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Joe Robinet hangs a shelter frame in his favorite woods

Wolfie joins a two-night camp with grouse fried in bacon grease and plans to return to the same spot.

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2 Night Bushcraft Shelter Build and Camp with my Dog

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0:19Joe introduces his plan for a semi-permanent shelter frame while camping with Wolfie.
2:30Birch bark and a ferro rod get the fire started in a rock pit.
6:10Joe ties the ridge pole between trees with Canadian jam knots, then hangs from it to test it.
9:48The canvas tarp helps Joe measure the shelter before he digs a support hole and retrieves a foundation stone.
16:35Seasoned grouse goes into bacon grease, and Wolfie gets a share of the cooked meat.

Joe Robinet tests his new ridge pole by hanging from it. Before the canvas tarp goes over, the shelter needs to hold up to a little practical scrutiny.

His only upload this week, "2 Night Bushcraft Shelter Build and Camp with my Dog," brings Joe and Wolfie into the autumn woods for building, cooking and staying put. Joe calls it his favorite spot in the world. Dead wood becomes construction material, a lakeshore stone supplies a foundation, and a leopard frog briefly interrupts the work before being released.

Lunch has its own sequence: bacon first, then seasoned, flour-coated grouse fried in the bacon grease, with bites shared with Wolfie. The video has reached roughly 73,000 views and is comfortably the channel's busiest upload right now.

The comments keep returning to the format itself: Joe, a dog, a shelter and time in the woods. Several longtime viewers distinguish these stationary bushcraft camps from his canoe journeys, remembering them as the videos that first brought them to the channel.

Across the channel, daily views are running at nearly five times their usual level, although the subscriber count was unchanged over the week. Farming While Beige is having a much larger week in the surrounding outdoors group; Joe's weekly viewing total sits toward the quieter end of that company.

Behind the new camp, "Top 10 Gear Choices for Canoe Camping," with Kyle, and "THE LAST BROOK TROUT - A Fall Overnight Canoe Camp" remain active draws. But the new shelter is a project rather than a one-off destination: Joe says in the description that he'll be back to the spot soon.

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What viewers say

So happy to see one of these videos. This is what I fell in love with. You, your dog, the woods. It's a recipe that never spoils. I hope you had as much fun as those of us watching!
@cynthia_jarrellSee it on YouTube
Great format! This is what I came to your channel for in the beginning. Don't get me wrong, love the canoe trips but this is where your channel shines!
@erintobler7254See it on YouTube
These bushcraft videos are the reason I started following you years ago. I also enjoy your canoe trip videos, but I love the bushcraft content! Thanks Joe!
@dylanvantienen1268See it on YouTube

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Love the old bushcraft stuff! More, more, more………
@ESSSSSGEEEESee it on YouTube
Thank Joe, we had a nice Sunday afternoon watching this. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
@BCBoatsAndCanoesSee it on YouTube
Those are the kinds of vedios of yours that I really like ..great job..love wolfy
@Dan-o4hSee it on YouTube
what a way to start my morning heck yeah!!
@cyrx444See it on YouTube
This was AWESOME!!! I have so missed these types of videos! Glad to see they are back!
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