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SKYLER: Some animal took a little deuce right there.
RICKO: Some caribou poop right here kinda old,
some caribou sign.
Keep moving.
Animals have a sixth sense, they know when you’re coming,
we’re just going to go on top of the hill we look around and
if we’re lucky the animal will give itself to you.
Don’t walk too fast, no it’s not a race it’s nice and slow.
Conserve your energy.
SKYLER: I just want to zoom!
RICKO: We’re 2200 feet above sea level which isn’t what I’m
used to, my wind is starting to kick in, I’m breathing a
little harder than I normally do when I walk because this is
higher elevation country.
NARRATOR: Ricko DeWilde and his sons Skyler and Keenan are
at Itkillik Lake, 250 miles from their home in Huslia
for the next several days they will scout this
isolated region on the north slope and look to seize
any opportunity for a hunt.
RICKO: Tough ground up here huh?
Feel how smushy it is?
SKYLER: It’s making my ankles twist.
RICKO: You know why it’s like that?
SKYLER: Why?
RICKO: It’s so cold up here on the north slope, that ice down
there never thaw out and when the water and rain fall on
this and the snow melt, that water go down only so far and
it can’t go any further, that’s why we’re walking on
like on watery ground.
SKYLER: This new place is way different than Huslia,
there’s no trees there’s like mushy ground.
Everything here is new to me so it’s like cool to explore.
This place is magical.
RICKO: From the boat I seen some ptarmigan take off and
they flew over here.
Think they landed like somewhere in here.
Oh right there Sky.
My main intention of bringing my kids with me is for them to
see different country and that really helps them to think
outside the box and learn new survival skills.
Okay.
I’m kind of done.
I don’t see anything.
There’s a big rainstorm coming.
RICKO: Yeah. I don’t want you to get too wet.
SKYLER: I want to keep on looking.
RICKO: If you want.
They like flew this way, they were going...
That’s last I seen them. You’re gonna keep looking?
SKYLER: Just real quick.
RICKO: Okay. Keenan, let’s head back.
We’re gonna head to the cabin just a little ways from here
and let Skyler hunt around little bit.
Let him do his own thing for a while.
That’s a part of growing up out here, is learning to
move on your own.
AGNES: Respect for the land is one of our roles that we live by
so knowledge of the land, respect for the area,
respect for the animals.
TINMIAQ: The tide is pretty low so we should set the nets
before the sandbar?
AGNES: Yeah.
Go help your mom catch fish?
Tinmiaq and I decided to go salmon fishing.
We’re taking Sebastian with us and gonna be setting the net
for the silver salmon.
Hopefully the run started.
TINMIAQ: Shall we just use this post and set the net here?
AGNES: Yeah. Yup, that’s a good spot.
Pretty much we’re getting ready for winter it’s fall time,
things are going to start to freeze pretty soon
and the best time to set ourselves up for winter is
while it’s easy so we’re gonna catch some salmon, dry em up
and make some strip salmon for the winter.
There’s willows ah need tarp?
TINMIAQ: Yeah there’s willows.
Fishing on the Kiwalik it’s just something that our whole
family has always done.
My parents are always doing it,
my mom’s dad was out here doing that.
My mom’s dad’s dad was out here and now my son is out
here and he’s learning from my mom and dad as well.
AGNES: Come Sabby look we’re gonna get the net ready.
AGNES: So we could try to catch fish.
And go dry some.
TINMIAQ: My son really enjoys following and boating, when we
go out and do something like set a net and go have
adventures, he’s extremely happy and he’s always excited
and wants to help and participate.
AGNES: Oh?
How come you gotta put it back on.
TINMIAQ: You need to leave it on that post and tied because
the water will come up and take it.
Sometimes I need him to stand still and listen and
he’s learning patience as well as learning to help.
Out here you have to have a lot of patience.
You need to get in the boat son!
He also doesn’t forget anything right now so right
now he’s really soaking everything up like a little
two year old sponge.
AGNES: I want to be over here when we take off.
No Sabby I’ll drive. You watch.
It’s a whole different driving when you’re setting a net,
you have to go backwards.
SABASTIAN: Backwards? AGNES: Uh-huh.
TINMIAQ: Ready?
AGNES: Yup!
See how the current just takes us immediately?
TINMIAQ: Yup.
AGNES: That’s why you have to be kind of be ready.
Tell me when to stop or not.
TINMIAQ: That’s enough eh?
AGNES: Enough?
TINMIAQ: Ready?
AGNES: Go ahead.
See how the current is taking the net that way.
TINMIAQ: Yup.
AGNES: Strong currents!
When the tide starts to come in I think it’ll get nice and tight.
Wow, look grandson me and your mom and you did a good job,
now we just gotta wait for the tide to come up and
come back and check it later.
TINMIAQ: Yup.
SUE: It’s my life, my choice, my way.
The majority of all the animals I’m seeing are not
on my side of the river.
What can I do to get em to migrate to
my side of the river?
I am not appalled, afraid,
ashamed, or upset about getting older.
But my body parts?
They don’t bounce anymore, they break.
You have to get comfortable with your limitations
as you get older.
The caribou already have curiosity,
alls I’ve gotta do is trigger it.
If I trigger it hard enough they’re gonna come.
I can set up something and attract them.
I cannot put out food.
You can’t do a bait station that way, that’s not legal.
I can use scent.
The garden did well, my plants are growing faster and taller
than I’ve ever seen them.
I can take a plant that they may eat and take that scent
and make a scent lure.
This is Chervil, I’m gonna take a bunch of this and
it’s just got a very, very strong odor to it.
Take any one of these leaves and you crush it and you
bruise it, you’re releasing the scent,
the scent is really strong with these.
They want to eat this, I want to help them smell it,
if in that process I get them to cross the river, bingo.
JESSIE: You get out of life what you put into it and
what you expect to get.
I expect tomorrow to be greater than today.
(barking)
Come on guys, good boys.
(whistling)
Denver, Tempest let’s go.
First stop gotta go fix the bridge.
Denver good boy, go with Tempest.
Catch up there you go good boy.
I know you wanna run with the big dogs, don’t worry
I’ll let you at some point.
I’m heading up to the high country to my favorite lake,
to go do some fishing, taking some dogs with me
but first off I need to get my bridge fixed
so I can get out of here.
I love seeing the dogs get out and just running loose
and being free.
Neil, he’s just a little tyke and he’s just learning the
life of a dog out in the wilderness with a
pack of sled dogs so this is his first real big adventure.
There’s the creek right there,
you can see the logs are all jammed up.
It was really high water this spring and a lot of ice coming down,
huge amount of snow melt so it just took the bridge out.
Luckily it just kinda pushed it right up against here and
I didn’t lose my logs so I don’t have to recut them, I just
have to reset them here.
Luckily I got my fishing waders with me so I don’t have
to get wet while I do it.
Before I built the bridge here I would just winch myself out
of here so the bridge saves me a lot of time.
Oh you’re gonna get in there and help me Temp-temp?
You don’t need to get in here Neil,
you’re not big and bad enough to cross that yet.
Oh little dude!
Don’t get too brave, you like helping dad huh?
Good boy, you showing off for the sled dogs huh?
You wanna be just like them?
You figure your way out across, here you go,
I’ll help you.
There you go woosh,
you made it across, you’re like the big dogs.
Good boy Neil walk the log, there you go, go straight
across Neil come on, good boy, no, no, no Neil straight,
there you go good boy!
You’re so smart, the bridge building session has turned
into a dog training session and a dog playing session.
Oh, what are you doing, you get the rock?
Huh? Are you having fun?
Yeah, you like going out?
Oh you playing with rocks?
Oh wow?
Ooh catch it catch?
Ah-ha-ha get it, she’s a playful dog.
She just likes to have a good time.
They’re kind of slowing down my work cause I’m playing with
them most of the time.
That’s the thing about traveling with dogs,
there’s never a dull moment, you don’t feel lonely out here,
you might be pretty isolated but I’ve got my best friends
with me so I’m just having a great time.
Watching these guys have a great time.
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JESSIE: Come on Neil, you’re not in a panic
you’ve got this.
You’re alright Neil, here’s a good boy, that’s a good boy.
There you go, good boy Neil.
My trail that I head out to the high country in,
it’s one of the main access points out of my backyard here
so I need to get this bridge back in working order.
Oh come on you guys quit you’re slowing me down
is what you’re doing, we’re done playing
we gotta get this fixed.
And no! Stay off the bridge!
I have it set up just the right width for me to be able
to get across with my side by side it’s not a fancy bridge
or anything it just gets me across this creek,
that I really can’t get across without using my winch
otherwise, so the bridge eliminates a lot of
hiccups in travel.
All right last log, get this set in place and then I gotta
do my fine adjustments and get em strapped together,
lined up with my tires.
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there, this should be here, that’s it.
Okay, now I’ve got them set like I want,
I need to strap them together,
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I’m looking forward to getting up to the lake and
getting some fishing going on.
SUE: You have to be willing to fail in order to push the
boundaries of success.
Ugh.
What is a caribou attracted to?
What are they curious about?
Curiosity is the greatest instinct that I could utilize
to my favor.
When you’ve seen me hunting and I take my hunting sticks
that I rest my rifle on?
And I flip it up over my head and they’re curious and they
look and sometimes they come a little closer,
I’m gonna use the fact that they’re curious about the racks,
here’s a body.
I put that head on there so that you’re looking at
a caribou.
It’s a little decoy bou.
I live a lifestyle that’s kind of outside the box.
When you do that, your solutions and your problems
are a little outside the standard field too.
I’m always trying to improve, expand, repurpose, reuse,
even if it’s my own skillset.
I’m always trying to expand on it.
If they see that big blazing, white cape that either the
lead cow gets or the males and the caribou are across the
river they’ll be whoa, what are they doing over there?
We’re already over here, come back over,
I’ve gotta take advantage of the fact that they’re standing up
and looking.
I mean the caribou are already halfway to the cookie jar so
alls I really need to do is to open that lid.
This here, it’s got the root plants and it’s got some of
the herbs from the garden.
I’m gonna be hanging some of this strips that I had soaked
in the scent.
I want to get some of the scent it in the air,
take advantage of this north wind and hang this scent lures,
so that it wasps that scent around.
That caribou is gonna be... wow that smells great.
My peek a boos are out there, the scent is laid,
I’ve just gotta sit back, relax, and see if they come in.
RICKO: This is school right here, this is survival school
for my son, he’s learning a lot.
SKYLER: I just saw a couple of ptarmigan.
Well, that’s cool.
So fun by myself.
I think they’re near.
Oh, God, I don’t want to go through this.
Ah.
So thick, right here.
Oh... ah!
NARRATOR: Ricko DeWilde is taking his youngest son,
So Skyler can set out on his first ever solo hunt.
For Skyler this is a critical opportunity to prove that he
can be a provider without his father by his side.
SKYLER: Ah.
This is tough.
Maybe I’m not ready to hunt without my dad.
Okay. They shouldn’t be far over here.
I think they landed right over here.
Ah.
I think they’re right over here.
Oh.
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SKYLER: Well, I got one.
Anna Basee.
I feel good.
I didn’t even see it.
It was just, like, sitting right there and I seen them
and then they took, I was aiming and they took off.
I might even go after those ones.
They should be close.
Okay. They’re right over here.
(gunshot)
Oh I hit one!
Second one, uh, feeling pretty good right now,
I didn’t think I was gonna get any or see any
but I mean I’m not even tired,
I could even go for those.
I am gonna go for those.
Okay, this is where I think they would be.
I don’t know for a fact.
(gunshot)
Got another one!
Three ptarmigan!
I’m around the age where I should start providing for
my dad and Keenan because I’m getting older and I know more
so I can do more things on my own.
I’m pretty sure they were up, like, right here.
My dad and Keenan are missing out.
I’m like a predator.
Getting them one by one.
(gunshot)
I just got another one, oh my God,
it feels amazing hunting by myself actually.
I feel proud for myself or good for myself.
This is, like, a magical place to hunt.
It’s like heaven to me.
JESSIE: I’m out here to live, not sit around.
I’m out here to make every day an adventure.
Right now I’m heading out to the lake to do some fishing
but along the way I’m trying to scout as much as I can.
Getting above the tree line now that’s where this uh trip
starts getting fun you can really start seeing
the country around you.
I just love seeing Denver and uh Tempest having such a good
time, getting some good exercise, they’re having a
blast out here, they love this country as much as I do.
My destination’s my favorite little high country lake up in
the alpine, got all my fishing poles, all my stuff to go
camping, this is just, you know, one of my favorite
places to make the rounds to and I haven’t been there yet
this year so I’m excited to get up there.
Neil he’s just a little guy right now he’s only 3 months old
you know eventually he’ll be able to run with the sled dogs
for a long ways but his little body can only handle so much,
these dogs here can run 30-40 miles a day no problem
and not even phase him.
Here you start breaking up to the good views here,
there’s a couple of swans right there.
It’s amazing, right away when you get up here you start
seeing something, you know?
Beautiful.
I love seeing swans, they’re a symbol of the country they’re
a symbol of love.
They uh mate for life and
it’s just a really special sight always.
Oh, nice they flushed the grouse.
Neil, Neil come on.
Neil come here, let’s go check the girls.
Ptarmy, they’re all over, Neil you hear it come on.
Tempest is after them.
Here comes this way Neil.
Neil, Neil you see that, it’s birds.
Dogs just flushing ptarmigan I wanna get Neil out here and
see if he catches onto the scent of it there he is he’s,
he’s looking, come on guys.
I’m trying to get Neil ready,
he’ll be about five months old by the time ptarmigan season
opens up and grouse hunting season opens up and this is
a real valuable time to introduce him to those
scents and smells.
There’s one right there!
Neil.
It’s exciting for me to have this new dog Neil he’s a
hunting bred dog and hopefully, you know, get a chance to
bring out all those instincts
while I’m out on this trip with him.
Fun stuff, huh, Neil?
Do you not understand yet, you smell it?
You smell where they were?
You got a good nose, oh hey you’d think Tempest and Denver
are the hunting dogs here?
You’re learning a lot from Tempest and Den,
follow that trail!
Look, you see that hole, oh yeah he sees that hole!
He knows something was in there.
Get it Neil, ground squirrels good boy, you’re gonna be a
good little hunting dog aren’t you?
All right Neil let’s go see what we find next!
Ready?
AGNES: Being out here you really need to be dry,
warm and well fed.
Ready Sabby?
TINMIAQ: Are you ready to go check the net?
AGNES: Hopefully we’ll catch fish!
SABASTIAN: Puppy!
AGNES: No, we’re leaving Puppy today,
Puppy is gonna stay with Tataa.
Ready?
SABASTIAN: Puppy’s running!
TINMIAQ: She’s good, she’s a good girl.
SABASTIAN: Bye-bye! Puppy is running.
TINMIAQ: My mom and my son and I have set a net so we’re
hoping that we’ll catch some fish in there,
the season is just switching out so
hopefully there’s still some chum or
maybe hopefully the silvers are starting to come in.
AGNES: Here’s a nice day for fishing.
TINMIAQ: Hopefully we’ll have some silver salmon!
AGNES: If the fish are real good we’ll make them into
smoked salmon strips and we’ll salt them and smoke them.
TINMIAQ: Throughout the summer when we’ve been here there
hasn’t been much caribou lately,
so fishing is something that we’ve spent
a lot of our time out here doing this summer.
And we’ve been fishing out here and preparing ourselves
for the winter time when we’ll eat the majority of the food.
AGNES: Look all the baby ducks!
Wow.
Lots of baby ducks, woo!
TINMIAQ: Lots of them, one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
Wow.
AGNES: 30 baby ducks get out the way baby ducks.
Fish ducks.
AGNES: Baby bird.
SABASTIAN: Fly! AGNES: They can’t fly.
TINMIAQ: They’re too small to fly still.
AGNES: They’re just babies.
AGNES: Yeah, go like this and run through water.
Oh there’s the net.
Wow, you all set pretty good!
TINMIAQ: Ooh, I missed,
ooh I missed again.
AGNES: Dirty net? No fish?
TINMIAQ: Sure there’s fish, there’s lots of fish right here.
AGNES: Oh there is?
TINMIAQ: Yeah they’re just at the bottom.
There still is a lot of dirt in the net.
Lots of willows and sticks.
AGNES: No the sunnik, this stuff.
TINMIAQ: Yeah.
AGNES: That’s hard to clean.
Oh, no.
TINMIAQ: Aw-shucks.
AGNES: No puppy you go back to shore.
TINMIAQ: You crazy girl. No dog, dammit!
AGNES: Puppy you’re gonna get stuck.
AGNES: Puppy, no. TINMIAQ: No dog.
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no. TINMIAQ: No dog.
Come on.
You’re gonna get yourself all jacked up.
AGNES: That scared me.
Woo.
She’s so silly.
Hold on, hold on.
Thank you.
Whoa.
SABASTIAN: Fish!
AGNES: Yes, nasty fish.
TINMIAQ: Yes, nasty fish.
Zombie fish.
AGNES: It got noisy when.
SABASTIAN: Look in the net right there.
Look in the net right there!
AGNES: That’s a stick.
A fish stick.
We just caught a lot of dirt.
SABASTIAN: What is it doing?
AGNES: Trying to take this off.
We only caught spawned-out fish.
We don’t eat that kind.
Keep it for the dog? No?
TINMIAQ: Yeah. AGNES: Yeah?
TINMIAQ: Yeah. Dog food.
The fish came up and they laid their eggs up the river and
they spawned out.
So as they’re floating back down the river, the chum right now,
they’re what we call zombie fish.
They’re pretty much covered in mold and in dirt.
We use some of the fish for some dog foods, the ones that
aren’t too nasty but they’re soft and
they’re not good for us to eat.
(Agnes sighs)
Such is life.
AGNES: All these fish that are all spawned out and about to
die, we throw them back into the river and put them back
into their own cycle.
It’s not really a waste or a spoil,
it’s just what the fish do.
They spawn and they die in the river.
TINMIAQ: Ouch. Here you go, mom.
AGNES: Okay.
Oh wow, this is what we’re looking for.
It’s actually a silver.
TINMIAQ: Yay.
Well at least we got one besides all of that dirt.
AGNES: One fish, Tinmiaq.
TINMIAQ: Wow, look at that other one.
Looks good too.
AGNES: Oh look, it’s a silver. Or...
TINMIAQ: Wow, it’s a good one.
AGNES: You can get the nasty one.
I joke.
TINMIAQ: Yeah. More nasty ones than good ones, but.
AGNES: Hold on, fishy.
You’re going the wrong way.
SABASTIAN: Hold on, fishy!
TINMIAQ: Zombie fish.
AGNES: That’s all the fish.
TINMIAQ: Well, should we just go take the, um, net off and
go set it outside of our camp?
AGNES: Yup.
With this next tide that’s coming up, we could try again
and try and check the net later.
The fish we really were excited for was the silver salmon.
And having some silver salmon made us interested in keeping
the net out and just keep trying to fish.
Even though there’s so many of the spoiled rotten fish,
just a couple silvers will make you keep fishing.
We’re gonna try again, Sabby.
We’re gonna reset the net.
(laughing)
TINMIAQ: When you fish a lot, you kind of learn the cycles
of the different fish and the little tricks to getting them.
AGNES: Careful, it’s deep over here.
That’s why we’re gonna set the net here is because it’s deep.
TINMIAQ: The chum started to spawn out.
So as we switched from chum to silvers, the silvers like to
run along the deep end of the banks.
And right outside of our camp is the deep end of the bank.
So we go ahead and set our net right there.
And that’s where we hope to catch our silvers as they run by.
AGNES: Look like it’s good, huh?
TINMIAQ: Yeah.
Sure does.
AGNES: We’ll just park now and just get the fish out of the
boat and watch and hope for a splash right here,
and see if there’s silvers!
RICKO: Your kids got to laugh to survive out here.
SKYLER: Dad. RICKO: Huh?
SKYLER: Look.
RICKO: Holy!
You got a bunch.
What a pretty bird, huh?
Skyler came back from his hunt and he has four ptarmigan.
Huge moment.
I’m super excited for him and I’m proud of him because
that’s my boy right there.
That was your first time hunting by yourself.
SKYLER: Yeah. It was exciting.
RICKO: Was it good?
SKYLER: It’s like, Skyler DeWilde.
By himself.
Hunting for ptarmigan.
RICKO: Actually I used to do that a lot when I was your age.
Hunting ptarmigan by myself.
I’m older now. I’m like, eh. I give up.
You got that young energy.
RICKO: Yeah, we should pluck them now because, um.
SKYLER: They get stiff. RICKO: Yeah.
SKYLER: Grab it at the very bottom, right?
KEENAN: Uh-hmm.
SKYLER: Put your fingers like this.
KEENAN: Okay.
SKYLER: Now pull up.
No, this way.
KEENAN: Oh. That?
SKYLER: Yeah, just go, but do it kind of lightly.
You don’t want to rip the skin, the skin tastes yummy.
I’m turning into Dad.
(giggling)
RICKO: It’s not only just the parents teaching the kids.
It’s the kids being able to teach their younger siblings.
That’s really a very important role in Native culture.
SKYLER: Dad taught me this, and I say it more than him now.
Anaa basee.
KEENAN: I knew that you were gonna say that.
Anaa basee.
SKYLER: You know what I usually do it every time I get my first one?
Like when I got my first ptarmigan,
I gave it to an elder.
KEENAN: Why?
SKYLER: Because that’s how you respect the animal.
You know how I know?
KEENAN: How?
SKYLER: Cause dad.
Dad taught me everything.
I was teaching him stuff, I was telling him a bunch of stories.
So I think he had fun plucking ptarmigan with me.
And plucking ptarmigan really isn’t that much fun,
but we made it fun.
You know what we would be good?
KEENAN: What?
SKYLER: These ptarmigan and some nice blueberry soup.
KEENAN: Yeah. SKYLER: That sounds good.
Let’s go ask Dad if we can pick blueberries.
Come on.
Feathery.
SUE: You have to understand the opposition
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It is time to get up on the perch and take a look.
And see if anything was attracted to
my little decoys or my scents.
Wow.
My decoys are over here,
just maybe a few hundred yards the other side,
I can see a couple.
The fact that they’re just right there in that area.
And they’re not peppered everywhere.
They’re drawn to that area and they haven’t been.
The scent, maybe even the decoys, has worked.
Okay.
Let me see what I’m looking at.
Even I can smell the scent.
Oh, I see a caribou, right up here.
I’m gonna try to wiggle into this brush so that this willow
is blocking my line of sight from the caribou.
I can also see one of my decoys.
There’s a ditch right here.
And I’m gonna try to use that to my advantage.
I can’t take a shot, unless it’s a bull.
It’s a little bit of a waiting game.
I can’t legally shoot a cow.
I have to see, is it a male or a female?
SUE: Give me a broadside again.
Come on, come on come on.
(gunshot)
(bleep).
He’s out there further now.
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SUE: Pretty unbelievable that I tried something
so far out the box, as scent and sawhorse ’bous.
A saw-bou.
And, uh, and it drew him in this rapidly.
200 yards, from my decoys to here.
All of the extra work I did was absolutely worth it.
I’m grateful for everything.
And now I have a bunch of meat and a proven theory.
AGNES: As a child, I grew up helping my parents fish and
hunt and gather.
So that’s what we try to show our children.
Look it, there must be a lot of fish!
Our net is bowing.
Look, there’s fish.
SABASTIAN: Fish!
AGNES: Fish!
SABASTIAN: Oh, there’s fish.
AGNES: Wow.
It’s awesome that my children love being out here.
I was out here with my mother and she was out here with hers,
so it’s a tradition that hopefully my grandchildren
will keep going.
Wee!
Wow, that’s a silver.
TINMIAQ: Yeah.
AGNES: Wow.
Check this one out.
It’s a pretty fish.
Today we got a lot of fish.
That’s it, we just got to go work on these beautiful fish
we work so hard for.
Wow.
Beautiful. That’s what we want.
TINMIAQ: Yum.
TINMIAQ: Cook this one?
AGNES: I love the fish too.
TINMIAQ: Go ahead. SABASTIAN: Eat that one.
TINMIAQ: Yeah.
It’s nice to be out here and show my son the different
kinds of food that we eat.
That way he knows what he’s putting into his body and
understands and he also likes to eat the different foods
that I tell him we catch.
When we cut up the fresh fish, he wants to eat it.
AGNES: Look at all those eggs. Oh my goodness, yum.
TINMIAQ: Good fish bait.
AGNES: Maybe one.
TINMIAQ: You eat, you too, Sabastian.
You try one too.
(giggling)
I’m not really sure if he likes the fresh fish eggs.
But he did try them at least.
So that’s good enough for me.
AGNES: We’re not gonna be here too much longer and usually
fish takes a week or two to dry.
So we’re just gonna cut these down, and make em,
into skinny salmon strips.
And they’ll dry a lot faster than a whole fish.
TINMIAQ: You washed it, thank you.
Wash this one too.
AGNES: It’s not really heavy work, it’s just a long process.
Whoa.
This time of the year, it’s kind of wet, rainy,
fog comes every morning.
And fish tend to get spoiled.
So we smoke them, we keep a warm little fire under them
and just keep the moisture away.
They got that gloss to them.
Nice, good strips there.
TINMIAQ: Hopefully we’ll be able to fill the whole rack up.
It’s pretty nice to see the rack filling up.
I still want to catch more fish and add it to the rack,
but for now it’s looking pretty full and it feels pretty good.
AGNES: It’s always awesome to see a full rack of fish hanging.
It means we’re gonna eat later, so it’s a blessing.
TINMIAQ: We’re gonna let the cottonwood smoke,
smoke out the fish.
As soon as those fish are dry, son, they’re gonna taste
better than your marshmallow.
AGNES: Yup.
Not only did we fish for food, we also taught Sabastian
how to fish and we made some pretty good memories.
We just got to let the smoke do its magic and hopefully
we’ll catch more silver tomorrow.
Good start, though.
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All right, I’m here at the lake.
Gonna go find myself a nice spot to fish at.
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Oh.
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a good-sized fish here.
See that, Denver?
Look, it’s a nice little trout.
Awesome.
Gonna be eating good tonight, boys.
Ay, ay, ay, get off of it Tempest.
Tempest, leave it alone.
I promise, when I cook it up I’ll share.
This is Neil’s first fish.
He’s really excited about it.
Oh, what is that? Oh, yeah.
Did it just wack you in the face?
Is that your first fish, Neil?
Oh yeah.
We’re eating good tonight.
I’ve been eating lots of grayling at home, so
I’m feeling pretty excited that I caught a nice trout.
Yeah, Neil?
Is that right, buddy?
Oh, you’re gonna climb on my back to watch what I’m doing, huh?
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Mm.
Doesn’t get any better than this.
How is it, Temp?
You guys are the best company I could ever ask for.
Thanks for being such a good girl today.
Mm, yeah.
Yummy.
Denver, you too buddy.
You’ve been good.
This fish was meant to be for dinner,
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That was the most heartwarming feeling.
We traveled up here together.
We work together as a team and we eat together as a team.
For me, it’s all about the companionship these dogs
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no matter what you do with your kids,
make sure they’re having fun.
You see any berries? There’s a few here.
SKYLER: Yeah, but there’s not that much.
Up there, there’s a bunch.
And they taste good.
RICKO: While Skyler was out hunting ptarmigan, he found
some blueberries along the way, and that’s gonna add to
the meal today.
Oh yeah, there is berries.
Yes.
KEENAN: Let’s pick!
RICKO: Catching ptarmigan, finding blueberries.
Skyler, you’re my retirement plan.
KEENAN: Look at mine.
RICKO: You’re fast, Keenan.
What the heck?
Starting to feel some weight on this bag.
This is tundra tea.
A. K. A. Hudson Bay tea.
A. K. A... I forget what else they call it.
These are the good ones right here. The buds.
SKYLER: That looks dead.
RICKO: No, it’s, smell it! It’s the strongest part.
SKYLER: Whoa. KEENAN: Can I smell?
Can I smell?
RICKO: That’s real strong.
KEENAN: Oh!
RICKO: Okay, enough tea.
SKYLER: Okay, ready?
KEENAN: Oh!
Oh, that was a good one!
RICKO: Look how much we got.
KEENAN: Wait, can I have a little bit.
RICKO: No, no, no, no, no!
We’re gonna eat it at the cabin.
Let’s go. Let’s go eat.
Come on.
SKYLER: Taste test.
RICKO: It’s good?
SKYLER: Here you go.
KEENAN: Thank you.
RICKO: Let me try some of that.
This is tasty.
This is a tough world out here.
Whether it comes to people or the land, the environment,
you always got to have each other to survive.
And when you’re out there hunting for us, and you get
ptarmigan like you did.
And then you come back, you tell me there’s blueberries,
so we go back out there and get more food for the table.
To me, I feel real proud of you because you’re thinking ahead.
And making our family stronger.
Nothing’s stronger than family.
It shouldn’t be that hard to say.
And I don’t say it enough.
But I really do love you, Sky.
SKYLER: I love you too.
RICKO: And I’m proud of you.
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