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Woodland Scout around Camp

Description

Sophie and I go scouting just as rain arrives in camp.

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Video Transcription

[Music]

okay that's my coffee we'll go for a walk yeah where'd you find do you have it right now let me see that's the dear one Wow

it's the leg of a deer well part of it of course and you know we're not sure what that one is red red yeah but we don't know what animal we don't know it's too small to be a deer but too big for Fisher

you don't have any isn't it's not enough water for it to be beaver yeah alright so just clean this up right here look like it better this are you ready to go for your walk yes okay that was it sure all right you know maybe that's cool our there you go let's keep an eye out for something stuff like special things like bones and think that unusual mm-hmm beautiful rocks and stuff go for a little walk

sure maybe seven there I am let's go for a scout daddy and daughter venture may have a snack oh thank you [Music]

huh

you're wonderful daddy for the road is the dirt road it was further up oh no I'm not sure on your knee you fell further up

oh yeah that's why I fell in that little money straight okay yeah that's pretty huh

so beautiful

[Applause]

that's easy

I'm alone right mom No

yeah let's go further into the forest whoo what sorrow yep lemony goodness yep looks like a little hearts what's wrong not so good oh yeah I love that song find some quartz new rocks [Music]

well we'll keep the here right next to camp I know that rock is we'll see if we find anything better let's head down this dirt path dirt road in the woods it's great spot of woods there's hugely varied terrain lots of peaks hills and valleys there's like a ravine channel water down there a lot of nice rocks no croppings oh ho Boulder of moss sure is uh almost Partridge berries with Tony Avella Partridge berry the berries grow on the end sounds can have a double terminal berry no wait part just the end yeah yeah it's not that I think that's kind of a clean flavor it's a whole bunch of the Partridge berry over here there's some more right there so see how it's like a crawling vine and it has simple opposite leaves yep but it's gonna have a double you're right don't be the camera operator good job yep

hey Sophie what are these tall dark stock so we just walk past what's all this stuff

tall dark socks really tall okay so where does cat tail like to grow is this growing in water yep so it's probably not cat tail now it seems to have a bunch of dead flowers on the top I do has a bunch of leaf scars on it yep mullein we call those hand drills to make a fire with huh it's crazy they're really tall yep really good for making fire kids

yeah you should be wearing your boots right now are you feet getting wet inside your shoes okay look look at this right next to those socks you see it you know what that is obviously right what this yep yeah that's so the Molen leave nice that's what the stock rose out of yep right next to them they're literally right here oh there you go find something special for mummy huh yeah that's amore mo on the beginning takes the leaves first the first year second year it grows the stock yep careful you don't touch so many leaves poison ivy looks like we got some this is where the water comes through the water channel flowing right through looks like a beaver dam sort of yeah we saw one on the way here you picked it right up I'm driving yeah that was great where was that I forget what's this going mini-money to room pretty cool huh very cool pretty cool so mad a beautiful orange yes a lovely orange but I want to see how fast it can be yeah

[Applause]

spots are so bright they're amazing delicate alliance going to us back we will define a nice rock The Mummy here

[Music]

that's such a shiny smooth surface just in the middle yeah rough on the back perfect luck for mum perfect Rocklahoma why my clothes left I always say we go back to camp eat a snack and then pack up okay let's go back to camp a different way because we can camps right there yeah bottom of the hill

okay all right step on the next rock there you go yeah sounds like a trap exactly crazy trap huh let's go down here I was holding on to you sir nothing happened yes at least we tried [Music]

no yeah she's a little path straight ahead

probably a deer path hey let's uh let's pass these logs and then take a hard left okay go left hey hey that way that way maybe I should walk in front of you come on follow me she does bring it hold my hand follow me come on go my way a little bit maybe I'll be hurt us [Music]

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About the Author

NativeSurvival

NativeSurvival

Mitch is a Wilderness Living Skills Instructor, he has been featured on The History Channel's program "ALONE" and written articles for Outdoor Magazines; he owns and operates The Native Survival School which provides woodland living and survival classes, as well as offering quality outdoor gear he's designed. Defintely, he is a master at bushcraft's techniques.

You can find all his videos on his YouTube channel.

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