Why is it as we men age, birds become much more fascinating? Don’t know the reasons but I do enjoy watching them, hearing them and wishing them well in their journeys. As for the red squirrels, they all seem to have it out for me. Can’t pass by one without them cursing me and my presence in their territories.
I was critical of one of your videos because I thought you were against America etc. I am so glad I stuck around I LOVE THE WAY YOU BUILD SHARE HISTORY LOVE YOUR COLONIAL LIFE STYLE FORGIVE ME FOR BEING SO CRITICAL.... keep your videos coming love them
That was a good deed covering that well. One winter day when I was a little kid my Dad and I were out exploring the woods near our house and I almost stepped right into an old well like that. He saw it and grabbed me before I stepped right in and would have fallen in. I didn't even notice it until he stopped me and pointed it out.
Dear Pete, it is really inspiring for me to see all your peaceful and creative videos. I feel like it's my projected soul. Congratulations on your work on this video.
You really seem to enjoy making all those birdhouses!! Very good for the wildlife for sure. I really enjoyed today's video, the falling snow, and the trees with their white layers on them---beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you for covering the well, Peter. Perhaps you can use it in spring to water the garden if it’s not too far away. You are a fortunate man to live in such a beautiful place so self sufficiently.
God bless you my friend for caring for the birds, deer, and squirrels. Hard to be patient with mountain boomer red squirrels, but it is their land too! Finally subscribed today…Michigan boy of Virginia heritage living in Missouri USA 🇺🇸 Thank you for taking the time and effort to film and edit ✍️, it really means a lot! Stay strong, thanks, again, for sharing. Astounding wholesome historic realistic content.
Good evening Peter. I look forward to your videos more then anyone else that I watch on youtube. I can't help but wonder how many lives you change by just putting a little spark into someone's life. I feed the birds here in the winter. They seem to have plenty in the warmer months to eat. In the spring when our husky bandit sheds tremendously, the birds work hard gathering his fur for nest. We'll brush him out and it almost seems they're waiting for us to finish. Lol My folks live on a small parcel along the railroad which used to be the depot. They have a similar Well that opens up from time to time. It just opened this fall, first time in many years. I took a bunch of old bricks and stones over only to find dad had already filled it in. Anyway enough talking. I hope you get your buck soon. We probably got several inches of rain today. I'm sure you got the same or maybe in the form of snow. I have yet to get my buck. Muzzleloader season started Saturday but I had a big job for a client with my side business. Hope you and your family are safe,healthy and we'll. I'm really looking forward to the canoe build. Do you have or ever plan to do a bow building video? Thank you and have a blessed week my friend. God 🙌 bless.
Well my friend, our muzzleloader season ended yesterday and no buck for me. A crazy number of doe a fawns but, nothing with antlers. I can hunt with bow only now,up to the 31 December. I might do a video on bow making. It has been awhile but, I do enjoy building and shooting them. I hope you get a nice buck.
Greetings and salutations from the tiny state of Rhode Island. Great episode. I recently discovered your UA-cam channel and enjoy watching very much. I love history. I, myself have been a 19th century living history/reenactor for over 28 years and now starting 18th century authentic pirate living history. But I always loved the colonial woodland era. Please keep up the great hard work with your videos. I'm hooked on them.
Thank you for caring for the wildlife. I have chickens and when they moult the birds gather up their feathers. When I find abandoned nests I like to see what was used and they are lined with the feathers. Your bird and squirrel houses are beautiful.
You are certainly serious about enhancing the bird habitat around you! It's nice to see appreciation of all things natural, well done Peter and thanks also to your lovely wife, whom I believe wields a good hand at filming these vids. Again, thanks 4 sharing your time/talents with us. The canoe build will be most interesting to see...I learn each time I watch, which makes this a very enjoyable subscription. Robins R one of my favorite birds, as mom use to say; 'They are the first up and the last to bed' Their song bespeaks praise of their creator and reminds me to follow suit. One summer, it was quite warm and so I had my window wide open. I was practicing on my guitar, when out of the blue popped a robin on my window ledge. She was no more than 5 feet from me and staring me in the eye. I never felt so scrutinized. Picture it; she was free and I was in the cage = YIKES! I spoke to her for a few long seconds and then off she went. I was touched and thought; 'How sweet an experience!' I continued to play and back she came with mud and sticks. I thought; 'Dear Lord! She can't be making a nest?!' I left the room to tell my mother, and my mom jumped to her feet to thwart this plan of nature. I have the heart of my father and just would not do it...I couldn't even watch the poor robin's reaction to this 'home-wrecker'. Good thing to have a 'strong woman' around at times, or there I'd be with my window left permanently open to accommodate the raising of a brood of robins. Suuuure would have been a wonderful viewing experience! I often wondered...did the robin select my window for the lovely music I was playing? Or was she deaf? In lighter moments, I ponder this question with a smile! God Bless you n' yours! :)
Such a lovely story Marie and I hank you for sharing. Been playing guitar for 50 years and have yet to attract any birds … what does that say about the quality of my playing?
This is why split shingles and quarter sawn are the best for strength and water resistance. Thank you for your videos. Love your bird houses, but as to red squirrels...let's just say we have a minor feud.
Used to have a wee bit of a feud with them as well but, finally gave in trying to keep them out of the bird feeders etc. If you can’t beat them, join them!
I've been researching my family tree, and turns out, on my mother's side, I'm related to a Jean-Charles Charlebois aka Joly, Jolibois who was born in France in 1660, moved to New France, Canada, and lived in the Canadian Rockies, so I suspect he was a fur trapper! Love your videos! I'm just south of you, across lake Huron in Michigan. I used to do Civil War reenacting, which obviously is 1861-1865. But I've always loved the 18th century more!
Out of everything you do I'm most impressed with you splitting skills! I've been trying to split cedar pickets and can't get it straight board to save my life.
Thank you so much , you have helped a worried heart by covering the opening of the well, while we need these accesses to water in some areas unfortunately in today's world people don't teach their children to be aware of such things their heads in a modern space not in survival mode , I grew up in the untamed woods of Arkansas hills where old home places had lost coverings for their Wells in fact you couldn't even tell at some point that there had been a home place there unless you were there in the spring, as always I love watching your videos I try to share them with people who need this knowledge going forward in an unknown world thank you so much once again
Mr. Pete...love your caring heart. Your bird nesting boxes & covering that well are a testimony to that kindness. As for the bows - now you really have my attention! I compete in archery at the NMLRA. I would love to see you cover bow making!!!! Stay well!
Love watching your videos - relaxing, educational, and wonderful music to boot :) You are clearly very knowledgeable and it is a joy to watch you share your passion. My brothers and I made bird houses for our Eagle Scout projects, and humbly offer a few considerations/suggestions: -We found it advantageous to have the front door swing open at the bottom, to easily brush out old nests or debris (with a removable nail to secure the door). -You can affix an additional piece of wood over the front hole, to prevent (or at least prolong) the squirrels from chewing it, but also add depth which protects against predators (such as racoons) from reaching their paws in. -Drainage holes in the floor were beneficial. Keep up the great work!
Ah-ha, apologies my friend - there's always something to keep us on our toes :) If you ever need a hand let me know, we're just across the big lake from ya. A couple of shortcuts when building them new: -If you shave the corners off the floor piece, drainage. -If you mount the front door with a 1/4" gap at the top, ventilation (also helps it swing open).
Glad to see you're covering that old well!! Good man! It's good to have a way for little animals to climb out of the water too! Good luck hunting them bucks, remember those ol' moss horns know right where the does are!!
As always appreciate your efforts and dedication!! Excited for the canoe build. Wondering if you carry a cow's knee with you on your hunting adventures. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!!
I always have a well greased cows knee in my haversack. I also line the edge of my flash pan with bear fat if the humidity is high and refresh the powder in the pan every 20 - 30 minutes on really wet days. Watch your top knot.
Great video once again. I would love to see you shooting that self bow. I do a bit of muzzle loading wingshooting here in South Africa and got a traditional longbow to play with in the back yard. I never felt comfortable enough to hunt with the bow.
Another great episode keep up the good work. Fyi my major in college was archeology and during the summers did several digs at bushy run always interested in history
George Pishabo, Temagami taught me to make bows with dry cedar rather than ironwood because cedar does not follow the string. You have to make the limbs more robust but they work wonderfully.
Hello from central Ontario...Well that's a great effort to help out wildlife. I to build many bird boxes for nesting and in many cases they are used by wintering birds for roosting at night and in bad weather. Don't think many squirrels will use them though, I've never seen it anyways. Squirrels like to get high in the trees in a location to catch the warm morning sun I think. Most of the damage to my birdhouses are caused by woodpeckers and sometimes squirrels do chew at boxes, but I think it's in search of food, maybe they smell some seeds or are just curious. Anyways I enjoy your videos and you got a good camera there with high def footage which makes viewing your surroundings pop out on the screen.
I had to give up feeding the birds when bears found my feeder. They never forget where is was. You probably know that John Muir nearly died while helping his father did a well. He was overcome by methane fumes and passed out in the bottom of the well.
love the channel! very informative. well done. hope sometime you build a pair of the moccosins that you wear. Love it! stay safe from covid! Kendall in southern Illinois
@@TheWoodlandEscape I'm interested in a video on moccasin making. Also, the blanket coat in this video. I have a blanket coat made out of a Hudson's Bay blanket but I don't recognize the blanket yours is made from. Is it one of the other trading companies like the Northwest Company or something? Also like that red piping you put on the edges of the coat. Mine didn't work out so well with the hood but maybe like yours the trick is to add those two long blanket strips to get it to sit flat on the back of the coat?
Great channel, enjoy your stories and skills. Suggestion, cut the corners off the bottom of the nest box for drainage. We monitor 12 blue bird boxes here in Georgia and report to Cornell University Ornithology Lab. Merry Christmas and happy new year. Tom
@@TheWoodlandEscape I was worried about weather sealing the boxes but should have been thinking about ventilation. I did put hardware cloth open ended boxes around the entrance holes because a Hawk got one of my Bluebird residents when she exited the box.
a young fellpw out here makes basically the same birdhouse with a removeable trail cam mounted on top that can point into the box or be pointed 180 degrees around the box.... he gets some interesting footage
Hello again, just wondering about the Winter roosting boxes...I read the hole should be on the bottom and a perch put inside near the top. When summer comes along you can reverse the door take out the perch and use it for a nesting box in the Spring. I was thinking of the Winter box and what your thoughts were on that. Thanks for such great relaxing outdoor video that soothe the soul my friend. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🛤🌲🌲🌲🌲
Question: I was wondering, as much as you keep and carry your rifle around with you, it occurred to me that as careful as I’m certain you are there must be the occasional time when the rifle slips from its tree support, building corner or just out of your hand. In my youth I used to perform as a singer songwriter and infrequently but on occasion my expensive Martin or Gibson guitars would slip off of an amp, a guitar stand, the edge of the bed-you get the point-almost always without any damage. Just wondering how resilient your flintlocks are and the pioneers of the era represented were? Thanks, again. Great video, as always.
Funny you should bring up that subject, or should I say down … to this date I’ve never had a musket take a dive but, once I leaned my Martin guitar against a big old oak tree at an outdoor campfire and it fell to the ground breaking the neck. Some many dollars latter Martin played again.
Great news! I suppose your life depends on the one (your musket) and the other on your finances. Thanks, again, Peter for another wonderful video presentation. Well done to all!!! Oh, and a quick thought on last weeks’s video. Great silent prayer at the table. I wouldn’t want you to get slapped again from some of the more critical viewers for missing the prayer again. 🥴 Blessings!
This does not relate to today's topic but here I go. You grow such a bountiful garden. It must attract deer from far and wide. How do you keep the deer from destroying your garden?
Hi Peter. In your recent film rowing across the lake in Algonquin Park you mentioned that the canoe design was some 3,500 years old. In this film you mentioned having to steam the rib pieces to make them pliable enough to bend to shape. Do you know how the early builders would have softened the wood for their builds? Best wishes, Mark
Boiling water poured over the material and bent over the knee. I suspect they may have also used hollowed out logs filled with water and hot rocks added to the water.
I was wondering how you attach your sash to your haversack? I just sewed my first one together and built an inkle loom and have no clue how to attack. Do you just put the sash between 2 pieces of leather and sew the leather to the bag and sew the leather together? Thanks so much!
You sandwich the woven sash between two pieces of leather. You can get creative by using a heart shape. The stitching will stop any unraveling of the weave. Final step, use a leather punch and punch through both pieces of leather and add a leather thong.
I had to put metal around the holes in my bird house's because the Woodpeckers kept drilling the holes bigger. I had some higher up box's for them with bigger holes but they were not satisfied lol
I found several wells on our property in the Adirondacks but they'd collapsed so no issues. Obviously not as well built as the one you found. There should be some type of depression from a structure and wonder if you've come across it? Interesting how you manage to stay in both the modern and colonial time periods. I think I'd love that life and then I think about modern medicine and other advantages. How difficult is it to transition or have you done this so long it's more natural for you? Again thanks for bringing us along.
There is the remnants of the original foundation at the well site. You nailed it with bring up modern medicine but, if not for that, I could quite easily step back time. I sometimes find transitioning to our modern world harder than going back 250 years.
Does the well still have water in it? Potable water? Also curious, you might tie a magnet on a rope and lower it down to see if it grabs anything metal that might have been dropped or lost in the well.
Good morning. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I remember in one of them you mentioned what to feed deer during the winter months but I can't remember what nor can I find the video. Would you please share that with me again?
You can buy actual deer fed but, it is costly. We use crushed corn but, stop feed once they yard up. They’ll switch to eating primarily cedar. In really harsh winters we’ll actually thin some cedars and fed them that. They see: to find the tops more Pali tab than lower old growth.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Great! Thank you so much. I have several that come through my yard each night and wanted to help them out this winter. I love watching them.
Arround the well would be a great place to metal detect you would prob find a house seat cellar and maby a barn lots of great artifacts maby colonial coins
People don’t understand that Safety is - an acceptable degree of risk. Everything has some degree of risk involved in it. Even walking to the mailbox has some degree of risk involved in that rather routine endeavor.
I hunt with both, but I do prefer my .62 bore fowler and 60 yards is also my cutoff point. With my .54 filled flintlock, having a rear sight and assuming I’ve got a good rest, I’m comfortable out to 80 to 100. I can keep a group pretty tight at a 100 but.
The birds sure must love you guys. The squirrels are so annoying. When I lived in the states, they went after my bird feeder, and no amount of effort on my part could stave them off. I finally gave up with feeding my birds….. Here in Australia, we’ve got no squirrels….
Depends were one lives. In Ontario one eateries a draw for a doe tag but, any licensed deer hunter can harvest a buck. The number of doe tags given out is based on population surveys in each of the Wildlife Management Units. The meat tastes exactly the same.
Why is it when i take my modern rifle, i shoot my buck at less than 20 yds. Than when i head out with my flintlock there at 100yds? Which by the way, is outside my comfort zone.......
I always thought to become a real hunter and get the fullest understanding and a knowledge about what he is actually doing a follow should pick up the most primitive weapon he can find and set about learning. What he will learn is that without his technology he is a very weak, defenseless creature and not at all superior to the animal he hunts. He doesn't have the nose or hearing of the deer, the eyes of any bird, the reaction of any animal in the woods. Had we been without a brain we would have been extinct long ago. With a primitive weapon he will observe more than harvest and he will gain a greater respect for the animal. He will also gain a greater understanding of his place in the scheme of things and, should he actually learn enough and be patient enough to succeed, and if he has learned his lessons well enough, he will know and accept a certain sadness that is the natural way of things. For by becoming familiar with that animal he will truly know what he has just done. There is nothing wrong with it but there will be an enlightenment.
Put plenty by the garden they eat a lot of bugs while feeding young. With improved squirrel you will now you will have a bumper crop of young squirrels to ravage more bird houses. Eat more Squirrel. LOL
Canada is not Peter. We have eliminated the long gun registration and only handguns must be registered and have had to have been since 1933. Multi round clips are not allowed and personally, given I’m a hunter, I see no reason for them. Heck, i shoot a flintlock, get one shot only and harvest a lot of wild game.
@@TheWoodlandEscape i shoot flink locks also. Ar 15 or any gun does not kill its the person. I will get back to you after i research your gun controll. I do have alot of respect for you and what you do on this channel. I hope we can get along even if we see things differently. I have a friend and he is did hard liberal and i am conservative. A young man said to me how can you 2 be friends. I told him we disagree but he is a good man and my friend. I think the youth of today dont understand you can disagree and still be friends. Iam 65 maybe i dont understand.
Why is it as we men age, birds become much more fascinating? Don’t know the reasons but I do enjoy watching them, hearing them and wishing them well in their journeys. As for the red squirrels, they all seem to have it out for me. Can’t pass by one without them cursing me and my presence in their territories.
Those Red Squirrels do indeed like to let you know you are trespassing. They have, more than once, given me a heads up when a deer is approaching.
Awesome! You are the proprietor of your own Bird & Squirrel Motels. 🏠🏚️🏘️🏚️... 🐦🕊️🦆🐥 🐿️🐿️🐿️ 👍 🤠 🇺🇸
I love your videos Sir... thank you for helping God's greatest creation....The Animals.....
They are indeed Gregory!
I like your colorful, warm, and comfortable outfits. Thank you for sharing this new video with us. A worth watching video!
Actually the clothes worn in the 1700’s are very comfortable.
Just listening to the music close your eyes you are transported back to another time. Yes they had their woes but it seems so much better than.
You are a good and kind man! Thank you for looking for the safety of man and beast!
i Love watching your videos. you and your family are a Inspiration to everyone. GOD' Bless your whole family. Amen :)
Hi from Syracuse NY brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures and your family and everyone else
Thank you for the well cover. God knows how many animals succumbed to that well over the years and possibly people.
I was critical of one of your videos because I thought you were against America etc. I am so glad I stuck around I LOVE THE WAY YOU BUILD SHARE HISTORY LOVE YOUR COLONIAL LIFE STYLE FORGIVE ME FOR BEING SO CRITICAL.... keep your videos coming love them
🚣Looking forward to your canoe build. Take care...
Fantastic, really nice. I like seeing old wood used for projects 👍🏼✝️
That was a good deed covering that well.
One winter day when I was a little kid my Dad and I were out exploring the woods near our house and I almost stepped right into an old well like that. He saw it and grabbed me before I stepped right in and would have fallen in. I didn't even notice it until he stopped me and pointed it out.
Now I’m really glad I covered it up. Scary I’m sure for a young fellow.
Dear Pete, it is really inspiring for me to see all your peaceful and creative videos. I feel like it's my projected soul. Congratulations on your work on this video.
Thank you, so much!
You really seem to enjoy making all those birdhouses!! Very good for the wildlife for sure. I really enjoyed today's video, the falling snow, and the trees with their white layers on them---beautiful. Thank you.
It was a changing sort of day but, I kinda like days like that. Thanks for your interest Jan.
I think this might be my favourite so far Peter and Cathy. The visuals are stunning.
Thanks sister Pat. We thought it pretty good but, seems to be getting a lot less interest than others.
Thank you for covering the well, Peter. Perhaps you can use it in spring to water the garden if it’s not too far away. You are a fortunate man to live in such a beautiful place so self sufficiently.
We are indeed fortunate. I love the simple part of life.
God bless you my friend for caring for the birds, deer, and squirrels. Hard to be patient with mountain boomer red squirrels, but it is their land too! Finally subscribed today…Michigan boy of Virginia heritage living in Missouri USA 🇺🇸 Thank you for taking the time and effort to film and edit ✍️, it really means a lot! Stay strong, thanks, again, for sharing. Astounding wholesome historic realistic content.
Hanks for your very flattering comments Gary. Glad you’re enjoying our step back in time.
Happy Hunting ❤️🌳🌲 & thanks for the squirrel hotels😉😂🦊🦝🦌🐗🦃🕊️🦅🦆🦉🦨🐿️🐇🐦
Hello from Alberta, like your video's, take care.
Thanks Gary.
Your channel is my favorite one. Thank you!
Thank YOU!
I’ve subbed and been watching a few and by-golly my blood pressure has gone down. Many thanks👍🏻
We appreciate your support, Chris … also happy about your blood pressure, lol.
Great job on covering the hole on that Well Peter 👍👍👍🇵🇭
Érdekes videó lett!😀👍
Red squirrels get into everything. I'm off grid in Western Maine a few about 10 miles from Canada border near Rangeley. Winter is here
THANK YOU
Would like to thank the both of you for such a warm caring video.
Bravo on the well cover. You saved our 4 legged friends a terrible death. 🥰☺️🤗
Great move covering the well...Wish you were my neighbor...well done and thanks for your dedication to life/history...
Thank you.
Love Your UA-cam Channel! Learned a lot from them! Thanks For Passing On The Old Skills ! Have a Blessed Weekend! I'm From North Carolina USA 🇺🇸
Hello Gary from N.C. We are glad you’re enjoying our step back in time.
Good evening Peter. I look forward to your videos more then anyone else that I watch on youtube. I can't help but wonder how many lives you change by just putting a little spark into someone's life.
I feed the birds here in the winter. They seem to have plenty in the warmer months to eat. In the spring when our husky bandit sheds tremendously, the birds work hard gathering his fur for nest. We'll brush him out and it almost seems they're waiting for us to finish. Lol
My folks live on a small parcel along the railroad which used to be the depot. They have a similar Well that opens up from time to time. It just opened this fall, first time in many years. I took a bunch of old bricks and stones over only to find dad had already filled it in.
Anyway enough talking. I hope you get your buck soon. We probably got several inches of rain today. I'm sure you got the same or maybe in the form of snow. I have yet to get my buck. Muzzleloader season started Saturday but I had a big job for a client with my side business.
Hope you and your family are safe,healthy and we'll. I'm really looking forward to the canoe build. Do you have or ever plan to do a bow building video? Thank you and have a blessed week my friend. God 🙌 bless.
Well my friend, our muzzleloader season ended yesterday and no buck for me. A crazy number of doe a fawns but, nothing with antlers. I can hunt with bow only now,up to the 31 December. I might do a video on bow making. It has been awhile but, I do enjoy building and shooting them. I hope you get a nice buck.
Thanks for another great lesson! I would love to see you make a bow! You have inspired me to put up some bird houses around too.
The birds will be happy. We might just have to cover bow making in a future episode.
Greetings and salutations from the tiny state of Rhode Island. Great episode. I recently discovered your UA-cam channel and enjoy watching very much. I love history. I, myself have been a 19th century living history/reenactor for over 28 years and now starting 18th century authentic pirate living history.
But I always loved the colonial woodland era. Please keep up the great hard work with your videos. I'm hooked on them.
Thank you!
Another great video... Thanks for sharing with us!
I enjoyed your explanation of frowing timber versus milling it.
Thank you.
Thank you for caring for the wildlife. I have chickens and when they moult the birds gather up their feathers. When I find abandoned nests I like to see what was used and they are lined with the feathers. Your bird and squirrel houses are beautiful.
Thank you Beverly.
You are certainly serious about enhancing the bird habitat around you! It's nice to see appreciation of all things natural, well done Peter and thanks also to your lovely wife, whom I believe wields a good hand at filming these vids. Again, thanks 4 sharing your time/talents with us. The canoe build will be most interesting to see...I learn each time I watch, which makes this a very enjoyable subscription. Robins R one of my favorite birds, as mom use to say; 'They are the first up and the last to bed' Their song bespeaks praise of their creator and reminds me to follow suit. One summer, it was quite warm and so I had my window wide open. I was practicing on my guitar, when out of the blue popped a robin on my window ledge. She was no more than 5 feet from me and staring me in the eye. I never felt so scrutinized. Picture it; she was free and I was in the cage = YIKES! I spoke to her for a few long seconds and then off she went. I was touched and thought; 'How sweet an experience!' I continued to play and back she came with mud and sticks. I thought; 'Dear Lord! She can't be making a nest?!' I left the room to tell my mother, and my mom jumped to her feet to thwart this plan of nature. I have the heart of my father and just would not do it...I couldn't even watch the poor robin's reaction to this 'home-wrecker'. Good thing to have a 'strong woman' around at times, or there I'd be with my window left permanently open to accommodate the raising of a brood of robins. Suuuure would have been a wonderful viewing experience! I often wondered...did the robin select my window for the lovely music I was playing? Or was she deaf? In lighter moments, I ponder this question with a smile! God Bless you n' yours! :)
Such a lovely story Marie and I hank you for sharing. Been playing guitar for 50 years and have yet to attract any birds … what does that say about the quality of my playing?
@@TheWoodlandEscape Ah, but then there is that phrase; "You're music is for the birds!" Maybe THIS is why you never had such an experience! LOL!
This is why split shingles and quarter sawn are the best for strength and water resistance. Thank you for your videos. Love your bird houses, but as to red squirrels...let's just say we have a minor feud.
Used to have a wee bit of a feud with them as well but, finally gave in trying to keep them out of the bird feeders etc. If you can’t beat them, join them!
Another great video. That’s a lot of birdhouses! Could we see a video of a bow build in the future?
That is something we just might do Zach.
I've been researching my family tree, and turns out, on my mother's side, I'm related to a Jean-Charles Charlebois aka Joly, Jolibois who was born in France in 1660, moved to New France, Canada, and lived in the Canadian Rockies, so I suspect he was a fur trapper! Love your videos! I'm just south of you, across lake Huron in Michigan. I used to do Civil War reenacting, which obviously is 1861-1865. But I've always loved the 18th century more!
Sunday morning relaxation & lesson.
Keep it up mate!!
Job well done!, You're a wealth of knowledge, Thanks for sharing it! God Bless!!
Very informative!
Good idea covering that well. Good luck in your hunting endeavors!
Out of everything you do I'm most impressed with you splitting skills!
I've been trying to split cedar pickets and can't get it straight board to save my life.
A wee bit of practice and you would have it Austin.
Thank you so much , you have helped a worried heart by covering the opening of the well, while we need these accesses to water in some areas unfortunately in today's world people don't teach their children to be aware of such things their heads in a modern space not in survival mode , I grew up in the untamed woods of Arkansas hills where old home places had lost coverings for their Wells in fact you couldn't even tell at some point that there had been a home place there unless you were there in the spring, as always I love watching your videos I try to share them with people who need this knowledge going forward in an unknown world thank you so much once again
Growing up in the “untamed woods” can be a good thing Scarlet. Thanks for sharing your story.
super cool, ill have to make some houses myself.
We had a purple finch at our bird feeder just the other day! First time seeing one myself.
We occasionally get purple finches as well and they are one beautiful bird. Thanks for your interest.
Mr. Pete...love your caring heart. Your bird nesting boxes & covering that well are a testimony to that kindness. As for the bows - now you really have my attention! I compete in archery at the NMLRA. I would love to see you cover bow making!!!! Stay well!
Love watching your videos - relaxing, educational, and wonderful music to boot :)
You are clearly very knowledgeable and it is a joy to watch you share your passion.
My brothers and I made bird houses for our Eagle Scout projects, and humbly offer a few considerations/suggestions:
-We found it advantageous to have the front door swing open at the bottom, to easily brush out old nests or debris (with a removable nail to secure the door).
-You can affix an additional piece of wood over the front hole, to prevent (or at least prolong) the squirrels from chewing it, but also add depth which protects against predators (such as racoons) from reaching their paws in.
-Drainage holes in the floor were beneficial.
Keep up the great work!
All great ideas, thanks for the advice. However, now you’ve given me another project, lol. I ll be doing those renovations to over 70 houses!
Ah-ha, apologies my friend - there's always something to keep us on our toes :)
If you ever need a hand let me know, we're just across the big lake from ya.
A couple of shortcuts when building them new:
-If you shave the corners off the floor piece, drainage.
-If you mount the front door with a 1/4" gap at the top, ventilation (also helps it swing open).
Glad to see you're covering that old well!! Good man! It's good to have a way for little animals to climb out of the water too!
Good luck hunting them bucks, remember those ol' moss horns know right where the does are!!
As always appreciate your efforts and dedication!! Excited for the canoe build. Wondering if you carry a cow's knee with you on your hunting adventures. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!!
I always have a well greased cows knee in my haversack. I also line the edge of my flash pan with bear fat if the humidity is high and refresh the powder in the pan every 20 - 30 minutes on really wet days. Watch your top knot.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Thanks for the tip!
Great video once again. I would love to see you shooting that self bow. I do a bit of muzzle loading wingshooting here in South Africa and got a traditional longbow to play with in the back yard. I never felt comfortable enough to hunt with the bow.
I’ve only harvested 2 deer with the bow. I’m pretty addicted to my flintlocks, which are little more than a bow when it comes to range.
Another great episode keep up the good work. Fyi my major in college was archeology and during the summers did several digs at bushy run always interested in history
Thanks Tim. I often when I’d studied archaeology … a fascinating subject/field.
George Pishabo, Temagami taught me to make bows with dry cedar rather than ironwood because cedar does not follow the string. You have to make the limbs more robust but they work wonderfully.
Thank you. I will try that.
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This is so admirable. Thank you.
merry christmas and happy new year.enjoy your vidios
Thanks Robert and a Merry Christmas to you and your clan.
Extremely interesting & informative, well done M8 .All the best to you and yours....ATB
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Hello from central Ontario...Well that's a great effort to help out wildlife. I to build many bird boxes for nesting and in many cases they are used by wintering birds for roosting at night and in bad weather. Don't think many squirrels will use them though, I've never seen it anyways. Squirrels like to get high in the trees in a location to catch the warm morning sun I think. Most of the damage to my birdhouses are caused by woodpeckers and sometimes squirrels do chew at boxes, but I think it's in search of food, maybe they smell some seeds or are just curious. Anyways I enjoy your videos and you got a good camera there with high def footage which makes viewing your surroundings pop out on the screen.
Thanks Roy for your feedback and we appreciate your interest.
I had to give up feeding the birds when bears found my feeder. They never forget where is was. You probably know that John Muir nearly died while helping his father did a well. He was overcome by methane fumes and passed out in the bottom of the well.
I had heard that story Kevin. I must say I’m glad he didn’t succumb as I absolutely love his work!
love the channel! very informative. well done. hope sometime you build a pair of the moccosins that you wear. Love it! stay safe from covid! Kendall in southern Illinois
We are planning to film the construction of a few different styles of moccasins this winter.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I'm interested in a video on moccasin making. Also, the blanket coat in this video. I have a blanket coat made out of a Hudson's Bay blanket but I don't recognize the blanket yours is made from. Is it one of the other trading companies like the Northwest Company or something? Also like that red piping you put on the edges of the coat. Mine didn't work out so well with the hood but maybe like yours the trick is to add those two long blanket strips to get it to sit flat on the back of the coat?
Great channel, enjoy your stories and skills. Suggestion, cut the corners off the bottom of the nest box for drainage. We monitor 12 blue bird boxes here in Georgia and report to Cornell University Ornithology Lab. Merry Christmas and happy new year. Tom
Great advice!
Thanks for this informative video. It never occurred to me to put vent holes near the top of my bird houses. They're getting fixed in the spring.
When I first stared to bold them i did not know that either. Apparently, in real hot weather, with out them, the fledglings can die.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I was worried about weather sealing the boxes but should have been thinking about ventilation. I did put hardware cloth open ended boxes around the entrance holes because a Hawk got one of my Bluebird residents when she exited the box.
Good idea.
a young fellpw out here makes basically the same birdhouse with a removeable trail cam mounted on top that can point into the box or be pointed 180 degrees around the box.... he gets some interesting footage
I’ll bet he does Rob.
Hello again, just wondering about the Winter roosting boxes...I read the hole should be on the bottom and a perch put inside near the top. When summer comes along you can reverse the door take out the perch and use it for a nesting box in the Spring. I was thinking of the Winter box and what your thoughts were on that. Thanks for such great relaxing outdoor video that soothe the soul my friend. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🛤🌲🌲🌲🌲
Well now, winter boxes, to be honest I never thought of it. Ll need to do some research on that idea.
Cathy, what are going to do if he falls while putting up a bird or squirrel box? By the way, you do an outstanding job on filming Peter!
Thanks Millie, I’ll pass that on to Cathy. Haven’t fallen yet, I prefer to keep the blue side up.
Excellent video as usual. Very informative.
May I ask where you got the white long coat with red and blue stripes?
If I remember correctly, he said in another video that they made it out of a Hudson Bay blanket.
@@grantcook3739 cool, thank you for the information.
Question: I was wondering, as much as you keep and carry your rifle around with you, it occurred to me that as careful as I’m certain you are there must be the occasional time when the rifle slips from its tree support, building corner or just out of your hand. In my youth I used to perform as a singer songwriter and infrequently but on occasion my expensive Martin or Gibson guitars would slip off of an amp, a guitar stand, the edge of the bed-you get the point-almost always without any damage. Just wondering how resilient your flintlocks are and the pioneers of the era represented were? Thanks, again. Great video, as always.
Funny you should bring up that subject, or should I say down … to this date I’ve never had a musket take a dive but, once I leaned my Martin guitar against a big old oak tree at an outdoor campfire and it fell to the ground breaking the neck. Some many dollars latter Martin played again.
Great news! I suppose your life depends on the one (your musket) and the other on your finances. Thanks, again, Peter for another wonderful video presentation. Well done to all!!! Oh, and a quick thought on last weeks’s video. Great silent prayer at the table. I wouldn’t want you to get slapped again from some of the more critical viewers for missing the prayer again. 🥴 Blessings!
This does not relate to today's topic but here I go. You grow such a bountiful garden. It must attract deer from far and wide. How do you keep the deer from destroying your garden?
Odd , that with the high deer population we don’t have a lot of produce lose but, we don’t. Rabbits n the other hand!
Hi Peter.
In your recent film rowing across the lake in Algonquin Park you mentioned that the canoe design was some 3,500 years old. In this film you mentioned having to steam the rib pieces to make them pliable enough to bend to shape. Do you know how the early builders would have softened the wood for their builds?
Best wishes,
Mark
Boiling water poured over the material and bent over the knee. I suspect they may have also used hollowed out logs filled with water and hot rocks added to the water.
Thanks Peter! That makes sense.
HA !!! I knew you wouldn't be able to wait till spring to start the canoe
I’m so damned predictable, lol!
pete were i hunt in rhode island they coverd the well up with a 1950s belarie hood
Now that is is a classic idea!
I was wondering how you attach your sash to your haversack? I just sewed my first one together and built an inkle loom and have no clue how to attack. Do you just put the sash between 2 pieces of leather and sew the leather to the bag and sew the leather together? Thanks so much!
You sandwich the woven sash between two pieces of leather. You can get creative by using a heart shape. The stitching will stop any unraveling of the weave. Final step, use a leather punch and punch through both pieces of leather and add a leather thong.
I had to put metal around the holes in my bird house's because the Woodpeckers kept drilling the holes bigger. I had some higher up box's for them with bigger holes but they were not satisfied lol
Hard to please those feathered things, lol!
Do all the added birdhouses help with mosquitoes and fly populations?
Not sure. Bat houses do and we’ve built a few of them but, sadly the bat population really dropped due to a fungus they got.
I found several wells on our property in the Adirondacks but they'd collapsed so no issues. Obviously not as well built as the one you found. There should be some type of depression from a structure and wonder if you've come across it? Interesting how you manage to stay in both the modern and colonial time periods. I think I'd love that life and then I think about modern medicine and other advantages. How difficult is it to transition or have you done this so long it's more natural for you? Again thanks for bringing us along.
There is the remnants of the original foundation at the well site. You nailed it with bring up modern medicine but, if not for that, I could quite easily step back time. I sometimes find transitioning to our modern world harder than going back 250 years.
Does the well still have water in it? Potable water? Also curious, you might tie a magnet on a rope and lower it down to see if it grabs anything metal that might have been dropped or lost in the well.
Not sure about potable but, it is full. I pushed about a 15 foot piece of tree down it and did not touch bottom. The magnet is a great idea!!!
Good morning. I've been watching your videos for a while now and I remember in one of them you mentioned what to feed deer during the winter months but I can't remember what nor can I find the video. Would you please share that with me again?
You can buy actual deer fed but, it is costly. We use crushed corn but, stop feed once they yard up. They’ll switch to eating primarily cedar. In really harsh winters we’ll actually thin some cedars and fed them that. They see: to find the tops more Pali tab than lower old growth.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Great! Thank you so much. I have several that come through my yard each night and wanted to help them out this winter. I love watching them.
Did you harvest a deer with your musket?
Down to it. Seen only does and fawns. One day left. We did get two nice bucks in the modern rifle season.
Do you ever use a cover over your rifle lock when it's snowing?
I always carry a well greased cows knees in my kit for when the conditions require it.
Arround the well would be a great place to metal detect you would prob find a house seat cellar and maby a barn lots of great artifacts maby colonial coins
People don’t understand that Safety is - an acceptable degree of risk. Everything has some degree of risk involved in it. Even walking to the mailbox has some degree of risk involved in that rather routine endeavor.
Peter, have to ask you hunting with smooth bore or rifle? I know my French fusil smooth bore about 60 yards is it!
I hunt with both, but I do prefer my .62 bore fowler and 60 yards is also my cutoff point. With my .54 filled flintlock, having a rear sight and assuming I’ve got a good rest, I’m comfortable out to 80 to 100. I can keep a group pretty tight at a 100 but.
but … the energy of a round ball is dropping off pretty dramatically past 90 yards.
I’m new to your videos are you doing this in Canada or in the U.S.A.? ( God Bless America ) Do you give tours of your work?
Canada (eastern Ontario)
The birds sure must love you guys. The squirrels are so annoying. When I lived in the states, they went after my bird feeder, and no amount of effort on my part could stave them off. I finally gave up with feeding my birds….. Here in Australia, we’ve got no squirrels….
Funny you mentioned the bid feeders. We gave up as well and simply put out a lot more we’d, lol.
Can you legally hunt does? Are does better meat in the sense of more tender?
Depends were one lives. In Ontario one eateries a draw for a doe tag but, any licensed deer hunter can harvest a buck. The number of doe tags given out is based on population surveys in each of the Wildlife Management Units. The meat tastes exactly the same.
In your spare time you should improve the well. It would be a nice addition to your homestead
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Why is it when i take my modern rifle, i shoot my buck at less than 20 yds. Than when i head out with my flintlock there at 100yds? Which by the way, is outside my comfort zone.......
So true!
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You might find that it's not all squrils it might be weasels
We have hem as well. I actually watch one today while deer hunting.
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What do you call a tree full of birds nests? A-partridge-ments. I'll let myself out.
That is hilarious!
I always thought to become a real hunter and get the fullest understanding and a knowledge about what he is actually doing a follow should pick up the most primitive weapon he can find and set about learning. What he will learn is that without his technology he is a very weak, defenseless creature and not at all superior to the animal he hunts. He doesn't have the nose or hearing of the deer, the eyes of any bird, the reaction of any animal in the woods. Had we been without a brain we would have been extinct long ago. With a primitive weapon he will observe more than harvest and he will gain a greater respect for the animal. He will also gain a greater understanding of his place in the scheme of things and, should he actually learn enough and be patient enough to succeed, and if he has learned his lessons well enough, he will know and accept a certain sadness that is the natural way of things. For by becoming familiar with that animal he will truly know what he has just done. There is nothing wrong with it but there will be an enlightenment.
So true and beautifully said.
Put plenty by the garden they eat a lot of bugs while feeding young. With improved squirrel you will now you will have a bumper crop of young squirrels to ravage more bird houses. Eat more Squirrel. LOL
Got to say, the music is getting annoying. Change it up..... Love the videos and education.
Appreciate your feedback.
I just had cursed visions of You accidentally dropping your hammer in that well. Ugh.
Oh no, not my favorite hammer, lol
Might not be the best thing to place the stones on the wooden cover? When the wood rots the stones will fall into the well!
JIM
Good point Jim but, I did use some pressure treated wood, so it should be a good spell before that happens.
Why is canada so anti gun owner I dont understand.
Canada is not Peter. We have eliminated the long gun registration and only handguns must be registered and have had to have been since 1933. Multi round clips are not allowed and personally, given I’m a hunter, I see no reason for them. Heck, i shoot a flintlock, get one shot only and harvest a lot of wild game.
@@TheWoodlandEscape hmmm that is not what iam hearing from other Canadians. I will do research. Love your channel.
@@TheWoodlandEscape i shoot flink locks also. Ar 15 or any gun does not kill its the person. I will get back to you after i research your gun controll. I do have alot of respect for you and what you do on this channel. I hope we can get along even if we see things differently. I have a friend and he is did hard liberal and i am conservative. A young man said to me how can you 2 be friends. I told him we disagree but he is a good man and my friend. I think the youth of today dont understand you can disagree and still be friends. Iam 65 maybe i dont understand.