Alone SEASON 9 Episode 3 Recap - Building Shelters - Mama Squirrel - Woniya Thibeault

[@snideremark]

Adam I think. The shelter with the clay chimney. The shelter building is probably my favorite part of the show.

[@thomasolson7447]

I like it. I don't personally know much about clay chimney's to be honest. I think I would be afraid to use that as quick as he did. I would probably start a bunch of tiny tiny tiny fires over the course of a week or two. Maybe just toss a coal from a regular fire. During the first month, you could probably get away without a heavy duty insulated shelter. Those guys had a lot of clay. I think I would cover the entire inside of the shelter with it to protect it from burning down. If your shelter burns down, you didn't build your shelter right. That's a wasted opportunity for someone else.

[@adam_riley]

Thanks! I loved my fireplace 😁

[@KristinTD]

Your information is so helpful for me - someone who will never employ any of these skills but admires those who can!

[@snideremark]

Not gonna lie. I am gonna look forward to these recaps each week. Thank you.

[@apeacefulwolfretirement1984]

Hi ! 👋 "Woniya"... I really appreciate the way you're pronouncing the English words in all your video's. So amazing 👏 😍 for me, to be able to understand everything you're speaking about... You are my best English teacher out there, to emphasize my skills of the "Bushcraft and survival", talking with your practical knowledge and comprehensive analysis. You really make the difference for me, between some good FRENCH FELLOWS that I'm able to appreciate to. Keep on with this music sounds 👌that comes out of your mouth 👄 😏 and so pleasant to hear 😉... of course, I did learn a lot today, again with all your detailed information 😀... Thanks again 👍for these videos. 🧙‍♂️🇨🇦(Québec)

[@BuckskinRevolution]

That's great to hear! Happy to help!

[@edupereira1067]

The same for me. I am learning a lot with her since I am brazilian and came to watch the channel. 👍

[@davidwsmith316]

At the beginning you asked us to say who we think has the best shelter so far. I think Adam has the best shelter with his Cobb fireplace and chimney, and flap over the chimney opening. This along with the moss insulation between the logs and the clear tarp windows.

[@adam_riley]

Thanks! I loved my shelter too. And happily it only took me six days to build 😁

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Moss House with the chimney got my vote, as well! Adam pointed to the R-value of moss vs timber. The materials used are easier to harvest and handle.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

THANKS for creating such a knowledgeable recap.

[@jonigee1305]

Your commentary is amazing ! I feel like I’m getting a wilderness survival course as a bonus .

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Thank you and yes, that's kind of the idea!

[@MichaelW969]

Your insights are so on point. I really hadn't thought about shelter size relative to keeping it warm. So true. Finding your.channel has really enhanced my Season 9 viewing experience. Thank you!

[@adam_riley]

Great recap woniya! I am definitely glad I brought my bow quiver. Given how unbelievably thick the brush was out there, and the fact that I already had a backpack full of camera gear and safety equipment to lug around, the bow quiver was a godsend. Plus, when you have both broadhead and blunt points, being able to quickly pull the exact one you want from the bow quiver is a huge benefit over a back or hip quiver. But like you said, different strokes for different folks! 😉

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Thanks Adam! Yeah, that totally makes sense. I always strapped my quiver to the backpack or tucked it inside the pack itself, but the Arctic was super open compared to where you guys were so not comparable. Dying to hear how your chimney worked out long term, but I'll refrain from asking until more is revealed in the episodes!

[@gregorychaney7604]

I'd like to hear more about the camera and radio gear they require you to have at all times. That's something that most archery hunters don't have to consider. Are you penalized if you only bring small cameras when you are hunting? Are you required to haul a tripod with you? Roland complained a lot about carrying cameras on season 7. Thanks for your insights. Cheers from Alaska

[@BuckskinRevolution]

@@gregorychaney7604 Specifics about equipment are something we aren't allowed to talk about, but no, there is no penalty for bringing only small cameras around. There is no one else there, so there is no way for them to know what cameras you bring where until well afterwards, when someone in a studio far away is watching the footage. There is certainly an expectation of bringing the large camera and tripod everywhere though and yes, it is a tremendous amount of work and a lot of calories go to hauling and using the cameras! Its definitely frustrating when calories are scarce and every one counts!

[@gregorychaney7604]

@@BuckskinRevolution Thank you for your willingness to share your thoughts and experiences!

[@gregorychaney7604]

Hey Woniya, I really appreciate you take the time to make these videos. Your insights are really valuable especially since you had the full Alone experience. Cheers from Alaska

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Glad to hear it Gregory. You're welcome! Working on the next one now!

[@hobojordo]

Hey these are quite well done! Good job woniya ;)

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Hey Jordan, thanks so much! I watched some of yours this morning too! I have been trying not to watch anyone else's until mine are done so I am not influenced, but it's fun watching after and noting when we say similar things. I watched you talking about how your #of days was more about me than you. So true! You could TOTALLY have gone more than 100 days out there but didn't have the option. If only I had gotten more rabbits and could have helped you set a higher record! 😉

[@ncdoc100]

Thanks for your input. You’re looking healthy and happy

[@katiescottkist]

Great show thanks for helping me understand the situation better, you bring such a great knowledge about the content.

[@CaptainAiryca]

I like the shelters like you, clay, and Jordan made. Sort of a boy scout tent in shelter form. Enough for a bed and firewood. Some of the other contestants have done that style in varying ways.

[@CaptainAiryca]

Also, I am HYPED to see someone take a bear potentially on the show. I don't envy bow hunting a bear though...

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Indeed, all great shelters!

[@dhammarosi]

Thanks! Looking foward to e4!

[@kathypeterman2886]

Another amazing episode and I am appreciating your comments, input and education immensely! After seeing this, I have a new respect for shelters and agree some of these seem bigger than necessary. Keep up the good work. Your knowledge and delivery are exceptional!

[@herve160181]

Thx for the insight woniya ☺️

[@gregorychaney7604]

I have to say that Adam's shelter is the best so far. Smoke management is really important. A good chimney helps keep heat in much more efficiently than a hole on the roof for smoke to escape. Moss insulation is effective for heat retention. In the winter a warm shelter is going to save significant calories. The clear tarp also provides natural light. It's still early in the season so it's too soon to fairly evaluate the shelters. Other participants may improve their shelters as well. By the way, I really loved your shelter. It was one of the best of the series. Cheers from Alaska

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Adam's is pretty sweet for sure. My one hesitation on saying his is the best so far is that it has so much head room, and heat rises so that makes it a lot harder to heat. I'm also worried about his chimney catching fire given how thin the clay looks so far. If she can manage to get a good chimney set up, my vite is Karie's because it has such good pitch for shedding rain and snow and very little headroom- way easier to heat!

[@lobopropredatorcontrol]

Really liked this video and how you edit! Great content

[@edwardenglish6919]

Teimojin Tan appears to have the most experience and training building cold weather shelters. His comments of sleeping high and building fires low make a lot of sense.

[@carriewhiteduck1478]

I think that with Rolland's season because it was 100 day challenge he knew he needed to build a shelter that would be good for the 100 days, but I was thinking the same thing when he was lugging those huge rocks.

[@danjett7719]

he's an idiot who should have been kicked off of the show for making that ox suffer for 5 hours. He could have trotted back to his camp in 10 minutes or less, cause you're not allowed to move more than 1.2 miles from your dropoff location. In 20 minutes or less, he could have use a bit of his bootlaces to lash his belt knife to a pole, and used the rest of the laces and 3 stones or hunks of wood to make a bola. Entangle the ox's legs, which downs it. Stab it thru the neck, in front of the spine and rip out its windpipe. WTH is the deal, no bow quiver, carrying just one broadhead! what a twit he is. No WAY you can heat up those boulders with anything but a hugely wasteful bonfire. What you want is a little pole tent, stuffed with debris, until it's consistently sub freezing. Then you make a 10x6x6 ft ice and debris quonset hut. Doing so only takes a day. It's air-tight and rock solid, having 9" thick walls

[@josiahmorris5799]

10:34 SUNSET IN THE MORNING? I had to rewrite to make sure I heard that right. LOL. Just funny.

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Oh dang, did I say sunset instead of sunrise? I didn't catch that!

[@alanchomor701]

Adam #1 shelter...Jesse's shelter is big and may be nice to enjoy in colder weather...she should place her sleep area as high up in shelter to stay warm at night....

[@MrJustbrowsing12345]

9:07 reminded me of roland welker eating a small intestine 🤮 and when he ate the contents of the stomach 🤮 the man's crazy but legendary

[@johnperetore151]

Really well done

[@edupereira1067]

I really enjoyed your observations, all of them. Full of details 👍. Unfortunately I didn't like the place Jesse chose, that slope of the hill makes it very unsafe. Intense rains and a lot of snow can create a risk of landslides or flood her shelter.

[@williamhoover1515]

Great recap. Small triangular shelters keep the build calories down and reduce fuel costs to heat. They are strong under snow loads and wind. Check out Tarp Shelter Upgrades from over the hill outdoors. It has the features you talked about. Triangles, easy build with useful space.

[@earlshaner4441]

Remember when field dressing the animals check the liver to see if the liver has spots ( spots on liver not safe to eat)

[@BuckskinRevolution]

For sure, but also to be mindful of taking out the gallbladder carefully, because if you bust and drops of bile get onto the liver, it will change the color and it could look like a diseased liver; causing you to think the animal is diseased when it isn't!

[@max_fjellstorm]

I can only watch the recaps since the show isn’t showen in Germany I have to imagine everything

[@derrymic]

Daily motion is surely available also in Germany, I am watching alone on it from Finland

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Igor was expending a lot of energy building his cabin, but hardly any intake. It caught up with him. He ran out of gas. I would study the lake very good before freeze over. Look for points, drop offs, various depths, structure changes, even adding structure to a point, such as a few cedar trees tied together. I would not make one day. I'm a chicken hawk. If I seen bear track's, or bear poop, I would be on the phone tapping out quick. Begging them to hurry, don't you hang up, lol.

[@dianapfenning2888]

Jessy ended up with water coming through her rocks. Ground cover usually follows any way through.

[@bennyd5918]

Love her

[@navajasrs2402]

I think anthropomorphism could be rearing its head here with that squirrel. I hear these squirrels make that sound everywhere and none of them are grieving a lost loved one. How do we know that's not one squirrel making a territorial challenge to another, and then being somewhat flummoxed when it doesn't respond either by challenge or retreat?

[@victorstarr7110]

The best

[@eightgeorge]

Adam has the best shelter. Because it's small and didn't cost him much calories!! A big Shelter takes too much calories.

[@ACnoMo]

I was really rooting for you...so close...I thought you had it.

[@leemay7780]

The guy with the clear tarp windows and fireplace is the best shelter so far I think and he got it together really quick. Jessie is over engineering her shelter which we’ve seen has been the downfall of some contestants

[@BuckskinRevolution]

We certainly have!

[@whennerdsgobad]

Jessie has the best shelter

[@DRC2828]

Great recap and info! My vote would be Rock House by Roland

[@imonoke7903]

Military backround people never gets far in Alone

[@BuckskinRevolution]

That has certainly been the trend, thought not universal. Military survival training tends to be oriented towards the exact opposite of Alone goals- towards surviving until you can escape the situation your in, not staying as long as possible

[@billybibbit9146]

Man... that momma squirrel was sad af

[@Thelegewolf]

how can they be starving? they are on big river? the river of dreams? one good day of fishing should feed you for a week ?

[@maitland1007]

Thanks for this. I love these videos. My first thought on Jessi's design was 'wouldn't water running down the hillside flow into her shelter?'. But maybe once it got cold enough that wouldn't be an issue. ?

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Totally agree, the pitch is very low which could be problematic with the amount of weather they're likely to get!

[@earlshaner4441]

Remember to cook the bear meat if you eat rare bear meat and you will get sick

[@thomasolson7447]

I doubt that beaver went very far. I would laugh so hard if it died 4ft or less away from where he shot it.

[@BuckskinRevolution]

Could be, 4 ft straight down would be as hard to find as 30 yards away though!

[@thomasolson7447]

@@BuckskinRevolution can't they also hide under the sides? The grasses roll over it. I think I remember an Alaska youtube trapper guy setting a trap there.

[@kennethgardner3090]

Any time I`ve been hunting and lost the game animal, it makes me sick. It`s not like playing golf and you lost your golf ball. This animal was alive and died for nothing. It would be harder if you need that beaver to stay alive.

[@Pinetree282]

Agreed. Any injured and suffering being is a very pain thought. Though nothing in nature is wasted. Something got a meal if that animal died.

[@earlshaner4441]

Bear not bare

[@ronniecochran9623]

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[@earlshaner4441]

Alone not loan

[@DudefromSpokane]

All they do in this tv show is impact their surroundings in a negative way like a cancer to the earth they cant even allow a tiny squirrel to survive, its death to everything and anything around them you dont have to kill everything. Hopefully one day karma will repay you the same disrespect in life that you show animals, nature and mother earth.