About John Schneider

John Schneider has been bowhunting for more than 40 years around his home in N Central Alberta and beyond. The vast majority of that time has been spent with traditional bowhunting equipment including self built bows, arrows and other gear. John spent more than a decade guiding and outfitting bowhunting and fly fishing in Alberta and the Northwest Territories and now resides on his farm north of Edmonton. John is part of the on-air crew of the award winning series From The Wild which appears on vimeo and Wild TV. He is also the creator of the podcast "Food Afield with John Schneider" which is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Campfire Cooking Skills

I was around 10 years old when I established some of my first campfire cooking skills. There were two distinct memories from those times which I suspect formed the basis of my campfire culinary career. The first was an early fall bowhunt for grouse in the pine sandhills a couple miles from our [...]

Campfire Cooking Skills2025-06-04T14:44:27-06:00

The Success of Failing

Late October, on a cold and shivery afternoon, I was in my tree stand at a good location with a perfect wind. Our family farmland, where I have hunted for 30 years, has produced many nice bucks and has filled freezers consistently over the decades. I was set up near “Buck Corner”, a [...]

The Success of Failing2021-02-21T17:25:15-07:00
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