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  • @CumberlandOutdoorsman
    @CumberlandOutdoorsman 4 роки тому +89

    A life I used to dream of in my younger years. It would be hard but the freedom that comes along with it would be rewarding.

  • @BJLee-zf5yh
    @BJLee-zf5yh 6 років тому +217

    i love The Mountain Men Era and Wild West Era forever and always :D

    • @unlimitedperseverance1706
      @unlimitedperseverance1706 5 років тому +4

      They committed genocide, had terrible hygiene, and most didn't even know how to read.
      YEAH.... what a great era!

    • @dn2ze
      @dn2ze 5 років тому +5

      BJ9564 Lee more like went to the mountains and trespass onto Treaty Land and because of it Americans broke the Treaties...it’s amazing how much they avoid talking about this. If you think about it they were stealing from the Natives...

    • @BJLee-zf5yh
      @BJLee-zf5yh 5 років тому +9

      @@dn2ze i know

    • @stevenvilla5086
      @stevenvilla5086 5 років тому +23

      @@dn2ze if the Europeans didnt come and conquer just like any other civilization did around the world, the natives would be a race of people still stuck in the stone age dancing around in animal skins, sacrificing each other so the sun comes out the next day....its not native land, they didnt just sprout here they migrated here. And they lost what they found to a superior group or groups of people...get over it.

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 4 роки тому +2

      martini carbine577/450 that doesn’t mean anything. What point does that serve?

  • @kabarjim
    @kabarjim 8 років тому +78

    "Longarm" or Larry as some know him is astoundingly the real deal
    Mountain man. I have been gifted to have known him for quite a number of
    years. He is most knowledgeable and he has on occasion shared his
    knowledge with me. it brings me the kind of joy that one can only get
    through history books or even better! Thank you for being a friend
    Longarm!

  • @ra777wow
    @ra777wow 6 років тому +83

    I wish it was like that everywhere

    • @clasdavid5450
      @clasdavid5450 6 років тому +35

      ra777 Yea I don’t want no big cities everywhere, I want nature and some little villages here and there.

    • @clayforge4696
      @clayforge4696 5 років тому +17

      Calle XVI Gurra wouldn’t that be real nice, a nice place to be, people who actually have respect and manners

    • @clayforge4696
      @clayforge4696 5 років тому +4

      Not saying there aren’t any now

    • @clasdavid5450
      @clasdavid5450 5 років тому +2

      @@clayforge4696 yeah =)

    • @23pyromaniac
      @23pyromaniac 4 роки тому +1

      @mr system just America? What about China? Or Russia?

  • @curtismarean6963
    @curtismarean6963 4 роки тому +16

    Great video! Love this era and what it entails. These boys look like they have been there and back. We need folks like this to keep the old ways alive. These people are probably the only ones that know what real freedom tastes like nowadays.

  • @reallifehorsemanship4333
    @reallifehorsemanship4333 7 років тому +136

    Man I love this stuff...

  • @tonnywildweasel8138
    @tonnywildweasel8138 6 років тому +22

    Fantastic! This is a life worth living.

  • @SeaDog337
    @SeaDog337 7 років тому +81

    Keep it alive, boys.

  • @deadeyeguy45
    @deadeyeguy45 5 років тому +118

    Then the bounty update came out and cut the sell price of all animals by 50%

  • @achimschuetz
    @achimschuetz Рік тому +6

    I have seen this great video so many times. The guys really live their dreams. I envy this cool and rudimentary lifestyle.

  • @bushhippie7372
    @bushhippie7372 Рік тому +4

    I find myself drawn to pirates and mountain men more than any other American figures. And it’s always ultimately about the freedom.

  • @dhackens
    @dhackens 5 років тому +7

    I like studying the history of the mountain men and the stories. Hugh Glass is my favorite.

    • @dn2ze
      @dn2ze 5 років тому +3

      Dan Hackens he got saved by Natives too remember that lol

    • @cowboygains5883
      @cowboygains5883 5 років тому +1

      Dan Hackens yeah Ive always enjoyed the story of Colters Run

    • @irishtrapper9149
      @irishtrapper9149 5 років тому +2

      @@dn2ze He didn't actually.

    • @dn2ze
      @dn2ze 5 років тому +3

      VolunteerEMS he was the movie didn’t tell the whole story but then again when has an American ever admitted what Natives have done for them. At least Canada has enough honour to acknowledge indigenous people and what indigenous people did for them...remember Europeans wouldn’t of survived if it wasn’t for Natives and Inuits...

    • @irishtrapper9149
      @irishtrapper9149 5 років тому +3

      @@dn2ze Ok that's true.. Mountain men often spiced up their stories too...so I guess it's possible he's lying about a solo 200 miler on foot and was helped along the way by natives. Sounds crazy when you think about it.

  • @ramonebronwasser6787
    @ramonebronwasser6787 6 років тому +26

    I would like to live like that

    • @jimbobojim4634
      @jimbobojim4634 5 років тому +2

      LOL they don't live like that, they LARP on the weekends...

  • @Platano_macho
    @Platano_macho 3 роки тому +3

    This is the freedom I love about my country and right now it’s not looking too good

  • @kraigfallwell7066
    @kraigfallwell7066 8 років тому +9

    I remember being there for the rendezvous where most of this was shot.

  • @ЮрийАмиров-э7к
    @ЮрийАмиров-э7к 6 років тому +10

    Молодцы!!! :))) Приятно было посмотреть ! Хотелось бы попробовать окунуться не надолго в эту культуру. Нооо , я из другой страны.

  • @gunshiptana9452
    @gunshiptana9452 6 років тому +6

    Peaceful life, I love it.

  • @threeoeightwadcutter2820
    @threeoeightwadcutter2820 5 років тому +3

    Great. This is what living history is all about

  • @dewuknowofHyMn
    @dewuknowofHyMn 6 років тому +36

    Nothing is as it seems anymore...but I would think when shtf...they could survive quite well....

  • @isaacwhite9255
    @isaacwhite9255 5 років тому +14

    I wish I could hear a full song of what that guy was playing

  • @keithneitzke2578
    @keithneitzke2578 8 років тому +23

    I too want to know what the name of the song he was singing? This is a life I only dreamed about living. one day one day

  • @clayforge4696
    @clayforge4696 6 років тому +5

    I, honestly, wish to live a similar way of life, a more traditional comanche and Cherokee lifestyle though

  • @rickiex
    @rickiex 9 років тому +64

    4:19 uhmm thats a nice propane tank grill ya got going there lol

    • @docdarlin5491
      @docdarlin5491 9 років тому +31

      there was a "burn ban" on at the time of the filming in that particular camp. Scenes were filmed at several camps at different times.

    • @docdarlin5491
      @docdarlin5491 9 років тому +9

      +Mitch Speth Let's see your kit.

    • @tomcatt1824
      @tomcatt1824 6 років тому +5

      rickiex ::: they had propane bac then,,,, but de refill stations were few n far between. ..

    • @fearthespear4242
      @fearthespear4242 6 років тому +2

      Tom Catt, not in the 1820's and 30's

    • @lonewalker33
      @lonewalker33 6 років тому +7

      Unlike in the 1800's there was no fire bans so the scene with the propane tank had to be used for cooking. Later in the video there was no propane anything. The fires were started with flint and steel in snowy conditions. I know some of these men and I am a member of the AMM. Unlike the modern campers who would likely not last very long in the mountains the Mountain men of the AMM would.

  • @johnh2198
    @johnh2198 9 років тому +8

    i learned from my granddad, you guys will not be around for ever teach a kid, bested thing you guys could do.

  • @smasher6655
    @smasher6655 5 років тому +1

    This is very cool ! I love that kind of stuff

  • @JB-wj6vc
    @JB-wj6vc 3 роки тому +1

    I would love to do this for a month after high school

  • @Jack_Klash
    @Jack_Klash 8 років тому +3

    I'd love to join these guys on a trip...

  • @nachogroucho
    @nachogroucho 4 роки тому +1

    Lucky guys! What a beautiful and rewarding life.

    • @killer3000ad
      @killer3000ad Рік тому

      Rewarding? most mountain men met a grim fate at the hands of First Nations peoples.

  • @janklimo7644
    @janklimo7644 6 років тому

    Thank you for all!

  • @LarpCraft
    @LarpCraft 8 років тому

    Excellent. Shared in our Wild West system to help people learn.

  • @tonynapoli5549
    @tonynapoli5549 6 років тому +1

    Must of been tough though. Thanks for sharing. 👌👍

  • @lapualapua3591
    @lapualapua3591 2 роки тому

    Brilliant

  • @grizzlyman9865
    @grizzlyman9865 2 роки тому

    I hunger for this style of life.

  • @veronicajohnson9179
    @veronicajohnson9179 5 років тому

    I would love to live like this

  • @DJMoore-001
    @DJMoore-001 9 років тому +20

    Hell Yeah

    • @davestuart1581
      @davestuart1581 9 років тому +3

      Hell, I could watch a couple hours of this and not get tired of it... 
      It would be more 'fun' doing it tho...
      DJ, we never did get together for that horseback camping trip. Damn shame too. That coulda been a blast...
      I think tomorrow I'll be finding my campsite in the woods in North Fla. It'll be fun, 'til the weather turns cold, then we'll see if I can still hack living outside all year long.
      Last time, it snowed here... It wasn't too bad 'cos I was living on my sailboat... This year it'll be a tent in the woods.. Lmsao... I'm too young to turn pussy yet! Lolol... 

    • @DJMoore-001
      @DJMoore-001 9 років тому +2

      WHAT? And you didn't stop by and hang out in the rain for a week or so???

    • @davestuart1581
      @davestuart1581 9 років тому +1

      D.J. Moore
      Lmao... We had hard rains at least 2 or 3 times a day every day from San Antonio.... Rain you couldn't see 40 ft in front of you and ya couldn't take a chance on stopping for fear the guy behind ya might run yer happy ass over!!!
      LMMFAOROGL. I mean it was a rush... Wish we coulda slid by to say hey to y'all but U Haul and hills aren't a good mix...
      We will catch up to ya tho... Have a great day... TTYL Dean... Hi to all..

    • @DJMoore-001
      @DJMoore-001 9 років тому +2

      Damn.

  • @urbanesoul8400
    @urbanesoul8400 5 років тому

    Look like a great group of knowledgeable & laid back guys you could learn some really cool stuff from on a black powder hunting trip with them...

  • @joshjameskiwibushman
    @joshjameskiwibushman 6 років тому

    good on ya lads

  • @Detman101
    @Detman101 5 років тому +1

    Jesus...those are some REAL tough guys!

  • @Anonymousfromthe305
    @Anonymousfromthe305 3 роки тому

    This is super cool stuff.

  • @cherokeeproud9531
    @cherokeeproud9531 7 років тому +13

    Wish I could join.

    • @brosschroeder5881
      @brosschroeder5881 6 років тому

      Cherokee proud95 I

    • @FrontierLegacy
      @FrontierLegacy 6 років тому +2

      I looked up the requirements. Simply find a member in your area and they will teach you what you need to know and sponsor membership.

  • @nickeyfynn3270
    @nickeyfynn3270 4 роки тому +1

    2.25, i want those shades...

  • @franciscomastrogianni8286
    @franciscomastrogianni8286 5 років тому

    Fascinating way of life I know that’s the way I would have like to live it when you let a form of live dictate to you something dies inside of you and that something it’s Freedom!!

  • @wedembois8449
    @wedembois8449 4 роки тому

    I want to live like this

  • @littlejimbridger7770
    @littlejimbridger7770 8 років тому +3

    Fine doins boys, shinin times!

  • @jimbobojim4634
    @jimbobojim4634 5 років тому +2

    Invitational only... These are the best of the best when it comes to LARPers.

    • @irishtrapper9149
      @irishtrapper9149 5 років тому +3

      LARPera trying to make themselves feel better, ahahaa. These are men who are trained in primitive survival skills. You wouldn't last a day in the bush. Stop trying to compare this to LARPing because they are not pretending to be anything they are not. Moron.

    • @ShaneyElderberry
      @ShaneyElderberry 4 роки тому

      @@irishtrapper9149 A day is a bit of an exaggeration. It's also North America. It's much more dangerous in Africa, South America, Asia, and Australia than North America. Contrast the laziness of these contemporary mountain men with contemporary marathon monks, who walk 80+ km every day through the mountains for seven years without any days off, with a walking stick, a hat, and straw sandals. Those are survivors.

  • @margarethsales5518
    @margarethsales5518 Рік тому

    Muito legal morar ai

  • @adambielecki549
    @adambielecki549 Рік тому

    Super film.Tylko szkoda że nie ma lektora po Polsku😉

  • @pnyarrow
    @pnyarrow 6 років тому

    Great video - respect and good luck. Stay safe. ATB

  • @mountainmanws
    @mountainmanws 6 років тому +3

    1:58 Breaking up roasted coffee beans. 3:23 When you purchased a rifle, you received a rifle and the bullet mold that went with that rifle. I pour my own bullets for my rifle and smoothbore. Yep, I rendezvous and winter. My main job is a cook. I do enjoy; but I don't use propane, ricklex.

    • @jimbobojim4634
      @jimbobojim4634 5 років тому

      So you're saying that, You're a better LARPer than they are.

    • @irishtrapper9149
      @irishtrapper9149 5 років тому +3

      @@jimbobojim4634 This isn't LARP you idiot. Stop trying to justify your little dragon Ball cosplay life. They actually trap and kill animals for meat, they live a traditional skill that men can't. They're survivalists.

  • @chrismccarver2734
    @chrismccarver2734 5 років тому

    Give me the rendezvous now

  • @derekkrause9251
    @derekkrause9251 Рік тому

    This is cool and all but what about getting medication for things such as high blood pressure and other medical conditions? Are they allowed to take that with them?

  • @CRJines
    @CRJines Рік тому

    The one thing that really gets me, is wearing moccasins in the snow. I can't get my mind around that...

  • @Caj165
    @Caj165 4 роки тому

    Are you guys ever in the Utah mountains???

  • @pavelnemo5824
    @pavelnemo5824 5 років тому +1

    Мужики, я вам завидую.

  • @BlackKettleRanch
    @BlackKettleRanch 6 років тому +3

    Back when people were still human beings.

  • @serpicoserpicos546
    @serpicoserpicos546 5 років тому

    ΑWOSOME....

  • @mitchellyoung589
    @mitchellyoung589 5 років тому

    I would love to do this

  • @nurfuad3690
    @nurfuad3690 6 років тому

    masook pak eko 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

  • @jimallison6292
    @jimallison6292 6 років тому +7

    Hook me up brothers I bring my hounds we get some Bear you can skin a Grizz lol

  • @mr.mercury4247
    @mr.mercury4247 5 років тому

    I have that exact same pair of fingerless gloves haha.

  • @Coloradan_Nebraskan
    @Coloradan_Nebraskan Рік тому

    Does anyone know the name of the song they're playing in the background of this video (sung by the gentleman with the guitar and mustache)?

  • @Citiglobal88
    @Citiglobal88 2 роки тому

    Where were these people filmed at?

  • @louiscifer5438
    @louiscifer5438 7 років тому

    oooh Year!!!

  • @johbowfor
    @johbowfor 8 років тому +1

    Anyone know what song that was that he was playing on his guitar?

  • @brucewayne2255
    @brucewayne2255 3 роки тому

    I want that life

  • @kindlethefire8486
    @kindlethefire8486 3 роки тому

    I have scoured the internet, and cannot find period correct sunglasses that match Longarms, and I want a pair so badly!

  • @Dantick09
    @Dantick09 6 років тому

    I wonder if anyone makes modern versions of the weapons they used

  • @_Emerald_Eye_
    @_Emerald_Eye_ Місяць тому

    Anyone know a group that isn't invitation only?

  • @melanieandersen5701
    @melanieandersen5701 6 років тому +9

    Well I know now I'm living a fake lifestyle hope its not to late to change

  • @hawkenrifles
    @hawkenrifles 9 років тому

    Un video precioso sobre la vida real de los "Hombres de las montañas" en EE. UU.

  • @austingollaher7621
    @austingollaher7621 6 років тому

    Anyone know who originally sings that closing song?

  • @thehobbyshop887
    @thehobbyshop887 7 років тому +8

    More like the last of the first.

  • @i_see_u_0_0wweee99
    @i_see_u_0_0wweee99 5 років тому

    How would one go about joining these men?

  • @JC-xc8rx
    @JC-xc8rx 5 років тому

    Secret in the mountain.

  • @OK-rx3xl
    @OK-rx3xl 4 роки тому

    Those guys totally spoon for warmth.

  • @erikscherder92
    @erikscherder92 5 років тому

    Did they have sunglasses in those days? :))

    • @noobie1890
      @noobie1890 4 роки тому

      Erik Scherder they had “sunglasses” as far back as Mesopotamian times lol.
      You ever see those stupid look glasses from with no lenses and only those horizontal lines across them? Well that’s how “sunglasses” were first made, except they used bones to make them. The idea was, the window blind-type design kept the sun out of your eyes much better.
      Hats worked better though.

  • @timberhughess9013
    @timberhughess9013 2 роки тому

    I just turned 18 and lookin for these fellers

  • @chrisandersen2456
    @chrisandersen2456 5 років тому

    Where can I join I'm very interested in the fur trapper era

  • @Toms3rdNut
    @Toms3rdNut 6 років тому

    Please teach me. I'm an ex infantry eagle scout with no family. I'm planning a 2500 mile hike to Alaska. I should just double it and go to Hudson bay

    • @irishtrapper9149
      @irishtrapper9149 5 років тому

      Hey you still planning on going to Alaska? I plan on doing something similar. Trapping at my final destination. If you're not over your head about it and have thought long and hard let me know, I'm nearly ready to leave. Many people say this, few actually go through it. Oh well

    • @noobie1890
      @noobie1890 4 роки тому

      Infantry Eagle Scout?

  • @Mr-117
    @Mr-117 Рік тому

    Where do I begin

  • @PoorFowlRaiser
    @PoorFowlRaiser 7 років тому +4

    is this a tv series? i want the title please

    • @thechurchoftirejesus1722
      @thechurchoftirejesus1722 7 років тому +2

      Baby Ama no its a real thing people do no TV series about it though if that's what you ment

    • @clayforge4696
      @clayforge4696 5 років тому +1

      This is made from multiple rendezvous from throughout the year

  • @tabasajustinjakej.7715
    @tabasajustinjakej.7715 5 років тому +1

    I wanna spend a month doing what they do

  • @rtoguidver3651
    @rtoguidver3651 6 років тому +1

    The question no one can answer is how did they get black powder when they ran out.. They could substitute rocks for lead, but they must have know how to make powder along the way.. Bat quinoa, charcoal, & horse pee ???? Does anyone know ?

    • @HomesteadingtheHardWay
      @HomesteadingtheHardWay 6 років тому

      R Toguidver when powder an lead ran out it was out it was their biggest fear for powder to get wet !

    • @rtoguidver3651
      @rtoguidver3651 6 років тому +2

      Powder can be dried near the fire - very carefully - but some had to know how to make powder in the wild, there weren't any towns yet..

    • @HomesteadingtheHardWay
      @HomesteadingtheHardWay 6 років тому +1

      I don't believe they could making black powder is more complicated than grinding up charcoal and mixing some stuff with it .Everything I've found says they had to wait for rendezvous or travel to fort with a trading post . I'm not an expert on making powder so l can't say it's impossible ,but having grown up listening to old story's and what people had to do when things ran out I think its unlikely .

  • @jonnyt2381
    @jonnyt2381 6 років тому

    Hey guys
    Does somebody recognize the song played in the background?

  • @jessbakerjess
    @jessbakerjess 7 років тому

    its "the village people"with altitude!!haha

    • @davidcoy4558
      @davidcoy4558 6 років тому

      Jess Baker oh real funny urbanite trash!

  • @20807shane
    @20807shane 5 років тому +3

    Last of the last. Why not invite younger men into it and teach em?

    • @The_Honcho
      @The_Honcho 5 років тому

      You can find rendezvous groups online, they do welcome almost anyone. Especially younger people as long as they have proper gear

    • @ShaneyElderberry
      @ShaneyElderberry 4 роки тому

      Younger people often do not have the income to afford the costumes, I mean "gear." It's more about romanticism than actual exertions from trapping everyday in the mountains.

    • @MEDavis-kn3ph
      @MEDavis-kn3ph 3 місяці тому

      Start basic and trade up
      If you are seriously interested mountain men and women will help you

  • @aramisschmidtke3142
    @aramisschmidtke3142 5 років тому +1

    Hamish Sinclair

  • @gamecop2191
    @gamecop2191 3 роки тому

    Where do I sign up . Get me out of here

  • @preston2899
    @preston2899 4 роки тому

    What is the song?

  • @cwdor
    @cwdor 5 років тому +1

    Don't you have enough since to go to Florida in the winter .?????

    • @sharkfinbite
      @sharkfinbite 5 років тому

      Winter is raining season and not all of Florida is tropical. It is a stereotype. I live in a near state and we share the same weather as them. You will have days where it is good idea to have some warm clothing on days where you experience cold rain

  • @Nick-cy2tn
    @Nick-cy2tn 5 років тому +11

    The final stage of MGTOW

  • @williamwilson6499
    @williamwilson6499 6 років тому +2

    Old dudes playing in the woods. Sylvan Hart they ain’t.

  • @starmotorsports8937
    @starmotorsports8937 8 років тому

    I WANT TO DO THIS

  • @natanl1567
    @natanl1567 8 років тому +9

    I'm surprised that they didn't figure out that they could make gun powder.

    • @Drpermer
      @Drpermer 6 років тому +5

      They did. As early as the revolution, settlers in Kentucky that were part of Boonestown were making gunpowder from sulfur, charcoal, and bat dung

    • @denisdegamon8224
      @denisdegamon8224 6 років тому +9

      Dude they were weeks traveling west of Missouri for crying out loud. Where were they going to find pure refined saltpeter and sulfer, much less willow charcoal. They were to busy trying to stay alive and trap & trying not to get scalped or freeze to death or starve.

    • @clayforge4696
      @clayforge4696 5 років тому +1

      Denis Degamon if they had sense they would have a keg of powder to refill their horns, maybe a couple kegs of gunpowder if it would be over a year or two before they went to a rondy again

  • @dennisthurman2070
    @dennisthurman2070 5 років тому

    I tried contacting them and couldn't reach my areas contact 🤔

  • @shilohcalebm.salvador
    @shilohcalebm.salvador Місяць тому

    Northwind

  • @branni6538
    @branni6538 2 роки тому

    Practice and learn skills and knowledge.........so the good ones among the bad ones have a chance when all this insanity crashes.

  • @fred5399
    @fred5399 6 років тому

    OK Mountain men who was Jim Beckworth?

    • @clayforge4696
      @clayforge4696 5 років тому

      fred sims that is as far as I remember, besides he had grown up on the frontier in a cabin with his family and worked a while as a blacksmith apprentice in St, Louis before he signed on with general Ashley

  • @disclose_beauty
    @disclose_beauty 3 роки тому

    If i would join these guys what should I do ? How can I reach them? Telephone number ? Email? Plz help

  • @PhsykoOmen
    @PhsykoOmen 3 роки тому

    Just need a few buffalo chips