Mountain Men: Tom Builds an Intricate Primitive Bow (Season 10)

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A winter storm buried Yaak Valley in snow, so Tom has taken the day off from trap-lining and instead exerts his energy on creating a primitive bow worth a pretty penny if made correctly, in this clip from Season 10, "Zombie Moose."
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Winter is loosening its grip on the mountains of North America. But that doesn’t mean life here is getting any easier. As the thaw begins and rivers start to swell with raging runoff, new opportunities open up for the mountain men to stockpile supplies, grow their own food and fortify their homesteads. But this spring… They’re digging deep like never before. The mountain men and their families are masters of independence and living off the land. But even they are preparing for a changing world- one where the ultimate test may be who can brace for the worst in America’s wilderness.
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@HISTORY 3 жыл бұрын

Watch all new episodes of Mountain Men, Thursdays at 8/7c, and stay up to date on all of your favorite The HISTORY Channel shows at history.com/schedule.

@mannugamingyt8205 3 жыл бұрын

Love from india

@vn8272 3 жыл бұрын

I like this kinda stuff if he can teach us some more things or two well that would be awesome 👍☺👍

@AwesoMeneSS1 3 жыл бұрын

heeee bro we want traduction

@objection_your_honor 3 жыл бұрын

I love Tom. He's a gem.

@caaall 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@ethanlane6980 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he is

@puffdaddy7052 2 жыл бұрын

Tom is my great grandfathers name my grandfather name my dads name and mine . 4 generations there ;)

@lennysummars Жыл бұрын

He is

@daveyj.2807 2 жыл бұрын

Tom looks like he constantly smells like wood smoke and good steak,and I'm living for it

@Micscience 2 жыл бұрын

lol Wood smoke and good steak, sounds like the ideals of a mountain man.

@lorisutherland4752 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine what you could learn from spending time with Tom. He’s a dying breed.

@bumstead1383 3 жыл бұрын

I bet Tom Ore doesn’t realize what an inspiration he is to so many people of all ages! God bless him

@creampuff9934 3 жыл бұрын

Tom is old as F and he's still doing more than the average person

@dxp007i5 3 жыл бұрын

Old is always gold

@scootergardin2588 3 жыл бұрын

Ain't that old I'm 102 years old toms still a kid to me

@littelsmolchickenshehe8435 2 жыл бұрын

@@scootergardin2588 follow God for he is the gift of eternal life

@2pac_739 2 жыл бұрын

@@scootergardin2588 u sure?

@2pac_739 2 жыл бұрын

@@littelsmolchickenshehe8435 thats right✝️💟

@markj3815 3 жыл бұрын

It never gets old watching Tom. I wish he had his own show or KZfaq.

@65stang98 2 жыл бұрын

it would be so awesome if tom made a youtube. i wonder how good of internet he can get up there

@pedrobravo6377 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Oar reminds me of my grandpa, a very simple man who loved nature and to create items. He made me a knife from an old car and an antler from a huge buck. I miss my grandpa every day, and seeing Mr. Oar brings me fond memories of my grandpa.

@fz1000red 3 жыл бұрын

@Pedro Bravo your thumbnail image looks suspiciously like a certain pink pudgy faced celebrity chef only scrunched more than the real thing.

@williamwallace4080 3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment the same thing. Except he'd build/fix anything - electrical appliances, motorbikes, tombstones etc.

@johnssmith4005 2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@akollerp_9153 3 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this man telling storys all day long. He has a calming voice.

@samduncan7068 3 жыл бұрын

Legit just love listening to him explain things and what not. Most relaxing

@a.i.a3949 2 жыл бұрын

Shame about the narrator

@stevenobiol8295 2 жыл бұрын

This guy is a master of dozens of skills, and so laid back, so pleasant.

@dman1437 3 жыл бұрын

Tom is one of the reasons I started making my own bows

@fz1000red 3 жыл бұрын

Five hundred bucks for a handmade recurve decorated like that? Add a quiver and arrows made with all organic components as the bow and I'd gladly pay double that!

@midir7637 3 жыл бұрын

Or just cop one from a shop for a third the price that shoots 3 times as far and wont break

@markcharles1041 3 жыл бұрын

@@midir7637 That's cool if you need the reliability of a modern bow , but the buzz of making and using a handmade piece like this would be so satisfying if you get it right .

@legionnairearchery 2 жыл бұрын

Hit me up. Lol

@kyleb4151 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Tom. I would have loved the chance to work with him, and learn from him. He'll be missed.

@Jonathan-hz4yg 2 жыл бұрын

It really shows how amazing these older gentlemen are.

@JRjaime97 2 жыл бұрын

Legends never get old.

@jonathanpetiquay5436 Жыл бұрын

my friends and me call him kimocom tom, which means grand father tom, we're natives americans and we have great respect for this man, we learn a lot by watching this show.

@tokesalot42069 2 жыл бұрын

The fact he can hit his measurements spot on without modern tech is extremely hard and impressive, although he has as well as humanity for ages been able to do this....

@Atomic314 2 жыл бұрын

I love Tom, he reminds me of my grandpa

@hannaheller4900 10 ай бұрын

Image to have conversations with this man, you can learn knowledge and wisdom. Young people should do that. Records him as much as possible. He is national treasure.

@charlesleblanc6638 3 жыл бұрын

You would never try to brace a bow that has just come out of hot water for one thing, then the bow could of been drawn with a longer string to check the tillering which would of avoided the split !!

@LongBowMan89 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir !!! Like really now. also sinew backing takes weeks to dry.. And I never knew osage to be rare lol

@charlesleblanc6638 3 жыл бұрын

That's right, I remember one show where someone wanted a sinew backed bow finished and ready to shoot in like two days ?? !! As a Bowyer, It's a bit annoying to watch some of this stuff PORTRAYED as reality !!

@sidneyfisher3939 3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesleblanc6638 yes, it’s TV. Edits can turn weeks into a one hour episode.

@zaboobebop 2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@richardhatt6541 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a very fast shooting bow either. He said tillering string but put a short bow string on it. I also made a comment about Osage Orange being rare. Come to Kansas. I stopped listening after a while.

@Mrvanderspank 2 жыл бұрын

These are the kinds of people that should have apprentices so that they can continue his craft and knowledge

@Misanthrope1346 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like they need someone to teach them first

@Study.with.me.. 2 жыл бұрын

One word, that this man describes: SKILL✨✨✨ For real its so hard to make a bow, that doesn‘t break and keeps it‘s original shape... but this is a masterpiece✨✨✨mad respect 👍

@badnewz3531 2 жыл бұрын

This man is a national treasure!!

@goldmemberr 2 жыл бұрын

This is an art that is very rare these days. Using materials that have been used for thousands of years. Amazing

@seppa1019 2 жыл бұрын

only an american show can make two old men tinkering with a peace of wood seem dramatic and exciting.

@freddiegraveling5816 2 жыл бұрын

These two are so wholesome, honestly got that vibe that's up there with Steve Irwin, Bob Ross and Mr Rogers

@nitaleach6816 2 жыл бұрын

Tom is a gentle giant in every way.

@joshuawaddell6640 2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen this show before, but I'll definitely be watching it now.

@Mossyyyyyyy 2 жыл бұрын

I love fella's like this, make me smile with every word.

@charbelyoussef604 2 жыл бұрын

That man is a national treasure.

@cesar_yf2637 2 жыл бұрын

This legend is a dying breed, we just ain't built like this anymore.

@jf5245 2 жыл бұрын

Tom reminds me of my Great Uncle. What a great guy

@jasonknox5930 2 жыл бұрын

That's not how you tiller a bow!! Fred Bear turning over in his grave!

@benkeys3320 3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to spend some time with Tom!

@jeremymcclary3901 2 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! I am a native raised Cherokee, and I STILL would LOVE to "sit at his knee"!!! (Soooooo much more to learn!!!!)

@walkerbrosfilms7077 2 жыл бұрын

That was so clearly a belly shot then they got close out of sight and made it perfect 😂tv I swear

@thomasdalton7987 2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely love to have that bow

@tonykaczmarek278 2 жыл бұрын

Love that set up! I've always used dry heat bending. Might give the hot water method a try. Love the idea of fixing that crack with a sinew bandaid. Been there done that.

@zacharymcnew9608 2 жыл бұрын

We gonna talk about how you can obviously tell that his shot hit really far back on that target, almost hitting the back leg but it cuts to him hitting dead in the heart

@lordbeto6327 2 жыл бұрын

i love this show, especially tom i think it's very wise

@sambeckenham1406 2 жыл бұрын

El señor Tom es una eminencia, mis respetos.

@storagewars 2 жыл бұрын

Tom is My fav.

@dannyboy8883 3 жыл бұрын

I also love this guy his brother and his great wife.

@brycehampton7649 3 жыл бұрын

I love to make bow and armors when Tom help to make it fix, he is bast guy on the videos. 👍🏻😇👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@ElindorBG 2 жыл бұрын

My new favourite show...

@asesinodezombis2077 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work Tom

@Hungrybird474 2 жыл бұрын

What a bow ! I would love to make one

@dakotabryson5465 2 жыл бұрын

Wow is bow making skill is amazing. Would like to see a total start to finish production

@retropwn7596 2 жыл бұрын

That bow is awesome

@noenwarrior1 3 жыл бұрын

I could learn alot from Tom!!!

@Grenade825 2 жыл бұрын

By far the best out of all the men

@dannyr5358 3 жыл бұрын

lol why is the fire so far from the jig

@11x334 3 жыл бұрын

When he mentioned how to make recurve bows I had this past life recall 🌝

@winddrinkerarabians 3 жыл бұрын

Tom Orr is an American treasure. I admire him and his wife.

@huntinglife1445 3 жыл бұрын

Tom is my legend😍

@jillatherton4660 6 ай бұрын

TY Chaps. 👍

@mannugamingyt8205 3 жыл бұрын

Love from india

@2pac_739 2 жыл бұрын

God bless Tom

@richardbowers3647 3 жыл бұрын

Those errers shot good!!!

@jamiecee4960 3 жыл бұрын

More Power to these people. I couldn't do it. 👼👼 My nephew's bow hunt. Not sure if they've ever made their own though. Wow.

@brunodrouillard3578 2 жыл бұрын

This man is amazing

@radityakesuma9175 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, The composite bow is one of the best inventions of mankind, with its composition of three layers, wood, sinew and horns. The history proves, conquering nations in the past used it.

@d6u4 3 жыл бұрын

Hadron collider, bicycle's, Hubble telescope, internal combustion engine, the list goes on of better inventions of mankind. Fun fact...

@Sunsets330 3 жыл бұрын

@@d6u4 "Maybe so, maybe not. We'll see. "

@netherdominater9960 2 жыл бұрын

Just keep in mind the composite Bo's moved humanity forward so we could make things like hadron colliders

@adamschaeffer4057 2 жыл бұрын

@@netherdominater9960 No, firearms moved humanity forward so we could make hadron colliders. If we were still stuck on bows humanity would be living in tipis to the ripe old age of 40 something

@netherdominater9960 2 жыл бұрын

If our ancestors didn't have bows to collect meat they wouldn't have survived long enough for later ancestors to invent the firearm. Bows were an important tool for humanity to get us where we are now, accept it dude.

@dxp007i5 3 жыл бұрын

He is a legend

@hannespaulus3257 2 жыл бұрын

2 awesome persons

@Tavis15ify 3 жыл бұрын

Nice perfect shot

@caaall 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏👏👏👏👏

@lukewarmwater6412 2 жыл бұрын

I used to see this guy at the lucky pick (a bar outside kalispell) from time to time while he was making the show. he didnt live far from the highway and none of this is what he would call real. he did enjoy doing it though!

@nighthawk7667 2 жыл бұрын

Dam I would learn so much from this man, Respect 😎👌🇺🇲

@gerardomartinez8000 Жыл бұрын

Nice job Tom

@oraldouku9593 2 жыл бұрын

if i wold have the possibility to learn from Tom , man i wold start packing tonight and go there.

@manojkumarmanu5690 2 жыл бұрын

Tom 💕

@RogueOneCR 2 жыл бұрын

At Thumbnail i thought Gandalf was Drawing a Bow

@Hungrybird474 2 жыл бұрын

Osage orange wood ! Awesome !

@wanrohaizam3901 3 жыл бұрын

Love it a lot

@jillatherton4660 Жыл бұрын

Inspiring.

@rodrigohernandez7663 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@sling-it5304 2 жыл бұрын

what a perfect shot 👌

@richardgraves3053 3 жыл бұрын

Good job

@Triggzy536 2 жыл бұрын

Thought Gandalf was shooting a bow in some new scene by that thumbnail lol.

@billyjackarmenta4625 2 жыл бұрын

That's living survival I've spent all my life in the city used to hunt with my dad went to a cattle round up. In our hunting camping days get up at 4am start chopping wood get the fie going start breakfast for everyone

@dannygreen6145 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could buy a Bow made by Tom!

@hawkinatorgamer9725 2 жыл бұрын

Those are not bow staves, those are already bows.

@jacknicholson4220 2 жыл бұрын

I can only watch up to season 3 on amazon prime, I miss watching tom and Nancy. Cant believe Preston died :(

@Lionsraws66 3 жыл бұрын

Charming 🙂

@delbertquintano7602 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Tom is cool I've learned a lot from Tom Peace my big brother tom

@casualgamer3183 3 жыл бұрын

That bow looks amazing with the rattlesnake skin on it

@Bowfella 2 жыл бұрын

That's a really neat way to straighten a seasoned orange-wood stave. Usually with white-woods like Hickory and Elm you can straighten them when you heat treat them but heat treating osage or yew will ruin it. However boiling it to get moisture back into it so it's not "heat treated" is genius.

@CloudfeatherRusticWorks 10 ай бұрын

Heat treating Osage and Yew will absolutely *not* ruin it. I heat temper the belly of every single osage bow I make, as well as whatever heat correcting that needs done for twist/alignment. I don't have yew near me, but know many bowyers that heat temper yew as well. Also, when you boil/steam woods the water is generally so hot that it "boils* moisture out of woods with higher MC. Any moisture on the bow after using steam/boiling is purely on the surface. Not sure where you're getting your disinformation.

@Bowfella 10 ай бұрын

@@CloudfeatherRusticWorks Usually the bowyers over here already have their yew/osage staves seasoned several years in a dry place so dry heat tempering it can make cracks in the wood.

@CloudfeatherRusticWorks 10 ай бұрын

@@Bowfella Nope...you're completely wrong. You're actually more like to crack the wood from heat tempering if the MC is high, because heat tempering causes a rapid loss of moisture and it creates drying checks/longitudinal cracks. But those, unless they run off the limb, are purely aesthetic. If you're referring to cracks across the limb, that cause failure, that only happens if you heat treat a bow past an acceptable dryness for a bow(below 5-6% MC) and try to bend the bow in this state. That's why, even though it's not common to happen, I always give my bows a few days to equalize after heat correcting or tempering. Bow making isn't a craft for the impatient. Lol Hope this clears things up for you.

@anibalperez2802 2 жыл бұрын

Q hermoso lugar xd!!🏹👍🏽👏

@johnssmith4005 2 жыл бұрын

Tom is the Mountain Gandalf

@paigelee6321 3 жыл бұрын

I get so frustrated that I can’t watch my favorite show cause we don’t have cable darn

@andreasnowack7574 3 жыл бұрын

Uhmm, you obviously have internet?

@paigelee6321 3 жыл бұрын

Have internet not cable or paused tv channels

@WillyNagin1213 2 жыл бұрын

You can always torrent :)@@paigelee6321

@bryanabrego8158 2 жыл бұрын

He got it from the creative mode

@sahilshabir5057 2 жыл бұрын

He sounds like Arthur Morgan....like a living version of him

@preciadoo24 2 жыл бұрын

Dead Eye Activated 8:40

@joeyhillers9460 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@garychynne1377 2 жыл бұрын

interesting thank yew.

@vandechu 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. I would love to buy a cracked bow, if it looks as cool as this one.

@kevdimo6459 3 жыл бұрын

Go Poppy Tom. 👍🏻

@OttoLeeProductions Жыл бұрын

Great job love watching Tom & the other guys.

@eryxmiliarismiliaris 3 жыл бұрын

Could watch a whole series with this man alone. This man has more knowledge to share. Lets let him teach us =)

@crazydudestudios9525 2 жыл бұрын

Thought that was Gandalf on the thumbnail for a second, lol