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SUE: What a beautiful point.
This is really kinda neat.
And I like it, but I dislike it at the same time.
I was trying to get Big Red to cross here,
but the river kind of split into two sections,
so that’s a little deep and fast for my comfort level.
So what I think I’ll have to do is back up and
kind of weedle my way around.
And I’m gonna go downriver.
(engine starts)
It’s amazing how freaking fast the river comes up.
It’s like all of a sudden I’m dealing with
a whole different animal.
(theme music playing).
SUE: I’m learning how to deal with Big Red in the thaw time.
It’s not just driving,
it’s the currents, the depth of the water.
This looked great because the ripples means rocks.
So I may find purchase.
But if I look over here, you’ve got depth right there
and that’s where I want to try and climb out.
I want to make sure that I hit this at an angle that
I can get over there and out.
It’s gonna get a little deep here.
(bleep), (bleep), (bleep).
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Oof.
Okay.
Yay, woo-hoo.
To have some bubble-butt vehicle bouncing around, it’s scary.
It doesn’t stop me.
Obviously I do really dumb (bleep) on a regular basis,
even if I’m scared.
But, I still have to find my way up the hill.
(laughs)
NARRATOR: For Sue Aikens, the environmental changes of spring
now allow her to traverse the thawed landscape
of the far North.
Today she’ll head towards the old West Kavik air strip on a
mission to scout for resources,
and to protect the tundra’s ecosystem.
But to get there, she’ll have to negotiate the warmer,
wetter terrain in her new vehicle, Big Red.
SUE: It’s a pretty steep hill here,
and then I got the grass after.
Nope. I gotta go back.
Why is everything so difficult?
I’m backing down, I’m approaching it again.
I have to change a little bit of where I’m at.
Yes!
Woo!
Man, I thought I wasn’t gonna make that.
Woo. Thank you, Big Red.
(sighs)
That was a hairy, hairy climb out of the river.
But I did it.
(laughs)
Scared, but I did it.
The old Kavik strip is down this way.
I’d like to just check it out.
I like being the warden of my area.
CAROL: Being able to go out there and successfully finish
a hunt and bring home our food and
our clothing is a huge part of our culture.
CHIP: Oh, wow. That’s a big eagle, Wade.
Holy cow. That bird is huge.
WADE: What kind of eagle is that?
CHIP: That’s a golden eagle!
WADE: Oh.
CHIP: He might be fishing for the same fish we are.
Maybe we get some whitefish.
Maybe we get some trout.
We’ll see. Pretty cool.
Over there’s the net, Wade.
WADE: Oh, yeah, I see it.
CHIP: It’s springtime, and the river’s open.
And we’re just starting to have whitefish and trout come in.
We want to anticipate them.
So I put out a test net,
so we can get the first few that trickle in.
You’re gonna grab onto the rope at the top of the net, okay?
WADE: Okay.
CHIP: And then I’m gonna shut off the engine and raise it.
Me and my grandson Wade are gonna do a lot of this.
Educating every way I can.
WADE: Okay, got it.
CHIP: Let’s see what we got.
Oh, there’s a trout.
WADE: Yup. CHIP: Fresh one.
WADE: Yup. CHIP: Here, let’s bring them in.
I want to teach him basically good boating manners,
and I want to teach him how to be in a boat and be useful,
not in the way and know what to do.
WADE: Oh, look, I see! CHIP: You see another fish?
WADE: Yup. CHIP: Oh, yup!
Wow, it’s a bigger fish.
I think the trout are in, officially.
When we’re teaching kids, we want them first to observe
and then put their hands on.
Wade’s at the stage where he puts his hands on.
That’s the fun part about him.
Right on. One more fish.
Whoa. Yeah.
There we go, he’s free.
’Kay.
(grunts)
Let’s go take these fish back home.
AGNES: Watch out.
TINMIAQ: Okay, you got to climb down after.
AGNES: Yay.
Since, uh, the season has changed and the days are warmer, longer.
What Chip and I have done is tell the kids we’re gonna spend
the spring here in Kiwalik.
And they’re welcome to join us to put as much fish away as we can.
It’s just a blessing to have everybody out here
with the nice weather.
Whoa, the fishermen are back.
Good timing, just when we’re done with this rack.
TINMIAQ: Oh, wow, you got fish, Wade!
CHIP: We got the first trout. AGNES: Wow. Yummy.
CHIP: While the trout are running,
we got to get to it.
We’re not gonna have too many days of it.
And we should set the better whitefish slash trout-sized net
and see what we get.
IRIQTAQ: Yup. That sounds good.
CHIP: Fish are in. First trout.
JESSIE: There’s nothing better in life than being grounded and
having a routine.
And then throwing it all out the window and
getting out of your routine.
JESSIE: Let’s go, Neil.
It’s time to get my water pump set in.
This is a high-horsepower pump.
It takes a really big generator to run it.
But it pumps a lot of water quick.
It’s been a huge upgrade in the way I’ve done things,
but I also got a few extra hundred feet of hose.
And for the first time, I’m gonna pump it all
the way up to my place.
I’m gonna build myself a little cool-down pool
right next to my sauna.
That’s gonna be a huge upgrade.
Coming into the winter, I built a sauna,
and it’s paid off huge.
It’s become such a ritual part of my life.
If I use it four times a week at least.
Now after using it all winter,
I want to have myself a nice little cool-down pool.
Come right out of the sauna, dunk right in the cool water.
First step is to make sure the pump’s working.
Yeah, Neil, this is how we’re gonna pump water right here.
Let’s see, that’s a nice deep hole for it.
’Kay, now I’m gonna run the hose down and
be pumping water soon.
Come on, Neil.
Neil, come on.
When I first moved here, I used to have to haul like
50 to 100 gallons a day.
Up and down this steep chute here.
A lot of hard work, you know.
I’ve done things the hard way, and now I’ve figured out how to
do them the smart way.
Hot day like this, you know, I’m going through
100 gallons of water a day almost just for dogs.
And the garden.
And the sauna.
All the years that I’ve spent hauling water for dogs, man.
It makes you appreciate something like this.
You don’t have to jump.
You can just crawl. Watch.
Ready, like this.
There, crawl.
Climb, pull. Pull.
There you go, good boy.
The worst thing ever for me would be this pump not working.
This is not a cheap piece of equipment.
(generator starts)
Come on, come on.
There we go, there we go.
Come on. All right, yeah!
Pumping water now.
Oh, my gosh.
This is amazing.
Oh, yeah, it looks like it’s gonna reach.
Man, I got just enough hose to make it
where I want to have this pool at.
That is awesome.
Now that I got this up here, I just gotta start digging.
RICKO: What makes a big difference when you’re out here
is always having a helping hand.
Having Keenan and Skyler along, that’s really important.
RICKO: That morning fog, here.
How you feeling, Sky?
SKYLER: Kind of cold. RICKO: ’Kay.
Keenan is sleeping?
SKYLER: Yeah. RICKO: That’s good.
Right now, it’s about 5:00 am.
A little bit chilly out here.
Um, me, Skyler and Keenan are going downriver from
the family cabin about 30 miles down,
to North Fork slough.
It’s a good area for geese hunting in the springtime.
We can get fresh meat to eat.
And we’re gonna go set up a little blind.
Put out some of those decoys, and hopefully get some geese.
That morning sun coming up is gonna make it hard to see.
Oh, sunlight in the eyeball.
Oh, some birds back there.
Snow geese.
That’s snow geese back there.
We, we could creep up on them.
SKYLER: I thought they were seagulls.
RICKO: I’m pretty sure that’s snow geese.
And you can just sit out there.
Wait till they take off.
Wait, wait.
SKYLER: Why?
RICKO: I’m gonna push in a little bit.
You’re shooting through the willows.
Hold on. I’m gonna...
SKYLER: All right. RICKO: Just be ready.
If they take, no, not yet.
SKYLER: I can shoot them. I can hit all three.
RICKO: Hold on, we’re gonna go a little further,
little further, little further.
Hold on.
Okay.
(gunshot)
RICKO: Hit it again! Shoot that one that’s going out.
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one that’s going out.
(gunshot)
You’re shooting behind him.
(gunshot)
Oh, good job.
SKYLER: Oh, yeah!
RICKO: That’s amazing.
I’ve never got snow geese in my life out here, Sky.
SKYLER: Really? RICKO: Yeah.
SKYLER: That was the first snow geese I’ve ever shot.
The first ones I’ve ever seen.
That’s crazy.
(laughs)
RICKO: What’s the odds?
It was exciting seeing Skyler get a snow goose.
Never seen snow geese out here.
It was like one of my big bucket lists growing up out here
to get a snow goose.
Wait, these are seagulls.
SKYLER: What? RICKO: Just kidding.
(laughs)
Seeing Skyler be able to handle that gun,
it makes me proud as a father.
(gunshot)
Putting food on the table.
But, the big key thing I want to teach him though is
be patient out here when you’re hunting.
When we’re pulling in with that boat,
he wanted to shoot with the willows in the way and
very important to have a clear shot.
And I hope today he really learned a strong lesson in patience.
SKYLER: Whoa. RICKO: Beautiful, huh?
Dang, good shooting!
We could always go further downriver but I kind of like this spot.
We’re in the action.
JESSIE: I gotta work doing something.
I may as well work doing something that I’m gonna enjoy.
It’s a recipe for happiness.
JESSIE: It’s lot of rock.
Oh, there’s my dude! You were sleeping.
I thought you were done for the day,
but you love digging.
Yeah, there you go.
You never shy away from work, do you, Neil?
You know what, this is gonna be a swimming pool Neil.
I know it’s gonna be some big rock somewhere in here.
I’ll be lucky to go three feet down.
So, I’m gonna build the sides up as I go too to get
some extra depth in the pool.
It’s obvious it’s not gonna be a fast job.
That’s whenever you just kind of go into the zone.
You pace yourself.
Hard work gave me everything I have out here.
A couple months from now, I’ll be three-year anniversary
of living out here.
I’ve got to watch this property change from
the very beginning to just a forest and a tundra and
a lot of uncertainty of how I was gonna make it here.
It’s changed, you know?
From just like trying to survive to learning how to thrive,
and make things that make life easier.
It’s getting there.
The only thing that’s gonna get this hole dug is a shovel
and pickaxe, and my arms.
The sauna’s gonna be all the more enjoyable after
a hard day’s work, you know?
Woo!
Yup, I definitely hit some water so that’s as deep
as I’m gonna be going.
So now it’s time to cover it up with some visqueen.
This is not your normal plastic.
This is very, very tough plastic.
Just because I live way out here it don’t mean I can’t have
a swimming pool, you know?
All right, I think it’s ready for water.
I’m pretty excited to see how this works out.
I’m about to have myself a pool, hopefully.
(barking)
Woo!
Oh, man, that’s gonna be cold.
I’m pretty excited to have these like,
conveniences way out here.
And that’s a serious pool.
It’s amazing what four hours of manual labor can accomplish.
I got some trim work to do to tidy it up.
I’m looking forward to giving it its first test run.
CHIP: Self-reliance means we’re doing it by our own sweat.
And it’s really important to show these kids how all this works.
(thudding)
QUTAN: Woo.
CHIP: Looks like you, uh, ladies are ready for us to
put out another net.
QUTAN: Mm-hmm. AGNES: Yeah.
CHIP: You ready? QUTAN: ’Kay, let’s go.
CHIP: The fish are in, and that’s a good time of year.
Every day it’ll increase.
We have a longer net that we put out,
up here in a safe little cove spot.
But they just trickle in.
’Kay, you ready? Throw it.
(splashes)
WADE: That was a big splash.
CHIP: These girls grew up working together,
so they have fun when they do it.
Having a bunch of kids around is kind of refreshing.
And I’m glad they’re here.
I think it’s good. You guys think so?
IRIQTAQ: Yeah. WADE: Yeah.
CHIP: ’Kay. Sit down, Wade.
Got to get her off.
Now we have one net out.
Want to go check on the second one.
We’ll see how it goes.
Kind of windy day, huh, Wade?
CHIP: Probably be splashing when we go check the net, huh?
WADE: Yup.
CHIP: Wade’s five. He’s so much fun.
I hope there’s whitefish or trout.
WADE: Maybe there’s, um, salmon maybe, eh?
CHIP: Yup.
He gets excited for the fish because he knows he’s gonna get
to give them to somebody.
He feels like he’s part of the crew.
And he knows it, ’cause he is.
There’s the net over here.
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CHIP: There’s a bird in the net, there’s a loon!
WADE: The loon’s stuck in the net.
CHIP: I will, I’ll grab it, I’ll approach it and I’ll grab it.
Okay, I’m gonna drift right into him.
(grunting)
Be careful, careful, careful,
these things can peck and they peck hard.
CHIP: Ow, like that.
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so you gotta hold them by their neck.
Okay, I can see what needs to happen.
You ready? Okay. He’s good.
CHIP: I bet he’s tired, he’s fully functional.
Wade we, we need to do something about that.
And make sure no more birds get in our net.
It’s a shame, I don’t want that going on.
Let’s check this net.
I like our wildlife.
I don’t just kill thing for no reason.
It’s just not right.
Oh, look at that, a whitefish.
That’ll go good with trout.
And then we gotta think about how to stop these birds
from getting in our net.
’Cause I’d like to keep the net here for a while.
RICKO: The main part of hunting is having luck.
To have that luck, you’ve got to respect those animals.
To respect those animals, you’ve got to work for it.
RICKO: Okay, we’re gonna put out as much decoys as we can.
Two right there. I’ll put one over here.
We’re gonna make a decoy out of that ones you already shot too.
I can get natural decoys out of these geese that Skyler already shot.
Prop up their necks and that’s basically
the best decoys you can get.
I like it.
Let’s get our boat hidden now.
Okay.
Put some of these willows over the motor.
It’s really important to stay hidden when you’re geese hunting.
They’re all eyes.
Anything out of the ordinary as far as color or objects is what
the goose is gonna be scared of,
so the best blind is a natural environment you’re in, so.
Willows, cut some willows down with my handsaw,
trying to get all the whole boat as concealed as possible.
Even that makes a big difference,
just breaks it up a little bit.
We’re gonna sit back and wait and hopefully have
some geese fly in and see these decoys.
Okay.
(squawking)
(imitating geese calls)
Don’t move, Sky.
(imitating geese calls)
Oh, right there.
SKYLER: Yeah, I think it went really close though.
RICKO: There’s geese flying out here.
Got to be a loud call from this distance.
(imitating geese calls)
They’re high up.
(squawking)
SKYLER: Can I try? RICKO: Shh, shh. Stop, stop.
(imitating geese calls)
Wait up, wait, wait.
(imitating geese calls)
You’re moving too much, Sky.
You’ve got to let them come in.
They like those decoys, but they see us.
Yeah, we ain’t getting no luck out here.
You got to stay still.
And even if behind you, like I could see,
I could tell you when to stand up.
Don’t look for it.
That’s where you lose your chances,
when you look around for it.
(squawking)
All right. Stay still.
(imitating geese calls)
(squawking)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Get down, get down.
Grab your gun, get it ready.
(imitating geese calls)
Don’t move.
(imitating geese calls)
(squawking)
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RICKO: Oh, (bleep).
(gunshot)
Don’t stand. My bad.
My gun was jammed up.
That’s all right.
We botched that one.
SKYLER: I didn’t even aim.
I was just like...
RICKO: I don’t like having those little accidents like that.
Damn it.
Got to do better than that.
From now on, this way is me.
That way is you.
We just got to behaving better.
I’m gonna hang some grass up right here,
and right here so we have a little more chance
to move without being seen.
Then we might have better luck next time.
Feeling a little frustrated.
Just got a little too excited and, uh,
bad placement for shooting and didn’t get any geese.
Very disappointed because that might be the only geese
that come in this morning.
Conceal as much as we can so we’re not sticking out.
We’re gonna sit back, be patient, and hopefully get
more opportunities with the geese.
Okay, I’m feeling good now.
You tired? You want to go home?
SKYLER: Yeah.
Not used to just waiting here.
RICKO: Part of geese hunting.
You’ve got to be patient sometimes.
Part of any kind of hunting.
Patience.
SUE: I care very much for the ecosystems,
I care very much for the planet, I care very much for the people
on the planet because it’s all interconnected.
(sighs)
(grunts)
SUE: All right.
This is or was the main pad...
(thuds)
Of the old Kavik airstrip.
The Kavik runway that I live on is actually the second runway,
the initial Kavik, it’s called the west Kavik runway,
it was abandoned, shortly only a few years after they created it
when the stout nature of the rocks gave way
they found out that, uh, the ecosystem here can sink.
It just became obvious this was not suitable for
a full on runway.
So the strip that I live on has been the main Kavik runway ever since.
One of the keys for me in coming out,
yes I want to teach myself how does Big Red react in
a less frozen environment but I also there’s not a day goes by
that I’m not an opportunist looking what can I scavenge,
sort of like Pirate Sue, give me an eyepatch and
that’s what I’m gonna do.
For me, it’s a scavenger hunt
on the highest order.
If I can find it here, and bring it there, it’s invaluable.
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If it’s not just my scavenger list,
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"Hell no I’ll take this and take it out the right way."
I got a little pile of stuff,
it’s valuable to me I’m gonna go home,
gonna get the sleds come back, load them up.
It makes me giddy thinking of all the things I can make
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So off I go.
AGNES: It’s very important that me and my family know how
to take care of ourselves out here in the country,
it’s good knowing our children will be well fed from the land,
and the water, and the sky.
(chainsaw whirring)
WADE: What are you making?
CHIP: I’m gonna make a big old owl.
We’re gonna want a really big owl,
because a big bird will scare the other birds.
Chop it little by little.
Most of what I’ve got out here I made myself.
I take a lot of pride in that.
I built that little shack,
I built all of our little huts, and, uh,
I’ll just make myself an owl.
I think this owl is gonna work,
I think it’ll keep the birds off my stuff.
WADE: How’s the owl going, Tata?
CHIP: Oh, check it out, what’d you think?
WADE: Yeah, it looks great.
CHIP: It needs a couple big eyeballs like owls have, huh?
WADE: Yep.
CHIP: When your eyes are on the side of your head, that’s prey stuff,
when they’re looking straight forward, it’s predator stuff.
I got both eyes looking forward like an owl does.
I think birds recognize that.
Something like that, huh?
WADE: Mm-hmm.
CHIP: Maybe we should get it, throw it in the boat
and go put it down there.
WADE: Yeah. Probably. CHIP: Right on.
And if I’m in the boat myself, I’d like to have Wade go along
’cause I know he could help me.
Every time you put those kids in the boat,
even the babies, they’re, uh,
they’re taking it in, they’re seeing what’s going on,
they’re seeing the procedure.
Wade was at that stage but now Wade’s help.
Well, I hope that keeps any more birds from coming close to this net.
Let’s get back to the boat and go home.
TINMIAQ: We’re gonna go check the lower net,
we’ll be right back.
CHIP: Yep. TINMIAQ: Say bye, Tata.
CHIP: See you in a bit. IRIQTAQ: See you later.
WADE: Bye, Tata.
IRIQTAQ: Seeing how excited my son is to see the fish is exciting.
We’ve checked the net all our life but then having someone
there that’s so excited to do the work.
It makes it worthwhile teaching our children and
taking them out there.
TINMIAQ: Is that the owl that you put up, Wade?
WADE: Yeah, me and my Tata.
IRIQTAQ: Wow, son you guys did a great job.
No birds today, huh?
Grab it, there you go, good job.
TINMIAQ: Yep. Hook it up, Wade.
Pull it on up! Good job.
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W TINMIAQ: Is that a whitefish?
IRIQTAQ: Yep, he knows his fish.
I didn’t grow up with an owl at the net but my mom said it’s
something her mother used to do and it works.
It’s cool to see something new.
WADE: There’s another whitefish. TINMIAQ: Wow, two of them!
IRIQTAQ: Okay, maybe your auntie will get one.
Ooh, don’t let this one go.
TINMIAQ: This one, Adelynn. Here you go Adelynn.
WADE: Ooh, whitefishies.
IRIQTAQ: Through my son I have a lot of high hopes for him
carrying on our culture.
He enjoys it out here, and he happily takes part in
everything we do.
The plants that we eat, the fish that we catch,
the animals that we hunt, they all contribute to our food,
our strength, our knowledge.
Out here this is our culture.
That’s it then, we’re done?
One, two, three whitefish.
WADE: Three whitefish!
TINMIAQ: We’re gonna go check the other net, nephew.
AGNES: Look it your mom and them made it over there
to the net, second net.
WADE: There’s four of them, there’s four fish!
AGNES: Oh, there’s fish in the net!
CHIP: Holy cow look at that,
pull ’em out grandson, pull ’em out.
AGNES: Wee! TINMIAQ: We got four whitefish!
CHIP: Right on.
IRIQTAQ: I grew up with six other siblings
and a lot of relatives.
WADE: Here’s another whitefish! TINMIAQ: Wow, that’s a trout.
IRIQTAQ: My parents did a great job out here,
raising us and, you know, it shows through our children how
well we do out here and how happily we enjoy it out here.
WADE: Ooh, more fish coming. CHIP: Yeah, that’s a fish.
IRIQTAQ: There’s no more fish.
WADE: We got lots of fish today!
AGNES: Yay.
Ready?
We’re just gonna cut ’em up and hang them then.
WADE: That’s big fish. AGNES: Yep.
IRIQTAQ: For tonight’s menu we’re having whitefish bellies,
it’s almost like a delicacy.
It’s good to see that the children love our food and,
you know, they watch us check the net, they helped us cut the fish,
they watch us put it on the stove and cook it.
They’re more than happy to enjoy the meal with us.
CHIP: Not bad for the first days of fishing.
And hopefully we solved the problem with
the birds getting in the net.
And I think Wade’s turning out to be a good little fisher guy.
And how everybody got to eat too, huh?
Isn’t that pretty cool?
AGNES: And look we’ll get to eat tomorrow also
we have more on the rack.
CHIP: Yeah.
Well, I think this is a good way to start the fishing season here.
AGNES: Yep. IRIQTAQ: Me too.
CHIP: Right on.
JESSIE: The sky’s the limit out here.
Anything you can come up with, if it’s a worthy thing to you,
that’s what you put your focus to it then you reap the benefits.
JESSIE: All right, pool’s all filled up.
I’m really, really satisfied with how this turned out.
Next step is, uh, I wanna get this, uh,
stove fully encased in stones around the back,
take a trip down to the river and gather up a bunch of rocks
so I can get a better steam going in there.
Finishing kind of building up this homestead,
putting my roots more into the ground,
I feel like a changed man.
I feel contentment, that’s something I never felt in life.
This is my home now, this isn’t like, "Oh, let’s see if we could do it,"
like this is it.
This is what every day is.
Woo! Hell yeah!
This is perfect.
This is what it’s all about.
See my pool out there, I can see the mountains,
I’m where I wanna be, now it’s about relaxing and
enjoying it more every day.
Ooh, that’s the hottest I ever got that sauna right there.
Oh, I’m so glad I got this cold pool.
Woo-hoo!
Oh, my God.
This is incredible this is more incredible than I envisioned it.
I’m kind of emotional right now.
It’s a very rewarding feeling, to float around here on my back
surrounded by this beautiful wilderness and
all of this dream that I’ve built.
You know, this wilderness out here is therapeutic to me
and hard work is therapeutic to me and,
you know, this is all a result of hard work and
never giving up so that’s how you make your dreams come true.
Ah, my life is so good right now.
RICKO: In our culture we believe there’s a lot of animals
around you and if you just do things right,
have some patience, those animals will come to you.
(imitating geese calls)
RICKO: I gotta teach you to call those, Sky,
I used to be the best goose caller.
I guarantee you.
There was a time when I went to Huslia, we came from camp.
All of us kids were up the hill playing war and me and
Henry Summer were the last ones left,
and I started calling like a goose, like,
he’s like what the heck a goose noise and so
he comes running out looking for it and I went bang.
He still remembers that,
he’s like damn you’re good at calling.
(laughs)
Me and Skyler we’re out here waiting,
a couple hours go by, we haven’t had any more luck with geese and
Keenan been sleeping all morning in the back of the boat.
It’s like.
(imitates goose call)
Try it, do that like...
(moans)
And then crack really highest pitch you can like...
(imitates goose call)
Put some, put some energy into it like.
(imitates goose call)
Way back here you gotta get your voice to go flip it into
a high tone, that crack is what gets them coming in.
(imitating geese calls)
SKYLER: I can’t do that, I can’t hitch my voice like that.
RICKO: You could.
(imitates goose call)
Yeah, that, that you, you have the voice,
you just don’t know how to work it.
(imitates goose call)
Yeah, right there, that’s it.
Squeakier you can make that, the better.
You go.
(imitating geese calls)
Yeah, there you go.
How you feeling Keenan?
Oh, you’re too hot, you can come out here.
SKYLER: Keenan. RICKO: Oh, you’re tired.
You slept good?
Man, you’re lucky you got to sleep in.
SKYLAR: Keenan, your hat.
RICKO: You didn’t miss out on nothing.
SKYLER: Oh, it’s so warm.
(squawking)
What’s the last thing.
RICKO: Hey, listen. Get, get, go sit down right there,
or sit down right here.
(imitating geese calls)
Stay still, stay still.
Right there.
(gunshots)
SKYLER: Let’s go!
(gunshot)
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RICKO: Oh! SKYLER: Let’s go!
Two dropped right there.
RICKO: Heck, yeah. Ooh.
SKYLER: All that patience.
RICKO: You woke up just in time, Keenan.
Right in the action, smart guy, sleep in,
get some rest, get up, bring the luck out.
(laughs)
Where did that goose land, where did that goose land?
Me and Skyler have been waiting all morning for geese,
nothing showed up.
Ooh, heavy goose.
Gotta step across without falling.
The minute Keenan woke up the waiting game was over.
There was a big bunch of geese coming in.
Oh snap. This one’s deep.
I got two geese, feeling really good,
Keenan’s my little lucky charm today.
Probably a good chance for me to teach those kids what you have
to do when you’re out hunting and get down to my skivvies,
wade out in the water and grab these geese.
Because we can’t let them go to waste.
Keenan you wanna go swimming?
SKYLER: Look Keenan.
RICKO: Yeah, this is gonna be cold.
Oh!
Whew, whew, it’s so cold.
(sighs)
Ah, that’s painful.
Ugh. Oh.
SKYLER: Want me to grab it? RICKO: Yeah. I need it.
SKYLER: That one’s fat.
RICKO: Yeah, that’s a fat goose you could feel it’s heavy.
I gotta get, uh, a longer stick.
We could use this.
Ooh, ooh.
There we go.
Do you want to check it out?
Okay.
Man, we did good today.
SKYLER: Yeah. Snow geese.
RICKO: I’m real happy you came out and gave us some luck, Keenan.
SKYLER: I know. Coincidence?
I think not.
RICKO: You just had to bring that up, huh?
He got three and I got two.
Hard to disagree with that.
Good lead on it.
Snow geese are pretty good eating,
this is like a week’s worth of food here.
Today was a real good goose hunt.
Really good shooting with my son,
he might not be a seasoned veteran out here but he embraces
those moments, it’s like the foundations of survival
is laid when they’re real young and, uh,
the best lesson we can learn today is patience.
Okay, you guys ready?
SKYLER: Yeah.
RICKO: Let’s go find a good spot to cook some geese.
Okay, you guys ready to eat some snow geese?
KEENAN: Mm-hmm.
RICKO: This is history courtesy of Skyler DeWilde.
Ooh this cooked good.
Here you try that.
KEENAN: What does it taste like?
RICKO: Like a little slice of heaven.
You like it? That’s bomb.
Good hunt, Anaa Basee’ snow geese.
SUE: You have to put yourself in the thick of it sometimes to
see what mettle you’re made of.
Aluminum bends, titanium doesn’t.
Sue-Tanium is even harder.
SUE: Definitely one of my better sleds and
I wanna make sure it’s gonna do well for me.
This is really a winter sled.
I’m not gonna get too hectic putting
really heavy things in there,
I just need enough to get an idea of can I get some loads out,
what’s it gonna do to the tundra.
So time to go.
I jokingly not jokingly use the term the warden of Kavik.
What do I mean by that?
I feel protective of this area.
If you care, you care.
Whew. Ugh. All right.
Time to go get this started.
At the west Kavik runway they buried it,
they walked away, threw away the key but things can’t sink
and stay buried here.
We should all be wardens,
picking it up, cleaning it up.
I may wanna beat feet and get back home, because, you know,
big old lightning storm and thunder storm coming in,
and I won’t be able to get across the river and
get home very easily.
(gusting winds)
Oh, here’s the wind from the storm.
Not that I’m somebody that thinks you gotta spread
pixie dust and unicorns but it wouldn’t hurt.
How can things shine when they’re covered in grime?
Oh, my God.
The load went pretty good.
Now it’s time to take what I got back out of the west Kavik runway,
and put it into my boneyard.
Sort it, see if I can use it and start getting the tonnage
cared for in the right way.
Oof. Here we go.
Life is that thing that happens when
you’re busy doing something else.
If you’re wondering who you are and what you’re worth is?
See some junk sticking out of the tundra and
noticed how focused you become.
If I think about an animal getting hurt,
because I was too lazy to pick it up?
I’m not much of a human that I respect.
What I do makes a difference,
maybe just to me, maybe just to the animals,
and that’s okay.
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