Find Large Fatwood Deposits Easily

[@randomgrinn]

Appreciate your 'just take what you need, don't disturb the ants'. Fading from the world people like us are.

[@davewinch7677]

Almost all videos show collecting fatwood from pine but here in NW Oregon, Douglas fir is king. By Far, they contain the richest fatwood and I have a bunch of these stumps on my own property. The best I ever found has been from a stump that has been outside my kitchen window for the last 40 years.

[@73FORGE]

Great info Dave, my uncle cuts trees down in Oregon to sell firewood in the winter, he's my fatwood stump provider, he's been giving me fatwood stumps for 22 years! I've had one of the stumps for probably 8 years, your absolutely right, very little can start big fires, just a pinch.. it'll last forever. Take care brother

[@TheDaveDryden]

BUSHCRAFTER 1973 awesome stuff that's the way to go. don't have to mess around with news paper. I didn't even know about fatwood until several years ago haha

[@commonconservative7551]

what time of year is the fatwood concentrated in the roots /stump?

[@Edcognito]

fatwood/pitchwood is formed when a tree dies or is damage. If I understand correctly, it may take several years for "pitch" to settle and become "fatwood". On the other hand, if a branch is broken, all the resin or pitch will concentrate in the knot where the branch joins the trunk. I look for stumps or downed trees and take a small saw along to cut into it to see if I get the turpentine smell. Good luck.

[@wildernessstrong6131]

Nice video. I enjoy the details and information. We also harvest our Fatwood from Doug fir stumps in the pacific NW for our torches, fire starter, and video projects. Thanks for the great video.

[@khakhashisam3761]

Very well explained. I've watched a lot of other videos on how to find fatwood, but yours was very precise. The others were always like "here's fatwood. It's everywhere." For guys that don't know, that's not helpful. Thanks! I'm off to hunt for fatwood now.

[@TheDaveDryden]

khakhashi Sam 🤘

[@numbnut257]

It's so great to be able to watch someone who knows what their doing and be local is really fantastic you have really inspired me to get out and do it.!!

[@TheDaveDryden]

Jason Davies nice man, that's what it is all about. my channel is for that reason

[@ShlisaShell]

I only have two small specimens from a Douglas fir. I hope to find better this year. You are so right about the color. The quality and smell are way better than any pine. Great video

[@ShlisaShell]

I am on the Douglas fir for sure! Loads! Just had to learn to recognize it👍

[@Zedoutdoors]

An informative video Dave, collecting a large amount of fatwood is something I plan to do in the coming months as I have a project in mind to make a large batch of pine tar for various uses ~Peace~

[@TheDaveDryden]

Zed Outdoors awesome, I've never done that but I've seen the videos on it. would make for a good project

[@soothy69]

You know your videos are getting noticed when Zed Outdoors is commenting on them, dude knows his stuff and is great to watch. Keep up the awesome work!

[@guncotton1950]

the best fatwood hunting video i have seen so far thank you for your efforts you taught me something really good

[@TheDaveDryden]

guncotton 1 glad it helps, ty for the feedback

[@wolfw6695]

Great videos...I'm new to Vancouver Island and looking forward to hiking around some of these areas. Do you worry about Bears or Cougars when your out there..? I noticed you have a dog with you. Thanks for any advice you may have. Love the fatwood.. well done!

[@earlabbott2863]

Right on dave. Good to have a guy posting stuff in my neck of the woods!👍

[@thesoftgoat1398]

Thanks for that tip, I always limited myself to looking for pine fatwood. Douglas Fir being so much more common on the coast this should help me increase my supply.

[@alexduke5402]

We have Heartwood pine floor boards in the old farm house. They are absolutely beautiful all polished up.

[@mr.fisher3973]

Wow - now that is fatwood!!!!! Never seen it that concentrated before. Great video.

[@zingodingo2816]

I'm so glad I saw this vid before I went on my first fatwood-seeking adventure. I saw a few possibilities in deadish and/or fallen trees but here in western Oregon I only saw weak pockets of resinous areas. I was getting tired of snapping little branches with varied results, then I saw a stump very much like the one you found (big, very old, Doug Fir). Dang...after checking it...the column was solid...I sawed off about 20 inches of it and, I'll say this: I am going back for the next couple feet of quality fatwood and then maybe digging the roots. I doubt if I'll ever need more...though I know where to look if needed. What a bonanza!

[@TheDaveDryden]

When you first realize the gold mines sitting in the forest all around you, its like a day of enlightenment! When I uploaded this video there weren't any directions for people living in the PNW to find douglas fir fatwood. just pine!

[@thedwighty]

Great video. I remember seeing those around growing up but never learned about fatwood until recently

[@ahorseman4ever1]

great tip, this here is probably one of the best life savers in a survival scenario.

[@FollowTheRabbitTrail]

hey thanks for making these instructionals...this one especially. youve been telling me theres fatwood all around me in the stumps but ive always looked in the wrong parts lol. Finally! truly thanks for this one bud cheers FireRabbit

[@TheDaveDryden]

FireRabbits West Coast BushCraft haha ya man, no excuses now! once you find your first hit you'll see it everywhere. take care ✌

[@lakrabid]

I just got some douglas fir fatwood from Washington State and holy hell does it burn!!! And absolutely dripping with resin. I have a lot of pine fatwood from all over the south and it is nowhere near like the douglas fir in terms of the darkness of the resin content and flammability. Pine works great as well but the Doug fir is supercharged badassness

[@somedayzitzdark7987]

awesome! ... will keep an eye out next time i'm bushwack'n

[@restoreallthings1806]

Good work and rewarding when fire is needed. We have an abundance here in the older forest of Mississippi.

[@barrynorthmississippiprepp5777]

Yes sir all our pine its everywhere

[@IsleofWightBushcraft]

They make great torches for nighttime, providing wind is low. Great vid BC

[@AlexT-md9df]

I've seen a few fatwood videos on KZbin, this is the best one I've seen so far! Cheers

[@TheDaveDryden]

Alex T thanks bud!

[@Rokynutz]

Hey Dave. Another great video. Another use for our D. Fir we have here in the western portion of our area is...LONG term shelter poles. Or really anything that needs to be buried to build upon. I harvested some stump cores 8 years ago and built a shelter here in SW Washington state. Yes it was time consuming but it was worth it. I had this idea one day showing my cousin the water proof qualities of fatwood. Then it dawned on me, If I could find big enough pieces, I could us them as if it was pressure treated. 8 years later, the shelter is still standing strong. Give it a try sometime just for a raised bed.

[@thewimpycamper7692]

Awesome video Dave! And perfect timing - I'd been needing some info about how to collect fatwood on the coast here where theres not a tonne of pine around me. Great info and filming!

[@TheDaveDryden]

The Wimpy Camper thanks, yup the Douglas fir creates fatwood too. it might even be better then pine pound for pound

[@whitecompany18]

That sure is a good lump buddy, great ethics and video.

[@TheDaveDryden]

BUSHCRAFT AND FISHING WITH THE PIKEY cheers man, got to keep it real

[@BushcraftIsrael]

I've been collecting quite a bit of fatwood lately but nothing as substantial as that piece. Great haul and great video as always! Also, the guys at /r/bushcraft on Reddit really seem to like your content (which is actually where I first heard of your channel) if you want to post some videos there from time to time. We've just had a few threads about fatwood collection so I feel this would fit right in. :D

[@TheDaveDryden]

BushcraftIsrael that's cool I didn't know that. I'll have to take a look thanks

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

Nice score

[@richiesun9676]

Just went out to look for some. I'm in massachusetts near the new hampshire border. The trees just don't have a ton of sap. My last cut was the best. Noticed, the older log, the better chance of finding fatwood.

[@douglas9607]

That's some amazing fatwood. Thanks from the year 2021 =)=

[@DragoTC]

I really appreciate you saying that you don't want people to destroy the environment! I really learned a lot in this video.

[@TheDaveDryden]

DragoTC glad it helps, gotta respect nature too

[@macoveitinel732]

"i'll probably give it away to ppl and stuff like that" ... lol

[@valvol4388]

Thanks Dave!

[@a420man2]

Fortunate enough to live in the Shuswap and have access to both pine and fir trees. Birch and pine are dying off due to disease and beetles respectively. Still lots of fatwood around, tho. Good vid.

[@quercus4730]

Pine knots work.

[@ronaldbutler4480]

I enjoyed the video, thanks very much!!

[@CanoeingTheEdgeOfTheWorld]

Some good information. Thanks.

[@bushcraftnorthof6012]

Great video. Good to know about. Lots of resources even in logged areas. Take care.

[@MarkYoungBushcraft]

Amazing find Dave. Unfortunately, no Doug Fir on the east cost. I have found fatwood in other old stumps...but never that much...Thanks for sharing

[@TheDaveDryden]

Mark Young sure was a good find, at least you get to collect some I don't think they have it in Alberta

[@lanecountybigfooters5716]

Great info for us PNW folks! I'm in Oregon. I know exactly where I am going to look now! Great tips. Subbed. Cheers!

[@evanwindom3265]

Exactly! So many of the fatwood videos are about pine, and those are in short supply in the PNW rain forests. We're blessed with lots of cedar, hemlock and fir instead. It's great to see someone put out a video with a PNW focus.

[@riverrat1149]

Awsome! You were cutting and my brain was trying to smell it!

[@TheDaveDryden]

:)

[@manwithbeers]

Nice Score Dave. I will keep an eye out for some next time I am wandering about. Thanks for the video.

[@TheDaveDryden]

Layne Rossi good luck on the hunt!

[@desertsurvival2175]

Awesome chunk .... I will be the first to enter the "crush your fatwood" give away. I thought for sure you were going "kids in the hall" when you pointed out the stumps. Great vid ....again.

[@TheDaveDryden]

Desert Survival 😁👍👍

[@t.w.milburn8264]

Hay, Dave & Mollie; Wonderful outing this was. Harvest what's needed is a good rule to live by. Got a sweet haul on that 1 Brother ATB Terry God Bless

[@TheDaveDryden]

T.W. Milburn definitely a good haul and a good day out. ✌

[@stephenduckett8885]

Glad you finally did a video on this stuff...the world needs to know..haha. I have started a youtube channel called Vancouver Island Bushcraft. You are one of my inspirations for doing it thanks a lot ...My videoing is terrible next to yours but I guess you learn as you go....

[@TheDaveDryden]

awesome good to hear. you have to start somewhere. mine weren't good either at the start haha

[@stephenduckett8885]

Feel free to subscribe then I'll have a whole 14 subscribers. If you have any advice I'm all ears

[@aquablue711]

Watch out for this guy people. He owns his own company and is a computer tech but on his channel he's asking people for money already. He's going to con people for money.

[@francisoneill4039]

Thanks for your help finding fatwood

[@colenorthway8578]

good video

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

That is a crazy haul Dave!

[@TheDaveDryden]

TurtleWolf Pack thanks dude I was pretty stoked on it too!

[@1eyedjacksRwild]

Thanks for the Education Dave. I am going to go out this weekend and find me some fatwood. Decided to Sub you as well!

[@Longtrailside]

I have a ton of that in my area, but sadly can't use it. Our parks and forests, dont aĺlow campfires except in designated over populated camping areas which are far and few between. You cannot go on a hike and make a campfire anywhere. You can only use camp stoves for cooking. So it takes the fun out of overnight camping/hiking for me. Though it doesn't stop me from using it in my own backyard fire pit.

[@TheDaveDryden]

Longtrailside that's no fun, come to Canada where they let you be free!

[@sosteve9113]

Nice find

[@1300buckvtx]

Great vid with great ideas for finding fatwood ...stupid bee😄 take care bud from Nova Scotia. With all that fern do you ever gather fiddle heads in the springtime we do out here and their delicious.

[@rockroll9761]

Thanks !!💯💯🔥

[@phyllismulkey3778]

great looking fat wood

[@TheDaveDryden]

phyllis mulkey 👍

[@qmagine]

Awesome, thanks for the tip! Love your vids, man! Keep it up!

[@lampseven4894]

Best fatwood in the world on the west coast. Douglas fire trumps pine any day of the week

[@TheDaveDryden]

It is some good stuff!

[@cowhand1346]

Great find

[@kattewhetu2613]

wow that was awesome....thanks for sharing your knowledge :)

[@TheDaveDryden]

Kat Te Whetu your welcome!

[@tomoconnor8431]

Thanks for the tip

[@LGSkywalker82]

Awesome stuff brother!

[@plughikes4520]

Your edits remind me of Joe.R edits 🤘🏼 Great Vide

[@vanemaster4345]

Could you tell me the exact location of that tree...i need some fatwood

[@briand9513]

Yes, some GPS coordinates please... lol

[@vanemaster4345]

@@briand9513 haha yeah, sadly we don't have a whole lot of "fatwood-trees" (pine, fir, spruce...) around here in Germany...there is pretty much no untouched nature left in this country

[@Imightberiding]

Nice score & introduction to fat wood. As a fellow resident of Vancouver Island & avid lover of the wilderness & outdoors for more than 40 yrs, it is increasingly important that you use your voice & venue of your KZbin channel to exhort others to tread lightly & not infringe upon nature any more than necessary to enjoy a hike while respecting the nature we all want to enjoy. The equipment & technology of today is a far cry from the time that woodcrafters (today's popular term: bushcrafters) had to subsist off of the land with no other means. In reality, the ideal has long since died & for a good reason. Sure, "bushcrafting" is a fun sport but is altogether unnecessary in this day & age other than for pure survival issues when lost or stranded in the wilderness (much like hunting & Nascar). As nostalgic as old school woodcraft might be, (I certainly subscribe to old school craftsmanship, tools & techniques) but we enjoy far more efficient & environmentally friendly ways to enjoy the outdoors today than 50 or 100 yrs ago. Don't get me wrong, I own many. many axes & knives but mostly for nostalgia, aesthetics & occasional use for my home fireplace & camping where fires are permitted. Anyone who has not ventured into the outdoors & nature is missing a greater part of life. Let's all endeavour to ensure that it is there for future generations.

[@TheDaveDryden]

Imightberiding totally understandable, I try to throw it in when I can as a lot of ppl trash those logging road areas with beer cans and shot gun shells. that's not what I'm about

[@koltoncrane3099]

Being environmentally friendly is way subjective and based upon ones knowledge. Sure littering is bad and driving off road and making ruts is bad. But there’s a large population that still use the land Iike they did fifty or a hundred years ago whether it be logging, grazing or harvesting firewood. I always see advertising for instance about how terrible chaining and killing pine trees is for nature. This is one example I’m talking about. Like in Utah for instance they chaining pine trees to remove over growth to get back to what the landscape was like a hundred years ago from old photos. Some people say that’s terrible, but naturally if wild fires are permitted to burn some areas “naturally” would be completely different and it’s only through human intervention that other devastating human intervention like stopping fires can be mitigated. Just wanted to add my two cents cause being good stewards like leave no trace is great, but one needs a wide view to have a deeper comprehensive on some issues that may be controversial.

[@davequick3373]

Man I wish we had that stuff in nj!

[@mehmetkupeli8611]

what kind of knife you are using in this video?

[@xshanghu]

Good vid, thx.

[@hendrikarqitekt6286]

douglas, that’s oregon wood in america, you really should by a silky bigboy

[@glendickie4247]

Great video. thanks!

[@TheDaveDryden]

glen dickie no problem

[@amyhoang9140]

Nice. Can fire be made with just using two knives ?

[@keithklassen5320]

You can make a bow drill or hand drill with only one knife.

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Awesome!

[@jimsilverwood431]

Great vid. I hunt fat wood here in Ohio, it's not all that common in my neighborhood but I hunt it the same way, looking for stumps! Keep it up!

[@scottsmith6571]

Pine fatwood is the best

[@1LRLRG]

What part of the island, I'm down in Vic. Looks like the bugs are out once again.

[@TheDaveDryden]

1LRLRG cowichan valley area generally

[@ggselatan6852]

Hy my friend

[@mmortier]

nice

[@sonofamountain2862]

Awesome thanks for sharing this.

[@davidjawahov4896]

1k subs in 4 days and 1 milion in 1 month

[@TheDaveDryden]

David Jawahov ha that would be something

[@cowboykelly6590]

I like the Video, when you FINALLY got too the Fatwood and STOPPED with the (un)informational Jibberish !

[@hellsscoutact5379]

Thanks for the information. Good video.

[@scottsmith6571]

The red is resin

[@thewimpycamper7692]

Just re-watched this video Dave - am wanting to start my fatwood hunt! If I cant find and access the center of a douglas fir stump (i live on the coast of BC as well) does fatwood also live in the "armpits" of douglas fir branches? Just like pine?

[@IsleofWightBushcraft]

A great find as well

[@mo12uk]

Very professional filming.. i like it

[@TheDaveDryden]

Awesome

[@scottsmith6571]

A real fat wood stump is almost as hard as iron lol

[@AnonZero0]

Thank you.

[@MilesTHD]

Really good video! Do you carry a gun when you're out looking for fatwood? Seems like trekking through that dense brush would be a great place to kick a bear.

[@erikolsen5802]

MAking tar, you need a heck of a lot

[@ritesideofthefence5857]

You can always send some to me

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

bad ass boss BC british Columbia A nice stuff not much logging has gone on in California for years but I find what I need it's out there

[@TheDaveDryden]

kenny cadarett doesn't have to be logged areas, I just find it easier to score big in them. yup bc for British Columbia, cali must have some pine

[@stepitup5409]

A?

[@kingyeayea397]

Soaked 8-0 noice!

[@mrcwoodworks4523]

Can you sell me a stump

[@brianspencer4220]

Fat wood ; Hish in calories & fibre but low in weight gain Thanks Brian 77

[@danquarterman]

Outstanding.

[@fredflintstone1547]

you must have said 'um' 2,000 times

[@richarddelaney9593]

Dude stop talking and go do it.

[@jasonriley7676]

You talk waaay too much. Just get to it.

[@Kenstagator]

Big tip, shut up. Not in a mean way but talk less do more, you spent half your video talking without images, diagrams or action. That makes people want to skip ahead and lessen your watch time as they didn't come here to have a conversation but get information and leave, just to be frank. Get rid of the "uhs, ahs, etc" speak with confidence man. Don't pressure people to subscribe but drill your name in the outro so they can find you, I subbed but not everyone will. "If you enjoyed this video dont forget to like subscribe and etc... if you think xyz let me know in the comments this is INSERT NAME HERE and I'll see you all in the next video." Good content, love it, just wanted to give some feedback. Hope to see more videos soon. :)

[@restoreallthings1806]

It's alright, there are many listeners who are clicking in and have time. Being confident about what your goals are for the video is fine, but people learn from genuine character.

[@riverrat1149]

Fuck off.

[@sebastiansilverfox6912]

Ken M Good advice for anyone posting on KZbin. I would add, relevant talking that provides the information people came for is good and a few extra tidbits to provide something to set you apart but the biggest thing is be clear, be concise, and be confident (while using humility to ask for questions, etc. at the end as outlined above) or, as my grandad would always say "stand up, speak up, then shut up" haha

[@jamesaritchie1]

It makes losers without attention spans of intelligence want to skip. Stop saying "they" when you mean "you". Idiot.

[@joesanders6898]

Great video. Thanks.