Semi Permanent Winter Camp, 2 NIGHT CAMPOUT, Major Camp Improvements, Wild Game On Woodstove.

It's nine o'clock at night, it's been two days since I camped here last but I couldn't wait to get back out to this spot again and camp with the dog. I have a lot of goodies and a lot of ideas to help improve this semi-permanent winter camp. Bear with me for about two seconds here while I get the tent set up and the fire lit and I'll let you in on what's happening. I've got a bunch of kindling ready but before I get my fire going, this is one of the goodies I brought this is like a fire mat to go underneath it and it's relatively uh hefty in size, pretty big size so I want to put it down before I get the the old fire lit so let's just do that now, we'll have to how much finagling this is going to take but it'll make it nice and neat, at least finagling that's how she goes, all right not too shabby, I like it, kind of neat, kind of neat, a little bit more finagling but you don't need to see all that we'll uh we'll get this bad boy rock in here, there's Wolfie bracing us with his presence once again. Hey big guy, what do you think? He's like, I don't care. So this didn't smoke the other day out of the top which I was concerned about, which is nice. All in all I really had no complaints about this stove. So that mat is an upgrade. This is also an upgrade, just a little power bank. I'm gonna charge my head, sorry my flashlight with it right now so I can have some light. It also throws a light that has a flashlight on it. I've got another big flashlight here that needs to be charged and then my cameras and stuff. So that's good enough for a while and then when it needs to be replaced I can bring it home and charge it up or I have solar panels for as well We'll see how long this thing stays out here for though one of the other big improvements It's gonna be this here. I think assembling it was fine, but getting it back together was the pain in the butt I might have come on to something here yelling at it and spitting and screaming wasn't working So I'm gonna try a little ingenuity, little smarts now I know what you're thinking Joe you don't come by those okay you got them you got it everything's good now we just got to figure out how to get this in there actually it's got rounded bottom so I'm not too concerned with the bottom of the tent it's unbelievable how mild it is for almost December first in a few days here, it's wild, all open cot in there so the cot's gonna do a couple things right it's going to give me a spot where i can sit a spot where i can lay down without bending my knees too much as an old man i can appreciate that and then also it's going to keep me warmer because i'm up higher and that's where the hot air is going to be right like uh from the from the wood stove i'm almost wasting the hot air at ground level it still does something 100% but all the warmth is up higher and that might be a good thing it might be a bad thing I might be too warm tonight. Maybe I'll have to take it easy on the fire or maybe even sleep on the ground tonight depending But again, once that cold weather sets in that winter that real trouble with that real winter boy You know that real like nipple cutting glass. I've been listening to a lot of Theo Von so a lot of Theo Von anyways real cold winter. I'm gonna appreciate it Yeah, there's a mosquito Pretty wild buddy. Did you get the memo? All right? Who knows, maybe I'll bring some cardboard to put under the feet after a while, but for now, this is totally fine, except for I might be in the drapes of the inner tent right now. I gotta figure out this freaking inner tent, how to fix it right in the middle. Oh man, look at a princess in here. Look at a princess in her freaking, whatever the heck those beds are called, princess beds. Princess in a princess dress, everybody loves a princess bed. flat lay oh yeah oh I can appreciate that oh man my ribbons are still jacked folks yeah this is good Joe big happy with this one everyone loves the princess bed you good a few more goodies I think I'll save that for tomorrow morning it's easier than trying to film in depth at night here in the dark another useful thing about this cot my Kevin Callen book bring that out here another useful thing about the cot i can put stuff that i'm not going to use uh right away or whatever underneath it as opposed to being wasting space right where i would be laying before i can put all this stuff even stuff i need like my toque readily available right under my head there i got a box full of goodies here for tomorrow that can all just go under there it's pretty handy actually and i'm gonna make up wolfie's uh spot feel a little bit better here oh come on there we go a little crack well wolfie's over here puffing up huffing and puffing up a storm i try to tell him there's nothing going on but i came over to pet him and i'm sitting with him and there is something going on i don't know what it is but certainly uh heard something walking i don't know how big it is or not that's how close i can get with my four wheeler it's pretty handy i don't know what it is big guy i got hungry i'm cooking up some bacons you know i might as well stove's rocking i got some for tomorrow morning as well so i just took Two little pieces. I'll give Wolfie one. I'll eat three and then I think we'll call it a night You know, gotta love the cast iron Gotta love the cast iron so many tiny camper songs in my head Midnight snack bonus. Sorry, buddy. I'll give you some tomorrow morning. Who am I joking? Here you go. There you go Good morning. You got a lot colder last night than I did the other night. It's a little bit of condensation in here but Anyways, it's uh, just after 7. I'm gonna get this fire crackin and Get some breakfast going and stuff. Hey, buddy. Slept pretty good This thing must have came out during the night, but slept good, stayed warm up for a little bit Just been reading go in your crate. Wolfie crate. Yes, go crate. crate Yes. Good boy Just wait a second. Okay, man pad here. I've been standing on that pee and stuff. It's pretty handy I might get a little ground sheet blanket type thing for over here for me. Anyway, I need to get dressed man Freaking man, and he's going to town out there. Pretty chilled. Where's my pantaloons? I'll be out here so he can go chase that owl and do his business. Young buck, young pup. Iced up on the zippers Must have got cold. Alright, come on wolf. Come on, good boy. Go on, good boy. There you go, stretch it. Go get yourself a drink. Good boy That's a little chilly. Everything got, uh, crunchy Last night up a bunch of shavings again last night, so I don't have to search for any kind of kindling or birch bark or anything But I do have some ah some fuel last night Soaked oh ho ho silly. I was so warm last night. I didn't need it. I wasn't even wearing it Hi, good boy. Did you sleep good? Did you have a good sleepies? Oh, did you have a good sleep? Good big guy. Good big guy. Oh, fluffy butt. Wolfie Von Fluffy Pants. Wolfie Von Fluffy Pants. Yeah, you want some bacon? Gonna do a few projects today. Some chores as well. Spend the day out here for sure. Too far, hey? That's a good boy. He's so in the bag. The bag will never hurt anybody, you know. Bacon bagel grease. Bagel bagel grease bagel. Okie doke. Good. Wolfie. Here you go big guy. So very defiant. The bacon grease on the bagels is very nice. Good sit. Good boy. My water's not quite boiled just yet. I had it on there, the pan took up most of the room, so I can make myself up a tea as well. We'll start to work. This dude's been licking this pan for 45 minutes. No, for about five minutes. But still, going to town. It was a little hot when he started it, I think. He's got it down. this pot of water is very full it's a big pot so it's taking a while to boil I figured maybe I will try this out big enough to yeah perfect I might go a little quicker now the Sun is on the I'm gonna be feeding the fire all day long as I go just keeping it nice cherry in there so I don't ever have to work too hard at getting it going again or keeping it going all day long gear law rack doesn't need to be huge but I want to keep it out of the way of where I'm walking and I'm never walked in between here I actually clean this up there was all branches coming over here this is where I was parking the sled so I figured this is a good spot as any and it's gonna give me enough space too so we'll get the I want to use this thick rope for it so it's nice and sturdy and And I might actually just wrap around a couple times and get a couple different levels. Like boom and then down so I can get more usage of the space. Go boom and then down. I love my terminology. Go boom and then down. Start high up. Actually, you know what? I'll tie a bowline or a bowline in it first if I can remember how. So let's go a loop. Another loop that's twisted. Let's just go that and through. Make sense? Yeah, I think so. And then I'll be able to untie that. Yeah, no, that's not right. Try again. Here we go. Loop, another loop, through that loop twice. There we go. And then I'll be able to untie that when I want to relatively easily. And what this does is give me just like a loop to loop through so I don't have to tie it off on both sides. Just loop it through on the one. It's my rope. Give me my rope. We do this all the way down. Maybe we make a little something small windbreak type thing above I don't really want to cut it to be honest with you. It's really nice rope So if I can do this and keep it will be keep it still in one piece You're helping or what, okay Wolf y'all ah, it's hot in this place. Dude. Come on It is quite enjoyable All right, we won't go any lower. Don't forget Throw it up tight enough to play use it as a ladder to be honest. I could I could anyway It's not a flex. It's not a flex. Okay. Well, let's see three things to hang up on this frickin massive hangy-dealy scale massive scale hangy-dealy Yeah, that's it. It is actually kind of handy but things just go up easily like that Just came and laid down here by himself while I was out there doing whatever cutting up firewood Good boy man really good traits really good traits that doesn't work. Okay. Anyways, I want to tie up a little Wood store out there. I could store my wood in here but again, I'm assuming I'm gonna have a visitor by the way of Tosh and Cooper so the more room in here the better for those guys so to share it with those guys So we're gonna tie up a wood store outside. I heard that too I had originally tied off to this tree here and have recently found out it's dead and ready to fall over I retied my awning up way back there, and it's better now. It's above head height. This one's still on the way But we'll figure that out. See if we can get rid of this tree though Wolfie! Come on bud. Just got back from a hike. We got lucky. Got ourselves a bird So we'll clean that guy up and share it with Wolf for a lunch slash early supper I got other food too, but we're gonna cook this guy up. Just give me a second. Wolfie, leave it Let me clean it first man. We're gone for like an hour and a half probably good hike Yeah, there's still a bunch of embers in there. So that's a bonus I threw some hardwood in beforehand, a couple pieces on there just keep it going, nice thing holds the coals man, holds the coals good Hey, bud, you're gonna let that get out of your sight. All right. Hey, I'm gonna need a splitting block here, too That's something to do while I'm out here. I think I'm gonna spend the night out here, second night out here here uh tonight I got enough food and stuff and with that gross, Wolfie's got enough food now too so we should be all right this guy squared away and you can eat some morsels bud, some morsels how's that working out for you man I love this dog it's a freaking nut it's been like a bush chicken I really do enjoy this I know that it's turned some people off but I'm sorry this is new to me I've been wanting to do it for a really really really long time and now I finally have some a little bit of knowledge and means to do it so I'm doing it and I'm happy about it I'm gonna have this one, this one's a little bit messed up I think I might have gotten the body a little bit on this side so anyways it's a bigger piece I'm gonna give it to Wolfie there's some bone in it still I knew that going in I was gonna give that side to Wolfie so I'll eat this side and this one does not need to be cooked as long as mine does so I'm gonna take it out for Wolf and let it chill now let it cool down good boy wolfie come how's that how's that half cooked food hey relax homie i called you over here so i can give it to you sit you okay wasn't much bone just a tiny little piece and i only cooked it it's still rubbery barely cooked anyways mine's ready and uh i'm gonna eat that it's a nice day i can't believe how freaking warm it is i'm having a good time out here i needed this this is something uh quite rejuvenating and new can't keep doing the same stuff all the time He's exactly what I wanted out of a dog. He's pretty aloof like he just does his own thing and He's sturdy He's not reactive. He eats whatever I give him for scraps, and that's that's a good bush dog to me He's resilient to the cold, and he's still only like six months old. He's a little pig-headed sometimes But 90% of the time he listens and he always comes back can't really ask for much more than that I'm not the greatest owner in the world either. I know that I get it. It's hard We got a family and kids and stuff to do all the time, but it's the responsibility if you're gonna get a dog, right? Oh, she's cooked. Wow, she's cooked. Okay. Watch out, come out there. Oh, hot, hot, hot! Put a little bit of steak spice on there. On point, boy. Once you go on fluffy, boy, I don't, uh, there's not much left, you know? There's nothing left. There's absolutely nothing left. Oh, there's a couple feathers. I'm glad you made good work of that, bud. Hey, what a pretty feather. Make sure you get that one, too. Weeks not want none, I guess. Okay, well, nearly done that. There's a few odds and ends on the ends. Odds and ends on the end pieces. And, uh, yeah, I can start stacking firewood now. Honestly, I'm getting warm, man. Quite warm. Lose this wool at least for a few minutes while I'm working around here. Oh, yeah, this rack is actually, uh, not too shabby. Nothing to sneeze at. Looking for morsels still? Hey, wasn't that enough? Wasn't that enough? I was a good boy. I'm not gonna let you give me too many kisses right now on account of the rock gross But maybe later if you're clear cards, right, you know, but lots of space down here and lots of Room for firewood. I'm gonna put a third row behind as well another log Stack third row and then up high. I'll be able to get a decent amount in here. I'm sure keep at it I'm trying to get a different selection of like smaller stuff hardwood softwood mix it up I might split some stuff in there too. We'll see. We'll take a break from doing that that still gotta get a bunch more firewood but I want to make a spot out here clear spot where I can have an outdoor fire because I have a really cool grill that I haven't tried out yet that I want to try out tonight I don't want to have it too close to the camp because of sparks and working area so I think back here is not a bad call I just got to clear it up a bit it's okay because I can also use this stuff for other things this might be a good chopping block I can put it as a side wind block on the uh uh wood storage okay no chopping block just a wind block on the wood storage she's rotted out i'm not mad at that oh hey not cold this is called uh zolderan adventure awaits campfire grill zaldaran.com zero affiliation i think you just sent it to me uh quite a while ago now to be honest with you i don't even know the guy i checked it out at home never used it but got the gist of it, so I think you go boom goes on here that and then this you can move It's already warm the highest point there you know she goes highest possible is there flames are here or coals even up at that height that's pretty high for coals up back and then you can basically adjust it the whole way down and I don't know if this stays off or not You can sit there I guess well here see me fidget spin you get bored or whatever curling heritage That's a decent size one carry this for me bro I absolutely love a leather stacked handle if I ever get another custom knife, that's what it'll be material Well again dual purpose, you know clean this up for pokies and Gathering some super dry kindling and tinder lighter than an axe and the axe really isn't necessary for this as you can see So it's just easier to use this way more efficient really good brush clearer as well That's dense wood to tell them to open a safe so bad Can you do something for me? I'm 21, do you think? The snowball earlier, that was the last video, I can't remember. They all kind of blend together. That's a big one. That is a big one, for sure. Okay, well, it's getting there. This is a freaking massive rock fire pit. Let's give you an example of why I'm always stressing about cutting the branches off trees where you're walking around. How does that look for you? It's 90% clear. It's not on the pupil. I think it's just a little bit watery from getting this stick in it. But anyway, can't always wear glasses That's a good option too, but you can't always do it. Especially now. It's getting dark. I wouldn't be able to see nothing Just gotta be careful. I always turn around calling Wolfie and walking at the same time It's just my fault rub some dirt on it. It'll be all right Readily available. It's nice. Very very nice Very handy rip roar go and get a good bed of coals all this hardwood coals and then we will cook up our supper on the grill. No, I'll switch it up a bit Can't keep doing the same thing forever the theme for this video Yeah, I got a couple pieces of cedar here just split up. This is super old aged Really dried seasoned cedar you can see the top of it here got like moss on it So I think I'll split these down and make some kindling for my woodpile and for tomorrow morning much wood on this as possible Bonfire some of that the gold, baby Talk about that. I remember man. We had this one guy. That's that Thuja occidentalis boy Eastern white cedar so I'm top out now the reason I want to use cedar for kindling and not fuel because it's very light they're easy to split very straight grain and pretty flammable you can it's rot resistant so even this old ass piece very seasoned it's still extremely dry on the inside smells phenomenal too a bunch of reasons that's why people use it for building as well just because it's rot resistant it lasts a lot longer even than hardwood which is wild to think of but just the properties it has right stuff now wolfie freaking ko this is almost ready to be hooked on just don't want so much flamage well i just fed wolfie some of this fish that I brought all of the fish I brought for him so he's had grouse bacon fish what else dog food I'm sure other things today but these are spicy Italian sausages so both of these bad boys are for me don't quote me on that I very well may give him a bite you know softy at heart let those cook up there as high as possible and try to get them nice and smoked from this maple and oak you know what oh how it feels so real lying here with no one here only you and you can hear me goodbye count the sausage on the grill next to peppers yes i'll eat them first yes i will oh yeah the spiciness is coming through spicy oh no spicy is all get out a little leaf litter on this one no harm no foul the local pepper I think they called it local yellow color well it's uh snowing or something I imagine it snow too cold to rain looks like snow cool keep it up bring it on oh snowy Joe you know oh would you she's starting to come down now happy to see it it's about time okay has been for a while I didn't tell him to come in he just came in made myself at Home, which is awesome. I'm a good boy starting to understand the deal shut this so we don't get too much snow in there It's certainly snowing I think that great on the bottom gives it a lot of air flow Well, I have spent the last hour going through footage on my camera and deleting what I didn't need because I Filled up a whole 128 gig card, which is hard for me to do even on a week-long trip with these past two videos So anyway, I'm gonna go to bed. It's nice and warm in here. I'll see you guys in the morning I have to conserve memory card as well. So yeah, see you in the morning. It's almost 7 I'm gonna get this fire started slept real well. I passed out early slept all night till about 530 just been laying here reading so I'm gonna It's not cold like No socks on no shoes on I was walking around went and grabbed some firewood I have my pan full of shavings prior preparation prevents piss poor performance a coach up there left a door open a little bit there both can get in and out when he wants I really like the fact that I can trust him so just go wander and he'll come back and I'm not worried about it I really really like that he's just licking the grill I don't gotta worry about you I just find out where the food remnants are and that's where you'll be I mean see him when I came out I thought he was a pile of snow what you got what you got camps looking good wolf what do you think a couple more improvements let me ready for the snow so tons of coals a fire I didn't any add to it at all last night after you saw after I was done cooking or whatever it broke off some like oh sorry about that camera cut out on me again I'm gonna take this as a sign to go my memory card is done it's all full and I should probably maybe go check that out get that checked out by someone who knows more than I do anyways having a lot of fun out here I'm gonna come back soon this guy's having a lot of fun too and I hope you're enjoying it