Suburban Outdoorsman

Back from a brief winter hiatus Sean and Kevin are back to review the results from the last episode, building an outdoor shelter. Discussing some of the mistakes Kevin made vs the successes on Sean's shelter and what they learned over all in the process. After getting hands on building the shelters the guys look at how they can improve on this outdoor skill and be more effective on future shelters. 

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No outdoor skill set would be complete without knowing how to build yourself a shelter. In today's episode Sean & Kevin look at learning more on this particular outdoor skill.  A skill that could come in handy in a variety of situation. Looking at quick emergency shelters; both putting a shelter together with supplies they have prepared ahead of time in their outdoor bag, as well as building a shelter with limited resources. Some other topics include short term vs long term shelters, shelter locations and weather conditions. As always please give us a rating and leave a comment/feedback as this helps us tremendously as we continue to move forward and look to improve. Also check out the links to our website and other social media outlets below: Webste: www.suburbanoutdoorsman.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCly7uOmUbLEMUQu3hJe0vsQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suburbanoutdoorsman/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suburban_outdoorsman/ Twiter: https://twitter.com/SbrbnOutdrsman

Following up from the last episode, Kevin & Sean review the making of their testing videos for this special outdoor skill.  Specifically looking at making a water filter from your empty water bottle and testing out a survival filtering straw.  Again looking at the importance of both filtering and purifying, making an emergency water filter from an old water bottle is an important step. While you can use boiling water or water purifying tablets to "clean" the water of bacteria or viruses, you are still going to want to clear out the debris and sentiments.  This is why making a filter can be so critical if you don't have one, so that once you can boil the water or use a water purification tablet you have clean drinking water.  After reviewing the filtration straw,  Sean and Kevin both agree this is along the same lines of having a lighter for fire starting,  this should be your primary go to option for getting clean drinking water. They can be small, light weight and easy to use to cover both water purification and filtration.  As always please give us a rating and leave a comment/feedback as this helps us tremendously as we continue to move forward and look to improve. Also check out the links to our website and other social media outlets below: Webste: www.suburbanoutdoorsman.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCly7uOmUbLEMUQu3hJe0vsQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suburbanoutdoorsman/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suburban_outdoorsman/ Twiter: https://twitter.com/SbrbnOutdrsman

When it comes to outdoor skills, water is a big one. We can go upwards of weeks without food but only days without water.  In this episode Kevin and Sean are looking at ways to improve their skills in many areas.  First where to get water from (lakes, streams, spring etc) and then how to clean the water when you find it. Also whats the difference between purifying and filtering, and which is more important.  Listen as Kevin & Sean discuss the topics and plan out what they will be testing and trying out as they look to become self sufficient water locators and cleaners.   As always please give us a rating and leave a comment/feedback as this helps us tremendously as we continue to move forward and look to improve. Also check out the links to our website and other social media outlets below:  Webste: www.suburbanoutdoorsman.com   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCly7uOmUbLEMUQu3hJe0vsQ   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suburbanoutdoorsman/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suburban_outdoorsman/   Twiter: https://twitter.com/SbrbnOutdrsman 

Sean and Kevin recap another one of their outdoor skill adventures, trying to build their own Dakota Fire-pits. They each build their own using different tools (Kevin is a bit more limited with just a knife and tomahawk, while Sean used a camp shovel for part of his) to simulate working under various conditions. As part of the recap they discuss some of the pros and cons of both of the pits they dug, and while Sean's came out a bit closer to what the pictures looked like it should have, their were still some pluses to Kevin's. However, the failures on Kevin's still helped with the development in the outdoor skill department in learning things not to do, but also why to not do them. Make sure you go and watch the YouTube video if you have not yet so that you can get the full view on what the guys tested.    As always please give us a rating and leave a comment/feedback as this helps us tremendously as we continue to move forward and look to improve. Also check out the links to our website and other social media outlets below:  Webste: www.suburbanoutdoorsman.com   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCly7uOmUbLEMUQu3hJe0vsQ   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suburbanoutdoorsman/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suburban_outdoorsman/   Twiter: https://twitter.com/SbrbnOutdrsman