Solo Bear Hunt and Growing Food in the Wilderness

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25 күн бұрын

This week on the homestead, I harvest a black bear, plant the vegetable garden and clean out the root cellar, composting the leftover potatoes and carrots. Not included in this video (but will be next week) is significant progress building the chicken coop.
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@MySelfReliance 22 күн бұрын

FYI, for those commenting on the why of the bear kill - bear is a important natural, sustainable wild meat and provides more essential fat than any other wild animal. It’s also my favourite meat.

@elizabethjohnson475 22 күн бұрын

Well-done, sir Shawn!

@melissahoffman4687 22 күн бұрын

Don't worry about those people who make negative comments regarding it. Keep doing what you are doing! :)

@John-by6jw 22 күн бұрын

I, for one, wish you would show the whole hunt. We don't need to hide where our food comes from. Not that you're hiding anything in particular. We all know where meat comes from, non hunters need to chill out. Especially if they eat meat.

@stephenreiner1523 21 күн бұрын

You do out of necessity not out of frivolity. Why is that so hard to understand? Perhaps they never knew what hunger was?

@davecervo 21 күн бұрын

Only bear hunters truly understand

@DavidWvu 23 күн бұрын

Never saw carrots stored in a bucket until I saw one of your previous videos. It worked to perfection. I loved the fruit trees in bloom. I loved the footage of the owls.They were beautiful. It looked like the babies were having mice for lunch. I always love seeing Cali too. Congratulations on the bear hunt. It looked like a healthy one.

@angiekrajewski6419 22 күн бұрын

On which video for the carrots storage?? Thks

@AuntieDeb71 23 күн бұрын

That is the most whimsical looking chicken coop I've ever seen - like a gypsy caravan or an elf's house. Love it. When you get grandkids, they will want to evict the chickens and take it over for themselves!

@BsjjdjxjchBsjjdjxjchxcy 23 күн бұрын

Bjsss

@robertswain370 23 күн бұрын

Yes it's been architectural designed chicken house I hope the chickens appreciate the work gone into it

@MySelfReliance 22 күн бұрын

Ha. They can sleep in the loft

@user-tb1jy7rr9e 21 күн бұрын

I hope you don’t get eaten by the beast 🎉🎉🎉

@BsjjdjxjchBsjjdjxjchxcy 21 күн бұрын

@@user-tb1jy7rr9e português

@armidaperez5360 23 күн бұрын

Bobblehead Homestead had an owl fly into his coop at dusk waiting for chickens to come home 🤣 but he caught him with a net & released him out side.

@madamecampsalot6384 23 күн бұрын

Such an innovative way to handle the cabin shrinking and settling!

@HomeEF 23 күн бұрын

Aww Cali 🥰 , love the part of the birds and veggie garden , TY

@Smalfry47 23 күн бұрын

The owlets are very cute…… love nature!

@Veronica-vw 23 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your hunt. And I enjoy watching your videos

@patriciahand7557 23 күн бұрын

Love all the nature sights and sounds..ty.🤗🤗

@andyrichey1192 22 күн бұрын

I absolutely love how the front of the cabin looks, it was really cool watching you build it. The whole cabin just turned out great dude it was a honor watching you build it here watching 12:35 AM Sunday, May 26.

@williameddy7217 23 күн бұрын

Congratulations on a successful hunt.

@Esoj. 23 күн бұрын

I had forgotten about the metal beams holding up the cabin’s columns! I feel like this is the first time we’ve seen you loosen them but I’m not sure, pretty good future proofing. Congrats on your successful hunt, have a good weekend and take care!

@geraldharkness8830 23 күн бұрын

absolutely stunning shawn!

@167curly 23 күн бұрын

It is good to see all the snow gone and greenery everywhere.

@mrglock2313 23 күн бұрын

Always a good day when a new video drops 😎

@robertdonaldson6584 23 күн бұрын

Hello from the rocky mid-coast of Maine, US. Friday, May 24th, 2024. I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate" on my Violin.

@rogerp6903 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your adventures with us Shawn and what a treat to watch the owls interacting. Loving your music selection during the last segment by the way

@booswalia 23 күн бұрын

Shawn, you're looking great.

@josephsecogesjr 23 күн бұрын

Congratulations on the bear harvest. Have you ever considered using a kids plastic toboggan to help get your harvests out of the woods? I've hunted miles off the roads and trails, and used them often, they make the task much easier. Thanks for sharing your experiences...

@sandyjuntunen4088 21 күн бұрын

He does have something similar, I've seen him use it.

@nickivanaltena923 23 күн бұрын

Wow! You got one!!! Congratulations!

@Joh750 23 күн бұрын

golden retriever love carrots. My brother had a golden when he passed away and the dog was tken by his best friend. It still lives almost more than 10 years..

@WrangleMcDangle 23 күн бұрын

RIP to the bear. Lived a good life.

@ieldepiel 23 күн бұрын

Circle of life ❤

@rodneywroten2994 23 күн бұрын

AWESOME BEAR

@kellogsnotavailable 4 күн бұрын

14:35 buckwheat... 14:40 austrian peas... 14:45 canadien rain!

@christinejohnson2026 16 күн бұрын

I love that you do what makes you happy and healthy! Good on you Shawn!

@prebenRiisSrensen 14 күн бұрын

Yes, lowcarb is the healthy way of living.

@jackkeeble9272 23 күн бұрын

Nice thanks for sharing man👍

@craigfox6870 23 күн бұрын

Congrats on the bear harvest! It my and my wife's dream do do what you're doing in terms of food. Still a ways out from truly being able to do it though since we rent. But once we retire in 5-6 years it'll be full swing.

@leekent3325 23 күн бұрын

Great video ❤ I dry can my potatoes and they are delicious! Just planted mine for another year of food preservation.

@CurtDevan 22 күн бұрын

My Self Reliance one of the best shows from Canada of a family that lost everything and is surviving in the woods of the great outdoors. I would like to see more interaction with his family. The dog is the star.....

@tombirney7276 23 күн бұрын

Once a tin knocker...ALWAYS a tin knocker! Great vlog! Edits sharper.

@barbsauve4301 17 күн бұрын

You have great videos and I never miss one . Very informative. Thank you Shawn 😊

@donaldhofman5257 23 күн бұрын

Congratulations, that's some great meat!

@fredsoltveit8453 23 күн бұрын

Love the video but I would have loved to see more of the bearhunt and it seems like you have done a lot to the chickencoop since last video without filming it.Would have loved seeing that part since your hunting and building is what I like the most 😊

@elizabethjohnson475 22 күн бұрын

Correct! Like to see more hunt/processing!

@teddys.5023 23 күн бұрын

That's a good bear! Congrats. Pretty awesome you do it with traditional archery

@mattswift42 11 күн бұрын

Is it clear from the video that he used archery? This would be so impressive!

@debbielicis6257 23 күн бұрын

I’ve been watching you for years & to see you turn your back on stored goods is really disheartening.I’m glad to see you out in the garden though.

@kingrafa3938 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video Shawn and Cali!

@elizabethjohnson475 22 күн бұрын

Really like the close-ups! Your channel is so well-done! Regards from far north Cali-fornia!

@stephenreiner1523 22 күн бұрын

How engaging it is to realize that which you have done.

@lorettafrancoeur8476 23 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your hunt. And I enjoy watching your videos.

@JasonMcCann841 21 күн бұрын

Great bear harvest and the garden is truly amazing. You are dialed in like many wish they could be. “Wilderness icon” and I do not use that term lightly. Amazing.

@Bungwirez 23 күн бұрын

God bless the Potato

@elizabethjohnson475 22 күн бұрын

and crisp, yummy, full of vitamins carrots. But I wish him the best in his new eating!

@remystraub6990 22 күн бұрын

merci JAMES

@CaptainPriceRaps 16 күн бұрын

Great job on the garden assembly

@MrGeroth 23 күн бұрын

Congrats on the bear hut. The place is looking great.

@huntakilla1234 22 күн бұрын

Glad you got a bear, Shawn

@5AcresandaMoose 23 күн бұрын

Where did you get that plaid jacket, Shawn? I hate using camo up here in Alaska, after five years in combat in jungle camo in Central America. Plaid is my favorite for hunting meat for the table. Congrats on that bear-that’s great tablefare! I’m heading out next week into a canyon by the homestead. We always seem a few weeks later than you folks in eastern Canada. Our ADFG office doesn’t even start counting bears until the 15th of May. 😂🐻🐻🐻🐻

@jeanettec6212 23 күн бұрын

Wow what a bear! The owls are so cute. I know they will try to get the chickens but I know your pen will be so thought out. The red cardinal was pretty too. I sit outside and I have 2 and sometimes 3 cardinals come to watch me and 2 bluejays. They share the same tree and they all take a bird bath on the puddle next to the tree. Its so cute. Take care Shawn!

@thogren 23 күн бұрын

Another great video thank you.

@jeffradice9994 20 күн бұрын

The chicken coop is awesome, I can't wait to see the finished product. Congrats on the bear harvest!!

@canadiancabin 23 күн бұрын

Hey Shawn, Nova Scotia proposed a spring Bear pilot project this year, but based on feedback, unfortunately, it won't be established at this time. Great video..I have been following since the beginning.

@stephendickinson4647 23 күн бұрын

NB has a spring bear hunt

@wanderingfore2290 23 күн бұрын

I'm just here to see the comments. 😮 Hunting is a good thing peeps

@elizabethjohnson475 22 күн бұрын

Yes, it is! In the coming difficult times, many are going to be wishing they knew how to!

@intercessoraeuripeapaula5448 23 күн бұрын

A natureza é uma harmonia, e muito bom! Verduras fresquinhas 🥕🧄🧅🥔 Saúde!🐾🦝🦫🐕🍁🦉🇧🇷

@valdenirvieira6843 23 күн бұрын

A natureza deste lugar é exuberante, chegou a hora de fazer a horta novamente, parece que os filhotes de coruja já saíram do ninho, logo estarão caçando sozinhos, cuidado com Calli topar com o urso, não seria nada bom para ela, abraço do Brasil para você e até o próximo vídeo.

@NarrowPathTraveler 23 күн бұрын

Beautiful Shawn! :)

@straubdavid9 23 күн бұрын

13:34 .... Scarlet Tanger👍🏻Nice .... I see you got a bear .... bon appetit!🍽 Take care ....🦮🦌🐻🦃

@Michael_Scott_Howard 3 күн бұрын

Ahoy, new subscriber from south shore of Lake Erie. You make outstanding videos.. Really enjoying them. Many thanks.

@marygordon3032 23 күн бұрын

Hey Shawn, great job! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

@LiveAlohaOhana 23 күн бұрын

Nice size bear 🐻 Shawn ! Incredible those potatoes are as crisp as the day you stored them 😋 wondering do you have any problems with snails or slugs eating away at your garden 🤔 That red bird with the owls looks so cool 😎 what is it? Beautiful ❤ have a great weekend and can't wait to see the new chickens in their roost and run 😀 Aloha to Cali and Emely ❤

@s.t.2130 23 күн бұрын

The bird is a Scarlet Tanager

@bennyt.christensen3970 23 күн бұрын

Love to see Chali "Help you" in the garden area 😉🐕

@JDMz 23 күн бұрын

*Cali.

@carolineseguin-ro5vt 23 күн бұрын

Amazing filming of the owl bringing her mouse to her owlets!

@danielluma2948 23 күн бұрын

With Predators around I put 2x3x5ft fencing on top of my chicken run along with electric fencing to keep the coyotes and raccoons out

@SeanInAlaska 21 күн бұрын

Congrats in the harvest!!

@HelloConnect22 23 күн бұрын

Wise Man ...❤

@barbaracarlson1331 23 күн бұрын

Why are you not eating potatoes or carrots? These are healthy in correct quantities.

@deekelley891 23 күн бұрын

He is doing meat based, or carnivore.

@user-xu2mf1ur8q 14 күн бұрын

Bro he lives in the wild there’s no farms near him

@Robinki-eo7nc 23 күн бұрын

Love the saying about "harvesting" game. Lol

@rejaneberclaz3331 21 күн бұрын

Good luck, friend🤗

@shepstrohm 23 күн бұрын

Congrats!!

@murrayandru7527 23 күн бұрын

Good Job Mr. James ,Thanks for sharing !

@PhuongDuong-pn1or 22 күн бұрын

A truly peaceful place to live ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@MynewTennesseeHome 23 күн бұрын

Very tidy garden, mine's pretty unruly right now. I can't imagine how hard it is to garden in your location. Good job.

@lrhogusa 13 күн бұрын

Gonna kayak tomorrow on Black Creek, Ulster County, NY. I blame you for the inspiration and it's been way too long since last time I went out. I assume you already know how much good kayaking does for our wellbeing

@markleasure3243 23 күн бұрын

Shawn Shawn go ahead and put the potatoes in the ground somewhere and just let them they will grow back year after year. I realize you don’t want to eat them because of your diet intake changes but if times really get hard at least you will have an optional food source.👍

@elizabethjohnson475 22 күн бұрын

and are great chicken fodder!

@exaltedsawgunner 20 күн бұрын

Great job Shawn! It cannot be easy to harvest a Bear with a bow.

@bobbydeysher1220 23 күн бұрын

hey shawn your weight loss is looking good

@gordiejones2039 13 күн бұрын

whatever you are doing to lose weight, you should do the same for Cali !!!! She is getting to heavy.

@billmitchell7731 22 күн бұрын

Big👍🏻. Very nice. I love seeing the hunt. Liked the music too👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻

@user-dg3iu8fd3h 8 күн бұрын

Привет Хорошего дня Вам

@user-zp9iw7mk5j 21 күн бұрын

ООО ПРИВЕТ СТАРЫЙ ДРУГ КАК ТЫ ТАМ ПОЖИВАЕШЬ 🤝 ПРИВЕТ 👋 ОТ КЫРГЫЗСТАН 🇰🇬🇰🇬🇰🇬

@tjtran1987 23 күн бұрын

Nice bear Shawn 👍🏻

@bryanvyse3333 22 күн бұрын

I really wish you’d do a good hunting video for us hunters and how you butcher and deal with the meat. Its too bad others dont understand living off the land and how vital the meat is.

@dgoyk 23 күн бұрын

Bear hunting with a bow? That’s intense!

@jamesonh889 23 күн бұрын

Congrats on the bear harvest, Shawn! Great video.

@EATmySHRTS 18 күн бұрын

Love to live there

@Legendary-lp5dg 23 күн бұрын

Have a wonderful and blessed day Shawn, take care 1

@user-ec7xg1qp3k 23 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your bear hunt! Gotta love a Shawn James hunting video! 🐻

@BsjjdjxjchBsjjdjxjchxcy 21 күн бұрын

Estou te assistindo.❤❤❤

@jmalone2758 23 күн бұрын

Nothing like fresh bear fat for weather proofing the footwear. One thing you're missing in your garden are some of those fairy huts. Take a tree stump and turn it into one of those fairy houses.

@lindapetersen1800 22 күн бұрын

Shawn get a goose to grow on up with the baby chickens !!! Then when out in the run about to pick at the ground the goose will protect them from Owls & foxes !!! I have seen channels that let their chicken free rage with a goose like that !!! The garden house is also a place for the chickens to be in so they are covered a little bit so no OWLS will get them then !!! Justin Rhodes has a coop that he lets them out of it is in a way nice they the chickens can go under neath it for cover then !!!

@verarufino1983 23 күн бұрын

Simplesmente maravilhoso

@user-fu2fv8ej5n 23 күн бұрын

Благодарю Шон , за отличьные ролики .

@ellendelaney8109 22 күн бұрын

Exactly

@esox0790 21 күн бұрын

Congrats on the bear, Shawn!

@lindapetersen1800 22 күн бұрын

SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! How are you doing ??? I see your going for Bear now that is great !!! Planting is hard work for anyone in the World right now !!! Am thinking if you don't use the chicken coop for chickens it would be a grand little work shop for you or your wife or even to store things in it !!!

@EmilyBltz 23 күн бұрын

Hi Shawn Im avoiding the foods that increase inflammation but it is a good feeling to know what you can keep if you need to. Beautiful video !

@eternlyblsd 23 күн бұрын

You were watching the owl 🦉 and it was watching you watching it 😂

@ReignForesthome 23 күн бұрын

To bad you didn’t show more of the hunt😮

@paulfrizzell31 23 күн бұрын

👍great video

@zaraoutdoor 23 күн бұрын

Nice content ❤

@concepcionmartinsoler6355 23 күн бұрын

Osos en primavera?. Despues de la invernada están delgados aún no?. Y otra cosa, es mi opinión vale?; una dieta con tanta carne roja no es buena para la salud; verduras, hortalizas, tuberculos, legumbres y frutas se pueden combinar con algo de carne en guisos y estofados, pero ya no será únicamente carne. Vuelvo a decir que es una opinión. Al ser española y vivir en la costa mediterrane nuestra alimentación incluy carne claro, pero tambien muchas legumbres (proteina vegetal), hortalizas, pescado de mar y fruta muuuucha fruta 😉. Cali sigue siendo un amor ❤.

@Simon-talks 22 күн бұрын

he's eating tons of fruits and vegetables, he has an ever expanding garden. And human randomized, clinical controlled trials have now confirmed that eating meat isn't bad for health when part of a balanced diet like his. Prior studies just looked at people buying lots of "fast food" meat and those studies didn't control for other poor lifestyle variables like sugary soft drinks, smoking and lack of exercise....(so those studies saying that meat is bad have now been debunked). Cheers

@concepcionmartinsoler6355 22 күн бұрын

En lo de la comida rápida, refrescos etc. etc... tienes toda la razón. Desgraciadamente esa "moda" por decirlo así, se ha exttendido tambien en España; pero los "viejos, viejos" aún seguimos apegados a las viejas costumbres y seguimos las costumbres culinariarias de nuestros antepasados, es decir,: Dieta Mediterranea sin grasas animales y con AOVE de calidad siempre. De todos modos ten en cuenta que sólo he dado mi opinión desde el respeto. No volveré a comentar. Gracias.@@Simon-talks

@Simon-talks 22 күн бұрын

Yep, wild meat that is hunted and consumed with a balance diet is perfectly healthy and associated with the longest lifespan. 👍