You Should Have Been There! 2024 Squirrel Camp
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2024
- What was a traditional hunting camp like? If you lived before 1938, how do you think a hunting camp would go? Dave Canterbury, James Bender of Waypoint Survival, Nathanael Logsdon of 20th Century Adventures, Sarge Vining, and other participants share with you their thoughts. You will also get to see video and pictures of the weekend adventure!
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Thank you for allowing me to take part in the camp! Spending the weekend with my favorite you tubers was unbelievable!!! I’ll be building my camp gear up for next year! Thanks Dave for use of your land! Sarge for the long ,long drive and the great chow! Mr Dyer for organizing it! And James and Nathaneal for treat me like one of the guys! See you next year! Bob
Looks like a great time. I know James Bender I got to work with him on the 1790s sessions, good people to have around. God bless, take care.
Thanks for sharing this video! Looked like a fantastic time!
4:42 it’s WAY something that’s missing today. I grew up in a far less leftist San Francisco Bay Area in the 70’s and 80’s. Fremont, CA is my hometown. Unrecognizable now. Back then conservatives could still get elected locally (including a Republican mayor of San Francisco when I was in high school and a Republican Governor when I was in college). California two decades from devolving to a single party state. My experience was further influenced by ours being a church-centric family. I attended Christian School through fourth grade. Nonetheless had I stood up in “Show n Share” and talked about “getting my first kill” and eating part of a deer’s heart, the school higher ups probably would’ve contacted my parents to do some type of well intended/misplaced wellness check. And that was 40 years ago. Years before that infamous scene in the original Red Dawn.
My first backpacking trips were in 1982, at ten years old and 1984, at 12. Back then we went to a mom n pop sporting goods shop in Milpitas, Mel Cotton’s, and rented gear. Kelty e frames. I remember our sleeping bags were US Army surplus mummy sacks that weighed more than anything else we carried. They were some type of light canvas that absorbed dew like rainfall.
By age 18 it was impossible to cling to childhood any longer because Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm. It’s impossible to ignore politics when you are required to register for the draft in the same six month time period as your country moving 650,000 troops across the world for the first time in 20 years. All anyone talked about was Vietnam and “mission creep” and “are we truly ready for this?” I guess my theme here is one of growing up receiving mixed messages. The lefties pretended we lived in a 1940’s Disney cartoon, while systematically destroying any relevance between their cartoonish idealism and real life. While the Bush’s said we need to go to war. Go to war for the people we saw on TV through the 70’s who were the reason we had two gas crises and (to a teenager) the same people who kidnapped embassy staff and hijacked planes. Folks forget that Pan Am Lockerbie was only a few years before the Persian Gulf thing. Of course no one knew anything about a “petrodollar” And most Gen Xers wouldn’t learn that for another 30 years. Most who understand it now having become aware within the last 2-5 years. Granted my meandering comment here conflates love of wilderness exploration with an autobiography of political awareness but the two are intrinsically connected. The people who traffic Dave’s, Sarge’s, Sean’s and Waypoint Survival channels here on youtube tend to share more similar political convictions than not. I believe the interest in historical camping is a response. Vintage camping (as presented by Sarge and Sean) general preparedness (Dave is a pioneer in said market) and James Bender’s consistent contributions (especially his focus, of late, on hoboing) are a healthy response. James’s living history videos show us how Wall St greed excised millions of good hearted Americans from farm and factory, and impersonally flung them into an itinerate hand-to-mouth existence. While teaching austerity skillsets that many feel might come into play sooner than later.
I postulate that all of these things teach an independence of spirit that is an answer to decades of witnessing our values castigated and criticized by people who should be criticizing nothing but their own schizophrenic behavior and foul deeds. In short the groundswell of interest in haversacks, load outs, muzzle loaders, tarp configurations and tomahawks is a deep need for a harkening back to an America that we viscerally know must be rediscovered if we are to survive. If we are to once again assume the place of a people who are great because we are good. So, a parting question: what will forge stronger generations most capable of running this show when are gone? Men in our 40’s, 50’s and 60’s taking the youth out to shoot, harvest and spiritually honor their kill? Or leaving them with a blue light for company? Allowing anonymous social media “followers” and “digital content” to render them hypnotized, while consuming frankenfood? Shall we raise more “911 incapables” with vague notions of screaming “stranger danger!” when life presents defining moments? Or shall we commit to forging young men? Men who believe in God and thus in themselves? Personally? I vote for bequeathing a camp site that is at least as clean as we found it.
God bless these gentlemen who share their hearts, convictions and passions in the most creative of ways. Asking only for a tap of a thumbs up emoji or subscribe button. Perhaps theirs is the way forward? Perhaps the key is looking and learning backwards in time so that we can move forward with confidence?
How fun. Thanks for sharing.
When I was a kid (early 70s) my dad and I always looked forward to the first hunting camp of the year. For me the best parts were listening to the old guys tell their stories, riding around in those 50s and 60s trucks and cars to the various stands, and the food. Nothing like camp coffee when you’re 7 years old and you wanna hang with the big boys.
Then, end of the weekend seeing the deer hanging for those lucky enough to get one knowing that at the end of the season those deer would be fed to us all at end of season club party in the form of roasts, sausages, burgers, and chili.
Thanks Shawn! This was a great video. In fact, I think it's one of your best yet! This was expertly done and well-edited! I love all the interviews.
All tooo much fun indeed!!! How cool it would be to get to do this with all of you fabulous people! Thankyou so much for sharing!
What a great time! Setting quietly listening to my favorite TH-cam personalities was a real treat! And they are just as great off screen as they are on!Thanks for letting a fan come along for the ride! See ya next year! Bob Scheib
Looks like everyone had a fantastic time. I’m in the UK and have enjoyed watching the build up to squirrel camp across all of your channels. I have a real love of camping in this period. Might just have to pack my bags and catch a steamer across the pond for a future squirrel camp. I
met Dave briefly some
years back at an event and he was a real gent. Took some time to chat shooting with my old man which made him happy. Very excited regarding the Preston mess kit. I hope the numbers are building in the right direction!
I have been watching each of the channels as they release videos from this camp. Each unique and capturing a different perspective and style. Really fantastic. It’s like brining a magazine or book to life. Thank you.
Trying to follow all the videos you guys are putting out about this adventure. I am slowly trying to revert back to the "simple" hunting camp. I'm tired of all the TECH involved in a weekend out now. All the electronics, generators and big RV's. I'm in FL and the hurricanes did a number on us this year so hunt season is very different so far.
I missed out on a great time! Looks like you guys had fun.
Great video and outline of an traditional hunting camp and great see the camp setup and each member interview
Mr. Dyer, What a great video along with some amazing interviews! Sure wish I could've been there. You'll Take Care and Be Safe.
Thanks so much for taking the time to put together this video. I know it takes a lot of time and work.
Really good video. I was blessed to have grown up with classic camping/hunting camp, to have that chance to reconnect with the the world as God made it, not how man made it. I was taught that the Bible tells us to go into the wilderness and present ourselves to God. That is my foundation, my rock on which I build.
See you on the Guild.
The black and white shots are great!
I wanted to share two important points about squirrel hunting. The first is than you cannot use a deer knife on a squirrel you must use a small knife and put your index finger above the blade to guide it properly. This will make the squirrel mean cleaner and more tender. The second is that eating squirrel meat will give you a burst of speedy energy and it will hard to sit still after that meal. I am not sure if it is the nature of the squirrel that passes on in the meat or the rich acorns and nuts that the squirrel eats that causes this energy boost. If you are old and tired try some squirrel meat and feel the increase in energy just like our elders did.
I wish I could have been there.
I'm hoping SargeVining makes a video from the trip. I'm interested in how his shepards stove worked out as I plan on building my own version.
I would have loved to have been there, I just can't afford to go out and purchase all the retro gear it takes to do a depression era squirrel hunt like that. But it would be a dream come true if I could.
Looks like a great camp experience...but in all of that, no hunting footage?
To me, 'squirrel camp' denotes a laid-back group hunting experience. Fellas don't need to brag about harvesting small game: they just enjoy a communal stew of rabbit and squirrel. Sitting around the fire moves to the fore. It is also a time for testing cherished theories about load-outs for deer camp, bear hunting, and serious stuff.
Nice outing. Nothing better than sitting at the base of a big oak tree and waiting for the bushy tails to start moving in the other trees. I do want to point out that though many camps were only men there were many women hunters. In those days even some stage and screen actresses went to fish or hunting camp. If you read Hunting the Hard Way by Howard Hill you will hear how good his wife was with a bow hunting. Just as many of the old sporting magazines had women on the covers on the activity with the men. The old books and articles about tramping had as many women as men. Alice Huyler Ramsey along with two other women crossed the US in a Maxwell ( not Jack Benny's) in 1909. She has raced one the year before. Aloha Wanderwell is credited with driving around the world. If you read One Man's West by David Sievert Lavender you will hear him describe early mountaineering with his wife and others.
7:20 AMEN. I couldn’t be there this year so the best I can offer is the heartfelt comment down thread. You gentlemen are definitely on to something. God willing this might have be the next Rabbit Stick but for those who think that steel is a pretty darned good thing to have around 🫶🏼