shelter

[Ryleyboy]

If anyone has quick shelter tips on how to build a dependable shelter that will keep me dry, prevent animals coming in and allows enough space to move inside.

[Bibow]

well nothings really going to stop an animal from coming into your house if an animal really wants in it will get in by move in im guessing you mean not being to cramped and by saying you want to be dry i'm guessing you don't want to be wet but i don't know how long you'd stay there or how much effort you would want to put into building it.you could make a quick lean to with three and a half walls or a lean to with one wall or you could make a log cabin or maybe a quicker
cabin with vertical logs instead of horizontal.

[Rick]

The quickest way I know of is to lock the door. Try the search feature. There's a lot of info on shelters already posted.

[Ryleyboy]

i have heard that ppl when they get lost and build a shelter the carry fish hooks and hang them infront of the entrance os if a animal trys to get in it gets hooked and leaves,, does this really work

[canid]

that sounds like a great way to loose your fish hooks, if you actually have animals that will try to enter your shelter.

generally this only comes up in areas where animals are accustomed to getting food from humans and when the human makes it obvious he/she has food in the shelter.

if you keep yourself washed, don't eat where you sleep, don't store your food where you sleep you'll never have a problem.

[canid]

worse yet if you're as groggy when you wake up as i am.

[Ryleyboy]

thats true..

[Rick]

Try this.

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp5.php

[Ryleyboy]

thanks rick.. i never went to those links on the home page. but now i know were to look..

[snakeman]

The brush shelter is probably the easiest and safest to build besides a natural shelter. A fire will keep animals at bay. I like tto build a lean to off of a fallen tree( roots or the trunk if its big enough.) The link that rick posted has a lot of good shelters.

[Rick]

I've heard of a lot of folks making shelters out of downed trees and I think Les even did it in one of his episodes. Every downed tree that I've seen always manages to have a burrow under it. NOT where I'm going to be sleeping.

[Beo]

Why not Rick the critter would keep you warm and comfy at night

[Rick]

Well, it would get my blood pumping. That's for sure.

[JoelD311]

How do you make a shelter that keeps you dry without a plastics or a parachute? Water leaks through the leaves in a regular lean to so do yall have any ideas on this or a link that doesn't include plastics or a parachute?

Joel

[crashdive123]

Keep adding layers JoelD. Think about a big pile of dead leaves in a rain storm. If you dig to the bottom of the pile, the leaves are dry. Same goes with a shelter. Keep adding layers of material (debris).

How about heading over to the introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself. Thanks.

[pgvoutdoors]

How do you make a shelter that keeps you dry without a plastics or a parachute? Water leaks through the leaves in a regular lean to so do yall have any ideas on this or a link that doesn't include plastics or a parachute?

Two things will keep your shelter dry when using natural materials; overlap/layer your materials plus have a rather steep pitch to the roof. Let gravity work for you by forcing the water droplets down along the debris to the ground. The steeper the pitch of the roof the better.

When selecting roof materials, choose long leaf and fuller materials. Two very good materials are Cattail or Reads that grow along side bodies of water. Corn stocks work very good as well. Bundle them together and layer them with the tips down to make your roof and walls. With tight bundles and a good pitch to your roof you will stay nice and dry.

[owl_girl]

How do you make a shelter that keeps you dry without a plastics or a parachute? Water leaks through the leaves in a regular lean to so do yall have any ideas on this or a link that doesn't include plastics or a parachute?

Joel

Big sheets of birch bark overlaped will do it good.

[snakeman]

pine and evergreen boughs also work good when the branches are pointing down to shed water better as well as ferns and palmetto leaves if you hav any.

[flandersander]

I think the best thing, would be to not get lost. Not always an option, but the best choice. lol. But seriously. I like using cattails.

[wareagle69]

i like debris huts two to three foot thick walls of,....well...debris if you are in a decidous forest but ifn in a pine then use lots of evergreen boughs but must make them like shingles ie overlapping so the water sheds down