Bear Wallow

[@jkrause365]

Your video reminds me how much I miss Oregon. Thanks for posting.

[@farnorthpicker56]

Nice trip. We really enjoyed watching. We make our own charcoal but haven’t tried it for catching a spark, but will this afternoon! 😊👍

[@countrycraftsman5110]

Love the pack trips. All the country i have seen the Wallowa country is always my favorite.

[@popsforgeblacksmithing4793]

These videos you make are great, would love to see some more!

[@GabrielGonzalez-xi2st]

All my life I have dreamed of living like the mountaineers really did in the 19th century. Thanks to Mike he and his friends, they recreate those beatiful days gone. I hope Mike some day turn into reality my dreams...

[@MikeKatona]

I hope so too.

[@michaelc2509]

Beautiful places. So reflective.

[@nomadsurvival4952]

Nice outing wish I could ride along...

[@AA-sk2yi]

Your a legend Mike .love watching you trekking videos. Thanks for posting 😎😎😎😎

[@MikeKatona]

In my own mind, but thanks. Glad you enjoy them

[@robcopeland1790]

I would love to ride and do what you all are doing. I have 2 horses but my body is not real good right now.

[@kevinsaunders3204]

You 2 did a awesome jod of sharing with us. Thanks

[@SanJuanMountainBob]

Another great production. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks for all the work that goes into a picture show like this and sharin. Watch yer top knot!

[@triscotsman8431]

Packing those mules looks like a young man's game. I'm glad you guys are still doing this and I hope I have someone like you to teach me in the years to come.

[@MikeKatona]

Thank you. At 78 I finally got old enough it is time for me to quit the mountains. Good luck finding a guide.

[@brettvaughn5306]

Thats one nice looking grey mule ..

[@charlieswearingen500]

Indians at 17:00, and good hitch demonstration. I've packed many years and used that hitch on mantied loads. Keep yer nose to the wind, and yer eyes along the skyline.

[@michaelc2509]

Thank you so much for these videos.

[@FrontierLegacy]

I would love to see more of the educational/tutorial stuff in your videos, Mike. Good to see you're still at it.

[@harrisonmantooth3647]

Mike Katona; Thank you Sir for sharing another great outdoor adventure. I envy you and Brian and, the others that often accompany you on your excursions. I'm living my dream through you folks. As another commented earlier, I too would love to see more educational/tutorial videos of your packing and camp life. Again, thank you. Stan

[@MikeKatona]

Glad we help.

[@MikeKatona]

Glad we help.

[@lynnstephey7532]

Thank you for the video. i love watching all of them. wish i could be there

[@MikeKatona]

You are more than welcome

[@awskyking]

Very good Mike glad to see you and Brian back on the trail. Hope you can keep it up always makes my day

[@MikeKatona]

Thank you

[@ChacoteOutdoorRecreation]

I dream about it but Mike lives it, free and unrestrained, makes it look easy, but what you see is years of earned experience.

[@MikeKatona]

Most people don"t respect the experience, thank you Chacote.

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

Such a fun vid. It’s been forty years since I packed a horse. Live in the ozarks now and trek on foot. A might less equipment then you all carry, but no less fun. Thanks for a very fun vid.

[@MikeKatona]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@HistoryOnTheLoose]

Still looking good, Mike. Glad to see you brothers getting some quality time in. Dead Horse #1695

[@fatfreddyscat5173]

Excellent video! Enjoyed every bit of it. Nice relaxed pace. The instruction was interesting. The scenery spectacular. Thanks so much for your efforts in sharing it. d:^)

[@nomadsurvival4952]

Love the camp setups and willow char will have to give that a go next time I am out.

[@homemadehistory7537]

A lot of realy nice videos on your channel. It is soooo relaxing to see you have a good time.

[@MikeKatona]

Homemade History Thanks, my goal in life is to have fun.

[@MikeKatona]

Brian and I are already planning a couple new videos for this coming Spring.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

thanks pards for sharing your adventure, looks like fun time. *LIKED* and *SUBSCRIBED* to your channel

[@MikeKatona]

Thank you. It's a hoot! You get to still be a kid at 77.

[@1stminnsharpshooters341]

@@MikeKatona been going to rendezvous for over 10 years.. look forward to encamping each year.. seeing old friends and enjoying live under canvas.

[@bryanelliott8149]

I like the looks of that saddle on the sorrel mule. Does it have a special mule tree? Also is the maker out of Washington state?

[@MikeKatona]

Hi Bryan, that saddle fits every hayburner I ever put it on. I was told by the man I bought it from about ten years ago that it was made by Bob Schmidt, he was in Montana . Sadly I will be selling it soon as my days in the saddle are about done.

[@bryanelliott8149]

@@MikeKatona Mike, I really hate to hear that you may have to slow it down. I'll try to contact you through your photography site.

[@w.rustylane5650]

What type of willow did you use? I have a water willow in my front yard. Will that do to make willow char? I really like your videos--I always learn a lot by watching someone else do something, like you showed hitching the load on the mule. Keep 'em comin'. I got all my MM gear finally and now I need a rendezvous to go to. Not very many in Tennessee.

[@MikeKatona]

Plain, common willow that grows near water all over eastern Oregon. Not weeping and not pussy willow.

[@bgurtek]

Guys, regarding making char material, I've heard that you don't want any flame coming out of the tiny hole in the top of the can. Is that true?

[@MikeKatona]

That is correct, and there won't be. Keep the hole small and the punk will not have enough oxygen to make a flame. When the smoke quits give it another 30 min. and set out to cool. Don't open while still hot or it will burst into flame and...you lose.

[@bgurtek]

@@MikeKatona Thanks, Mike!

[@MikeKatona]

Absolutely.

[@robcopeland1790]

Your black and white looks a lot like my black and white spotted saddle horse mare.

[@bill84345]

What does meat cooked with evergreen taste like?

[@MikeKatona]

Pitch...YUK!

[@bill84345]

@@MikeKatona So what were you cooking with?

[@PhillipStewart-k7f]

Beautiful

[@tetelestaicreations5740]

you all so rock

[@davidphelan6861]

I have been missing your mountain man horse packing videos, glad to see this new one and hope that more are coming. Who made the saddles that both of you are riding?

[@bootmender]

A bunch of City Slickers playing Jeremiah Johnson? I may not be a Mountain man, but I grew up on a ranch in New Mexico and I do know horses and mules!

[@MikeKatona]

I am happy for you. I grew up in NM on a ranch and have had horses and mules my whole life. I am 77 years old, still have two horses and one mule, live in a town of 350 people at the edge of the Eagle Cap Wilderness in Oregon and pack into the hills about 40 days and nights each year. I can also still get in my Navy uniform from when I was in Vietnam. What do you do? And incidentally, remember what Thumper's mother said?

[@raphmaster23]

So where are your videos?

[@kevendrover2442]

i dont know about a cheap shit production,you cant put a price on your freedom and you are