Dispersed Hammock Camping Florida Swamp

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[@madness5327]

When this world is going to the dogs ,survival theory is one show that I can zone away on and forget about these issues.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the watch and words!

[@boogerdog5247]

That is Florida, and we drive thru that all day long. Leon, my 78' FJ-40 Landcruiser has driven a mile or more from Green Swamp Management Area with headlights under water, and no snorkel, to road 579. It is what it is. What's for dinner? Anything you can catch, from frogs, to gator, hogs and deer are near, and palmetto hearts become boiled cabbage, or a quick uncooked tender snack, if you don't want a fire, or leave smoke. Where he is, in Oceola, there is a credible black bear population and Florida panther. String a hammock off the ground with a tarp overhead to stay dry, but the most critical item, will be your bug netting on your hat and the bug screen around that taped hammock. This guy has it together, no issues here, have followed his channel for quite some time. Every geography offers different oppirtunities, and...their unique challenges. Always great video, thanks guy.

[@SurvivalTheory]

No way was I driving through that! Didn't know what was around the corner. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@boogerdog5247]

@@SurvivalTheory My comment wasn't meant as a criticism, we "natives" do the driving thru just for the challenge of it. Only time "Leon" ever got stuck, was on my land in Green Swamp, frame got hung up on top of palmetto roots, omnidirectional tires dung enough sand to leave me high n dry. Walked out to the road, got lucky, a logging skidder with tires higher than I stand tall, pulled that FJ 40 3 feet, and it was gtg. Best rig I ever saw, was an old aluminum 4 cycl. flathead Willies, it ran mudholes like a water bug. I watch your channel, a subscriber, only reason I waded in this vid, is, I've hunted where you were, and been pretty much from the Keys, to the Panhandle, and in between. Since we are "local" risk equates to fun. That's not the case, when you're out on your own as you operate. Apologies if you took offense.

[@MtnManLucas]

Excellent. Florida is not my AO, but one never knows what the future holds! This Vid shows true Ranger style.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

Nice overnighter! Area reminds me of Eglin AFB, where I completed Ranger School back November 1977 (back when you actually completed River crossings no matter how cold it was!!)

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thank you for your service!

[@tonysteves7402]

"I'm in Florida. I hope it's not too swampy" - Candy Oh... oh... come with me Grasshopper!

[@jamiecox5430]

Osceola is my favorite camping area, but watch out for the bears. They are every wear!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@seangannon6081]

I’m so jealous of everyone that doesn’t have 2 feet of snow outside right now.

[@SurvivalTheory]

I don't like shoveling snow for more than five minutes. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@vermontconcerned5586]

exactly

[@theprophetez1357]

Here is some good advice on something I kinda learned by accidental convenience. I do a little stealth camping in Florida. I went out after 5-6 days of rain so it was difficult to get my wood gassifier going good. Well I just happened to be in a partial palm forest. By the way good place to camp because you don't have to worry about falling branches. Any way the leaves after they have turned brown flame on like the torch. I haven't tried to fire em up with a ferrule rod, but I bet they would. The other thing is that the stalks of the leaves have a waxy coating to where they dont get saturated like normal wood. They are also very easy to chop down to size, I use my big chopper for that, and really easy to split. I just use my Mora for that. The thing is they burn great. Give it a try some time. Also once you get a fire going put your wet wood around it so that it dries oyt.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jasonsoutthere7733]

This would be my neck of the woods. It ain't Yosemite or Glacier but it's home and it's what we got! Thanks Brother.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the watch and words!

[@hikewithmike4673]

Osceola seems to always have swampy roads that many times are impassable except hardcore 4 wheel drive vehicles...folks dont know how brutal the cold snaps are in Florida with the high humidity the cold goes right to the bones!...neat idea with using the bark for tinder!..great high def video!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ReWyldOutdoors]

Hey Brother, I just stumbled across your channel. I'm based out of the Gainesville, Fl area. Great video! You're braver than I am, just wading out into those palmetto! Lol Maybe I'll catch you out there sometime!

[@psypherveritas895]

I carry a zip lock of dryer lint to start fires with. Works great with the Ferro rod

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@mckay2246]

KZbin didn't give me a notification and I have the bell on, I just thought I would let you know youtube is up to their shenanigans again.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Same stuff, different day. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@tomcatt998]

That DPM pattern blends in well here

[@SurvivalTheory]

I like it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@rattrap8819]

Although being eaten by a bear or a bunch of hogs is terrifying, how do you keep the chiggars from causing endless itching misery?

[@boogerdog5247]

@Swamp Rat Most excellent! Very!

[@therealbigfoot3076]

Gasoline

[@SurvivalTheory]

What Swamp Rat said often will work. I don't use anything...not in a couple of years. Chiggers suck big time, but I don't get them often due to the clothes I am wearing. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@kylesnavely6165]

Solid adventuring.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@custombuilder1]

NE Fl here. Palmetto fronds make for a good camp carpet...bottom side down and overlap...leave whole...kind of noisy at first but they'll settle....Good video.

[@SurvivalTheory]

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[@MetalBuddhaHead]

New subscriber and I'm loving this channel... Thanks for the great vids and the upload! Cheers to you from SC

[@SurvivalTheory]

Awesome! Thanks for the watch and words!

[@redfaux74]

You know things are getting tough when you're having to settle for chicken flavored mole meat. At least it's not vole.... those are poisonous. And not as big. Talk about little wings.... 😳 Great video! ❤ I guess you missed the 133 car pile up in Fort Worth yesterday. You had snow!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Or did I miss the snow... No telling where I am now. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@firstlast-vq4xt]

Another great vid, Snake! Can't remember if I've EVER seen any pointers here on YT about traversing swampy / marshy lands. And some really good pointers on drying out wet material. And you made a point to enjoy where you were! Oh, and the corporal is so full of himself, forget him. Almost an anti-ad for the pathfinder school. I wouldn't want to travel xxx hundred miles to hear his self righteous crap and pay for the "privilege".

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@firstlast-vq4xt]

@@Matthew_Australia Sure it does! This is the internet, baby, yeah! Besides, he is full of himself :-P

[@tamadrummer001]

It is really not easy to find really dry wood down here in Florida. I’m in the Tampa area and we have a ton of great wood sources, oak and pine all over the place. We were out this past weekend and fought all weekend with the fire. We ran across a downed slash pine and cut a huge branch off the stem, got some beautiful fat wood and a little bit of decent firewood for a coal base. The oak as dry as it seemed just wouldn’t go. I split it down to tiny pieces so we could cook over it. No matter what though, we were in the woods and it was awesome as always

[@SurvivalTheory]

It's always a good day outside. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ThePreparedNorseman]

I might have to order some vegetable powder from the health food store to try, could br useful on longer hikes!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Good and healthy stuff. It has no taste, so goes well when mixing. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@johndoe-lr9if]

LOL @ "Hey want to know how to make Corporals Corner mad?" I like Corporals Corner, but in small, occasional doses... Thanks for the video, love it! Once again living vicariously here as life is too busy to go camping

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@MetalBuddhaHead]

I agree... I like all the Pathfinder guys but he seems like a know it all kind of jerk... He also craps on any bushcrafter that is more successful than him...

[@bowdiersackett6433]

If you didn't say where you was at I would of said Ocala National Forest, they have same look

[@kenbreetz]

Very nice video! In the Osceola, dead standing pine with no bark is your best bet for firewood. I would bring an ax or a big kukri for felling those trees. Pick a tree about 8 to 10 inches bottom diameter at most. Dead palm fronds can be crushed for fire starting and the whole palm frond will be better than newspaper for starting fires. There was a 400 pound bear out by 17 mile campground so be careful, he is territorial. Let me know if want some help recording a video, my wife and I hammock camp as well although she is more comfortable in her hammock.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@buckshot4428]

You will be hard pressed to find dry ground in Osceola unless you camp on a road.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Yep. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@buckshot4428]

@@SurvivalTheory When were you in Osceola and do you remember the road number?

[@SurvivalTheory]

@@buckshot4428 no but left lake city area to get there

[@martinwolfright3183]

Snake is the real deal 🇬🇧Big up from the UK

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@cajunbayouvlogs5308]

I love when KZbinrs prove other KZbinrs wrong. Making corporate corner mad lol even though he makes good videos.

[@aetherbunny8013]

I agree. I had to block one of those pretentious pricks. Got tired of seeing his cute little beard and ads in my face. Lol

[@SurvivalTheory]

I don't think he's wrong, but sometimes I like the other right. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@UguysRnuts]

@@SurvivalTheory I'll tell you one thing, he's lousy with knots. Painful watching him go into a full body contortion in order to tie the loop of a truckers hitch. Then he gets the next part wrong by tying the hitch around both sides when one is all you need. Can't tell him he's wrong. jus' goes on misinforming newbies on a daily basis.

[@UguysRnuts]

Also, the man's a sadist the way he tells people to squeeze the end of molten paracord with dry fingers. A little spit and presto, no effing blister!

[@aetherbunny8013]

@@UguysRnuts it’s the coalcrapper that gets me, or whatever his name is. So some guy works at a car wash or whatever and someday decides he wants to be a yt bushman and of course they have a whole camera team and production crew making the videos etc etc 😆

[@albertbm3105]

Why I understand better a texan than a english or new england american ??, all the people say me exacly the reverse (A texan is impossible to understand), but u'are for me a excellent teacher of american. At the same time that I watch a video that i like me, I'm learning american, simply perfect ... lol

[@SurvivalTheory]

My accent varies by my condition. If I am tired, my accent gets heavier. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ziggymoon]

Those Palmetto's are home to many different cold snakes.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@tramontane3239]

Off topic, but when visiting the area of Ocala checkout Don Garlits museum of drag racing. See all the great cars we all built models of as youngsters. Thanks for sharing the video. Always new challenges to keep us from taking thy self for granted.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@rightsideupvt]

Florida is one of the free states, wish I were there now and not New England.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@markwray8614]

Your in my neck of the woods

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@miguelboricuapatientlongsu1855]

You were in my backyard I hardly go there. 😁

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@nxb28]

Good video man. Keep em coming

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@cajunbayouvlogs5308]

If it ain't raining; we ain't gaining. Wonder who I stole this saying from?

[@jasonsoutthere7733]

Outstanding!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Ha. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@yannkitson116]

I was waiting for one of those much talked about giant anacondas to stop by and provide some wrestling action. It didn't show up, but I enjoyed the video all the same and thanks for showing the label on the hammock.

[@SurvivalTheory]

That would have been interesting. Viral video for sure. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@robertbates6057]

@@SurvivalTheory You mean Pythons? They don't do cold so they're only in So. FL. How do you like your ILBE? Rob in GA. Fortunately, it was winter because the Daddy of all rattlesnakes loves those palmettos of N. FL.

[@robertbates6057]

Would love to see you do the Glades or Big Cypress.

[@SurvivalTheory]

@@robertbates6057 Love the ILBE. Dependable and comfy. Would be nice to find some snakes, but yeah, too cold.

[@SurvivalTheory]

@@robertbates6057 Last time I did a glade video was after the hurricane. Water everywhere.

[@lessharratt8719]

ILBE is still my favorite go to.

[@vermontconcerned5586]

looks like the area where dual survivor did one of their episodes what hammock is that I had a HH asym and hated the velcro opening at least you cloud eat some palmheart if ya had too another great video Brah LOL OK mr bear grylis and his crew

[@SurvivalTheory]

DD Frontline Multicam. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@vermontconcerned5586]

@@SurvivalTheory thanks Brah

[@joeyjones9041]

Can't say I've ever ate a chicken mole. Pencott Green Zone would be a killer camo for that area. ILBE Main Pack for the win. I love my ILBE, 50lbs is really nothing in it, really comfy, I've rucked with 80lbs in it no problem just for shits and giggles. I wish that DD Frontline Hammock came in a two person version so my wife and I could have it as a setup together.

[@SurvivalTheory]

ILBE is my favorite large pack. Glad I didn't cut all the straps and modify it when that was "popular" on youtube a couple of years ago. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@UguysRnuts]

@@SurvivalTheory Me too. Looking for the sustainment pouches to go with it. You're always in surplus stores. Lemme know if you ever see any Snake.

[@michaeljacobs8366]

I coon hunt osceola and it is very wet right now.

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@bobabooey4537]

Survival comedy 15:09 lol

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@brucedavis1803]

I’m camping right now and it’s raining but no snow in sight!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for the view and comment!

[@tomcatt998]

Come on down to Green Swamp lotsa woods

[@SurvivalTheory]

Sounds good. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@therealbigfoot3076]

Skunk apes out there 👀👀

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

so was that free range chicken mole or caged chicken mole?

[@redfaux74]

Yeah, imagine the work you gotta do for those wings! 🤪

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

@@redfaux74 i'm sayin man. hard to imagine.

[@SurvivalTheory]

I read the attached bio page for the chicken they used. Chicken's name was Egnar. Egnar was treated well and had his own play area. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

@@SurvivalTheory LOL!

[@tomcatt998]

@@SurvivalTheory 😝🐔👍

[@dwllers]

Question. Do u bring any protection for overnight camping

[@SurvivalTheory]

I usually do. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@thorvaldtorgrimson5651]

Hi snake. What hammock do you have here?

[@SurvivalTheory]

DD Frontline MultiCam. Thanks for the view and comment!

[@RoughRide]

Hog rub.

[@dwllers]

And what part of Florida is this

[@SurvivalTheory]

Panhandle

[@topjimmythe1]

MOLE-EH

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@johnnybeanz1296]

Nice vid. How much about did your pack weigh that day?

[@SurvivalTheory]

Probably 35 pounds, most of it water and sleeping gear. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@johnnybeanz1296]

@@SurvivalTheory you managed it well.

[@codysden1]

Where is the best deal on a complete filbe with assault and pouches

[@busdaddy1547]

BaaaHaHaHaHaaa! Screw douchebag’s corner! His knots are on point, but he’s a snarky pudwanker. Good one Snake, keep ‘em coming brother!

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@lessharratt8719]

Build a shelter punk. Post a video. You got nuthin bus boy.

[@SurvivalTheory]

@@lessharratt8719 lol

[@busdaddy1547]

Awww, did I hurt your feelings? Are you triggered?

[@tomcatt998]

@@busdaddy1547 👍😅👍

[@richarddutton4121]

Where do you live is that florida

[@boogerdog5247]

@Richard That, is north Florida, near but west of Jacksonville, and likely near Lake City. Okeefenokee Swamp nearby, headwaters of the Swanney River, with drains that flood plain. Bear, hog, deer, some panther, lots of gators, fish in creeks or ponds, frogs, food galore. He is in pine flats and palmetto, nearby will be oak hammoks, and cypress swamps. The dangers there are as follows, eastern rattlesnakes, two varieties of water moccasins, a coral snake here n there, black widow spiders under wood laying on the ground, chiggers, and skeeters. Upping the winged danger, red hornets, some paper wasps, yellow jacket nests. Keep your eyes open, move deliberately, alter course when necessay, lol, and you return in tact. Bring a compass. Not kidding.

[@redfaux74]

Snake is from TX.

[@therealbigfoot3076]

No, its northern Canada.. he said in the beginning

[@boogerdog5247]

@@therealbigfoot3076 Lol.

[@SurvivalTheory]

I live everywhere except where I am, but yes that is north Florida. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@guadalupeskitchen3734]

Why would you try and make yourself look better by making someone else look bad?

[@shawnnewsome4778]

Piss off coporals Corner lol

[@SurvivalTheory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!