Top 5 Survival Shelters with minimal tools

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Here are 5 different bushcraft survival shelters including underground bushcraft dugout. Using simple hand tools like spade, axe and saw. Ranging from a Dugout Hut, Bushcraft Camp, A-Frame Shelter, Lean-To Shelter, and Tarp Hut. I built these with minimal gear and just a few hand tools.
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  • @TAOutdoors
    @TAOutdoors3 ай бұрын

    Hey guys - I’m working on the next build which is actually harder than I thought it would be 😅 but it might be two weeks before the video (and shelter!) is ready. So in the meantime I thought you guys might like this to watch 🏕️Cheers! Mike

  • @pyeitme508

    @pyeitme508

    3 ай бұрын

    Ok 👌

  • @christiandost3898

    @christiandost3898

    3 ай бұрын

    nagut😊

  • @motagrad2836

    @motagrad2836

    3 ай бұрын

    I would love to hear you mention hours or rough half days to build various builds. I noted a number of potentially subtle things in many of these builds that a little added commentary could enhance (aka, the why's, when's, and wherefore's of each and steps you take). For instance, type of woods, trees, and available forest litter. Type of soil such as deep litter or clay. Forest litter like pine needles vs when moss is available. Why some are banned and others not. Time available to allow for construction, ways to temporarily make and improve over time, and how long they should last. Thus you could reuse the same footage a second or third time with different editing or cuts and post links in each to the other versions. Just a way you could add videos to keep them metrics up when you can't get it into the woods or while working on a larger project 😁

  • @Bran317

    @Bran317

    2 ай бұрын

    I can and want to do this just need a location we’re not to be found around Chicago land

  • @CL-vz6ch

    @CL-vz6ch

    2 ай бұрын

    This is unrealistic bud. Only because as soon as a shell scrape is completed, the platoon sergeant shouts for us to form up and move on to the next objective. 😂

  • @kyleironheart
    @kyleironheart3 ай бұрын

    Give this man enough time and resources and I bet he could make his own village with a castle included

  • @tasim-mn2kt

    @tasim-mn2kt

    2 ай бұрын

    Dude can pull up a whole civilization in just weeks

  • @barnabyweston5354

    @barnabyweston5354

    Ай бұрын

    He did

  • @davehumpleby3440
    @davehumpleby34403 ай бұрын

    If i was ever stuck out in the bush somewhere, it would be a great comfort having you and your knowledge/skills along for the ride.

  • @creepygallery3303
    @creepygallery33033 ай бұрын

    These nonverbal videos are so calming and meditative. Thank you.

  • @davewilliams6172

    @davewilliams6172

    3 ай бұрын

    Personally I think they are crap and fast forward every one....then go find the original talky that this was cobbled together from.

  • @zindi1138

    @zindi1138

    3 ай бұрын

    sick of sound effect vids bs

  • @VanForest73
    @VanForest733 ай бұрын

    Build 5 different shelters. Each shelter has a different beauty, thank you for inspiring everyone. Please have more ideas

  • @BUSHCRAFTTOOLS
    @BUSHCRAFTTOOLS3 ай бұрын

    I love these builds!

  • @loragunning5394
    @loragunning53943 ай бұрын

    Mike, with your skills at survival bushcraft skills, I think you should consider being a contestant on "Alone" (History channel reality show). I bet you could win, easily! I've thought about trying to become a candidate myself, but given my age (70), and the current condition of my aging body, I doubt I could pass the physical exam, sadly. Which isn't to say *I* don't have the adequate skills, just to say, I lack the bodily strength.

  • @robmarshallofficial
    @robmarshallofficial2 ай бұрын

    Mike I love how you build things, it would be great to see you build without using a tarp as it would be great to learn how to use different materials in the wood/forest to build a shelter and not get wet.

  • @matthewwilliams3827
    @matthewwilliams38272 ай бұрын

    Thinking in a 3d way can imagine so many variations building upon a basic design. I wanna build a cabin or something someday. Maybe I’ll start off making a miniature model cabin using tiny sticks of wood hahaha.

  • @ericmartin7508
    @ericmartin75082 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the compilation vid. Trying my own hand at this bushcraft stuff. I've been biking across country and have wondered what to do with all my free time... now I have a whole bunch of ideas from all these bushcraft videos across youtube. starting my own first shelter and incorporating everything ive been seeing into my own version. it's coming along so far. the only thing i find the hardest is actually finding a spot that people will not be around or wander in, but from my bike camping over the last decade, people are the biggest problem. They just can't stand a person being free, happy, and enjoying life while they are stuck in the rat race of city life

  • @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers

    @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers

    2 ай бұрын

    Your story appears to be missing some essentials. For example, one glaring omission is the funding gap. You’ll need to eat, so, what is the ultimate source of the money needed to buy food?

  • @katwitanruna
    @katwitanruna3 ай бұрын

    Liked. Shared. Commented. Up the algorithm!

  • @georgeblanchardjr

    @georgeblanchardjr

    3 ай бұрын

    Darn. I only liked and shared.

  • @ARAW-__-

    @ARAW-__-

    3 ай бұрын

    Man, that's cool to see !

  • @katwitanruna

    @katwitanruna

    3 ай бұрын

    @@georgeblanchardjr Nonsense! Look at this lovely comment! 😜

  • @ARAW-__-
    @ARAW-__-3 ай бұрын

    Hey ! I use my CS shovel in the bush all the time ! But not making dugout shelters as of yet, still need permission to do so !

  • @forendetta8164

    @forendetta8164

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey tu es français ? C'est quoi sa pelle qui utilise? Merci

  • @ARAW-__-

    @ARAW-__-

    3 ай бұрын

    @@forendetta8164 Yo ! Pour moi la premiere pelle qu'on voit c'est une Iunio, et la deuxieme une ancienne pelle mili europeenne. Ma préferre ca reste la cold steel, tu la verras souvent dans mes videos 🫡

  • @NicoStriker
    @NicoStriker3 ай бұрын

    oh hello wow this is early anyway I really love your videos.

  • @user-br9qv7dz5x
    @user-br9qv7dz5x2 ай бұрын

    It’s videos like these that make me love TA Outdoors it’s just so relaxing and I always learn a thing or next time I go out🙂

  • @CL-vz6ch
    @CL-vz6ch2 ай бұрын

    These are built better than Persimmon homes.

  • @Kathimgalil
    @Kathimgalil3 ай бұрын

    I really like your videos. Especially the father & son builds. Like the pallet cabin

  • @johnmoore5174
    @johnmoore51743 ай бұрын

    Great video.

  • @maxinedurling3425
    @maxinedurling34253 ай бұрын

    That 1st one brought back some memory's all you need now is a Boggers lathe set to the side and it would be a great boggers set up

  • @ahwilson1744
    @ahwilson17443 ай бұрын

    Push a stick in the ground! Are you kidding me? Rocky dirt, followed by clay, then coal! Welcome to Central Pennsylvania. And don't talk to me about those little straight trees. 😁

  • @family_trails
    @family_trails3 ай бұрын

    Epic content

  • @lynn437
    @lynn4373 ай бұрын

    I feel like these builds are déjà vu. Two years ago you did a video on the hut shelter. The other builds are also very familiar.

  • @CL-vz6ch

    @CL-vz6ch

    2 ай бұрын

    Don't watch it then.

  • @joelphalippou4902
    @joelphalippou49023 ай бұрын

    when bushcraft becomes an art. Thank you Sir 🙏🙏🙏👍

  • @james71ize
    @james71ize3 ай бұрын

    You are the most Awesome Dude, I love all your content, yours and your Dad I learned so much about fishing and ruffing it , I never knew anything about trees until I watched you Guy thanks

  • @fion1flatout
    @fion1flatoutАй бұрын

    I like the last one. I have ponies so always have a mile or two of baler twine available. Anything that uses string is good. Can be quite long lasting of course, but better than nails imo

  • @NatursEdgeSurvival
    @NatursEdgeSurvival3 ай бұрын

    Very good 👍🏻

  • @llahboard
    @llahboard3 ай бұрын

    And those are the straightest branches ive ever seen in my life

  • @llahboard

    @llahboard

    3 ай бұрын

    My shelters are always gnarled lookin

  • @Terra_Seven
    @Terra_Seven3 ай бұрын

    Big Respect from Russia, man!

  • @stephanygates6491
    @stephanygates64913 ай бұрын

    I thought it was sped up, but that was mostly real time, wasn't it? Working that fast to beat the rain. Excellent! Ah, I see, mostly sped up to cover so many shelters.

  • @luxtempestas

    @luxtempestas

    3 ай бұрын

    No, it's speed up, look at the wind moving the leaves.

  • @Nverinder716

    @Nverinder716

    3 ай бұрын

    I noticed it too, it's very slightly time lapsed. A little jarring actually, not used to seeing that in Mike's vids

  • @GeorgeKhalil-sv9su
    @GeorgeKhalil-sv9su3 ай бұрын

    Awesome video. Should do more like this❤

  • @ronaldrose7593
    @ronaldrose75933 ай бұрын

    Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this informative video. Stay safe out there.😊

  • @kingrafa3938
    @kingrafa39383 ай бұрын

    Another great video Mike!

  • @LSLBuildShelter
    @LSLBuildShelter3 ай бұрын

    Helo nice video 🎉🎉

  • @earlgrey691
    @earlgrey6913 ай бұрын

    'The Master' woodsman.

  • @riddimchef1
    @riddimchef13 ай бұрын

    Your skills are off the meter bro 🙌🙌

  • @m9ovich785
    @m9ovich7853 ай бұрын

    Thanks Mike for all the re-plays of these Builds. New ones on Your land can now be left in place.. Any plans to move the Pallet Cabin ?? Mike M

  • @pedroferreira4134
    @pedroferreira41343 ай бұрын

    Very labor intensive shelters.

  • @RickTOutdoorAdventure1969
    @RickTOutdoorAdventure19693 ай бұрын

    Love these builds Mike 🙂👍. Mint film Atb Rick n Billydog

  • @susanbell2771
    @susanbell27713 ай бұрын

    Nice one

  • @TheOutdoorFreak211
    @TheOutdoorFreak2113 ай бұрын

    Great vid 😊

  • @llahboard
    @llahboard3 ай бұрын

    Always know the weather forecast before making a dug out.

  • @kingrafa3938

    @kingrafa3938

    3 ай бұрын

    Do you really think he didn't know that? 😂

  • @bushcraftsoloskills
    @bushcraftsoloskills2 ай бұрын

    Good job

  • @bushcraftua1
    @bushcraftua13 ай бұрын

    Hello 🤝. Great job. 👍 shelters

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme5083 ай бұрын

    Wow useful 😀

  • @crmsoldier6568
    @crmsoldier65683 ай бұрын

    Try the British army IPK tarp for a trench cover

  • @llahboard
    @llahboard3 ай бұрын

    That was a lot of work

  • @shakedownsanctuary
    @shakedownsanctuary3 ай бұрын

    Hey man, been watching your videos for years and I've always been a huge fan of the long form quiet builds like this. Great job, this has been my favorite one in while. Thanks!

  • @GHDEFIANT
    @GHDEFIANT3 ай бұрын

    Some very soft ground where you are. All roots, rocks, and clay where I am.

  • @poulsonarrow
    @poulsonarrow3 ай бұрын

    Just an observation those river stones just be careful as sometimes they have been known to explode due to heat , as I'm sure you know TAO

  • @descendantofgoku5548

    @descendantofgoku5548

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah I thought this was nonsense until it happened to me once. Like a damn missile

  • @jamesla1015
    @jamesla10153 ай бұрын

    Great video Nick, be great to see a few videos of the shelter you built thats dug into the ground

  • @kingrafa3938

    @kingrafa3938

    3 ай бұрын

    Who's Nick?

  • @jacksg1809

    @jacksg1809

    2 ай бұрын

    Mike 😂

  • @BarterTribe
    @BarterTribe3 ай бұрын

    Definitely My Dream Tent.. I Plan On Getting Mine For Fulltime Offgrid Use In April . Thank You For The Excellent Review Breakdown..✌🏾❤️ Brother.

  • @sispacouet
    @sispacouet3 ай бұрын

    using small roots for rope. Nice touch. still moist and flexible😮

  • @direfox6095
    @direfox60953 ай бұрын

    I had just thought of using garbage bags in the building of a shelter yesterday, and then for the first time ever I see someone doing it in a survival shelter video. I'm going to keep a box or two of bags in my van from now on, along with my other supplies and tools.

  • @Spenjabud
    @Spenjabud2 ай бұрын

    Loving your videos, one question…why don’t the fires get placed a bit closer to your structures? Obvs not close enough to burn it down, but a bit more warmth?

  • @JSMCalder
    @JSMCalder3 ай бұрын

    The man has been busy 👌🏻 You seemed to be in a rush throughout the video hahaha Cracking builds mate

  • @davycrockettgoesnorth
    @davycrockettgoesnorth3 ай бұрын

    ❤Team bushcraft can survive 💪🧠 with so many ideas you make it look to easy 😂👍

  • @aidant6469
    @aidant64693 ай бұрын

    Out here in the foothills of Alberta the ground is filled with rocks... its hard to get in tent pegs.. you need a pick axe and goggles to dig a hole.

  • @ahwilson1744

    @ahwilson1744

    3 ай бұрын

    I was going to make the same comment being in the hills of PA

  • @aidant6469

    @aidant6469

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ahwilson1744 yeah... I might be a little jealous 😉

  • @alaskankare
    @alaskankare2 ай бұрын

    soooo working on glamping airbnb? ❤

  • @offyarocka
    @offyarocka3 ай бұрын

    Bushcraft and the Art of Zen right here 🙏🙏🙏

  • @andykjohnsonjohnson7622
    @andykjohnsonjohnson76223 ай бұрын

    Nice video Mike 👌. Thow I would not call them Survival shelters, more like long term camps. A Survival shelter is for 2 or 3 nights, if you are starred & need to hunker down until help arrives.

  • @Tosadar_Outdoors
    @Tosadar_Outdoors3 ай бұрын

    You're literally master of arts 👌🔥🤘🍻💯

  • @Windys21
    @Windys213 ай бұрын

    I really enjoyed watching this Mike.

  • @ericstoever9577
    @ericstoever95773 ай бұрын

    This seems to be the year of the dugout!

  • @PORCUPINEOUTDOORS1980
    @PORCUPINEOUTDOORS19803 ай бұрын

    I wish we had moss in our region

  • @thesextantthesunandtheholy4274
    @thesextantthesunandtheholy42743 ай бұрын

    Only recently stumbled upon your channel. Quality videography and woodcraft. Qualified woodcraft leader myself but picking up lots of tips and tricks from watching your content.

  • @rlgroshans
    @rlgroshans2 ай бұрын

    I love your builds. I wish I have a plot of wooded land where I could try my hand at all of this.

  • @freddyoutdoors
    @freddyoutdoors3 ай бұрын

    Really enjoyed watching all the builds ace stuff

  • @desbravatube
    @desbravatube3 ай бұрын

    Top meu amigo Att: Weliton Marks - Canal Desbravatube

  • @chrisjust2855
    @chrisjust28552 ай бұрын

    Brilliant. Why do you char the posts at the end?

  • @stewartjas68
    @stewartjas683 ай бұрын

    Bro, where did you get that shovel? The camping shovels i search for are all short. That long handle one looks great to use, easier on the back.

  • @user-ci2mn1oy3w
    @user-ci2mn1oy3w3 ай бұрын

    I carry the Cold steel shovel without its handle. That saves half a lb, is a lot more concealable, a lot less trouble with cops. I can make a full-length shovel-handle, axe handle (with stone weight) convert it into an adze/pick/hoe, any such combo in an hour and then REALLY get some work done! As issued, the E tool is a blister-creating nightmare. I make the handle' s cross sections a tapered-oval, like that of a hatchet, to make my strikes more-accurate and to relieve stress on my hands, forearms and wrists. I carry a small visegrip and 3 different saw blades, to be held in the jaws of the visegrip, I also carry a couple of small files, a small cold chisel and a Gerber multitool. Then I can sharpen the saw teeth, shovel or knife blade, no problems. These 'extra" tools weigh no more than a sheath knife and a tomahawk or the handle of the shovel. and they enable me to do a helluva lot more work, much more quickly, easily, quietly and safely.

  • @emreozturk2397
    @emreozturk23973 ай бұрын

    Tak tak tak gırt gırt gırt videonun özeti

  • @nicolejhondelacruz9339
    @nicolejhondelacruz93393 ай бұрын

    wish we have that abundance of timber. look at all the possibilities. nicely done

  • @AntSurviveTheNight
    @AntSurviveTheNight3 ай бұрын

    For me that second build was ace Mike. I would love to replicate it one day. All of them took time and dedication dude. Loved seeing them all in one vid. Cheers pal

  • @user-rv4fk8sl7c
    @user-rv4fk8sl7c3 ай бұрын

    My man loves his shovel ❤

  • @NettersNetwork
    @NettersNetworkАй бұрын

    what were the cone shaped things for? you just made two of them and put them together.

  • @grahammctygue724
    @grahammctygue7243 ай бұрын

    Great post blessings to family 🎆🎆😁

  • @FreedomTooBe
    @FreedomTooBe2 ай бұрын

    Which brands of knife are best for long-term camping?

  • @PabloP169
    @PabloP1693 ай бұрын

    How long did it take you to make each of the builds?

  • @dylanmckinniss
    @dylanmckinniss2 ай бұрын

    Where do you find places where you can build things like this?

  • @CHTO82
    @CHTO823 ай бұрын

    How do you avoid setting the roots on fire having it in the dugout like that?

  • @superblahblah666
    @superblahblah6663 ай бұрын

    I'm curios what do you do with these shelters after your shoot, sorry if already covered maybe someone can point me to where you go over it.

  • @McDoodkin
    @McDoodkin3 ай бұрын

    30:00 Стандартный русский пейзаж. Спасибо, Миша!

  • @J6be
    @J6be3 ай бұрын

    11:06 Hello👋can you show us how to blow in a fire without burning your face or using a metall tube.❤

  • @hanssmidt12
    @hanssmidt122 ай бұрын

    awesome shelters

  • @DWs-mp3cb
    @DWs-mp3cb3 ай бұрын

    Can you do a video setting up a hammock camp with a tarp cover using hammock set up between trees and making simple frame to hang hammock and tarp please thanks

  • @m9ovich785

    @m9ovich785

    3 ай бұрын

    Look back in the Archives. He has...

  • @luisdacosta1541
    @luisdacosta15412 ай бұрын

    15:24 very beautiful and strong knife 😮

  • @mj04f
    @mj04f2 ай бұрын

    heya can I just ask what tarp youre using in the first clip?

  • @pakumar7921
    @pakumar79212 ай бұрын

    Did u move from one camp to another

  • @katwitanruna
    @katwitanruna3 ай бұрын

    I always share on both my family discord and tumblr. Such good content!

  • @snookhammer
    @snookhammer3 ай бұрын

    I know burning the ends helps with the wood rotting but by how much?

  • @TAOutdoors

    @TAOutdoors

    3 ай бұрын

    Literally years. Takes more time to do but they last far longer than not doing it.

  • @SSRT_JubyDuby8742
    @SSRT_JubyDuby87423 ай бұрын

    Like deployed 👍

  • @user-ci2mn1oy3w
    @user-ci2mn1oy3w3 ай бұрын

    I just carry a couple of $30 each, 1/2 lb each 'cut leaf" type of camo nets from amazon. I can drape them over my hammock (set 6" off of the ground) and be pretty well hidden. i can wrap the nets around me, between the bugnet suits, (worn as long johns) and they add about 10F degrees of protection vs the cold and wind. I use an XL size Trifecta bivy, made of reflective tyvek, with 3 of the heavy duty 55 gallon drum liners, and a hammock made out of a 10x50 ft gillnet, made of monofilament 2" mesh, with wire-pulling tape, as the tree straps. That hammock can feed me, if need-be. It can become a 100x5 ft seine, or 200 x2.5 ft of baited net-weir. The shelters shown here take a lot of time and calories andyou have to come BACK to them. My shelter lets me keep moving and can be set up in a few minutes, wherever I happen to be when I need to stop to rest, harvest food, etc.

  • @colton72395
    @colton7239518 күн бұрын

    I had one of those shovels and I broke it in 20 mins what brand is yours

  • @Jamespass11
    @Jamespass113 ай бұрын

    Hi Mike just wondering what boots are you wearing

  • @bricegiraud7623
    @bricegiraud762321 күн бұрын

    Why removing the bark from these big trunks?

  • @user-ci2mn1oy3w
    @user-ci2mn1oy3w3 ай бұрын

    You do a lot more work than need-be. Instead, find a HIGH creek bank, very low chance of flood reaching that high, or just use an eroded gully. Half the work is then already done for you. Just dig back into the bank, turn sideways, tunnel parallel to the bank for half of the length of the shelter you need. Move down the bank, dig into the bank the same distance, height and size of tunnel turn towards the other tunnel. that you started. Shore up the over burden, make a couple of doors, conealed with dirt/clay packed on the outside of the door. Pack the entrances with dry vegetatie debris (if it's cold) and have debris around you in the sleeping chamber (if it's cold) A white sheet around you helps you locate bugs and get rid of them. It's best to HEAVILY smoke debris that you'll bring into the shelter, unless you've got the two sets of Amazon full body bugnet suits to wear, that is. $30 and 1/4 each, so why AINT you got them? Having TWO layers of such netting around you is pretty good protection from bites by spiders, ticks, etc. Make the tunnels 2x2 ft, but the sleeping-chamber 8x3x3, so you can sit up, turnaround, . Have a 4 ft deep/tall area, 2x2 ft, so you can squat or kneel to eliminate wastes into a basket that's half full of dirt. Cover the wastes with more dirt, vs the stink. When you HAVE to go out for some other reason, empty the "chamber pot" into the latriine-trench and add more fresh dirt, preferaly loose, dry dirt.

  • @ericmckinley9455
    @ericmckinley94553 ай бұрын

    I thought I was the only person that does the finger punch tho get a fire going.

  • @user-ci2mn1oy3w
    @user-ci2mn1oy3w3 ай бұрын

    I dont need debris or insulation down to sleeping at 30F, or 20F, if I bring 1.5 lbs worth of longjohns. With the debris, I can gain 10-20F degrees of warmth, depending upon how much debris I have/use. I use only the wiggy's net longjohns while I"m active. The military type polypro longjohns are kept in a dry bag, in case my other clothing gets soaked and are used only for sleeping (if needed) I have a discrete way to dry out wet debris and of course, I can use a fire's radiant heat and hot rocks inside of the bivy to gain another 20F degrees, if need be, for 2-3 hours. then I have to move the logs further into the flames and swap out the cool rocks for hot ones. Handling -20F, in just a bivy, hammock, and cammies is pretty damned good! All of my sleep shelter gear is wearable as clothing, none of it is affected by its getting wet.

  • @scribblespoon1919
    @scribblespoon19193 ай бұрын

    9:47 the last thing you see

  • @mintsharpii258
    @mintsharpii2582 ай бұрын

    and what are you going to do if it rains? wouldnt this flood?

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