Clay Hayes family includes his wife Elizabeth Schultz Hayes and their two sons Coye Hayes and Fen Hayes. Elizabeth is homeschooling her two kids in their farm.
Hayes is best known as the winner of History TV’s survival series Alone season 8.
He competed against ten other participants to win the reality television series putting his survival skills to the test on the eastern side of the Coast Mountains in Canada.
Clay went home with a cash prize of $500,000 after winning season 8 of the show but this was not the first time he tried to survive in the wilderness. Other survival shows like Robinson Crusoe are also popular among the public.
He grew up in the woods of pine trees in Northwest Florida. Growing up, Hayes had honed all the skills required to survive in the wild, and unlike any other child he dreamed of living a primitive life in the Rocky Mountains in his adulthood, according to his biography in History.
Clay wandered off from his dream for seventeen years in total when he studied wildlife biology and worked as one. However, at last, he was pulled into his primitive lifestyle in 2017. He started teaching bow-making skills to other students, the bow master himself had made his first bow in 1999.
Clay Hayes Lives In A Farm With His Partner And Kids
Clay Hayes family lives on a farm growing and foraging food. Clay and Elizabeth are homeschooling their kids and raising them near mother nature.
Clay lives in Idaho for most of the time of the year with Elizabeth and their two children but moves down to Florida when the winter sets and the temperature drops.
In a YouTube video, Elizabeth revealed they are the only ones who moved out of the Florida ranch and the rest of the Hayes clan is still there.
His old folks run a ranch in Florida where they raise animals and live in a barn. The family does come together nicely as Elizabeth claims she loves her mother-in-law very much and does not have a problem with her like the rest of the women might face.
Clay Hayes parents are Rufus Hayes and Sandy Hayes. Although the names of all of Clay’s siblings are not publicly available, he has plenty of them, including his sister Jill Hayes.
Jill has now taken over the family business and manages the day-to-day operation of Hayes Ranch in Florida.
Clay And Elizabeth Hayes Are Married Since 2003
Clay Hayes wife Elizabeth Hayes loves being near mother nature with her husband. Clay and Liz got married on August 23, 2003.
Elizabeth shared a Facebook post wishing her husband Clay their 17th wedding anniversary in 2020. She expressed her gratefulness for meeting such a wonderful guy at just 17 years old.
The couple is now married for two decades in 2023 and has been together for five more years. She shared an Instagram post wishing her husband their 16th wedding anniversary and 21 years of being together.
The pair had their wedding in Florida and had their reception at Hayes Ranch. Elizabeth revealed they cooked whole pork for their wedding reception and had so much fun.
Elizabeth is also an enthusiast when it comes to hunting and gathering. It is hard to say if she matches Clay’s skills in the survival game, but she certainly matches his energy. Clay and Liz are seen practicing archery, Clay with his handmade-homemade bow and arrow, and Liz with her professional one.
Her Instagram bio reads, she is a hunter, gatherer, forager, and gardener. Apart from those skills, she is also homeschooling her two kids whom she shares with the Alone season 8 winner. She is found on the picture-sharing social media account with her username @lifelikelizzy and has over 3.2k followers.
She also makes vlogs to share with her followers and subscribers on YouTube. Her videos are mostly educational and centered around some basic skills and techniques for processing and preserving foods. Elizabeth sometimes gives a sneak peek into their personal life as well.
The 42-year-old has not shared her birthday on her social media account. Clay does not wish his wife on his birthday publicly but they might have a private party.
The Pair Share Two Kids Together
Clay Hayes children Coye and Fen are being homeschooled. Coye and Fen are also learning primitive survival skills along with their academics.
Hayes is raising his two kids along with Elizabeth at their homestead in Northern Idaho. He is handing down valuable survival lessons to his kids from a young age and the two boys have already picked some pace.
Clay shared an Instagram post earlier this year on January 13 showing his younger one Fen shooting a wild hog with a bow and bagging the game for dinner. The boy is only 11 and already has a strong hunting game following his father’s footsteps.
Coye Hayes
Coye is the elder son of Alone winner Clay Hayes.
Coye is 13 years old and celebrates his birthday on June 28 every year. His mother Elizabeth shared a video to wish her firstborn his 13th birthday last year. She shared her thankfulness for Coye growing up to be a wonderful and strong young man.
He is seen going on hunting and foraging adventures with his parents often.
Fen Hayes
Fen Hayes is 11 years old and celebrates his birthday on March 17 every year.
He is the youngest of Clay and Elizabeth’s two sons and he is 2 years younger than his elder sibling. Fen is seen helping Elizabeth around their homestead in the kitchen and goes hunting with the family as well.
Fen got his Hunters Education on March 24, 2022, and his mother Elizabeth could not hold herself from sharing an image on her Instagram to mark the occasion. She added, Fen can now go hunting for big games including bears at the age of just 12 years old.
He is also an excellent baker. Fen is the one at their home to bake cakes for other family members to celebrate their birthdays. He made a cheesecake for his father’s birthday in January 2022, and the picture of the cake was shared by Liz on her Instagram account.
His Parents Have A Horse Raising Ranch
Clay Hayes father Rufus Hayes is a horse trainer and hall of fame inductee. Rufu established Hayes Ranch in 1969 with his partner Sandy Hayes.
Rufus was also raised on a ranch in his childhood and does not see himself retiring anytime soon from his family business. He has been training horses for the past five decades now.
Clay Hayes dad horse trainer got inducted into the NCHA Hall of Fame. He was raised in another ranch further up the road than their current establishment and he built their current place from the ground up.
Hayes’ mother Sandy is also seen working on the farm on daily basis. However, much about her personal life has not come to the surface yet but Liz revealed she does not have any hard feelings for her mother-in-law and the duo gets along very well.
Clay also has other family members who live on the ranch together. According to Hayes Ranch’s official website, Becky & Jill Hayes currently hold the helm for the daily operation of the ranch. Becky and Jill are Clay’s sister and niece.
Information about the professional bowyer’s siblings has not come to the surface yet. He does not share much about other members of his family on the internet.