15 Things You Can Make From a Deer: How to use the whole animal!

Are you a hunter or do you like learning ancestral and traditional skills? Want to learn to use every part of the deer? Meat is just one part of the animal. This video is an excerpt from our ONLINE HIDE TANNING COURSE, a comprehensive guide that will teach you everything you want to know.
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Our 15 Ways to Use the Whole Deer video will show you how to use:
* Bones
* Antlers
* Sinew
* Rawhide
* Buckskin
Get inspiration to make bone tools, parfleche, snow sunglasses and other primitive tools and accessories.
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  • @michaelcrider8413
    @michaelcrider84133 жыл бұрын

    The fact that its 11:25pm and i purposely searched for this type of video just assures me that i'm a strange person. Stay weird yall...

  • @FunnyFarmCountryBoy

    @FunnyFarmCountryBoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I will lol

  • @WhiskeyTango1911

    @WhiskeyTango1911

    3 ай бұрын

    10:46pm here lol will surely remain weird forever..

  • @AdisiTaliWaya
    @AdisiTaliWaya2 жыл бұрын

    Those goggles are to prevent snow blindness so the glare on the snow would not blind them. They would rub charcoal on the inside of them or sometimes over their eyes before putting them on. My comanche people would make parfleches. To make our rawhide we would take the hide and rub wood ash into the hair then fold it up with the ash and hair inside and the fleshy part outside. We then would burry it for two weeks then dig it up and take it to a stream. As soon as the water would hit it the hair would all slide off. After that we would stretch it till it was dry. To keep parfleches dry in wet climates covering it with beeswax will keep it from becoming wet and soggy. During rainy or wet days most of us would stay in doors so our things didn't get wet much unless we really had to go out in the dampness. Also most artificial sinew is made from plant fibers that are waxed. Real sinew works better and easer to use after chewing on it and breaking down the fibers first. Those moccasins are the same style that my Tsalagi - cherokee people would wear. With the center seam up over the toes. Ours would come up a little bit higher over the ankles with pointed flaps on both sides. If you boil down the dear toes you can also mix it with hide scrapings and crushed egg shells to make Hide Glue.

  • @Aethelvlad

    @Aethelvlad

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro dropping pure knowledge. Thanks man.

  • @AdisiTaliWaya

    @AdisiTaliWaya

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Aethelvlad Your quite welcome.

  • @star64blanket
    @star64blanket4 жыл бұрын

    I completely agree with you and all the beautiful gifts from the deer! Thank you for honoring them the way you do.

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the love

  • @hillbillyheart217
    @hillbillyheart217 Жыл бұрын

    From an Appalachian and Cherokee...kinda work the sinew threads in your mouth and they’ll break less often. I chew one while sewing with the previous lol.

  • @gaydoyle810
    @gaydoyle8102 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video! We are a hunting family and use our harvest for meals. So it's very cool to see that other things could be made from the other parts of the deer. I loved the hollowed out antler for saving my grandsons baby teeth! I need to make some buttons and will start to harvest the deer toes. Saving some deer tails to use in my decor as tassels. Great ideas!

  • @isaiahglynn3622
    @isaiahglynn3622 Жыл бұрын

    As a leather craftsman and bush Craftsman, I really enjoy learning more things that will help me live in the woods.

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @TaylorsAuthenticTraditions
    @TaylorsAuthenticTraditions Жыл бұрын

    Shiyo! Excellent presentation! Beautiful work. That packbasket is absolutely phenomenal! Would love to see more of it, especially how the strapping system was made! Sgi!

  • @davidblunt3501
    @davidblunt3501 Жыл бұрын

    Dang Lady you intrigue the heck out this ol man (75) It's sooo nice to see a young personinterested in the old ways God Bless

  • @HomegrownHandgathered
    @HomegrownHandgathered2 жыл бұрын

    Great inspiration here! That basket pack is incredible btw

  • @fouroakscrafts7240
    @fouroakscrafts72402 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Thanks for sharing so many other uses for deer.

  • @blakes9771
    @blakes97712 жыл бұрын

    I use antler to make tools for flint knapping. Base of the antler for Boppers and the tips for pressure flakers

  • @garrybailey7939
    @garrybailey7939 Жыл бұрын

    I have always enjoyed Buck skinny an primitive ways. A rewarding simple life.

  • @zappbrannigan4170
    @zappbrannigan4170 Жыл бұрын

    Underrated channel.

  • @livwyr1967
    @livwyr1967 Жыл бұрын

    Ive always loved Southern Appalachian Mountains....Very cool Video

  • @livwyr1967
    @livwyr19672 жыл бұрын

    Really love watching your Classes and Info ....

  • @YankeeWoodcraft
    @YankeeWoodcraft Жыл бұрын

    Thou art awesome! I'm about to share this with my 60,000 members Facebook group(s)!

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    Жыл бұрын

    great! thanks!

  • @carnivorecaveman
    @carnivorecaveman Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! Thank you very much!

  • @changeless
    @changeless10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for passing on your knowledge to us!

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @johnlockeac7288
    @johnlockeac72882 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome! you should have WAY more subscribers!

  • @timhughes5939
    @timhughes59396 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed your video really appreciate how you honor the deers life by not wasting any parts

  • @ambermartin1117
    @ambermartin1117 Жыл бұрын

    That is so cool , thanks for sharing !!

  • @sgsnowhiker
    @sgsnowhiker Жыл бұрын

    thank you very much, great information.

  • @deeganclaflin977
    @deeganclaflin9773 жыл бұрын

    I was in my back yard and I found a antler and looked for stuff to do🤣

  • @tedpreston4155

    @tedpreston4155

    2 жыл бұрын

    They shed their antlers in my yard too. Sadly, they tend to destroy small trees while trying to rub the antlers off!

  • @slugoo6474

    @slugoo6474

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tedpreston4155 they shed antlers in March and april. The tree destruction is during the rut, typically November. Unrelated.

  • @johnscruggs7942
    @johnscruggs79423 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel what to say. WOW.

  • @TedHouk
    @TedHouk9 ай бұрын

    Fascia! Thx for your knowledge. Dry freeze or salt brain tan. My MD UWSoM’89

  • @snakesonaframe2668
    @snakesonaframe2668 Жыл бұрын

    Can someone point me in the direction of where I can find how to properly process the parts mentioned in the video? Like yes I know sinew is useful, but I have no idea how to properly harvest it from the deer, and what needs to be done to it afterwards to make it usable and where it won’t rot when I store it. I’d also like to learn how to process hides.

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    Жыл бұрын

    We'd love to have you join our in person hide tanning class! www.wildabundance.net/in-person-classes/class-on-tanning-hides/

  • @johnblack9952
    @johnblack99522 жыл бұрын

    You have the absolute cutest little grin

  • @tedpreston4155

    @tedpreston4155

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's her expressive eyes that make that grin stand out! Not the value of a lady is in her looks, of course. But I have to admit that an outdoorswoman with um, "well-used" fingernails and no makeup is more attractive than a dozen supermodels! Thanks for the video! My favorite item made from deer antler is my cannabis pipe! 😮

  • @johnblack9952

    @johnblack9952

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly my friend!

  • @simonphoenix3789
    @simonphoenix3789 Жыл бұрын

    The big advantage of real sinew is that as it dries, it shrinks, and you don't even need to tie a knot when wrapping something. It sticks to itself and pulls together as it dries, making a tight wrapping that is almost impervious to everything- except moisture.

  • @waslostnowfound
    @waslostnowfound2 жыл бұрын

    I think I'm in love lmao 🤣

  • @austinvickymoore3656
    @austinvickymoore36565 ай бұрын

    I was wondering if a hat would be possible? Like a bush hat style or even a cowboy hat... be an interesting test

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    5 ай бұрын

    Definitely a fun idea, let us know if you try it!

  • @timothygenaw2199
    @timothygenaw21993 жыл бұрын

    I had a random thought, wondering what our ancestors did with deer hide. Now I found this video.

  • @middleway1885
    @middleway1885 Жыл бұрын

    Yum

  • @4of333
    @4of3339 ай бұрын

    Soap!!! Soap is one!

  • @callofthewillman4469
    @callofthewillman44692 жыл бұрын

    😻 🦌

  • @wdtaut5650
    @wdtaut56502 жыл бұрын

    11:18 "These are deer toes." I'll bet they are actually deer toe nails. Elk teeth are often used for decoration and rattles. Does anyone know whether there is a use for whitetail teeth?

  • @HoosierHmstrdr94

    @HoosierHmstrdr94

    2 жыл бұрын

    I heard of a man that made a set of dentures out of the deer's teeth. Then, he used the dentures to eat the deer with his own teeth. Weird, but genius at the same time!

  • @HoosierHmstrdr94

    @HoosierHmstrdr94

    2 жыл бұрын

    And also, those really are deer toes. Deer have split hooves, not toenails.

  • @cowboyroy1961
    @cowboyroy1961 Жыл бұрын

    Hey!! I just found your channel! Earthskills!!! How are you?

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for commenting!

  • @pinholescantnomoe3032
    @pinholescantnomoe3032 Жыл бұрын

    This woman is my mom if she took one too many hits of LSD and didn't come back from the trip

  • @pinholescantnomoe3032

    @pinholescantnomoe3032

    Жыл бұрын

    No disrespect. She is very free spirit and the definition of love in the flesh

  • @soranightstorm9262
    @soranightstorm926210 ай бұрын

    Can't you make the Y section of the deer antler like a thumb stick?

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    9 ай бұрын

    Hi there, I am not sure what you mean by thumb stick. Thanks for watching!

  • @johnjude2685
    @johnjude2685 Жыл бұрын

    Cherokee is Parr of mom's family tree.also English and German for the most

  • @TheManic.5-OH
    @TheManic.5-OH Жыл бұрын

    You lost me when you tried explaining 'sparring' 🤣

  • @yellowhumanearthlover608
    @yellowhumanearthlover608 Жыл бұрын

    I love your sharing! Thank you sistar !

  • @julieingersoll9793
    @julieingersoll9793 Жыл бұрын

    How do you harvest the deer “toes”?

  • @precicorona6586
    @precicorona65862 жыл бұрын

    I need a lady like her

  • @johnrudy9404
    @johnrudy9404 Жыл бұрын

    I took a girl bird hunting with me as an observer. As my setter worked and quartered, for several hours, she realized that "work" is involved in hunting. Told her it's called huntING not called getting. She said, oh..hiking with a firearm.😎....later that day, had her try clays....she broke a couple and had fun just shooting. Then she said,"I like the smell of the gun powder.😉👍".

  • @terrywright6269
    @terrywright62692 жыл бұрын

    Um it’s not supposed to break Guys

  • @MrCrazyMonkey117
    @MrCrazyMonkey11710 ай бұрын

    How does she sound like the most cali vally girl of all time

  • @l.h.1238

    @l.h.1238

    9 ай бұрын

    Like, as if. Lol 🤣🤣

  • @naturalfreehuman
    @naturalfreehuman Жыл бұрын

    Natalie? is that you?

  • @user-bf9mt4pd2k
    @user-bf9mt4pd2k2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, you are a very beautiful and attractive woman 😍🌹😘

  • @Thatndn
    @Thatndn3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe not be your ancestors but mine for sure😂😂

  • @currently7886

    @currently7886

    2 жыл бұрын

    Deer exist all over North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. It is highly likely, if not inevitable, that her ancestors made materials similar to this. If her ancestors decended from Africa exculsively, then perhaps not, but even in Africa similar items could be made from Impala, Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, or Eland.

  • @christopherfisher128

    @christopherfisher128

    2 жыл бұрын

    We're all tribal in our past, and we *all* migrated at some point.

  • @TaylorsAuthenticTraditions

    @TaylorsAuthenticTraditions

    Жыл бұрын

    Your statement speaks foolishness or ignorance. Compare two separate, unrelated human-beings on two separate continents and they share on average 99.9% of DNA, the only difference is the 0.1% which allows for variances which show clues to their ancestry. All life stems from the Mother of mankind, Eve and yes it has been scientifically proven. All men and woman today, from every continent across the world share the DNA that was passed down from Eve. To reiterate, your statement that her ancestors did not utilize the many uses of a deer is indeed a foolish or ignorant statement. This is coming from a Tsalagi descendant. I tell you this to give you light, not to insult you or provoke you into anger or hate.🙏🦅

  • @dnandez79

    @dnandez79

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you know that the only indians left are the ones that tucked tail and ran from their enemy like cowards? Thousands of braves fought the US Army but they never mention the ones that refused to fight. They never talk about the chiefs that betrayed their own people by making deals with their enemy. They never talk about the chiefs that signed treaties that destroyed their own tribes. Now their descendants blame everyone else for their ancestors being ignorant and unwilling to defend their tribes. Even now in modern times, their chiefs submit to the government and cede ownership of their lands so they can build HUD homes. Its sad that cowards and traitors are allowed to pretend they are heroes.

  • @rocar716

    @rocar716

    Жыл бұрын

    Are you a injun.

  • @bighammer587
    @bighammer5876 ай бұрын

    I get that you work with your hands (so do I) but those nails 😐

  • @markhernandez7651
    @markhernandez76518 ай бұрын

    Lady looks angry

  • @nywherebuthere
    @nywherebuthere11 ай бұрын

    Barbarella

  • @herrhansmeier34
    @herrhansmeier34 Жыл бұрын

    Wasch dich mal.

  • @lydiahilles31
    @lydiahilles31 Жыл бұрын

    I love how dirty your nails are. You genuinely are a woman of the earth!

  • @TheUpsetter
    @TheUpsetter10 ай бұрын

    You could have a tleast cleaned your fingernails!! you took the time to set up a camera and all the other behind the scenes stuff so is no reason to have dirty fingernails !! Nobody wants to see that!!

  • @tonyamedsker213

    @tonyamedsker213

    2 ай бұрын

    Then DONT WATCH! Just saying when you are crafting like this... IT DOESMT MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WAS UR HANDS N CLEAN UNDER UR NAILS... everything that gets touched to make anything... Will instantly make them dirty again. Trust me I get it... as a female that crafts like this... I take pride in my nails however ITS MORE TIME CONSUMING THAN THE ACTUAL CRAFT BEING MADE.

  • @steelthunder76
    @steelthunder766 ай бұрын

    I wanna marry you

  • @WildAbundance

    @WildAbundance

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!