The first thing was filming some falconry. I met a friend that does falconry and he has a beautiful red tail hawk that he flies. Being so close and watching it swoop and fly was incredible. These really are powerful birds.
The second thing did was processing a deer hide for the first time ever. I don't think it went so well but I'll try to make some moccasins from it anyway. Processing hides isn't easy and only using stone tools was an added challenge. I think I need to practice with a few more gift hides. I'm sure I'll get it eventually!
In honor of Halloween I'm producing a zombie video. Basically it's a skit showing how I might react to a zombie apocalypse. Of course it's not totally primitive but by the end I get pretty primitive as the world around me shuts down. This is meant to be a fun video and not necessarily a how-to... cause why would I make a how-to of surviving something that can never happen.... or can it??? I have a friend that is familiar with a very stable type of explosive so I asked him if we could get a shot of a pumpkin exploding. That was a lot of fun and nobody called the cops on us so I'd say everything turned out as planned.
The last thing I filmed was a how to skin a snake video. I had found a big water moccasin dead on the road Saturday night so I picked it up and brought it home. I wanted there to be a how-to on this that isn't done by some redneck that hates snakes and is encouraging people to kill them all. Instead when that young redneck searches for a video on how to skin a snake he finds me and actually learns something about snakes as well as how to skin it. I'm not really sure what I'll do with the skin but I might put on the handle of a bow. I think that would be cool.
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