Tapping Maple Trees

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yeah earlier a bitch anita survival he's got my daughter out here with me teaching her how to tap some maple tree so we can get some maple syrup stay tuned so you want to if you want to go on at an upward angle I'm gonna just brace it against me the tree I'm drilling into the tree so I can get some of these labels that's um some of the wood and you'll notice that it's wet the wood is wet inside that's good that means of this at this flowing SAP doing that's the SAP it's coming out of the tree so now we're going to collect it yeah thnkx no this is in here sap should start coming out of here oh you see it there it is yeah you need it make a sack and when you cook it drink some maple syrup pancake cakes gonna use that I'm thinking that's right good it is good huh want to use yours yeah yep right there and I'm going to just hold it there with my knee then I'm going to take my rope go around the handle how there's a handle there and go right in the handle now i'm going to go around the tree

I'm gonna tighten it up real high I'm using what's called a square or not it's left over right right over left yeah ok so now that's going to keep this here and you can't you can't go anywhere and this is gonna start collecting that maple set thanks up yep wanna go do another one yeah okay you oh it's getting wet that's good yep that means we'll get into the SAP now let's check that's far enough yep now I'm gonna put the tap in whoop you see you trippin out the new free last ones dripping fast huh ok good uh-huh it does taste good ok you want to help I'm gonna help me push it in

even more okay God brother it's good now see if it's gonna start dripping what here it is oh you see it dripping okay let a trip for a second you see it mm-hmm he's good huh like sugar I'll football sugar in the woods it's good huh okay so now what do we need to do what's next how are we gonna collect that maybe with a jug yeah yeah can you get me a job look where's the job turn around is there one down there this is for you water jug okay put that in there little so I put that right in there I'm gonna tie it up with a square knot tie this to the tree oh thank you for helping they can have it thank you there we go that's another one done all set yep so what I do is we're going to leave it all day all night okay and tomorrow we're going to come back and there's going to be a bunch of SAP in here yeah the way to take all that SAP we're going to start cooking it when it cooks down will help make this sir good hmm sure is yeah I'm gonna tie the rope on it yeah all set yep that's fun yeah all right this one much Anita survival appreciate you've used comas nt4 see you guys the next one yeah take care bye

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Mitch is a Wilderness Living Skills Instructor, he has been featured on The History Channel's program "ALONE" and written articles for Outdoor Magazines; he owns and operates The Native Survival School which provides woodland living and survival classes, as well as offering quality outdoor gear he's designed. Defintely, he is a master at bushcraft's techniques.

You can find all his videos on his YouTube channel.

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