building big shelter that will collapse on you while sleeping

tranee

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when it gets loaded up with rain or snow, instead of having a small tarp shelter, with add-ons when and as needed to insulate it. burning lots of calories/time and scaring all the local animals with all that pointless activity, instead of simply having a tree platform/blind to sit in as you unraval the hammock and make nets out of it, make traps, etc, watching over your traps with your slingbow and arrows ready. Make the wrong choices and you lose. Especially if you lack 60 lbs of bodyfat to start the Alone Show. And maybe cut off your thumb or your foot into the bargain. :-) You dont need to be using big wood, folks, or splitting it. Especially if you're not taking a projectile weapon, you need to be making/setting lots of springpole fishing setups, floating hook/line setups, making nets, traps, etc. And best have 2 of the rations of food, cause it's going to take a week or so to get everything producing food on a reliable basis. You could have to move all your gear many miles, to a better spot, as larry did.
 
Probably not worth posting this here since this guy has vanished into the void already, but its always been fun to see peoples creativity in shelter building.

A small folding saw and a spool of twine makes a lot of stuff possible. TAOutdoors on youtube has a bushcraft camp with a walled in log shelter, raised bed, cooking pit with a little swinging crane arm to move water over the fire, chairs, a table-ish log, etc. All built with a Laplander saw, boys axe, and stuff from the surrounding woods.
 
One of the things I have found is that armchair experts vastly underestimate how much cordage they will use up in a given task. Having good technique will let you use less, as will good cord, but it has limits. I know I need more practice in a lot of things, but I've started to notice a trend away from 25ft chunks of paracord, to spools of thinner twine. might just be bias though. Yes you can gut paracord and all that, but it still only goes so far.

This year the change in shelter mentality was very drastic compared to last season. really bomber shelters but its obviously paid off in regards to mindset, yes vancouver gets more rain and so the participants were caged in a bit more, but I think the ability to sit up and kick back gives a normality to the situation that is very useful.

Might as well just talk over him, not like he's around to notice, and its worth having good stuff outweigh the drivel.
 
I also like the thinner 300 lbs stuff, but for some reason it is not easy to find either in black or in moderate non-huge spool amounts...

One thing I always bring is crazy glue gel, as knots from paracord often loosen, so glue keeps the knots tight. 550 paracord I find hard to tie up, and I like the thinner cords precisely because the knots are tighter.

Gaston
 
I also like the thinner 300 lbs stuff, but for some reason it is not easy to find either in black or in moderate non-huge spool amounts...

One thing I always bring is crazy glue gel, as knots from paracord often loosen, so glue keeps the knots tight. 550 paracord I find hard to tie up, and I like the thinner cords precisely because the knots are tighter.

Gaston

The crazy glue suggestion is interesting. Thanks
 
I also like the thinner 300 lbs stuff, but for some reason it is not easy to find either in black or in moderate non-huge spool amounts...

One thing I always bring is crazy glue gel, as knots from paracord often loosen, so glue keeps the knots tight. 550 paracord I find hard to tie up, and I like the thinner cords precisely because the knots are tighter.

Gaston

Type 1 paracord is also handy for smaller jobs. 100lb strength, but only 1/4 the size of 550 cord. A 1000 foot spool is small enough to hang from a pack if you dont mind the weight.
 
Some nice looking shelters this season. I do like the idea of the tree stand. I don't think it would be hard to arrow a hog if you setup a tree stand near a trail and bait. You'll have much better success up where they can't wind you. Dave Dave Dave :)
 
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