BUGOUT BASE CAMP - SURVIVAL GEAR & BUSHCRAFT SOLO OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTH IDAHO WILDERNESS #shtf

Hey everyone, Joe here with the Idaho Prepper channel and in today's video I have put together a packout that is comprised of some of my newest, most extreme camping survival gear that I own to date. We're going to be loading it all up onto my ATV and sled and heading out to a location in the northwest Idaho mountains to set up camp and test it all out. Then we're going to be camping, trapping small game, exploring the area, building campfires, eating good food, and staying the night in the ultimate bug out base camp. Stay tuned, this will be a good one. All right, so we're here. As you can see there is already a bit of a campsite already developed, so this is some land that I own. I do come out here periodically to camp with the family, you know, test out survival gear and build shelters like the one you see here. So it's a while since I've been out here, so I'm going to go ahead get things cleaned up. I'm going to kind of reconstruct this campfire ring and our shelter back here, and then I'm going to go ahead and unload our sled and get the rest of the camp set up. So the first thing I'm going to do is get our tent set up, but I got to get all this gear off of here first. Okay, so this is my newest piece of gear. This is a 10 by 10 by 6 foot canvas bell tent by a company called Waldzimmer. I picked it up on Amazon about two weeks ago for a really good deal. I'll make sure to leave links in the description, but I've never set it up so I'm excited to get this all set up and see what it looks like. All right, that was super simple. Okay, so for those of you who might not be familiar with these little gadgets here, these are like really great little things that they put on the ends of tents. I'm not sure what the names are, but basically what you do is when you pull out your guy line like this, you basically want to pull the line out through this little gadget here so that you have a loop, and then you bring it out until your tent is taut, and then you put your stake in the ground at an angle like this so that it's going away from your tent. Hammer it down, and then you take a little gadget here, and you just kind of straighten it out like that, and then you can cinch this guide line really tight, and then you're done, and it just kind of spreads back out, cinches it, and keeps it in place and keeps your rope here and your tent here nice and taut. All right, so our tent is all set up. So that was actually pretty easy, wasn't complicated at all, little labor intensive getting all the stakes in the ground, but it went up pretty quick. So I'm going to go ahead and get the rest of the gear put inside the tent and get it all set up, and then we'll go inside, and I'll show you what it looks like. All right, so the first thing I'm going to All right, so the sleeping mat we're going to be sleeping on tonight is by Therm-a-Rest, and it is their Luxury Series, so I'm going to be really comfy tonight. All right, so the sleeping bag is by Browning. It is a minus 20 sleeping bag, so yeah, I'm not worried about getting cold tonight. All right, let's get the stove set up. All right, so one of the things that I brought along with me is this small foldable step stool. So I actually picked this up at Walmart for about $12. It was really cheap, but I was shopping online for like tent tables, and the price points on those were just outrageous. They're like 40 bucks for a little table, and most of them were a little too high in terms of where I wanted them for my cot. So I found this, and I think it's going to work out great. So it's just going to kind of act as like a nightstand next to my cot here, and I'm going to go ahead and place my solar generator right on top of there like that, and then that way I can charge my phone right here, charge flashlights, or, you know, pretty much have my power for the rest of the weekend right here. I told you this was going to be luxury. All right, so our fire reflector wall is all done. I'm just going to let you know the bank line that I'm using. This is number 36 bank line, and it is made by Sergeant Knott. So it's a tarred bank line, just a really good heavy duty quarter pound bank line. All right, so as you can see, it's still a little light outside, but I'm going to go ahead and get the fire going in my wood stove now just so if there's any issues with it, I want to make sure to work them out now while it's still light outside and not when it's dark and cold. So the fire tinder that I'm going to be using to get this fire started is this sawtooth tinder by Defcon 1 Survival. I'll make sure to leave a link in the description, but this is a fire tinder that I make myself. So if you're interested in some really good fire tinder and you want to support the channel, this is a great way to do it. So make sure to get yourself some sawtooth tinder by Defcon 1 Survival. All right, so as you can see, the fire tinder is kind of like a fibrous paste. So the idea and the reason why I formulated it this way is because I wanted to create a fire tinder that you could kind of like dig out with your knife or like a stick and basically just get the amount you want. But as you can see, it's just kind of like really fibrous fire tinder. I don't know if the camera is picking that up. I kind of designed it that way for the purpose of, you know, basically digging it out with your knife or with a stick and keeping it on the end of a stick like that. And it just, see how it just sticks like that? And then that way I can get it ignited on here and then feed it into my fire once I have it set up. Instead of just having like a big clunky, you know, piece of fire starter and you're trying to feed it into your fire with your hands, this way it just gives you the ability to put it on a stick and, you know, really precisely feed it into exactly where you want the fire to start. As you can see, it just starts right up. I'll just show you inside how I got it all set up. So I, this is definitely luxury camping here, but I got the stove going and it is getting really warm in here right now. So the temperature is starting to drop here quite precipitously and it's getting really windy. So I'm going to go ahead and turn on my GMRS radio here and check the weather. All right, well, I'm going to head out and do some exploring and I'll probably set up some snares tonight. So I have some small game survival snares. These are by Defcon One Survival, which is a company that I own. And again, this is another product that I hand make myself. So if you want to get some of these snares and support the channel, this is a great way to do it. So these are awesome snares and it's one of those items that I don't see in a lot of people's bug out bags. And to me, these are critical. A lot of times people will put just some cordage or some wire in their bug out bags with the anticipation that they're going to make some snares. But in my opinion, it makes a lot more sense to just have the snares pre-made. And, you know, if you ever watched that show alone, snaring their food is pretty much their primary source of procuring their food. So a very critical thing to have in your bug out bag. So I'll make sure to leave a link in the description to where you can get some of these small game snares. Just looks like tough to hear from some deer. All right. So as you can see, we got a perfect small little game trail going on right here. So I'm going to go ahead and set the snare to this tree stump right here. All right. So each case of snares contains five snares. So I'm going to go ahead and attach our first snare to this tree here. So I'm just going to run it through the end of our snare loop here, just like so. There it's attached. All right. I'm going to take this stick here and carve the end so that I can set the snare exactly where I want it by putting this little plastic tube right here, right in there like that. And then I can basically stick this in the ground over here like that. That way it just, it allows us to position the snare exactly where we want it. All right. So I got to put this other stick right here. And then that way it'll just kind of keep them from going any other direction, other than right where we want them to go. And our first snare is set. All right. Well, it is getting dark out and I am hungry. So I'm going to get this fire going and get some dinner on. All right. So on the menu for tonight, we have fajitas. So I got some chicken marinating right here. And then I have some pre-cut veggies. I got some red peppers, green peppers, and some red onion. And then as a treat, Miss Idaho Pepper made her famous sourdough bread. So I'm going to be frying some of this up tonight too. So I'm going to be eating good tonight. All right. So our fajitas are doing really well. So I'm going to go ahead and start cooking up some of this bread. All right. Well, our fajitas are about done. Our bread's looking good. So I'm going to go ahead and get our chicken and veggies on here and transfer it on over to my plate like that. That looks good enough to eat. All right. So you guys know I'm a hot sauce guy. So tonight we're going to be trying this Melinda's Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce. I have a feeling I'm going to probably regret this. All right. Let's see how this tastes. I immediately regret this decision. The bread is so good. It turned out really well. The vegetables and the chicken cooked really evenly and the bread's really good. The hot sauce is hot. It's good. All right, guys. Well, it's getting pretty cold out. So I'm going to go ahead, get in the tent and call it a night. It is warm in here. I think it's about 80 degrees in here. There's about a 50 degree difference from in here and out there. That is crazy. Yeah, this wood stove is really kicking butt. All right, guys. So before I go to bed, I just want to go ahead and show you my solar generator here. So this is the E600 LFP by Pekron, and it was sent to me by the company and I've been meaning to do a review on it, but I just haven't had an opportunity to get it out in the field and test it. So, you know, I try to make it a habit of not really promoting anything until I've, you know, thoroughly tested it out. So I can definitely say so far this has been working out good. It still has a full charge. I probably charged my cell phone with it twice already since I've been out here. But it has the 320 volt AC outlets here. It's got a 12 volt DC output right here. And then it's got plenty of USB ports and things like that for charging your phone. So I don't have the solar panels that to go along with it. But if I did, I could be out, you know, I can stay out here probably indefinitely as far as just keeping my electronics charged. But it does have 614 watt hours. So it's plenty of juice. I, you know, I charge this before I take out and take off into the field. And, you know, it will keep me juiced up for, you know, at least two weeks just on the charge that's on here. So you didn't like this is only about 20 pounds. So not too bad. You throw it in your trailer or, you know, in your sled. And it's I think in my opinion, it's a good thing to have. When you're out camping, it just kind of takes you that next level of comfort, just knowing you have the ability to like keep your flashlights charged and your phone charged and your radios and things like that. So I'll make sure to leave a link in the description where you can pick one of these up along with a discount code. But they're a really good deal. I think you can get a unit like this for, you know, just a little over $300. So not bad for a solar generator. All right, guys, well, I am beat. I'm not even gonna bother, you know, restocking the fire because I'm more than warm enough. It's not even really that cold outside. And this sleeping bag is more than warm enough. So I'm just going to shut the lights off and go to sleep. And I will see you guys in the morning. Good morning, guys. I slept really well last night. Believe it or not, we actually started getting rain. I kind of woke up and heard the rain on the tent. And then it started to kind of dawn on me, I wasn't sure if this had been waterproofed or not. I don't know. So hopefully, I'm kind of tempted to see what it looks like outside. Hopefully the water is beating off of it. But it's a little damp on the inside here. But you know, nothing, nothing too bad. It's not like the water penetrating came in, but did get a little bit of water through the, the pipe vent over there for the wood stove. So, but it's not too bad. So yeah, I slept pretty good last night. I did not bring a pillow, unfortunately, but I had this fleece. So it was a good substitute, but I'm going to get up, get dressed and make some coffee. So because it rained last night, I already know that the firewood outside is soaking wet, and it's going to be pretty much impossible to get a fire going. And it's just too much trouble just to boil a cup of water. So I'm going to be heating up my cup of coffee on this Aspet stove. It's about ready, I'm going to go ahead and add my hot chocolate. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring coffee, but it's no big deal. Hot chocolate's a close second. That hits the spot. All right, you guys, well, that's going to do it for me today. I hope you enjoyed the video. My family's actually going to come out here and spend the rest of the weekend with me. So I'm looking forward to that. But we just had a storm advisory come in. And so we're supposed to be getting some pretty heavy rain tonight. So I'm a little concerned about the tent not being waterproof. So I might head into town and pick up some waterproofing product and get this waterproof before the rains come in. So again, if you have any questions for me, go ahead and leave it in the comment section. And if you haven't done so already, please make sure to thumbs up this video and subscribe to my channel. And if you're interested in any of the products that you saw in today's video, I'll make sure to leave links in the description, as well as the fire tinder that I have. If you want to support the channel, that's a great way to do it, as well as with the snares. So I'll make sure to leave links in the description for those products as well. So with that said, until the next time, stay prepared.