Spirit Of A Mountain Man, Award-winning short film
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- čas přidán 3. 11. 2017
- Billy Molls has been enthralled by nature since birth. A lifelong hunter, 20-year Alaskan hunting guide, and renowned story, Billy shares a deeply personal and moving short film which was chosen as a "Top Ten" selection out of hundreds of films in the 2015 Outdoor Film Festival
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Brought a tear to my eye brother. I understand that feeling you get when in the middle of nowhere. The mountains call to me the same way. Everything disappears when i go. Thankful to live in gods country. Thank you for sharing
Yes sir I understand also
Spent a few years there under similar circumstances .. most wouldn't be able to comprehend .. as I mainly sit here in my 80's waiting .. thanks for blending those memory's with those of mine and of my boys that made decent career's from those memory's .. one of them sent me this ..Thanks
grand paw “how’s life going?”
“Not fast enough!”
Lol
Words can’t describe the feeling one gets as they watch this awesome video! This is what man was born to do.
Rick James yep
Thirty years in exploring Alaska and I'm just getting warmed up for another. I'll never leave.
There’s something to be said about, being where you belong! Most of us never realize that!
Your exactly right .. I know where I belong just getting there is tough
Great vid...In the last 6 months I had to wrestle with moving back into civil6 due to health. At 70ish and having spent 60 years at tundra in the high Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the decision to move closer to people was not a easy one. I managed to find a house on a lake in the foot hills that had the facilities I needed. I am half blind, broken down body but still "the spirit of a mountain man". Getting used to people being around is the most difficult. When all gets to bad...the mountains are always there for a last walk. This vid describes well the driving force behind the drawing to high ground d and wilderness...for I have pinsol instead of blood, endurance for cold...and can stand my own company for a long time. I am my fathers son and live for pure freedom....I am Native!
Outstanding
Thanks for this Billy. I'm 64 years old now. When I was 31 I packed up my wife and little girl and moved to western Montana to guide hunters and pack horses. Thoroughly enjoyed it for a few years before I let life get in the way. I should have stayed with it as my wife would have supported me in that choice. I've always longed to return to those times. I wish I would have had someone to tell me what your grandpa told you at that age.
This film touched me so deep down in my soul that only those few others know what I'm talking about and it would be unexplainable to anyone who would ask what I mean.
Thank you so much for this.
Max
Well said, thanks for putting it in words. I just couldn't find the words to express my thoughts and feelings.
You’re 60 stretching exercise and go do it I’ll go I’m almost 60
70 now ,,,love this vid ,,ran a bear hunt camp in northern ontario ,,north of the french ...best years of my life ,,,,i cant imagine going to the wilderness and having to borrow a gun lol keep well to all
Keep ‘‘em coming Billy! Many of us are living our dream through your hunts
That was better than any multi-million dollar movie or television production. Thanks!
Thanks for keeping the mountain man in me ALIVE..god bless you.
I am very touched by your film Billy- Steve Lippert, Homer Alaska
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Man, that was truly inspiring. I am city boy like most but love being out doors. The words you used were truly spiritual in nature. I can say they were your inner self talking. Your words were perfectly aligned and spoken. Congratulations on your quest. God created it and He desires all honor and praise!!
Great way of life, and not for the faint of heart. As a young boy growing up in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York, I had over 6 million acres as a playground. I regret never stepping foot in Alaska, but have always dreamed of it. It isn't too late, I will be looking for a service to hunt within the very near future. Great story, and thank you for preserving the rich and dignified history of hunting and trapping. Real men, real-life histories that embody the very essence of what living a real life is like. Nothing phony here!!!
What an awesome video!
Awesome video, well done. Thank you.
What a great story. I'm to old and crippled to even think of doing something like this now. But if I was 40 years younger I might give it a try. God bless and enjoy every minute of your time in Alaska.
You're so lucky to have been able to spend any time w/ your grandpa, as mine died two months after I was born. My grandpa was a merchant marine during WW1 & WW2 and I've always felt an affinity w/ water and sailing. He lived on the island of Bermuda and I have recently discovered which neighborhood/house he lived in (gotta love the internet). I plan on visiting some relatives there next year. Never had any connection to my relatives, but have enjoyed rediscovering some of my family history. Be well and live long.
you sure have good videos like watching them.your 1 of the best hunting guides out there
WELL DONE!! Jan/I spent 27 years in the bush. Raised 2 kids & 13 grizzlies. Wouldnt trust a bear any further than I could throw a bulldozer w both hands. Very few will ever know what its like to be truly alive in the bush & you summed it up very well. Living second to second fully alive!! God Bless U!!
So very good. I’ve always believed hunting is truth ... and so is this video. As you said “follow no trails” is an excellent life creed ... and not of the cold timid souls ......
Once again Billy. Excellent content, production, editing and writing. I am lost again in wilderness.
LIVING IN THE BUSH IN THE BIG WOODS COUNTRY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN, I FEEL THE FEELING YOU AND YOUR GRANDAD TALK OF IN THIS FILM. IT IS TRULY WHO I AM
@MassCityMadman FAMILY IS FROM HOUGHTON-HANNCOCK./ COPPER COUNTRY. DATES BACK TO EARLY 1800. APPLETON IS JUST A WHISTLE STOP COMPARED TO CITIES. I HEAR YA...NO THANKS. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A TOWN/VILLAGE HERE BUT WHAT WE HAVE IS SO SMALL, THE WELCOME SIGN AND THE THANKS FOR STOPPING IS ON THE SAME POST. LOL
That was my dream the whole time growing up hunting, trapping, fishing the Northern lands o Michigan, but at the tender age of 37 years old i was stricken with a most deadly Cancer a unman being could acquire. So to that. End i have endured Three times in my life that i was stricken with that horrible illness, But finally a brave young man of 23 old donated a part of him so i could live, I thank God everyday that I was able to see my children to become good adult Human beings and now Three Beautiful Grand Children, Two Girls and One Boy who is Five Years old, My Hunting years were taken from me for a while but i am now passing my knowledge of a dying life of a Outdoorsman. He is so totally interested in everything about the Woods, Hunting, Fishing, Trapping. Your beautiful story resonated with my Grand Son and I. I hope to live the rest of my life teaching every aspect about how to be and Outdoorsman at 54 years old now i can get to like i could years back, but i do what i can to teach him that dying life in the woods or just outdoors hunting for your food and not relying on the stores to get my food and he will be the same way because he shows me how to set a snare for small game to funny thing his nobody has ever show a dead fall tap. He came to me out in the yard one day and said pap paw i want to show you my trap for a Rabbit and sure enough it was a complete trap and i didn’t have to change a thing to make it work and he is 5 five years old, he sure is a natural. Thank you for allowing me a tired fella who never got to live his dream of Alaska living on my own wits in the Bush, I envy you my friend. Be safe and God Bless you in every way.
Awesome thank you for sharing
Good Luck on the next Hunt and be safe 👍🇺🇸🦌
The Vermonter
That was the best thing I've watched in a long time. Excellent description of the wilderness
Agreed 100% !
I didnt become a hunter until later in life. I've always camped and fished. I love the outdoors. I've been hunting now for 20years and wished I had started hunting at a younger age. If you're a hunter that truly loves to hunt and love the outdoors this video hits the right spot. If I could do it all over again I'd be right where you're at. Great film and the country there looks amazing. My drive for the hunt keeps getting stronger each year and this film just makes a hunter want to be there now. Keep filming, keep sharing. Thank you soooo much for the content. Keep hunting and keep the hind quarters hanging. If I could afford a guided hunt with you I'd take it in a heart beat. God Bless You and keep you safe.
Great life. Great man. Great guide. Great hunter.....awesome Grandpa !
Many hunters enjoy the thrill of a hunt, unique scenery, beautiful animals, and tasty meat. But few, genuinely, cherish it to the point of making it their lifestyle. This film does an excellent job of conveying the passion felt by those dedicated few. Nicely done!
WTF ever.
This guy guides for trophies, not meat.
He abandons his role as father and provider to direct others how to kill for thrill.
There is nothing manly or worthy of celebration in this parasite on the planet.
Git ya head out ya ass.
@@jessjoeking go back to your house in the city cupcake. The land can only support so many animals, the surplus can be taken with no harm to the resource. Hunting brings in hundreds of thousands of dollars to local Alaskan communities that have few options for making money, with hunts like this probably costing in the $20,000+ range. Get YOUR head out of your ass and quit trolling videos like this and watch gardening videos that would probably suit you better
@@4wheelliving132, eat this:
My ancestors have roamed this continent for tens of thousands of years (or more), and managed to live in unison with the earth and the bounty it offers. I don't live in a toxic city environment, nor do I support the idiocy that has desecrated each and every society it has touched. You can live onward as the half witted moron you display, but I am choosing not to be a part of the problems plaguing the planet, but rather a part of the solution(s).
Money is no excuse for disrespecting this planet or the living entities within.
Try not to be completely fucking retarded in your next reply, as I'm sure you can't resist. Good luck.
@J A, I would agree with a revision of your statement that reads:
"Some people eat trophy game."
I'd encourage you to research the topic, so you come into your comments from a placement or standing of knowledge.
I am.
I know.
I know that trophy hunting needs to be abolished, and those who continue the practice illegally need to be prosecuted.
I know that in this day in age, we are as a whole, much further along in our development to continue supporting that which causes more harm than good in a multitude of ways.
Trophy hunting, and the capitalist endeavors surrounding it are a perfect example of this.
Hunting and killing game to feed your family, feed your community or to be a part of that cycle is a natural means to sustenance. Hunting and killing to feed a lust for superiority, empowerment or control should be considered unacceptable by any well educated, well developed and mentally balanced person. Sadly, as evidenced in these comments of rebut, this is not the case.
Rich sheeper well said.
Thank you for sharing .
To many more great success.
Well written, with great video! Very educational, and inspirational. Thank you.
Excellent.
Wow such an awesome story thank you
What a great honor and tribute to your Grandfather! I have spent much time in the woods and mountains hunting, trapping, and exploring. It gets in your blood. I'm glad had pointed you in the right direction.
Thank you for the story. You come from generation's of men forged from steel. Forged folded and sharpened. You are the final edged. Long gone are these qualities in the world today. I wish you and your family the very best and will pray you will help to temper a life as your grandfather did, in you.
That's awesome Billy. Thanks for sharing a part of your life with us. Thanks for reminding us to get back to nature, soak in what God gave us in our lives on this Earth.
Thank You
What truth! Pure, simple, unadulterated truth!
Absolutely beautiful!!!
JUST WOW !!! Beautiful 🥰
what an eloquent way with words billy has...just discovered his pure, honest, and heart felt videos...enjoying watching you live out what others could only dream about doing...surviving with out a grocery store or government assistance...look at the faces of his grandpa and that generation...no posing, drama queens, or hand outs... just sheer will and grit...there is liberation and fulfillment from providing and independence that cannot be explained only experienced...long live the wild things and thank you for all the efforts that went into this wonderful video...wow
Crazy thing here in 2020. 80%+ people don't know how to do anything to survive. So glad I grew up a country boy
Don't be selfish and teach others the skills they were not fortunate enough to learn.
Growing up it was a every day thing for my brothers, cousin and myself. A saying come to mind, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. If people want to learn they have to make time to learn it. You can show a person something hundreds of times but they won't get much from it until they do it for themselves.
lived in the Ak wilderness 3.5 years, every thing hard, deadly, hungry and cold you've read of. worth it.
I'm blessed to live there.
This video is so Spot-on true! So beautiful❤
The mountain is calling...and I must go!
Fantastic!
Great video. Kind regards from South Africa.
That was a great 13 minutes of viewing. Thank u.
GREAT video Billy! What you do in the middle of nowhere, away from family / friends, in the face of the elements, only a few people on this earth could do...I'm not one of them. Be safe and make sure you return back to your family each year, you owe them that! Thanks for sharing your video....well worth my time to watch.
Excellent! From Wisconsin myself! Love your heartfelt feelings for the Wilderness! It shows so much in this film! One of my favorite authors and an inspiration is Sigurd Olsen, we all have our listening points! And yours is very beautiful!
My dream since I was five, was to live in Alaska. I told mom and dad I was going to move to Alaska. I took off on foot, made it about 3 blocks, and got hungry. Of course, I came home, someday I would make it there. I remember dad smiling with a chuckle. I was only five...I must have been born with that committed desire to live in the 'last frontier '.
I have a growing respect for you, the more I watch your podcasts. I understand and thankyou for sharing your experiences.
Always know where you belong it s in your blood. And enjoy ever day. Beautiful video.
I’d wish i had the guts to live the way i want to live... but yet,... just like most people... i cradle to the grave...
Very inspiring short film! Super!
Excellent.
Great story and well told.
I get so tired of the fist pumping chest thumping stupidity that gets aired on so many hunting shows these days.
Thank you for keeping it real Billy Molls.
Complete truth, outstanding, and exceptional, Billy, you represent a solid, no nonsense standard for traditional hunting, with an unwavering ethic, and an tremendous respect for each animal you hunt, continued success to you, and all a part of your outfit,,God bless you and each client on each and every hunt, great stuff , look forward to every episode
Greatest video on hunting and the outdoors I've ever viewed. Thank you Mr. MOLLS. A lot of us have the spirit of a mountain man! You have done it right and become one of the best guides in Alaska! You're grandfather is smiling down on you! He is very proud of you!
"Escape to the wild place that calls you". Amen
When I graduate high school I will move to Alaska and live in the wilderness as your grandfather did, it has been my dream ever since I was a little kid to life in the wilderness as simple as possible.
Follow your dreams! Alaska is beautiful for sure but a similar and less complicated dream can be had right here in Kansas. Not meant to discourage in the slightest, just sayin that we often overlook what's right here.
Stay with your dream kansas and live them!! Life is very short!!
Follow your dream. YOUR dream, when you are old like me, have no regrets. Life looks long when it's ahead of you, but so short when it's behind you. Follow YOUR dream.
Thank you for all of the nice and thoughtful comments!
@@ethandiercks7362 You are very welcome!!
Good on you man,
You're doing it.
There is no argument, we are in fact living in the good old days right now. From one mountain man to another, rock on.
Great story.
One of the best ones I have seen .. thank you... Wish I could go but at 70 not very real take care and God bless ...
Absolutely, wonderful film...well done! You've captured the essence of the hunt that resides in the soul of man...
Incredible sir. Thank you for all of your videos. My brother and I wait for every video you post. Ive been packing for Alaska hunting guides the last two years of my life and can not wait for my assistant guide liscense approval in the next few weeks. I was raised in Waupaca Wisconsin and you made me realize that this can happen. Thank you.
I really liked the video! I’m in Anchorage and always look forward to exploring the country😎
great story
Magnificent and truly awe inspiring video. Thank you
Very FEW MEN LIKE YOU NOW A DAYS A TRUE HUNTER !
Amazing video Billy,thank you .While l don't subscribe to the hunting ethic( l did when younger,so totally get where you are coming from) these days,the lessons such places teach us are still so valuable.All the best to you and yours.
Billy, wonderful job on the film and the narration. Being a hunter and trapper I longed for the far away and silent places. I never did it but glad you did and do. Thanks for the video it is great...
Best video I have ever watched by far. I also have that same drive. My soul longs for th mountains and I've been bless to live in th Blueridge mountains in western NC.
Bobby Riddle follow your dream
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Bobby Riddle if you’re still young enough and it’s your dream do it before you are to broken and old like me.
Spoken like a true Mountain man
Couldn't resist, had to watch it again. Excellent video.
I sit in My condo and hunt for videos like this with a loaded computer. I just watched a Trophy!
Livin the dream!!
Wow u done what me an every man wish for . What a great adventure of life . Thank u .
“Live Deliberately”
Amen!
Well Said
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
H.D. Thoreau
I don`t have a Problem hunting for food. I will love to do it I always wanted to live in Alaska and Hunt for my food and Survive on my own will.
I got a wild hair at age 26 and headed to Kodiak to go crabbing. I'd never been on the ocean and for the next three years I had some of the most exciting adventures of my life. I loved Alaska's largeness and wildness.
Thanks for sharing! Greets from the Netherlands, Tonny.
Beautiful place wish I were there...
As a 14 year old in the UK living in a national park with basic hunting skills I can proudly say this is something I’d love to do when I grow up
This is a very well made mini film!!
One quick feeling on my end: Many great wilderness folks may never have stepped foot on a mountain. 3 quarters of Canada and much of Russia is non mountainous. No shortage of great wilderness lore and legends no doubt.
..I guess the term mountain man never came around until the mid 1800s when the west started to open up.
Anyone who likes watching this, I would highly recommend Happy People - A year in the Tiaga.
@Shawny T - I completely agree with you on that. Thanks for bringing up Wilderness Folk. This video had me comparing his life to my Norwegian g-g-g-grandparents living in Minnesota and N. Dakota in 1846 with less than 100 other Immigrants within 700 miles - and they had their kids with them. What made them stay? This beauty and connection to nature - and not a mountain in site. I, too, have watched "Happy People - A year in the Tiaga" three times. The first time in 2013 and I have recommended it many times to friends and family. It's now on YT but the title is in Russian.
Fantastic Movie!
Wow....amazing and very real video...thank you for sharing!!!
I am planning to take my turn and go to the Colorado Rockies after the winter lifts. Thanks for inspiration
Woww.. Such a great story.
Excellent. Cheesehead props!
Awesome video, you look like your gramps as well, keep on keeping on brother 👍
Has to be one of best videos I have ever watched.👍
Great story, fantastic pictures, your grandfather looks the part holding that Savage 99. What you said about wolves is certainly true, I hope so much wolves are not permitted to destroy the big game in Yellowstone (and everywhere). Few people know that without hunters wildlife would soon not exist, it's not the anti-hunter, anti-outdoors man Leftist who protect wildlife, and their habitat...
That was awesome!
well said Billy Molls
Thank you for the excellent video. You have a new sub!
That is exactly right Alaska I wish I would have, I would have never come back.
Great piece, Billy.
Beautiful
Love it!
I needed this...Thank you.