Catch and Cook CLAMS | The Wilderness Living Challenge 2016 S01E13 - BACK TO FISH

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • As we had plenty of time to arm chair quarterback our own performance during the challenge, we imagined plenty of other ways to conduct future seasons of the experiment. We imagined bringing in wild edibles stored, cured, and prepared as a crutch to be added to anything we collected during the actual challenge - would this be fair?
    One of the more obvious solutions to mastering the challenge was to bring in fat in some form. While butter or olive oil would make a palatable choice, we also imagined that bringing in animal fat such as bear fat or moose fat would make a natural fit. Adding 30% of our daily requirements as fat, would surely have changed our fate and made our meals more rich and made it possible to consume enough daily calories to satisfy our needs. This is something we will consider moving forward. Naturally, another solution is to run the challenge at a time when animals are in season and taking fats from them is legal.
    While we haven't decided anything for certain, we're both keenly interested in participating in future Wilderness Living Challenges. Then again, what we've learned from this pilot show has given us an inside look at the elements of survival that are most important, and we might not need to supplement our efforts - just redirect them.
    While we are not quite through with this season just yet, I would like to take the time to ask of the viewers for their support.
    If haven't already done so, please subscribe to the channel, leave us some positive words and please give the videos a thumbs up. If you enjoy the series, also consider sharing it with others - we would greatly appreciate this. As we are not paid, and the series costs us our time and energy, it is a great way to compensate us - spending 5 days starving isn't exactly what most call a vacation! Likes and shares go a long way to keep us motivated.
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  • @TheWoodedBeardsman
    @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад +38

    *We just launched Season 2 of our SURVIVAL CHALLENGE! It's 8 episodes with a new episode every Friday. Please tune in and watch to find out if we manage to keep our weight up this year:* ruclips.net/p/PLDg2Qmw9pKieZifUoxhoiv6DqqKc6oGMP

    • @bassackwardsbushcraft8961
      @bassackwardsbushcraft8961 6 лет назад +1

      manny gomez
      Get a life.
      Learn to write.
      Don't watch it if you don't like it.
      Simple, right?

    • @zxcvzxcv9675
      @zxcvzxcv9675 6 лет назад

      Great news, you does some awesome shit here guys.

    • @ellea3344
      @ellea3344 6 лет назад

      The Wooded Beardsman Those berries made me think of pemmican, "ultimate survival food" - basically a super-food health bar of fat, berries, and meat. They best part is, if you can put it in a zip lock bag to keep it out of the air, it can last YEARS. Solves the "need salt to preserve meat" problem.
      The portions are: 1/3 berries, 2 lbs fat, 6 lbs meat.
      You start by dehydrating the berries, and your meat, over the fire on a tripod rack so it's low heat, for about 12-15 hours, till the meat and berries are crisp.
      Render your fat on low heat for an hour or 2 and remove any solids so you just have rendered fat in your pan. You can eat the solid fat for snacks, although they are better with salt.
      Then crush your blue berries, shred/break up your meat into fine fibers, and then add it to the fat. The berries and meat should soak up all the fat.
      Let it cool a bit till you can form them into portions (like 1 bar, that you would eat 1/3 for breakfast, lunch, dinner), and put them in an air tight container, or zip lock bag.
      10 lbs of pemmican is all you need to eat for 2 weeks of being active outdoors, at 2200 calories per day.
      10 lbs of pemmican in survival mode can last you an entire month.

    • @xxmatutheprogamerxx6068
      @xxmatutheprogamerxx6068 6 лет назад

      The Wooded Beardsman o

    • @manoutdoors7085
      @manoutdoors7085 3 года назад

      Love it brother.

  • @fisbuar
    @fisbuar 6 лет назад

    As i am sitting here watching ur starvation challenge, i am eating baguette with creamcheese, butter, hamfilet slices, and cheese slices, topped with cucumber.. but i've tried true starvation aswell... and you dont appreciate food properly until you've been so hungry that the gums in your mouth are bleeding from starvation... Just getting something like a potato, or an orange, will make you cry from happiness. It is a worthy experience, and makes us be appreciative of the overabundance we have today, and to get a realistic perspective of how fortunate we really are.

  • @tphvictims5101
    @tphvictims5101 6 лет назад +19

    You guys are a wealth of information.

    • @tphvictims5101
      @tphvictims5101 6 лет назад

      Thank you. You’re amazing and resourceful. Kids NEED your videos.

  • @living6a916
    @living6a916 5 лет назад

    You have and are making your goals come true. I love going back and watching these season one videos. You kept your word. Not many can do that.

  • @davidkoba
    @davidkoba 6 лет назад +24

    I swear this content is awesome.

  • @shawnnaylor482
    @shawnnaylor482 7 лет назад

    You guys doing a fantastic job. All the regulations that you have place on your self have made a great study. Keep on!

  • @patterguitsit7124
    @patterguitsit7124 7 лет назад +1

    Chicken of the camp, breakfast mouse! lol Awesome show! I cant wait to see the rest. I guess -23.2

  • @cakeycakecake6827
    @cakeycakecake6827 4 года назад

    Love these survival challenge series!! Keep making them! You guys need to eat your berries (or other carbs) in the same sitting as your meat. Then you are eating protein and fat during an insulin spike which promotes energy storage. Otherwise you just get a sugar rush and the insulin does nothing.

  • @randysacora3684
    @randysacora3684 6 лет назад +1

    I was just curious I noticed in the background some sourdock growing. It grows in almost any open area in Canada and Alaska and actually all over the United States. We used to make a pretty exceptional soup from our fish, samsara dock which imparts kind of a sour lemon tea taste and they often you can find wild chives. the combination of the above the little salt and pepper makes a damn good soup

  • @SouthernSaint86
    @SouthernSaint86 6 лет назад

    I am very impressed with this series. Great footage. Good comedy and personality. Every episode makes me hungry.

  • @curtisdeboer8963
    @curtisdeboer8963 7 лет назад

    I just finished this series and I'm liking and commenting on every episode in hope of season 2. I appreciate both of you for what you're doing and I appreciate the Ontario specific foraging info as well.

  • @jeffgreen3276
    @jeffgreen3276 7 лет назад

    another great episode! looked like couple walleye fillets on fish cleaning table! keep the episodes coming! so enjoyable and interesting!

  • @briantreat9482
    @briantreat9482 5 лет назад

    ......full /stop......4×.......truly enjoy watching you & Jer' in the woods dude.......

  • @Christopher-yc1xk
    @Christopher-yc1xk 6 лет назад

    Its fascinating how the body weight differences between you and Jeremy have given you both very different experiences in this challenge. Another great series.

  • @johnboggs2728
    @johnboggs2728 7 лет назад

    you guys did great. ive enjoyed all the episodes so far. looking forward to the next season

  • @amcas74
    @amcas74 7 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing both the physical and psychological challenges, your both warriors for sticking to your parameters and beliefs. I see this as a truly authentic experince and you complement each others styles and make a great team each bringing different perspectives. I have been obsessed with both woodbeard and wildcrafter videos, while from the arm chair I can't imagine the hunger pains, but I'm inspired by your adventures and veiws. Great job for doing YOUR thing, please keep up the good work. can't wait to see what becomes of the mouse/mole it should have picked a different place too hide from the snoring bear. Take care, Happy New Year

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Thanks Adam! I guess I set up on it's nighttime foraging grounds LOL. I tried to get it to leave by taking a leak and when it came back it jumped up in the air, pretty funny stuff, but still not enough to convince it to stay away. Must have been some slugs or other hidden under the tent floor!!

  • @bushyman477
    @bushyman477 7 лет назад

    I discovered this channel yesterday, a random video appeared with you talking about surviving in the wilderness...I've now back to back watched all 13 episodes of this series...awesome challenge, great videos

  • @TartarSauceBeans
    @TartarSauceBeans 6 лет назад

    watching this channel is so relaxing. I watch before bed a lot. I really enjoy the content!

  • @MLAllenJr
    @MLAllenJr 6 лет назад +2

    As a southern myself, at least to you guys, I'm astonished your not freezing your nards off in that weather! And I completely agree with your view. Humans are the apex predator and animals leave us alone as much as they possibly can for a reason. We eat them!

  • @br00talyengage20
    @br00talyengage20 6 лет назад

    Love the channel very entertaining and educational. Keep up your good work

  • @cpmtrad250
    @cpmtrad250 5 лет назад

    excellent little lure there, had an old timer I sturgeon and salmon fished with in the northwest give me 5 plano boxes PACKED with vintage lures. Ive slammed countless big trout here on the northeast on many patterns in said boxes, especially that one.

  • @macrabre
    @macrabre 6 лет назад

    Thank you for the video !!! Keep up the good work. I enjoy these videos

  • @aronodorics5376
    @aronodorics5376 6 лет назад

    I'm preparing to do this challenge and I was searching for some information and then i found you... You're amazing!! I know have a Lot of ideas and inspiration from you

  • @Hockeyfan9884
    @Hockeyfan9884 6 лет назад

    Great videos and I try to watch them all , put more out there guys and thanks for sharing .

  • @chimas4449
    @chimas4449 7 лет назад

    This is an eye opener for me. thanks for showing the hard lessons.

  • @najakacarter2381
    @najakacarter2381 6 лет назад

    Absolutely without a doubt respect and always look forward to new content and going back and catching up on past videos I haven't seen. Greetings from California, Canada looks captivatingly incredibly beautiful would love to visit. Thanks for your commitment and perseverance guys.

  • @aronmaes
    @aronmaes 7 лет назад

    To be honest I feel like this wildernis living challenge is more like a wildernis starving challenge. I do feel like Jeremy is right about the fact that it would be easier to collect foods per season and area and than move on to another area. I also feel like you would have a bigger chance in areas around South America since there are more diverse foodtypes around there. Unfortunattelly there would also be a lot more predators and it would take more calories since there is a higher temperature there. I do have a lot of respect for you for attempting this challenge. I would love to join you sometime unfortunattely I live in the Netherlands.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Thanks Aron. You could always try for yourself, but be safe if you do. I hear what you're saying. I would like to avoid using calories from modern sources though, in procuring wild foods, because that's just a crutch. I think there is a way. As you suggest, moving from location to location more frequently and "shopping" for the things we need...recognizing that the areas are too broken to make it happen all in one place. We'd need to be more selective on areas as well, knowing what we do.

  • @andreabrooklyn6872
    @andreabrooklyn6872 7 лет назад

    That is so epic. You have freedom. I would like to do a survival week too. The view is to great. Your so brave to be out there. Love your videos.

  • @tomgarcia2130
    @tomgarcia2130 6 лет назад

    i love you guys!!!!!!!!! my kids and i love to watch you

  • @modrarybivrana5654
    @modrarybivrana5654 7 лет назад

    your experience is pretty fascinating. have you looked at the experiences of the lewis and clark expedition. they generally ate up to 9 pounds of meat per day. while they did have a lot of dry goods as supplement. the land and the tribes they encountered provided the bulk and the meat sources were quite varied, deer, elk, fowl, prairie dogs, actual dogs etc. Native Indian's making pemmican a mixture of fat, powdered meat and dried berries to supplement winters. keep up the work and look forward to seeing more.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      I have heard mention what you just relayed. That's certainly a LOT of meat! It must have been a full time job eating it! We're going to have to try some new things for Season 2 and having these discussions is helping me figure it out! Thanks for sharing that...! I doubt I'll do 9 lbs of meat, but we can probably get a better balance with a bit more planning and effort.

  • @ebony5766
    @ebony5766 7 лет назад

    Great series, I am really enjoying all your information. Very eye opening to say the least.

  • @tkpwns04
    @tkpwns04 7 лет назад

    Great video! Glad to see you guys still going at it. Makes me want to try a similar experiment myself.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Awesome! Good luck if you do, be safe, have back up plans and someone watching out for you!

  • @davidwhite7399
    @davidwhite7399 7 лет назад +1

    MOUSE!!! MOUSE MCMUFFIN for breakfast!!!
    does it make you reconsider deadfalls say in a situation like on the show?
    awesome series man.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +2

      Ha! Nope, I'm not even sure I'd bother to eat it LOL. How many clams does it take to make up 35 calories (mouse) LOL. I might have tried it just to say I did :)

  • @schmidt640
    @schmidt640 7 лет назад

    Just subbed boys. I have always daydreamed about living out in the wilderness for a time (a week or two) and trying to live off the land. I am dreadfully unprepared (I can barely clean a fish) but I always thought the time in nature with no phone and no real schedule would be life renewing. However, your series has made me aware of the harsh realities. I'm on the stocky side so losing the weight would be welcome early on but I'm sure it would grow old REAL fast. Keep up the good work! Also....."bird's nest" haha. Hate it when that happens.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +1

      You know, it's so worth trying as long as it's done safely. The only way to know what it's really like is by experiencing it. You'll probably come out healthier for sure, but be wise.

  • @thenorthshore6472
    @thenorthshore6472 6 лет назад

    Nice job, fellas. You're on your way to your own cable tv show! Very true how living off the land as a purist is next to impossible. But in the past and still today, survival was/is a combination of obtaining sustenance in any way possible, and this includes bartering or even purchasing some of the staples that are hard to come by in nature. It's all about being an opportunist, really. So today... an occasional trip to Walmart to supplement the staples, makes life a whole lot easier. ; )

  • @w4ame
    @w4ame 6 лет назад

    Very cool gentlemen. You both would enjoy a cut out gallon milk jug for making picking easier. Cut out the side opposite the handle for easily dropping the berries into and thread the handle through your belt in front. Fast and efficient.

  • @jacqueline7118
    @jacqueline7118 7 лет назад

    This series is really cool. Thanks for sharing, this has been informative, interesting and entertaining. Am looking forward to a challenge where fat will be available and the difference it will make to your physical and mental well being.

  • @jimdodson4632
    @jimdodson4632 7 лет назад

    That Meps you are using is great. I myself love the Meps with the squirrel tail hair around the treble hook. My favorite small mouth bass lure. They work really well in my area.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +1

      I've heard the squirrel tail is the key and gives a really lifelike movement. I have a few, but none with the authentic squirrel tail. They were offering hunters and trappers some money for the tails a while ago.

    • @jimdodson4632
      @jimdodson4632 7 лет назад

      The Wooded Beardsman Yeah. They do buy do them. You get a better deal if you trade them in for more lures. They do that too. l have about 20 tails in the freezer now.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +1

      Awesome! That's a smart company right there. Too bad we can't hunt red squirrel though, or I would be all over that. Need a special permit here to hunt them...unless they take gray and black squirrels....?

    • @jimdodson4632
      @jimdodson4632 7 лет назад

      The Wooded Beardsman They take red, black,gray, and brown or what we call a fox squirrel here in Ohio. They pay the most for the fox squirrel it's a bigger squirrel. I've hunted a lot of them. Some of them weighed up to 3 and a half pounds.

  • @cditzler6313
    @cditzler6313 4 года назад

    after watching your season 2 5 day thing happened upon it switching back n forth between you 2 I just have to mention im really glad the both of you made a bunch of vids together you really work well together my question not sure if I have missed it in vids or have not watched it yet how you 2 met etc

  • @RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors
    @RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors 7 лет назад

    I found the clam harvesting riveting.
    Just a suggestion on crayfish traps is if you suspended bait in center of trap you would probably have more success. If the bait is lying against the wall they will pick and suck through screen all night but if suspension is involved they will more likely enter the trap. Once one is in others will follow usually.
    I could could tell in this video you got over the mental hump.
    Great videos guys.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      For sure, I felt better here than earlier. Maybe the berries and sugar? Good tip about the trap. Do you think the smell of the pike is offputting to the crayfish...like a predator smell? We weren't trying super hard for crayfish to be honest. They are pretty small and we didn't need a lot more lean meat, but they sure are good. I think to be serious about this, we probably would have eaten more clams because they are super easy to get. We were half testing things out here. I'm not sure what it looks like eating so many clams though. Worth trying again, however. We could easily get clams over pike any day, with far fewer calories spent.

    • @RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors
      @RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors 7 лет назад

      The Wooded Beardsman you might be on to something there. I know when injured studies show that pike and musky release pheromones to warn the others. If anything maybe mashing meat and guts into a paste and putting into a piece of cloth bundled and suspended would probably work well and less threatening perhaps. I know bacon is the super crayfish bait but not an option in your case.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Interesting! I once dumped left over broccoli in a lake and there were 30 or 40, which is unusual for these lakes. So that might work well too. Our lakes really don't have a lot of crayfish so I doubt they would really produce a viable option for food anyway, but I did want to try and see what kind of results I would get. Thanks for the tips!

  • @aronmaes
    @aronmaes 7 лет назад

    Hello Wooded Beardsman, I found your channel about a week ago and I really love your videos! Keep up the good work

  • @shawnayoung3364
    @shawnayoung3364 6 лет назад

    I believe that you both have shown many, that one can survive off the land, and continue to use the Cerebral Loab of your thinking process to extremes. For this my brothers, I must Thank you. Happy hunting. Good Job fellows, and keep up the proteins of life.

  • @ChucklingAway
    @ChucklingAway 6 лет назад

    had zero issues watching him collecting clams hahaha

  • @jacquiblanchard3131
    @jacquiblanchard3131 7 лет назад

    Beaked Hazel: "Can we eat the nuts yet?" Nut worm: "Or we could eat it." LOL! Just starting to watch this episode and loving it already. You are clearly hungry!

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +1

      It's always the debate LOL. Bait or food :) With all those clams though, plenty of bait or food...then again, the volume is the killer.

  • @XxPx3xNx6xUx1xNxX
    @XxPx3xNx6xUx1xNxX 5 лет назад

    What's allowed and not allowed? Is it solely foraging/hunting/harvesting food that is in your environment or can you garden? If you can't garden, are there any starchy items to forage like potatoes, yams or other tuber/root plants? It seems like your diet could benefit from carbohydrates to boost your caloric intake.

  • @qhilliq
    @qhilliq 6 лет назад

    Got that same hook!!!!! looks like southern quebec/ontario love it keep it up

  • @GAMESURF714
    @GAMESURF714 7 лет назад

    First!!!!....great channel. year long modern wilderness living challenge ? That would be awesome, like homesteading but no permanent home. hunting gathering surviving....

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      It would. We'd have to have a really solid plan. Flying be the seat of our pants here is unlikely to work in the long term.

  • @mrblauer1
    @mrblauer1 7 лет назад

    I have a possible food supplement idea for you. It was very common for early explorers to take along some basic food supplies. It makes sense for you to do the same. What you would chose to take will vary with the season. We live in a different era, and allowances should be made to level the playing field.
    Awesome ending btw, It gave me a good laugh.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      mrblauer1 We have a few ideas. Of course the ultimate is to start from nothing and make a go of it, but that might just be a dream. We shall see what we decide, still nothing is for certain.

  • @lunchboxcupler
    @lunchboxcupler 6 лет назад

    You know what? I think you guys did an awesome job. I'm a little late to the party, but you guys are awesome outdoorsman with incredible resolve.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад

      Thanks Phil. That was a tough year. Check out season 2 that we just launched if you haven't yet!

  • @fredkimmark
    @fredkimmark 6 лет назад

    'How many of these cherries do you want to sacrifice for experiment?'
    'All of them...?"
    LOL

  • @alitrax
    @alitrax 6 лет назад

    love the wild .....
    yall killing it!!!!!

    • @alitrax
      @alitrax 6 лет назад

      if i didnt have to work i would be out like yall
      keep it up...

  • @HuplesCat
    @HuplesCat 7 лет назад +1

    -9.8lbs lost between the two of you.
    Highly entertaining series. Kudos to you both

  • @daniellavoie8379
    @daniellavoie8379 7 лет назад

    Meat Trapper and Wolfernation both recommended your channel. Keep up the nice videos. Thanks!

  • @biggy1182
    @biggy1182 7 лет назад

    Another great video! going to miss this series!! !guess -17.8

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Thanks Biggy! I'm glad to hear people are enjoying it, we'll have to make another one! I have some other stuff all ready to go, but not a full fledged living off the land, but along the same lines, exploring different ideas about the challenge and food sources.

  • @robertevras6577
    @robertevras6577 6 лет назад

    Seems like you fellas have a really good grip on animal harvesting, and even a bit of berry/fruit collection. One great way to add oils to your diet is through vegetation....

  • @itzxjaydenx
    @itzxjaydenx 6 лет назад

    I love all of your videos and I definitely think you deserve a larger audience. I was wondering if you are extended across social media? I would also like to suggest putting your social media links in the description to make your videos easier to share to our friends! Love you guys, I could never do what you do

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад +1

      Hmmm, yeah I do need a cellphone for the Instagram and such :)

  • @scottdoran3112
    @scottdoran3112 6 лет назад

    Nice job guys! Pike look good, you guys aren't starving, eating like kings compared to the stumps on TV!!! Did you ever try buck tail jigs?

  • @bruceh6878
    @bruceh6878 6 лет назад +1

    Great job guys. Love your videos. New subscriber

  • @davidlogan7149
    @davidlogan7149 7 лет назад

    Another good episode. Props to you guys.

  • @deeceestewart2513
    @deeceestewart2513 6 лет назад

    As I recall of what Ray Mears did...the way to eat the Choke Cherries is to juice them. Crush them and then strain them through a cheesecloth type material to collect the juice and then lay it out like you did the blueberries to make fruit leather of it. I believe that Choke Cherries have arsenic in the seeds, just as regular cherries do. Hence the bitterness. You can blend the juice with other berry juice to add sweetness.

  • @kieferroche1995
    @kieferroche1995 7 лет назад

    Brilliant stuff lads.Great watch.

  • @timmcqueen2821
    @timmcqueen2821 6 лет назад +1

    wow jus found these guys on here,learned a lot already.was wondering if they work out or they get sculpted like that by just diet.id like to get rid of my "love handles"....lol excellent series of shows ,by the way.also the wooded beardsman guy has a most beautiful wife,she goes with him sometimes on other episodes.im gonna keep watching and I just subscribed.

  • @Dustyholes
    @Dustyholes 6 лет назад

    Halibut and Trout must have tasted like heaven after you completed this challenge

  • @usernick8928
    @usernick8928 7 лет назад

    Hazelnuts are delicious when ripe and dry, but very difficult to get because of the bugs and squirrels. It grows native where I live too, but I never get anything from the trees in my neighborhood. The ones you picked appeared to be very underripe, I often find nuts to be bland and slightly iodine tasting at that stage. On the subject of the worms though, perhaps digging through some rotten logs and such for grubs would be a welcome addition of fat into your wild diet that might make all the difference. It calls to mind "rabbit starvation"

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Yeah for sure. It was such a small item that we just glossed over it, but paying more attention now, it might have made sense to try to gather a handful and fry them up.

  • @dw1757
    @dw1757 7 лет назад

    great videos and impressed you guys were meticulous in documenting your adventure with commentaries on energy balance. I would think the most caloric rich part of the fish will be the skin and head. Doing fish stew will capture most of the calories.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      For sure. I wonder if throwing away most of the fish...since it couldn't really be eaten anyway and try to focus on the head, and skin....might be worth exploring.

    • @dw1757
      @dw1757 7 лет назад

      Yeah just like the bears when they pick and eat only the salmon head and strip the skin! The rapid weight lost experienced was probably exacerbated by a large negative energy deficit and high protein intake from the Pikes! Basically an Atkin's diet or what the early pioneers experienced "Rabbit Starvation". Great article here: discovermagazine.com/2004/oct/inuit-paradox

  • @PlntPeace
    @PlntPeace 6 лет назад

    Oh damn... Blueberries are my absolute favorite fruit. I once picked 8 lbs of Maine's finest plump bursting with flavor edibles and proceeded to make the best blueberry daiquiris north of the Tijuana. But seriously, they are sooo so good.

  • @LaMaiStyle
    @LaMaiStyle 6 лет назад

    @18:30 is my favorite part. I used to harvest mussels when I lived near the coast in North Carolina. It was so easy because they were found in bunches during low tide near the grass. Harvesting seafood ( shrimp, fish, clams, blue crabs) there was so plentiful. When I lived in Alaska for one summer I harvested seafood ( razor clams, salmon, halibut) with the help of my friends. It was a little bit harder. But the mussels were the easiest than the razor clams because they were on the rocks at low tide. I live in Montana now so no harvesting seafood. I have to buy it.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад

      Ah that sucks when we can't get what we want direct from nature. It's so satisfying to put meals together from things around you, and so much healthier. Sounds like you've had a great life!!!

  • @alexv4891
    @alexv4891 7 лет назад +1

    I love these videos

  • @rimshotdc
    @rimshotdc 6 лет назад

    wow..you guys are amazing!!.. and i hope you pick up a great sponsor..alot of these youtube people are blah and ?????...thank you for teaching us !!

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад

      Hopefully we get noticed! Little rough around the edges we are, but that's the North talking :)

  • @Stryker_SFG
    @Stryker_SFG 6 лет назад

    For flavoring study up more on natural herbs that grow in your area. I'm sure you know of many but I'm sure natives in your area know of many more. Great videos men, keep it up...

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад +1

      Apparently they had shitty flavors and Europeans that settled here, hated it.

  • @p0isinsweats320
    @p0isinsweats320 6 лет назад +5

    Great channel the wooded Boardman is Gerry interactive with us I'm subscribing

  • @BlackGoku-ns8ms
    @BlackGoku-ns8ms 6 лет назад

    I don't like you starving yourselves but I'll support you all the way.

  • @davidevans2873
    @davidevans2873 6 лет назад

    I love watching you guys so informative and makes me want to get out and do that

  • @gillundr
    @gillundr 6 лет назад

    I know this video is old, and not sure how often you go back and look but you were talking about flavor, you can make salt from hickory. I don't know if it would be worth your energy and time but if you have hickories in your area you can do it. Roots work the best but you can do it from the tree as well. Also, I'm surprised you couldn't forage any sort of tubers, I'm not familiar with your area but there are a lot of wild tubers.

  • @erichluttenberger8624
    @erichluttenberger8624 7 лет назад +4

    That would be cool if you could do a few videos on setting up a new wilderness challenge eg. Making birch syrup, bear lard,venison jerky,pemmican,bannock etc. It would also be a much more enjoyable experience and more realistic as you would be preparing for survival on a year round basis. My guess is 19.0 lbs. Really enjoy your videos! Thank you!

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +1

      For sure. I've got a few ideas in mind right now. Hopefully I get a chance to try again. We're working on it!

    • @robloxgamer6922
      @robloxgamer6922 6 лет назад +1

      Erich Luttenberger I

  • @albinocreature2770
    @albinocreature2770 6 лет назад

    This is the episode that made me subscribe I love the content and the moose reminded me of a vacation were we had saw two young males eating in the brush. Keep up the great content.

  • @whitecompany18
    @whitecompany18 7 лет назад

    Could you mash and boil those cherries, strain the juice then reduce it by boiling ? I'm shore that would make a palatable jam. Great vid guys.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      We tried, but it wasn't any better. Still very bitter. I'm going to try to make some fruit leather. Apparently it's supposed to help cut down the bitterness. It's worth a shot.

  • @Bornloserstrongheart
    @Bornloserstrongheart 6 лет назад

    I love the videos all the way from Brisbane Australia!

  • @debbiepalmer6024
    @debbiepalmer6024 6 лет назад

    Great utube channel ☺ I have learned a great deal about nature from you guys. Keep up the good work 🐟

  • @ceeceety2320
    @ceeceety2320 7 лет назад

    you guys are great keep them coming

  • @dwhatosrs7597
    @dwhatosrs7597 7 лет назад

    i really like the videos guys keep them up subscribed for life. love the interesting fact the thing i love the most is fishing so chuck in a few more fishing shots :P

  • @steveooooo4423
    @steveooooo4423 7 лет назад +3

    you are inspirational, just found your vids, liked and subscribed,

  • @kgmfg4244
    @kgmfg4244 7 лет назад

    One of the best experiments yet conducted. I would be willing to donate to a second season if you where to set up a funding page.

  • @no-tillsolutions6966
    @no-tillsolutions6966 6 лет назад

    I used to read Gary Paulsen's Brian book series as a young teen, Hatchet, Brians return, Brians Winter, etc this reminds me so much of those books. In one of the books Brian killed a moose by slowly drifting up on it in a canoe like a dead log and shot it with an arrow. Totally brings me back

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад +1

      Wow, didn't know there were others! I listened to hatchet with my son audio book driving up North! Great book.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад +1

      Just ordered the two sequels from the library, thanks!

  • @brianbrown6783
    @brianbrown6783 7 лет назад +21

    Would the choke cherries better as a drink? Boil them down strain off the seeds and bulk and add it to water maybe? Paleo Gatorade?

    • @melissascy13
      @melissascy13 6 лет назад +1

      Brian that is the way that they did it in the book Hatchet which is based on a true story.

    • @James-uk4xi
      @James-uk4xi 6 лет назад +1

      I read that about 20 years ago and loved it. I really need to find it and read it again.

    • @40fffffs
      @40fffffs 6 лет назад

      I personally think Brian's Winter is better, it's a sequel in an alternate timeline where he doesn't get get rescued.

    • @James-uk4xi
      @James-uk4xi 6 лет назад +1

      Oh that's interesting. Sounds like a better idea than reading the same exact thing again, thanks.

  • @redstickcajunvlogs8278
    @redstickcajunvlogs8278 6 лет назад

    Thanks for showing me the things I need to know so I can hopefully survive in the wild : )

  • @knotsnchains6907
    @knotsnchains6907 6 лет назад

    crunchy and tasty, no wonder the worms want those nuts...
    OMG! you guys are eating and smiling! getting fond of pike... you didn' eat the clams...

  • @Tinschen666
    @Tinschen666 7 лет назад

    Just found the series, finding it stunning and awesome... But i have one question: why did you not try to combine several of your raw ingredients in some sort of soup? Choke cherries and Pike for example? Not only to flavor the crude protein but to make it better digestible? At least I would have tried it =/ but ok, i Just know the buch of vaccinium berries from scandinavia... Looking forward to watch All your Videos Here!

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      Further along we tried a bit of chokecherry sauce on fish and it was no better. We have found that chokecherries are best dried after they have been picked fully ripe. These were a bit early, but still okay...drying them in really the key. We use them again in Season 2, which I am just now editing. Should be ready in about 6 weeks. I've made fruit leather here too in a previous video and was able to eat quite a bit of it.

  • @bruceh6878
    @bruceh6878 5 лет назад

    Third time I've watched these series

  • @ManapuaMan
    @ManapuaMan 6 лет назад

    Haha Nut Meat! Thanks for bringing is along. Reminds me of being young back home in Hawai'i.

  • @MattLaClear
    @MattLaClear 6 лет назад

    Love what you guys put out. Please, please keep it coming.

  • @kiajimbodamofkr5913
    @kiajimbodamofkr5913 6 лет назад

    you guys are awesome. I learned many new things for my next fishing trip

  • @elisoro5670
    @elisoro5670 5 лет назад

    When you wake up in the middle of the night try eating something and then drink at least a glass of water because it always helps me when I’m starving. Drink some and then close your eyes as quick as you can to sleep again 👍 i hope this helps🤔 it might not because Maybe our human bodies are so use to having stomachs, well i don’t know but anyway have a great time 😁

  • @CaptMorgasm
    @CaptMorgasm 7 лет назад

    Hey blokes, gotta thank you for turning me onto to bush craft and survival. Did some research and found out bunch of plant species I'm familiar with that are edible in my area, even a few weeds in my garden when don't taste too bad. I got a question though at 28m that perch looked vibrant green, were you concerned? do you know whats going on there? Cheers.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      I couldn't see it at 28:00?

    • @CaptMorgasm
      @CaptMorgasm 7 лет назад

      Maybe its me but at 28;18 specifically the pieces of meat look very green. Though I guess it could be my slight colour blindness though I'm sure the other fillets were much more beige than that.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад +1

      Yeah, it does look a little green, but could just be the lighting. I didn't notice that it was any different. The meat is sort of an off-white.

  • @MM-on5pm
    @MM-on5pm 7 лет назад

    Glad to see you ended up trying to cook the chokecherries, like I commented in an earlier video. I see it wasn't much better for you, although now I'm wondering how it would be cooked with some of the blueberries and/or pin cherries. Maybe it can be reduced to a point where the skins are either easily removed or you just wouldn't notice them when blended with the others.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  7 лет назад

      I'm sure there is a way to improve them. I think the skins are part of the problem so straining them out might help to make a more palatable juice. I'll have to keep playing around with them.

  • @fmmodifications1745
    @fmmodifications1745 6 лет назад

    Enjoy every video guys thanks y’all

  • @blessed2bbless
    @blessed2bbless 6 лет назад

    Thanks for teaching me about some new cherries and berries. Choke,pin and bunch.

  • @christophergarmey920
    @christophergarmey920 6 лет назад

    im so happy to have stumbled across your channel cant believe ive missed this channel omg so many videos and i love hunter gatherer videos so im right in my elements here new sub going to spend the next week or two in hospital watching your videos see how happy iam :)

  • @Rokynutz
    @Rokynutz 6 лет назад

    Are your fresh water clams ridden with parasites like the ones here on the west coast? Columbia river specifically. Besides parasites, we have a lot of heavy metals in our fish and fresh water shellfish.

    • @TheWoodedBeardsman
      @TheWoodedBeardsman  6 лет назад

      I think so, but they are small and I don't think you can actually see them. We also have heavy metals in some of our waterways, so I imagine they are quite similar to yours.

  • @janepeacock-baillie3380
    @janepeacock-baillie3380 6 лет назад

    U always amaze me wooded 😊👍😊