Catch and Cook Survival Challenge | 100% WILD Food SURVIVAL Challenge
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- The Wilderness Living "Survival" Challenge is not actually a standard "survival challenge," but more like a test of the modern gatherer to sustain himself on wild foods only. We will weight ourselves at the start of the challenge and then weigh-out at the end. If we lose any weight at all, we lose the challenge!
Last season of The Wilderness Living Challenge brought Zach Fowler to Ontario, Canada on my home turf, but this time we are in Zach's home turf of Maine, USA. The point of all this is simple, gain or maintain body weight only catching cooking our own food. Last season was our best so far, we managed to get all sort of wild foods from beaver to bear, duck, grouse, and more, but will it be as epic this time around? This is a coastal survival challenge!
First we seek out alewife or river herring in order to bait our lobster traps. But after we run out of time, we are left only with bait. The lobster traps will need to stay out in the ocean for at least two nights. The basic idea is to trade a very bony bait fish for something much more palatable, wild, fresh caught lobster.
Local, organic, wild-harvested northern waters fish paté...with subtle creek flavor notes. In this first episode of our wilderness survival challenge we search out lobster and alewife or river herring. We'll use dip nets and lobster traps in a motor boat to try to balance out our calories.
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Follow along as we struggle to get wild foods!
I am joined by Zach Fowler on his home turf in Maine, USA in the spring.
Here, we plan to do Season 5 of The Wilderness Living Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to gain or maintain our body weight eating only the wild food we can collect on site using whatever means necessary.
Winning the Wilderness Living Challenge is harder than it seems.
Season 5: Maine Spring, takes place in Maine, USA with coastal food priorities including fish, clams, crab, seaweed, groundhog, pigeon, turkey, dandelion, cattail, and whatever else is edible! Nothing is off the menu, if it's edible, we'll eat it.
We make use of all the resources in this challenge to meet the demands for calories imposed by the human body!
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Minnow SMOOTHIES in SURVIVAL CHALLENGE (BAD START)! | Day 1 of 7 of Wilderness Challenge
*Hey all, go check out Zach too and send him a sub (posting Tuesday and Friday)! There is only some overlap between both of us and we split up a ton on this one to get all the work done!* ua-cam.com/channels/2h_ncHoP2v6OO_zFsMuOPQ.html
Thanks for the entertainment!!! And the new mentality this season hopefully it turns out great.
Ok
I thoroughly enjoyed the start to the wilderness challenge cause it’s life stuff happens it’s not all peaches and cream
I was thinking maybe you could add the ground up fish with the masa and made like either a burger or a fish cake and I know if you brought Masa with you you must have brought some Bear fat too right right say you did cause from what Jeremy says Bear fat makes everything taste better 😁
Bear fat would certainly help, but didn't bring any, just the four!
The Wooded Beardsman yis shudda just started that next morning pal ,yous 2 guys don’t need to prove what yous are about,we know yous are the best tag team on utube hands down! Yous will reap your rewards I’ve seen snipits and teasers !it looks class!. And this vid ,this shows yous are up straight and been honest and showing it.the difference with yous guys, it is what it is ✊🏻
OHHHH YYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!! THE TIME IS FINALLY UPON US!!!!! THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE NEW SURVIVAL SERIES
"Fish going for a swim in his... friends." 😂🤣 lmao
30:17 *brutal*
I laughed so hard!
You're 100% right about using modern tools to get game. The resources available now is nothing like it was back in the day. Especially in a place like Maine.
The only "criticism" I would have is that given the fact we're all living off easy to find, calorie rich foods, if you loose a pound or two, it shouldn't be a "loss". If we were all living wild, we'd probably all be thinner and fitter. Although I know you're pretty lean already,
And shorter! That's a big thing to "digest"...lack of lifetime of good food would stunt our growth and we'd need less food.
The Wooded Beardsman Yes, shorter if they weren't getting enough food. Stats show people are getting taller because of the increase of calories in our diets.
But point is, to me anyway, it's still not a fail if you dropped a pound or two, so long as you still felt good, but that isn't quantitative, so you have to use the scale. I'd call it a moral victory I guess🙂
But right now, I can't imagine you guys pulling it off in a place like Maine. Way too populated, but I guess I have to wait to find out.
@@jimf1964 Did you watch last season all the way through? I don't want to give you any spoilers...but that's the one to pay attention. You're right about the height thing, but we can't really go back. Are you watching One Wildcrafter? Dude is down like 45 lbs and only weights 10 lbs more than me. He's only eating wild foods...but no limits on how he gets them.
The Wooded Beardsman I watched and enjoyed the last one you did with fowler. I actually wanted to ask you why you drove so far up north for it, and some other videos I've seen from you as well. Isn't there enough game and fish around North Bay? Or do you just enjoy an excuse to really go wild?
I'll check out the other channel maybe on the weekend.
That's the thing...pressure from man everywhere. We went up for less pressured ducks and grouse...even then we ran into atv hunters and they took out hundreds of birds all around us. We do need to fine a more remote location for the challenge where we don't have so much competition.
I respect both of your commitment and I can't wait to see all the days ahead.
Not only did I watch it to the end but choked down my biscuits and gravy with eggs as you made your fish bait smoothie.LOL
Yum!
I slightly nodded off 3 times drunk and still here. 💪✊👊👍. Always great content and much room for my mouth to run. Lots to comment on. Thank you
Gotta hang in there brother!
Instead of learning for my hunting license I am watching UA-cam...🤷♂️😂. Cheers from Germany
Quality bass-o-matic you got there!
Gave 'er a good goo :)
Been waiting since the last one ended. Glad to see you're still delivering this amazing content to us , keep up the good work!
Thanks!
When I was a kid, my neighbors, who lived in essentially a big shack, had a huge rain barrel full of fish. They also ate possum, muskrat, frogs, squirrels, pigeons, and similar wild meats. This was normal. They also had a huge garden that covered more than half their corner lot, including the best peaches anywhere on earth. My dad helped them tend the garden (they were elderly) in exchange for half the produce. Strangely perhaps, we kids developed an insatiable taste for fresh spring lettuce sandwiches with butter and sugar. The old couple chewed tobaccy like there was no tomorrow, and of course we, as barefoot little kids, had to be careful where we walked to avoid the slimey old chaws. One day two well-dressed motorcycle riders showed up at the old couple's house. They each had motorcycles that looked like they were 15 feet long and plated in gold. Every imaginable accessory was on those bikes, and you could see a mile into the riders' black boots, they were so shiny. Turns out, they were family members of our neighbors, and part owners of Harley-Davidson. Go figure.
Mate not lame at all thats amazing what you guys do i'd love to do a 7 day wilderness living challenge.
Thank you for doing another wilderness living challenge! I sincerely enjoy watching them (I don't want to say how many times I've watched seasons 1-4, but it is definitely more than once lol, they are just great shows). Sorry there are weak minded people talking crap, and you aren't getting the views you truly deserve and earn ( I watched the video that is now removed) and have done what I can to help support you by my current means. You have such a great attitude, and I respect the hell out of ya for doing this a fifth time. I'm not able to get out and do basic camping right now, so watching these videos lets me sorta feel like I am vicariously through you. I wish it were the one positive comment that negates the 10 douchebag comments, but often times I know it is the one negative comment you can dwell on even after reading 20, You rock man, and I am stoked you are doing another series like this. Thanks again, Woodbeard. In a sea of absolute garbage content on youtube, you put out some prime, quality content. Cheers from the USA.
Thanks for such a great note! I guess I'm frustrated more in my ability to convey what it's really like out there trying to live off the foods we are able to get - how much going without meals is a challenge for me. I'm definitely working on it and I think getting better. You're right about the 1 negative comment stinging more than all the positive ones. I find that taking time to thank people helps me focus on the great comments more, so thanks for giving me time to pause and thank you! I hope you get more time to get out there and do some camping, appreciate you supporting and watching!
@@TheWoodedBeardsman The only way you could convey it better is to make the videos longer, but people are pretty simple and basic-plus I'm sure a few of your viewers have never been basic tent camping, and just like the videos because they are quality. You are doing great man. Thank you.
Hey man! Just want to say I love your videos 👌🏻🔥 I used to commercial fish along the pacific west coast. Your videos bring me back to those times with your outdoorsman vlogs! Cheers from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇨🇦
Hello
I love that you guys are going after the wild food part of the challenge. Modern tools is a no brainier to me. Use what you have to make it.
In a real survival situation, I'd be using whatever tools I could find. No shame in what you guys are doin. Love it
Awesome!! I love all your videos, I live in b.c and from watching almost all your vlogs (still catching up) you have given me the ideas and passion to go out in the Bush a survive, learn about the plants and animals we have here while being legal and packing out what i pack in. Well done W.B !👍
I love what you guys do. Because of you I want to learn even more about living off of the land. I watch you and Zachary Fowler religously. Keep up the fantastic work
We get a bit closer every time!
Full stop:) RIP Zach's blender lol!!! Always enjoy the vids
Hahaha
Tormund returning to the wild became a wildling
Yummy fish fruit roll ups!! Wait yaaa indeed taking one for team beards!!!😂🍻👍
Glad to see you around brother!
Guys, go five Aaron a sub!
Shout outs dont work 😆🍻
Aaron Nelson shout outs work for me :)
“This isn’t a survival challenge” in my opinion it’s a it’s not a wild surviving challenge it’s a wild thriving challenge 😂😂 love your channel and Zack’s you guys are the best keep it up boys
Here's an idea, now just bear with me here, what if you scaled, pan fried or coal cooked the fish, and then scrape as much meat and skin off of them as as possible. Then, you could mix it with powdered Masa, and Woodobo, then hot rock cook it into a kind of fishy crab cake. (Maybe throw some lobster in?) It would be easy to store and keep cool, and you'd get the nutrition from both the fish meat and skin, without as many sharp bits of bone.
Ps, I'm loving this series so far, I'm subscribed to both you, and Zach, and have watched a ton of both of your content. Keep up the good work brotha! Cheers, from California :)
I love this type of video. there are hundreds and thousand survival videos but no ( other than yours) "How to Thrive in the Wilderness" videos Excellent! I like the use of modern tools and equipment as well. It's not enough to just survive if you can't live to enjoy the experience of living off the land. One tip for you is that if you want to gain weight you are on the right track and that is CARBS. The food you were eating are high in fat and protein and you found that you maintain or lose weight. Its very much like the Keto diet and it takes time for your body to adjust to lo or no carbs before your weight stabilizes. Then you will find you stop losing weight and eat less. Great videos!!!!
gtootikian where do you find heavy carb nutrients by foraging and hunting? Out of your element? In Maine? I’m trying to think that through. Love the corn cakes. i think lots of times adequate quantity of fat can help too like rendered bear fat. Carbs are the big equalizer it’s why all or most processed foods in our country include corn or soy as top ingredients. Even cat food. Such an easy to digest and quick energy source. Keto is retraining your body until, like you said it equalizes. I will follow you on UA-cam. Do u post here a lot?
Check out One Wildcrafter...he's lost 45 lbs eating only wild foods. He hasn't been able to stabilize and he's eating everything he can catch, steal or take...he broke down and bought wild rice...he was getting super skinny...borederline unhealthy. And that is eating unlimited wild foods. It's just nutrient poor...unprocessed, low calorie.
What a beautiful life that you live. I wish u all the best from Albania 🇦🇱
Full stop each time every time brother WB!
Thanks Kevin!
Those last 5 minutes... Comedy Gold. Love it.
Been waiting so long for this
If your still watching this...this is so lame. Lol love it
Hhaaha
YES lads! :D Another video! :)
That fish muck is so unappetizing. To each their own!
I'm sure if I was hungry, I'd eat it too.
I have been waiting for this!
I love this idea you guys are halarious! Keep this going awesome adventure! Fish roll ups haha!
Thanks!
Yes!!!!.. I've been with ya all five seasons!!!!!
Thanks Adrian! How much have we learned doing this!
Do the challenge and videos exactly as you want to do them. I like that you showed the bad with the good. It is a good lesson for everyone as to how important it is to get things prepared ahead of time. It would have been nice if you caught your bait and immediately were able to set lobster traps right afterwards, but this is the real world where things don't always work out perfectly. I hope you and Zach continue doing videos together.
And last season people complained that it was too easy according to all the planning I put in...doesn't really matter what you do I guess. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
@@TheWoodedBeardsman
You are always going to have people complaining. It is good that you are upfront with everyone right at the beginning letting everyone know that this is your challenge and you are going to do it how you want and people don't have to watch if they don't want to. Have fun and stay safe out there and most importantly just keep doing your thing!
Living like Kings eating lobster. So awesome.
Fish pizza dough. Great idea. Add light tarter sauce cover. Tomatoes, lettuce, lemon, and bam there ya go. Maybe some berries
So rich! :)
Good luck guys
Nice interesting video don’t know about your cooking though!
We’ve just eaten Cod and chips with mushy peas lol thanks for sharing. 👍👌🇬🇧
Ok, but frankly I'd rather eat the fish jerky. You lost me with the pea thing.
Nope, we're just fudging it along. Got to start someplace!
The moment we all been waiting for
Wood Beard love you brother, don't wanna hear you defend yourself man, don't feed the trolls! That fish paste made me cringe, not much I can't eat but idk how much of that I could eat, I think I would prefer the bones lol.
You for sure wouldn't! It just wasn't edible...like at all. Too many small pin bones, ugh.
ya eat what ya gotta eat. looking forward to the next video.
Full stop👍
Taking one for the team for sure. Not as bad as the minnow soup from season one though so definitely an improvement in that regards.
Now the long wait till the next one. Thanks for sharing.
Whats full stop mean?
Yeah, any meal where we don't get sick!!
@@TheWoodedBeardsman hey wood beard thanks for liking my comment man. I love your content as well as Fowlers. I also hope to grow my beard out like yours man haha
Great video Brother!
Yes👍
Saved to playlist and watch it at lunch
Thanks boss!
Good work boytz...
Friday made. This season looks like it's gonna be great
a more calorie efficient way to dip net is to tie a rope to the hoop of the net and the other end to a tree close by.
with enough slack to dip the net in the water and hold it there under the surface, using the tension of the rope to keep it in place instead of your muscle fighting the current the tree branch will be.
you dont have to waste energy constantly dipping at every flash you hold your net and wait for them to swim into it and pop it up when you feel one squirm. thanks very much for sharing your videos
Interesting! We found after a while that it made sense to work the pools up from the bottom and just do a scoop in each one. If the fish where there, we'd get some. Best is a big fish weir!
Just needed some bear fat and them fish cakes would have been awesome. Seriously i love this series
Props to you guys. I watched the series you did together up here in Canada. Back for round 2. I love the style of videos, living off the land is an excellent concept. I also like the "whatever means necessary" point of view. I mean if things were to shut down now and you were forced to fead yourself, would you honestly run around with a rock and a stick? Awesome job guys keep it rolling. I love all the different approaches to gathering the food to. Never would have thought of net fishing!
Awesome guys! Keep it up!
Lol. It's not lame. It really shows that yall are adaptable. Great job guys.
I'm glad you see it that way!
Hey Chris - FWIW I love this series and all of your rules make perfect sense.
Thanks Shannon!
By the way, let’s clap for Beardsman because we are lucky viewers that our UA-camr sees our comments, likes them AND responds. This is amazing. I feel so lucky to follow someone who is so good to his followers. 🦊the Woodobo clan! Forever!
As long as I can make the time, I'll continue to do so! Appreciate all the comments you leave.
Love these videos keep it up
Full stop :-) Prediction,,, both maintain you are both in tune with this stuff and once the food is covered you'll be sweet looking forward to both series
Thanks Richard!
You guys are the best please keep it up
It looks like a bunch of cow poop. Lol 😆😆😆
Imma be honest with you I'm probably going to sound like a heartless sadist right here but season 1 was my favorite because you guys brought almost nothing along and because of your miserable suffering... Jeremy and Wooded Beardsman will always be my favorite survival duo
All good! That was a really tough one to film and live through. I think we can keep doing better though.
JUST TO TELL YA THE TRUTH,I FISH AND HUNT AND WHEN IM NOT HUNTING AND FISHING I LIKE TO WATCH IT AND YOU WERE KINDA DOING IT PRIMATIVE,IM GOING TO KEEP WATCHING BUT THE FACT YOUR DOING STUFF I CANT DO CAUSE I HAVE A JOB IS AWSOME
31:10 I must be dedicated lol but this stuff is great 😂
Love the vid
I think the blender fish is the only thing yet that made me want to gag, you guys are dedicated!!
Thank you yes I am still watching very interesting I must try this
If you pressure can the fish it cooks the bones and makes them soft and very edible. Great for fish cakes/burgers. I have been doing it for years. Add some jalapeños to the jar for added pep in the flavor
You guys are definitely taking one for the team because I don't think I would eat that..........JJ...
Wow!! a successful scoop that you guys scoop the fish on that river !!.. great !!👍👍👍
Honestly, the challenge part of this and other series really doesn't matter to me. I simply enjoy watching you guys hangout and do your thing.
Looks like baked mud pies. Hey, let's give some to Mikey, he'll eat anything!
The Wilderness Thrival Challenge....keep up the awesome work.
Oh yeah you and zack should make a worm compost bin and use it for fishing they’ll repopulate for you you will never need worms again
This video was sick bro keep it up
Good job can't wait for the next one
Just getting in the grove!
@@TheWoodedBeardsman well then groove on brother
The Wooded Beardsman: "are you just gonna give up or are you gonna be the first person to eat human ?
Me: Yes ! This boney fish is starting to attract these humans. 😋😋👍 mmm humans.
It's Great! Nice video. Thank you for sharing it. You have my support.
"Working AGINST us" what in the Canada did I just here? ( 17:35 )
Blended bony fish patty-something
I'm hungry now.
Good job hope you can catch some lobster
Full stop.
You did it fish smoothy! Haha Boney fish and bouys or boys lol! Cool to watch both versions cheers! Tow shame lol!
:)
bro that dog scared the hell out of me
Not kidding. When I watched the start of the video, I thought you had finally lost it from eating all that wild food. Love your videos though.
Lost it a while ago!
Looks like Zach is showing you some good food!! Awesome!!
We're getting there!!!!
When you watch the entire 34 minute video and you get thanked for watching it 😲
i loved when u said "good job man" at 8:42 :D sounded so nice :D
full stop
Thanks!
This is awesome! I love these types of videos : )
Have fun Wooded beardsman, don't worry what people say...
i love this so much
Gotta hand it to you guys that may have been the grossest wilderness living challenge meal of all time. Right up there with minnow soup. Super cool to see you guys working together again.
When we're eating minnows, you know we started off badly LOL
Yes I watched the whole show. Whats Wrong with Me. Lol
You're in great company!
Lmao the candian touch
Yep oily fish smoked and well cooked 👍🏻
the boat got the beardsman touch
Love watching you and Zack doing this challenges. Hopefully you guys can get some good lobsters to feast on. Can’t wait to see where you guys go from there.
Up, hopefully LOL
Damn they made it look so easy catching the fish lol
It's easy enough, but not that easy! Took a half day to really learn how to do it well enough.
@@TheWoodedBeardsman oh I see ! Y'all still did ya thing an caught a good amount haha
You can manipulate your metabolism to store fat by spiking insulin with carbohydrate consumption (which will prime the cells for storage) then eating as much fat as you can. Protein is a less efficient energy source than either fat or carbohydrates because it cost around 30% more calories to metabolize. If you eat too high protein you will lose weight and if you eat too little carbohydrates you will lose weight (both water and fat) fairly rapidly... Also, carbohydrates in the form of fructose will not spike insulin and therefore will not trigger significant fat storage other than in the liver.
What a lovely intro to set the mood lol
Pull up, it's what's for dinner!
Soo excited for season 5!!!!
:)
So another thing I would try after blending the fish is then laying it in strips or patties whatever shape you want lol and putting them in the smoker or dehydrator with some Woodobo. Smoked Fish jerky! Like making jerky or of burger, fish burger so you don't have to mess with the bones.
Yup, that would help give it more flavor!
I am enjoying this video, and your northern accents!
The dedication to eating that dry fish paste 👍👍
Full Stop!
Thanks man, everyone give this guy a sub.