Love to see your channel taking off!

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

I thank you Sir.

Great example of a dying art.thanks so much for taking history from the the pages of books into the present in use in the field ..

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

It is a fascinating way of life once one immerses themself.

Felt like I just stepped back in time. Love everything flintlock.

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both Jason. Glad your enjoying.

Peter, I realize this is an older video but my hats off to you for getting another deer and the respectful way you harvested it. What a beautiful area to hunt and survive!

@TheWoodlandEscape

6 күн бұрын

We do have a beautiful backyard.

Great job with your video. I watch and can feel myself being pulled back in time. Dedicated watcher now that I've found your channel.

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

Pleased you’re enjoying our step back endeavor Mark and you may very well be my first “ dedicated watcher” ... flattered.

Great. Thanks for showing us. Take care.

🌲🐢🌲🦅🌲thank you for sharing your videos stay safe happy and healthy out there 🌲🦅🌲🐻🌲🐰🌲

I just found this channel. I only hunt with flintlock and recurve bow. Love the 18th century history and specifically the tradition of the Long Hunter. Nice work!

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. Like you I’m fascinated with the long hunter era as well as Canadian history of her same time. I’m glad you’re enjoying.

What a beautifully designed video .. Onward and Upward is the watchword.

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff. Is that a mule your astride in your profile picture? Got to love a good mule!

Yours are the best frontier living skills videos available on KZread.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

Well now, that is one flattering compliment and I thank you .

thanks Peter for bringing us along ,hoping for many more

So much to learn Thankyou Peter Tansai Hiy Hiy Masi Cho Migwetch

nice deer! it sure bled a bunch, great shot with the ol' smoke pole!

@jamesellsworth9673

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he would have preferred an impact point farther forward on the animal.

Beautiful lake with the snow

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

It is indeed Karion.

GREAT BUCK!!!!

So happy you hunt. I myself teaching my 16 yr old to hunt with flintlock rifle

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you Peter, I applaud you.

Static interference with audio then the flash of light Yep there is a presence letting Peter know📻

I love your channel.

Love your log shelter. Enjoy watching your soothing videos

great video! Love the history that you so eloquently explain. so many of the beliefs you discuss in this video are precisely what I have believed and practiced all my life. I feel we are kindred spirits, and I am so happy to have discovered your channel (just yesterday, Thursday, 14 October 2021). I am very inspired by everything you share, and I love to pause your videos and study everything I see in every scene.

Besito place yo hace me frena. Greetings from Uruguay "Saludos Amigo"

Just found this channel today. I Made my first 17th Century French Fowler last year. Never hunted anything before.

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations. The French flower is my all time favorite designs. I love the lines it. Are you planning to hunt with it?

Thanks for such adventurous hunting video

You need a dog who can also get geese and ducks out of the water and who can pick up the sweat trail (blood trail) in game. 👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!👍 Thanks for uploading!👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

Great video! Really takes you there-

What beautiful scenery!

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

That it is April.

THANK YOU!!! I am especially impressed by your emphasis on leaving an offering in return for the gifts from the forest. This is often overlooked or understated.

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed Sam, given the gifts from the land can totally sustain us.

Perfect!!!

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Flattered.

Ah, hasenphefer! Zur gut.

These are true facts about history

Just discovered your content and I’m loving it! This video in particular brought back memories of earlier days and makes me want to pick up my smokepole once again.

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff. But be careful picking up that old flintlock, they can be addictive.

Great video, love 18th century gear..

Mate, your channel is brilliant! Thanks so much.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Harry, for the encouraging words.

More like this please

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

We’ll try Tyler. I’d rather be hunting than just about any other activity.

@Noobee65

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape would love to see more details on the flintlocks too. Awesome videos.

Your stories are the BEST ! So informative. We’ve maybe heard a wee bit about this or that; but you are so knowledgeable, you bring it together with a clear well spoken story. Ie, native’s religion about the world around them and of them. Thank you

@TheWoodlandEscape

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for you’re continued support and interest.

i love all of this! i wish here in Quebec our woods were that clean!

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

I hunting moose in your fine province and found the forest very pristine.

@Francois_Dupont

Жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape i meant to say it is very dense here. i am in the appalachian area. i have trouble walking because there are so many coniferous trees. in summer even in full sun the forest is very dark. they also love to grow in patches and it is almost impossible to traverse. the only good thing is that there is alot of rabbits. they seem to love being protected so much by the overgrowth. of course it isnt like this in all of Quebec. where i was born in the Laurentide we had only leaves trees and almost no conifer. it was heaven! very very easy to walk and you could see very far without problems. i also loved to hear the leaves crushes as i was walking. maybe those kind of forest are harder to hunt in because the animals can see and hear you more? i dont know as i have not compared the two. also Thank you for your videos! yesterday i saw one where you mentioned having a "blanket pin" in your luggage and i was mesmerized. i searched around and bought one from a local blacksmiths. it is very interesting piece of history and i like the practicality of the device.

I found your channel a few months ago. Catching up on some older videos. Nice success on your hunting When you were at the fire I saw a Hudson Bay blanket. I have two and love them. Thank you for the video.

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you and you can’t go no better than a HBC blanket.

Years ago I tanned a few hides...a goat and some rabbit hides. Wished I'd had a tool like that...would have helped!

Oh man great channel. Thanks buddy

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

It is our pleasure Dan, thanks for your interest.

Wow that's a big deer good job thank you for the video very interesting PS the cobbler bench I got is an antique and it has cobbler tools and stand with it thank you for the video

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

I also love having the privilege to handle and use those old tools - like literally stepping back in time!

@bobbymiller1414

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape I agree step back in time old tools

Awesome

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen, glad your enjoying.

Please keep posting. It's really great information. Here in Ouisconsing we don't get a lot of info regarding New France.

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Glad your enjoying David.

Very interesting Peter. Look forward to seeing the brain tanning episode.

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon my friend.

Great video - I hope you continue with a follow-up video showing how to tan that hide?? Do an old-style smoke tan??

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We will definitely be filming some tanning videos in the future.

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Working on it and the last step in the brain tanning process is indeed smoking them.

Great channel friend . If it's possible could you answer a few questions ? How far is a smoothbore accurate with a roundball and could one be used for deer and shot for small game ?

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Some say out to 100 yards but, I find that much past 60 you get a few flyers and I don’t believe one can make an ethical shot. Very versatile for both shot and round ball.

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Some say out to 100 yards but, I find that much past 60 you get a few flyers and I don’t believe one can make an ethical shot. Very versatile for both shot and round ball.

@oldman9843

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you

Nice video

@TheWoodlandEscape

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Great harvest. Do you usually flesh the hides right away? Here in the Indiana territory, those of us who do save the hides often salt them and keep them until the weather is less "abrupt" lol.

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

If possible I flesh them when I take them off, usually the day they are harvested. I usually get 2 a year and take in 5 or 6 more from friends. I break from my 1700’s ways and freeze them until I’m ready for the next step.

Another fantastic video! Can you put the videos in a playlist please. It helps with bing watching otherwise i get a strange video next like Mongolian throat singing.😁

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Go to the channel Sailor John Boy and all he videos are there.

That lock is fast. U tune it? I tuned my Lancaster 45 and she is quick. Killed many deer with it since 1982. Great vidio

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

She is pretty quick all right. I like to tinker with all my lock to get the best performance. Wow, since 82, you’ve had that one a good spell!

You can imagine the relief people must have felt when they managed to shoot a deer.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

Really love your channel. Couldn't help noticing, though, that the deer kill was lying where it had fallen on its left side in one shot but on it's right side in the next.

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

Very observant Allan. I simply flipped it over to see where the ball had exited.

When you first started the moose calling near the lake, what was that flash of light across the lake on the other side ?

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

I re watched it and have no idea. Perhaps simply sun catching the camera lens.

@FrontierTradingCompany

3 жыл бұрын

The ghost of moose past

@fishsquishguy1833

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like some electronic video artifact? Can here a little static click at the same time.

I know it's old but we'll done on the hunt.

Great video, however, one thing I noticed is that you didn't reload after the shot. I'm sure you didn't do it because of filming, however we both know that back in the day, and a hunter today would automatically reload his rifle.

@TheWoodlandEscape

Жыл бұрын

Very observant Roy and it was second nature in that time period to reload.

Would LOVE to see some cloths making videos.

@TheWoodlandEscape

10 ай бұрын

If you go to our playlist we have done a couple of tutorials on clothes making.

THIS FINE VIDEO offered wonderful hunts in different weather and temperature. Having used modern firearms in hunts, I felt I could time the lock using a sundial!😊 While you use traditional equipment, you are a modern hunter: would 18th Century hunters have exploited deer lots to find meat in winter?

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

They would have certainly take any opportunity that presented itself to keep the belly full. Indigenous people would build corals where there were natural funnel and actually drive the deer into the confined area and harvest as many as possible. The woman and children would drive them into the direction of the waiting men, who would spear or arrow them. This was mostly done pre contact and the practice ended, for the most part once they had muskets.

Just discovered and subscribed.. awesome Channel! one question... where abouts are you? I am in Quebec, near Ontario border...

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Norm, we are almost neighbors. We are north of Kingston … a couple of hours to Quebec. We appreciate your support and interest.

@blackspruceroutes

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape Beautiful area! I am curious as to whether this is mostly done on crown land or privately owned.? I have 30 acres here but surrounded by private owners which limits my little " excursions"

I like your NW trade Gun. She’s a beauty! What is the bore?

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

It is actually the predecessor of the NW. it is an early English trade gun, 62 caliber.

Question for you. Why did you not reload your musket after the shot? I realize you have confidence in shot placement but what if it was not an immediate kill. (I saw the shot placement). Always reload my black powder just in case the animal was laying down after the adrenaline rush and did not die immediately, it can and will bolt before imminent death. Second shot might be needed. Plus, predators will smell the blood and start to prey. The hunter can be the hunted during your search for the carcass. Just curious. Liked the video though.

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

Sound advice.

@williambridges6742

2 жыл бұрын

That happened to a friend of mine. Waited and went up placed his gun against the tree then kicked the buck, surprise! buck jumped up and almost gored him, He actually grabbed him around the neck and dispatched him with his knife. Never went without reloading and never set the rifle down again..

Are you a Proof of history? Where do you draw your information form. I enjoy your videos very much and encourage you to educate us!

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

No I’m most certainly not a professor, but spend countless hours looking for first person accounts. I’m always fascinated by trying to figure out how they actually did things, so lots of experimentation. Glad your enjoying our step back in time.

@jamesellsworth9673

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape INDEED we DO!😍

12:50 I guess this was not the original shot ;) little aiming and you went in to check the hit really fast. But it's okay I understand that you had to stage that scene, filming and hunting don't go together when you are alone.

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

It was not the original shot Beowulf and very observant. I treat muskets shots the same as bow shots, in other words, sit and wait about 45 minutes. That would be pretty boring footage.

Looks like a stout load in that fusil.

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

A wee bit of kick for a lot of meat!

Curious why you don’t immediately reload after firing a shot. This was strongly taught and was very important .

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

It is my normal procedure to load immediately. To not do so in the turbulent 1700 hundred would have been foolhardy. Perhaps it was the excitement of the moment.

@SpiritoftheOutdoors

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape i really enjoy your channel and really looking forward to the canoe build

@jamesellsworth9673

2 жыл бұрын

IMPORTANT, yes. In modern times, with basic personal security, maybe not so much for a deer one knows was well-hit. Still, you have a fine point and so did our instructors. Suggestion number one has been to sit for five minutes. Why not use the time to reload? Let the animal bleed out. With snow on the ground and light left, tracking would not be an issue.

Sometimes you gotta take a headshot

Very cool wish my state had a primitive flintlock season

@cathywolfe1038

3 жыл бұрын

Can you not choose to hunt with a flintlock during modern rifle season’s?

@j.r.w6623

3 жыл бұрын

@@cathywolfe1038 yeah i can just use that i just wish there was a primitive only season here like in some states. That way everyone out at that time is using that method kind of levels the playing field

nice, where is this filmed?

@TheWoodlandEscape

8 ай бұрын

Manitoulin Island

@mariocatanzaro3627

8 ай бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape greetings from muskoka

Gun inside black powder load slow motion and ball load explain

@TheWoodlandEscape

3 жыл бұрын

Is that something you’d like me to demonstrate or was that a question?

I'm enjoying this part of history even if the hunter used a percussion muzzleloader

If my rope wasn't around my dreams I would be drinking tea with you thanks hey u can't take this for a country song it's already done

This is called fleshing

This man kills a rabbit!

All that gun for a rabbit maybe you should set traps

@TheWoodlandEscape

2 жыл бұрын

I do snare rabbits in the winter but, that old saying “ a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”. It is a light load and also suitable for grouse.

@kristinejackson8268

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodlandEscape is that a modern flint rifle or 1800 s model aka old one

Zasto ubijas Zivotinje!!!!!!!??? Voleo sam gledat tvoj Video al vise NE.

As a Christian and a pastor I did not like one bit giving thanks to a false God. All glory goes and should go to the lord Jesus Christ.

@shadowcastre

Жыл бұрын

Keith williams... Easy brother... Live and let live! Peace..!