those loo kits I've made from advice my mom-mom (mom's mother) imparted to me when still young made from big camp pots. I use my loo kits if the sewers go out in my area during a hurricane or big storm. Boxes of good 6 gallon trash bags are what I use in them. I have cat litter and silica crystals on hand and place the loos in the shower/tub/bathroom floor. It depends if the lines are backing up. Wet towellets and decon spray (H2-O2) is in each kit. A breakdown bedside toilet, like used when ill, is also a great thing to have if you can't get up of those loos. concrete bricks for patios are also good to raise the loo. Due to traffic, I have taken one kit on road trips in my area since you can sit hours in traffic. Turn on your flashers and with a good blanket and no one has to know what you are doing in your own car. You could also carry a wag-bag, but I had bad experiences with those in a car. Just a small city silver wolves piece of wisdom to all. Take Care and Stay Safe people.

I don't agree with everything you say or do but this one's pretty good information.

For She Wolves in the woods, I highly recommend a device called a P-Style. It has made my life as a woodswoman much easier.

1/2gal. Milk jugs. Learned many years ago while cold weather tent camping.

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This is what many members of the U.S. and UK Armed Forces do regardless of age.

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It works.

I was always told playing with fire makes you pee the bed lol

I feel bad now lol, I designate a quadrant on my left with no groundsheet, from halfwayish up the hammock to the tree, if I throw an extinguished cigarette or need a pee middle of the night, that's the place. My main pack has a 25l Nighthawk bucketseat in it so I 'could' fashion a proper toilet with that if I was staying somewhere a few nights but by and large thats intended for other uses, As in footspa, washbasin/sink/water carrier etc. But yes, a lot of folks 'forget' to accomodate the basic requirements despite being a survivalist/bushcrafter/prepper

Go to the doctor and tell him your problems and be honest. Have fun stay safe and hose down those wildfires.

You can keep small piece of hard candy, to stay your mouth moist. My Grandpa served in the Spanish-American war, his trick was a simple smooth pebble he'd keep in his cheek, generates saliva same as the hard candy!

I use a battery operated red led light as opposed to white. If you can't see by fire or moon light.

Depends?

Take some local honey [ 1/4 cup] or so helps a bed wetter and us older people ,adjust to suit , start with a 1 table spoon and work your up untell you or they don't have to get up to pee

I have had the issue from age 11 see I got hit by a car and I find when that happens I do things like read or pray for safty. And I found out in history they had this two stage sleeping and I found that was normal but the second sleep you have dreams but I dont like the dreams because they are more real life dreams

Ancient wisdom: “You shall also have a place allocated outside the camp, so that you may go out there to relieve yourself, and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse." Deuteronomy 23:12-13 "

Men. Take Saw Palmetto every day.

My late father-in-law damaged his kidneys because he didn't drink enough water. He didn't drink enough water, because he didn't want to come in the house and pee while he was working outside.

I can attest that 2 or 3 gin and tonics in the evening before bed will guarantee you membership into the fire tenders club.

Girls, look into a device that you can use , that you too can pee standing up. I bought each one for the girls in my family . Most have discarded it but if you were to practice, maybe this would make a difference. I’m a guy so ya know….. Amazon, walmart…just saying….good luck

Just as a general advisory, leave the diuretics alone. The things that make you pee. I know we all like to imbibe around the campfire. Guys we have it easy out in the backwoods... pick a tree and piss on it. Ladies, not so much. You need that catlike privacy.

I bought my wife a pee funnel so she can go standing up she says she loves it

Well, I think you are WRONG! Do *NOT* eat sugar, do *NOT* drink sugar! The older we are the more we should *avoid* sugar! I'm 68, I gave up on sugar & anything the body turns into sugar over 5 years ago. That includes wheat, potatoes, anything starchy foods. Those things don't grow wild, a little bit og fruit or berries may be OK for some. But those w/ 'sugar' issues should avoid ALL sugar like the plague. I've lost weight & gotten healthier by changing my diet & you can, too! Most folks have no idea how harmful sugar is to health. The 'medical advice' on sugar is plain wrong! There are any number of people that have found out for themselves they are healthier! Just by cutting out sugar! As for old guys going to make water, a lot of that is a mineral deficiency! But you are right about not drinking enough water, that will make it worse. Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!

There I was expecting it to be a fast way to put the fire out! 🧯🔥🍀 Max respect🚒💖