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cut down a pine tree (so it is on its side but not all the way on the ground ie still half attached to the stump) and then cut out the branches on the bottom till you fit inside the cavity and line with an emergency blanket. nice and warm and cozy. easy to if you have a good sized axe. you may even be able to fit a buddy.
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I have not thought of cutting down a tree to make a shelter, I knew about
finding a downed tree to make a shelter.
I wonder what method, to use to select the best sized or type of tree
to cut down and what height to cut at? I guess you would want the thick
boughs to start high and then go low? I have a cold steel shovel so
I could cut down a tree fairly quickly.
What would be really neat is to make your fire bed FIRST then cut down
the tree over this. If the tree is not too big you could move into place if
off position when it fell.
Dan