This version of "The Deerslayer" is the only one to be filmed on Otsego Lake (Glimmerglass in the novels) where the story takes place. Both "The Deerslayer" and "The Pioneers" take place in Cooperstown, New York.
Filmed late in 1911, and reviewed extensively in the February 1912 issue of Motion Picture Story Magazine, but not released until May 1913.