Solo Bear Hunt and Growing Food in the Wilderness
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- 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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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.
Well-done, sir Shawn!
Don't worry about those people who make negative comments regarding it. Keep doing what you are doing! :)
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.
You do out of necessity not out of frivolity. Why is that so hard to understand? Perhaps they never knew what hunger was?
Only bear hunters truly understand
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.
On which video for the carrots storage?? Thks
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
I love that you do what makes you happy and healthy! Good on you Shawn!
Yes, lowcarb is the healthy way of living.
Such an innovative way to handle the cabin shrinking and settling!
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.
Aww Cali 🥰 , love the part of the birds and veggie garden , TY
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!
Bjsss
Yes it's been architectural designed chicken house I hope the chickens appreciate the work gone into it
Ha. They can sleep in the loft
I hope you don’t get eaten by the beast 🎉🎉🎉
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The owlets are very cute…… love nature!
absolutely stunning shawn!
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.
Wow! You got one!!! Congratulations!
It is good to see all the snow gone and greenery everywhere.
Hello from the rocky mid-coast of Maine, US. Friday, May 24th, 2024.
I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate" on my Violin.
The chicken coop is awesome, I can't wait to see the finished product. Congrats on the bear harvest!!
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!
Why did he loosen them? That's something I was curious about.
You have great videos and I never miss one . Very informative. Thank you Shawn 😊
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..
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!
Really like the close-ups! Your channel is so well-done! Regards from far north Cali-fornia!
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.....
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...
He does have something similar, I've seen him use it.
Congrats on the bear hut. The place is looking great.
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.
Great video ❤ I dry can my potatoes and they are delicious! Just planted mine for another year of food preservation.
How engaging it is to realize that which you have done.
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.
Love all the nature sights and sounds..ty.🤗🤗
Great job Shawn! It cannot be easy to harvest a Bear with a bow.
Always a good day when a new video drops 😎
Great job on the garden assembly
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.
Circle of life ❤
13:34 .... Scarlet Tanger👍🏻Nice .... I see you got a bear .... bon appetit!🍽 Take care ....🦮🦌🐻🦃
A natureza é uma harmonia, e muito bom! Verduras fresquinhas 🥕🧄🧅🥔 Saúde!🐾🦝🦫🐕🍁🦉🇧🇷
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
Hey Shawn, great job! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯
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 😊
Correct! Like to see more hunt/processing!
Once a tin knocker...ALWAYS a tin knocker! Great vlog! Edits sharper.
AWESOME BEAR
Amazing filming of the owl bringing her mouse to her owlets!
You need a screen door to help keep out the bugs!😊
Have a wonderful and blessed day Shawn, take care
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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.
NB has a spring bear hunt
Nice thanks for sharing man👍
Congrats in the harvest!!
Ahoy, new subscriber from south shore of Lake Erie. You make outstanding videos.. Really enjoying them. Many thanks.
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 ❤
The bird is a Scarlet Tanager
ООО ПРИВЕТ СТАРЫЙ ДРУГ КАК ТЫ ТАМ ПОЖИВАЕШЬ 🤝 ПРИВЕТ 👋 ОТ КЫРГЫЗСТАН 🇰🇬🇰🇬🇰🇬
Congratulations on your hunt. And I enjoy watching your videos.
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.👍
and are great chicken fodder!
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.
14:35 buckwheat... 14:40 austrian peas... 14:45 canadien rain!
Love to see Chali "Help you" in the garden area 😉🐕
*Cali.
merci JAMES
Big👍🏻. Very nice. I love seeing the hunt. Liked the music too👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻
Home grown potatoes wont kill you shawn. Our ancestors lived on root veggies and meat.
Благодарю Шон , за отличьные ролики .
Exactly
Shawn, you're looking great.
That's a good bear! Congrats. Pretty awesome you do it with traditional archery
Is it clear from the video that he used archery? This would be so impressive!
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.
Good luck, friend🤗
With Predators around I put 2x3x5ft fencing on top of my chicken run along with electric fencing to keep the coyotes and raccoons out
Very tidy garden, mine's pretty unruly right now. I can't imagine how hard it is to garden in your location. Good job.
Beautiful Shawn! :)
Thanks for the video Shawn and Cali!
I was wondering when you might adjust the threads in the beams, looks like they dropped almost an inch. I also stopped eating potatoes but then read two studies by cardiologist that if you boil them for 10 mins, then let them cool, the sugars are dissipated. I love meat but can’t live without some veg, but to each his own.
A truly peaceful place to live ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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. 😂🐻🐻🐻🐻
That hunt will supply you with many great meal. You have many more items run on power, could you go more in depth on your system, and how much it powers. That would be great. Thank you for the great content of your videos.
He has in past videos.
Another great video thank you.
Congrats on the bear, Shawn!
Congratulations on a successful hunt.
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 !!!
Nice bear Shawn 👍🏻
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 !!!
Love the saying about "harvesting" game. Lol
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 !
Congrats on the bear harvest, Shawn! Great video.
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.
hey shawn your weight loss is looking good
whatever you are doing to lose weight, you should do the same for Cali !!!! She is getting to heavy.
Congratulations on your bear hunt! Gotta love a Shawn James hunting video! 🐻
Congrats!!
Glad you got a bear, Shawn
Ferment the tater then distill for tincture base. Fun project.
Don't they call that vodka?
I'm just here to see the comments. 😮 Hunting is a good thing peeps
Yes, it is! In the coming difficult times, many are going to be wishing they knew how to!
おはようございます 菜園では どんな野菜類を植えるのでしょう ❓ ぜひぜひ 枝豆用に大豆 をお薦めします😋 茹でたてを食べれば 間違い無い 美味しさです🙆
☝ 大豆 は 畑の 🍖肉と 言われています 😋 👍 🌱
God bless the Potato
and crisp, yummy, full of vitamins carrots. But I wish him the best in his new eating!
you should make your door stong for bigfoot
You were watching the owl 🦉 and it was watching you watching it 😂
So why suddenly you decided to not eat potatoes and carrots? Is it because have started AG1? I’ve been using it for a while now but still eat potatoes and carrots. Nothing better then a baked potato with our bbq’d steak. Sometimes I wrap up sliced carrots and potatoes and onion, salt &pepper and some margarine in tin foil to go with a bbq’d steak.
Good Job Mr. James ,Thanks for sharing !
Bear hunting with a bow? That’s intense!
Cook the bear meat well done whole family recently got brain worms from undercooked bear meat
I’m so fascinated about the leveling system youhave in place. I’ve watched the video’s where you installed & explained but honestly, I have a superficial understanding of how it works. What are the signs of settling that you look for to know when it’s time to lower the metal supports to allow the wooden supports to settle a bit? Will you possibly cover this on your other channels?
Potatoes are great if you're starving... If you're trying to lose weight, then yeah-- cutting back is not a bad idea there.
Do you know that cooking potatoes and cooling them, before heating again makes them starch resistant? This means you get all the nutrients without most of the starch. Don't waste your beautiful potatoes.
Dissipates the sugar.
When you said you will use some of the potatoes to make a mash, did you mean a mash like a fermented alcohol type thing? That's pretty awesome if you do.
You are off to a good start on meat for the year...and maybe a nice lap robe!
Turkish Ottoman music 👍