Catch and Cook CHIPMUNK in 7-Day Coastal Survival Challenge! | 100% WILD Food ONLY

In day 4 of this survival series we head back to staple foods like alewife or river herring, fish egg and milt and clams in order to stay on top of my calories. After not eating much for the day besides some broth, I nearly quit. This challenge is super hard, much harder than it looks.
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We also are looking for other wild foods like turkey as it is the spring season. We do manage to get a red squirrel in a catch and cook which we add to our smoked fish.
The goal is to replace any calories we burn foraging for wild foods in order to balance our energy expenditures as modern foragers.
We bait our lobster traps with alewife or river herring which we dip netted the day before. This is all about survival and eating the foods that we can easily forage and scavenge from wild sources. We are really trying to balance our calories eating only wild edibles.
We will show you how to cook and clean the clams and eat the stomach. We will remove the skin and also purge and wash the clams and boil in water.
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The Wilderness Living Challenge is not a "survival challenge," but more like a test of the modern hunter gatherer to sustain himself on wild foods only. We will weight ourselves at the start of the challenge and weight out at the end. If we lose any weight at all, we lose the challenge!
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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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[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

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[@HeadHoncho727]

Sir, you just fucked the population up. You just earned an unfollow

[@donniebaker6499]

Mmm fish eggs.

[@ItzK4M1]

@the wooded beardsman, im not sure dude, but in new zealand if you let the "clams" soak in water overnight. usually they spit out a bunch of the sand they keep as well..

[@touyatodoroki502]

The Real Head Honcho he has a license for this stuff. Leave the man alone. I’m sure he fixed the netting after learning what it’s used for. Jeez.🙄

[@saltandvinegar4444]

youre watching the good shit when a 30min vid feels short

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Funny same effect as good drugs

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Brian Ryu agreed!

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Well another great Vid watched, On To The Next One with a FULLSTOP...

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🐚Full Stop. excellent 😉

[@SonoraSlinger]

Out there gurgling salt malt 🤣🤣

[@because-strudels]

I know you said you're having a really tough time this challenge, but I think this one is one of my favorites you guys have done so far. The struggle, the learning, the pay-offs... so much realness, man.

[@inkblizzard7949]

I came for the chipmunk….but stayed for the clams.

[@johneduchene6532]

"Alvin? Alvin. AAAAAAAALLLLLLVIIIIIIIIN!!!"

[@matttroiani3940]

if you leave your clams in water and cornmeal overnight they will eat the cornmeal and fill they're belly's so they are not full of sand.

[@jairmaldonado1694]

Bro you’re like the bob Ross of hunting , love watching these videos

[@billbo747]

Chris must have super high metabolism. Who else could eat half a bear and be hungry 20 minutes later? Keep up the great work, my friend. Full stop.

[@lancegiancone8816]

Full stop

[@Kubulek17]

sir... i promise you ill take you to mcdonalds if you drop that poor chipmunk

[@PrimalRenegade17]

That head joke was the best. Peak of your comedic career xD

[@jackmehoff2961]

a quick protein snack on the go.

[@VTuber_Clipp3r]

zack and bob hansler are too pg13 to get these jokes :) (not that there's anything wrong with that)

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I like and subscribe and turned on notifications

[@jersonjames2732]

as a support I watch all the ads that pops up from your video aside from watching all the video w/o skipping it. Nice season man love of loves from the Philippines!

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Thanks James!

[@christophsarcher6240]

I said it many times and i say it again... BEST survival channel out there!!! I love it

[@aaronnelson1099]

Just like a big sardine - without the can!! What? You ate the head? One way to get a head😂🔥🔥🔥👍💪Save that piece in your beard for breakfast!!

[@t-n-tadventures8996]

Get ahead, lol you Juan funny guy. It takes them Gingers a little longer to understand a corny joke..

[@j.b.433]

Hello Mr. Beardsman. I really, really enjoy watching your videos. So even if I focus on some criticism now, please don't get a wrong idea of my view/opinion on your videos, as they are really great. This criticism is supposed to be constructive and most of it is about my gut feelings of the change of your videos. I do not have the time to prove/verify these feelings, but maybe we could discuss these a little bit. When I started to watch this video, I haven't been following your channel for the last two weeks, because I was on vacation. So maybe because of that distance I realized a few things when I started to watch this video: 1) I really enjoy this very slow talking, very patient and calm in the beginning (when you wash your knife). To me it feels like you really take your time for me, the watcher. I actually like when you stop you explanation at 1:01 for a bird joining you at the creek and you telling us about it. Maybe because I live in a really big city with pretty much no nature around me, it is that I enjoy your videos so much. And your calm personality makes it possible for me to be right there with you and to forget the hectic and stressful city live around me (and also my very stressful private live). So for me your videos absolutely do not need to be with a lot of action and "kills". I have a feeling, that you are drifting slowly into the direction of spectacular videos, with something new in every video. I personally do not need that and it was never the reason for me watching you channel. 2) In this context I also noticed, that you do not show as much nature anymore as you used to. In some of your earlier videos you had a lot of sequences where you were just showing the calm lake, the crackling fire and so on. I gave your videos your unique, calm and almost quite character. Another possibility for a "break" of you talking (which is not a bad thing, but I feel it is a little bit too much in your videos lately) could be sequences of you walking through the woods, hunting, etc. and exploring. 3) I also noticed that you do not take as much time for explaining as you used to. For me that was one of the most important things to watch your videos. For example in the video where you dig for clams: Where did you look for them and why? What did you experience when you dug for them and what are the tricks that figured out? For me, that was a video, where a few dudes dig for clams and it was not you and me who go on the beach together and you are teaching me how to do it, or we figure it out together, learn together. In this video I did not feel that I was right there with you. An example for a video where you achieved right that was in the videos where you trapped snowshoe hares. Note: I wrote this at about 6:00. So you actually explained a bit of clam digging later on in this video. So this particular observations might be wrong. So again, this is about my very spontaneous gut feelings, I might be wrong with my observations. So please just read them and make your mind, maybe there is a reason why you change the style of your videos that I am (most likely) not aware of. I just think you should be aware of these changes and what kind of feelings you create in me with your videos. A video I really like (maybe a little bit to much music.) by a close friend of mine, who taught me hunting in the US. He actually enjoys teaching hunting more than actually hunt himself: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHbclKWkj7Z-i68&has_verified=1

[@stephenmitts9958]

full stop

[@michaelcooper8139]

Man when I see a comment like "man you guys should be thriving out there." You can just tell those people have no freaking idea what it takes to to do a challenge as this even with all the tools in the world how much it takes and to not lose weight doing all the running around hunting and gathering and I mean eventually it will even out I guess but is it worth it after that I don't know I just wish people wouldn't be so quick to be like a man that's easy. I think four season 6 and maybe for the rest of the seasons you should take out a KZbinr skeptic I think that'd be pretty fun to watch. You guys are doing great man I got faith in you both. As long as you're having fun doing it nothing else really matters does it? God bless and Godspeed Brothers

[@Mario_Alzuri]

Great video dude! Keep it up and never surrender. Don’t let a new land fuck with your mindset. By the way you & Zack make a killer duo.

[@trevorreilly963]

Loved hearing the beardsman laughing

[@nathansilva192]

Where's the chipmunk part?? Great video 👍

[@LOVEisTHEultimateLAW]

i love how yet you inform your partners that you are hungry you dont bitch about it and just push through and end up with a great result. another great vids :D

[@johngiff2978]

I would totally be afraid to go to sleep with the bearded guy in camp, the way he is always hungry LOL

[@preachta]

🤣

[@williamspaid432]

Full stop. Please keep making the videos.I had my neck and back broken in multiple places while serving in the Marine Corp. and I wish I could spend days in the woods bit can't... So i only get watch y'all do it. Thanks for the enjoyment.

[@archaicbushcraft]

full stop, Supporting as much as I can for ya

[@sotasar86]

Full stop. Good stuff my man.

[@scottbainetwisted_keel_adv5821]

I bet the the alewife would have cooked good buried in ash with a few coal over it for that type fish. Great challenge with Zach and hey to Malcolm 👍👍

[@animegirl2617]

Full stop! Man it was so hard to watch you go very hungry, at least in the end you were able to get a feast! Hopefully you get those calories back!

[@PlanetRibooted]

I will ALWAYS watch!!! Not only subscribed, but also hit the bell for notifications!

[@touyatodoroki502]

I live in North Carolina and there’s so many different things to hunt and lots of different wild fruits and vegetables. You just gotta know what you’re looking for to make sure you don’t eat anything poisonous. Lots of wooded areas out here as well. I always enjoy in the Summer going out into the woods and setting up a camp. If you have anyone in NC, you should totally try the wilderness living challenge here some time.

[@ojsdiysjensen7]

Great video brother love watching keep up the good work

[@chrishill8608]

Full Stop. Great episode man. You showed great mental and physical fortitude Chris. Being hungry and frustrated can be devastating. You really pushed through it and made some discoveries along the way. Especially with the Alewife. How to cook them and deal with all the bones. Also, I wonder if all that oil will turn out to be more of a sustainable energy source. Cheers man. Well done. Looking forward to the next one as always.

[@diladrin3733]

Full stop, love your channel!

[@julieanndoyel144]

Glad the fish is working out. Clams looked good too. Doing a great job, hope y'all get that turkey. Love your channel.

[@Theampfan]

full stop. Great stuff Dude

[@that__one__guy5405]

I haven't had time to watch the video yet, but I will. I just wanted to comment and encourage you, and definitely thank you for making another video AND SERIES where you are suffering and putting in work for youtube viewers like me. Man I respect the hell out of ya, and even at my obese weight I wonder how I could measure up to you guys. Happy (late) Canada Day! Much love and respect from the USA. I wish I had some land for you to utilize for videos I bet you are a great conversationalist in person. I've been watching for quite a while now, and really like your style of videos. I'm not talking trash, but other "survivalist" videos are just too over-edited. Not everything needs cut-scenes and sound effects lol. Your videos are enjoyable and relaxing, "other" videos are sporadic and just feel over polished to the point the luster is gone. Thank you Wooded Beardsman. I sincerely wish I was a part of your "team" if shit does ever hit the fan. You have skills. I bet I could out fish ya tho (JKJK, LOL).

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

I don't mind getting outfished! More fish to be shared!

[@that__one__guy5405]

@@TheWoodedBeardsman Dude, I need to change my mentality, similar to yours. You are always so positive and encouraging. It would be interesting to meet you someday.

[@drewdagnese276]

The mushrooms growing by the Knot Weed are Phesant Back and are really edible. Should smell like watermelon rind when you break a piece off. lol too bad you didnt know that at the time.

[@survivingminnesota8381]

What he said

[@cliffdunning9296]

I saw that too. One of my favorites in spring. Harvest the outer tender edges of this polypore with a knife. Fried in butter or margarine (or bear oil if you have it) add salt and pepper and it tastes somewhat like beef.

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Pheasant back are good, but very chewy unless you find them small.

[@pappapinskie5883]

Gotta find em small before the pores on the underside "open" up. But I can't even do that because I'm allergic af to em. Lol

[@Captjohn7659]

I seen them to.

[@adriancollins7813]

Full stop! Love the videos!

[@bigmoe192]

Full stop. Love watching your videos, really makes me want to learn how to survive on my own out in the wilderness of Ontario

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I like and subscribe

[@derethknight]

Love the videos! Your a man's man. FULL STOP!

[@MiscMitz]

Yet another great video, full stop. Learning a lot. Thank you and keep with it.

[@HeBeWorthy]

Nice one man, Full Stop.

[@shipwreckjohn7427]

hope you continue to make these series! it is good stuff!

[@coltonevansdrouillard8911]

Full stop brother good video keep them coming

[@michaelbrunner6654]

Great haul on the clams!

[@jimmolloy1654]

hey dude, you need to put the shellfish in seawater for a few hours and chuck a handful of flour in there to let them sift the sand out. You actually see them start to feed and they start to spit out these sandy mucousy gobs. You have to feed them for a little bit to clear them of sand. You could probably even use cattails or anything starchy. They open their shells and their siphons pop out. I pick cockles and razorclams on the reg. I won't eat them unless I've done this. It turns a sandy inconvenience into a gourmet meal.

[@jessanddavidboham8014]

I love these videos they're absolutely very informative and very much a learning experience for outdoor living. Eating those fish after you smoke them and then to cook them over the fire, it made the bones in the head edible and brought the oils out which means with the oils more fat intake to your body so that's a plus and a great thing and then also that gray stuff that you ate with the fish milk and the fish eggs sound delicious to me because I love that stuff.

[@stolenjam1]

Glad you didn't give up Chris...Until next time, Peace and Bear Grease!!

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Mmmm bear grease!

[@jimf1964]

Glad you figured out the fish thing. Youve basically discovered smoked kippers. Couldn't handle all those little bones when I was very small, but they're so fine, at least when smoked anyway......delish!!!!!

[@samuelolson9164]

Full stop,love the videos.

[@jickdespain3334]

Your Not kidding when you called it a survival challenge! I enjoy your content and have watched all your videos. It would be tuff to pull off your challenge here in the white mountains of Arizona. That is unless I had a big game tag in hand!

[@tombrooks2015]

burnt fish head , man you just kill me.... thanks for all your hard work, loving it, Brighton, UK

[@dixiep33]

Love your videos. Relaxing to watch at night. A bit like Bob Ross. Haha! I'd love to be able to do this in the wild. It is a shame I can't as I am tube fed and disabled. But at least I can watch this!

[@ryanmckenna5451]

keep up the good work Chris! been jumping back and forth between your vids and Zachs vids on this year's challenge. keep up your style as it is no bull straight up. I don't need to see you doing up your shoelaces or putting on your pants with a melody playing. most people like myself who enjoi the outdoor life probably prefer your style of vids where you talk straight and show what's necessary. I can't imagine the amount of time you put into the editing. keep it up man. look forward to the rest of this challenge!

[@justinhillhouse1904]

I've eaten squirrel before and it was pretty great. Like most of the wild things, a little chewy. A good simmered stew that takes 12 hours or more is the way to tenderness. Thickens the broth up more as well. Looking great guys.

[@christopherreid2433]

Full stop keep up the good work!

[@johnlord8337]

Hey smoked oysters, clams, geoducks, mussels, herring, sardines, alewives ... oh yeah !!!!

[@davidhageage1942]

Full stop. Always, love the info. Feel like I could almost survive, and maybe theive

[@thomasdube3921]

Great video. I really enjoyed it

[@inmotion81]

Zack stayed behind to goto tacobell .take his keys next time haha

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

lol

[@agrumpyvet3290]

Full stop. Even all the adds. Keep your moral up beardsman! Thanks for the good content, we all appreciate yours and Zach’s efforts , I know it’s not easy at times.

[@Knight451]

Full stop. Love the challenge.

[@portdawg52]

The mesh is a great idea for folks who clam to employ on the areas they dig! Maybe that was a clam trap!

[@mariachoto5732]

Wow

[@eydreiandioquino4069]

*in bed Thumbnail: 7-Day Coastal Survival Challenge (31:00) me: 31 minutes of awesomeness!!

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Actually 30:59 your comment is false

[@ARJUN-SS]

Love ur Videos 🙂keep going 👍🏽

[@stevekunde1117]

Full stop!!!👍 I’m feeling your pain. I am also getting the sense of frustration a little bit from the seaming lack of buy in from the other challenge player. But you are honestly pushing through and sharing the experience. Don’t let this challenge get you down. But if your getting to the point where you are fighting it then it may be time to let it go. We might pout about it but the Chanel will survive. On a side note, as someone who had a wheat allergy set in at 39yo, think celiacs only worse, the corn massa cakes are a good way to get some carbs, especially with some maple syrup. But for me they almost drain more energy digesting than they provide. As stated, famine food, you still need protein and fat along with the cakes.

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Zach is first a builder, and I kept that in mind. I think we compliment each other well, even if it's harder when you're hungry. Working that tribe idea this year.

[@Sacredacer81]

Full stop !! keep going man

[@MaSSaCrE42O]

Full stop keep up the great work

[@nickpalma2782]

I feel like this intro was one of your best to explain the concept of the challenge. You are on to something there. Thanks for all the great videos over the years!

[@fotara]

Good info on harvesting again ...hardcore eating the head 😨

[@donmiller2810]

Great job again full stop for me I will keep watching anything you put out bro love it.

[@savagex466-qt1io]

The snout of the clam lmfao I worked on a oyster farm for 10 years and also did claming the snout thing works just fine !

[@ZanderVasquezMMA]

Amazing videos keep them coming

[@danielenriquez9800]

Lets be honest it’s not a bore to watch the whole video through. I love your videos.

[@judithwhite6692]

Hang in there Mr. Beardsman you can do it.

[@allenbishop9154]

Full stop.... Enjoying the content.... #Learning

[@jamesgriffith443]

Full stop. Awesome content man, honestly. Keep it up, please. You can really tell how much you suffer and strive to produce this content. It shows, in an honest and refreshing way. But seriously, keep persevering, I know I'm just one of very many people who feel the same 🤙

[@abdulawal2615]

Me: *reads title* Also me: *dies* (I am an animal lover) 😭🤧

[@waffles5354]

exactly

[@NyxonAtCrimson]

Furries xd :v

[@itztr3v0x]

Then why tf are you on this channel its all about catch n cook

[@livinglife4309]

Full stop as always! Nothing but love! I give you props for drinking that broth. Love watching you succeed in finding clams and finding a good way to cook the fish. I hope you get a turkey buddy! Get out there in the dark before they wake. Set up and sit. Set your hen 20 yards away. Listen for them toms to fly down from the roost. Make a call or two then shut up and play hard to get they will know where you are from the call and come looking for the new hen in town. Then hopefully meet your lead shot! Meat over the fire! Hope you get one! Love your vids! Also fish swim upstream so when dip netting start from downstream with the net and scoop them up instead of quick stabbing into the water. You'll get them from behind lol. 3 ways to get ahead in life you dirty dog lol. Zach didn't have a clue lol.

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

We did to scoop up, but the weight of the stream was too much push for the pull. When we scooped down, the fish panicked and swam up into the nets or peeled to the side, but we could move the net quick enough to get them. You're right about the turkey!

[@livinglife4309]

@@TheWoodedBeardsman right on brother! I was so happy for you when you got all them clams and then found a good way to cook the fish to deal with all the bones. I respect what your doing and all the effort you put into your content. Hope you get a turkey bud!

[@livinglife4309]

@@TheWoodedBeardsman read some of the comments. Love the mushroom. Here's your buddy's video on the mushroom. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpypoqR4idaVrqM

[@outdooorsman]

hell yea keep making videos!!!!

[@rspoutdoors9994]

Full stop, like your honesty

[@1polynation169]

full stop!! always bro

[@charlieredeemed]

Holy crap!! You just ate that fish, bone and fin and head and all.........

[@stevendelcarlo3294]

The best way to dip net is to work the Whitewater shoots and pinch pointsgoing into the shallows and keep your net in the water because the splash is what Spooks the fish. keep your net in the water

[@Raging_Boomer]

Always watch till the end!

[@lucascameron3594]

I love your video

[@Home-GrownHomestead]

Hello, I came from Zach Fowler’s channel, love what your doing. I have noticed that in your wilderness living challenges that carbohydrates are a struggle in the wild, to the point were without carbs you’re going in the hole calories earned vs calories burned. My thinking is what if you collected and propagated seeds and plants and follow up when those seeds and plants are ready to harvest. Kind of like the native Americans did were the men hunted and gathered and the women tended the garden. (Not trying to start a gender war) in real life if society falls or shtf (hate that moniker) we would be collecting seeds and propagating plants so that the next year we would have food that would not have to be hunted and gathered, maybe even domesticate some animals to provide a meal. Sorry for the book but it would be neat to test it out.

[@bragg6]

Simply amazing full stuff

[@johnlord8337]

High tide, if an open high beach, no cliffs, you could harvest clams. Just look for them poking their necks up and grabbing the neck, and grabbing the shell, stopping the foot from digging down through the neck spewing out water and escaping. Time to start grabbing up all those blue/green mussels.

[@andreabrooklyn6872]

This and all your videos are so helpful! Thank you soooo much for your efforts to make this videos and I appreciate it! Have good and better days! Love you! ❤❤

[@simondelaney5694]

Andrea Brooklyn and you would do this?

[@VelvetDraginfly]

the water the clams are boiled in is a Very tasty addition!, use a ladle/spider to pull the clams out and then use that to Cook other things in like your Veg! Conserves calories otherwise lost, and is a great addition of flavor as well as warming.

[@TheSawtelleMusicCompanyMaine]

Great video! This is one of my favorites so far. There's so many laws here that vary day to day I would starve reading the law book. Looking forward to the next video.

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This channel is my favorite channel

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👍 enjoyed watching.

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Love watching your videos keep it up