I grew up on a Dairy Farm in the Catskill Mts. 670 acres. I remember the tin cans, with little roofs on them, catching the sap from the trees. Then heavy plastic bags were used. My cousin married the girl up the mountain, whose family owned the maple farm. When you grow up eating maple sugar candy, regular candy or sugar will never do. It is a lot of work - from tree to syrup - but there's nothing like the mountains in fall, rain, snow, fog...Thank you for the great videos!
Hello from Wisconsin... Just want to say...I'm a huge fan of your video's...seen em all some 2-3 times...another excellent presentation of harvesting wild resources...I'm definitely going to try it this spring ...thanks for the lesson...Take care!
Lots of work for a small reward. I know a lot of people up here in AK that tap the trees and use it in place of water, in the spring time. Thanks for the video... Always great.
Well, honor is due... I must admit, this channel of yours is one of the most rewarding and inspiring to watch and therefore among the best over all here. Maybe I'm not that much into (or like) hunting and such I must praise the way you do it(as far as I've noticed).You show great respect for the animals you catch (and make good use of it) and the environment at large so I have no complaints whatsoever about that. Thanks for sharing, good luck and keep on with what you're doing. Cheers /mtm
Brilliant. Easy set up. I have pecan trees. Was sighting in my .22 against one tree and the thing started to flow. It was sweet to taste but I did not have the knowledge to harvest it. Now i do. Thank you.
Awesome vid. The thing I like the most about your channel is how you mix the traditional with the modern--too many people make an effort to go completely aboriginal-bushcraft crazy and ignore the fact that even in the middle of nowhere you can take advantage of modern ways. Thanks!
I've done this before but we used a different technique. Your method works very well. You are correct in saying that its a lot of work for a small amount of syrup, but ohhhh so tasty. Keep up the great vids.
Andrew cheers for the informative video I tap the trees here in Hampshire England and make wine . I collect a 4 litres boil it for 10 minutes add 2 pounds of white sugar let it cool and add the yeast rack it off in 15 days and it is ready to drink by Christmas. Its really strong and sweet like a sherry and makes a nice bit of heat when you drink it.
This new camera is pretty good, no bad background sound and good quality video !!! I appreciate your video !!! I'll do the same here !!! I live in northern Quebec, no maple here too !! I would normally do this with maple !
i sure did find it joe i knew the area it was in i looked everyday everywere for a week i was so happy wen i did find it i really love that knife. thanks again my friend!
You can use bees wax or any wax to seal the cut.. Or just remove the piece of duct tape and place it over the cut.. Then come summer you will be able to remove the piece of tape. I hope this helps. Sending Love & Light
Makes such a small amount of syrup, no wonder the syrup companies make it out of chemicals and call it artificial birch or maple syrup. Good to know how to not die of thirst in the woods though!
Hay Andrew, just popped in to see what you were up too, that sure looked tasty, great job, instant energy. Thanks again for all your videos, brings back lots of memories. What else keeps you busy this time of year?? God Bless Kevin
I've never seen tapping done this easy before, I usually use a hollow plug like a dry wall anchor. I'll have to give this a shot since March is nearly here.
White birch smells beautiful and when it burns in a fire, the patterns you see on the burning birch, are the patterns Indians wove into their blankets.
birch sap once boiled & turned into syrup is really good for cooking with, i use it when stir frying grouse or moose it gives it a real nice taste..also the method i use to extract the sap is i use drinking straws & a drill bit the exact same diameter as the straw & lead the straw into a 2L bottle & when im finished i plug the drill hole with a twig..always good to harvest when you can & where you can...hahaha
thanks man, i never even thought of that it would be possible to get syrup from a birch tree me and my buds will definetly try this next spring btw i love your fishing videos and stuff i was gonna try to fry a pike fillet but dident have time to and in 2 days my school starts so i dont have time to hang around my summer house type thing. sorry for my bad english btw:)
yeah i wonder how exactly they did it back in the old days. tapping birch trees is a dying thing here not many people do it anymore lots of elders do it still!
Having grown up making real maple syrup the old fashioned way, you might think about a system where you have a continuous drip of sap into your boiler, and letting it simmer overnight, and you would end up with a full bucket of syrup. I have made birch syrup by the quart before so it is possible.
Miigwech (appreciations) and boojoo (greetings) from Aamjiwnaang (flowing river). Your accent from north east?? Some but not many wiigwaasaatig (Paper Birch) here. Many uses this tree from container to canoe to soup to water to syrup and many more. It is sad we have so few in a climate where they could be many with all it's uses. All are sacred in their own way but can be some journey to find the proper tree for the proper use sometimes?? This can be good to learn along the trail.
Nice vid again, my bro in law in Quesnel makes birch sap wine, more of a desert wine, it's quite sweet, but definitely tasty and warms you up pretty quick.
I've done maple. I'm curious about Sycamore, which is said to taste similar to butterscotch. You could probably add the syrup to carbonated water and make your own birchbeer
Interesting. I wonder if I could do that with all the elms we got growin down here in iowa? They are full of sap in the spring when I'm cuttin firewood.
i think you can use all birch i just use whit cause thats the most around.not to sure if bigger trees produce more sap they must! i know if the ground is wet around a tree theres more sap then a tree on dryer ground
On the land that you on, are their restrictions by the crown? Like i saw sometimes you can only cut down certain type of trees and catch certain animals. Is that true?
Right on gotta love birch syrup, that looked super delicious, goodstuff haha i enjoy a swig or 2 once in a while of maple syrup, 1 time i tapped birch and used the sap as the water for some tea... damn good tea! didnt need sugar obviously lol
Andrew you need a mash bucket some yeast mix with the sap let sit a few days to ferment and a small still and you have the fixin for some good hooch lol
Just found your videos tonight. Very interesting stuff and well done. Question: How do you patch up the birch trees so they don't bleed to death when you're done? I'm guessing you use the duct tape? Pine pitch?
a newer sub to yeah I'm binging like hell trying to watch enough to get caught up wih-in 3 years of where yuare now. whats name of THE other dog here? is it yours?
i was a little late in the spring i tapped some trees a week or so before and the were really flowing then i just got the end of it. i just make a little bit usually do ten gallons a spring maybe !
Slick way of tapping i love the cup and duct tape.... i bet the Indians wished they had duct tape...lol... we tap maple trees here. thanks for sharing brother....
Hey Andrew great video!!!! I have been hoping for a while you were going to make a video on how to make Birch Syrup as you had spoke about it in earlier videos, Just a couple of questions: Can you use yellow or silver birch or does it have to be white birch? And does a bigger tree produce more sap? Thanks and take care and keep safe-Kevin-
As a Canadian, I normally never admit the Canadian accent exists, but damn does this dude have the most Canadian accent I've ever heard.
squall9126 It's a beautiful thing
Being Canadian ( Quebec ) I was laughing . I thought the same thing . LOL
I’ve ALWAYS said the exact same thing hahaha!
Always be proud of the way you sound people respect that
Thanks for sharing all the things you do! For some of us, it's a great education, and obviously real. Don't stop!
I grew up on a Dairy Farm in the Catskill Mts. 670 acres. I remember the tin cans, with little roofs on them, catching the sap from the trees. Then heavy plastic bags were used. My cousin married the girl up the mountain, whose family owned the maple farm. When you grow up eating maple sugar candy, regular candy or sugar will never do. It is a lot of work - from tree to syrup - but there's nothing like the mountains in fall, rain, snow, fog...Thank you for the great videos!
right on man i am happy to hear you enjoy my videos! i will keep making videos as long as people like you watch them
Thanks for following up and explaining how to close the cuts. There aren't that many birch here and I wouldn't want to kill what we do have.
Hello from Wisconsin... Just want to say...I'm a huge fan of your video's...seen em all some 2-3 times...another excellent presentation of harvesting wild resources...I'm definitely going to try it this spring ...thanks for the lesson...Take care!
Lots of work for a small reward. I know a lot of people up here in AK that tap the trees and use it in place of water, in the spring time. Thanks for the video... Always great.
I like your way of tapping. And thanks for the info about covering the holes to not kill the beautiful tree.
Well, honor is due... I must admit, this channel of yours is one of the most rewarding and inspiring to watch and therefore among the best over all here.
Maybe I'm not that much into (or like) hunting and such I must praise the way you do it(as far as I've noticed).You show great respect for the animals you catch (and make good use of it) and the environment at large so I have no complaints whatsoever about that.
Thanks for sharing, good luck and keep on with what you're doing.
Cheers
/mtm
I didn't realize you could even make syrup from a birch tree! Another great instructional video Andrew.
Brilliant. Easy set up. I have pecan trees. Was sighting in my .22 against one tree and the thing started to flow. It was sweet to taste but I did not have the knowledge to harvest it. Now i do. Thank you.
Awesome vid. The thing I like the most about your channel is how you mix the traditional with the modern--too many people make an effort to go completely aboriginal-bushcraft crazy and ignore the fact that even in the middle of nowhere you can take advantage of modern ways. Thanks!
I've done this before but we used a different technique. Your method works very well. You are correct in saying that its a lot of work for a small amount of syrup, but ohhhh so tasty.
Keep up the great vids.
Very interesting Andrew- simple and easy- may possibly try this when spring comes
Andrew cheers for the informative video I tap the trees here in Hampshire England and make wine . I collect a 4 litres boil it for 10 minutes add 2 pounds of white sugar let it cool and add the yeast rack it off in 15 days and it is ready to drink by Christmas. Its really strong and sweet like a sherry and makes a nice bit of heat when you drink it.
This new camera is pretty good, no bad background sound and good quality video !!! I appreciate your video !!! I'll do the same here !!! I live in northern Quebec, no maple here too !! I would normally do this with maple !
Another great video... I can't wait to go out and try this.
Very interesting . I never knew they made birch sirup? I learned a new thing today. Thanks for showing us .
No, keep cussing. It keeps things real. And you have a real talent for it as well, which should not go to waste...
i sure did find it joe i knew the area it was in i looked everyday everywere for a week i was so happy wen i did find it i really love that knife. thanks again my friend!
I learn something every time I check in.... Thanks man! Great Videos!
Never thought it would be so easy! Great idea, thanks for sharing.
oh man i would never become a vegatarian i was raised on wild meat!
syrup looks good...maple syrup around here..glad you found the knife!! enjoyed this vid! keep the vids coming! joe in ny
You can use bees wax or any wax to seal the cut.. Or just remove the piece of duct tape and place it over the cut.. Then come summer you will be able to remove the piece of tape. I hope this helps. Sending Love & Light
Wish I had a spot up north like you got I would be so thankful daily
i looked all week i kept back tracking took me a week to find it i was so happy to see it laying in my tapping grounds!
peace
He has the most stereotypical accent ever, the only difference is all the huh instead of eh
pretty interesting! just read about birch syrup last week. glad you found the knife! great vid joe in ny
People go to a great extent to get sugar :-)
Good demonstration !
Wow man thank you for the vid, i never knew that and have birch in my backyard.lol thanks for the lesson and keep them coming Andrew we love the vids
Makes such a small amount of syrup, no wonder the syrup companies make it out of chemicals and call it artificial birch or maple syrup. Good to know how to not die of thirst in the woods though!
Hay Andrew, just popped in to see what you were up too, that sure looked tasty, great job, instant energy. Thanks again for all your videos, brings back lots of memories. What else keeps you busy this time of year?? God Bless Kevin
I've never seen tapping done this easy before, I usually use a hollow plug like a dry wall anchor. I'll have to give this a shot since March is nearly here.
my older brother i was watching him for a few days while he was south visiting the inlaws. i introduced him in the video Spring Time Beaver time.
White birch smells beautiful and when it burns in a fire, the patterns you see on the burning birch, are the patterns Indians wove into their blankets.
You know I know a lot about hunting trapping and fishing but I didn't know you could trap a tree so easy thanks brother for the info
been real busy the last few months im gonna pump out a shitload of videos in the comming months!
thanks for commenting
Yep, I did learn something! That duct tape trick is pretty slick. Thanks.
Now that's a Canadian accent I haven't heard yet. Neat.
birch sap once boiled & turned into syrup is really good for cooking with, i use it when stir frying grouse or moose it gives it a real nice taste..also the method i use to extract the sap is i use drinking straws & a drill bit the exact same diameter as the straw & lead the straw into a 2L bottle & when im finished i plug the drill hole with a twig..always good to harvest when you can & where you can...hahaha
thanks man, i never even thought of that it would be possible to get syrup from a birch tree me and my buds will definetly try this next spring btw i love your fishing videos and stuff i was gonna try to fry a pike fillet but dident have time to and in 2 days my school starts so i dont have time to hang around my summer house type thing. sorry for my bad english btw:)
charlie must wonder sometimes who the hell is my master talking to...has he gone crazy. another awesome video man thanks again
Cool! I didnt know birch could be used like that! Thanks for the vid!
Awesome video dude, never thought of doing birch trees we do maple tree's here in Minnesota.
yeah i wonder how exactly they did it back in the old days.
tapping birch trees is a dying thing here not many people do it anymore lots of elders do it still!
sweet video as always going to deffinetly try it peace from northern ontario ! thanks for the great vids
Having grown up making real maple syrup the old fashioned way, you might think about a system where you have a continuous drip of sap into your boiler, and letting it simmer overnight, and you would end up with a full bucket of syrup. I have made birch syrup by the quart before so it is possible.
Just subbed to your videos yesterday. Great work man! I wish I had your life. I live right next to Canada
What about sealing the trees back?
Half n half with vodka!! That's effin' awesome!! Sweet vid Andrew!!
right on man thanks for commenting yeah it is a bit of work and a slow process! very good though
Miigwech (appreciations) and boojoo (greetings) from Aamjiwnaang (flowing river). Your accent from north east?? Some but not many wiigwaasaatig (Paper Birch) here. Many uses this tree from container to canoe to soup to water to syrup and many more. It is sad we have so few in a climate where they could be many with all it's uses. All are sacred in their own way but can be some journey to find the proper tree for the proper use sometimes?? This can be good to learn along the trail.
We just bought some birch syrup! Cool to see how it is made.
Wow thats cool i learned something new today lol how do you fill the holes on the tree after your done so they dont die.
Nice vid again, my bro in law in Quesnel makes birch sap wine, more of a desert wine, it's quite sweet, but definitely tasty and warms you up pretty quick.
I've done maple. I'm curious about Sycamore, which is said to taste similar to butterscotch. You could probably add the syrup to carbonated water and make your own birchbeer
Hey Andrew, I'm gonna try this next spring. How do I close the holes? Cheers from Elliot lake
Go Vikings
Interesting. I wonder if I could do that with all the elms we got growin down here in iowa? They are full of sap in the spring when I'm cuttin firewood.
Your dogs are having a great time
Great vid. That stuff is very healthy for you. You need to make a video of how you catch that hybrid split tail beaver/cougar when you go to town! ;)
i think you can use all birch i just use whit cause thats the most around.not to sure if bigger trees produce more sap they must! i know if the ground is wet around a tree theres more sap then a tree on dryer ground
hey andrew ...if you only simmered the 2 quarts for say an hour....and added some berries...would it be sweet enough to be considered cola/pop....
i never even knew birch syrup was a thing, cool videos man
On the land that you on, are their restrictions by the crown? Like i saw sometimes you can only cut down certain type of trees and catch certain animals. Is that true?
Right on gotta love birch syrup, that looked super delicious, goodstuff haha i enjoy a swig or 2 once in a while of maple syrup, 1 time i tapped birch and used the sap as the water for some tea... damn good tea! didnt need sugar obviously lol
instablaster...
Love the accent- it sounds just like Alex Debogorski of the Ice road truckers!!
Really enjoyed the video mate :)
great vids..always looking forward to more... what's the name of ur brown dog we see in some of ur vids?
Remember seeing this a long time ago, had been doing this for many years, damn fine syrup.
I love your videos, thanks! What do you use to cover the holes with after?
Andrew you need a mash bucket some yeast mix with the sap let sit a few days to ferment and a small still and you have the fixin for some good hooch lol
I'm takin my kids out to give this a try!! Pretty cool vid!!
you mentioned in the vid that you have to seal the wound so the tree won't bleed to death, what do you typically use?
Great stuff! Heard about this but didn't realize it was this simple. Thanks for the info. New sub.
Birch sap and vodka...sounds interesting.What do you call it?
u rock man
best vids on youtube by far
i tap the cut with a hammer close the gaps then the duct tape i use for the sap to drip off i put over the cuts seems to work just fine
Just found your videos tonight. Very interesting stuff and well done. Question: How do you patch up the birch trees so they don't bleed to death when you're done? I'm guessing you use the duct tape? Pine pitch?
very cool video
learned a lot
thanks for sharing
yeah i mixed the sap with tea also its really good!
@TheWildNorth
are you placing your tap on each tree on the south side?
On today's "Adventures of the Cursing Canadian"
Fuck you from Canada 🍁
Pretty fooking nice day up here in the north dontcha know.
a newer sub to yeah I'm binging like hell trying to watch enough to get caught up wih-in 3 years of where yuare now. whats name of THE other dog here? is it yours?
very cool i have not seen the tape used till now
i was a little late in the spring i tapped some trees a week or so before and the were really flowing then i just got the end of it. i just make a little bit usually do ten gallons a spring maybe !
Slick way of tapping i love the cup and duct tape.... i bet the Indians wished they had duct tape...lol... we tap maple trees here. thanks for sharing brother....
How does birch syrup taste compared to maple syrup? Do you have maple trees in that area? Thanks as always for another great video!! -Kevin
Good video Andrew. If you ever run into any of the Cayenne (Bobby) boys up there, tell them I said hello. As for needing a cameraman....I'm in!
Do you harvest chaga from the birch trees too?
where did the brown dog come from?
very nice video. Educational, entertaining and fun to watch. You think Charlie wonders who the hell your talking to when your making videos?
Birch syrup - news to me. Do you use duct tape to plug the holes after you're done? What would the ancestors have used?
Sounds good! I may be trying that someday soon! Looks like Charlie had a companion!?
I like the tape idea good job
How's it compared to maple?
Hey Andrew great video!!!! I have been hoping for a while you were going to make a video on how to make Birch Syrup as you had spoke about it in earlier videos, Just a couple of questions: Can you use yellow or silver birch or does it have to be white birch? And does a bigger tree produce more sap? Thanks and take care and keep safe-Kevin-
love the videos! do you do much small game hunting? im sure people would like to see some hunting video.
I was just thinkin, this syrup you be damn good cooked with some fresh pike or trout!
It’s interesting that the farther north you go the more Canadian people get. I could use a bit of time in the north right now....
yeah i was looking after my brothers hound dog for a couple days