3 days solo bushcraft trip - canvas tarp, featherstiks, ajustable pothanger, roasted chicken etc

Solo bushcraft trip with a canvas tarp. Reed deer mating season, making ajustable pothanger, making soup and roasting a hole chicken over the campfire etc. Open the full video description for more information.

----------------------------

Date: September 2025

Day: 18°C (64.4°F)
Night: 10°C (50°F)

Hours of daylight = 13

Location: Scandinavia, west Denmark - sea, spruce/pine and hardwood forrest. Some of the most remote in Denmark, but limited how remote it can get. A lot of birds and deers etc. No bears, only a few wolves. You need to be the owner or get the owners permission if you want to do similar bushcraft trips in Denmark.

_________________

Consuming:

Water and spruce tea.
Soup (bacon, potatos, onions, garlic, salt).
Chicken with salt cooked over the campfire.

_________________

A few questions:

1. Who made the tarp?
Tschum in Germany. I am using an early prototype - here is the final version https://tschum.de/en/tarp156x300.html

2. What type of axe are you using?
Karelian axe. Homemade - C45 steel and ash handle. 900 grams (including the handle), 8cm cutting edge, 55cm handle, 16.5cm from pole to cutting edge.

3. What type of knife are you using?
A classic nordic knife, offen referred to by the finnish name "Puukko". Homemade - spring steel and birch burl handle. Here is how I made it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKF7oDsugYc&t=713s

4. How long does it take to cook a hole chiken over a camp fire like that?
About 2 hours.

5. Why do you sometimes hit with the side of the axe instead of the poll?
Keeps the cutting edge away from you're face and the larger surface area makes you less likely to miss. I usually only use the side of the axe in the beginning (when things can be unstable and or I don't need to hit hard).

6. What is you're kuksa/drinking cop made from?
Birch burl. Homemade.

7. Can I buy an axe, knife etc. from you?
No.

8. Do you hunt?
No - all food is from a local store. I only fish and gather mushrooms.

9. How do you store/prevent the chicken from going bad?
Just kept it in a plastic bag under wet moss on the ground in the shade.

10. How long was the trip? And how did you get there?
The video shows 3 days. The trip has so far been one week. The plan is four weeks in total. I did get here on a Bullitt cargo bike.

11. What did you use for making the fire?
Ferro rod and featherstiks.

12. What made the hole in the fallen tree?
Woodpecker.

13. What aninimal are making the noises doing the night/early morning?
Red deer mating call. A lot of red deer in this forest area.

14. What roots did you use as cord?
Spruce roots. Relatively strong and flexible when fresh/wet.

15. In the previus 3 videos was you traveling in Sweden - how long was the trip and how far did you travel?
3 months and I did travel about 2500km on a Bullitt cargo bike (From Denmark to Jämtlands län and back to Denmark). Great trip.

16. What did you use on the boots?
Leather grease made by “Silver”. But most work just fine just remember to spend a few minutes working the grease into the leather.

17. What if I have a question that is not included in this video description?
Consider leaving a comment - I read all comments made within the first few days of a new uploade.

_________________

Some of the gear used in the video:

Tarp = Tschum
Cuting tools = homemade
Boots = Lundhags Forest
Pants = Klättermusen Gere 2.0
Shirt = Aclima granddad
Hoodie = Aclima terry
Backpack = Eberlestock Mainframe f1
Sleeping bag = Carinthia Defence 4
Cooking pot = Pathfinder Bushpot 4L

_________________

Video gear:

Nikon Z30
Nikon 24mm 1.7
Røde videomic NTG
Macbook 2011
iMovie