3 Days in the Winter Hot Tent, Wood Stove on Secret Lake | Ice Fishing for Native Brook Trout

Join Jeremy (One Wildcrafter) and I on a return trip to a SECRET LAKE, “Puddle Lake,” we discovered two years ago!!! This time we travel overland by map and compass rather than through the barely navigable creek system. Our efforts are rewarded with fast paced ice fishing action and copious natural brook trout in a hidden glacier carved lake in Northern Ontario which we enjoy all to ourselves.

Jeremy [One Wildcrafter] Overland Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV9uLR2Tz5I

In all, it takes us 5 hours to reach our destination as we traverse snow covered hills, valleys, and brush choked overgrowth pulling our fully loaded Pelican sleds. This is not a trip for the amateur hot tent winter trekker! Find out if I survive falling into freezing cold water as I accidentally fall through the ice! This is a real life survival challenge!

Part 2 (live next Friday): https://youtu.be/gD1MWnK-2BA
Sponsors Used

Pelican Trek 60 Sled: http://www.pelicansport.com/en/products/utility-sleds

Big thanks to Pelican for quickly sending me the sled for this trip! The sled worked really well and endured all the abuse we threw at it.

ABOUT JAY VALENTE – CUSTOM STONE TOOLS!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006082865286

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*NOTE: There are 6 Easter eggs, 3 in part 1 and 3 in part 2 which will be posted next Friday at 10 a.m. EST (See Rules Below) Since you can’t win just watching Part 1, I would recommend you note the Easter Eggs, but keep them a secret!*

CONTEST RULES EASTER EGG HUNT

You must find stuffed all 6 hidden “Easter Eggs.” Let’s test that hunter eye!

1. 3 Easter eggs will be hidden in part 1, and 3 in part 2 (next Friday at 10:00 EST).
2. Find all 6 Easter Eggs with the time stamp in which they appear to win.
3. Jot the Easter egg down with the appropriate time stamp in which it appears into part 2.
4. NO editing comments. Edited comments will be disqualified. Post as many comments as you want, but don’t edit them!
5. Start a new comment (comment replies won’t count)! DON’T reply to your own comment or anyone else’s, I can’t track when they are put in!
6. Don’t drop spoilers or helpers into part 1 unless you want to spoil it for other people (save them for part 2).
7. Winner will be the first to identify and time stamp all 6 including the number of snowshoe hare I snared in the video.
8. Winner will receive a white chert knife made by Jay Valente of Vision Quest Outdoors https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/VisionQuestOutdoors?ref=l2-shopheader-name&section_id=16789271.

Along the way, we snare snowshoe hare, gain experience using a hot tent heated by off grid woodstove and cook goat leg and rack of ribs.

In part 2 of the trip, it turns for the worst with sleet, hail and high winds that drive pelting snow and threaten backdraft of smoke into the tent making conditions much more dire. To make matters worse, snow begins to melt forming never ending puddles into the hot tent.

Find out how we manage on our first ever hot tent adventure and how we deal with the many misshapes. The second day even sees that I pay for not avoiding possible thin ice as I fall through up to my chest.

ABOUT THE PRIZE – WHITE CHERT KNIFE

– Usable blade length is 4 ½ and almost 2 inches at its widest point. Blade is made from white Flint Ridge chert, Nethers Farm in Ohio. Blade is sharp and durable.
– The chert stone was flintknapped and hand-shaped using primitive tools and traditional techniques replicating North American knife artifacts from 9000 years ago.
– Blade is hafted into a Elk antler handle and secured using elk blackstrap sinew and a hide glue mixture. Handle is 5inches long and sits comfortably in the hand.
– Knife is suitable for decorative or historical display, but it was primarily crafted with utility in mind. This knife is meant to be used can be utilized for skinning and butchering game, processing plants, light woodworking, etc. A fully functional general utility knife with a lightly serrated cutting edge.

– Jay from Vision Quest Outdoors sources material from wild sites.
– His work is featured in museums.
– More important, the tools he makes are not founded on modern aesthetics, but rather functionality. These tools are made to be used, not just admired. Having said that, they are a marvel, very beautiful and can easily be put on display.
– You should support Jay and check out his Etsy shop and consider buying some of his tools, they really are very amazing.
– Jay will even take a custom order through Facebook or Etsy.
– You are encouraged to follow Jay on his YouTube channel to get a better understanding of how these tools are crafted and really come to life.

Jeremy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7HUXYD7Ua6zPR384d1ETg
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