How do you make a fire in the wilderness?

Ok i know how to make a fire in the wilderness but how come mine isnt working i went outside in my backgarden got 2 sticks cut a big hole in one and surrounded it with dry straw and rub the other stick with both my hands

what am i doing wrongHow do you make a fire in the wilderness?
Fire-Plow

The fire-plow is a friction method of ignition. You rub a hardwood shaft against a softer wood base. To use this method, cut a straight groove in the base and plow the blunt tip of the shaft up and down the groove. The plowing action of the shaft pushes out small particles of wood fibers. Then, as you apply more pressure on each stroke, the friction ignites the wood particles.

Bow and Drill

The technique of starting a fire with a bow and drill is simple, but you must exert much effort and be persistent to produce a fire. You need the following items to use this method:

Socket. The socket is an easily grasped stone or piece of hardwood or bone with a slight depression in one side. Use it to hold the drill in place and to apply downward pressure.

Drill. The drill should be a straight, seasoned hardwood stick about 2 centimeters in diameter and 25 centimeters long. The top end is round and the low end blunt (to produce more friction).

Fire board. Its size is up to you. A seasoned softwood board about 2.5 centimeters thick and 10 centimeters wide is preferable. Cut a depression about 2 centimeters from the edge on one side of the board. On the underside, make a V-shaped cut from the edge of the board to the depression.

Bow. The bow is a resilient, green stick about 2.5 centimeters in diameter and a string. The type of wood is not important. The bowstring can be any type of cordage. You tie the bowstring from one end of the bow to the other, without any slack.

To use the bow and drill, first prepare the fire lay. Then place a bundle of tinder under the V-shaped cut in the fire board. Place one foot on the fire board. Loop the bowstring over the drill and place the drill in the precut depression on the fire board. Place the socket, held in one hand, on the top of the drill to hold it in position. Press down on the drill and saw the bow back and forth to twirl the drill. Once you have established a smooth motion, apply more downward pressure and work the bow faster. This action will grind hot black powder into the tinder, causing a spark to catch. Blow on the tinder until it ignites.
use a match.How do you make a fire in the wilderness?
You can learn this from a good Scout Leader, Girl or Boy Scouts. Or you can go to some scouting pages and see what they teach. I recommend using a flint to spark your tinder first.



But starting it isn't your only concern, maintaining, and putting it out are. There is a whole lot more to it than getting a flame. Anyone can start a fire, but did you prepare properly? Are you going to be able to keep it under control? Will you scorch the ground or did you use an existing pit or build one up yourself? Look at REIs webpage on fire-building and Leave No Trace to get more info.



By the way flints are found in nature so its not cheating and it will amaze you when you figure out how to do it.
Making fire with rubbing two sticks together using friction is no piece of cake, if you let up for even a few seconds to rest, you lost it. Bring matches, or a couple of lighter with you whenever you anticipate going into the wilderness.
waterproof strike on anything matches!!
You should get a tinderbox.
Are the sticks of very dry dead wood (any sign of green means you have no chance)



It takes a lot of friction to make the sticks heat up so it might be easier if you take a shoelace and make a bow (as in bow and arrow).



twist your stick into the string so you can use the bow like a saw to turn your stick .



hold the top of your stick with a stone so you can keep constant pressure on it , and saw away .
a box of matches or a lighter
Ha ha, how cute! Ever heard of a lighter? It's not that hard to take it with you into any forest.
Cowboys used a piece of metal that looks something like brass knuckles - A piece of rope and a flint rock. The piece of metal has cross hatch marks on the outside. A metal file will work. unravel some rope and make a nest out of it. The old style rope. Strike the flint rock against the file so that the hot pieces land in the rope nest . blow on it to get it going You must have a pile of little twigs ready. Please be careful with FIRE you know but I have to say it anyway Always make sure your fire is OUT before you leave no hot coals Be careful have fun leave only footprints take only pictures

Happy Caving Carroll



I use a jet Boil stove to cook with while camping
well you can use the bow and drill method.
whats the dry straw for?

all you do is take 4 pieces of wood.

1. long bendy stick about 3 feet long which you form into a bow with string.

2. a flat piece of wood with a shallow circular hole cut in it.(not all the way through)

3. a flat piece of wood similar to 2 but with a deeper narrower hole.

4. a round piece of stick that is blunt at one end and pointed at the other.

now put part 2 on the ground and put your foot on it.

then take your bow (1) and twist (3) into it

putting the blunted end of (3) intio the hole in (2) you take piece (4) and put the pointed end in the hole.

using your leg to keep steady push down on the top of you spindle and start bowin

smooth at first then quicker and it will soon begin to smoke.

then you remove the bottom piece and cut a notch in it (about a tenth of the circle)

then begin to bow again.

soon it will smoke and dust will begin to fill the notch.

once full and smouldering carefully add it to your tinder(dry grass, birch bark, cotton ball)

and blow on it.

best of luck and keep practising.
Hand`s won`t do it.Make a bow from a branch.Rip a piece of clothe from you`re garment and make a slim cord.Tie this to bow as if to make an indian shooting bow.Next ,make a twist around the straight stick you plan to use with center of cord.Hold stick at top with small rock,using pressure,then begin a sawing motion with the bow.This will spin fast enough to cause enough friction to start the fire.The best way is to keep a 9 volt battery(little square one) with some steel wool handy.Touch them together at point of battery contact`s and you have fire.
Ever hear of matches?



If your question is how to make a fire without matches. Try a different method.

1) Find flint, either natural or ought from store. A steel (knife or other) struck on the flint produces sparks that can set fire to tinder (dry wood shavings, leaves or grass).

2) By friction, you need to make friction. That is hard for most.

Try it by making a bow. Tie a taut string to the ends of a stick so it doesn;t get loose (notch the stick end). Cross a straight stick to the bow and twist the string around the stick in a loop. Moving the box will mow twist the stick. Hold the stick in a dry log surrounded by tinder. How the top of stick down with a stone or wood with a notch. Use pressure to puch the turning stick down. The twist and pressure makes friction over a minute or two and it is easier for you to twist it. When the fristion smokes a lot. Be sure the tinder is burning and add sticks when it does. WHen the sticks burn, add larger wood then logs to burn.



Be sure the fire area is clear and surrounded by stones or a fire break so the woods don;t burn. Don;t start fires in dry fire hazard areas
If you're planning a trip into the wilderness, for day hiking or backpacking, you should personally carry a lighter or waterproof matches, and an emergency magnesium fire starter (among other things). This is basic survival equipment. If you can't afford it, don't know where to get it, or aren't allowed to have it, then you simply must not go hiking.



The method you describe for starting a fire, as seen in "Cast Away" probably won't work in real life, and would result in a hand full of blisters. The method used in Outward Bound programs as seen in that "Brat Camp" reality TV show is to use one's shoelace as a bow, wrapped around a stick held by a carved top hand block of wood, with a carved board underneath, plenty of tinder, and lots of smoky blowing when an ember is finally formed. I haven't tried that myself, but it looks like it works for them time and again.
make sure your uesing the right wood (bow chca bow wow) my creds 2 church
This method takes a long time and you need the right kind of wood and tinder and a small hole in the timber and a pointed end on one stick and a bow contraption with string wrapped around your turning stick to increase it's spinning speed and even then it takes ages !
use a match or lighter works easier we have gone past those days
Take matches and use dry wood. Start with dry leaves/small twigs and gradually increase the size of the twigs until the fire is going well.
Just because you have two sticks doesn't mean you'll start a fire! You need to cause enough friction between the sticks to raise the temperature of your tinder above its ignition point. The bottom stick should be a flat piece of wood perhaps 3 inches wide by 12 inches long with a small, round depression carved into the center, while the second piece should be about fifteen inches or more long and 3/4 inch diameter, with the lower one inch carved to a blunt point. Put the pointed end into the depression and turn the round stick with your flat palms as hard and as quickly as you can to generate heat. You'll begin to see smoke when friction begins to heat the blunt, pointed end. Place the tinder next to the stick at this point, with a small piece of the tinder UNDER the stick and continue to turn it as hard as you can.