What does the name "Bushradical" mean ??

[@bushcraftbaxter]

Aayyyy I've been waitin for this! Thanks for the shoutout Dave!

[@Bushradical]

You got it BB.

[@SpiritForest]

YES YES!! I was just talking about this with my girlfriend this weekend. What the stress of buying fancy cars/houses can do to a person. I like the simple life as well. I do have a home in the city that is close to my daughters dad, but when I can I am in the wilderness, living in a tent. This year, I lived in a tent 61 days, some of the best days of my life.

[@Bushradical]

Thats awesome. Fellow tent dweller!!! Living simple sure does feel right.

[@cksoutdoorsathilltopacresf1569]

"A simpler life is a freer life"... "It's good to be excited about life"... no truer words were ever spoken! Thanks for the explanation! I have always been a bit of a non-conformist, so I get it! ~Kitty

[@Bushradical]

its good to be a non conformist! Cheers.

[@cksoutdoorsathilltopacresf1569]

I agree!! But sometimes main stream society (when you must deal with it, as I must) looks at you as though you must be totally nuts when you express the idea that you want to live off grid in a remote cabin in the woods! I look forward to being able to meet you and Brooke within the next year or 2!! Thanks for taking us along on the adventure!! ~Kitty

[@elementalmp4]

I found this video at exactly the time I needed to see it. I've been wrestling my own problems whilst trying to sustain a life I wasn't happy with, and hearing Dave's words once again proved to be the kick in the backside I needed to have a drastic rethink. I've been a long time fan of Bushradical and Girl in the Woods, and I find that both Dave and Brooke always seem to say the things I want to hear whenever I watch their videos. I think more people need to see this video in particular, as it truly defines how I want to live my life, and I'm sure many more people do too. Dave and Brooke are living the life they want to live, minding their own business and showing the world that we can all do it too. That's why I find them so inspiring. "A lot of people say 'You know, you're living the life, you're living my dream.' That's too bad because you could be doing that too" I'm gonna live my dream, I'm gonna be happy and I'm gonna be radical. Thank you for inspiring me, motivating me and helping me realise I could be doing so much more.

[@Longtrailside]

Don't know if anyone has told you this for awhile, but I really appreciate the content that you and your wife Brooke put out. I know that you don't make really anything off of youtube, and you don't have to even make any videos if you don't want to. I just want to thank you two, for doing what you do.

[@Bushradical]

That you so much for that LTS. We both appreciate that.

[@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham]

Me too.

[@christopherwatrous1823]

Couldn't agree more, Dave!!! Being outside and simplifying my life have made all the difference!!

[@Bushradical]

You know it brother.

[@johnrollins4879]

Very greatful for channels like yours! I have a lot of respect for you and the example your leading! God bless you and Brooke this holiday season! Wishing y'all a very Mery Christmas from Georgia!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks John. Merry Christmas!!!!

[@kodeywhitewolf4056]

You and Brooke are so inpritational to a lot of us Two thumbs up to the both of you Glad yo found each other and enjying life on your terms and values of the way you want to live

[@Bushradical]

Thank you so much!

[@AFloodofSolaceJohnWhigham]

I love your channel and the name. I recently discovered Alone on a free tv channel called Defy. I watch it every weekend now and I watch Girl in the Woods frequently as well. Thanks for just being you and for being genuine. You guys Rock.!! Merry Christmas.

[@aubreymaxam7465]

Agree with you 110%. Life's too short to live in the fast lane. An it ain't broke til I can't stick it back together with the welder or change it up with the cutting torch. An when kids were younger. I'd tell them we're going to get lost today. So now with my grandkids they're calling an wanting to go get lost. Life's a adventure live it to the fullest. An one time my grandson asked if I have ever been lost. I told him been turned around but never lost because I'm standing right here. Lost is just a place in your mind. That grandson going to be a handful because he's always thinking. But I wouldn't have it any other way. He loves helping me an being outside. Darn seems like I write a book Everytime I respond. Well anyway keep up the great work.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks for reply. No need to apologize for being too long. I'll read every word left by a likeminded soul. Thanks!

[@mfavia620]

Thanks Dave for that. In those few minutes, it made me think about changing a few things in my life. Appreciate the motivational message. Thanks for sharing and ATB Mike !!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Mike!

[@As14789]

Amen! Keep inspiring and being the Truth that you are. Cheers from Serbia, Dave!

[@davidsimpson7918]

I just watched your explanation of "Bushradical" and I don't believe I've ever identified with anything so completely. I've been miserable with society for some time, and I've made the decision to take the plunge. The only decision I have left is whether to choose Alaska or Montana. But your videos have been a real encouragement to what I'm preparing for. I can't wait to get out there and build my own cabin. Keep the videos coming!!!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks David. I really had a hard time "defining" the core concept I wanted to get across with this channel....If you read the channel description it says "survival, adventure , and rustic living"......but the real heart of what I want to get across is that you don't have to play the same ball game the rest of the world plays. You don't have to conform. You don't need the 401k, or the car payment, or the rat race, or the 3 bedroom house on a thirty year mortgage.....You can choose to have an auction of your "stuff" and be in the northwest territories, or Alaska in a month...its all a choice. Too many people don't believe they have a choice. Many people think they "have" to follow the same pattern of work/payments/ mortgages......that everybody else follows.....screw that. We're all headed to meet the Lord someday and you can't take your new SUV, with you. I appreciate the fact that idea resonates with you. Best of luck on whatever you do brother!!

[@rsinfelt1]

We are glad we found your channel-it's like coming home.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks!

[@stephensgate1]

No need to explain what “Bush radical” means......we always understood what you meant by that. Your “living”, not just “existing.” I worked for almost 30 years at a job that was repetitive, staying there only for the pension benefits, not realizing that I was very unhappy. Now that I am out of that place, and now receiving that “pension”, I will no longer waste another single day doing something that my heart isn’t enjoying or believing in. From here on out, I want to live a “bush radical” life style. It’s where I’m most comfortable. Free! Free at last!! -Stephen, Ohio

[@Bushradical]

Thank Stephen. I appreciate the comment brother. P.S. your leather work was amazing.

[@SternDrive]

I like things that are manual too, and I'm a stubborn old 72 year old. I like manual transmissions! I have never owned an automatic car, for lots of reasons which I will not share here. But you could say that I'm radical too I guess. Tell Brooke that I'm going to build a Gypsy wagon just like hers! I love both of your channels and have been following you guys for years. Great work!

[@kimberlyevans7853]

I'm glad I found your & Brookes channels 2 or 3 yrs ago & now your boys' Betting on Alaska. Not just entertaining they're also inspiring & informative. Thanks for sharing & commentary

[@pdiddy5186]

Thanks for sharing Dave, it will be an inspiration to a lot of people including myself.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Pdiddy.

[@ShawnWideman64]

Very well stated.....I love this channel for all of the same reasons you share this channel. Kudos Brother.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks BrightWater Bushcraft.

[@gbaughman3348]

Well Said! I have lived a very similar life on being self reliant and homesteading and yes it is about the adventure and the fact of knowing you can do and take care of yourself and the sense of accomplishment you get from that. Being practical and resourceful and a sense of knowing who you are is the key. Of course people are drawn to this channel and you are correct it is about freedom and doing with what you got on hand. This is a good time to say THANK YOU to both you and Brooke for sharing. Now though I have to get back at it, I have only harvested about half the deer I need to get us through the year and its still season here and I have learned they aren't going to kill and process themselves, LOL.

[@Bushradical]

Thank you Spear Brave. I appreciate the comment. Good luck on filling your freezer my friend.

[@gosmoothgolight7567]

Thanks for the insight, Dave ... and the encouragement! God Bless :)

[@Bushradical]

Thank you David.

[@slynkylynx]

I know I'm way behind watching your videos ( and Brooke's) but your channels keep me inspired, strong, and connected, as I move towards my own " Radical" Life. 😊👍💪🙏

[@Bushradical]

Right on. hope you catch up

[@SalineScott]

Dave... you and Brooke are made for each other. I love both you your channels. Nice description of your channel name.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Scott.

[@eagleridge1972]

Truly this video is amazing and inspiring all at once. Thanks for the vids as always. Without doubt in my top 2 or 3 channels.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks! I really appreciate that!

[@alanwilliams5836]

Thanks Dave... probably somewhat exactly what I was expecting from you. Can I say this? Dave and Brooke being Dave and Brooke. Awesome!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Alan.

[@victorcastle1840]

Dave, You sure got that right. I worked 16 yrs. for a Canada printing company here in our small town in E.central IL. and got where I would rather take a beating than go to work . Because it was one of best paying jobs in the area and I had two sons to get through college . I had PTSS and migraines from Vietnam combat and ended up in the hospital with the migraines, 7 yrs. later. It was 16 yrs. of wasted hell. When I got out of there, it was like a large weight lifted off of me or a bird turned loose and flying off into the sky . With in weeks the migraines started getting farther apart. I could enjoy life in the country where we moved to raise to boys . Life is to short to waste like that. Born to hunt and fish , made to work !

[@Bushradical]

Thanks for the backstory Victor. You sound like someone I would love to sit around a fire and talk about life with. There just isn't many good reasons to live the way we sometimes do.....Out of the last 4 years I have lived 1 year, 3 months in a wall tent. Ive been happier in the tent than in the home I own.

[@victorcastle1840]

@@Bushradical , I suppose that depends on who your with and what your doing and where ? When we 1st got married ( 1964) , on weekends in the summer we would go down to the river and throw a 9x9 canvas tent in our 14' Alum boat along with fishing a few cooking things and head up river to a spot I had cleared at the mouth of a creek and spend the weekend fishing. I dug a narrow trench to cook in and through a refrigerator grate over one end for her to cook on . If we could get a 3 or 4 day weekend, it was even better . Later on in the '70's we use to go to Southern IL. Shawnee Nat'l Forest to deer hunt and camp out for a week in the fall and I could walk all day and never walk out of the woods and not see another person all day. :- ) The terrain looked like Eastern Ky. with sheer rock cliffs dropping 100- 200 feet. I was ready to move, but there were no jobs as the coal mines had all shut down. We still have fond memories of those days. You two have sure lived life, like no other couple I have ever heard of. What a wide range of experiences. My wife and I could listen to you two tell about them around a camp fire for days !! Another blink of your eyes and you two will be empty nester's ?? God bless you both.

[@barbarabell1171]

Thanks to you and Brook for the way you inspire us all!

[@thenewoldways6597]

Dave, you are exactly right about the uninspired. There are alot of people stuck in that routine. I have been subscribed for a while and the thing I like the most is how you keep things real and down to earth. Keep up the good work. I'm going to share this with several of my friends.

[@Bushradical]

Thank you. I never ask people to share my vids , so when someone does it means a lot.

[@spider5001]

Hey friend 🙂 Great video! I think maybe the whole bushcraft movement is people trying to break from this giant system and live how you do even for just a little piece of time. A night or a weekend. Everyone wants your life including me lol. It just seems impossible to achieve... I have 4 children and the oldest is ten. It is nice to watch you and see someone achieve our dreams. I know it’s not an easy life... but you are right about me at least waking up to the same thing and having no control of my own destiny. No drive. Bushcraft is a hobby that fills a void for me that seems missing. Keep posting your videos please to give us hope that there is still a way🙂You live what we go out on the weekends to get just a taste of.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks for the comment Spider.

[@CommonCentsOutdoorsman]

Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave! Enjoyed you and Brooke's channel this year and looking forward to the next! Keep doing what you guys do!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks C2! Merry Christmas!

[@GaerHampton]

Dave, the things that you are saying here, and some things that you've said/done/shown in other videos have definitely given me reason to ponder some things in my life. Things are getting worse at work for me (I work in medical imaging), and two days last week I came home flat out angry. It pretty much took a much needed trip out to the wilds for some camping, kayak fishing, and video shooting to help get my balance corrected. Some aspects of my work I do like (helping good folks who need help/care), but a lot of aspects I strongly dislike. When I see people living their lives free, happy, and fulfilled, as it seems your family does, it really makes me ponder what it would take to make that happen for me and my wife. Sometimes I wonder if I wasted too much time when I was younger to pull off a more rat race free life at this point? (Based on your comment about the Edmund Fitz sinking, it sounds like you are probably close to exactly 3 years older than I am.) I do know that a big change would take me out if my comfort zone....but then again how much is comfort worth if maintaining it means going to a job that I generally don't like. I have plenty of food for thoughts and ponderings......that's for sure!

[@Bushradical]

Hey MCO! I hear you brother. I'm 42 and I still don't know what I want to do with my life....but I do know that I would rather rather be excited with life that feel trapped or bored. There is so much to say on that topic. I run into people everyday that feel unsatisfied with their circumstances. Years ago I found out I could live in my truck and be happy. That I could live in a 12x12 cabin and be happy. That changed he way I looked at the world around me. The last three summers Ive lived in a wall tent and loved it. There is such freedom in coming to understand how little any of us really need. How less luxury makes everyday richer. How much better a good book is when you have plenty of time to read it. The satisfaction of things made with your own hands. Hopefully this summer I'll finish my 16x20 cabins and move in. It will feel like a mansion after the tent, and I'll have less than 3k into the place. Feel free to message me anytime, I love talking shop about rustic living.

[@Downeastwaves]

Thanks for this video! Love your enthusiasm. Merry Christmas to you and Brooke.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks! Merry Christmas.

[@cillaloves2fish688]

Awesome vid! Love ur channel! Brooke's too!! Following ur hearts...

[@Bushradical]

Thanks C2F!! Merry Christmas.

[@brianspencer4220]

Thanks Dave:" I believe that my decision to stay active in the outdoors is a bit radical as is associating in an arena populated by people up to 50 years younger. Because of that radical streak I'm not as old as many people my age; just a little slower than the friends I have in the bush. Keep up your good work. Brian 77 (moving in on 78)

[@Bushradical]

Congrats on 77 and keep on loving the outdoors my friend.

[@TonyGeneseo]

Well said ! I too am a self proclaimed nonconformist since I was a teenager and damn proud of it ! Beauty of it is that there’s no rules and it can be somewhat customized for each individual as they see fit. It’s really all relative to each individual and their own life. Play by some of the rules but u decide which ones and how many you won’t play by. Great video Dave !

[@Bushradical]

Thanks !

[@whynotme5926]

This is why I love your channel and your wife and you. I see a lot of me in you. I didn't chase it as far as you and now I am older and my health is not so good It makes me happy to see someone else enjoying it. Wish now that I had did more. I missed out a whole lot due to alcohol when I was younger. Playing in bands all my life did not help that situation. I gave up drinking quite a while ago but can't get some of those years back.Enjoy it while you can because the older people are right-Blink twice and you will be an old man. How true that is and you don't realize it until you are there.

[@Bushradical]

I totally agree. I'm 41 and It came way too fast.

[@elwoodtaylor1092]

spot on Dave, I couldn't agree more with that kind of life style, love it EH, Merry Christmas from Nova Scotia

[@Bushradical]

Merry Christmas to you too and thanks for the comment Elwood.

[@cjc9088]

Awesome! I'm right there with you...but I'm retired now and live in a (to me anyway) large Canadian city. My daughter is here so I'm not going out into the fringe...but that's ok...I've got channels like yours to watch. And of course..Girl in the Woods. Love both your channels. Thanks for sharing it all with us. Cate

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Cate....What city in Canada are you in?

[@cjc9088]

I'm in Calgary, Alberta. I'm in the prairie/foothills of the Rockies. The mountains frame my sunset every night, they're 90 minutes away. So, it's beautiful here but the city has grown so much and so fast! We now have over 1 million peeps. So traffic etc.... I would at least like to move to a small town. Oh well...it's where I am. But I'm a young and strong 66 years...so I'm going to at least do some camping which is why I love channels like yours! I'm pretty much a noob. ;) Cate

[@cjc9088]

I forgot to mention, Calgary is a boom town...Oil and Gas...which is why it grew too fast and too much.

[@Bushradical]

Lots of Canada is like that. There is a town up by Grand Prairie called "Valley View" and it has nothing but hotels. There is really no town there just hotels. Oil fields all through that area. Its pretty quite up there ,the last few years , but back around 2012 it was like the wild west up there .....super busy. I love Canada.

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

Both of you also have a good presence on camera, one aspect the Alone people look for in candidates. Nice paint job on that Escort, btw.

[@Bushradical]

LOL, Thanks.

[@Bushradical]

Actually, I started this channel after' Alone. I learned how to run a camera shooting myself starving in the bush.

[@downeastprimitiveskills7688]

Oh, I must have subbed in the lull between the airing of the show and your start up. I appreciate the mix you put out.

[@mikerankin834]

Very well put! You all just keep being true to yourselves. It has worked for me. Do it while you can, as long as you can.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Mike

[@MrSIXGUNZ]

You're both awesome!!! Nuff said LoL blessings to you and your family 😇 🇺🇸

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@susankenney7536]

Dave I worked minimum wage jobs. I raised 2 son's single mom. Every penny I made went to support myself and 2 son's. I I needed a new pair of shoes or one of them they got the shoes. I lost my youngest son 8 years ago. But now seems life passed me by. I am 67 now. Diabetic with Neuropathy in my hands and feet. I would love to live out the rest of my life in a way you do. My oldest son won't even take me camping for one last final time. I am able to do things just not by myself. I am afraid of an outhouse or not having running water. I was raised in WV by my grandmother after my mom died of breast ca at 39 I was 13. Dave those were the best days of my life. So much so I have asked that my ashes be taken back to WV to be spread. Your correct in saying live your life dreams out. Do it now if you can. Don't wait till I feel has happened to me. Life passed me by. Love your channel. Ty for sharing your life with me ❤️

[@Bushradical]

I'm so sorry to hear about your son. As a father I cant imagine what you must have gone through.

[@susankenney7536]

@@Bushradical ty Dave. It was a bad time for me. In a lot ways still is. But over time it has gotten easier. It will never go away and it's not expected to. The advise you give to live your dreams is so true. I am to old now to begin. Not by myself but my oldest son heck won't even take me camping one last time before I sell everything at a yard sale. No sense keeping it. What I don't sell I will take to a thrift store. Maybe someone can get good use of it. Ty so much for sharing with me Dave. Enjoy your videos.

[@viewsandreviews180]

Great video Dave. This modern “life” can steal more than our time.

[@Bushradical]

Absolutely.

[@batmanacw]

Everywhere I go I'm a stranger in a strange land. my axe obsession was always just a means to relax and focus on something constructive and fun. people in general think it's very eccentric. I appreciate your wisdom.

[@Bushradical]

Thank you. I appreciate your comment.

[@KevinsDisobedience]

I love it, man. Wish you’d wax philosophical more often.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Kevin. I DO like to talk philosophy!

[@donaldhofman296]

I didn't know it but I have been Bushradical all my life! Lol! I'm part time retired now but keep busy fixing things, making things ! My jeep has over 300 k miles on it and still runs strong! I'm going to do some prospecting this year as well as build a green house! That should keep me busy for a couple of months!

[@Bushradical]

I love it. I have a vertical log cabin to finish and a rain water system to install, not to mention (2) 4,000 mile trips through Canada.

[@timberdrifter8225]

Right on man! we are on the same page of a book not very many people read. Take care

[@Bushradical]

Love the way you put that!

[@kevintulak9987]

Glad you gave this descriptor it makes sense. I am curious about your approach to parenting while living this kind of lifestyle. I assumed because you were able to do Alone that you have people you trust to leave your kids with. The fact that you took them with you on the Yukon River Run I am sure shocked or horrified a lot of people. I would be interested in hearing what you think are the pros and cons of creating a life of experience is for your children.

[@Bushradical]

Actually both our kids were born in Fairbanks. They were 5 and 3 before Brooke and I got running water. We would boat out to fish camp and stay in our wall tent in the summers whenever we could......when we shot Yukon river run the kids weren't even excited about it...to them it was just another trip in the old boat to camp out in a wall tent...... We're all really close and we try to raise them to be free thinking and resourceful people. They're good kids.

[@kevintulak9987]

I think there are great advantages in raising kids outside of normal thought, though that can create issues for them with in "normal" peer culture when they hit the teen years. I was curious about what you and Brooke have experienced as parents choosing to live a radical lifestyle in a public setting.

[@Bushradical]

I think the kid's friends all know about the TV shows we've been involved with, but it never seems to be discussed much. We're just normal people with weird jobs. LOL.

[@caper55]

Amen brother....cheers

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@snookdock]

Love this channel!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Toby!

[@dubehigh]

Key word, none conformist. Bravo. Living free living free.

[@sageleeone]

Excellent! Straight from the Heart.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@HamsterLife_EnglishLearning]

Well said! Merry Christmas.

[@Bushradical]

Merry Christmas Jude.

[@kevola5739]

Follow your heart because that’s what it’s there for. Great philosophy!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Kevola!

[@EdgewoodOutdoors]

Nice explanation! Keep it up, the channel is great :)

[@Bushradical]

Thanks EO!

[@Bushradical]

By the way , you have a great logo.

[@EdgewoodOutdoors]

Haha, my logo may be okay, but your videos are definitely better :) thanks again for sharing, your channel is inspiring!

[@Bushradical]

I just went and watched "why would someone ever do this". You have a good story and message, and your video is well shot. I subbed. Your doing great brother.

[@EdgewoodOutdoors]

Wow, thanks man... I wasn't expecting that, but I do appreciate it. I love the support that comes from this KZbin community :)

[@Woodenarrows]

Well said Dave. Wish I could. My wife and simple living don't get along as much as I would like:-)

[@Bushradical]

LOL.

[@NCWoodlandRoamer]

Do it anyway.

[@MuskratJim]

Awesome...

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Jim.

[@jesuslives8322]

Awesome Dave,peace out!! S& S:) Sherry & Skully

[@Bushradical]

Thanks JL!

[@BrosephRussell]

Freaking awesome brother 🤘😎🤘

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Broseph! I appreciate the comment bro.

[@genevievedavis6530]

Woww you're one of the greatest human on Earth, I can feel when you said I like basic simplicity wowww

[@frontierwoodsman4373]

The Gospel according to Bushradical... love it! We see life the same way. The simple life is real life.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks FW!

[@benjaminpoirier9139]

I dig this. You have a great outlook on life.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks BP!

[@craigmooring2091]

Thanks for clearing that up. I enjoyed the talk.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks.

[@Pegz63morningmix]

Great vlog!

[@BAAMRanch]

You are right on point dude!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks TDP!

[@almollitor]

One thing that keeps folks for trying alternative lifestyles is the need to provide health care, especially for a family. If we had a single-payer system more of us could live the dream.

[@Bushradical]

That might be the answer..I really don't know. It would be great if healthcare wasn't ridiculously expensive. You can get your knee replaced in Thailand for like $2,000 . My friend Neil had his teeth replaced in the Phillipeans for a few hundred bucks....it would have been 10k here.

[@debsmith7050]

I am with you and Brooke :) It's a good life

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Deb.

[@marciaolson4878]

Well said!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@hedgesider7945]

Wise words Dave

[@Bushradical]

Thanks!

[@aaronnelson1099]

With a hat like that....You have to be Rad LOL!! You said it.....Follow your heart!! Stay Rad Dave!

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Aaron.

[@linklesstennessee2078]

I liked that show Yukon River Run I guess that’s the first time I seen the whippels but anyway I enjoy watching your channel

[@Bushradical]

Thanks LT. None of us really liked the way that show was edited. Too much Drama. But Brooke and I have know Neil and Lauro since 2000.....I have pictures of Brooke, Neil, and myself on a log raft floating down the Yukon 17 years ago...You would think its the same raft except all of us are a lot younger!

[@backwoods_barbarian4134]

Good stuff man.

[@Bushradical]

Thanks!

[@earw1g1]

Fair play, I wish I lived like you

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Dennis.

[@wayneandrews1933]

That a cool way to live my friend keep it up

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Wayne.

[@earw1g1]

I live in the uk and I love the out doors and hunting, do you hunt deer?

[@Bushradical]

I used to hunt when I was younger. While I was in Alaska full time I got a caribou once.....Fishing is more my speed.

[@larry323]

Dave I can't help but like you. Larry

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Larry.

[@9252LIFE]

Your lifestyle is Radical!

[@Bushradical]

right on. Good luck on your trip Chad

[@9252LIFE]

Bushradical thanks man! We’re packing now and headed north in the A.M.!

[@jesseharris3699]

Love your channel. Hi

[@Bushradical]

thanks

[@ChrisWilkesSurvival]

Right on Brother

[@barryhopesgthope686]

There is a guy I watch, his name is Shawn James. I watched him build his cabin using nothing but hand tools.

[@Bushradical]

I'm aware of Shawn. We have mutual friends.

[@proudchristian77]

Sounds fun !

[@Bushradical]

Thanks

[@ronniemcmaster8657]

Hit my nail on the head there at 4:25. Change is coming for me soon.

[@j.p.saverance8972]

I believe the main theme of your channel is independence.

[@DennisOverholts]

You are awesome thanks for being real

[@Bushradical]

I appreciate that!

[@ghetto29fab6]

the simple life is always good.

[@Bushradical]

totally true.

[@garycarlson5578]

out door love doesnt as good but it means the same and the paint job still looks good

[@Bushradical]

Thanks

[@The.Alabama.Woodsman]

Oh, to have a "do-over" in life......

[@jimbobojim4634]

If everyone moved to Alaska and built cabins it would turn into NYC.

[@Bushradical]

The weather will always keep Alaska from filling up too much. LOL

[@phallowell8945]

Yes please

[@trelawnny]

♥❤♥

[@Bushradical]

Thanks!

[@garypeterson3628]

Wish I gad gotten that advise 20 or 30 years ago. P.S. Thank you so much for responding to all my comments.P.S.S. If you have some time to kill check out a You Tuber, "Second Chance Hiker". 98 average 12 minute episodes. watch one or two a day to feel good. It's about a 400lb young man hiking the PCT loosing 100 lbs and finding love. His spirit is infectious.

[@Bushradical]

I'll check him out. Sounds like a great story and I love a good story!

[@stayunknown997]

You should make a video about " contentment " . People these days are not happy / satisfied with what they have or what they have achieved.. always feeling inferior , i think 2020 have made it even worse

[@lisahall961]

Just wondering if you have a paying job? You must still have bills to pay?

[@Bushradical]

I haven't had a "job" job in years. I do free lance construction in the summer, Both Brooke and I do public speaking when we can, I buy and sell antiques, and musical instruments......lots of little things. I used to be a cement contractor. One thing that makes a big difference is we don't have a mortgage. I built the first 3 homes we lived in in Alaska, and I built them out of pocket when I was a contractor and had a lot of cash flow. We sold our house in Delta junction in 2012 and bought this old farm with cash. We also have our property in Ak, and we bought that with Cash....we do 95% of our own mechanic work, and all our vehicles are paid for. Those things give us a lot of freedom. Thanks for the question Lisa.

[@lisahall961]

That is how i wish we could live. Mortgage free, we do not have car payments. But my husband and i arent mechanically inclined. Good for you. Live simple and stress free. Love your channel and Brookes as well. I rooted for you on Alone!!!!!

[@Bushradical]

We both appreciate that!

[@MTwoodsrunner]

See, i always figured were one of those...well...trouble makers...lol...stay radical amigo...woods

[@Bushradical]

LOL, Thanks Woods.

[@kenairockband]

I would love to see a video from a concrete guy like yourself explaining footers and foundation basics for folks trying to build on permafrost. There’s just so little information out there. With your experience and gift for explaining things; Your tips could really be useful.

[@Bushradical]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3m6nXigZ9SSo80 here's a video for you

[@Caintuckee64]

*Simplicity, non conformist, philosopher... a cross between Plato/Daniel Boone, and Tom Petty, In a great big world you and Brooke found each other... an American dream!* kzbin.info/www/bejne/qonOk5-Yf9aqpJI

[@Bushradical]

Thanks Man, thats a huge compliment. Plato/Boone/ Petty. Thanks

[@loganfullerton5751]

Romans 12:2