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5 Survival Habits That Could Save Your Life (Practice These Every Week)
Most people couldn't survive 24 hours in the wilderness because they never practice the basics. These 5 survival habits take just minutes a week to practice and could one day save your life. Are you ready?

Jason Salyer with ON3 Survival and Preparedness. I've spent decades testing survival skills, bushcraft, camping, and preparedness in real-world conditions. My mission is to help everyday men and women become more capable, confident, and prepared without fear or expensive gear.

In this video, I cover five survival habits every outdoorsman, prepper, hiker, hunter, camper, and self-reliant family should master. These simple skills build confidence, create muscle memory, and prepare you for emergencies when equipment fails, weather changes, or you're forced to rely on yourself.

You'll learn how to improve:

• Fire starting with lighters, ferro rods, flint and steel, natural tinder, and emergency fire kits.

• Emergency shelter building using ponchos, tarps, lean-tos, and natural materials.

• Navigation with a map, compass, GPS, and natural navigation techniques when technology fails.

• Wilderness mobility so you can safely move through rough terrain without injury.

• Finding, filtering, and purifying water in the backcountry.

Preparedness isn't about living in fear. It's about developing practical skills that make you harder to kill, more capable outdoors, and better prepared to protect yourself and your family.

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*Chapters*

00:00 Most People Never Practice These Survival Habits
00:42 Survival Habit #1 Fire Starting Skills
02:58 Build a Fire Kit You Can Carry Every Day
05:56 Survival Habit #2 Emergency Shelter Building
09:12 Survival Habit #3 Navigation Without GPS
12:30 Don't Trust Technology Alone
13:14 Survival Habit #4 Wilderness Mobility
15:20 Survival Habit #5 Finding & Purifying Water
16:58 Grayl Water Filter Demonstration
19:15 Learn Your Local Water Sources
20:55 What Survival Habits Do You Practice?
21:15 Subscribe for Weekly Survival Skills

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20 Comments

@chrissewell1608 2 months ago

I noticed the ferns growing next to your mountain spring. Ferns are a good indicator of water near by. They thrive on water in the summer time! So, seeing that growing in the woods Could save your life, when hunting for ground water or creeks!

@kentgreenough75 2 months ago

I might add a sixth point with your permission. Clothing. Always dress for the day you have and the night you might have. It is only one or two extra items in your pack and remember, night always follows day. From Finland, thanks for another great video!

@chrissewell1608 2 months ago

+ 10 Expierence Points, for Bush Kitty! 😺👍

@rudolphbourget9910 2 months ago

A word on compasses - I was bushwacking with a friend. We each had a compass and followed a 90 degree bearing for nearly an hour until we ended up back on the same trail we had started on. We had done a semicircle while the compasses were still pointing "east". The lesson of that day was that compasses can, for whatever reason, be wrong. We ended up using the sun to work our way back to the trailhead.

@rudolphbourget9910 2 months ago

My emergency space blanket is not as efficient as a poncho, but combined with a debris shelter it gives me the water-proofing that I need. Best of all, it is flat, compact and fits into a pocket.

@randyblalock1653 2 months ago

Don't forget about the analog watch trick for basic navigation to find your bearings. That's if you wear a watch.

@miken7629 2 months ago

Wolves and dogs sleep together to share body warmth. A really cold night is a 3 Dog Night because it takes sleeping with 3 dogs to stay warm.

@JerryAdams-g8u 2 months ago

Making a digging stick and making a small drain trench uphill from your shelter makes a world of difference.

@Aikibiker1 2 months ago

My backup fire kit is a credit card sized fresnel lens in my wallet with a couple guitar picks stuck in the plastic sleeve with the lens. Ignition source and tinder in one very thin package.

Primary is a bic lighter in my pocket with a peanut lighter on my key chain.

@shadowband70 2 months ago

Bush Cat's taking down Deer?? 😁 Respect 🫡👌

@RichardArnold-zm5bt 2 months ago

HELLO from southern California (Riverside). I like watching your channel; it reminds me of when, as I was growing up, those simple things my dad and the Boy Scouts would drill in our heads on campouts. I have a million excuses for not doing what you communicated, which is to practice and train. I will say knowing how to is very different from reading how. For several years now, I have tried to reestablish some lost skills, and lost fitness. I do my best. My five things .. to be honest, I don't have five as you covered them. My biggest takeaway and biggest priority is my fitness. At 63, I need to move more, as movement is life in most emergency situations. Love the channel keep it up.

@applen.ginger8489 1 month ago

That’s a fancy bush cat! Love it 😻 Great video.

@MCGOOGLEZ 2 months ago

How we doing? From Midwest. Pre hydrating, always have dry food like snacks or granola bars, spare socks and anti chaff products. Mosquito net for the face and carrying water. I like redundancies. Water and water filter with a nalgene and spare bottles. Ive got lighters, ferro rod, pencils for wet fite starting. Protection from cold and wet, i like my ponchos too. Booboo kits chapsticks other medical stuff. Hand protection. I always where practical footwear. I always make sure my gear is maintained or replaced, i always carry spares in case its lost or breaks or doesnt work well in that environment. Thanks for the video. See you next time.

@Prepare2Prosper 2 months ago

A while back you made a short were you set up your poncho when you were still where are you at. I would love to see that again so i can practice it.

@dougbotimer8005 2 months ago

Good video and skills list. The additional survival skill I grew up using, and still I use all the time, is observing the weather. Not just paying attention to weather reports, but watching the sky, learning cloud types, to get a little warning of weather changes.

@heathmarcum5390 4 days ago

Tip for someone who doesnt want to buy a card. Take a drinking straw cut it to 1-2 inch lengths, stuff pieces of vaseline filled cotton balls into it using something pointy like a ink pen, squeeze the ends with pliars and melt it using a lighter. When u need it cut the ends off with a knife and you have instant tender

@ConnieShearer-g1m 2 months ago

Ahhhh….. The classics! Can’t go wrong with a classic!
Bush-kitty really knows to dress for cold weather!
I guess I’m gonna have to break down and order some Wazoo fire cards.