What's In My Shot Pouch?

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Outstanding share

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you so much

[@jeffallen6754]

My dad made a living making bags or pouches from the early mid seventies all the way till he passed in 2018. He probably made close to a couple of hundred of them over the years. He would work on the custom one for days. I remember in the about 79 or 80 he and my mom made several hundred production pouches for either Track of the wolf or maybe Log Cabin.

[@thedeerskindiary]

That is really cool!

[@kathieclark1214]

You are an inspiration to our youth desperate to know more about our history in a way they are excited to learn. Thank you!

[@thedeerskindiary]

That’s so very sweet. Thank you! I will always endeavor to try.

[@Georgiastonewall]

As usual an outstanding top notch video!

[@thedeerskindiary]

I appreciate that greatly

[@trevorfitzgerald4996]

I enjoyed that video. Well explained. Love the get a flintlock. Not much comes my way.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Here’s to hoping that your luck changes and that many blessings await. Keep the faith and most importantly keep going towards that goal!

[@Mtn_eonin]

As a person who’s getting into the hobby of 18 century reenacting, this is an awesome video! I look forward to eventually making my own!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Heck yeah! Get after it when you’re ready.

[@FrederickMohler]

Looks like you just paid your yearly visit to the barber at the fort. Been into re-enacting since the late 1970's. Always enjoy watching folks slowly transition the deeper they become involved in our historical content. Keep up the great videos.

[@thedeerskindiary]

I appreciate that. I will always endeavor to try.

[@stevenogborn5892]

He's currently in law enforcement for his real job. There's uniform guidelines to adhear to.

[@FlintlockOperator]

Another excellent video! Thank you so much for your work!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Yours as well my friend. Your energy is inspiring and contagious.

[@jeffdavis4154]

I have enjoyed every one of your videos. You have taught me a lot. I started watching you because you seemed familiar and I realized I have talked to you at Martin's Station.

[@thedeerskindiary]

I am so glad we connected! Martin's is a special place for so many reasons.

[@SOvideography]

Great video, good information, and I always enjoy seeing what people carry in their pouch, thanks for sharing.

[@thedeerskindiary]

I appreciate it. Very much.

[@jeffs5093]

Always enjoy your videos, very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing them.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to give the feedback!

[@Wolfram762]

Awesome video man! The homemade shot pouches are amazing!! Keep up the great content buddy!!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Wolfram762]

@@thedeerskindiary you're very welcome!!

[@AustinB.3322]

Looking very snazzy this episode. I don't have a lot of money, but I am starting to look at what I want for my costume. It will take a while.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Take your time and buy once, cry once.

[@martinmeltzer2696]

This was very enjoyable to watch. I am always curious as to what the "Other Fellow" carries with him! Your buckskin jacket looked very COOL to boot! Well Done!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you for the kind words and for your time watching this.

[@Bayan1905]

I've made probably about a dozen bags now, just sold another one recently so it's time to make one just because I don't want to have so many around that I don't use. I have two I use with my guns, one is a smaller bag that's Native American style since I'm about 1/4 Mohawk. That one had a beaver fur flap, some beadwork and I use that one with my smoothbore guns. I have a leather shot pouch, keep some tools and flints in it and my powder measure is made from a deer that I shot a couple years back and the shot measure I got from another Mohawk a couple years back. I just added a small antler handled patch knife that I sewed on the back of it. My larger pouch I made not that long ago, but also Native American style with hairpipe beads and fringe. That one goes with my rifles and has an antler powder measure I made along with a homemade nipple pick. I've made some other pouches here and there, I saw a really nice raccoon pelt pouch worn by a French-Canadian and was pointed to an original style that was done with an otter, which was a style shared with the French-Canadians as well as the Abenaki, the Wyandot and also the Iroquois. I have quite a few books and have seen a few real pouches in museums here in the northeast, one was a small pouch I saw that had a Fleur de Lis style carving into the flap and the pouch was all leather and square. I also have another Native American style pouch, that one was brain tanned buckskin with some beadwork I did on the flap. I've made some out of goatskin and a few other things, but you're right, once you start, you're not going to stop.

[@thedeerskindiary]

My new addicting habit is their corresponding powder horns. I recently made my first one and now want to make more.

[@EhrinEhlert]

Great video. Love the powder horn!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thanks! I had lots of help. 😉

[@robertcole9391]

A leather version of a haversack made from soft buckskin or heavier. Piece of cake.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Pretty much the same idea it seems.

[@almartin9500]

Another great video!! Yes, shotpouches….especially when you make your own!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I like what you carry, light, simple.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you. The heavy stuff goes into my pack for the most part.

[@williamarmstrong4177]

always enjoy your content.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you for the continued faith and support. I enjoy making and sharing these.

[@smokeytokyo4553]

I love your videos please keep it up

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you for her kind words and encouragement. I will.

[@Bayan1905]

If you look at the 1776 mezzotint engraving of Robert Rogers by Thomas Hart, he had a bag that was of Native American influence. How accurate that was is anyone's guess but I'm willing to bet there was some trading going on back and forth and spoils of war to go along with it when it came to bags, guns, etc.

[@thedeerskindiary]

The blending of the cultures fascinates me. Tracie buys one and Cresswell keeps one in a trunk.

[@57WillysCJ]

I thought it was interesting that Arlfred Miller's paintings from the 1830s show simple bags, often with fringe and narrow straps. Some might have been decorated with quills. It didn't seem like trappers wanted to fancy of gear. Could be they had to replace it often and it was disposable or they didn't want to call attention to thieves much the way we think today.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Great theories. I don’t actually know myself either. I would like to think that they ornate bags were used but Cresswell’s was in a trunk. He wasn’t much of a hunter though so maybe place in life had a lot to do with it.

[@leoscheibelhut940]

Excellent as always.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you!

[@jamesvatter5729]

When I was introduced to that practice, the old timer told me it would be "50 grains to cover a 50 caliber ball."

[@thedeerskindiary]

That's an interesting anecdote. The first time I tried it I was way under but now I can better judge.

[@PostmanApocalypse]

Great video!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you!

[@WBrownIII]

Another great video. How about a small ladle to melt the lead?

[@thedeerskindiary]

I keep that in my pack because it doesn't fit well in the bag.

[@kennethreece502]

Outstanding!

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you

[@andrewbattles2483]

Great video! Do you need a lead ladle to run round ball?

[@thedeerskindiary]

It is in my pack. I keep the molds in the shot pouch simply to keep them organized and under the assumption that I could find something melt lead easier than I could find a mold.

[@andrewbattles2483]

⁠@@thedeerskindiarygot it!

[@professorpewpuew]

You mean to tell me that short starters weren't a thing?

[@thedeerskindiary]

Haha well eventually yes, but in that time period it was all tapping things with a knife or using smaller bullets than the bore.

[@johnovanic9560]

Thank you for another great video. Is there any historic references to belt shot pouches?

[@thedeerskindiary]

There are and from what little I have collected you actually see more of them in period paintings than other styles. If you look on Wikimedia Commons and search for 18th century hunting and other similar search parameters you will find them on European hunters. They are not my preferred style so I have not looked for much admittedly.

[@ashleyanderson2859]

If a lady is allowed to have more than one purse, you should be allowed more than one shot pouch. Most people I know have a pouch for each gun. That way, the mold and everything the gun requires stays with it. A Once again, thanks for your insights.

[@thedeerskindiary]

Thank you!

[@archeojoel]

Is it the one ring? Is that what it keeps in its pocket pouch?

[@thedeerskindiary]

I mean we do wear weskits and knee breeches. If I had hairier toes it would be complete.

[@archeojoel]

@@thedeerskindiary #love

[@jayburton2475]

Would you be interested in a piece of handmade pottery jug. I have made a small jug that looks like pictures I got from the mid-to light 1700s

[@thedeerskindiary]

I would enjoy seeing more of it. Can you email me at [e-mail]?

[@jayburton2475]

Ok I will this evening after work

[@jayburton2475]

I was curious if you got my email on that jug.

[@thedeerskindiary]

@@jayburton2475 yes sir just responded. Sometimes it takes me a minute with the mad rush of life!

[@earlshaner4441]

Good evening from Syracuse NY

[@thedeerskindiary]

Good evening sir!

[@earlshaner4441]

@@thedeerskindiary Hi my friend

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

I's this the same Danie a colonel in the rev war whose son was a victim of the harpe brothers ? .

[@thedeerskindiary]

He mentions them later in his memoir but off the top of my head I honestly don’t remember that part.

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

@@thedeerskindiary where can I get a copy of his journal ? ..would be very interested ...

[@fredsmythe4731]

Came over from the nutmeg...

[@thedeerskindiary]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for your support.

[@randybrown140]

We still use them, but there called "MAG BAGS". 👍

[@thedeerskindiary]

LOL. I almost weighed my three mag loadout to see the weight difference.

[@lusolad]

Wow...no beard

[@thedeerskindiary]

I know. It’s weird.