DEPRESSION ERA HUNTER/TRAPPER NEW SERIES with Dave Canterbury

[@trynsurviven2440]

James Bender has been doing an incredible job on his hobo videos and I have enjoyed them immensely. I look forward to watching this new series keeping history alive.

[@thomasraney6553]

My Dad was born in 1924 and raised in rural Missouri, during the depression. He would trap, hunt, and fish to supplement his family’s diet and for the extra money from the furs. When he was 10 years old he trapped a mink and brought it home. His parents, my grandparents, were so happy for this good fortune. It was worth a weeks wages. Dad, at the start of WW2 joined the Coast Guard when he was 17years old. He survived the battle for the Atlantic and later D-Day. Tough people during tough times. Miss you Dad

[@breaking_bear]

Dave Canterbury and James Bender? Let's freakin gooooooo!

[@mosleyman3136]

I love the lack of plastic crap.

[@turnerdan53]

Talking to my wife's Grandfather who grew up on the family farm near Georgetown Ohio during that time. His mother would give him 1 or 2 22 rounds and sent him out with what sounded like a 22 single shot rifle and what he got was what they had to eat. Everything was a days hunt.

[@jasongarling20]

I'm so glad you are doing this series! The world nowadays... most people need to go back and learn what there grandparents and great grandparents use to do just to survive!

[@petehendry4756]

Luv to see that old gear dave . My grandfather had a trap line back during the depression. He used a .22 Harrington & Richardson break top revolver that i still have today .

[@Hammer1978]

My grandpa worked for the Hudson Bay Fur Company and my dad was born in 1940. Thank you Dave for this heartfelt series.

[@alligatorhorse]

Back in the 1970's and 80's trapping supplemented my income greatly. There were some days where my trapline made more money than an entire week of my full time job. Today there is not a fur buyer in my area code. The 21st century stinks.

[@DonaldFothergill-p4h]

Looks like a fun series. Getting my equipment ready for my 66th trapping season. Thanks for the videos.

[@wonder-bred]

Depression era squirrel camp, is gonna be awesome. I dont get to hunt much bit i prefer squirrel hunting just for the walk, the sounds,smells, the scenery. Im still trying to get a black squirrel hide to tan.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Enjoyed the video, and thanks for the multiple shout-outs!

[@garycrawford4700]

I'm 75yrs old , started trapping when 11yrs. My local fur buyer was buying house cats when I was young. He said the Chinese were buying them.

[@breaking_bear]

The Utica knife in this video looks so similar to an old Case knife I bought for 5 or 10 bucks in a junk knife box from an antique shop. This video inspired me to research it... turns out my random case knife was made between 1905 and 1915! It has better edge retention with carbon steel than my modern Victorinox and my mid-grade Boker! My W.R. Case and Sons is now my favorite pocket knife. It also has a round gouge that I use to carve spoons.

[@barlotardy]

Love James Bender's videos. Also, the guy just doesn't age!

[@jasonshepard-me8tj]

Love the walnut on those old firearms!

[@chadbusch9279]

Great to see you acknowledge waypoint! I've learned tons of information from you both. My first introduction to James was his 1800's and civil war carry loads, and now I know numerous ways to make cook kits and what is absolutely essential. Thank you both for furthering my knowledge of bushcraft and our ancestors plights of survival.

[@bushman9315]

I love the fur trapping era. Up here in Canada, there is a river I canoed that has one spot to stop that is only accessible by water and has been an old stopover point since the 1700 fur trader days....I love that era. The Saugeen river, it even has a fish ladder on the route!!

[@brad6054]

James Bender rocks by far one of the best out there

[@slickydicky]

Oh yea! This series is going to absolutely rock!

[@CanadienWoodsman]

Sounds like a serie I will watch and enjoy alot! I really enjoy James Bender historic series! Eager to keep watching this Dave!

[@Jameskenomis3]

My grandpa was an actual trapper back in the 40s through the 70s. I miss him and his stories. People underestimate us backwoods southern folks. Tough as nails and survivors. It’s in my blood. Jesus Christ is king and one day I’ll see him on his throne, and I’ll be with my grandpa. Except this time he won’t be slower and hurting. He will be just as fast and spry as I.

[@stepheneddington1667]

This looks like it will be a great series. A lot of the things you have I can remember seeing when I visited my family that still lived on farms when I was a child in the 1980's. The farms had been in the family since the middle 1800's in some cases. This stuff was passed down through the generations and many times still used.

[@WilliamJohnson-g6z]

My grandma was a trapper in the 1930s her and my grandpa. In Southern Ohio. Mink was one of the things she would catch a lot. They also ran a mill. From what I was told they fed a lot of people who couldn't afford to feed themselves.

[@ewakingwood]

Been watching your videos for at least 10 years Dave, just an astounding amount of super valuable information you’ve conveyed during your time here. Thanks also for turning me on to James Bender’s channel, hes put out so much great content on doing all this stuff super cheap which is so great in lowering the bar for entry for a great number of people. Looking forward to seeing your videos for years to come!

[@giantskunk]

Family stories talk about how my grandfather got through the Depression by hunting foxes for their pelts in the Illinois woods. My grandmother made and sold sandwiches at a roadside gas station. Thanks for this video. Watching with keen interest.

[@JoelPerri7777]

That Walden NY hobo/picnic pocket knife is really cool, you don’t see those that often, and if you do, you’re gonna pay $. Def a nice piece

[@txhookey5608]

I trapped every winter while going to high school and college in the early and mid '80s. House cats paid around $8.00. I always trapped at least 5 miles from any development but still would get a couple a year. Bobcats is where the big money was, on a mild winter the price would go down by half so we put them in the freezer and sold them the next year. Our buyer never noticed the difference. Helped pay my bills and a six pack of beer for the weekend. The buyer said the cat furs went into those "rabbit fur" multi-color patch coats. He said they were more cat than rabbit.

[@shelp7858]

I love james Benders videos. i use many of his ideas at my semi remote cabin in northern Wi

[@jguitarz1]

Looking forward to the series Dave. One of my favorite timer periods in American history was the depression era. My family lived in Danville VA then and when the Mercantile factory closed half of the factory down when my grandparents raised and hunted/trapped is what they lived off of then. Even had uncles that hoboed then traveling around for work and carried some of what I see here at times and made due with what they found as well.

[@asmith7876]

James Bender is amazing, he finds the most astonishing gear and most of it is SO cool, I don't understand how it isn't still made. You both have quite the collections!

[@novanut1964]

at a thanksgiving meal, an old pastor said during the depression as kids, they crawled inside woodchuck dens to capture and eat them, said they tasted good, a neccessity

[@Chevrolet1994]

Interesting series Dave! I love old stuff and old technology

[@jimrowland6089]

This is going to be a great series Dave. Your entire table reminds me of my early teen years with all my gun show and garage sale finds. Hunting and fishing along the Fox river and lowlands it runs through. Kids don't have much money or at least me and my friends didn't and all those cheep finds were better quality than most of what K Mart was selling in the 80s.

[@deskgamesix]

When I was a teenager in West Texas during the 70s, I ran traps and hunted coyotes, bobcats and racoons. Every Sunday we would meet the fur buyers in town and sell our pelts. I made enough to keep me in gas, traps, ammo and beer. I lived in teenager heaven.

[@MarinoK9]

Classic camping era!

[@chadjones4236]

Fur fish and game in the 80's and field and stream 👍 loved it then still do wish I still had those old mags even collected from much earlier🤔 lost to a fire😢

[@stonebay2111]

My favorite era. Grew up with my great grandparents who were married in 1927. They were both very skilled in the woods from edible plants and medicines to hunting trapping camping and alot of primitive survival. They had a farm and would hire hobos to help on the farm in trade for food a safe camp and what they could spare...often picking up tricks and skills for passing hobos. Still carry and use some of my great grandfathers gear.

[@HarshmanHills]

James bender is a wealth of knowledge in this area

[@improvisedsurvival5967]

I actually like my Vietnam era shelter half tent. Huge fan of canvas everything. It’s a great material can be waxed and waterproofed. Good stuff

[@420haxx]

James Bender of Waypoint Survival has excellent content, looking forward to seeing you two guys collaborating.

[@rooknado]

Dave, your uploads just keep getting better. One day, hoping to meet you! Keep up the great work, I can tell your standard is to exceed expectations.

[@tedmiller8498]

My dad was given his first gun when he was 10yo in1924. It was a used Nitro Hunter 12 Guage single shot which I still own.

[@stuartmangold595]

sort of surprised you didn't pull out that really old multitool that had all the tools stored in the handle you picked up several years ago, great video as always and looking forward to the series

[@michaelcarey3105]

Great idea for subject matter, I subscribed because of it! Love the era berween 1880-1929! I like old methods and eating the catch!

[@buckaroo3329]

On the sidearm discussion, out west the trappers of the 1900-1940’s were really fond of the 32 and 38 top break budget guns, H&R, Iver Johnson, and Hopkins & Allen etc., for running their trap lines. The 32s were incredibly popular dispatch guns on coyote and cats. This is according to my wife’s great grandfather, who trapped with the old old timers of that time frame, his father and the Paiutes off the rez.

[@TheSaneHatter]

Thank you for not forgetting the hobo series over at Waypoint Survival: not only did I receive the common ground in this video right away, but I've been thinking for months that you two need to do an on-screen team-up.

[@Think_Outdoors]

Love seeing your gun collection!

[@terrymayberry]

Looking forward to this next series, Dave. Thanks for all you do. I've likely learned more from you than any other online education source over the years. I appreciate your common sense approach, traditional awareness and appreciation, as well as just how prolific and consistent you've been over the years.

[@woodstrekker6345]

So excited about this. Thanks for all you do. James too.

[@johnlynch7834]

Excellent ideas. Im a fan both you and James Bender.

[@maxr236]

Great series start, my Dad from Pennsylvania always talks about carbide lamps. I'm sure about same period

[@JacobFryar]

Absolutely love this! Was surprised you didn’t show any long springs or under spring ( I think that’s what they were called) but that’s ok. I believe trappers of that era used deadfalls because the materials were what they found in nature. Another thing I’ve found was the use of simplistic single shot 22 rifles, the Stevens little scout and crackshot just as examples, keep it up sir!

[@kirkterwilliger6407]

This is going to be a great series. Thanks Dave.

[@danrundell3615]

Very interesting subject Dave! I was born in Utica NY in 1960 and the factory on Noyes St was huge...probably the most famous thing that came out of Utica Cutlery were the bayonets they made during WWII...can't wait to see the next video...Thanks Dave!

[@richardross7219]

Good video. Boy Scouts Started in 1910. My father made Eagle in 1931. He said that a lot of the gear they had was WWI US Army surplus. When I was a scout in the 1960s, we had a bunch of WWII Army surplus gear until about 1966 when we went to lighter gear for hiking. Look at the old trapper hand axes. The one I have has an 8 oz head. Have fun. Good Luck, Rick

[@Muleeardave]

I'm really excited to follow this. The depression era is one of my all time favorite Times in american history to study. I loved listening to all the stories from my grandfatherThanks for sharing Dave!

[@tom-ehill2713]

Thank you Dave- Have a terrific weekend out yonder. 73's and Take care!

[@JeffreyBrunner-b1b]

Thank you very much for your videos , they are packed with so much information I personally enjoy watching every one of them .

[@breaking_bear]

I had so much fun watching this video! I'm very excited to see what you come up with for loadout in that awesome vintage rucksack! And I can't wait to see what type of dialog and dynamic developes when you and James Bender exchange ideas and information

[@breaking_bear]

I feel like this campout coming up is gonna be like witnessing the Lewis and Clark expedition. What happens when a mountain man meets a hobo? So cool!

[@akbychoice]

In Alaska some marten pelts would fetch $80. While beaver pelts fell off. Lynx was usually pretty stable. Mink and otter were not as plentiful. Wolf usually were several hundred.

[@treedirt10000]

Really like that revolver and pocket knife! The event sounds fun wish I could attend.

[@Platano_macho]

I just bought me a Winchester model 67 from the 1930s it’s beat and rusted up but i oiled it up with 3 in 1 and it shot good I did some work to it still but only payed $40 for it.

[@southernlandsolo7839]

Looking forward to this series, thanks Dave. Great collaboration with James.

[@ambiguoussoul1246]

Really excited about this series. Resilient people from that time in history.

[@tt600pch]

Looks interesting. My Dad was born in 1927. Gramp and him trapped, hunted, fished and survived. Dad wrote a few of his stories down late in life. I wished he wrote them all down. My favorite was his Armistice Day storm. Gramp and him went down the St Croix River to pull traps as Gramp had a bad feeling about the weather. They spent the night in an old abandoned clammer's shack. When they walked home the next day Grandma told them about all the duck hunters that froze on the Great Lakes.

[@chrismackay8314]

fun series. that folding spoon/fork/knife is awesome

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

I used to have an old antique break open 38 Smith & Wesson they aren't 38 Special like you said i agree they are way different. They're about the size of a 9mm you almost can't tell the difference between the two. I used to carry it out in the woods all the time an old-timer from Pony Express used to make me ammunition it was a shop that used to sell antique firearms ammo bow and arrow gears and accessory and homemade arrows and all kinds of cool stuff it was a neat place he's long since passed away almost 20 years ago and I sold the pistol to my father so I could purchase another. I'm from north idaho so it was as easy as that.

[@johnskitzis6540]

Looking forward to this series. Thanks Dave!

[@cinnreds18]

Of all the “prepping” channels. Dave is the only one I rely on for real life advice. The Canadian prepper is nothing more than entertainment.

[@kurts64]

Looking forward to this series, another DC classic like the Journal of the Yurt, Longhunter and Nessmuk. Awesome stuff, cheers for all the vids and info

[@BLACKIETHOMAS]

sounds interesting wish all of your guys a good hunt !

[@frankprit3320]

both of my grandfathers lived that way for real.😁

[@townsville69]

Ditching the glass lined flasks are one thing I'm happy about. New stainless steel is bulletproof. I remember people would regularly break the old-style glass lined flask, on a work site. Expensive to replace and the rest of the day without coffee :(

[@DF4Trap]

How fun, I really enjoy the history, and the old gear.

[@JurassicJolts]

I was just wondering about this the other day. Thanks!

[@denniscleveland669]

I’m 70+ and the old guy that taught me how to trap foxes and mink, came from that era. It was a tight lipped trade, for good reason. House cat, was a prized fox bait, again, for good reason.

[@michaelmerrick5472]

I'm going to love this series. Really love seeing your vintage gear. Some beautiful things. Thanks for sharing!

[@johnweller3987]

What a lot of old hunters and trappers used instead of flashlights and oil lanterns were carbine lanterns. easy to use, bright and easy to recharge. And cheap.

[@yoitired]

The antique show was awesome, I'll be watching more.

[@cosmicdebris2174]

Watched you a lot as a kid, glad to learn from you again!

[@larryschmidt3594]

I find James videos very informative and interesting also. Recently I bought a leopard fur collar from a coat from the 1890s. The fur company label was still on it. I looked them up and they were one of the biggest furies in St. Paul, Minnesota during the1890s to the early 1900s. Their ads said they imported leopard fur from China. Looking forward to this series.

[@brandontanis388]

Love this! Also, 20th Century Adventures does a lot of vignettes from this time period or earlier on his channel.

[@jeffunderwood672]

You have my interest Dave

[@TheDavewatts]

Very interesting topic 👍🏻😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@chriskeenumhighhopesoutdoors]

Just found your channel, good stuff, very interesting. Right up my alley. Have been a collector of past outdoor gear for years.👍

[@stonehombre7530]

So cool. This man is a historian. A teacher. And a fan. Awesome cat .

[@zachz699]

My grandpa was born in 1928, and going out and getting squirrels and rabbits and whatever else to pair with bread and homegrown veggies with his older brother was a weekly occurrence. He explained to me the area he use to hunt in, I brought it up on google maps, it’s a business park now lol. It was nothing but trees and railroad tracks back then

[@Jackalopestravels]

This level of gear knowledge explains why the pathfinder gear that I have purchased works so well.

[@gospelninja2.016]

Im glad your doing this. I hope you will show a light weight modern way of doing it.

[@aS-df8zj]

Hi Dave, Greetings from the Eifel/Germany! Over here, we really enjoy your work..thank you! -alex

[@vthobo802]

Another great series

[@tdel657]

Love this. Reminds me of some of my Dad’s stories and teachings. 👍🏻

[@lordrichard8184]

You’re spot on about people using gear that is well over 50 years old. My favorite ax is a boys ax made around 1964. I picked it up pretty cheaply on eBay (the modern day flea market).

[@shawnlowhorn5009]

Awsome definitely a series i will enjoy

[@karl5633]

Good videos Hiram! Subscribed now after seeing your tattoo.

[@gregzeigler3850]

My grandpa during the Great Depression owned only two firearms. A bolt action single shot 22LR and a single shot break action .410 shotgun. With these two he brought home game such as rabbits, dove, squirrels, quail, and deer. A river was on his land and they had fish as well. His idea of fishing, my dad said, was 1/4 stick of dynamite in the river and catch flopping fish on the bank.

[@danieljones2183]

I've been hearing about the squirrel camp for some time now. I am anxious to see how each of you are going to be outfitted. Thanks for the intro to your gear. Hope you all have videos of the gathering too.

[@22369jhb]

Really like the direction your going with this new series. Dig those long informative show&tell explanation/back story of use videos.