5 Minutes to Better Bushcraft Dakota Fire Hole

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morning guys Dave Canterbury with self-reliance outfitters in the pathfinder school today on five minutes to butter bushcraft the Dakota fire hall the first thing we want to do is we want to start with a whole doesn't have to be very big in diameter something around 10 inches 8 10 that just is more than enough we want to dig that hole with nice straight sides all the way down and we can just pull our dirt up around the outside of it just like that needs to be so I don't know foot deep footing half deep foots probably enough ok step 2 is another hole Whittier to that one basically just about a foot back and it's really just a draft hole so it doesn't have to be very big and it's better if that hole is open at the backside like a keyhole fire would be the important thing with this one is that it goes all the way through but that you leave that's shelf in there what you're trying to do is you're trying to create a draft poll in here to get air to the bottom of this fire again you don't want it really blow it you want that hole to come in there even now take your excess dirt and just gonna pack yourself a wall up around the edge of this get yourself a good stable wall there clean anything out of there doesn't need to be there make sure your draft hole is clean and you're ready start fire once you've got your initial fire light set up in there you should be very very easy to light this fire and it shouldn't take long for the draft they start pushing this flame straight up you really won't have to put any fuel above the level of that Dakota fire hole and it's very very fuel-efficient you can already hear the noise of the updraft underneath that fire pushing that heat up making those flames rise so as you can see we've got a very very fuel-efficient quick way of building fire and conserving our fuel to cook food make potable water things of that nature there's a lot of advantages to a fire like this number one it leaves a smaller footprint number two it is easier to clean up after the fact because all you do is bury everything it's nothing on top of the ground so it's less impact on the environment as far as that aspect of it goes and the fact of the matter is it's just a great way to build a very efficient fire if you're trying to just cook some food for a weekend or something like that because there's lots and lots of ways to manipulate this put grates over the top of it and things like that pot cranes to be able to cook your food in a very contained fire area especially if you have an area of fire danger or something like that where you're worried about sparks catching other things on fire anyway that's enough rambling for now I appreciate you guys joining for this quick tip on five minutes to better bushcraft that Dakota fire hole I appreciate your views and your support I appreciate everything you do for our family for our school for our business all of our sponsors instructors affiliates and friends and I'll be back to another video as soon as I can thanks guys