Prepare for the Worst: Expert Tips for Survival Camp in SHTF Situations I On Three Jason Salyer

[@oldschooljeremy8124]

When I was in the Army in Georgia I discovered that if I got about 15 feet off the ground there would be no gnats or mosquitoes. So when we were out in the field I would go up a tree whenever I could and just hang out there. I'm sure that with a little thought I could come up with a way to sleep up in the canopy - jungle hammock maybe.

[@vvogt4252]

Misquito head net.Long sleeve shirt. Long Pants, gloves. Your idea of pine pitch, Fat Lighter and Punky wood is a Great Idea.

[@ouachita_okie]

If you live in the south, always mosquito net in your GHB, BOB, EDC. Worth their weight in gold

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Always the best option.

[@DanielBelliveau-y5x]

Personally when I slept outside in mosquito plagued areas I got into a bivy bag [ with or without a sleeping bag or blanket/ depending on temperature] , and covered my head with a mosquito headnet, and my hands with leather gloves; I also wore long sleeves. I sometimes slept with my torso partially out of the bag if it was too warm, that's where the gloves also came in handy. In my miss- spent youth I was often homeless and slept outside like this, for sometimes, up to 8 months out of a year. I also had a tarp to stay out of the rain, I found this combo to be lighter than carrying a tent , and to be more versatile as well.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

A huge bug net to cover the whole body isn't that heavy or large. And way safer and more comfortable. Especially in hot climates or during summer.

[@Markus_321go]

What also really works is the regular intake of apple cider vinegar and garlic. Mosquitos (and people sensitive to garlic) will stay well clear of you. 😉👍🏻

[@Lili-xq9sn]

Also works for vampires.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Thanks for sharing!

[@unfi6798]

Great idea with the fire smoking the bugs away. We used to do it too when we were little & it does work to a certain extend but furthermore inhaling smoke is not the best. Mum taught us to be prepared in any situtaion "in advance" before hitting the trail. Understand the season & location of our destination. For starters we wash all clothing with eucalyptus including backpacks. Included in our first aid box, there's a small bottle of eucalyptus oil. We also carry a bunch of lemon grass, smash it up slightly & sleep with it in your pocket, pillow etc. Some dried up chillies into the fire (coal) will also works before hitting the sack. Mosquitoes are attracted to our body heat & scent so the more we deminish it the less bites we get. We also found that dropping some eucalyptus oil into boiling water will keep bugs away plus it gives a great & pleasant aroma around camp & clear the sinus.! There are other ways too but you get our point. Cheers Mr. Salyer. Mum & Dad are still on Christmas Island, not sure whether they're taking a break from us or giving us a break from them, nevertheless it's all good but we reckon that you & JJ will love to do survival vids on the island. We're picking them up at the airport next week & expecting lots of pressies...ha!!

[@Nunya_Binness]

Green pine boughs work great. A forest service ranger came flying into my camp one time with a tank of water in the back of his truck to put out what he thought was the start of a wildfire. He wasn’t impressed!

[@matthewellisor5835]

I regularly use permethrin. Even directly applied to the skin (it's what's in lice shampoo) there is extraordinary low systemic absorption; However, our of an abundance of caution I only apply it to my boots and clothing do my contract is that much less. Still have to do tick checks ~2×/day but I rarely find one if my boots and trousers are treated. It usually lasts 3-4 washes if I use only actual soap and not detergent and only cold water, line dry. DEET is always packed for the emergency clouds of vampire insects. Smoke is nicer to be around.

[@matthewmchenry9331]

I don't understand the permetherin hate.

[@matthewellisor5835]

@@matthewmchenry9331 I don't hate either, just would rather put the least amount on my body that still brings relief from those monsters!

[@yellowdog762jb]

I also usually tuck my pants into my boots to help control ticks, chiggers, and fire ants. Half the time I'm wearing snake boots anyway, and those make it real easy to keep your pants legs tucked in. I'm tall, so it's a challenge to keep some of my favorite outdoor pants legs tucked into regular boots. In that case, I turn my pants legs up to expose about 4 inches of the inside next to the cuff. Then I spray that also. It helps to keep hitch hikers from climbing up your boot and then into the inside of your pants leg. Underwear with very good elastic around the leg openings is a great final defense. Once you've had a pack of chiggers have their way with you, you won't think any precaution it too excessive!!! I'll take ten, maybe even 20 mosquitoe bites over one chigger. Their bites itch for days!

[@tomcatt998]

Don't let cats get around permethrin until it dries good, gave my cat seizures, but she recovered

[@matthewellisor5835]

@@tomcatt998 good reminder

[@EricSolomon-op8ti]

Thank You so much. Living here in SWFL- just 15 miles from the Everglades. Super relevant information Need ALOT more for this environment!! Please!!

[@volkertc]

I use nets. My hammock has a built in net and for tarp camping I have a Sea to Summit net that attaches to the ridgeline.

[@gregory4154]

I have a large mosquito net, the kind you place over a bed. They roll up non-existant. I swear it works. I can place myself and doggy under it (with a bed roll) and we sleep just fine.

[@georgerector9252]

Deep East Texas piney woods’ swamps are very similar. Great vid.

[@jasonsiegler6670]

A hammock with an incorporated mosquito net, are crucial to have with you, or in your vehicle If you live in these environments

[@frost8077]

There's a brand called Nantucket Spider that makes a tick repellent with plant ingredients like peppermint oil and cinnamon oil that works really well at keeping away any of those small biting flies you find around the muddy wetland habitats. It doesn't really work against against mosquitoes, but for everything else in the Everglades, it's a good option.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

We will have to check it out! Thanks.

[@nickmartino2839]

I've been sold completely sold on thermacell products!!!! There well built portable easy to use and the cartridges and fuel canisters last a pretty good amount of time... but they create a literal bug free force field around you!!!! There absolutely great!!!!a small investment initially... but worth it 1000x !!!!!

[@woodstrekker6345]

I like to use coals in a metal dog bowl I carry and put green leaves or green pine needles on top

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Great idea!

[@christopherforster7293]

Pet stores sell natural tick and flea repellents that work - may have to reapply from time to time

[@2slwilliams]

excellent info and video......thank you!

[@charlessalmond7076]

Deet, and mosquito netting. Long sleeve mesh jacket. Always have a tube of Afterbyte in my pack for the itching.

[@joydavid8128]

Vanilla extract or the imitation stuff dabbed on ankles wrsts and back of neck keeps both flies and mosquitoes at bay for about 3 hours before reapplication is needed. If you get bit, crushed plantain (green round leaf weed, the banana like stuff) applied will keep the itch reasonable)

[@matthewmchenry9331]

Head sized bug nets all over in my packs. Small and light, have other uses as well. Might still have to wear a hat and buff underneath, but then you can at least keep your nose clear and breathe comfortably.

[@tims244]

Dont put insect repellant on skin, but on clothing, sleeping bags and tents

[@JohnTBlock]

Certain medications will change your Ph levels to where mosquitos especially don't "like" your taste. They smell it off your skin, and won't bite. Blackie Thomas covered a good amount of this info on his bushcraft channel, since his stomping grounds are in Alabama, and as he says, "in my beloved South, the ground CRAWLS in the summer."

[@bobmcelroy7289]

We used to use Spanish moss in central and south Florida, especially on bonfires.

[@-Binabdulrahman-]

Good

[@gonzalez7805]

I hear that Vicks vapor rub helps with mosquitos ... Haven't tried it yet

[@deanloydprimo]

Some say cowshit works...but I don't tote it to the woods. So I don't know.

[@mikegrooms5930]

Sweet basil, works great

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the video.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

You're welcome

[@JohnTBlock]

Jason, speaking of sweet gum, is that the tree that spicky "gum-balls" fall off of? Lot of that here in Cen. Md...

[@SurvivalDispatch]

That sounds like the one!

[@joemarshall786]

Outstanding video brother.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Thanks!!

[@anthonydaves7631]

Thanks for the info.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

You bet!

[@sajahb7444]

Mosquitos are the worst!

[@EdwinDekker71]

Go to Norway, meet some knut fly clouds 😖

[@jeffechols5302]

See ya on the next one

[@zednott]

garlic. use salt on / in your food? switch to garlic salt. can take wild onions and rub them on your self.

[@yellowdog762jb]

If you have the space, a Thermocell is hard to beat. I use the "dirt" scented one while bow hunting south-ish Texas. It's mosquito season 364 days a year here. It seems to keep biting flies away also. I still spray my boots and lower pants w deet though to repell ticks and chiggers. Ticks can be very thick here. I have a bottle of primthyrn I plan to try on my outerwear. My wife used to buy listerian, put it in a pump spray bottle and spray some around our patio. It seemed to work better than many other non toxic products. Avon Skin So Soft works pretty well for some blood suckers. I've had mosquitoes bite the back of my head through the mesh on some ball caps. I'm not sure what kind of neck gaiter you are wearing, but I'd try that if they can't bite through it. Our mosquitoes bite through denim pants. I have seen shirts that claim to be bite proof, but they usually only come in loud colors. Guess I need to look for one in camo.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Good info! Yes, mosquitoes suck and can bite through the neck gaiter if they are determined enough. But it does help. The thermacell is a good call!

[@relicpathfinder2800]

I'm sure it's unsafe as hell. But in the military I used to eat match heads from the book of matches that came from the MREs. Drink lots of water. You start to sweat sulfur from the matches.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Yikes! I wonder if you taking MSM sulfur supplement would keep them away.

[@mastermasonjoewillis3904]

Would damp moss torches work too?

[@migueltorres8925]

Cool

[@Joseph_Dredd]

Long sleeves, some form of facial covering, and lashings n lashings of garlic, raw preferably , eaten regularly ...mozzies going to run a mile. In similar fashion try to avoid bug sprays as theyre posion as you say..

[@miken7629]

In the Army, there was a guy that put his boxer shorts over his head & cut a couple eye holes to keep mosquitos off him, priorities...

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Hahahaha! Awesome!

[@Jay-mv7xv]

Hope they were clean.... 😮

[@RokaiTheOne]

if you're in the southeast, crush beauty berry and rub it on your skin. The Miccosukee Seminole tribe used this technique and it was very effective. Thank me later.

[@billvan5219]

All mints have a square stem. But not all square stems are mints

[@tiagomateiro]

Here in South America, we burn coffee (like incense), and works pretty well too.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Wow. I’ve never heard of that one. I bet it smells nice. I’m going to try it out.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Thanks for the tip.

[@joelquinn2037]

Oh yeah.... Florida has those Pterodactyl skeeters

[@davinci3259]

What I do to keep the mosquitos off of me is take my ass in the house. Works every time without fail.

[@tomcatt998]

🐔

[@tamadrummer001]

Smoke is no less carcinogenic than permethrin or deet. It’s all whatever you choose to use to get your carcinogens in. I will use the permethrin and deet and smoke

[@joseph401]

Botanicals spray. No deet

[@dirtisbetterthandiamonds]

If youre in Florida, pluck a bunch of American Beauty Berry leaves, crush them and rub all over your clothes. Even the big striped skeeters hate it! Berries are edible by the way..

[@FueltheFires]

People will hate this, but if you read books from the 1800’s, smoking tobacco was a regular thing for woodsmen for this very reason. Before they made “safety cigs” you could light them around your camp (placed in trees or sticking out of the ground) and they would burn slowly…

[@LimaGolfBravo]

Thanks Jason. I’m spoiled from the use of Thermacell. It too, probably, will give me some kind of cancer later.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Lol. You’re welcome.

[@jasonpullan488]

Mosquito suck, but in New Zealand we have a little black fly "sand fly", they live in our remote places, they can drive you mad!!! Ask anybody whose been to Fiordland 😂😂😂

[@user-bh3ew6ii4g]

Oh yes, I can attest to the sand flies driving you mad. When I was kayaking in the area one place we camped was particularly bad. I got in the tent, zipped up the bug net and wouldn't come out. I was willing to go without dinner. My wonderful partner at the time put up with them long enough to make dinner and brought it in the tent, so we both got to eat. But I was totally willing to just stay in the tent for the night without eating if I had to.

[@jasonpullan488]

@@user-bh3ew6ii4g the one blessing where NZ sandflies are concerned, they sleep at night, 🤪

[@Medicmike911]

I've heard mud will keep away mosquitoes but I don't know that to be true personally that's why I like small tents and and an Audible 360° security perimeter 😊

[@SurvivalDispatch]

That is very true. The Natives use to use mud as another way to deter biting insects.

[@kennyhoward6833]

The original Listerine. Gold pan whatever color you want to call it with horrible flavor. In a squirt bottle and spray yourself and close down with. The mosquitoes will not touch you.

[@billvan5219]

I've got a citronella geranium that I grow a huge amount of so I can stick a branch in my hat or surround my bed with while I'm home and an oil infusion I take on the road

[@KKing55]

Lemon oil and Eucaliptic oil in some water, sprayed on you and your clothes

[@cappazone1807]

Bug tamer suit from cabelas. You're welcome.

[@tomcatt998]

Boonie hat with head net over it🦟🦟🦟

[@sharonslay1936]

Sounds awful. My ex drove a truck we picked up at night in the bottom lands of MO oh my gosh i had no bug stuff mosquitoes were all in the truck i was ate up.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

No fun! Don’t go to South Florida in the summer. The mosquitoes will chase you into your car and continue chewing on you.

[@sharonslay1936]

@@SurvivalDispatch we live in our van & I use deet 100% twice/ day. I'm gonna try the Vicks❤️😊

[@hiramhaji7813]

Smudge fire rules….

[@zednott]

you know you complain about cancer risk from bug repellents. but advocate sleeping breathing smoke all night. you know how bad that is for you right? also mosquito's are attracted to carbon dioxide so your just calling more to you. same as smoking cigarettes or other things out side.

[@dustinmartindale7482]

Bro, you talking about deet giving you canxer, while talking about sleeping for hours in smoke that will certainly cause lung cancer.

[@SurvivalDispatch]

Lol. I knew that would be a response.

[@heyoldtime8969]

Do you ever wear shoes or boots ? When I see you in vids your always wearing flip flops.

[@NewSpirits]

Man down here where I live it's so hot you can't stand to walk outside for five minutes naked let alone wearing long anything🥵💦! And these mosquitos🦟 horse flies🪰 and sand gnats round here bite right through three layers of the thickest clothes you can get even with them soaked with Deet, Permethrin and Diesel fuel all at the same time! Me and my nephew tried to go for an overnight fishing trip on a small island in the Mississippi sound one time with a big screen tent and we couldn't even get the tent out of the stuff sack before we were swimming out away from the land with two ounce horse flies landing on our lips sticking out of the water trying to breath and we left jumping into our little boat abandoning our halfway setup tent and other gear looking back to see the little white styrofoam ice chest we left behind was solid black because so many horse flies mosquitoes and sand gnats were angrily attacking our still lingering human scent and the motion of the light colored lid flapping in the wind with a bloodlust to be envied by the most ferocious of large land predators!🦟🪰🦟🪰