Solo Bear Hunt and Growing Food in the Wilderness

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  • čas přidán 23. 05. 2024
  • 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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Komentáře • 370

  • @MySelfReliance
    @MySelfReliance  Před 22 dny +145

    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
      @elizabethjohnson475 Před 22 dny +8

      Well-done, sir Shawn!

    • @melissahoffman4687
      @melissahoffman4687 Před 22 dny +14

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

    • @John-by6jw
      @John-by6jw Před 21 dnem +21

      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
      @stephenreiner1523 Před 20 dny +6

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

    • @davecervo
      @davecervo Před 20 dny +2

      Only bear hunters truly understand

  • @DavidWvu
    @DavidWvu Před 23 dny +38

    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.

  • @AuntieDeb71
    @AuntieDeb71 Před 23 dny +64

    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!

  • @armidaperez5360
    @armidaperez5360 Před 23 dny +21

    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
    @madamecampsalot6384 Před 23 dny +14

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

  • @HomeEF
    @HomeEF Před 22 dny +9

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

  • @Smalfry47
    @Smalfry47 Před 23 dny +27

    The owlets are very cute…… love nature!

  • @Veronica-vw
    @Veronica-vw Před 23 dny +71

    Congratulations on your hunt. And I enjoy watching your videos

  • @patriciahand7557
    @patriciahand7557 Před 23 dny +24

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

  • @andyrichey1192
    @andyrichey1192 Před 21 dnem +7

    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
    @williameddy7217 Před 23 dny +19

    Congratulations on a successful hunt.

  • @Esoj.
    @Esoj. Před 23 dny +12

    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
    @geraldharkness8830 Před 23 dny +18

    absolutely stunning shawn!

  • @167curly
    @167curly Před 23 dny +27

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

  • @mrglock2313
    @mrglock2313 Před 23 dny +26

    Always a good day when a new video drops 😎

  • @robertdonaldson6584
    @robertdonaldson6584 Před 23 dny +6

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

  • @rogerp6903
    @rogerp6903 Před 23 dny +7

    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
    @booswalia Před 23 dny +18

    Shawn, you're looking great.

  • @josephsecogesjr
    @josephsecogesjr Před 23 dny +13

    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...

  • @nickivanaltena923
    @nickivanaltena923 Před 23 dny +9

    Wow! You got one!!! Congratulations!

  • @Joh750
    @Joh750 Před 23 dny +5

    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
    @WrangleMcDangle Před 23 dny +11

    RIP to the bear. Lived a good life.

  • @ieldepiel
    @ieldepiel Před 23 dny +7

    Circle of life ❤

  • @rodneywroten2994
    @rodneywroten2994 Před 23 dny +8

    AWESOME BEAR

  • @kellogsnotavailable
    @kellogsnotavailable Před 4 dny +2

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

  • @christinejohnson2026
    @christinejohnson2026 Před 15 dny +1

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

  • @jackkeeble9272
    @jackkeeble9272 Před 23 dny +5

    Nice thanks for sharing man👍

  • @craigfox6870
    @craigfox6870 Před 22 dny +4

    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
    @leekent3325 Před 23 dny +3

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

  • @CurtDevan
    @CurtDevan Před 22 dny +6

    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
    @tombirney7276 Před 23 dny +6

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

  • @barbsauve4301
    @barbsauve4301 Před 17 dny +1

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

  • @donaldhofman5257
    @donaldhofman5257 Před 23 dny +4

    Congratulations, that's some great meat!

  • @fredsoltveit8453
    @fredsoltveit8453 Před 23 dny +4

    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 😊

  • @teddys.5023
    @teddys.5023 Před 23 dny +21

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

    • @mattswift42
      @mattswift42 Před 11 dny

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

  • @debbielicis6257
    @debbielicis6257 Před 23 dny +2

    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
    @kingrafa3938 Před 23 dny +9

    Thanks for the video Shawn and Cali!

  • @elizabethjohnson475
    @elizabethjohnson475 Před 22 dny +2

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

  • @stephenreiner1523
    @stephenreiner1523 Před 22 dny +1

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

  • @lorettafrancoeur8476
    @lorettafrancoeur8476 Před 23 dny +8

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

  • @JasonMcCann841
    @JasonMcCann841 Před 20 dny

    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
    @Bungwirez Před 23 dny +5

    God bless the Potato

    • @elizabethjohnson475
      @elizabethjohnson475 Před 22 dny

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

  • @remystraub6990
    @remystraub6990 Před 22 dny

    merci JAMES

  • @CaptainPriceRaps
    @CaptainPriceRaps Před 16 dny

    Great job on the garden assembly

  • @MrGeroth
    @MrGeroth Před 22 dny +2

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

  • @huntakilla1234
    @huntakilla1234 Před 21 dnem +3

    Glad you got a bear, Shawn

  • @5AcresandaMoose
    @5AcresandaMoose Před 23 dny +6

    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
    @jeanettec6212 Před 23 dny

    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
    @thogren Před 23 dny

    Another great video thank you.

  • @jeffradice9994
    @jeffradice9994 Před 20 dny

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

  • @canadiancabin
    @canadiancabin Před 23 dny +4

    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.

  • @wanderingfore2290
    @wanderingfore2290 Před 23 dny +5

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

    • @elizabethjohnson475
      @elizabethjohnson475 Před 22 dny

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

  • @intercessoraeuripeapaula5448

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

  • @valdenirvieira6843
    @valdenirvieira6843 Před 23 dny +2

    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
    @NarrowPathTraveler Před 23 dny

    Beautiful Shawn! :)

  • @straubdavid9
    @straubdavid9 Před 23 dny +1

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

  • @Michael_Scott_Howard
    @Michael_Scott_Howard Před 3 dny

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

  • @marygordon3032
    @marygordon3032 Před 22 dny +1

    Hey Shawn, great job! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

  • @LiveAlohaOhana
    @LiveAlohaOhana Před 23 dny +3

    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
      @s.t.2130 Před 22 dny +2

      The bird is a Scarlet Tanager

  • @bennyt.christensen3970

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

    • @JDMz
      @JDMz Před 23 dny

      *Cali.

  • @carolineseguin-ro5vt
    @carolineseguin-ro5vt Před 22 dny

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

  • @danielluma2948
    @danielluma2948 Před 23 dny +2

    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
    @SeanInAlaska Před 21 dnem

    Congrats in the harvest!!

  • @HelloConnect22
    @HelloConnect22 Před 23 dny +2

    Wise Man ...❤

  • @barbaracarlson1331
    @barbaracarlson1331 Před 23 dny +10

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

    • @deekelley891
      @deekelley891 Před 22 dny +2

      He is doing meat based, or carnivore.

    • @user-xu2mf1ur8q
      @user-xu2mf1ur8q Před 14 dny

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

  • @Robinki-eo7nc
    @Robinki-eo7nc Před 23 dny +2

    Love the saying about "harvesting" game. Lol

  • @rejaneberclaz3331
    @rejaneberclaz3331 Před 21 dnem

    Good luck, friend🤗

  • @shepstrohm
    @shepstrohm Před 23 dny

    Congrats!!

  • @murrayandru7527
    @murrayandru7527 Před 23 dny +3

    Good Job Mr. James ,Thanks for sharing !

  • @PhuongDuong-pn1or
    @PhuongDuong-pn1or Před 21 dnem

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

  • @lrhogusa
    @lrhogusa Před 12 dny

    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

  • @MynewTennesseeHome
    @MynewTennesseeHome Před 23 dny

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

  • @markleasure3243
    @markleasure3243 Před 23 dny +2

    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.👍

  • @exaltedsawgunner
    @exaltedsawgunner Před 20 dny

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

  • @bobbydeysher1220
    @bobbydeysher1220 Před 23 dny +4

    hey shawn your weight loss is looking good

    • @gordiejones2039
      @gordiejones2039 Před 12 dny

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

  • @billmitchell7731
    @billmitchell7731 Před 21 dnem

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

  • @user-dg3iu8fd3h
    @user-dg3iu8fd3h Před 8 dny +1

    Привет Хорошего дня Вам

  • @user-zp9iw7mk5j
    @user-zp9iw7mk5j Před 21 dnem +1

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

  • @tjtran1987
    @tjtran1987 Před 23 dny +2

    Nice bear Shawn 👍🏻

  • @bryanvyse3333
    @bryanvyse3333 Před 22 dny +2

    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
    @dgoyk Před 23 dny +2

    Bear hunting with a bow? That’s intense!

  • @jamesonh889
    @jamesonh889 Před 22 dny +5

    Congrats on the bear harvest, Shawn! Great video.

  • @EATmySHRTS
    @EATmySHRTS Před 18 dny

    Love to live there

  • @Legendary-lp5dg
    @Legendary-lp5dg Před 23 dny

    Have a wonderful and blessed day Shawn, take care
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  • @user-ec7xg1qp3k
    @user-ec7xg1qp3k Před 23 dny +7

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

  • @BsjjdjxjchBsjjdjxjchxcy
    @BsjjdjxjchBsjjdjxjchxcy Před 21 dnem +2

    Estou te assistindo.❤❤❤

  • @jmalone2758
    @jmalone2758 Před 22 dny +1

    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
    @lindapetersen1800 Před 22 dny +1

    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
    @verarufino1983 Před 23 dny +1

    Simplesmente maravilhoso

  • @user-fu2fv8ej5n
    @user-fu2fv8ej5n Před 22 dny

    Благодарю Шон , за отличьные ролики .

  • @esox0790
    @esox0790 Před 20 dny

    Congrats on the bear, Shawn!

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 Před 22 dny +1

    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
    @EmilyBltz Před 23 dny

    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
    @eternlyblsd Před 23 dny +2

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

  • @ReignForesthome
    @ReignForesthome Před 22 dny +2

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

  • @paulfrizzell31
    @paulfrizzell31 Před 22 dny

    👍great video

  • @zaraoutdoor
    @zaraoutdoor Před 23 dny

    Nice content ❤

  • @concepcionmartinsoler6355

    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
      @Simon-talks Před 22 dny

      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
      @concepcionmartinsoler6355 Před 22 dny

      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
      @Simon-talks Před 22 dny

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

  • @CyberAtlant
    @CyberAtlant Před 23 dny +1

    WOW Bear!!!

  • @terryrobinson1416
    @terryrobinson1416 Před 18 dny

    Home grown potatoes wont kill you shawn. Our ancestors lived on root veggies and meat.