Bushcraft Tarp Shelter and Venison Stew

[@HighlandWoodsman]

More on venison here: Knoydart Wild Venison - knoydart.org/knoydart-wild-venison/ Arkaig Community Venison - arkaig.org/community-venison-project/ Cairngorms Connect Venison - cairngormsconnect.org.uk/projects/venison-project Creag Meagaidh NNR - www.nature.scot/hill-plate-try-creag-meagaidh-venison-christmas

[@2455keith]

Spot on, why we import something we can find in our back yard absolutely mental, great video 👍

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@pessimus_cattus]

A superb example of a great night out - when someone asks what I do on a winter night in middle of a forest, I will show them this video which, wishfully, introduces them to your outstanding channel/mission. The abundance of wild venison and the impediments preventing its wider consumption is a problem that I am hopeful will be solved through greater advocacy and education - farmed venison is not a suitable solution and will not support forest restoration. All of your videos are bangers and I always stick around for Forest Thoughts. Stay on the unstructured and unplanned path, it truly makes for engaging, thoughtful, and inspirational videos.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much for the support and kind feedback, it's much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and all the best for 2025.

[@BelfastDave]

Have a Christmas pint on me Sam. Keep doing what you're doing. Your videos are so honest, informative and educational. Let them flow naturally. I find some other channels seem to lose something integral when they set in stone dates and times for posts, they sometimes come across as a chore, lacking in spontaneity and enjoyment. We get something from your videos because you are being 100% in the environment and the moment. Keep up the good work pal.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much for watching and your support Dave, far too kind. Hope you had a good Christmas and all the best for 2025.

[@edpikestone6800]

I agree with your venison comments. Great meat that should be more widely available. Keep the the content coming and have a great 2025!

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks Ed, all the best for 2025.

[@eastkentuckyexplorer5448]

Always enjoy your videos. As an American deer hunter, I agree that there is a lot of effort and expense involved in it.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks for watching, all the best for 2025.

[@malacarabushcraft1451]

Buen campamento 👍

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thank you 👍🏻

[@BelfastDave]

Good to see you back mate. Fantastic video as always and really enjoy the Forest Thoughts. Happy Christmas and every success for the New Year.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Many thanks Dave, all the best for 2025.

[@scottmcintosh1653]

Just keep doing what you’re doing.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Many thanks Scott!

[@keirenoutdoors]

Aye Sam, I’ll say it’s your channel that’s made me appreciate more aspects of the outdoors such as the native ecosystem, current pressures etc as opposed to just bagging summits etc. KZbin is a funny one, a more regular schedule can make content a little forced sometimes? I feel for myself I prefer filming when I’m up for it rather than feeling I need to upload for the sake of it! Probably damages “growth” but end of the day it’s a hobby!

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thank you - appreciate that. And yes you're right it almost comes down to a choice between maintaining the enjoyment / hobby or deciding to head down more of part-time job route I feel. But you risk sucking all the enjoyment out of it! All the best for 2025!

[@keirenoutdoors]

@@HighlandWoodsman Same to yourself mate, looking forward to more videos!

[@garyallertonga]

Love your videos, I go deer stalking in Moray for roe. I only shoot when my freezer is running empty! Best meat and so healthy. Its alot of effort, but definitely worth it. Keep the videos coming as love seeing the Scottish landscape that you explore. 👌👌

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much for watching and that's great to hear about the roe stalking. I wish more people had the opportunity to access this kind of thing to fill their own freezers and help manage the population for everyone's benefit.

[@Tearlaich64]

Sam, Another spot on video. If that's the quality that you can hit without a plan then you've nothing to worry about. For me this stuff is spot on. Camping "hook" and then genuinely informative educational "strike". It's one of my two favourite Channels the other being quite different and wooden boat related. Have a good break. C

[@HighlandWoodsman]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the continued support this past while. All the best for 2025!

[@pawoutdoors9290]

Enjoy the season. Thanks for the videos this year.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks for your continued support, all the best for 2025.

[@pawoutdoors9290]

@ elk meat is my fave.

[@irenejankowski4247]

Wild venison is absolutely worth the cost. It’s so healthy for you and the environment. The efforts to provide wild venison for the consumer is all that you’ve described. 👍🏻 Have a wonderful holiday season and a healthy, successful 2025.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thank you for all the support this year Irene, really appreciated. All the best for 2025.

[@Salazarenko2503]

Kusk is super legit. I hope he finds your channel lol. Dope video as always! PS: Stated before, but worth repeating: this is a very underrated channel. I think it has very large potential to blow up, the only ingredient is more of these excellent bushcraft videos with Darach (when he's able). Also, have you considered making a separate channel for "Forest thoughts"? Could be cool to have one channel dedicated to the bushcraft content, and a separate dedicated to forestry. Final thought: Scotland is a highly desirable tourist destination, at least in North America, and a region which many even English speakers know very little about, but would like to learn more. This is an untapped niche as of yet and your channel could definitely fill that. Have a good one, man!

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much! I've considered all sorts of formats for the forest thoughts but there doesn't appear to be a majority preference. A separate channel would just be too much work for me right now. It definitely makes sense if I was at the level where I was making some kind of income from creating this content but I couldn't be further away from that if I tried 😂 I don't really get many views on this channel, always seem to hit a wall around 2000 views so splitting them across two channels probably isn't worth the hassle. Thanks again for watching and all the best for 2025.

[@catherinegowan1362]

Glad to see you as always Sam. Hope you enjoy the holidays and can enjoy some more camping. See you in the new year from a very hot west australia. Cheers

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks as always Catherine, all the best for 2025

[@neillovell9003]

Great vid as usual mate. Totally agree on the meat as everything has to be factored into the price and nobody works for nowt. 👍

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Cheers Neil, all the best for 2025.

[@neillovell9003]

@HighlandWoodsman same to you Sam, have a good en mate 👍

[@baldymagoo]

I've bookmarked those Venison sites, the Arkaig burgers look very good, only over the hill from us in Glenfinnan. I'm heading east in my campervan xmas eve, was planning a Dalwhinne trip ( & stone lifting ) but the weather is utter shite over here so a few hills earmarked Wed & Thur as it looks more settled then home . Have a good one kiddo whatever you have planned.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Sounds like a pretty good festive plan. I think I'm heading East too to at least find a little sun if we aren't going to get any winter weather! All the best for 2025.

[@ianwantstea]

Always enjoy your videos and watch them as soon as they pop up. My family has been planning a move the Highlands for the last year and a bit. We should be moving in June, but until I get there I’m living vicariously through your wild camping videos. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Many thanks for watching Ian, appreciate the support. I hope your move to the Highlands next Summer all goes to plan. What area are you headed to?

[@ianwantstea]

@@HighlandWoodsman thanks! We've been visiting various towns on northern edge of the Cairngorms. As long as we're close to the A9, I think we can be quite flexible on location.

[@assassinschris]

Ack well thats ma day made well n truly big yin, always chuffed wen your vids appear that stew did look class btw 👌👌😎

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much for watching Chris, glad you enjoyed it. All the best for 2025!

[@assassinschris]

@HighlandWoodsman you too big yin , lang my yer lumb reek 😎👌👌👌

[@21hairyhunt]

Great video. Just subscribed. Now going to go through all of your earlier ones. Really good content, and well presented. Keep doing what you're doing. It's great!

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks for watching and subscribing - much appreciated!

[@kylemorris7568]

Your channel is my favorite to watch brilliant stuff every time. Have a nice Christmas and new year 👍

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Many thanks Kyle, really appreciate that. All the best for 2025.

[@DaveDoesOutdoors]

Great vid - well done on the views and Channel Have a great festive and Atb for 2025! 🎉👍🏽

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Many thanks Dave, hope you had a good Christmas 👍🏻

[@waveydavie]

Love watching others out wild camping but especially when it's someone local'ish to me. Also love a bit of wild venison although in the New Year I'll be going whole food plant based for my health. Have a braw Christmas and a happy New Year.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Many thanks for your continued support Davie. It's an interesting point to consider too that a lot of people find it expensive because they have a diet with such a high meat content. Perhaps cutting back to smaller amounts of quality meat and more plant based would be a more sustainable option. All the best for 2025!

[@tracyvernon9467]

Love venison!! just keep doing what you do, Have a great Christmas and a very happy new year 😊

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much Tracy and all the best for 2025.

[@runaroud]

Videos are great and very interesting especially forest thought's. Happy Christmas and newyear.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@notquiteultralight1701]

Hey there. This was a great camp and great shares. That stew looked amazing! I live in New England and there are folks here that don’t believe bowhunters should be allowed into the woodsy state and conservation lands to hunt deer. Without saying where… I’ll just say I live near a very large population center and deer strikes on the highway while people are racing to work are going up and deer tick populations are on the rise too because we no longer get those sustained super cold periods in the winter anymore. So I’ve always been a supporter of the hunt as long as you are a good shot, the animal doesn’t suffer and you can dispatch it quickly. It’s the hunters that come back and laugh at how they shot it and it left a blood trail but they couldn’t find it! Those are the ones that …. I can’t say here…. But anyway… you catch my drift. No hammock on this one? Do you go out in the hammock in winter? I’m trying to figure out if I can use my ddhammock setup with just a blue pad in winter. Everything I read and see says to just get the underblanket. Just wondering if you had any thoughts on that. Once again it was great to see you and the pooch again and we’ll catch you in the next one. Happy New Year!! NQU

[@HighlandWoodsman]

I wish we had more people engaged in genuine hunting here and implement a public system. Give people access to the land and their own food. Bow hunting is actually illegal here but yes respect for the animal and its welfare should be the most important thing. I have had the hammock out in Winter before, I would probably use it more if I didn't have the dog with me. It's often just really wet here during winter so lying in a hammock with a big wet dog doesn't always appeal 😂 All the best for 2025.

[@George-gg1ny]

Regarding the wild venison, perhaps supporting the farmers revolt who are organising organic farm shops and talking about farmer markets to sell there produce as they are finished with the supermarkets. See ( Bowler hat farmer chanell ) has his web site, to list any quality food shops regarding meat or dairy. The farm shops could purchase wild venison and sell it on, they want to stop importing our food and keep it British. Win win for the country and people, just a forest thought 😊

[@HighlandWoodsman]

I would go a step further and say if we had more woodland integrated with farming they could sell their own venison too! But yes local farm shops would be a great outlet for this kind of thing especially if they are already well known.

[@ayenackaye2625]

I was just looking at the views and likes. Shame more people do not like. I wonder if putting forrest thoughts at the end of the videos is the best idea? If people don't watch tnem but enjoy the rest of the video it will hurt your algorithm. I watch them separately.

[@HighlandWoodsman]

I really don't know, I have tried separating them before and people seemed to watch even less!

[@ayenackaye2625]

@@HighlandWoodsman Ah, shame.