In talking with John Sarge at Tillers the other day, he remarked that there still isn't a lot of oxen footage available online. While he was speaking particularly about instructional footage, the sentiment also applies more generally. When we started this blog, one of the goals was to help aggregate some of the footage that does exist in order to foster easier access to it.
This short PBS film features Dave Schrupp, a former MODA member at work in Wisconsin, hauling logs. His boys seem willing and able to skid the logs. While not an instructional film in any sense, it's often helpful to see lots of different drovers at work to internalize some of what they are doing, such as his technique of driving from the front.
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