Maple Trek | The Legend of Mick Dodge

and after travelling a mile more on foot they arrived in mixed Maple Grove look at these maples all over the place here ancient maples deliver the SAP mix after and he's got tools for the harvest stashed nearby all right are you yeah check it out yeah yeah this is what we will put our Elser pen this is a drill to drill in the maple and this is the plug which strange the SAP now we got to find the best tree with tools in hand NYX ready to begin the harvest hopefully I get some serve but before he can start he seeks the kind of wisdom that often guides his decisions in the wild this is how you find a right tree you come to the grandfather 1 you look in to the eyes and you ask it where would be the best tree for me to go pull out some of the alexia juice not you no problem I'm not gonna take now you probably had done too many times so which way you point the direction down that way huh ish following his mossy friends advice Mick walks on to a solid maple and gets right to work I think this is really my best choice using his old-fashioned hand drill Mick must penetrate the outer bark creating a hole approximately 2 inches deep and going through the bark and then get into the cambium layer that's where the juices flow works pretty good breaking through the cambium layer next he must insert a tap to begin draining the SAP that is beautiful hang the bucket there it's a simple process but one that involves a whole lot of patience hope I picked a good spot we'll see you

Channel: National Geographic

Views: 471,094

Rating: 4.6566725 out of 5

Keywords: national geographic, nat geo, natgeo, animals, wildlife, science, explore, discover, survival, nature, documentary, The Legend of Mick Dodge, Man Down, legend video, collect, waiting, maple, juice, Maple Wait

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Length: 2min 48sec (168 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 30 2014