A survival expert who lives in western Kentucky has been keeping busy despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keith Syers, who appeared on History Channel’s Season 7 ‘Alone’ survival series, recently filmed a video ‘Cur Dogs & Flintlocks’, and had one of his homemade survival tools featured in the latest issue of Backwoodsman magazine.
Syers says the Mountain Cur dog is the perfect farm animal which is in his black and white video.
click to download audioSyers also says he was surprised when he was contacted by Backwoodsman magazine asking him to write an article about a do-it-yourself project involving a simple handmade ax.
click to download audioSyers has over 30-years in the field and is an accomplished primitive hunter and trapper as well as an amateur blacksmith, bowyer, and flintknapper. He also teaches classes on how to hunt and trap, as well as survival techniques.
After being on the History Channel’s survival series in the arctic, Syers says there are days his life seems surreal.
click to download audioSyers and his wife, Jen own a 40-acre homestead in Webster County and operate Ramshackle Homestead Survival. He is a frequent guest and 0utdoor survival and hunting expert on WPKY’s Coffee Talk. His former appearances on the show can be found on our website at wpkyonline.com. For more information, tutorials, and videos about homesteading and survival, visit their Facebook page Ramshackle Homestead.
Keith Syers, who appeared on History Channel’s Season 7 ‘Alone’ survival series, recently filmed a video ‘Cur Dogs & Flintlocks’, and had one of his homemade survival tools featured in the latest issue of Backwoodsman magazine.
Syers says the Mountain Cur dog is the perfect farm animal which is in his black and white video.
click to download audioSyers also says he was surprised when he was contacted by Backwoodsman magazine asking him to write an article about a do-it-yourself project involving a simple handmade ax.
click to download audioSyers has over 30-years in the field and is an accomplished primitive hunter and trapper as well as an amateur blacksmith, bowyer, and flintknapper. He also teaches classes on how to hunt and trap, as well as survival techniques.
After being on the History Channel’s survival series in the arctic, Syers says there are days his life seems surreal.
click to download audioSyers and his wife, Jen own a 40-acre homestead in Webster County and operate Ramshackle Homestead Survival. He is a frequent guest and 0utdoor survival and hunting expert on WPKY’s Coffee Talk. His former appearances on the show can be found on our website at wpkyonline.com. For more information, tutorials, and videos about homesteading and survival, visit their Facebook page Ramshackle Homestead.
