How I lived in the Alaska Wilderness - Stan Zuray - #4
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- This is #4 of a 10 video series. This one about Wolves and running the 1000 mile Iditarod Dog Sled Race. Please Share if possible, it is the only way I have of getting these to people. Thanks, Stan
Starving and problem wolves.
Outside cabin construction.
Some of the items I used living there.
Running the Iditarod - preparing, feeding dogs special. Leaving Tanana for race in Anchorage - Story of the race.
Building a 32 wooden boat for moving from the Tozitna River to a new home in Tanana
Story behind the video series:
About 25 years ago a filmmaker named AJ Rosser flew into our Yukon River village to film our annual spring dog races. We met and he decided to make a movie of my life. We traveled 40 miles to my Tozitna River cabin to interview me there. Over a number of days we filmed and he made 10 hours of VCR movie camera video to get the stories down, skipping around but also moving forward through time. AJ never got the movie made but sent the tapes to me many years later so I could do something with them.
The plan is to hopefully keep them coming till all 10 are done. Some of the VCR tapes have deteriorated some so occasional visual moments are cloudy.
Also "Carry On: Stan Zuray's Journey from Boston Greaser to Alaskan Homesteader" is now available on Amazon in paperback, eBook, and audiobook. Amazon reviews always appreciated. www.amazon.com...
Anyone interested in a signed copy has two options:
- Go to: www.thestanpro... and buy a pre signed book (the simplest)
- Buy a book on Amazon and follow these instructions. (Many have done this and it has worked well. Done hundreds and no mail failures yet).
1. Get two 12.5 x 9.5" priority mail flat rate envelopes at post office.
2. Self-address and put postage on one envelope.
3. Address other one to: Stan Zuray, Box 77172, Tanana, Alaska, 99777 and put book and other envelope in it (folded) and signing instructions if any and I'll sign and return.
Please send no money - my privilege to sign but an Amazon review would be appreciated. Flat rate both ways will cost you under $15.
Utterly fascinating Stan. I wish my Mother was still alive as she would have loved these videos of your early years in Alaska. She used to watch every show, from the first season, and then she would call me and we would "rehash" the show. She grew up during a time of great poverty and worked very, very hard her entire life. The reason she liked the show was, although it is set in Alaska, she and my Father lived a similar life and she knew what it was like living from season to season while raising eight children. And we were raised in a similar way. I don't remember being hungry but I knew that my Mother grew up hungry. She always made sure we had a healthy diet of game/fish, vegetables, fruit, roots, berries. Vegetables we grew and canned as well as game and salmon (my family hunted and fished) canned, dried or smoked. And if we didnt grow the fruit, berries or melons, we went to orchards and the mountains to pick them to can.
Herbie turns back and you keep going, that's a great memory you will remember always.
I miss Watching Yukon men. I'll get TV again. I'll have a lot more reruns to watch. Awesome video.
Appreciate the videos Stan!
Sorry about the low audio again. When I edited this one and also when first uploaded to RUclips it had okay audio volume. Today it's real low on my same computer. Last one was similar and now it's okay again. I don't have a clue and there is no getting hold of RUclips. Any ideas let me know. Thanks, Stan
You are the man mbrother Stan you so much knowledge brother unreal hello from new Zealand brother keep these massive Videos coming mate 👌❤️🤙🤙🤙
Love the stories Stan, so we ordered the book. Cheers!
Yeah some interesting stories about your life👌🏼🐧
Hey Stan. Thanks. Thanks for releasing this to us. Really, REALLY COOL!
Great stories m8 sounds like you’ve lived an interesting life (so far), I loved in the Yukon Men series that you’re son’s biggest hero (role model) is you, all the best in all you do M8
Great video and the best part of these videos is to be able to watch you somewhat in the present knowing how far you've come.. to be honest I don't watch a lot of tv but after seeing you and Charlie around 7 months ago on the tv show I was hooked I love traditional and outdoors and Alaska seems so peaceful and beautiful even though it can be a deadly place. Thanks again for sharing I also shared and liked. Smash that like button fellow stan viewers it helps the video get out further much love to all be safe up there Stan.
+Stan Zuray
Hello stan so amazing watching you as a young man in the bush. I love these videos of the past of you and everything you have done. I can't wait till the new season of yukon men. Hope to see your son Joey in this new season...
We need you to start the revolution Stan
I'll just help everyone after everyone revolts HA HA
Ha Ha
The wife and I bought a little piece of land on Deadman Lake. We'll be moving to Fairbanks in 2 years. Your Knowledge is Priceless.
Good luck there.
How cool. Thanks for the reply. The wife and I love your videos, she's from Boston. 2 Years Till Fairbanks!
Empty Days have at least $15000 cash with you.
@@EmptyDays are you there now? Thanks
Thank you for every Video. I dont understand every word exactly but i like the videos very much. Wish you and your familiy the best. Best regards from germany
Patryk
loving these videos, keep them coming.
Great video
Hi Stan this is the 2nd time Ive watched this series of videos. I know you get asked a lot of questions and that probably gets tiring. But if you don't mind I have some questions. When you were living in the bush what did you do for work? And what is a good market in Tanana and Nenana? Have you had to deal with any alcohol crazed folk or any riff raff in your village? Do you own The Land that this cabin is at? Or would one be able to set up shop on government land? Do you guys have decent walleye or pike fishing on the Yukon and Tozi? Ive been working hard on become self sufficient as possible to cathing hunting and growing my own food. But most of all owning my own roofing business. We have good fishing where im at, but not as good of hunting. I appreciate your time and sharing these great vids.
I do not mind answering questions. I enjoy talking with people about these subjects.
When i lived in the bush i lived off trapping - some years almost exclusively. Some fur ruffs sold and birch bark baskets etc. In the village here I made most of my money off fishing but have always trapped and some city work plowing snow in winter.
We have alcohol and drug problems like every place.
I applied for my land in the bush under the Homestead Act and own it now. Land in the village was bought. State does have land sales of remote lands still but no Federal land anymore.
There is good pike fishing around interior Alaska. Some places even record size fish. No Walleye here. Take care, Stan
Thanks Stan!
@@stanzuray would you rent a room in your house for a week or two? Any rentals in tanana? Thanks
I love this penguin 🐧
СТЭН ПРИВЕТ СМОТРЮ КАК ТЫ ЖИВЁШЬ
Я ЖИВУ В Северо Курильске
Россия
Все очень похоже снегоходы
Квадроциклы Рыбалка
You probably have black spruce and tundra like here.
Стэн я живу на курильских островах
Это почти рядом
У нас тоже много снега ловим
Лосось в речке и в море охотимся на медведя лису курапатку утку
Очень нравится ваши видио про Аляску
Спасибо
Мы тоже снимаем видио о
Курилах
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stan i have a question about a trip that way so get at me when you can please.
What you need to know . Happy to help.
I would stop smoking a month before I fought in the ring and have no idea if it helped. I didn't drink at the time. Late 20s I drank a bit but was an insufferable SOB. That may have been some help in the ring but I'll never know. I ate healthy but indeed high protein. Men will figure out a way to compete, no-matter of the logic.
Did all your cabins have a floor or did you just leave some of them as dirt?
All the outlying trap cabins are dirt and main cabin was for many years but now is plywood. My house in the village is a nice floor and even rugs.
You gotta say this with the Boston accent "One time I had some grass, you know, grass,,,, hangen off the eve of the caben.. So,, I climbed up there on a ladder with my mittens and a stick, to clean out that grass out of there,... There was this hole in the middle of that grass,,so when I looked in there,, there was two beady little eyes looking back at me, I thought, Ah!! just a little squirrel in there,,, So I stuck that stick in there, All the Sudden this Marten come flying out of there ALL PISSED OFF and shit!! stuck to me like crazy glue or something biting and all that shit.. I knocked it down to the ground and he took off and in doing so,,, I almost fell off the ladder.. I said "GOD DAM!!!! MUTHER FUCKER"!!!!
Hi stan im a young 26yr old guy from texas. Its always been my dream to live in alaska and live off the grid and raise a family there one day. Im an avid outdoorsman already but would like to have more experience under my belt and more skills that are becoming a lost art, and after seeing the series i wanted to move to tanana. I was wondering if you had any tips for me (ex.) The basics id definitely need to bring as well as whats the easiest way to make money out in the bush. Also does pat moore still take on people to teach them how about sled dogs and give them room and board. Id appreciate any and all information you could send my way. Thank you and god bless. I hope you and the family are doing well along with everyone in tanana. Sincerely a fan.
FredSorry about that. Reason I didn't answer was I wanted to answer with some depth instead of a quick answer and lots have been going on in my life lately. My basic first tip is to come and check out Alaska and check out multiple places. Alaska is huge and there are totally different climates and interior regions and coastal places. Places where the winters are wet and warmer and others where it can be 30-50 below for a month. Some are more isolated like Tanana where there is virtually no tourism, and other places in or near the big cities of Fairbanks and Anchorage that offer city stuff but easy access to wilderness right out your backdoor. How one makes money and supports oneself is really a question of how you are willing to live. Even some people who live here who trap and hunt etc. have full time jobs. Others are day to day making it by hauling food for sale and marten trapping and going without the nicer snow machines and things in life that cost money. Regardless of where you end up my advice is to check it out first. Now comes my admission that that is not what I did. I simply got on the road and after a couple of years of traveling the country and generally heading north more and more (get away from people and cities) I finally came across a place I ended up living for 40 years. I also ended up eating my sled dogs the first winter so as not to have to quit what I was doing. So my point being that that way is only for someone who flat out doesn't care about certain things. Pat Moore has 2 of the best dog handlers he has ever had. No handlers stay for too many years however. There are two kennels in town here that have enough dogs they use handlers. If ever interested I could put you in contact with them if openings come up. Best to you on figuring it all out. Stan
Freddy Velasquez
1) a good 4x4 truck
2) bring lots of cash
3) try living in a dry cabin
4) live in Fairbanks before moving out to the bush
5) bring all your outdoor camping gear
6) buy your cold weather gear on eBay.
Cheap and lots of options.
@@japheth6176 I screen shot that.. thanks..where do you live?
Richard Howe Fairbanks
@@japheth6176 do people really find gold if they go looking? Is it legal to look for it in a national Forest? Thanks
Hi stan i jsut wanted to see if you saw my earlier comment on this video. Thanks and hope youre doing well
FredSorry about that. Reason I didn't answer was I wanted to answer with some depth instead of a quick answer and lots have been going on in my life lately. My basic first tip is to come and check out Alaska and check out multiple places. Alaska is huge and there are totally different climates and interior regions and coastal places. Places where the winters are wet and warmer and others where it can be 30-50 below for a month. Some are more isolated like Tanana where there is virtually no tourism, and other places in or near the big cities of Fairbanks and Anchorage that offer city stuff but easy access to wilderness right out your backdoor. How one makes money and supports oneself is really a question of how you are willing to live. Even some people who live here who trap and hunt etc. have full time jobs. Others are day to day making it by hauling food for sale and marten trapping and going without the nicer snow machines and things in life that cost money. Regardless of where you end up my advice is to check it out first. Now comes my admission that that is not what I did. I simply got on the road and after a couple of years of traveling the country and generally heading north more and more (get away from people and cities) I finally came across a place I ended up living for 40 years. I also ended up eating my sled dogs the first winter so as not to have to quit what I was doing. So my point being that that way is only for someone who flat out doesn't care about certain things. Pat Moore has 2 of the best dog handlers he has ever had. No handlers stay for too many years however. There are two kennels in town here that have enough dogs they use handlers. If ever interested I could put you in contact with them if openings come up. Best to you on figuring it all out. Stan
Stan Zuray thank you so much stan and i understand for the late reply i know how busy you must be with all the preparing you have to do for winter and summer months. I would like to say that ive lived in the city all my life in san antonio. And although its been a blast at times it has also had its hinderances. There are no immediate hunting areas right out my back door we have to travel for miles before we get to a rural county and even then some privately owned lands require a ridiculous amount of money to hunt on those lands and theyre typically feral hogs or local deer and imported exotics which to me is like shooting fish in a,barrel and theres no thrill in any of it, let alone adventure. Ive done quite a bit of research online and tanana is definitely a place where id like to call home someday i know its definitely not an easy life and id rather not live in big cities. Ive had quite enough of the city im from. 26yrs born and raised here and im beginning to despise this place. We had our first snow in december. It was 30yrs ago last time it did snow. Although the weather down here is great for many things. Its just not for me. Ive picked up quite a few skills over the years. Im quite capable of reloading ammo casting bullets making knives from scrap metal. Im getting better at crafting bags and wallets and things of that sort. Ive worked in construction for a couple years so i have some carpentry skills under my belt and some machining as well and i spent four years as an apprentice in a tattoo shop. Decided to put that dream aside for the one thing i truly wanted which was to move to alaska and live off the grid. Ive still got alot of preparing to do before i can make the big move. But its something i do intend on doing. And i will take your advice to heart and check out alaska before i make my final decision. I would like to visit tanana first to see how it is up there. Ive only seen what the show has put on tv. And it only made the itch to move up there all that much bigger. Id like to send you some preserved food and some light gear if thats ok. My email is amishfred@gmail.com if youd like to send me your mailing address. Oh and yes id love to get in contact with those people id really appreciate it. Again thank you very much stan.
Also meant to ask you if there was any land/house for sale that you know of in tanana.
I heard very good opinions about the Woodglut plans.