This made my heart happy to see. I’ve been building my dream cabin on a hunting property I’ve hunted for 20 years now own. I’m 52 and hope to have many hunting stories for future hunters to read. The log is already in my cabin.
My grandfather hunted the UP from the 1890s until the 1950s. We have a lot of photos from then up through the yrs. He was a logger below the bridge and trapped hunted & fished all over michigan from mid state & on up through the UP, primarily the irons area. He was born in 1882 in a log cabin on the banks of the kalamazoo river in calhoun County. I still have a set of horns on my wall he shot up around Munising from the early 1900s, a 10 point with 12 inch back and side tines. Great video, love seeing these.
I'M AN OLD HUNTER IN MONTANA AND LOVE THE DEER CAMP STORIES. Moose, grizzly bears and elk have given me a lot of thrills and many great memories. I enjoy remembering the old stories now and again. Most young people don't know what they are missing by not going out in the woods on a frosty October day. Tim M. 12-5-2024
Great story! Love lad every minute of it. Thanks for sharing. You could hear the emotion in those gentleman’s voice. They truly love the place and their friends they share it with!
This was a really interesting story, love how this camp had documentation of so many years in notebooks. We have tried to do the same thing at our camp but seems like we miss a lot of stuff. Our camp is from the 20’s and was originally a farm house. The land was no good for farming so it’s not really known how long it was an active farm. It went through many different owners over the years and we finally ended up with it in 97. No electricity or running water, crooked floors, nothing is square but we make it work and have thousands of memories made there. Nothing like deer camp life!
I love this stuff my dream is to have a deer camp it was great to see how many stories and things were logged that stuff is absolutely priceless i wish i grew up in a deer camp great video
I had the opportunity to hunt from a deer camp for many years and consider myself fortunate. Not the same as deer hunting out of your car on opening day somewhere crowded. Any hunter who hasn't known camp life has missed the American Experience. Love the old crosscut saw on the side of the cabin, a mostly lost tradition.
I never grew up going up north to deer camp as I have two uncles with land that was 15 minutes to one and 25 minutes to the other. Now I hunt 350 yards out my back door. However I always wished for that deer camp life and just love to hear stories from people who get to enjoy deer camp.
I received a wonderful book some years ago from Mark Botto a fishing buddy, on John Voelker’s fishing cabin on Frenchman’s Pond. It’s Voelker’s Pond, by Ed Wargin and James McCullough and I highly recommend it.
Ryan just stumbled on to this. In a word: AWESOME! I know I'll get there some day butg this will hold me over until......best wishes Woody & Gracie. See you soon.
i have a buck story also. My buddy and i was in Kisatchie national forest for the first time. We were still hunting, so as we walked quietly down an old logging road we heard a disturbance. We stopped to listen and we eventually saw a nice buck. I used my rangefinder at he was only 40 yards away. Perfect range for a Shotgun however we decided this buck would be better to harvest next year. Kisatchie is known for Huge Mature Bucks. We watched this buck and he watched us and minutes later he walked off into the forest. for the next 15 minutes we talked and relived the wonderful experience of nature and our chances for this hunt. As we resumed our hunt a literal thunderstorm starts thunder and lightning and hard constant rain. We are getting hammered its 40 degrees and we do not have shelter or tarp. That is the coldest ive ever been in my life. The shakes came and we knew we had to move in the rain to avoid hyperthermia. we hunted for three more hours freezing cold, soaking wet and hungry. A few of my other friends said you fill the freezer before you say it is too small. I disagree. You hunt for the moments of success and you hunt for the moments of failure and some time those moments do not include a harvest. thats why some hunt and some kill.
I was shown a old railroad stop that turned into a Adirondack hunting camp. They had a whole file cabinet of ledgers from 1920s. The history was amazing.
I had the good fortune to be invited to a U.P. Deer Camp, "The Moose Milk Mansion," for more than 20 years. Had some great times and shot two nice bucks during that time. One of the owners has passed on, and the dynamics of the camp changed, so I no longer attend. Great memories though.
My dad and my brother's bought a deer camp and some land our children come hunting my uncle came we eat and just had a great time most of them have passaway all I can say we had the best time of our life all my cuz would come all I can say it over know we sold the farm just wish we could do it all over again but ever one got older and to the most have passaway I'm 65 years old I'm one of the oldest left they are about 6 of us cuz that left to do that again I wish the we could I miss it bad just don't seem right by not going my mind want to but my body want let me I love to start my grandchildren the way all our families and friends hunting and fellowship at hunting camp then we had great neighbors that used to come over and eat and told tales I could cry for my family to be back to do it all over again God bless each and every one of them and the ones that are still alive maybe one day we will all be together to this all over again love every minute of it hunting and fellowship with each other I can't say enough about the times we had with our family God bless each and all my family and friends
I hear ya, I am 62 and can hardly walk 50yrds into woods ,, double sided back issues. The days we went to camp as youngsters is unfortunately over! But what a time we had on the way to camp we all got supplies in the nearest town to camp and that town was glowing with energy for the upcoming deer season and it is kinda hard to explain, but folk s in the entire town were all a glow as if it was a special holiday! Today the town has changed we have less hunters and for some reason less deer than I can remember. Yep. Super libs took over and today there is less of everything,,, even work.. Good luck , God bless. Thankful for wonderful memories, and your great story.
Up here around my hometown in Canada, there were lots of hunting camps. Still is but little fewer now. Less people want to keep the Leases going, alot just keep getting broken into. It's a shame. Always wanted one of my own. Or even one that's my home all year round. Once retired from the army we'll see. Thanks for the video
Very interesting, loved the video! I hunt here in Oregon, and I’m part of a camp that has a lot of history. I’m curious about camps such as these in the Midwest, is this private property that is leased on a long term basis ? Or public property that’s leased ? Or is it owned by one of the gentlemen in the video ?
This particular camp is on private property with a long term lease. I’m not 100% certain but believe it is timber company land. Most land here is national forest and they don’t allow leases. Neither does state land. Some County forests have camp leases (story for another day).
Thanks, but I don't understand your question. If you're wondering where the last narrator went, Brian moved on to other projects (906 Outdoors) and a business he started. Buck, the original guy who started the show back in the early 80's, retired and passed away a few years ago.
Thank you!! It is intentional. I grew up watching the show too :) When I moved back to the U.P. after college almost 20 years ago, I thought "how cool it would be to do what Buck did..." @@dougphillips8474
I'm a born Alaskan and have hunted the UP once many years ago in the so called porcupine "mountains". Didn't see much deer some spikes. What mountains?:0 nice country and people. My Uncle didn't know what i meant and could not figure out why i was looking for a tree line on the porcupine mountains. 20 years later he came to Alaska and i show him a real mountain with a tree line now he gets it. Deer camp was fun until some guys from Detroit came out set up a camp next to us with a live band and firing pistols allover the place a . LOL the 24'' buck is a good size buck. Too me a 65" moose is big in are camp. I feel i could carry a whole white tail on my frame pack and I laugh at the deer picking gadgets after packing a large moose. Each year we get 5 moose, pack that out than look at a wee lil whitetail :0 JK great camp cool bunch of guys keeping the hunts going LIKE THEY SHOULD don't let the softhanded city-idiots take hunting away. Enjoy your hunts without grizzlies around. I have had 3 different grizzlies try to steal my moose 3 mins after downing them. A shot up here is a dinner bell for huge bears.
I love the old deer camps
Me too!
I absolutely LOVE old deer camp stories! I love this show...
This made my heart happy to see. I’ve been building my dream cabin on a hunting property I’ve hunted for 20 years now own. I’m 52 and hope to have many hunting stories for future hunters to read. The log is already in my cabin.
My grandfather hunted the UP from the 1890s until the 1950s. We have a lot of photos from then up through the yrs. He was a logger below the bridge and trapped hunted & fished all over michigan from mid state & on up through the UP, primarily the irons area. He was born in 1882 in a log cabin on the banks of the kalamazoo river in calhoun County. I still have a set of horns on my wall he shot up around Munising from the early 1900s, a 10 point with 12 inch back and side tines. Great video, love seeing these.
I'd love to see those photos!! Thank you for sharing your story!
I'M AN OLD HUNTER IN MONTANA AND LOVE THE DEER CAMP STORIES. Moose, grizzly bears and elk have given me a lot of thrills and many great memories. I enjoy remembering the old stories now and again. Most young people don't know what they are missing by not going out in the woods on a frosty October day. Tim M. 12-5-2024
My family has had a portable shack we have hauled up to the UP from downstate since 1961. Greatest place on earth !!! So many memories and stories.
Great story! Love lad every minute of it. Thanks for sharing. You could hear the emotion in those gentleman’s voice. They truly love the place and their friends they share it with!
Love the deer camp videos. Keep them coming please.
Try to get a couple each season!
I LOVE this!! I wait for the deer camp episodes every year LOVE IT!!!!! Thank you!!
Glad you enjoy it! If I could just make deer camp stories every week, I would!
@@discovertheup Thx! Happy Thanksgiving!!
Incredible . Greetings from a Western Pennsylvania deer camp !
Great story with great people. Well done and thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
2 thumbs up! Headed up on the 20th and I can't wait to get there.
This is a great video. Thank you for producing it and thank the guys for sharing their stories. God bless you all.
Thanks! And thanks for watching!!
Our family has our own camp, it's a treasure, we love it. Been some awful good times and some great deer come out of it.
Amazing story..memories last a lifetime..
Thanks! It's great to hear some people still care about the history of a very cool place!
Me too! I love local history!
Great video thanks deer camp is more important to me than the kill that is just a bonus have a great day be safe.
This was a really interesting story, love how this camp had documentation of so many years in notebooks. We have tried to do the same thing at our camp but seems like we miss a lot of stuff. Our camp is from the 20’s and was originally a farm house. The land was no good for farming so it’s not really known how long it was an active farm. It went through many different owners over the years and we finally ended up with it in 97. No electricity or running water, crooked floors, nothing is square but we make it work and have thousands of memories made there. Nothing like deer camp life!
Thank you. I enjoyed that immensely! God bless all.
Great part of history that should be saved for ever! :D Thank you for the show!
Thank you for watching! I loved seeing this place.
That's awesome! I have one of his books, 'Traver on Fishing.' Excellent stories. Man, I love it when traditions live on! Good luck, fellas!
Thank you for your great efforts and sharing everything you do.
The camp series is pretty stellar.
Love this story. Love Yooper History
Can't go wrong with deer camp history!
Hunting buddies. Some of the best part of living is at "Deer camp." Thanks for making the video!
Thanks for watching!
I love this stuff my dream is to have a deer camp it was great to see how many stories and things were logged that stuff is absolutely priceless i wish i grew up in a deer camp great video
I had the opportunity to hunt from a deer camp for many years and consider myself fortunate. Not the same as deer hunting out of your car on opening day somewhere crowded. Any hunter who hasn't known camp life has missed the American Experience.
Love the old crosscut saw on the side of the cabin, a mostly lost tradition.
I never grew up going up north to deer camp as I have two uncles with land that was 15 minutes to one and 25 minutes to the other. Now I hunt 350 yards out my back door. However I always wished for that deer camp life and just love to hear stories from people who get to enjoy deer camp.
I received a wonderful book some years ago from Mark Botto a fishing buddy, on John Voelker’s fishing cabin on Frenchman’s Pond. It’s Voelker’s Pond, by Ed Wargin and James McCullough and I highly recommend it.
Thanks! I'll have to check it out!
Ryan just stumbled on to this. In a word: AWESOME! I know I'll get there some day butg this will hold me over until......best wishes Woody & Gracie. See you soon.
Beautiful! All our good hunting is gone in northern vt. Super libs and antis took over. These are the same memories I have when I was young.
Sorry to hear that!!!
Love the video Love the history, thanks for sharing
Really enjoyed the video. Great storyline. Good luck out there tomorrow guys!
Great story on the camp
Thanks! It was great to see it in person and meet the guys!
I absolutely love this video!
i have a buck story also. My buddy and i was in Kisatchie national forest for the first time. We were still hunting, so as we walked quietly down an old logging road we heard a disturbance. We stopped to listen and we eventually saw a nice buck. I used my rangefinder at he was only 40 yards away. Perfect range for a Shotgun however we decided this buck would be better to harvest next year. Kisatchie is known for Huge Mature Bucks. We watched this buck and he watched us and minutes later he walked off into the forest. for the next 15 minutes we talked and relived the wonderful experience of nature and our chances for this hunt. As we resumed our hunt a literal thunderstorm starts thunder and lightning and hard constant rain. We are getting hammered its 40 degrees and we do not have shelter or tarp. That is the coldest ive ever been in my life. The shakes came and we knew we had to move in the rain to avoid hyperthermia. we hunted for three more hours freezing cold, soaking wet and hungry. A few of my other friends said you fill the freezer before you say it is too small. I disagree. You hunt for the moments of success and you hunt for the moments of failure and some time those moments do not include a harvest. thats why some hunt and some kill.
I was shown a old railroad stop that turned into a Adirondack hunting camp. They had a whole file cabinet of ledgers from 1920s. The history was amazing.
I bet!!
Super good episode.
Thanks!!
I had the good fortune to be invited to a U.P. Deer Camp, "The Moose Milk Mansion," for more than 20 years. Had some great times and shot two nice bucks during that time. One of the owners has passed on, and the dynamics of the camp changed, so I no longer attend. Great memories though.
My dad and my brother's bought a deer camp and some land our children come hunting my uncle came we eat and just had a great time most of them have passaway all I can say we had the best time of our life all my cuz would come all I can say it over know we sold the farm just wish we could do it all over again but ever one got older and to the most have passaway I'm 65 years old I'm one of the oldest left they are about 6 of us cuz that left to do that again I wish the we could I miss it bad just don't seem right by not going my mind want to but my body want let me I love to start my grandchildren the way all our families and friends hunting and fellowship at hunting camp then we had great neighbors that used to come over and eat and told tales I could cry for my family to be back to do it all over again God bless each and every one of them and the ones that are still alive maybe one day we will all be together to this all over again love every minute of it hunting and fellowship with each other I can't say enough about the times we had with our family God bless each and all my family and friends
I hear ya, I am 62 and can hardly walk 50yrds into woods ,, double sided back issues. The days we went to camp as youngsters is unfortunately over! But what a time we had on the way to camp we all got supplies in the nearest town to camp and that town was glowing with energy for the upcoming deer season and it is kinda hard to explain, but folk s in the entire town were all a glow as if it was a special holiday! Today the town has changed we have less hunters and for some reason less deer than I can remember. Yep. Super libs took over and today there is less of everything,,, even work.. Good luck , God bless. Thankful for wonderful memories, and your great story.
Loved this !!
Thank you
Great deer camp stories
Up here around my hometown in Canada, there were lots of hunting camps. Still is but little fewer now. Less people want to keep the Leases going, alot just keep getting broken into. It's a shame. Always wanted one of my own. Or even one that's my home all year round. Once retired from the army we'll see. Thanks for the video
That is a shame! We've lost a lot here in the U.P. too. I hope you get one of your own!!
Great video.... did Liberace write that song?
Thats awesome!
My story is virtually the same. Grandpa started our camp in 1945. There's a hunters log too. Wow.
love deer camp dont hunt anymore but love Pa deer camp
If there's such a place of Heaven, it's an Upper Peninsula Deer Camp for me.
Very interesting, loved the video! I hunt here in Oregon, and I’m part of a camp that has a lot of history. I’m curious about camps such as these in the Midwest, is this private property that is leased on a long term basis ? Or public property that’s leased ? Or is it owned by one of the gentlemen in the video ?
This particular camp is on private property with a long term lease. I’m not 100% certain but believe it is timber company land.
Most land here is national forest and they don’t allow leases. Neither does state land. Some County forests have camp leases (story for another day).
Love it
Name of song for the intro?
It’s called the “Discovering Theme Song” :) it was written and performed by a local folk musician, back in the 80’s I believe
my kind of place
Mine too!
Mine too! Makes me miss our old one room shack.
Look forward All year, each year to head to deer camp….
good luck this year!
make a bucket mouse trap. works great.
Love this, but the original narrator?
Thanks, but I don't understand your question. If you're wondering where the last narrator went, Brian moved on to other projects (906 Outdoors) and a business he started. Buck, the original guy who started the show back in the early 80's, retired and passed away a few years ago.
Buck LaVasser? Was that his name? I remember watching Discovering in the early 80s when in high school@@discovertheup
@@dougphillips8474 Yes! Buck started the program back in the early 80's.
@@discovertheup your presentation evokes the spirit and feel of the original very well. I'm sure it's intentional. Nice job 👍🏼
Thank you!! It is intentional. I grew up watching the show too :) When I moved back to the U.P. after college almost 20 years ago, I thought "how cool it would be to do what Buck did..." @@dougphillips8474
My grandpa was a true mountain man from the u p one of hundreds of deer he killed buck was 25 points very big thank you grandpa last name thiele
I'm a born Alaskan and have hunted the UP once many years ago in the so called porcupine "mountains". Didn't see much deer some spikes. What mountains?:0 nice country and people. My Uncle didn't know what i meant and could not figure out why i was looking for a tree line on the porcupine mountains. 20 years later he came to Alaska and i show him a real mountain with a tree line now he gets it. Deer camp was fun until some guys from Detroit came out set up a camp next to us with a live band and firing pistols allover the place a . LOL the 24'' buck is a good size buck. Too me a 65" moose is big in are camp. I feel i could carry a whole white tail on my frame pack and I laugh at the deer picking gadgets after packing a large moose. Each year we get 5 moose, pack that out than look at a wee lil whitetail :0 JK great camp cool bunch of guys keeping the hunts going LIKE THEY SHOULD don't let the softhanded city-idiots take hunting away. Enjoy your hunts without grizzlies around. I have had 3 different grizzlies try to steal my moose 3 mins after downing them. A shot up here is a dinner bell for huge bears.
Whats the intro song? Sounds like pete seeger
Get rid of your socialist governor and I would consider spending hunting/fishing/camping $$$$ in your state.
Nah… just stay where you are. If your first thought was to bring politics into this story, I don’t think this is the right place for you.
I'm sure you gentleman did the right thing and pulled a permit and paid the fees when you replaced the roof.
What is u.p....
Upper peninsula of the state of Michigan
Lions fans prohibited? Your Michigander card is hereby revoked and you are banished to Ohio.
Looks like Heaven on earth to me.