On The Wild Edge

[Col Mike]

#4406

For those of you who have been waiting Dave tells me the movie is now available on his website with a new trailer http://www.davidpetersenbooks.com

Enjoy

Mike

[Robin Conrads]

#30453

Thanks, Mike.

I watched this movie recently and enjoyed it very much. I’d recommend it as a great movie to also share with non-hunters. Here is the description from Dave’s site.

ON THE WILD EDGE: HUNTING FOR A NATURAL LIFE

Synopsis: In 1980, David and Caroline Petersen packed all they owned into a VW bus and fled urban life for the Rocky Mountains of southwest Colorado. Thus began the couple’s lifelong immersion in a simple, independent existence balanced precariously between culture and nature. Accompanying David on his annual elk hunt, On the Wild Edge provides poetical inspiration for all serious hunters of personal meaning in life.

“My hope for this documentary,” says Belgian filmmaker Christopher Daley, “is that it captures the Petersens’ exemplary commitment to living honest, uncluttered lives not merely “close to nature,” but as active players in and courageous defenders of wild nature.”

[David Coulter]

#31066

Mike, thanks for the heads up. My order has been placed. I look forward to seeing the entire film. Petersen’s voice has been an important one for me. All the best to you all, david

[Col Mike]

#31415

Robin

Thanks for the post of the “description” beyond my talents. After two weeks on the road with Dave I can safely say he is a national treasure. Controversial but a voice for the wild and all we hold close.

It is indeed an honor to call him my best friend.

Semper Fi

Mike

[David Becker]

#40038

Just in time for payday.

Next time you see him, tell him we miss him.

[Carl Brickey]

#50290

Just ordered! Sure miss Dave’s writing and ethical insight! I hope he’s doing well

[paleoman]

#53976

Thanks. I’ll order too. I wish the old son of a bee would come back here too!

[Vintage Archer]

#61685

I HAD A PREVIEW OF THE VIDEO IT IS WELL DONE AND AUTHENTIC JUST WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM DAVID.:D:D

I DO WISH HE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS SITE AS HE HAS MANY FRIENDS HERE WHO ENJOYED HIS INSIGHT,COMMENTS AND WIT.:D

JOE

[Ptaylor]

#21120

Thanks for the heads up, I’m looking forward to watching this.

[smiley1]

#27683

Can’t wait to view. Like others have stated…. Dave’s insightful wisdom and contributions are missed. Steve

[David Coulter]

#29543

Mine has been delivered and unwrapped, just waiting for 67 minutes free of distraction, preferably with the whole family. Best, dwc

[Stephen Smiley]

#62457

Just ordered my copy, cant wait to see it! September is not far away.

[Fallguy]

#9382

Thanks for the Update Mike. And the next time you talk to him Tell he is Missed.

[paleoman]

#48994

I’ve spun it twice in the DVD player. Enjoyed it twice! I don’t watch commercial hunting videos (this is NOT that) so seeing the Co. Rockies in their September splendor and hearing the elk bugle kind of has me thinking “I oughtta try that”! I thought it put together well some of what Dave has to say. And, by that I mean there is much more he can say that no media can fully capture. Nicely done!

[David Coulter]

#9499

I took time this afternoon to watch the film with my wife and we both really enjoyed it. From reading David’s columns, books and posts on this site I felt I knew much about him. This adds another layer to an important figure in our world of hunting and conservation, and how beautifully the two are tied together. The film is much about the man, could have been a little more about the woman (though I respect her privacy) and mostly about the word. I love a good biography and the point of the life would be missed without the message. Well done. I think I’ll watch it again and see if my local library would like a copy. Thank you Mr. Petersen. Dwc

[David Becker]

#9429

We are starting to get connected to a group of people in their 30’s and 40’s who previously lived in urban or suburban environments, who have now moved out here in rural southwest Washington to live a more connected “homesteady” type of life.

Most of them aren’t hunters, but are “hunting curious,” so I wind up being the ambassador for hunting. There are very few resources I have to point them towards. The Outdoor LowLife channel is the opposite of what I’d like to represent, and the hook and bullet publications aren’t much better.

This, and Clay Haye’s videos are what I want to show them. It touched me, as it shows the kind of life I want to live, but I think it also does a great job of showing this kind of life to people who don’t hunt, or don’t hunt yet.

Thanks!

[William Warren]

#33232

Col Mike,

Thanks for posting this link. I got my copy today and watched it tonight. If I could have a big brother I would want him to be just like Dave. Even if most of us will never live the way Dave has lived he still sets the example for all of us. He shows us how we should conduct ourselves as human beings as well as bowhunters. Thank you Dave for a wonderful documentary.

Duncan

[paleoman]

#17014

Only thing I’ll add to what I’ve already said is in my opinion, the soundtrack was a bit of a downer maybe? I understand it was not an “amped up” production and was to be evocative of the bittersweet….but certain scenes might have been “brighter” with respect to the backing track. Just my opinion, not my movie. Nonetheless, the sparseness evoked fit the film.

[Col Mike]

#33195

Duncan wrote: Col Mike,

Thanks for posting this link. I got my copy today and watched it tonight. If I could have a big brother I would want him to be just like Dave. Even if most of us will never live the way Dave has lived he still sets the example for all of us. He shows us how we should conduct ourselves as human beings as well as bowhunters. Thank you Dave for a wonderful documentary.

Duncan

Duncan great to see you here again. I spent the first two weeks in June with my big brother Dave on a road trip from Durango to Glacier retracing many of the scenes in the movie. You can imagine those two old men and a 5 1/2 old golden named Willy and the incredible time we had in the old truck and camper, the campfires and the search for grizzlies west of glacier and north of Polebridge Mt.

He tells me that sales of the movie continue to trickle in so thank you all for passing the word–he is a piece of trad bow hunting heritage.

Semper Fi

Mike

[Ptaylor]

#45586

Just got my copy in the mail. Cooking dinner and we’ll watch it tonight.

[William Warren]

#45624

Col Mike,

Sounds like an awesome trip! I know we could not all be there but if I just could have been a horsefly dozing on a nearby limb during those evenings in camp, what tales might have been told, what matters of the heart would I have overheard? I’ll bet this adventure would read like a Jim Harrison novella if someone would only write it down.

I hope to take a road trip like that with my boy someday, camping along the way and seeing some amazing sights. I’ll have to get some pointers from you and Dave on where you went and where to camp,etc.

Yeah I was covered up in work this year so did not happen by on the forum much this year. But I usually show up again before bow season. Retirement is within sight. I’m in the “short rows” now as they used to say in the tobacco fields of my youth.

I’m glad Tradbow is here for me to come back to.

Duncan

[Ptaylor]

#51740

We really enjoyed the film. I wonder, was it intentional to not show the kill or were they not able to film it? Either way it departed, again, from the usual hunting media. David is a great inspiration.

[Col Mike]

#56113

P–yeah the kill happened after Chris (film maker) left.

Duncan-Yep the conversations were what you would expect from two old guys who decided to leave the gps behind and me navigating with Dave’s 30 year old road map. Minimum grizzly encounters, but great times. We camped in all of he and Carolyn’s spots that they visited over some 30 years. Grizzly camp 1 is described in the book On The Wild Edge some where around chapter 23 or 24. We were there for about 4 days. Conversations ran the gamut from Ed Abby to Guthrie and the Big Sky–to quantum mechanics and the big bang. The only problem is that I now share his addiction to huckleberry ice cream. We made a daily run to Polebridge for it, and yes a cold beer and a meal other then dinty mores.

Just talked to him tonight and he said thanks to all and he just ordered 300 more copies of the film—so pass the word.

As Dave and I discussed, family is one thing, but friendship lasts forever even during the tough times. This forum contains some great friends many of whom I probably will never meet, but have no doubt when it happens-we will have smiles on our faces and great conversation.

Mike

[paleoman]

#56710

I’ve watched it several times now. It is that good a film for what we should aspire to. I don’t even know the man (Dave), but he is us, fully human and a brave man to be documented in such a tough time. Walking down this path of life is better knowing there are those of us wanting a real connection to something, not the lowest common denominator. It touched a friend of mine deeply having been through a similar tragedy, and it sure helps, in every way to know we are not alone. I hope Dave knows he has friends here if he wants them or not:)

[Col Mike]

#21902

Thought you all would enjoy this review of the film from Dave’s hometown paper, the interviewer hit the bulls eye http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20160901/ARTS04/160909967/-1/Arts04/David-Petersen-featured-in-new-film

Semper Fi

Mike

[William Warren]

#51005

Excellent article. I’m pretty certain Dave does not seek it but I am glad to see that Dave is getting local recognition and it seems that it is coming from those who already know and love him.

[paleoman]

#46976

Hey Duncan – Just wanted to say I was a tobacco picker too in my youth. Dirty, rotten work under netting (shade tobacco) but it sure smelled good drying in the barns! Green Army like buses would pick us up at our houses and ship us to the fields. Fights between us locals and poor kids from Appalachia were legendary! Sorry if I’m off topic.just bonding with a site homie:)

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