School of the Longhunter 2022
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- During the first weekend in April I attended the 27th annual School of the Longhunter at Prickett’s Fort State Park in Fairmont, West Virginia.
This is a unique event that focuses on learning 18th century culture and history through a combination of seminars and hands-on demonstrations.
But learning is only one part of the experience. You get a full 18th century immersive experience with 18th century camping and social activities in the fort.
As an added bonus, this year I was able to meet fellow UA-cam host, Alex from Frontier Trading Company.
Here is a link to his excellent channel:
/ frontiertradingcompany
Mike Beliveau links:
Patreon - / duelist
I might add that you don't have to dress period or even stay at the fort. We have many people that pay for the weekend and come daily for the speakers and demonstrations ( the camp feast is also included; just bring a dish to pass). Next year's dates are April 13,14,15,16 2023. . Plenty of hotels in the area also!
I haven’t been to Pricketts fort since 2008… attended the school of the long hunter in 2006… had a great time…
Glad to see you as a presenter. Your an excellent marksman, despite your protestations to the contrary. I really am a bit jealous. I keep wishing i had time to attend something like this. Thank you very much for sharing as much of it as you did.
Thanks!
Thank you Mike. I get to live the life I wish I could through your videos.
I’m so jealous I wished I could do this sort of thing but health age and lack of funds…the usual culprits prevent me from this sort of amazing fun.
I understand.
I understand
Often, you'll find similar events in your area of the country if you do some checking. Many events cost little or nothing and are very close to where you live.
Good stuff, Mike. That's one of those events I really wish I could attend.
Maybe someday
Thanks Mike. Being disabled I can't go to such events anymore but at least this way I can stay in tune.
That looked like a fantastic outing! Oh, and desserts and guns all under the same roof? Count me in!
LOL!
Attending one of these events is on my Bucket List ...!
Salute from a Tennessean. Primitive hunting is the best ! I enjoy all forms of hunting, but a good smokepole , makes it more up close and personal.
What a great video and shout out for The School of the Long Hunter! Thanks again Mike!
I'm glad you liked it.
Very cool event. No matter a man's age,it's good to know he can learn new skills he didn't have the day before. Thanks for allowing us a look inside this event and thanks for the great channel content.
I see the importance oh high walls! We all might need some of those soon.
Thank you for the shoutout, it was an honor meeting you!
Same here!
Wonderful activity. Thanks!
Thanks!
IMHO, bad weather makes for the best experience in these events: it brings to mind the conditions in which our ancestors had to live and function. I've attended a number of rendezvous over the past 40+ years; the ones I remember most are those which nearly froze or drowned us... but we had a blast, learned a lot, and (as you noted in this wonderful video) enjoyed such great company. Black powder enthusiasts, buck skinners, and reenactors are some of the most interesting people on Earth.
Thanks for another excellent video, Mike!
-- Old Matt
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
Nice meeting you in person Mike! I was dressed as a French-Canadian Voyageur/Coureur de Bois. Hope to attend next year!
Bonjour Jean Claude!
Great video Mike, it really made my day. To bad about the weather but it adds to the experience of not all days were sunny and warm on the frontier. The comment of "can I pay in rubles" was amusing.
Adversity makes the most memorable camps.
Mike love each and every minute of this video.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
Great way to spend April Fools day, enjoyed it Mike as always, I need to get out more,
Great video Mike. Thank you. Cheers.
Looks like a good time . Great video , as usual . Thank you
I'm glad you liked it.
I love the park. Would love to stay in on of those cabins.
Good Video. That looks like so much fun
Thanks
Very awesome. My 6th Great Grandfather commanded the fort during the Revolution. Major William Haymond. Thanks for sharing this video!
Looks like a good time was had by all
Yup
I've been waiting for this. Thanks for sharing Mike!
Hi Ethan. I'm glad you liked it.
Hi from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures
Fascinating presentation! I’d heard of Simon Kenton, but didn’t remember much about him other than he was a contemporary of Daniel Boone - probably from reading about Daniel Boone. This forced me to grab the phone and do a quick search of Kenton’s legacy.
Kenton is worth studying
@@duelist1954 I read an article this weekend by Massad Ayoob coming out in American Handgunner on Daniel Boone. Simon Kenton is mentioned favorably.
Watched this episode (and, in fact, most of your episodes) last night on my smart TV, and generally come back to UA-cam the next day to hit the "Thumb's Up" button, which I've now done to this video of yours. Keep up the good work, Mike.
Fantastic Mike. I am ashamed to say that I live near Prickett's Fort and I've never been due to working out of the country most of the year. Thanks for the motivation!
Always enjoy these historically-oriented videos. Entertaining. Plus, very educational.
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
That was just fabulous. You were only 152 MI north of where I live which is Smoot West Virginia I really wish I had known that event was going on, I would have tried my best to be at that event I will be there next year with my grandson, he loves this stuff. It was also snowing like that at my house and that was no April Fools. I also know how to make cordage like that young man was demonstrating and believe it or not that type of cordage last quite some time and pretty strong. Once spring break comes in for the school's I'm going to bring my grandson up there to check that place out I'm sure he will fall in love with it. I sure would have liked to met you I watch your videos a lot you've taught me a lot. Thanks again for the video it was most interesting and I'm sure it was pretty educational also well, at any rate y'all have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry!
Thanks!
Thanks
I’ve been going to LH for 18 years straight. I’ve made some great friends that are like family to me. I’ve also learned a lot about a broad array of topics of the 18th century. I can’t recommend this event enough. Oh, and great video and pictures Mike!
Thanks
Sounds like a really informative and interesting event!!!
I got my truck fixed today Thank GOD so I can start going to shoots and gunshows again, been stuck in the house fot the last 2 years on covid lock down and restrictions so I'm slightly crazy with cabin fever
Mike, Thank You for another VERY entertaining video, it looks like a tremendous amount of fun.
Loved your video, my husband's favorite time period is the Long Hunter. Thanks again!
Thanks
Great job ! I look forward to your videos every week . Thank You .
Thanks!
Thoroughly Enjoy this one 😊 👍👍👍..!
Thanks
Thanks, great to watch. Mark
I'm glad you liked it
Some impressive LR chootin! Thanks for documenting this for us. Very interesting
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Maybe one day when I retire I will be able to do some cool things like this.
Hang in there!
Another great one Mike!
Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.
My goal is to attend some of the events next year... And perhaps bring a few flagons of a local mead that I am fond of.
Mike great video of the event. The event was great and the weather typical weather for the long hunter event.
Thanks!
Looks like a whole lot of fun, my schooling was sadly never like that.....
It is tremendous fun.
Great video Mike👍👍👌👌
Thanks
I wish I had known about this, I'd have come up for at least one day (I live a couple of hours away in Webster County WV).
Great video, hope to see you at Ft Frederick next week.
If I’m there I’ll only be day tripping. By the time I got an announcement that it was really going to happen, I was already booked for another event.
awesome
Thanks!
Big fun. Is it open to the public at large for viewing?
The Fort is open from mid-spring through the Fall. But SotLH is a closed event.
Looked like a lot of fun. Heather and Bill invited me last minute this year and I wasn't able to make it. I have plans to be there next year though. Glad to hear you had a good time!
Fun and interesting ..! Thank you Mike ..
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Gives me the urge to take my Fusil De Chasse out. Been too busy to burn powder lately. Need to get myself a rifle too, the smoothie is fun, but those 250yd shots look exciting!
I hope you get a chance to give it a try.
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you enjoyed it.
great video been to Pricketts nice park
The SoL is on my bucket list. I hope to make it one day
Great video. Often we forget the foundations we stand on. Most of us know something of skills and difficult times of some of our forefathers. To be in a place to learn more and even being taught that living through stormy days were normal then. Good to keep flintlock knowledge flowing too. Your videos are always good.
Thanks
Great video Mike, i would love to attend this and get into flintlock shooting, it looks like a blast!
God bless you. If it doesn't have running water, I'm not living in it.
LOL
I would guess that it had running water, even in the 18th century. Grab your buckets and run down to the creek. ;) For some of us who have too many libras and have shared too many birthday cakes, it runs pretty slow, but....
:D
@MIKE ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY SUCH EVENTS LIKE THIS NEAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI? Thanks for your great videos!
Check Smoke & Fire News
Mike, a friend of mine asked about multiple layer capes on hunting coats. I told her that the images she had looked like it was decorative braid or fringe rather than multiple layers of cape. If you would contact Justine at Early American on You Tube. Thanks.
It looks more hospitable than seven valleys. 😆
Great content, Mike. Thanks so much. I really liked the interior shots of the bunk house, meeting house and gun shop. Were there any black powder shooting opportunities? Thanks again.
This is not a shooting event…no range at the fort.
Great Shooting Mike, Glad you hit your mark , twice!! Thanks for sharing ! Dogs 🐕 almost like having a second girlfriend..lol
Would love to attend.
One thing is that you got to experience it what it was like even in the winter. Well I was wondering if those 2 girls at the auction were single. I would bid starting up at 5,000 and that would be cash not no check, not no credit card not no Bitcoin
That griffon looks really nice. I have one and love it. How is your dog search going?
So far unsuccessful
Hopefully next year....
Mike poured 490 balls,cut sprues, do I load them up or down sir????
Up
Thank you
How many HR of powder did you use for that250 yrs shot?
90 of 2Fg Swiss
Looks like a lot of fun
It was
@@duelist1954 do you ever make your own black powder
@@lawson9102 no
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very cool mike,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Thanks
What are you shooting in the long range clip? Are you loading with a paper cartridge through the breach?
Excuse the ignorance, what defines a long hunter?
The Longhunters were the men who trekked across the Appalachian Mountains to hunt and trap for months at a time. Their main cash crop was deer hides. They operated from the mid-1760s until the early 1770s.
Was that ol' "Two Balls" Mike in that clip?
Let me check…
I would have bid higher on the kit because Im a fan of the duelist
I would love to attend and participate.
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I'm so jealous...
I see you're using your swivel lock.
How’s about my ancestor Capt. Morgan Morgan ?
I hope he got enough good sleep
I slept fine. I was snug in a couple of wool blankets.
If you aim at 11:00 will your ball get to the target sooner than if you aim at 1:00?
2 hours earlier, of course.
:D
Grs
Please get a gimbal / stabilization for your camera….your videos make me sea sick !
Hi Mike, I’m sure you know about his channel,. But, Have you ever watched Townsend’s videos?. Very interesting subjects.
Yup. I love his stuff!