John Schneider's Wild Life

Updated: 19 Oct 2023 • 101 episodes
www.johnswildlife.com

A self-reliant lifestyle on a live-aboard sailboat, wild food ingredients, and how to collect them...with a special focus on folks who are just beginning their wild food journey. Here on the podcast and YouTube channel, we explore the world of wild food adventures, bushcraft, and backcountry camping. Welcome to John Schneider's Wild Life. Join John and his expert guests, as they embark on interesting journeys through North America's hunting heritage, the art of fly-fishing and traditional bowhunting, and the interesting world of wild food ingredients. As passionate advocates of sustainable living, we bring you into the episodes highlighting these values. With a focus on the great outdoors, let's explore the connection between hunting, fishing, and the pursuit of fresh, wild food ingredients.  Whether it is thrilling hunting episodes in the arctic wilderness or exciting fly-fishing adventures in picturesque mountain streams and storm-ravaged beaches, we invite you to immerse yourself in the beauty of nature while discovering delicious wild food ingredients that will inspire your own adventures. Whether you're a seasoned hunter, an avid angler, just getting started, or simply a lover of wild food, this show is your ultimate destination for a blend of hunting heritage, conservation, fly-fishing expertise, and culinary delights.  Subscribe now and embark on a backcountry adventure with John Schneider's Wild Life.  Traditional bowhunting, wingshooting, campfire cooking, backcountry camping, and trekking. This Canadian-made, indie podcast covers all how-to's when securing food from the wild. Please visit the website www.johnswildlife.com

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Alex Nadeau and I are in the tent alongside a creek in the Yukon high country. We tell the amazing story of our first-night connection with a huge bull Moose and then we get into a discussion on staying positive while in the field on long hunts. You can watch videos from this trip on our new YouTube channel, John Schne

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Sitting in a tent alongside a small river in the Yukon Territories of northern Canada on a rainy afternoon, Alex tells us the story of his recent successful sheep hunt. Maybe you will never get a chance to hunt thinhorn sheep in your life, but it is pretty cool to hear the story from someone who does just that on a reg

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This is a good episode! I recently had the chance to chat with Pope & Young Club"s past President, Jim Willems. Jim is an outstanding traditional bowhunter whose passion for bowhunting takes him far and wide. He"s taken numerous world-class animals with his recurve and speaks eloquently about taking back the word "trop

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First off, May, Kevin, and I are at a favourite stream for a few days of fly fishing and wild food fun. The weather has been tumultuous, and the stream is running wildly and is the colour of skim chocolate milk! The fishing is challenging and even getting up and down the mountain river to the next hole is not without i

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Clay Newcomb was super helpful to me when I wanted to publish a story in Bear Hunter Magazine about my big bear in "21.  At the time, he was the owner of the magazine and I didn"t know it then, but he was mostly complete with his discussions with Steve Rinella and the Meat Eater company. It wouldn"t be long after that

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Here is a delightful episode from a day spent fishing in the East Kootenays of British Columbia with Paige Johnstone and Lisa Tink.  This starts as a lovely day on a small stream. It was so nice to be back in BC and spend time with friends. I had planned this episode immediately after I met Paige last summer while fish

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