Thank you! Can't wait to get back out filming

I'm currently editing 3 more, so stay tuned! I managed to find some old footage of a grouse hunting trip from 2019 filmed with (at the time) my new camera. I'm thinking about re-editing it and posting it since it's a decent video and I have no idea what happened to it on my channel. I may have accidentally deleted it. We'll see!

Thank you! That first day totalled around 18 hours of non-stop filming. It sure does take it's toll, so I am very happy to see it's being appreciated!

I agree. Absolutely beautiful cinematography. And this is coming from someone who works in film…

@@user-ik7zb5bv7e Thank you, that means a lot!!

I do as well 😁

Glad you enjoyed it!

I recommend Far North Bushcraft and Survival, Coalcracker Bushcraft, and Dave Canterbury to learn from. Be safe out there!

Thank you! More to come soon!

Great to be back! I recommend Richmond Hobson's book, "Grass Beyond the Mountains". It takes place in the 1930's north of where Eric Collier and his family homesteaded, and is where I live now. These videos take place right in the same, and vastly untouched country as the book does. It gives a nice bit of backstory to the area, and if you liked "Three Against the Wilderness", this book complements it greatly, with many locations shared between the two. One day I plan to get down into the south Chilcotin and do some more videos around the Collier homestead. Thanks for watching!

@@wituikbws Looking for Hobson's book now. Thanks for the tip.

Thank you so much! That means a lot! I appreciate when people can see the work that goes into the production side of making these videos, and not just for the content itself. It's a hell of a lot of work while out there filming it, and somehow even more while editing, haha!

Thanks for watching! Three more currently being edited, so stay tuned!

Dziękuję Ci! Niedługo wypuszczę wiele innych filmów i wierzę, że również wam się spodobają. Doceniam opinie!

I wish!! Thank you though, there are more videos coming soon and don't miss the last one I posted!

Thanks! Just wait until I get the horses in one 👊👊

The fire-reflector was a bit useless, but fun to make nonetheless. I'll increase the print size in the next video, likely releasing in a week or two. Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you very much!

Thank you!! I try to be modest when I am producing videos, especially while editing, but even I noticed the improvement in quality with this one. After using the tent in this video then going back to my silnylon tarp in the next one (currently being edited), I completely agree. Canvas is superior in everything, maybe aside from weight, but I don't worry about that too much. I'm planning to make up a few 10oz canvas oilcloth tarps within the next few weeks to hopefully replace the silnylon where I can. Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the kind words 👊

Ich brauche nicht viel mehr als das, was ich trage, und könnte mit noch weniger davonkommen! Danke fürs zuschauen!

Klasse, manchmal ist weniger auch mehr 👌🖐👌

Hey, hope all is well! I'm glad that pup-tent brought back some good memories for you. I certainly fell in love with it myself filming this video - it's a great tent!. Another viewer figures the old camp was a guide camp, likely for moose hunting on the muskeg behind it. Seems like a good theory to me, as I saw a cow and calf cross it while I was out there! This area is in the opposite direction of where Rich, Pan, and those folk went, but you never know! The old maps show a horse trail going right through the area, and I was even able to loosely follow it and come across blazes on the oldest dead trees that were still standing. Next video I film in the area, I'll get them on camera! The rifle in this video is what I usually carry, a Marlin 1895 CB, very similar to the guide gun model. Thanks for always watching and keeping in touch!

Thank you! More coming soon!

I had made it originally hoping it'd work as a windbreak, but about half way through building it the wind changed direction 😆🤠 Thanks for watching! More videos coming soon

Glad to hear! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! That's very kind! I'm fortunate in my life that I don't actually go back to civilization after filming these trips. Where I live is truly in the middle of nowhere, and the nearest city is 5 hours away. My day to day life isn't actually all that different from these videos - just take away the camera and that's pretty much it

Thanks, will do!

Thank you! I'm not too worried about leave no trace unless it's man-made garbage. In my opinion, a ring of rocks or a small pile of wood shouldn't be enough to offend folk, unless it's within a park or something similar that has specific laws against it. I took my camp completely apart as I plan to return to it later this fall, and might want to build something different. Clean slate to work with!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you! The next video should be releasing next week Thursday or Friday!

Sorry to hear you can't! 😢

Me too!

I am! Three more videos being edited at the moment! Even one that you might remember from 2019 that for some reason was deleted from my channel. Thinking about reposting it!

@@wituikbws Yes by all means repost it . Happy trails

Haha! Just wait until I camp off my horses!

Welcome to the channel!

@@wituikbws thanks

Damn right!! Hope all is well with you, man!!

I made the mistake of bringing a 2lbs trout on a past video, and the dog and I both struggled to eat it all 😆😆 From now on I bring the "pan-fry" size to avoid that problem. Thanks for watching!!

Thank you! Dinner was great for a tired and hungry man, but in reality I cooked the fish to the point if it being nearly dried. Filming and cooking is not an easy task, haha! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! I hope your trip's going well!

Just wait until I start camping off my horses 🤠👍

It's been a weird summer. First it was insanely hot with that heat wave that came through, then just rain, rain, rain since. I hope the videos bring you back some good memories, and thanks! 👍

Thanks!

Will do, and greetings from Canada!

Glad you enjoyed it! I find it very interesting as well

Welcome to the channel! There is a new video releasing this Thursday or Friday, and many more lined up after that 😁

Hi! Sorry for the bad news, but Marie and I are no longer together. We went our separate ways awhile back, and unfortunately the white puppy passed away at 11 years old recently. Miss that dog, she was great to have around. I have been making videos on a new camp build however, and have plans to make a few other camps too. Check them out on my video list!

Thanks! 👊

I'm glad too! I recommend all my newer videos from the last two years. All are filmed in the Chilcotin and are much better quality than those before it. The Marlin in this video is a sorry looking 1895 CBA, but I also carry a Browning 1886 in .45-70 as well. Thanks for watching!

The weather was great! Definitely my favourite time of year. The fish was a rainbow trout that I caught through the ice last winter. I'm planning on filming catching some this January! Stay tuned for some more videos!

Thank you so much 😀

Great idea! I've thought about it, but I lack the one chisel I need to make it happen so it's been on the back burner 😆

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The hat is a Smithbilt "Bullrider" in pecan brown, but after beating the hell out of it over the years, I reshaped it into what it is now. It's pretty much a custom hat at this point, so unfortunately you'd be hard pressed to find one like it

Unfortunately, that's not really possible. The majority of my gear is either very old and missing tags or maker marks, or just completely built by me, meaning I'd have very few items to list. Even the backpack, I have no clue who makes it. All I know is that it's old and it's was my uncle's, but if I had to guess, maybe it's a Camptrails bag? Can't say for sure, but I appreciate the suggestion! Thanks for watching

It’s a custom design I made and had built by Mike Jones Knife & Tool. It’s a one of a kind, but he has other knives of the same quality. I like them in bad weather as well - especially snow! I am procrastinating filming in the cold we have out here already though, not very appealing at the moment 😆

Aslında çadırın içinde bir mum yaktım ve bütün gece yanmasını sağladım. Çadırı epeyce ısıttı ve birkaç tanesiyle eminim içeriyi güzelce ısıtabilirim. Bir soba olsa çok daha iyi olurdu!

Wait until I get my horses in some videos!

Little backstory on those mountains: last year my father and I went up there filming a black bear hunting video, but got turned around due to an absolute downpour of rain. Not even a month later, hunters up there doing the same thing got mauled by a grizzly. Suddenly I wasn't so bummed out we turned back, haha! The Trapper Nelson's still around! I just haven't gotten to using it yet. I've been waiting for a oilcoth tarp I made to cure, that way I have a shelter to match it's age. I'm not sure what the pack is in this video, but as far as I can tell, it's an old "Camp Trails" pack. I've seen some similar ones to it on Ebay. Thanks for the comment and support!

Yes, that's exactly why I do it. I live in pretty much entirely spruce and pine forest, and if you don't dig up and remove the top layer of duff it will smoulder and spread, sometimes even underground. If I don't hit sand, gravel, or rock when I dig, I won't start a fire. No point in risking it. Thanks for watching!

Dutch surplus pup tent !

Thank you! Most of the gear I use is Dutch army surplus (no reason why, just what I've got), and this time I used a thermarest pad and one of my modular sleeping bags, both Dutch army surplus. Worked great!

This ones a surplus Dutch army pup tent. I got it from a place called xmilitary out of Europe. Pretty great tent so far!

The tape is currently the only thing holding the rifle together. The stock has a crack right on the grip so I took some notes from a life-long cowboy and rancher and his solution to inevitable crack problem, taped it up, and it's actually holding up great. The knife is a custom design I came up with and had built by Mike Jones Knife & Tool out of Quesnel, BC. Best knife maker without a doubt, but that's my opinion of course. Check him out and say I sent you!

@@wituikbws we used brass pins across the split then taped it. Lasted for years.

Everything in Canada eventually ends up wrapped in Hockey Stick Tape.

Welcome to the channel!! The knife is a custom design I made and had built by Mike Jones Knife and Tool

It starts around half way through the video towards the night. I got as much of it as I could on film but it was getting a little bit worrying for the camera gear so I had to cut it short. The majority of the downpour was overnight as well. Sorry I couldn’t film more of it!!

I'm glad you enjoyed! She's around! She's just stuck down in America at the moment. She'll be back soon though!

Nope! unfortunately not

Welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing! This is a Dutch army surplus pup tent. They work great and aren't too heavy when you cut the stakes and poles they comes with. Thanks for watching!

Bowie style!

Thank you! That is a crazy long ad, haha! I'm surprised KZfaq even allows people to make ads that long. I appreciate the support though!

It's my custom design. I call it my "Chilcotin bush knife", haha!

Thank you! We have all sorts of waterfowl (ducks, geese), upland game birds (various types of grouse), small to large game (muskrat to deer), but the notable ones mainly due to the threat they impose would be moose, grizzly bear, black bear, and cougar, in that order of concern. That's why I always have that rifle with me 🤠 Oh, and bigfoot

@@wituikbws Thanks. It’s upland bird time here in Minnesota. There is the occasional moose and a perfect lack of grizzly bears.

Thanks! The knife was designed by me and built by Mike Jones Knife & Tool. It’s a one of a kind piece, but check out his other work!!

@@wituikbws Thanks for the reply!

I've tried nearly everything - modern/old hiking boots, engineer boots, packer boots, all kinds of hunting boots, mountaineering boots, insulated and non-insulated rubber boots, etc, etc, etc. In my experience, it really comes down to what the boots are for. If you're in the high country climbing up scree slopes or hunting with heavy packs and need as much ankle support as possible, the Hanwag Trapper is my pick. If you're in bog/muskeg, or in extreme cold, insulated rubber boots like the Baffin Hunters work well, but find tougher and better quality ones if you can as the Baffin's wear terribly and will get ruined within 3 weeks of buying. Riding horses in warm climate? Georgia Packers or Redwing Pecos. In winter? The L.L. Bean Maine Boots are great, but size up and fit a -40C liner in them. There really is no boot that fits all bills, especially when you do a lot of varied activities in the bush. You just buy what fits your activities best, both boots and socks, and just pick whatever one works best at what you're doing. Since that wasn't your question though, if I had to pick one boot that's the most versatile out of everything I've tried, it'd be the L.L. Bean Maine boot. They're tough, have been around for over 100 years, get repaired for free if you damage them, are good in all weather as long as you use a liner depending on what you're dealing with, are good in most areas that don't require serious ankle support or grip, good for riding a horse in since they have a heel and are small enough to fit a stirrup, good for light hunting especially when you want to be dead quiet, and even are decent for canoes and fishing since they're fairly waterproof if you keep the leather treated with Snoseal regularly. These boots do have drawbacks though, like having no ankle support or toe protection and they are soft like a moccasin which you either like or dislike depending on preference. For socks, I can't really recommend anything than whatever you like. In the cold, I use thick 100% wool or polyester with a thin wicking liner sock underneath, and in the warm I use super thin cotton or liner sock, and no matter what, I almost always wear two pairs to avoid chaffing. I hope that helps, and sorry for the long response. It's quite a tricky subject to figure out!

@@wituikbws thanks man it really helps me a lot and I wrote down the boots you say is good for winter so i think i'll probably do some shopping on line tonight for both boots and socks for cold and warm weather. i want to do a weekend hike before the snow falls and also a winter camp as well so i need the best gear there is. and your info has helped me , thanks again man. i'll let you know what i went with if i find them on-line tonight...also have you ever done a gear video ?

It’s a custom knife I designed and had built by Mike Jones Knife and Tool. It’s a one of a kind

Thanks! Yes they are

It’s a large area of muskeg that has a small creek in the middle of it. It’s a good example of what just about everywhere looks like in the area I’m in, although most aren’t so photogenic and rather look and smell like death. The insects aren’t really a concern here since if you cared about them, you’d decidedly go insane. The mosquitoes, black flies, and horse flies are unbelievably bad. If it weren’t for deet, I’d question how one could exist here, and it gets a lot worse when you are on a horse, haha! Thanks for the concern and I appreciate the thumbs up! 🤠👍

I upped the sizing in the next few videos, but not by much. I have to keep it somewhat small that way I can fit it into the dark areas, otherwise it will blend with the background and be unreadable. Thanks for the feedback though!! I appreciate the support!