Wild West Bushcraft: Solo Camping for 5 Days (Ep.3)

Step into the cowboy boots of a pioneer building a homestead in the old west. Maybe I’ve watched too many westerns like 1883 but its reinvigorated my childhood love of pioneers, cowboys, and covered wagons. Combine that with my interest in bushcraft, building survival shelters, cowboy camping and boom this channel is born. I hope to honor our forefathers and better understand their lives and struggles through living history and a bit of experimental archeology. Please like and subscribe to follow along in the adventures.
In this episode I begin building the frame to my cabin using cedar. Cedar was often used by pioneers for cabins because the wood is naturally bug and rot resistant. The downside is that it's incredibly flammable. The brush from tree limbs I put on the fire is from a cedar tree and you can see it burns hot and fast.
Thank you for watching and if you enjoy the video please remember to give it a thumbs up!

[@WesternPioneer]

Thank you for checking out my brand new KZbin channel! I’ve got a lot of exciting videos planned for my pioneer homestead and I’d love your feedback so please leave a comment. God bless.

[@Odawa]

Your living what most dream about good luck brother...

[@petrimurphy6152]

Glad to see your holding onto the skills of our fathers ,fathers. Stay safe brother in history.

[@louisemon]

Fully invested in this journey with you 😅 Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@CWF-ez5ru]

It was breezy when you were taking the cover of the wagon. An amazing wagon. I love that wagon and the videos you are uploading.

[@WesternPioneer]

Thank you, I'm going out tomorrow to film more, I'm having a lot of fun making these.

[@CWF-ez5ru]

It would be cool if you could make a video about your covered wagon. You could explain the kind of wood used, how the bows for the cover are fitted etc.

[@WesternPioneer]

@@CWF-ez5ru Yeah one day I would love to do that, there's so much technology packed into these wagons.

[@Alliissoonn]

Woah that’s amazing what you’re building! It’s inspiring to see what 1 man can build with his two bare hands💪🏼

[@WesternPioneer]

I appreciate you saying that, thank you!

[@Alliissoonn]

@@WesternPioneer of course, keep up the good work!👍🏼

[@WesternPioneer]

@@Alliissoonn Absolutely!

[@TommyGun3]

What a strong guy doing a great job on that framework! This was a wonderful watch. I think I heard coyotes. Stay safe out there!🤠🪓

[@WesternPioneer]

Thanks. I hear coyotes at some point most nights but so far they've left me alone.

[@PaulllP25]

Love it! Already subscribed!

[@snowdrop1590]

Really enjoying you carving out the land to make your homestead. Thank you for sharing.

[@Lonewolf-f8e]

With the way things are going a lot of folks need to be watching your videos Sir. I know I can survive but there's a whole lot that won't. The younger generation I do feel sorry for. Stay safe and God Bless. Keep them videos coming.

[@TimParis-hh9sw]

Simpler the better right.

[@ajpena8332]

I often tell my self I have an old soul and was born in to the wrong period of time and you sir are as well and I am fascinated by the way life was back then. I was born in 1993 and was raised by an older wise man and in school I had only couple close friends but we where the same way up brought with older manners and carried our self a certain way ages ahead of our generation at 15 years of age I had more friends that where 40-60 years of age if you’d put me and my closest friend in a crowd of our generations we would stick out like a pair of wise old men and I could tell that my crowd was clueless and with out direct. Love the videos good work

[@EricAmericanTuner]

You’re living Red Dead Redemption and I’m fuckin here for it dude

[@WesternPioneer]

Don't tell anyone but the real title to this video should be "My Life as an NPC in Red Dead Redemption." I'm probably moments away from being a loot drop or the start of someones side quest.

[@EricAmericanTuner]

@@WesternPioneer The NPCs are the best part of those games if we're being honest. Everyone has a unique story to tell.

[@bridgetmorse9395]

For those of you nitpicking…give the guy a chance.

[@googlygaming6039]

I knew you had to be in oklahoma! yessir okie bound an raised

[@josephvalliere8064]

Amazing work!

[@gustyattaway6419]

Glad you are armed,just as in 1890's.My great grandfather had rifles and shot guns 8 in total,my grandfather had them in a chest at the end of their bed.

[@wastelandwarrior9738]

Your grandfather was an armed and smart man then 😂

[@fatdad8049]

Absolutely beautiful piece of property you have. Keep up the great work brother.

[@wastelandwarrior9738]

Another great episode. Im hooked lol. Just something about a more simple time. When men were MEN.

[@WesternPioneer]

I'm glad you're enjoying them. Yeah I wish I could travel back in time and experience it for real.

[@edsaz9747]

Хороший фильм! Успехов вам желаю! Жду новых фильмов!

[@WesternPioneer]

Спасибо

[@dp7690]

keep up, great work !

[@JohnBurdette-or7if]

Glad I stumbled across your channel, I am enjoying these videos of the journey... Fantastic scenery all the way around you great spot to build a cabin for sure .

[@WesternPioneer]

Thank you!

[@NakulVlogs-h8x]

❤

[@WesternPioneer]

Thank you!

[@dormbasedbusiness]

This is awesome. I just subscribed. Looking forward to watching the journey. How do you keep your meat cold, wash your hands, and charge your devices for filming?

[@WesternPioneer]

Thanks! This year I want to build an ice house so that during the winter I can store up ice for all year round to keep food from spoiling. Right now I'm sorry to say I'm using a modern day cooler for the time being but I've read that during the journey out west pioneers would kill an animal, butcher it, and then put it in their barrel full of drinking water and that would keep it fresher for longer but at the risk of contaminating the water. I should try that. Honestly I don't think I've washed my hands before or after cooking so far, which was a bad call because I did get sick so I'll start doing that. My camera batteries last 8-10 hours a piece and I typically only film 4 hours worth of footage so I haven't had to worry about charging them.

[@JuanRodríguez-s5d]

me encantan estos videos

[@WesternPioneer]

¡muchas gracias!

[@Breanna7]

❤

[@pandu8904]

Hello, I just found your channel, I'm from New Zealand. it's so fascinating to see all the tools and equipment that I usually see in museums actually being used in real life. especially that wagon! just out of curiosity, why aren't you stripping the logs of their bark or burning the ends before you put them in the ground so that they don't rot? did they not do that for that kind of shelter? is this just a temporary shelter until you build a proper cabin?

[@WesternPioneer]

Thank you so much! Yeah the wagon is from 1870-1910 and I absolutely love it. To answer your question cedar trees don't rot the same way most trees do and they're often used as fence posts because of that. Looking back though I should have stripped them anyway but I think once the walls are up the walls will take the majority of the weight of the roof. Although if I'm wrong and the whole thing comes crashing down in a year it should make for a great video lol

[@RyanEglitis]

What's the reason for not backfilling the post-holes with dirt after the uprights are in? Seems like you ended up using log offcuts in the meantime, but I'm not sure why.

[@WesternPioneer]

Eventually I filled them in properly but I believe at the time of filming this I was still playing with the hight of the "Y" notches and trying to figure out how tall I want my roof to be.

[@bigjohnson1825]

You know, a horse of two would’ve been helpful to pull the trees you cut back to camp, just saying.

[@bertrozanski666]

This is awesome! Where are you when filming? What state ?

[@WesternPioneer]

Oklahoma!

[@bertrozanski666]

@@WesternPioneer keep up the good work!!!

[@gasparcabrera9783]

Hello,I don't see the horse,for the wagon,where is over there,i wach yours videos in Monterrey México

[@gasparcabrera9783]

I wait your answer

[@WesternPioneer]

Hello! Honestly I don't have horses yet but as soon as I can afford them I'll buy some and put them in my videos. I would love to have horses.

[@Frontiersmanbushcraft]

Awesome 👏, just curious, where do you get your clothes?

[@WesternPioneer]

I've bought a lot from riverjunction .com But the wool vest and coat are from sutleroffortscott .com and I would say those are very high quality pieces, they specialize in Civil War clothing so I just changed out the buttons to make them look more civilian looking. The hat was used from ebay.

[@haraldkandler2113]

Where are the horse es?

[@metalmyke1]

I like the videos but, I think he goes back into town to get things or had a camper behinf the camera. He shown way to much stuff to fit in the waggon.

[@WesternPioneer]

Yeah the wagon is basically a magicians hat and I keep pulling stuff out that wouldn't have fit before so it's not realistic in that sense. The problem is I keep finding more and more cool old stuff at antique stores that I want to buy and put in the videos.

[@reskridge]

Too bad you didn't have your horse to help drag the trees to the site

[@davidshafer1872]

It would be more believable if you were using beef tallow or some other type of animal fat to cook with. Otherwise how are you trading with and what are your trading? You eating that beef jerky is more believable. You could open a barrel of salt pork or other meat that would be available out there at that time.

[@TimParis-hh9sw]

What no dog

[@WesternPioneer]

I really do need a dog.

[@TimParis-hh9sw]

Man's best friend

[@Goldie-dw3pd]

I say a couple horses, they actually will work for you. Something to pull the wagon and help plow the fields. Dogs just fetch and eat.😊

[@louisemon]

Was just thinking... that man needs a dog and a horse. 😅❤❤

[@WesternPioneer]

@@louisemon You'll like the next episode then, I had two dogs randomly show up to visit.