Logger legends live on thanks to this man's YouTube channel 🌲

Daniel Boone - yes that's his real name and yes he's related to the real Daniel Boone - is in Capitol Forest near Olympia.
He’s wearing a bright orange hard hat, logs are being yarded up a steep slope, and the sound of chainsaws and whistles punctuate the action. He’s about to go to work, but he’s not cutting trees. He’s here to record 'Logger Interview number 44' and 'Logger Interview number 45'.
More than ten thousand people subscribe to Daniel Boone’s Logging Videos on RUclips, following Boone onto logging sites all over the Pacific Northwest to hear the stories he collects. It’s the side hustle he was destined for.
"Loggers have always had a special place in my heart since I was a kid,” said Boone who grew up in Brinnon, and still lives there. "I was ten years old and I got a subscription to a publication called Logger's World.”
Boone became a logger, and was working in Australia - where he learned their loggers think our loggers are nuts, thanks to television.
"I got such a hard time from people down there about the American timber industry because of what they saw on 'Axmen',” he said.
So Boone decided to do his own interviews with local loggers while they’re still around to tell their tales.
“These older people they're close to passing on. I just want to get some of the local history before it's gone.”
92-year-old John Boulton was Logger Interview #38. He passed away in the spring of 2022.
But his stories live on thanks to Boone.
Today he’s interviewing younger, working loggers Mark Broderson and Charlie Johnson on the job. Boone says there's only one reason loggers let him on the logging site to work with his iPhone instead of a chainsaw.
"I spent 14 years in the timber industry so I kind of know where to be and where not to be.” Boone added, "Pretty much everything on the yarder can kill you if something breaks."
The yarder is the system of cables that hauls logs weighing thousands of pounds up the steep slope and onto the landing, where they're stripped of branches and loaded onto trucks.
Most of the loggers he talks to have deep roots in the timber industry.
"I'm the fourth generation now, we've been logging on the Peninsula, our family now, since 1864” said Johnson during Logger Interview #45.
And they occasionally share logger wisdom:
"You've gotta have fun at work or there's no point in even going,” declared Broderson, Logger Interview #44.
Doing this work is clearly fun for Boone. But it's not the only thing that keeps him coming back to collect more logger's stories.
"The smell of fir pitch, the fresh mountain air, and just seeing all of the effort that these people put into scratching out living," he said. "I just love seeing this."
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[@ryanstewart1521]

I’ve been subscribed to his vids for a while now, awesome he’s sharing the history and hard work these men do. Like and subscribe people

[@spectatorsview6501]

The PNW roots stem from the timber industry and the big wood it provided its great to see someone highlighting the loggers and the history of how important it still is today. Thank you for highlighting.

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

Thanks so
Much ! It’s definitely a fulfilling hobby .

[@AmateurLogger]

Some of my favorite videos are Daniels interviews, he's a good man!

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

Thank you !

[@Witness888]

Awesome Interview Daniel!

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

Thanks Brielle. It was super fun to do this .

[@jonhalverson86]

That's so cool Dan,I'm glad that you're getting recognition for all the time you spend doing this. Thank you again and keep them coming bud.

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

Thanks so much dude . I really appreciate the compliment !

[@sturgisbethloring5595]

We appreciate you!!!! Your videos keep me from being homesick:)

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

thanks so much Beth : )

[@govtfunded]

That 'Ax Men' show didn't do the industry very many favors once they started all the tomfoolery and scripted drama.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

I saw a few segments of that program years ago and was really disappointed - it's much like any of those other shows; I can't stand that entire genre of programming at all. Thankfully, Daniel is doing what he can to set things right. I've been following his channel for some time now myself, and with numerous family members involved in different capacities in the forest products field over the years here in Western Washington, I find it to be more appealing and informative than some scripted nonsense created by some disconnected producer with no clue, solely for TV ratings and advert revenue.

[@kellykonoske91]

Youre doing Gods work Daniel. Especially considering all the crap happening in the world today. It was great meeting you at OLC a couple years ago, and still wear the sweatshirt! Ha. Take care. Todd Konoske nthe retired trucker.

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

Thanks so much Todd, same here that was really neat to meet and talk to you : )

[@normanmallory2055]

You are doing a good job of this industry! Well done !

[@DanielBoonesloggingvideos]

thanks so much Norman , I appreciate the kind words .

[@jimhere1]

Awesome!

[@adamcarstensen6862]

👍

[@enrique12rivas]

Im looking for a job