The Most Taboo Hunt with Jen Shears — WildFed Podcast #137
In this episode:
Jen Shears | Lifelong Sustainable Hunter
Podcast discussion:
Introducing Jen
The Newfoundland seal hunt
Subsistence hunting in the Arctic
Jen’s experience hunting Polar Bear — the politics, the science, and, of course, the meat
Jen's hunting plans for this year
Where to find Jen
WildFed Podcast is brought to you by:
Sacred Hunting
Hunting is as ancient as humanity itself, and through most of our history it wasn’t just a physical pursuit, it was a spiritual one too. One of the ways human beings came to understand ourselves and our place in the wild world that sustained us.
Hunting is still an incredible tool for personal transformation today. Helping you discover more about yourself, your environment, the animals you share the world with, and even helping you develop a deeper understanding of life and death itself. Hunting can help you find your place in the community of life.
But you could hunt all your life and never find that kind of transformation. It takes deliberate practice, awareness, and sometimes… even initiation.
That’s why our friend Mansal Denton created Sacred Hunting.
Sacred Hunting brings new or even experienced hunters out onto the landscape to stalk, harvest, and field dress animals in a retreat-type setting — in conjunction with sweat lodges, entheogenic plant medicine ceremonies, and strong intention-setting that prepares hunters for a lifelong spiritual relationship with themselves, the land and the animals they hunt.
If you want to hunt as a tool for transformation, check out SacredHunting.com.
Mansal and his team will guide you through beginner hunts, and more experienced hunters will find unique opportunities available across the country and globe.
There are only a few spots available per hunt, so go to SacredHunting.com and complete their 2-minute application. Discounts are available when you let them know you heard about them on the WildFed Podcast. Learn more about Mansal and Sacred Hunting on Episode 59 of the WildFed Podcast.
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Meet Jen Shears
Jen lives in Newfoundland, Canada and is a mom, wife, adventurer, business owner, blogger, traveler, and hunter – she is happiest when all of these things converge. Her background is in Environmental Biology, and she enjoys sharing her experiences in the hopes that others will be encouraged to live an outdoor lifestyle for the benefit of wildlife populations, conservation, the environment, and their own personal health and happiness. Jen grew up in a hunting family, surrounded by women who hunt, and she includes her 7-year-old daughter in outdoor pursuits whenever possible. She has hunted extensively in Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. Wild sheep hunting is one of her passions, although legal-sized rams continue to elude her!