16,000 Antlers and Counting…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ย. 2017
- Nothing gets Jim Phillips going like antlers-lots and lots of antlers. But this collector is no killer. For the past 59 years, he’s been scouring the hills of southwestern Montana in pursuit of local elk, deer and antelope antlers that the animals shed each season. In that time, the self-proclaimed "Antlerman" has amassed over 16,000 specimens and built a shrine attached to his home to show off his impressive collection. For Phillips, the hunt for new antlers is a joy renewed with each hike through the hills and every discovery along the way.
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No reason to quit. He's getting exercise and having fun while doing it. Mad respect!
Agreed. Hopefully he can keep hiking till the day he leaves this earth.
jansteam and why is that? Why even make such a silly statement? None of what I said is contradicting what he said, he even said something along the same lines at 1:51.
BurtDude Actually it's bad for the forest, thats why parkrangers regularly collect antlers to cut them into pieces so people don't collect them. They contain minerals and so on which is consumed by small animals and returns to the soil. Taking them out can have long term consequences for the forest. So yeah, there are reasons against doing it...
SnowmansApartment it's much worse to cut down large part of the forests in the world simply to supply human with wood, but we don't try to reason against doing so all day do we?
Maxwaehrens i was just stating the fact that there are in fact reasons against doing it, as many assume there aren't. I'm sure many People are happy to have more informations about a matter to make ups their mind. And yes, there are many people fighting against deforestation,but i'm sure you know that already.
So this is the guy from our math questions
WHAT was the question
Oh my goodness I remember! Yeah he is!
I'm glad he gets the antlers without killing the animal. Respect the guy for not killing for them.
Jack Rings Hell yea... i was releved to hear him say that... and big ups to him for having a peaceful and unique hobby.
Yeah opposite open season
Jack Rings I mean if he did kill them that's only 8,000 deer...😬
Yeah its
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Jack Rings I
Just imagine a video game boss being this guy. Oh deer...
Tengku Aliff stop 😂
Tengku Aliff LOL
Tengku Aliff good word game
AND THE STAGE!
Tengku Aliff
No stop
This channel is awesome showing small unique documentaries of people's passions and hobbies. Such an underrated channel. Thanks for the awesome video once again! :)
One million subs is not underated
It is in my book. With the quality content they provide they should definitely have over 1 million subscribers let alone 5 million.
Bob TheBuilder, well if this channel would get that big, the majority of the fan base would be immature children...
Don't be so pessimistic, you know what I mean by this channel gaining popularity. Great Big Story has awesome videos and so far even with over 1 million people it seems like a majority is a mature audience. I'm sure there's millions of more people who are just as mature and appreciative of this kind of work presented by the channel. Also, it doesn't matter since majority of individuals on TH-cam are immature children to begin with..
They git 5M subs but the channel is closing you guys
Imagine being a robber trying to steal shit and entering that room with no light 😂👌🏽
Ouch!
11 hours? that's passion bro. man i wish i have all the money to travel. i would love to meet this man and do a collab. mad respect to that 16,000 collections
Martin Tabanag u realize u could just go to your backyard, then take a dump, then just walk around it in a circle
He is doing just find WITHOUT us or our RESPECT. He earned his OWN. Self RESPECT . power full stuff.
imagine waking up in the morning coming to check out your collection and accidentally trip in this place....
Pls don't.
At least he doesn't kill anything to get them 😊👍🏻 Nice collection.
Hound Life Vlogs that's a lot of walking he's done too 😄
❤️💕💚☺️
Hound Life Vlogs haha.. listen to his wording.. I'm pretty sure he's killed some of these animals, I'm guessing Big Stories knows it's audience wouldn't approve of that, so he never outright says how many he's killed.
You are right- especially the ones that have the skulls still. At least most of them were collected after they were shed (you hope so anyway).
There's no way he's shot thousands of deer and elk hehe. Not possible unless he's the worlds most productive and stealthy poacher.
There is just something mystical about finding an antler in the woods
We need more like him.
*he uses antlers in all of his decorating* ''my what a guy this Gaston!''
Wow, don't you ever stop. This is a great memorial for nature. Hign 5 to you.
Kind of looks like a spider web
He's hurting no one or nothing and he's honouring nature. He is also making art. Wonderful!
To each his own. I salute anyone who has a hobby that brings them joy and good health.
If I lived there, I'd probably be doing the same thing! What a beautiful collection especially since it didn't involve killing something. Thank you for that.
Well atleast he is outside hiking
I thought taking the antlers wasn't a good thing, though?
they're full of minerals, and they contribute to the ecosystem
I've heard of forest guards taking the antlers and cutting them up before putting them back in nature so that they wouldn't get taken away by people
Gunboats Yeah, well, some humans like collecting things get a record and shit. Yah.
Gunboats I mean if you are going to be that anal, you can literally say even poop can be full of benefits, and that it can contribute back to the ecosystem. Not sure why you even mention it lol. Nature breaks every thing down in a cyclical. What will you say next? , we should bury the death in the ground rather than in a coffin because the decaying body can contribute back to the ecosystem? Somethings in life, let people do their thing, there are far greater battles to be won lol
Someone found somthing negtive😒
Tony Juarez Nature is why u here, bish.
But this is not negative, it's actually a valid point. Antlers are a source of phosphorus, calcium and other minerals and little creatures like squirrels, rabbits and porcupines often chew on them. Taking shed antlers is an offense in some countries too.
Wow!! Amazing Collection
They are beautiful. You have made fantastic art with them, Looks like a legitimate and sustainable hobby to me! Kudos!
That's the most incredible thing I've ever seen. That man has taken it to heights never achieved before!!!
i’m so glad this channel is back, i’ve missed it
Wow! Love ya. The way you display the antlers is arttiskely done. You're antlers look like it snowed inside. So cool. Andrew.
Genuinely if he sells all of that he have like Millions but Mad respect for what your doing. Like hiking all round for 11 hours he said I think it was about daylight something but he has great experience with stuff to.
Very amazing collection ! Wow impressed and glad to hear you didn't hunt them for their antlers :)
My uncles are into shed hunting but damn. This is a real collection 🔥
Awesomeness!!...U can make some Incredible things with these sheds!!
Good for u, for never stopping!! 🙂
Nothing would make me happier than to see all these antlers returned back to the earth where they belong. The amount of nutrients they pack for animals and the soil is amazing.
WOW. This is really amazing. I can totally see Guillermo del Toro filming a spooky movie scene in Jim's shed!!
That antler room looks so cool. It's looks like it could be a set for a fantasy movie or something.
All I can say is omg congratulations on your quest 👍🇦🇺
Very well done and very impressive!!. Ive not got those species but here in the UK since the 90s ive been lucky to get both native and alien species of which include the following Red deer, Fallow deer, Japanese sika deer, Pere David deer, Manchurian sika deer, barasingha deer, Muntjac, Roe deer and also a skull of a Chinese water deer.
thank you for making this I enjoy watching it
Man! love this channel...
What a beautiful shed! It's like an ossuary.
There are weirder hobbies
I hope to go see that collection first hand some day... when I hunt sheds I usually average about 1-2 antlers per mile walked
That’s pretty dang good!
So neat. I love this❤
I would really want to visit this place and it's really good that he doesn't kill to get the antlers
Beautiful!
Pattern, Art, Antlers ? Hannibal ?
Excellent collection. At most ive found in one day here in the UK of cast Fallow deer antlers was 25 back in the 1990s. Ive not found that many since.
beautiful 🦌
At least he has something that he can show world what he has done over the years.
This remembers me of Hannibal xD
That room is so cool
This would have been the best set for Hannibal to film on lmao
I'll meet you at the Pony Bar! One of my favorite places in Montana!
Oh my friggin'... That is so impressive.
16 hours hike that's incredible... I mean it's weird if someone walks in without knowing but after the story I guess it's good collection... Just like shells
Amazing wow.
And then I stumble
Grax meet you in heaven *rest in peace*
Beautiful
When i was a kid, i would go exploring all over and find antlers all the time usually one side and i would leave them after inspecting, intuitively i knew it was good for the soil from which it came...
I love this guy
!!!"Im In Total And Complete Shock"!!!
Perfect photo location for Hannibal season 4 if we ever do get it.
Very peaceful
I have a pair of antler plugs. They’re my favorite 🦌
3rd one he picked up was massive
There are a plague of deer near the place I live and I've never been lucky enough to find a single one.
Went from Harding to this guy then 1:00 in lovein him :)
This is going to be a cool museum one day
Or it will be sold
it's weird yet it's beautiful
Imagine being deer and you accidentally stumble into that place 😳
Where do you get your music?
That room with those antlers looks spiky
"WOW"......😱 Cool
Legendary
respect to you sir
I have antlers but like wow nice man
awesome! i was shocked when i saw the title. but as he says no harm were done. and he collects them from the ground. huge respect to this man.
It's great that this guy is humanely collecting antlers but other wildlife often use the shed antlers for nutrients. Leaving some behind to go back into the ecosystem would be more beneficial in the long run
Mel Katsu not really, why leave them there they cool things to collect, wildlife dont just rely on sheds to live on
How do you get the antlers?
Jim: I just walk out and pick it off the ground.
Should make one big ass sculpture out of them all. Could condense them down in space occupied and have one big thing to admire.
Holy shed!
I wonder what's his favorite one among all those collections
The white' one.
Just heard thus guy on the MeatEater podcast, had to look him up. Interesting hobby👍👍
My grandfather found an antler on the river side and I think its historic because I ask some of the elders in our place if there is a deer? Before During Spanish invade the Philippines and they said they didn't found any in our place.
keep going :)
🎶I use antlers in all of my decorating🎶
“I use antlers in all of my decorating!” 🎶- Gaston
Do you keep the ones that have been chewed on. Did you buy any or find them all?
I wish they put what songs were used in the description. :(
Found 87 antlers in one day?! Deer must be horny in town
Imagine tripping and falling into those antlers 😂
… JUST THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE WAS-- WAY UP ⬆ ON A LADDER- ADDING TO THOSE OVER HIS HEAD 💥🫣😳OUCH‼‼‼‼
Hannibal...haha
there are so many unique places on the planet that nobody knows of
God bless you.I just finished reading the Reporter and dropped the magazine when it had your website on the last line.I'm a Boilermaker in the 146 in Alberta Canada. but I live on the Atlantic Ocean in NewBrunswick. I had a little collection started but I went out to work for 3 years straight and the porcupines chewed and ruined them.I got a unique 4 point whitetail with 7 and 8 inch g2's but one of its brow tines is 15.5 inches long and the other is 21" dead on. I too didn't kill it. it was hit by a car.I am going to find out if I can legally mail it to you, and if I can,it would be my honor to pay the shipping cost to a fellow brother. I made the cover of Sports Illustrated when they used to cover hunting and fishing.I was 8 years old it was the September 8th 1958 issue.it was 25 cents and was a weekly magazine.I looked and read the2012 field and stream. it's an understatement when they say some way up to 100lbs.a big mature 5 or 6 foot rack on skull European style a friend found ,has to weigh 150.we broke the neck bone and the 2 of us carried it app 2 miles.felt like 300pounds.it was non typical with 38 points.some say44? I'm going to see our Department of Natural Resources and see if their is a absolute legal way to send you that.I don't want to risk anything for u.but Jim I live on a border Provence, so I will get back to you. Your one Dedicated individual.
anyone knows the opening background music of this video?
That's awesome!! 🦌...why stop now!! 😂
I'd hate to trip in that place.
CHILLS Hannibal CHILLS
And he has a wife and daughter 😪 it's only a matter of time
Lewis Sowerby by wife and daughter, did you mean Will and Abygail?
Al Albert hahahaha Will would make a tremendous wife
He'd make an amazing wife lolololololol
Other animals, especially birds, use the shed antlers for calcium. It's better to leave them where they are. (I'd totally collect them though, but not 16,000...)
Superficial Serpent leaving them wont kill the ecosystem but if you want to go ahead. i dont know who would leave any shed behind
He said he got 80 odd alters
Then days he went 11k without finding one
Jeeez Jim don’t you think you took em all!!
"no harm to the animals"
*Procids to show us deer skulls*
@Joseph Stalin yea he did lol
Well... in Germany taking antlers from the forrest is poaching
*He should make a GOT chair outta antlers and paint em black. It would be so cool* 🙌
I feel like if i slip in there, i die *twice*