What It Was Like Being a Wild West Bounty Hunter

[@scarecrowlego884]

"You're a wanted man Mr. Morgan"

[@edzomuljo]

Thats right :)

[@brentmartin8695]

"There's $5 ,000 on your head alone".

[@glyniscoleman4813]

5000.00 can I turn myself in

[@iluvevin]

When i saw this video thats immediately what i thought of

[@jeffheyer7783]

“I’ve been a bad boy.”

[@catalinacurio]

What puzzles me is how they recognised people in such a huge country even with photo’s or drawings. Must have been so easy to disappear.

[@adrianc6534]

being a criminal must have been so easy. if there wasnt a witness to your crime then you were basically guaranteed to get away with it.

[@AeneasGemini]

​@@adrianc6534 Tbf, it's also the case that the standard of proof was a lot lower, not to mention that "Guilty until proven innocent" was the commonplace attitude throughout most of history

[@justinplaysguitar]

People only had their name and reputation so once it was well established they didn’t want to change it weather you weee a good guy or bad guy.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

It's easy to disappear today. Just go to Alaska.

[@MajorJakas]

A face is a powerful identifier, once it's out, your life was sure to get more complicated, then as it will now. Lawmen's job was perhaps the most difficult as it had ever been in history, at a time when lawmen could be targeted just as anonymously as any other person on earth. Technology has graciously provided modern authorities more insight, though now we face the issue of a system designed by centuries, if not millennia, of hardship for the judicial systems of the past to administer justice both accurately and quickly.

[@markrobbins1018]

A little over 6 years ago I semi-retired after working a little over 35 years as a full-time Fugitive Recovery Agent ( The modern name for bounty hunters) Yes, the occupation still exists albeit with far more stringent background checks rules and regulations, required training, and licensing involved. However, the negative stigma associated with historical bounty hunters is still associated and seemingly permanently imprinted in the minds of many Americans to this day and If I am, to be honest, there exist a small percentage of Fugitive Recovery Agents who have through their unprofessional actions provide some justification for our negative public perception. ( Dog Chapman is an example) However, the one thing that hasn't changed is that there are very few individuals who make a living as Fugitive Hunter, to be able to make a good living in this field you need years of experience, along with a reputation for being honest and for getting consistent results, along with other hard-to-obtain qualifications.

[@iancowles5024]

I was going to school to attempt to become a FRA (I’ve also heard bail enforcement agent depending on what state you’re licensed in) but having moved to Oregon I can’t get a license here (I guess it’s considered kidnapping and is left to police) so I quit school to focus on working for my two sons and wife since it takes SO much to do the job. Only thing I know though is, even without certain resources that agents would have I was very good at finding people. Such as long lost siblings addresses and numbers that roommates I had thought were dead. I guess I’ll try private investigation in this state.

[@BubbyBold]

Bounty hunters deserve the negative stigma they have. They're completely unnecessary and put innocent people at risk. You should fully retire.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I do security 👮🏼‍♂️ & had only 1 direct contact with a group of "bail agents, bounty hunters". Late 2000s. They came onto the hotel 🏨 property to bust a hooker, bail jumper. The group was inept, rude, unethical. They screwed up the arrest & the Asian woman took off. The bounty hunters left empty handed. Pissed! Lol...

[@themanwithnoname4385]

@@BubbyBold of course the communist doesn't like bounty hunters lmao

[@HavNCDy]

@@BubbyBold communists deserve the negative stigma they have. They are completely unnecessary and put innocent people at risk

[@breezecardenas3941]

"You a bounty hunter ?" " It's a living" "Well... Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy!"

[@wadetaylor1299]

Go whistle Dixie

[@maximumcoverage5591]

That ain't how it goes

[@wadetaylor1299]

@@maximumcoverage5591 what goes ?

[@masterjay4992]

They're were no FBI back in those times. Bounty hunters really had to do some really good search in those times because it was hard finding information in those times to find criminals hiding.

[@RoninAvenger]

$100 is still more of a bounty reward than what I get as a bounty hunter on Red Dead Online 😂

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Lol realistically Bounty Hunting in Red Dead Online is the proper truth of most of it. It's usually boring and doesn't pay as much as regular day to day jobs.

[@TacticalToast99]

@@mrmoviemanic1 not true, look up John Riley Duncan, he was a career bounty hunter from 1878 to 1895 and left his law enforcement days behind because bounty hunting paid more.

[@mutilatedpopsicles]

​@Drew Russell I mean. The average wage, depending on your career could be anywhere from 4-7 to even 100$ a month. Do the math on that and you'll find it's nowhere near the potential 500 you could get for bounties in just a few days if you were quick. Of course bounty prices varied too. Some were upwards of 1000-5000$ and some were worth just a few dollars. the issue I see with making bounty hunting a good career is the fact that it's not stable income. You'd have to ration that money to make a living and earning more depends on the bounty and how fast you catch them.

[@Job781]

​@@mrmoviemanic1 you think video games is reality?

[@tedwojtasik8781]

@@mutilatedpopsicles Old West bounty hunting was like being a Realtor today in a middling market. Also, $100 in 1870 equals around $2,000 in today's money. Not a bad payday at all if you can get the job done in two or three weeks. Especially as you said, a monthly wage of $100 was considered excellent pay in 1870 as most people made between $20-$75 a month in 1870.

[@skyden24195]

Being that I was born in the mid 1970s, my first knowledge of bounty hunters did not come from the wild west. Instead, my first awareness and understanding of bounty hunters came from a galaxy far, far away; that is my first memories of bounty hunters was from "The Empire Strikes Back."

[@tonywalker4207]

Lol. Mine was Domino Harvey

[@skyden24195]

@@tonywalker4207 funny you should mention her; I got to be an extra in the movie that was made about her, ("Domino" 2005)

[@dakotasteele8546]

And we don't need their scum

[@jmmartin7766]

@Sky Den~ Star Wars was a 'space western,' so you still learned about BHs from a western... Lol

[@skyden24195]

@@jmmartin7766 semantical comparison. I like it. Heading for the 90s, living in the wild, wild west! 😄😉

[@JaelaOrdo]

“I just might take a liking to being law. It's kind of fun.” - Bass Reeves (first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi, arrested over 3,000 dangerous fugitives)

[@bigboyzone]

Your pfp makes you look like a deep fried potato

[@puppet5646]

@Death to liberalism yes sir

[@theoneandonlydetraebean8286]

@Death to liberalism in a time when a black man working in a job outside backbreaking manual labor would often times result in angry mobs of white men killing him, yes it was a pretty big deal. Sorry you hate the idea of social progress but that's the way of life.

[@skylinesenpai5554]

@Dildo Bazooka Sure does it matter who came first in anything. Why do you need someone explaining this?

[@jasonbriggs1853]

@Biden Hates America If it takes 200+ years to happen.... then yes.

[@catmandude2357]

"In my pocket youll find a warrant signed by Circuit Court Judge Henry Allan Laudermilk of Austin Texas. You're encouraged to wire him. He'll back up who I am and who your dear departed sherrif... was. In other words Marshall, you owe me $200."

[@theironknight597]

Was such a good movie

[@3nertia]

One of the most delightful characters ever, played by one of the most intelligent men ever

[@jennifervoelkel5939]

Django. The D is silent.

[@Xippone2093]

@@jennifervoelkel5939 then why even put it?? Just put jango

[@johnwaynegovernmentcontrac3219]

Love Django!

[@Casket_Music]

Just binged 2 hours of weird history videos to catch up and was wondering when the next video would come out, not thinking right after I got done catching up lol, thanks for spoiling us

[@Son-of-Tyr]

$100 in 1865 was worth about $1800 today. Not a whole lotta scratch. I can see why it was more of a side gig. I'd definitely only go after the higher(preferably dead or alive)bounties.

[@Virjunior01]

But think about how costs measure up. My parents are 74, and they remember candy bars being a nickel. Obviously it's not gonna be enough to retire, but what monetary system has ever worked that way?

[@KFCuser]

It wasn't just for the money. Taking out well-known outlaws gave the bounty hunters some fame and respect, which in turn made their life easier on the long run.

[@thomasdarnall8912]

If you're a Bounty hunter back in those days, the above price for the bounty would be enough to sustain you. Providing you were just a bare bones bounty hunter living out of your saddlebags. If you spent the reward wisely, you could theoretically get yourself a hot bath in town, a hot meal, a few drinks at the saloon, buy provisions from the general store for you, get some provisions for your horse, ammunition for your weapons, and hop to the next town for search of the next big payday. Hell, even just $50 adjusted for 2022 inflation was enough.

[@damondriver6363]

What? Lol $100 way back then went a long long way

[@bardanmalla193]

You got to have balls and be great gunslinger

[@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929]

The Motley Crue joke provided me with the first laugh of the day.

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: What was it like to be an Old West blacksmith?

[@jlshel42]

You mean a horse cobbler?

[@daviddavis3389]

Hey Pam, remember Quint Asper from the late 1950s and early 1960s Gumsmoke? He was Marshal Dillions some time Deputy/ and full*time black Smith...you can still watch him( Bert Reynolds) in syndication shows/ reruns on Metv and TV land classics nearly daily... Anyway,you can also watch another popular blacksmith on reruns from the rifleman ( Nell's nerdy type guy) ok, just a suggestion from an old timer..

[@ThePhysicalReaction]

Samuel says its fine. but he mostly just makes horse shoes. his lungs are bad and he might expire soon,

[@emandejnozka1369]

Hard work; long hours; no glory.

[@KA-om9oz]

I shoe horses..there you go, done.

[@nadas9395]

Another excellent video! Thanks!

[@gaigejones3947]

Weird history on barbers! Keep up the awesome videos!!

[@JerseySwanBeezy]

And what about Bass Reeves?! He's probably the most if not one of the most badass bounty hunter in history! Especially when you take into consideration that he couldn't read or write and still managed to always bring in the correct person and that he was in law enforcement for over 30 years which is pretty much unheard of when you look back at people like Wyatt Earp and Hickok whose careers only spanned somewhere around 10 years. Bass Reeves brought in some like 200 300 odd bounties over his career or something like that and only ended up killing 14 of his bounties. There's even some speculation that the lone ranger was actually based off Reeves. Dude is one of those legends that most people have never heard of before.

[@Ethan2Tone]

When I hear tales of the wild west I say *"shoot I'd be the Baddest gun slinger unrecognized in the west".* In reality I'd get slaughtered by a ginseng swindler for ¢50.

[@donHooligan]

we don't even realize what a "morning trip to the outhouse....where someone stole the TP" would do to your day.... walking back to the house (or the nearest pail of water) looking like a shit-ass Donald Duck

[@cardboardbox191]

I wanted to be a cowboy in the wild west.

[@Henry-yk1bb]

Same🤠

[@mikenixon2401]

This is what I played as a kid. I didn't want to be like ever other 5-year-old cowboy.

[@damonmaldonado8840]

Smart kid

[@ms.biancan9005]

Please do a video on the weird history of the fda when it originally started. it’s so interesting to see how much their regulations have updated over the years

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Such great videos about the American frontier!

[@Kagihoshi]

I think it’d be cool to see a video on what previous civilizations thought about extreme weather like tornadoes and hurricanes and what kind of effects it had on their religious views if there were any. Unless you’ve already made one.

[@akeneo1169]

Would be so cool but I wonder if the There is much info on that subject

[@sureshots8155]

All the evidence has been destroyed. We are being reprogrammed.

[@scottlong3593]

Makes me wonder if any small tribes experienced building on a beautiful beach and then a tsunami comes and they’re instantly gone forever

[@tedwojtasik8781]

Well, it was nature so not much they could do but I guarantee they did not whine about it like we do today. If I see another trailer park dweller talking about "rebuilding" in the same tornado prone area I'm gonna puke.

[@SB-py5iu]

@@tedwojtasik8781 Yes because its just that easy to move somewhere else. A place to live totally doesn't cost anything. Might be time to remove the silver spoon from your ass and get a little perspective.

[@Casioo24]

Dear Weird History Love your Channel Can you tell us more about the time Period in California where they used Ranchos and People used to Stage Pitfights between Bears vs Bulls, Lions etc.?

[@mikealeshire2195]

"You a Bounty Hunter?" "Man's got to make a living" "Dying ain't much of a living"

[@FindingTheForce]

I can picture Boba Fett working for minimum wage 😆

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Great topic. A great early 1960s TV show starring the Steve McQueen was about bounty hunting called Wanted: Dead or Alive.

[@daviddavis3389]

I once used to watch that show when I was about 6 years old...it actually wasn't that good..He was Josh Randall....He often got beat up.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

@@daviddavis3389 The reason why you thought it wasn't good was because you were 6. I was 8 or 9 and we loved it. Josh Randall was cool.

[@adilsongoliveira]

What about the life of an undertaker or a doctor?

[@cook2593]

Been played RDR2 again this week, what are the odds this uploads the same week haha

[@ilikedogsandstuff]

MAN I JUST STARTED RDR2 AGAIN THIS WEEK

[@chad_b]

I just finished my 1000th playthrough a couple of weeks ago lol. Such an amazing game

[@vincebarber6933]

I just started it about 3 months ago; and I've been playing everyday since :) addicting!

[@AA-BB]

50/50

[@dvdv8197]

I have an odd attraction to a bounty hunter in Star Wars... Guess I have a Boba Fetish. 🤷‍♀️

[@pastrana21]

i love this channel. im subscribed but always forget to watch till its recommended again :)

[@PickleRick65]

"$100 or less", considering when, and where you're talking about, that may not have been too bad, when some people made a $1 a day or less. $100 would be 90 days wages (maybe)

[@jasonm9264]

Yasssss!! I was asking for this one

[@Luvbunnie461]

Love you guys ❣️

[@comettamer]

I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming and yeah, a lot of folks around here have come to the concensus that Tom Horn was innocent of shooting Willie Nickell.

[@AnnieMissF]

Nice Red Dead Redemption 2 screenshot for the wanted sign @ 1:07 😂

[@michaelpage4199]

As always great info. Thanks for sharing

[@TandCstudios100]

Man, Django was an awesome movie...

[@awfan221]

Movie theater where I watched, people cheered at several points towards the end. It was a hilarious movie too

[@ginaldeguer]

The Red Lobster coupon leads you to the discounts themselves, it works? lol. Thanks, Weird History!!!

[@justadrum]

Still watching so not sure if they mention Bass Reaves but he was definitely a badass. Check out his story!

[@djcook]

Red dead redemption 2

[@appleman456]

Lmao I am a fan surprised to see your comment in the newest section

[@triumphantsam]

Could I have made it as a bounty hunter? No way. Never ridden a horse and I’m a terrible pistol shot. I’m kind of an introvert, so interrogation of locals wouldn’t go well. I’ll just okay RDR2 and let Arthur and John do my bounty hunting for me.

[@awfan221]

Same, I'm an introvert and don't like confrontation. Now that's for the bounty hunters working to capture violent outlaws. I couldn't be a bounty hunter to capture escaped or just local people of a certain race or religion. I'm not evil enough or immoral enough for that lol

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🐎 #WeirdHistory #WildWest #BountyHunter

[@harminylucas4769]

i like how they added a poster from red dead redemption 2.

[@NewMessage]

Williams/Duncan needs a show.

[@michaelkurz9067]

Bounty hunters collected more store credit than the actual payout(1 free room,one free bath and shave, ammo for their protection and if the town had a blacksmith shoes for the horse.

[@maxmcgraw3571]

My question is: Had Jesse James just started to dust the picture, midway thru dusting or almost done? And why did it need dusted? Was he helping his wife dust like most men should do?

[@donHooligan]

almost done. re-dusting, actually. he agreed to be a "civilized husband" and it is dusty AF in the western plains of occupied North America. yes.

[@daviddavis3389]

@@donHooliganmost likely, he had OCD ang felt that he was invincible, so Nobody would Dare chance an attempt on his Narcisistoc life!!..

[@donHooligan]

@@daviddavis3389 yeah. being betrayed really sucks.

[@redseaford9426]

I think he knew it was coming and felt like he didn't have anyone he could truly trust anymore so he just got tired and gave in. Turned his back to the fella and pretty much let him kill him. Atleast that's how the Brad Pitt/Casey Affleck movie made it seem

[@gwen8859]

😂😂😂😂

[@andrewbernard1911]

What movie/ show is at 6:45 ?

[@dvdv8197]

The next Disney+ project, is a Star Wars/ Back to the Future crossover. Dr. Brown gets a bounty hunter to stay in the car. That way, they'll always have the manned Delorean available. 😬

[@bobhill3941]

Very interesting, the bounty hunting missions in the Red dead duology were fun. I couldn't make it as a bounty hunter today or back then. I find the industry (including the bond industry) predatory, unprofessional, and dishonest.

[@matthewfocke5360]

During the First World War, my great Uncle was sent on a mission with fellow Army cavalry soldiers, to hunt down 2 Texas brothers, who had killed two Texas Rangers, while avoiding the draft. The cavalry chased the two outlaws throughout the west., in many areas that had become national parks. This went on for the duration of the war. The brothers were never caught. I wonder how the two cowboys avoided being caught.

[@skylinesenpai5554]

They must have been really slick b**** to dodge the law for that long and wide!

[@scottieoakesjr1204]

Ford can burn for shooting Jesse in the back. Damn his eyes

[@andyhelloficial]

a video about musicians in the wild west would be Nice 🤠

[@amysargent4237]

Title: "What it was like to be a Wild West Bounty Hunter". Me: The Book of Boba Fett.

[@johnpatterson4816]

It'd be funny to see Dwayne "Dog"Champman go back in time and be a bounty hunter dressed as he does today!!!

[@johnwaynegovernmentcontrac3219]

John Wayne's Impossible Groove Machine could have made it! 🙂😂😂😅🤣

[@emaarredondo-librarian]

There's a 1979 TV miniseries called Mr. Horn, about Tom Horn, starring David Carradine and Richard Widmark. The guy had a very colorful life; the miniseries only shows two periods of his life: his activities as tracker for the Army chasing Geronimo, and his bounty hunter last times, with the boy's death, Horn's trial and execution. Much more historically accurate than the Steve McQueen film.

[@srgzachattack1594]

Confedacucks: muh states rights Pensilvania:ok captured "slaves" will get a jury trial Confedacucks: NOOOOO NOT LIKE THAT

[@Jdcie]

Servers at Tender Greens hahahaha you hit the nail right on the head.

[@paigelee6474]

I love Wild West videos can you make more

[@pxlbltz]

8:52 Not one of them held still for the photograph 😄

[@YoungGandalf2325]

Could you do a video about gambling in the old west?

[@daviddavis3389]

Do you know what a Faro gambler was? Once was a very popular/ Lucrative Gambler/ saloon game in the 1870s...remember Doc Holiday?

[@MrPercy112]

The term ‘Bounty Collector’ and/or ‘Bounty Scavenger’, existed FAR earlier in Britain. The latter-day substitution of ‘Hunter’ doesn't really fully support your case.

[@redseaford9426]

Never realized Elmore was one of the first to use the term bounty. That's wild!! Justified was my shit

[@exploreAZ]

you should talk about Tucson and it's history, lots of cool stuff.

[@melissadye4416]

My family has ties to a member of the James Younger gang and in college, I lived with and became life long friends with a woman who came from a member of the Pinkertons. We enjoy the balance 🤣

[@The_Joker_420]

Rdr2 is the best bounty hunter game

[@markjackson6431]

i do like the horses they ride in the game

[@annmarieannicelli9408]

Perhaps you may consider a piece on the life of Samurai & Ninjas. ❤

[@btetschner]

It is surreal the level of true lawlessness on the American frontier, even when law officials were nearby!

[@cheesypotat0es]

Can we have a video about san Francisco during the gold rush era

[@MrLee-qz3gy]

Playing RDR2 lead me here.

[@johnnyjericho8472]

As a licensed Surety Recovery Agent (Bounty Hunter) in my state I can say very little has changed so far as earning a living goes.

[@agentflush388]

Can you do a vid about shoemakers or something about tobacco?

[@jeremiahthomas1385]

Glad I clicked on this video. I have not even heard of some of those guys.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

All of them. All the professions. Don’t get me wrong, I love content about more famous historical figures and events. But we rarely get to hear or see what life was like for regular people unless something horrible is happening to them.

[@Voodoodollgaming]

Motley Crew have actually been out partied by one man alone 😆 Ozzy Osborne. If I lived in the wild west knowing my luck I'd be a outlaw 😆.

[@jasonwilliamson8416]

I guess technically that I'M a bounty hunter by these standards. I work under contract with the magistrate court of the county I live in to attempt to clear the years long backlog of unserved warrants. Even now it's not a full time gig. I also work security at a bar, own a couple of vending machines, and do some veteran advocate work.

[@McVet3]

Imagine we could put Dog the bounty hunter in a time machine back to the old west! A fella can dream.

[@lukemn29]

You don't bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight.

[@Jaden1673]

@@lukemn29 My thoughts exactly. I thought to myself "Please don't get that fake dude killed.".

[@donHooligan]

@@Jaden1673 what? it would be hilarious. Fido is old enough to live with his decisions. that would be a *classic* one-episode "series." epic comedy.

[@Brickbossman]

He would be dead in a hurry

[@loneranger9485]

Dog the Follywood Hunter .

[@Riz2336]

Looks a lot cooler in the movies

[@harrypeter1869]

Lets gooooo more wild west videos😂 (11/10/2022 10:21 am homw tuesday)

[@harleighcollins5904]

One of my ancestors worked for this bounty hunter agency called the pinkertons, he would spend months upon months with his team tracking down and capturing outlaws, his favourite was a man named Micah Bell who eluded him for over 5 years.

[@chriscuts7029]

I think I've heard of him. Was it Agent Milton, whom was murdered by the notorious outlaw with TB, Arthur Morgan.

[@christianwalton1906]

@@chriscuts7029actually Milton was shot dead like the dog he is by a woman named Abigail Roberts

[@BurghMurph]

Love the rdr cuts

[@andrewthacher8395]

Damn right

[@Blaaake]

Why was 2020 inflation used for comparison of then prices?

[@feresmourali5783]

Please make a video about Emma Goldman!

[@LuisRomeroLopez]

"Could you have made it as a bounty hunter" *NO.* My detective skill go as far as Google can.

[@Zaptiye_Amirligi]

“Alive,got it”

[@mercury8023]

I have to guess these videos are particularly more popular now a days from rdr2.

[@thelostcosmonaut5555]

Can you do an episode on what it was like to be an ancient Greek Hoplite during the classical period?

[@Manhunt2299]

8:48 godammit ducth hte damm pinkertons and whats his corn wwhisky is on our ass again

[@benisaten]

Lol love those jailhouse rules posted on the side there.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Red Dead Redemption in Real Life

[@kikufutaba524]

I can't even find my car keys in my apartment much less find someone on the run.

[@solanaceae2069]

Son, there's a bounty on your head, and I intend to collect.

[@nigelmorroll3343]

Nice red dead redemption 2 bounty pictures.

[@ethanaleman]

My great great grandpa did this

[@donHooligan]

any cool heirlooms still left in the family? cuffs, ropes, guns, and stuff? ....legal records?

[@ethanaleman]

@@donHooligan just cool stories

[@donHooligan]

@@ethanaleman right on. tell the kids, so the mementos never go away.

[@Al29-t3t]

If we were to make a comparison between a jackal and a Bounty Hunter we would find only exceptionally some difference.

[@vincerussosux]

I used be a bounty hunter back in 1911 but i became a mango farmer in Tahati...

[@reedmosby1035]

What about Bass Reeves?

[@GodsLonelyMan76]

"I got me one of them Williamson boys"

[@pork123100]

you forgot black cowboy who was a famous bounty hunter and in one of mcqueen's bounty hunter he collected posters at a dollar a poster as he said a dollar is a dollar.

[@scottrichards3587]

There are actually more bounty hunters today, hired by bail bond companies.

[@buddymac3993]

DEADLY! ,especially for the horse? Nuff said