1 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:10,344 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:10,477 --> 00:00:13,347 [wind whooshing] 3 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,048 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:15,182 --> 00:00:16,483 - I'm gonna do this, man. 5 00:00:16,617 --> 00:00:18,085 I'm gonna do this. 6 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:20,721 I'm gonna fight this thing out to the last breath. 7 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:23,857 [dramatic music] 8 00:00:24,925 --> 00:00:28,528 - OK, game on. [bear growls] 9 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:29,830 ♪ ♪ 10 00:00:29,963 --> 00:00:31,331 - [grunts] - I got him. 11 00:00:31,465 --> 00:00:34,368 narrator: In "Alone's" most remote location yet... 12 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,403 - Yes! 13 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:37,671 narrator: Ten participants set out 14 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:40,140 to survive at all costs... - [groans] 15 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:41,942 - I'm gonna stay alive. 16 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:45,512 - [groans] Ah. 17 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:48,048 narrator: Battling extreme isolation... 18 00:00:48,181 --> 00:00:51,218 - There is no camera crews. You are really alone. 19 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:53,220 - It'll eat at you, tear you up. 20 00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:54,655 God, why? 21 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:56,556 It's a battle. Nobody ever comes out the same. 22 00:00:56,690 --> 00:00:58,859 - Oh, man. - It'd be impossible to. 23 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:00,794 narrator: And fierce predators. 24 00:01:00,928 --> 00:01:04,898 - It's a big bear. It's right outside my shelter. 25 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:07,467 - Predators like that damn sure are gonna kill you. 26 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:09,770 - Please don't rip my face off. [creature shrieks] 27 00:01:09,903 --> 00:01:11,838 He bit the hell out of me. 28 00:01:11,972 --> 00:01:13,607 narrator: They'll endure merciless wind... 29 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:16,710 - It's been over 60 hours, and it has not let up. 30 00:01:16,843 --> 00:01:19,479 - I can hear the trees falling down around me. 31 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:21,515 narrator: And bitter cold. 32 00:01:21,648 --> 00:01:25,018 - This whole place just turned into a frozen hell. 33 00:01:25,152 --> 00:01:26,720 narrator: Last one standing... 34 00:01:26,853 --> 00:01:28,689 - It's a moose. Wow. 35 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:30,590 [laughing] Whoo-hoo! 36 00:01:30,724 --> 00:01:32,359 - No, no. 37 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:33,727 narrator: Wins. 38 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:40,867 ♪ ♪ 39 00:02:09,730 --> 00:02:11,932 [indistinct chatter] 40 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:18,672 ♪ ♪ 41 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:21,541 - I'm about to dive into one of the hardest things 42 00:02:21,675 --> 00:02:23,276 that I have ever done. 43 00:02:23,410 --> 00:02:26,213 Northern Saskatchewan, it's very vast, 44 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:30,550 and it really feels that you are on the edge of the world. 45 00:02:30,684 --> 00:02:34,721 You can yell, but nobody's gonna hear you. 46 00:02:34,855 --> 00:02:36,790 - To win this season, it's gonna take 47 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:40,360 tremendous amount of mental and physical fortitude. 48 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,262 And my end goal is to survive as long as I can. 49 00:02:42,396 --> 00:02:43,764 Wow. 50 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:46,833 - There's a lot of black bear in this country, 51 00:02:46,967 --> 00:02:49,269 and they got to fatten up to make it through the winter, 52 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:52,139 so it's gonna be a competition for food. 53 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,608 - It's a little bit below the Arctic Circle, 54 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:56,643 and it's gonna be really cold. 55 00:02:56,777 --> 00:02:59,613 - And now, I am all alone. 56 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:02,716 It's wet. Nothing stops the wind. 57 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:04,518 It's gonna be brutal. 58 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:06,420 ♪ ♪ 59 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:07,921 - Is that my island? 60 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:10,424 [laughs] 61 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:12,125 - Y'all got to get me there now, 62 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:13,293 I'm telling you. 63 00:03:13,427 --> 00:03:15,328 There's ten people, ten items, 64 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:18,698 and a one in ten chance to win $500,000. 65 00:03:18,832 --> 00:03:21,234 - It's kind of crazy because you have 66 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:24,704 to film yourself and survive on your own 67 00:03:24,838 --> 00:03:27,340 right before winter, so there's the opportunity 68 00:03:27,474 --> 00:03:29,142 for a lot to go wrong. 69 00:03:29,276 --> 00:03:32,712 Wow. It got super real right now. 70 00:03:32,846 --> 00:03:36,116 - It's gonna take a lot to be the last man standing. 71 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:38,685 Freedom! [laughs] 72 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:41,488 - It's very intense to see the vastness of the landscape. 73 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:44,791 It's basically an ocean with lots of small islands. 74 00:03:44,925 --> 00:03:46,460 I don't think any of us have experienced 75 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:48,128 the extreme we're about to get into. 76 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:50,197 First dip in the lake. 77 00:03:50,330 --> 00:03:52,966 ♪ ♪ 78 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,435 Water's definitely colder than Maui. 79 00:03:55,569 --> 00:03:58,271 Whoo! Sand in the toes. 80 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:02,642 I'm right at home. Check this place out. 81 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:05,178 Looks like quite the bog back here. 82 00:04:05,312 --> 00:04:06,847 Fresh moose. 83 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:08,882 Could not have asked for more. 84 00:04:10,984 --> 00:04:12,719 Let the safety team and everybody get out of here, 85 00:04:12,853 --> 00:04:14,287 and then we'll get to work. 86 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:16,389 [engine rumbling] 87 00:04:21,228 --> 00:04:23,730 Oh, [bleep]. 88 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:26,700 [chuckles] Had it zoomed in there. 89 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:29,102 Sorry, guys. I did not know. 90 00:04:32,038 --> 00:04:34,040 It's, uh... 91 00:04:36,176 --> 00:04:39,212 Yeah, my beach. 92 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:41,348 Great big bay. 93 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,018 There they go. 94 00:04:45,152 --> 00:04:48,155 [engine rumbling and echoing] 95 00:04:50,824 --> 00:04:53,860 Finally alone. 96 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:56,830 Man, it's been a lot of work to get here. 97 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:58,298 Nothing compared to the work 98 00:04:58,431 --> 00:04:59,866 it's gonna be to stay here though. 99 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,835 ♪ ♪ 100 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:03,236 Loving Maui life. 101 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:05,672 I'm a glass artist, 102 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:07,841 incorporating digitally-etched imagery, but 103 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:11,044 I was raised in a really primitive environment. 104 00:05:11,178 --> 00:05:14,247 I am the youngest child of Larry and Sherrel Olsen, 105 00:05:14,381 --> 00:05:17,250 who were pioneers in the outdoor survival movement. 106 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:18,785 They started many schools, 107 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:23,056 and I worked for all of them since I was very young. 108 00:05:23,190 --> 00:05:24,658 A lot of what I learned from my dad 109 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:26,293 was from a primitive aspect. 110 00:05:26,426 --> 00:05:28,461 Little mousy comes along. 111 00:05:28,595 --> 00:05:32,599 So I'm not a big game hunter, I'm not a professional angler, 112 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,067 but I am a problem solver. 113 00:05:34,201 --> 00:05:35,435 Being able to think outside the box 114 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,671 and just apply what I have to what I need 115 00:05:37,804 --> 00:05:39,539 is my biggest skill for sure. 116 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:42,542 Collecting all these barrel cactus spines. 117 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:45,212 This is my absolute favorite fish hook. 118 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:49,149 I'm leaving behind my wife, Delia, and my son, Osiris. 119 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:52,252 My son is a huge motivation to take on this challenge. 120 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:54,487 I want him to see his dad thrive in the outdoors 121 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:57,123 and demonstrate my skills to the world, 122 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:59,226 but there's definitely a lot at risk, 123 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:02,762 my family reputation, my reputation. 124 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:06,866 I mean, my dad is a legend, and he has really big shoes. 125 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,902 I'm not trying to fill them, but they're there. 126 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,404 I got it. - I believe in you. 127 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:12,572 - So, ultimately, 128 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:14,574 it's a competition with myself. 129 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:17,777 ♪ ♪ 130 00:06:17,911 --> 00:06:20,513 Time to explore. 131 00:06:20,647 --> 00:06:22,849 Reindeer Lake. 132 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:29,122 Oh, yeah. 133 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:32,425 Look at that. 134 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,263 Bear paw. 135 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:40,166 ♪ ♪ 136 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:42,269 Oh, wow, that's exciting. 137 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:43,904 ♪ ♪ 138 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:46,806 Old human tracks too. 139 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:50,377 They must be from the safety team. 140 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:54,414 These bear prints are fresher than those. 141 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:56,916 I've had several encounters with black bears 142 00:06:57,050 --> 00:06:59,152 on a bunch of expeditions that we've done, 143 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:02,289 but there's no fear for me. 144 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,924 I am an alpha to them. 145 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:07,961 I'm super excited they're in my area, 146 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:10,163 so I'm keeping my eyes and ears open 147 00:07:10,297 --> 00:07:11,498 for that possibility 148 00:07:11,631 --> 00:07:15,135 as I move around and explore my new home. 149 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:27,647 In my explorations, 150 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:30,984 I'm looking for firewood caches, 151 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:35,188 buried caches, game trails, primary and secondary 152 00:07:35,322 --> 00:07:38,224 shelter locations that the route between them 153 00:07:38,358 --> 00:07:41,895 is my hunting and trapping and foraging grounds 154 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:45,799 so that every step I take has multiple purposes. 155 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:48,401 What a beautiful launch day. 156 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:51,504 ♪ ♪ 157 00:07:51,638 --> 00:07:54,007 Take my shirt off. It's so hot. 158 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:55,809 ♪ ♪ 159 00:07:55,942 --> 00:07:57,777 This is the second largest lake in Saskatchewan, 160 00:07:57,911 --> 00:08:01,681 and it is enormous. It's such a vast area. 161 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:05,151 And the weather is so intense, but it's also really abundant, 162 00:08:05,285 --> 00:08:07,520 and so it's tapping into that abundance mentality 163 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:10,924 and going after what is here and what resources 164 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:14,094 you do have is really important in this game. 165 00:08:24,137 --> 00:08:25,138 All right. 166 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:34,414 ♪ ♪ 167 00:08:42,288 --> 00:08:43,823 Got it. 168 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:45,658 That's awesome. 169 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:48,294 I got ya. 170 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:51,431 [wingbeats thudding] 171 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:54,667 It's okay, buddy. It's okay. 172 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:57,337 There you go. 173 00:08:57,470 --> 00:09:00,540 Use a little trap wire and tie this guy on my belt. 174 00:09:00,673 --> 00:09:02,942 In a survival situation like this, 175 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:06,346 my approach is that if you have any shot, 176 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:09,416 take it. It's eventually going to die. 177 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:12,018 Nature is brutal, and you have to be a little brutal 178 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:15,555 as well to operate on this level. 179 00:09:15,688 --> 00:09:17,924 Wow. 180 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:20,193 Off to a good start. 181 00:09:20,326 --> 00:09:23,430 First shot, first kill, 182 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:27,567 first hour, the first day. 183 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:31,738 What else you got for me? 184 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:38,878 ♪ ♪ 185 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:48,621 - Super hot day. 186 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:50,890 I am gonna go for a quick swim. 187 00:09:51,024 --> 00:09:52,292 I mean, check it out. 188 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:54,527 How beautiful is this? 189 00:09:54,661 --> 00:09:55,829 So I'm just gonna-- 190 00:09:55,962 --> 00:09:57,130 I'm gonna take half an hour and just kind of-- 191 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:58,998 just kind of chill out. 192 00:09:59,132 --> 00:10:01,401 Got to enjoy the good moments. 193 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:06,639 I'm a white whale. 194 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:10,977 Whew, that's cold. 195 00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:21,354 ♪ ♪ 196 00:10:21,488 --> 00:10:23,356 Whew! 197 00:10:23,490 --> 00:10:27,560 ♪ ♪ 198 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:32,665 Oh, my gosh, I can't believe it. 199 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:39,639 ♪ ♪ 200 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:41,774 Whew! 201 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:45,578 If it was a weekday, I'd be teaching 202 00:10:45,712 --> 00:10:47,881 in a classroom full of kids. 203 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:49,315 ♪ ♪ 204 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:51,784 Behind me here, I have a cattail swamp. 205 00:10:51,918 --> 00:10:54,587 Lots of different uses in a survival situation. 206 00:10:54,721 --> 00:10:56,222 I'm a high school teacher. 207 00:10:56,356 --> 00:10:58,291 Here's where it all happens. 208 00:10:58,424 --> 00:11:00,026 I teach outdoor education, 209 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,262 social studies, and English. 210 00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:04,097 There's nothing special about me. 211 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:06,099 I'm not a military survival expert. 212 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:07,967 I don't own my own outdoor school, 213 00:11:08,101 --> 00:11:10,370 but I've been preparing for this experience 214 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,771 since I was a kid. 215 00:11:11,905 --> 00:11:14,007 And I'm a guy that loves being outside... 216 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:15,508 Ooh! Hey! 217 00:11:15,642 --> 00:11:17,744 Has a passion for bow hunting. 218 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:20,346 I've competed quite a bit in archery. 219 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,349 I really love fishing, I'm strong-willed, 220 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:24,951 and I love bushcraft. 221 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:28,588 We have a camp mallet, or cougar bonker. 222 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:30,156 When I'm in the bush alone, 223 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:32,091 I feel like my senses just ignite, 224 00:11:32,225 --> 00:11:34,127 and I feel like I belong. 225 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:36,529 Just beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. 226 00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:39,198 I have a bit of a home-court advantage. 227 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:40,900 I've lived in areas of Canada 228 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,369 that are very similar to northern Saskatchewan. 229 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:45,505 Delicious. This is really--oh. 230 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,274 My wife and my kids support me 231 00:11:48,408 --> 00:11:49,909 and are behind me 100%. 232 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:52,912 And the $500,000, I'd definitely put to good use 233 00:11:53,046 --> 00:11:54,714 to help out my kids through their education. 234 00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:56,115 - Cheers, hon. - Cheers, Dad. 235 00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:58,418 - Cheers to "Alone." - Whoo! 236 00:11:58,551 --> 00:11:59,719 - Being on "Alone" is the ultimate 237 00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:01,220 adventure challenge, 238 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,856 and it's gonna test the skills that I teach. 239 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,558 Yes! 240 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:07,994 I'm going in with that mindset of it's not gonna be easy, 241 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:10,029 and I'm expecting hardship, 242 00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:12,131 but I'm actually looking forward to see 243 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:14,734 how far I can push that suffering. 244 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:17,103 I'm hoping to be the first teacher to win. 245 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:18,705 ♪ ♪ 246 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:21,741 I'm gonna work on a fishing plug. 247 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:26,045 I'm gonna use wet wood to help it-- 248 00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:27,880 get it under the water a bit better. 249 00:12:28,014 --> 00:12:31,050 ♪ ♪ 250 00:12:31,184 --> 00:12:33,720 So about there. 251 00:12:33,853 --> 00:12:36,589 I want to fish on day one because I know 252 00:12:36,723 --> 00:12:38,258 that in order to move ahead in the game, 253 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:40,426 I need to procure as much food as possible, 254 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,395 and I'm usually quite successful at fishing. 255 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:43,863 ♪ ♪ 256 00:12:43,997 --> 00:12:47,000 My fishing strategy is gonna be trial-and-error. 257 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:48,434 I've got snare wire. 258 00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:50,270 I've got parachute cord of multiple different colors 259 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:52,772 that I chose on purpose to make fishing lures, 260 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:56,509 and I'm just gonna adjust based on their success. 261 00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:01,114 It actually looks pretty good. 262 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:03,216 That'll catch a pike for sure. 263 00:13:05,585 --> 00:13:07,687 I like it a lot. 264 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:09,555 ♪ ♪ 265 00:13:09,689 --> 00:13:11,491 This lake holds a lot of different species, 266 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,226 a lot of really aggressive fish 267 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:14,827 like pike and lake trout. 268 00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:16,129 The lake trout are gonna be spawning, 269 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:17,430 so they're gonna be closer to shore 270 00:13:17,563 --> 00:13:19,432 and a little bit easier to catch. 271 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,734 That's not a bad cast. 272 00:13:21,868 --> 00:13:23,836 Wow. 273 00:13:23,970 --> 00:13:26,372 I've prepared myself in quite a few ways 274 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:27,740 for this experience. 275 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,509 Number one, I gained 40 pounds. 276 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:31,744 It's the heaviest I've ever been in my life. 277 00:13:31,878 --> 00:13:34,013 And then I prepared mentally 278 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,816 and just having that idea that feelings 279 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:39,185 of loneliness and frustration 280 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:41,788 will go away if you can fight through them. 281 00:13:41,921 --> 00:13:43,289 And what's gonna keep me pushing to the end 282 00:13:43,423 --> 00:13:45,291 is knowing that my family's behind me, 283 00:13:45,425 --> 00:13:46,926 and they don't want me to come home 284 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:48,895 until I'm ready to come home. 285 00:13:54,334 --> 00:13:56,135 Come on, now. 286 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,109 Oh, God! 287 00:14:03,242 --> 00:14:05,078 Holy [bleep], it's huge! 288 00:14:05,211 --> 00:14:07,113 Oh, my God, I'm so excited. 289 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:08,881 It's a laker, I think. 290 00:14:09,015 --> 00:14:14,721 ♪ ♪ 291 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,189 Oh, my God! 292 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:16,889 ♪ ♪ 293 00:14:20,893 --> 00:14:21,527 Yeah, that's a big laker. 294 00:14:21,661 --> 00:14:24,697 [laughs] Yes! 295 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:25,898 ♪ ♪ 296 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:28,735 OK, I got to get you up here more. 297 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,304 Holy shiz-nickels. 298 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,272 Look at that thing. 299 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:46,185 Thank you for your life. 300 00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:48,688 Thank you for your life. 301 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:52,759 I'm lucky that I got him in on a handline. 302 00:14:52,892 --> 00:14:54,560 ♪ ♪ 303 00:14:54,694 --> 00:14:56,829 Let's clean this guy. 304 00:14:56,963 --> 00:14:58,431 In this lake, it's not uncommon to get 305 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:00,466 lake trout up to 40 pounds. 306 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,502 But you have to be careful because without something 307 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:04,737 like a rod to help take the stress off the line, 308 00:15:04,871 --> 00:15:06,239 it could be difficult to handline 309 00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:08,107 a big fish in like that. 310 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:13,679 Oh, my God, look at all this roe. 311 00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:15,782 I'm gonna have to eat that roe tonight. 312 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:17,316 Can't waste it. 313 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:19,352 I'm just not ready to eat that raw. 314 00:15:19,485 --> 00:15:21,521 [laughs] I'm gonna have to cook it 315 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:23,756 because I don't really like the taste of fish eggs. 316 00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:29,395 My love of the land started in grade two 317 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:32,064 when my family moved to the West Kootenays 318 00:15:32,198 --> 00:15:36,302 and my father instilled a love of fishing and hunting. 319 00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:39,272 Holy moly. 320 00:15:39,405 --> 00:15:41,808 That's a big meal right there. 321 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:46,078 But he passed away of cancer 2013. 322 00:15:46,212 --> 00:15:49,248 He was 72 years old, but it was sudden. 323 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:51,117 He was, like, in really good shape, 324 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:52,552 mountain bike club, whatnot, 325 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:54,520 but without my dad, 326 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:57,123 I wouldn't have these passions. 327 00:15:57,256 --> 00:16:00,159 And I'll be thinking about him a lot out here. 328 00:16:00,293 --> 00:16:02,295 He'll be someone who gives me strength 329 00:16:02,428 --> 00:16:04,430 when I'm feeling down. 330 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,537 Oh, wish me luck, guys. 331 00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:12,939 I'm not feeling it. 332 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:15,842 I'm not feeling it right now, but I'm gonna do her. 333 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:19,345 I'm super thankful I have this. 334 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:22,014 It looks [bleep] disgusting, 335 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:27,320 but it's a soup of fish eggs. 336 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:30,089 I like sushi, but I avoid the egg. 337 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:33,226 I understand how important fish are 338 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:34,861 for long-term survival. 339 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,563 Game like rabbits and grouse are great for the short-term, 340 00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:40,800 but past seasons have proven that it's tough 341 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:43,035 to go long-term without that fat. 342 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:45,238 Maybe I should have just slipped them down raw. 343 00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:49,175 So eating the skin and the roe of every fish I catch 344 00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:51,644 is extremely important. 345 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:54,714 I have to get used to eating this kind of stuff. 346 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:56,315 ♪ ♪ 347 00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:59,485 [coughing and retching] 348 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:06,726 Yeah, they're not great. 349 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:13,866 ♪ ♪ 350 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:33,152 - Good morning. 351 00:17:35,321 --> 00:17:37,056 Slept pretty good. 352 00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:41,761 The wind shifted around midnight or so, 353 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:45,398 blowing all that smoke and ash right at my bed all night. 354 00:17:45,531 --> 00:17:48,100 Ended up with these holes. 355 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,469 Spark burns. 356 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:54,073 Ah, smoke's just going right back in the forest, 357 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:57,143 letting all them moose know that I'm here. 358 00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:59,946 It's crazy how windy it is at my beach. 359 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,282 This is definitely not my final shelter location. 360 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:05,952 I've just got to find the right spot. 361 00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:10,756 It's gonna be a busy day. 362 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:16,963 ♪ ♪ 363 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,264 You always fill your belly basket first, 364 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:19,765 that's what my dad said. 365 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:22,802 And so my strategy is food procurement, 366 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,303 is 100% my focus. 367 00:18:24,437 --> 00:18:26,839 And until that's done, I don't need good shelter. 368 00:18:26,973 --> 00:18:27,974 ♪ ♪ 369 00:18:31,410 --> 00:18:34,981 It's so important in survival to keep your energy up, 370 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:38,384 to not miss a day of food. 371 00:18:38,517 --> 00:18:41,120 I've slept in amazingly uncomfortable situations 372 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:44,390 and very inadequate shelters through storms, 373 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:46,292 but you survive that. 374 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,661 What you don't survive is starvation. 375 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:50,162 ♪ ♪ 376 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:52,732 Get them berries in my belly. 377 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:55,201 There's definitely big-game trails 378 00:18:55,334 --> 00:18:57,837 that are highly used that I've found 379 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:59,705 in my exploration here, 380 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:03,075 but putting a lot of calories into the pursuance 381 00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:05,277 of big game is a gamble. 382 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:08,514 Your best chances of big game 383 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,584 is just happening across each other. 384 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:14,854 ♪ ♪ 385 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:18,991 Oh, wild edible. That's as good as it gets. 386 00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:21,193 And berry picking is a really good opportunity 387 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:25,031 for still hunting because you're just being super quiet, 388 00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:26,732 head down, ears up. 389 00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:28,501 And any little thing that I hear, 390 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:29,835 I'll go pursue it. 391 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:33,639 ♪ ♪ 392 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:54,860 ♪ ♪ 393 00:19:54,994 --> 00:19:57,596 Wow. 394 00:19:57,730 --> 00:20:00,299 I just saw a black bear heading across there. 395 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,268 There it is right there. 396 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:05,004 ♪ ♪ 397 00:20:05,137 --> 00:20:07,139 It's cruising. 398 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:20,553 ♪ ♪ 399 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:36,936 ♪ ♪ 400 00:20:46,278 --> 00:20:53,319 ♪ ♪ 401 00:20:57,022 --> 00:21:04,029 ♪ ♪ 402 00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:16,008 ♪ ♪ 403 00:21:16,142 --> 00:21:18,711 Damn, I can't believe I missed that. 404 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:23,149 Oh, man, you're giving me another shot? 405 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,184 For real? 406 00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:30,856 ♪ ♪ 407 00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:32,925 [bear grunts] 408 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:36,328 [bleep]. [sighs] 409 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:44,904 I can't believe I missed both times. 410 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:47,540 You can't hit a shot you don't take though. 411 00:21:52,178 --> 00:21:53,212 ♪ ♪ 412 00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:55,948 The significance of a big-game kill 413 00:21:56,081 --> 00:22:00,352 in this situation is monumental. 414 00:22:00,486 --> 00:22:02,855 There are a lot of very experienced 415 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:05,558 big-game hunters in this season. 416 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:09,061 Found one arrow, one that I shot low. 417 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:12,298 And from the sign that I see on my land, 418 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:14,767 the chances of someone getting big game 419 00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:17,236 are very high, so that definitely 420 00:22:17,369 --> 00:22:21,674 needs to be a big part of strategy to go for the win. 421 00:22:27,546 --> 00:22:29,548 I think that's one arrow down. 422 00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:33,118 At least it was taking a shot at a bear, 423 00:22:33,252 --> 00:22:35,788 not a freaking squirrel or something. 424 00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:48,000 ♪ ♪ 425 00:22:58,177 --> 00:22:59,845 - All right. 426 00:22:59,979 --> 00:23:03,215 My glasses, boy, I really got to watch this glasses, man. 427 00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:07,353 I'm gonna lose this bugger if I don't watch out. 428 00:23:07,486 --> 00:23:09,521 So here it is. 429 00:23:09,655 --> 00:23:13,192 Got my shelter, the hard part done. 430 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:17,896 Made a tent structure, hole's here. 431 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:21,967 And, uh, I think that's a good place for a bed. 432 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:25,037 ♪ ♪ 433 00:23:25,170 --> 00:23:26,505 No time to waste. 434 00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:27,806 Never know when it's gonna rain 435 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,508 or what kind of weather you're gonna get 436 00:23:29,642 --> 00:23:30,576 in this country. 437 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:32,745 Guess I'll start laying them down. 438 00:23:32,878 --> 00:23:34,513 Got a lot of moss. 439 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:37,116 It's wet moss, so I need a lot of those. 440 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:40,519 All right, start out on the top end, 441 00:23:40,653 --> 00:23:43,155 kind of like shindling, 442 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:46,725 and then start working my way down. 443 00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:51,063 ♪ ♪ 444 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:55,200 My dad taught me how to do this when I was about 13, I think. 445 00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:57,102 We went to a trapping cabin, 446 00:23:57,236 --> 00:24:00,572 and I never had a mattress or a mat. 447 00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:03,242 I just had to put spruce boughs down. 448 00:24:03,375 --> 00:24:05,978 That's what I slept on. 449 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,013 I come from a unique place. 450 00:24:08,147 --> 00:24:11,650 I'm half Koyukon Athabascan, but we call ourselves Dinaa. 451 00:24:11,784 --> 00:24:13,152 That's just the people. 452 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:16,388 There's something. Oh, yeah, beaver. 453 00:24:16,522 --> 00:24:18,190 I was born in a cabin. 454 00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:20,659 My dad and my mom raised 14 kids out in the woods. 455 00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:23,329 Never saw another community till I was 15. 456 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,031 When other people were going to school, 457 00:24:26,165 --> 00:24:27,666 I was hunting and trapping. 458 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,636 Found a porcupine den. There it is. 459 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:33,605 I'm gonna get it. I just clubbed it. 460 00:24:33,739 --> 00:24:35,207 Coming from a big fishing family, 461 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:37,176 I know the value of a fishnet. 462 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:39,945 If you had a ball of twine, you can survive. 463 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:41,914 Our soul food is salmon, 464 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:44,683 but we got cow moose in the winter and bear meat. 465 00:24:44,850 --> 00:24:46,385 That's our best food. 466 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:47,619 There was a grizzly out, 467 00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:49,822 and they get hungry in the winter. 468 00:24:49,955 --> 00:24:52,091 All right, I'm gonna put it together. 469 00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:54,360 Currently, I own an air charter business. 470 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:56,195 It's a one-man show. I'm the pilot. 471 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,563 I'm the mechanic. 472 00:24:57,696 --> 00:24:59,898 And I fly all over the state of Alaska. 473 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:04,136 I'm taking this adventure on for that half million dollars 474 00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:06,872 so I can buy a bigger airplane and provide 475 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:09,875 better service to my village. 476 00:25:10,008 --> 00:25:12,077 There you go. That is a war club. 477 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:14,246 I'm gonna miss my kids, my grandkids, 478 00:25:14,380 --> 00:25:17,850 but they understand that I'm a ninja in the woods. 479 00:25:17,983 --> 00:25:20,753 I was born into this, and I want to be 480 00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:22,821 the last one out for them. 481 00:25:22,955 --> 00:25:25,858 ♪ ♪ 482 00:25:25,991 --> 00:25:27,493 There's the bed. 483 00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:31,196 Home sweet home. 484 00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:34,299 So back to business, make a fishing rod. 485 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:38,337 ♪ ♪ 486 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:41,607 My survival philosophy is first, 487 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:42,908 shelter for the night, 488 00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:45,210 so you can sleep and stay warm, 489 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:48,313 then food so you can stay alive. 490 00:25:48,447 --> 00:25:50,816 Not the prettiest, but hopefully it works. 491 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:54,186 Clay Hayes, I hope you aren't, like, 492 00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:56,655 laughing at me right now. 493 00:25:56,789 --> 00:26:00,058 Then, later on with the calories coming in, 494 00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:01,427 my long-term shelter. 495 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,897 ♪ ♪ 496 00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:07,433 Careful with my axe. Don't want to lose it. 497 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:17,776 ♪ ♪ 498 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:25,084 I just heard something big, I think. 499 00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:28,854 ♪ ♪ 500 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:30,856 Over here. 501 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:34,960 ♪ ♪ 502 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:38,697 Something making a bed here. 503 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:40,866 Just a bunch of sticks. 504 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:43,836 And it's not a beaver. 505 00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:47,606 I think there's a bear around here. 506 00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:53,779 ♪ ♪ 507 00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:56,148 Something's been up here. 508 00:26:56,281 --> 00:27:03,322 ♪ ♪ 509 00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:09,094 Something is in the water. 510 00:27:09,228 --> 00:27:11,697 ♪ ♪ 511 00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:20,873 ♪ ♪ 512 00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:22,741 There it is. 513 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:24,209 ♪ ♪ 514 00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:35,087 ♪ ♪ 515 00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:39,591 OK. 516 00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:47,232 But I ain't getting over there without a boat. 517 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:49,368 All this area is shallow. 518 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,769 If there was deeper water, 519 00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:52,704 I would just cast straight out. 520 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:56,375 Guess I'm going boating earlier than I thought. 521 00:27:56,508 --> 00:28:03,515 ♪ ♪ 522 00:28:08,854 --> 00:28:11,690 - [laughs] I can't even believe this. 523 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:18,196 I was scouting for a place 524 00:28:18,330 --> 00:28:19,898 to put up my shelter for the night, 525 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:24,803 and I just found this magnificent bed 526 00:28:24,937 --> 00:28:27,039 right here. Look at this. 527 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:29,975 I think you could, like, jump on this. 528 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:31,476 Isn't that crazy? 529 00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:33,579 It looks like a cotton mattress. 530 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,581 Mattress moss. [laughs] 531 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:39,218 That's--it's a new name. It's mattress moss. 532 00:28:39,351 --> 00:28:40,586 [laughs] 533 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:41,787 I'm gonna be so comfortable tonight. 534 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,922 This is so cool. 535 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:46,191 Well, I think I'm gonna go gather my tarp 536 00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:48,260 and put up a shelter tonight. 537 00:28:51,096 --> 00:28:52,531 This is crazy. 538 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:56,001 Six months ago, I couldn't get up off the ground. 539 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:58,103 Come a long way. 540 00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:00,739 I live this way all the time. 541 00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:02,574 My family homesteaded. 542 00:29:02,708 --> 00:29:05,077 We have stories beyond stories of living 543 00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:07,913 out in the wilderness and surviving off the land. 544 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:10,282 I was raised that way. I was taught that way. 545 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:11,483 Got it. 546 00:29:11,617 --> 00:29:14,152 My playground was the mountains. 547 00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:15,687 The trees were my toys. 548 00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:17,723 I grew up on the back of a horse. 549 00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:20,926 I was feral and free my entire life. 550 00:29:21,059 --> 00:29:22,728 And we have fire. 551 00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:24,529 I'm a really good hunter and a really good tracker. 552 00:29:24,663 --> 00:29:27,032 We have a cow moose and a baby moose, 553 00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:30,068 which is actually potentially really dangerous. 554 00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:32,337 I can identify plants like no other. 555 00:29:32,471 --> 00:29:34,373 Pine needles. 556 00:29:34,506 --> 00:29:36,274 I chew on it a little bit just to break the oils up. 557 00:29:36,408 --> 00:29:38,043 You want the oils to come out. 558 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:40,512 I did teach school, teaching special education. 559 00:29:40,646 --> 00:29:42,714 And after I had my fifth child, 560 00:29:42,848 --> 00:29:44,416 I retired from teaching 561 00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:48,320 and became a cattle rancher and was in a farming accident. 562 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:50,656 I was thrown from a piece of farming equipment, 563 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:53,025 and I flew about 30 feet in the air 564 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:56,161 and severed every single thing in my entire leg. 565 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,630 The recovery process took a long time. 566 00:29:58,764 --> 00:30:02,801 I came to a dark place where I thought my life was over with. 567 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:04,636 Something in me told me to start fighting, 568 00:30:04,770 --> 00:30:06,672 and I did, and I got back up and I started fighting, 569 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,240 and I fought. 570 00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:10,509 It took me three years to be able to get to the point 571 00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:12,077 to where I could actually get up and start 572 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:14,279 taking care of myself again. 573 00:30:14,413 --> 00:30:16,214 Some people might not see this as a skill, 574 00:30:16,348 --> 00:30:18,950 but to me, my biggest skill is my stubbornness. 575 00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:20,552 Look at that, baby. 576 00:30:20,686 --> 00:30:23,055 I fight tooth and nail to the death 577 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:25,524 for everything I do. 578 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:26,658 There you are. 579 00:30:26,792 --> 00:30:27,993 Bye, guys. Love you guys. 580 00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:28,994 - Bye, Mom. - Bye, Mom. 581 00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:30,529 I love you. 582 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:32,230 - I plan on being out here longer than anybody else. 583 00:30:32,364 --> 00:30:33,665 I don't quit anything. 584 00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:35,534 ♪ ♪ 585 00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:46,945 Now, everybody at home, I know that you're saying, 586 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:48,346 "You're gonna get a hole in your tarp, 587 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,048 You're gonna get a hole in your tarp." 588 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,684 But I plan on only having this tarp long enough 589 00:30:52,818 --> 00:30:54,920 to get me a cabin built. 590 00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:58,223 ♪ ♪ 591 00:30:58,356 --> 00:31:01,660 I'm planning on being here all the way till Christmas. 592 00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:04,162 I can only imagine that negative, 593 00:31:04,296 --> 00:31:06,198 60 degree below weather. 594 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:07,866 There's no way anybody could live 595 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:09,634 long-term in something like that 596 00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:11,937 without good shelter. 597 00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:13,739 This is, like, definitely a good spot 598 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,273 for my permanent shelter. 599 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:17,209 It's protected from the elements, 600 00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:19,945 from the weather coming off of the lake. 601 00:31:20,078 --> 00:31:23,915 There is no dead trees that could fall on me. 602 00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:26,785 There are several places where there's firewood. 603 00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:30,021 And I made sure that my shelter 604 00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:33,091 isn't in a highway for animals. 605 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:35,360 I will always have to be vigilant, 606 00:31:35,494 --> 00:31:37,396 but bears are hungry this time of year. 607 00:31:37,529 --> 00:31:39,598 So no matter where I go, I'm gonna have 608 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:42,000 a chance encounter with a bear. 609 00:31:42,134 --> 00:31:46,738 I've got my shelter pretty much set up, 610 00:31:46,872 --> 00:31:49,541 and I used the paracord to string a line. 611 00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:50,842 And when I get ready to go to bed, 612 00:31:50,976 --> 00:31:53,311 I can just pull this in and pull it close 613 00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:55,313 and have it completely enclosed. 614 00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:57,516 It'll stay up for at least a couple of days 615 00:31:57,649 --> 00:31:59,684 till I can get a cabin built. 616 00:32:01,219 --> 00:32:08,226 ♪ ♪ 617 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:25,210 - This owl won't stop circling. 618 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:26,511 Look at him. 619 00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:29,748 He's been circling and circling and circling. 620 00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:32,784 There he is. 621 00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:35,287 He's very interested in me. Here he comes. 622 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:36,421 Look. 623 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:41,126 Owls are-- owls are so reclusive. 624 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:42,794 Jeez. 625 00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:46,131 It's pretty trippy, pretty trippy. 626 00:32:51,603 --> 00:32:53,305 There he is. 627 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:55,407 He will not go away. 628 00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:00,212 This is gonna be hard for me to talk about, but... 629 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:01,880 [sighs] 630 00:33:02,013 --> 00:33:03,882 when my dad died... 631 00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,117 ♪ ♪ 632 00:33:06,251 --> 00:33:08,920 My brothers and I had really weird experiences 633 00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:12,591 with, uh, the owls, 634 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,626 some real close encounters, 635 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:16,862 all very close to the same time. 636 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,797 I'm not an overly spiritual person like that, 637 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:23,668 but right before I left, my mom goes-- 638 00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:27,339 ooh--my mom goes, 639 00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:31,042 "Al... 640 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:32,644 wait for your dad to show up." 641 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:36,948 ♪ ♪ 642 00:33:37,082 --> 00:33:38,416 I don't totally believe it. 643 00:33:38,550 --> 00:33:40,518 Don't get me wrong, but it just-- 644 00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:44,522 my mom called it and it reminds me of my dad. 645 00:33:44,656 --> 00:33:47,459 That's for sure. 646 00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:49,995 Oh. Bye. 647 00:33:50,128 --> 00:33:51,663 Hope to see you again, my friend. 648 00:33:51,796 --> 00:33:53,565 ♪ ♪ 649 00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:55,367 Pretty cool experience. 650 00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:08,346 [dramatic music] 651 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,816 ♪ ♪ 652 00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:14,653 - Good morning. 653 00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:17,522 My bed's better. 654 00:34:17,656 --> 00:34:19,891 I slept a little better. 655 00:34:20,025 --> 00:34:23,328 Um, last night, looked like-- it cleared. 656 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:25,864 It was clouding up last night, but looks like it cleared, 657 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:28,466 so that's good. 658 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,871 Well, today, I'm gonna make a raft. 659 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:36,374 ♪ ♪ 660 00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:39,077 My philosophy on food procurement 661 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:42,647 in this area is fish first, moose second. 662 00:34:42,781 --> 00:34:44,916 If I get small game, good, but I'm not gonna 663 00:34:45,050 --> 00:34:46,518 go sneaking around the woods. 664 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:48,320 ♪ ♪ 665 00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:51,256 I don't have a lot of body fat to spend, 666 00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:53,091 and the only way I'm gonna get it 667 00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:55,594 is with quite a bit of fish. 668 00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:57,829 I'm getting hungry. 669 00:34:57,963 --> 00:35:01,199 As far as fishing spots, the beach on the water 670 00:35:01,333 --> 00:35:04,169 itself is too gravelly to cast out of 671 00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:08,139 or to put a net, so the only way 672 00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,610 I can get around this is with a raft. 673 00:35:11,743 --> 00:35:13,578 ♪ ♪ 674 00:35:13,712 --> 00:35:16,648 All right, so I got my pile of logs here. 675 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,650 Tie her up right now. 676 00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:21,820 This is, uh, 32,000 aircraft safety wire. 677 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:29,894 When I was growing up, in the springtime, 678 00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:32,130 back of our house, it flooded in the back 679 00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:33,665 in the spring up close to the river, 680 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:35,400 way up there. 681 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:37,769 We'd float around on these rafts. 682 00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:41,006 We were just kids. We made them. 683 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:42,907 Each of us had our own little raft, 684 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:43,908 floating around. 685 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:45,543 ♪ ♪ 686 00:35:45,677 --> 00:35:50,181 Watching this show beforehand, for me to see people 687 00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:52,417 bring tarp out as one of their ten items 688 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:55,487 to make a watercraft when I grew up as a child 689 00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:58,556 making rafts, it surprised me. 690 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:01,660 That's what I thought all young boys did. 691 00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:03,962 Didn't we all want to be Tom Sawyer, you know, 692 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:07,065 or Huckleberry Finn. 693 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:09,934 All right, I think this thing is done. 694 00:36:10,068 --> 00:36:13,538 I got my gators on just in case 695 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:16,107 it goes over my boot top. 696 00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:19,177 OK, now it's floating. 697 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:23,948 Now I will see if it'll stay floating. 698 00:36:24,082 --> 00:36:27,052 ♪ ♪ 699 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,054 OK, here goes. 700 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:33,124 ♪ ♪ 701 00:36:33,258 --> 00:36:34,459 Don't fall in. 702 00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:36,227 I don't want to get wet. 703 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:38,096 I sure like being dry right now. 704 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:39,731 ♪ ♪ 705 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:43,835 So it feels good. 706 00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:46,137 I'm gonna go look the area over. 707 00:36:46,271 --> 00:36:49,808 ♪ ♪ 708 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:52,210 Bon voyage. 709 00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:54,679 ♪ ♪ 710 00:36:54,813 --> 00:36:57,649 OK, I'm gonna find a place to set a net. 711 00:36:57,782 --> 00:37:00,385 The net is a survival tool, has always been. 712 00:37:00,518 --> 00:37:03,121 My mom stressed it to us. 713 00:37:03,254 --> 00:37:06,024 It's low-calorie expenditure, 714 00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:09,294 and it will allow me to procure food 715 00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:12,397 while I am building my permanent shelter. 716 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:14,432 ♪ ♪ 717 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:17,368 This is where the otters were fishing. 718 00:37:17,502 --> 00:37:21,139 Not quite deep enough, but maybe if I go out here. 719 00:37:23,842 --> 00:37:25,977 Yeah, deep here. Nice and deep here. 720 00:37:26,111 --> 00:37:28,546 Nice rocky bottom. 721 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:33,318 So there's where I'm gonna sit my net, right there. 722 00:37:33,451 --> 00:37:35,019 All right, I think that's enough. 723 00:37:35,153 --> 00:37:36,488 Don't overdo it. 724 00:37:36,621 --> 00:37:40,158 But I feel really good about this. 725 00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:41,426 Goodness. 726 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,129 There's another area just right over here. 727 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:46,498 This is a real good fishing spot. 728 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,500 All right. 729 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:51,970 Now I know where to cast. 730 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:56,307 Tomorrow, I am going to try to get some fish. 731 00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:59,043 ♪ ♪ 732 00:37:59,177 --> 00:38:02,580 My dad, he moved to Alaska because he wanted to. 733 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:05,884 And I was born into that life that he chose. 734 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:10,054 So out of necessity, I did a lot of crazy stuff. 735 00:38:10,188 --> 00:38:11,689 I'm glad for that. 736 00:38:13,158 --> 00:38:20,165 ♪ ♪ 737 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:36,748 - OK, it's time to go hunting. 738 00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:38,816 I'm gonna try this again. 739 00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:45,924 ♪ ♪ 740 00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:52,797 Oh, look at that, look at that. 741 00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:57,235 See that right there? That's a moose track. 742 00:38:58,636 --> 00:39:01,272 Good, good, good, good, good. 743 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:06,377 It's a good sign. It's got me feeling good. 744 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:11,416 I'm hoping that I can do some calling. 745 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:22,126 Lord, I hope we get a moose. 746 00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,295 I've been a professional hunter 747 00:39:24,429 --> 00:39:26,397 for better than half my life, 748 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:28,466 and so I'm very proficient in patterning animals 749 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,835 and tracking them, 750 00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:34,439 but this place is alien to me. 751 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:36,908 The ground here is alive. 752 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:39,811 It's a rock bed with moss on top of it, 753 00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:44,215 and so it doesn't leave tracks the way topsoil would. 754 00:39:44,349 --> 00:39:45,817 ♪ ♪ 755 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,418 You can see where the moose has been 756 00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:49,754 eating on these willow trees. 757 00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,757 You have to actually follow where they've eaten, 758 00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,226 and they don't eat every step, so you have to jump 759 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,229 patch to patch to patch. 760 00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:00,531 Look at that rub. 761 00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:02,400 That's a moose. 762 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:03,968 But I'm a big game hunter. 763 00:40:04,102 --> 00:40:05,436 I love to pursue, 764 00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:07,538 and so I feel very, very confident. 765 00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:09,574 [foliage rustling] 766 00:40:09,707 --> 00:40:11,509 I hate making all this noise. 767 00:40:11,643 --> 00:40:14,345 ♪ ♪ 768 00:40:14,479 --> 00:40:19,150 I don't see my potential spot and stalk hunting. 769 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:21,786 Instead, let me sit over a trail, 770 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:26,057 wait for a bear, maybe a moose to come through. 771 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:33,197 ♪ ♪ 772 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,068 I'm sitting over my rub. 773 00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:42,307 It's fresh. 774 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:46,010 I mean, he made that rub not even a couple of days ago. 775 00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:53,184 ♪ ♪ 776 00:40:55,586 --> 00:40:58,589 [imitating moose call] 777 00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:17,008 [foliage rustling] 778 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:19,277 ♪ ♪ 779 00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:20,912 Something's coming. 780 00:41:21,045 --> 00:41:24,282 ♪ ♪ 781 00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:32,957 ♪ ♪ 782 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:39,330 ♪ ♪ 783 00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,077 [sighs] [bleep]. 784 00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:07,325 ♪ ♪ 785 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:12,030 All right. 786 00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:16,601 I'm on my way down here to get some blueberries. 787 00:42:18,703 --> 00:42:20,805 I really want some meat. 788 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:23,941 Berries are nice, but meat is nicer. 789 00:42:24,075 --> 00:42:26,010 ♪ ♪ 790 00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:28,012 Those are--that's fine. 791 00:42:32,650 --> 00:42:37,522 Look at these blueberries, tons of them. 792 00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:39,924 Yeah, my little boy, 793 00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:43,661 he eats his blueberries every morning. 794 00:42:43,795 --> 00:42:46,030 Every morning. 795 00:42:46,164 --> 00:42:48,166 I like them all right. 796 00:42:50,201 --> 00:42:54,572 It's a good thing I do because that's about 797 00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:56,541 all I'm eating right now. 798 00:42:56,674 --> 00:42:58,743 But if my little boy was here right now, 799 00:42:58,876 --> 00:43:01,579 he'd be going crazy. 800 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:04,148 I started hunting before I could even 801 00:43:04,282 --> 00:43:05,883 really remember learning how to hunt. 802 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:09,187 ♪ ♪ 803 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:10,655 I love the outdoors, 804 00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:13,424 and I love the animals because not only 805 00:43:13,558 --> 00:43:15,226 do they literally feed my family, 806 00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:16,661 they also pay my bills. 807 00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:20,098 The deeper these tracks are, the more open they look, 808 00:43:20,231 --> 00:43:22,333 obviously the fresher they're gonna be. 809 00:43:22,467 --> 00:43:24,836 I've guided anything that you can legally hunt 810 00:43:24,969 --> 00:43:27,405 in the Rocky Mountains for over ten years. 811 00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:29,574 Good lord, what a beautiful bull. 812 00:43:29,707 --> 00:43:32,276 I take anybody who wants to see the deep, dark woods 813 00:43:32,410 --> 00:43:33,911 where other people don't get to go. 814 00:43:34,045 --> 00:43:36,514 I've been blessed to be able to make hunting my profession, 815 00:43:36,647 --> 00:43:38,850 but it keeps me away from my family quite a bit. 816 00:43:38,983 --> 00:43:41,986 I live in a cabin with my wife and my son. 817 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,955 I'm definitely gonna miss him like crazy. 818 00:43:44,088 --> 00:43:45,289 He's two years old. He's growing. 819 00:43:45,423 --> 00:43:46,557 He's different every day, 820 00:43:46,691 --> 00:43:48,526 but I have confidence going into it 821 00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:51,128 because I'm gone for about three months of the year, 822 00:43:51,262 --> 00:43:52,930 and I know what it's like to miss 823 00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:54,799 all the important things at home and get back 824 00:43:54,932 --> 00:43:55,933 and know that they're still there. 825 00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:57,268 - Yay! 826 00:43:57,401 --> 00:43:58,870 - If I won the half a million dollars, 827 00:43:59,003 --> 00:44:02,640 I would really like to start a horse camp for children 828 00:44:02,773 --> 00:44:04,308 with learning disabilities 829 00:44:04,442 --> 00:44:06,010 and put them on little pack trips 830 00:44:06,144 --> 00:44:07,945 and give them a sense of responsibility 831 00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:09,514 and get them outdoors. 832 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:12,250 I think maybe that's something that's lost nowadays. 833 00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:15,086 Going into this competition, I didn't gain any weight 834 00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:17,522 because I do not believe 835 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:19,156 this is a starving competition. 836 00:44:19,290 --> 00:44:21,392 So I'm gonna hunt as hard as I can, 837 00:44:21,526 --> 00:44:23,027 fish as hard as I can. 838 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:24,629 I love you. 839 00:44:24,762 --> 00:44:26,864 And I feel extremely confident I'll come out successful. 840 00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:31,602 ♪ ♪ 841 00:44:37,108 --> 00:44:39,911 A grouse just landed in that tree. 842 00:44:40,044 --> 00:44:46,284 ♪ ♪ 843 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:47,818 Got him. 844 00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:59,430 [wingbeats thudding] 845 00:45:00,598 --> 00:45:03,601 Ah, that's a good shot right there. 846 00:45:03,734 --> 00:45:05,736 Shot his head smooth off. 847 00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:07,405 We're on the scoreboard. 848 00:45:07,538 --> 00:45:09,540 [laughs] 849 00:45:09,674 --> 00:45:12,877 So that's good. 850 00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:15,513 That's a win. We eat good tonight. 851 00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:22,587 ♪ ♪ 852 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:26,924 I got a fire. 853 00:45:27,058 --> 00:45:28,259 Getting my grouse cooked up. 854 00:45:28,392 --> 00:45:30,228 ♪ ♪ 855 00:45:30,361 --> 00:45:32,330 It'll be a nice night here on the lake. 856 00:45:32,463 --> 00:45:35,099 Would like to be eating caribou right now, 857 00:45:35,232 --> 00:45:36,367 but that's the way things go. 858 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:41,772 ♪ ♪ 859 00:45:41,906 --> 00:45:43,841 Bad things are gonna happen. 860 00:45:43,975 --> 00:45:45,876 That's an unfortunate fact of life, 861 00:45:46,010 --> 00:45:50,815 but you can't let them take away from the good. 862 00:45:50,948 --> 00:45:53,584 My wife was pregnant when I started this endeavor, 863 00:45:53,718 --> 00:45:56,053 with another child, 864 00:45:56,187 --> 00:45:59,256 and just a few days out from being dropped, 865 00:45:59,390 --> 00:46:02,059 she miscarried. 866 00:46:02,193 --> 00:46:04,095 So she's very sick right now. 867 00:46:04,228 --> 00:46:07,865 And I feel guilty that I'm not home, 868 00:46:07,999 --> 00:46:10,401 but this is a chance for me to change 869 00:46:10,534 --> 00:46:12,737 her life as well as mine. 870 00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:15,139 You know, you have to accept the things 871 00:46:15,272 --> 00:46:17,575 that are hard in life that you can't change 872 00:46:17,708 --> 00:46:19,110 and move forward 873 00:46:19,243 --> 00:46:20,778 because the second that you get down, 874 00:46:20,911 --> 00:46:22,246 you're out of the fight, 875 00:46:22,380 --> 00:46:25,383 and my wife would be so upset with me if I quit. 876 00:46:25,516 --> 00:46:29,153 I mean, so upset with me because that's who she is. 877 00:46:29,286 --> 00:46:33,357 And she would never let me quit for her. 878 00:46:33,491 --> 00:46:36,260 Oh, that looks so good. 879 00:46:36,394 --> 00:46:38,396 [blows] 880 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:42,800 Mmm. [laughs quietly] 881 00:46:45,703 --> 00:46:50,041 Oh, baby. Mmm, mmm. 882 00:46:50,174 --> 00:46:57,181 ♪ ♪ 883 00:47:10,861 --> 00:47:13,397 - [grunts] Yeah. 884 00:47:13,531 --> 00:47:17,001 Yeah. Whoo! 885 00:47:17,134 --> 00:47:19,704 All right, let's go get water. 886 00:47:22,740 --> 00:47:24,241 Yo. 887 00:47:24,375 --> 00:47:27,545 Finally braided my hair, little braids. 888 00:47:27,678 --> 00:47:30,448 It's pretty funky-looking. 889 00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:33,951 All right. Here we go. 890 00:47:34,085 --> 00:47:35,586 Off to go get water. 891 00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:37,755 ♪ ♪ 892 00:47:37,888 --> 00:47:40,791 Oh, look at-- blueberry. 893 00:47:40,925 --> 00:47:42,293 [laughs] 894 00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:45,129 ♪ ♪ 895 00:47:45,262 --> 00:47:48,332 I'm constantly eating between the berries 896 00:47:48,466 --> 00:47:50,201 and the plant life and the reindeer moss. 897 00:47:50,334 --> 00:47:52,536 I'm full all the time. I'm never hungry. 898 00:47:52,670 --> 00:47:53,904 It's like eating salad. 899 00:47:54,038 --> 00:47:55,940 It may not be a lot of calories, 900 00:47:56,073 --> 00:47:57,842 but it's enough to sustain me. 901 00:47:57,975 --> 00:47:59,844 ♪ ♪ 902 00:47:59,977 --> 00:48:02,113 When I had my accident, I was bedridden 903 00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:05,716 and I gained 70 pounds, but I think 904 00:48:05,850 --> 00:48:07,485 it will allow me to go longer. 905 00:48:07,618 --> 00:48:09,954 Here we go. 906 00:48:10,087 --> 00:48:13,124 Right now, my first priority is my shelter, 907 00:48:13,257 --> 00:48:15,993 that's number one above food, above everything else. 908 00:48:16,127 --> 00:48:17,595 ♪ ♪ 909 00:48:17,728 --> 00:48:19,830 I'm gonna have to take some layers off. 910 00:48:19,964 --> 00:48:23,300 Today, I'm gonna start on my cabin. 911 00:48:23,434 --> 00:48:26,504 ♪ ♪ 912 00:48:26,637 --> 00:48:27,972 The clouds went away. 913 00:48:28,105 --> 00:48:30,241 It looks like it might turn out to be a good day. 914 00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:31,742 Here we go. 915 00:48:31,876 --> 00:48:34,345 My intention is to build a log cabin 916 00:48:34,478 --> 00:48:37,581 because logs can hold a lot of heat. 917 00:48:37,715 --> 00:48:39,416 I need to be able to stand up in it, 918 00:48:39,583 --> 00:48:41,786 I need to be able to move around in it 919 00:48:41,919 --> 00:48:43,621 because I know that I will thrive 920 00:48:43,754 --> 00:48:46,457 out here if I'm comfortable. 921 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:47,992 ♪ ♪ 922 00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:49,593 After my shelter is done, 923 00:48:49,727 --> 00:48:51,796 then I'll go hunting and fishing. 924 00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:53,697 ♪ ♪ 925 00:48:53,831 --> 00:48:57,134 The first four logs are the most important 926 00:48:57,268 --> 00:48:59,904 when you're setting a cabin because they're 927 00:49:00,037 --> 00:49:04,208 what's going to determine whether it stands. 928 00:49:04,341 --> 00:49:08,012 ♪ ♪ 929 00:49:08,145 --> 00:49:10,648 My dad was a fence builder 930 00:49:10,781 --> 00:49:14,018 and a logger and a cowboy. 931 00:49:14,151 --> 00:49:17,955 He pretty much taught me everything I know. 932 00:49:18,088 --> 00:49:20,558 When I was growing up, we would spend six months 933 00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:22,326 out of the year in the wilderness 934 00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:24,528 building fences or packing. 935 00:49:24,662 --> 00:49:26,664 We would use our saddle for a pillow 936 00:49:26,797 --> 00:49:27,998 and our saddle blankets as a blanket. 937 00:49:28,132 --> 00:49:29,700 ♪ ♪ 938 00:49:29,834 --> 00:49:33,671 He made me strong. He made me so strong. 939 00:49:33,804 --> 00:49:36,574 And that's how it's done. [chuckles] 940 00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:39,476 Out here, it's gonna take a lot of grit 941 00:49:39,610 --> 00:49:41,745 to do what the ten of us are doing. 942 00:49:41,879 --> 00:49:43,747 I know I can do it. 943 00:49:43,881 --> 00:49:45,449 ♪ ♪ 944 00:49:49,420 --> 00:49:55,693 ♪ ♪ 945 00:49:59,897 --> 00:50:02,333 Now to put the net out. 946 00:50:05,302 --> 00:50:07,438 Wonder how long this raft will float 947 00:50:07,571 --> 00:50:08,939 before it gets waterlogged. 948 00:50:09,073 --> 00:50:12,710 It's got pretty good flotation, so even if it does... 949 00:50:12,843 --> 00:50:16,981 ♪ ♪ 950 00:50:17,114 --> 00:50:19,817 It should be good for a while. 951 00:50:19,950 --> 00:50:23,120 I've got my line ready. 952 00:50:23,254 --> 00:50:24,622 Try throwing it overboard, I guess. 953 00:50:24,755 --> 00:50:26,257 Let me see. 954 00:50:26,390 --> 00:50:31,528 OK, I think I'll have to turn this board this way. 955 00:50:31,662 --> 00:50:34,231 ♪ ♪ 956 00:50:34,365 --> 00:50:36,267 Right there. 957 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:38,636 Just start throwing this overboard. 958 00:50:38,769 --> 00:50:40,371 ♪ ♪ 959 00:50:40,504 --> 00:50:41,639 Boy, this is pretty cool [bleep] 960 00:50:41,772 --> 00:50:43,607 if I wasn't so hungry. 961 00:50:43,741 --> 00:50:45,876 ♪ ♪ 962 00:50:46,010 --> 00:50:46,877 [grunts] 963 00:50:47,011 --> 00:50:48,913 ♪ ♪ 964 00:50:49,046 --> 00:50:51,448 OK, maybe that fits. 965 00:50:51,582 --> 00:50:53,918 Let it go. OK. 966 00:50:54,051 --> 00:50:57,021 Come on. Come on. 967 00:50:57,154 --> 00:50:58,522 Come on. 968 00:50:58,656 --> 00:51:00,257 ♪ ♪ 969 00:51:00,391 --> 00:51:02,226 There you go. 970 00:51:02,359 --> 00:51:03,594 I'm going back to shore. 971 00:51:03,727 --> 00:51:05,162 Hopefully that works. 972 00:51:05,296 --> 00:51:10,067 ♪ ♪ 973 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,770 All right, I'm just heading out. 974 00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:16,073 Gonna go blaze my trail to the fishing spot. 975 00:51:16,206 --> 00:51:17,708 ♪ ♪ 976 00:51:17,841 --> 00:51:22,179 Last night, I was remembering when my mom put a net in. 977 00:51:22,313 --> 00:51:24,248 It was one of my earliest memories. 978 00:51:24,381 --> 00:51:28,919 Head downhill, towards the lake. 979 00:51:29,053 --> 00:51:31,121 We were on high ground because my dad 980 00:51:31,255 --> 00:51:33,223 was worried about flooding. 981 00:51:33,357 --> 00:51:36,226 We had a dog team. We had a tent. 982 00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:37,995 That was it. 983 00:51:38,128 --> 00:51:41,098 I'm at the beach, but... 984 00:51:41,231 --> 00:51:42,499 I got to walk a little farther. 985 00:51:42,633 --> 00:51:44,034 ♪ ♪ 986 00:51:44,168 --> 00:51:47,538 My mom made a net to catch some fish on a little creek, 987 00:51:47,671 --> 00:51:49,540 and all she caught was one pike, 988 00:51:49,673 --> 00:51:51,141 and we're all hungry, 989 00:51:51,275 --> 00:51:55,980 and we're ready to eat, and Dad said, 990 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:59,450 "Well, shouldn't we say grace or something?" 991 00:51:59,583 --> 00:52:02,252 OK, made it. 992 00:52:02,386 --> 00:52:04,622 My mom said, "Thank you, God, 993 00:52:04,755 --> 00:52:07,458 for this one effing little fish." 994 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:09,593 Here it goes. 995 00:52:09,727 --> 00:52:12,696 ♪ ♪ 996 00:52:12,830 --> 00:52:14,832 It works. 997 00:52:14,965 --> 00:52:16,967 Next day, they went to check the net, 998 00:52:17,101 --> 00:52:19,737 and there's a whole bunch of fish, 999 00:52:19,870 --> 00:52:22,940 so God must have a sense of humor. 1000 00:52:23,073 --> 00:52:24,475 ♪ ♪ 1001 00:52:24,608 --> 00:52:26,610 [humming melody] 1002 00:52:32,650 --> 00:52:35,019 Oh! A bite. 1003 00:52:35,152 --> 00:52:37,121 Come on. 1004 00:52:37,254 --> 00:52:39,056 Oh, oh, I got one. 1005 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:42,393 ♪ ♪ 1006 00:52:42,526 --> 00:52:45,329 I'm trying to get you up here now, buddy. 1007 00:52:45,462 --> 00:52:46,463 You're doing good. 1008 00:52:46,597 --> 00:52:48,966 You're doing good. You're doing good. 1009 00:52:49,099 --> 00:52:50,067 You're doing good. 1010 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,704 You're doing good. There you go. 1011 00:52:53,837 --> 00:52:56,707 There you go. Thank you. 1012 00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:58,842 I'm just gonna club you now, 1013 00:52:58,976 --> 00:53:00,944 send you to the happy fishing ground. 1014 00:53:03,847 --> 00:53:06,817 All right, well, I got one, folks. 1015 00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:09,486 ♪ ♪ 1016 00:53:09,620 --> 00:53:12,256 This fish, it's just such a blessing. 1017 00:53:12,389 --> 00:53:14,425 It's got eggs. 1018 00:53:14,558 --> 00:53:16,727 Yummy, yummy. Here goes, first meal. 1019 00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:18,996 ♪ ♪ 1020 00:53:19,129 --> 00:53:22,099 Mmm, mmm. 1021 00:53:22,232 --> 00:53:25,269 OK, that's good enough for now. 1022 00:53:25,402 --> 00:53:28,605 It just picked my spirits up. 1023 00:53:28,739 --> 00:53:32,242 OK, checking the net before it gets too dark. 1024 00:53:34,111 --> 00:53:35,946 Fish is on the fire. 1025 00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:37,881 I feel like I can expend energy now. 1026 00:53:38,015 --> 00:53:40,718 I even feel better-- I ate that eggs, 1027 00:53:40,851 --> 00:53:43,587 and I feel normal now. 1028 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:48,358 But now that I have food, I can work hard. 1029 00:53:50,461 --> 00:53:52,062 Oh, I caught one. 1030 00:53:52,196 --> 00:53:54,865 I guess when it rains, it pours. 1031 00:53:54,998 --> 00:53:57,401 No laying around tonight. 1032 00:53:57,534 --> 00:53:59,169 ♪ ♪ 1033 00:53:59,303 --> 00:54:02,840 Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. 1034 00:54:02,973 --> 00:54:04,508 Grab it by the eyes. 1035 00:54:04,641 --> 00:54:07,244 You don't want to grab a pike by the gills 1036 00:54:07,377 --> 00:54:08,579 unless you got gloves on. 1037 00:54:08,712 --> 00:54:11,115 It got teeth, these pike. 1038 00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:13,984 Whoo-hoo. 1039 00:54:14,118 --> 00:54:16,854 Went from nothing to two fish. 1040 00:54:16,987 --> 00:54:19,490 ♪ ♪ 1041 00:54:19,623 --> 00:54:23,827 To start from scratch with an axe, a knife, a saw, 1042 00:54:23,961 --> 00:54:29,600 and some p-cord and actually make a rod, 1043 00:54:29,733 --> 00:54:33,537 the fishnet, the raft, and be able 1044 00:54:33,670 --> 00:54:35,839 to get food out of the water 1045 00:54:35,973 --> 00:54:39,443 is just such a satisfactory feeling. 1046 00:54:39,576 --> 00:54:41,945 Mmm, mmm, mmm. 1047 00:54:42,079 --> 00:54:49,119 ♪ ♪ 1048 00:55:15,345 --> 00:55:17,814 - There's all them bastard ducks again. 1049 00:55:19,783 --> 00:55:22,252 Look at all that food swimming out there. 1050 00:55:23,787 --> 00:55:28,258 But as you can see, I am here and hungry, 1051 00:55:28,392 --> 00:55:31,995 and the ducks are over there. 1052 00:55:34,631 --> 00:55:35,933 I sure wish they'd get somewhere 1053 00:55:36,066 --> 00:55:37,501 where I can shoot at them. 1054 00:55:38,836 --> 00:55:41,772 [sighs] Let's go hunting. 1055 00:55:41,905 --> 00:55:48,912 ♪ ♪ 1056 00:55:51,315 --> 00:55:53,250 Just easing my rhythm. 1057 00:55:53,417 --> 00:55:56,620 ♪ ♪ 1058 00:55:56,753 --> 00:56:00,057 This is really good bear habitat. 1059 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:02,125 I've eaten all the grouse. 1060 00:56:02,259 --> 00:56:06,063 I chowed that sucker down, so better start producing. 1061 00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:09,266 ♪ ♪ 1062 00:56:09,399 --> 00:56:12,402 There's a good heavy trail going through this swamp. 1063 00:56:12,536 --> 00:56:15,305 I've always been in love with the outdoors. 1064 00:56:15,439 --> 00:56:17,574 I never wanted to pay attention in school. 1065 00:56:17,708 --> 00:56:19,676 I was always too rambunctious and all that. 1066 00:56:19,810 --> 00:56:21,945 And my mama just kicked me outside, you know? 1067 00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:24,248 I'm very thankful for that. 1068 00:56:24,381 --> 00:56:26,884 I think a lot of kids just need that chance, you know? 1069 00:56:27,017 --> 00:56:28,252 Oh, boy. 1070 00:56:28,385 --> 00:56:30,888 The ground out here just swallows you. 1071 00:56:31,021 --> 00:56:32,656 ♪ ♪ 1072 00:56:32,789 --> 00:56:36,193 I hope my little boy enjoys being out in the wilderness. 1073 00:56:36,326 --> 00:56:39,596 I hope he wants to carry on this sort of lifestyle 1074 00:56:39,730 --> 00:56:42,032 and eventually teach his own children these skills 1075 00:56:42,165 --> 00:56:44,735 that I'll teach him, you know? 1076 00:56:53,777 --> 00:56:56,580 What the [bleep]? 1077 00:56:56,713 --> 00:56:59,883 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1078 00:57:00,017 --> 00:57:02,252 No, no, no, no. What the [bleep]? 1079 00:57:02,386 --> 00:57:04,054 No, no, no, no. 1080 00:57:04,187 --> 00:57:08,191 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1081 00:57:08,325 --> 00:57:10,327 No, no, no. 1082 00:57:10,460 --> 00:57:12,629 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 1083 00:57:12,763 --> 00:57:14,631 Oh, my God. 1084 00:57:14,765 --> 00:57:18,969 ♪ ♪ 1085 00:57:19,102 --> 00:57:20,971 [sighs] 1086 00:57:21,104 --> 00:57:23,273 ♪ ♪ 1087 00:57:23,407 --> 00:57:25,776 My quiver came off my bow. 1088 00:57:25,909 --> 00:57:28,345 I just... 1089 00:57:28,478 --> 00:57:29,946 [bleep]. 1090 00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:31,214 ♪ ♪ 1091 00:57:31,348 --> 00:57:33,016 That's all my arrows. 1092 00:57:38,789 --> 00:57:41,992 ♪ ♪ 1093 00:57:42,125 --> 00:57:44,361 [bleep] damn it. 1094 00:57:44,494 --> 00:57:46,496 [sighs] 1095 00:57:50,834 --> 00:57:52,769 I've got to find it. I got to find it. 1096 00:57:52,903 --> 00:57:54,371 ♪ ♪ 1097 00:57:54,504 --> 00:57:56,206 I don't know how it came off. 1098 00:57:56,340 --> 00:57:58,208 ♪ ♪ 1099 00:57:58,342 --> 00:58:02,179 [bleep] Oh, [bleep] damn it. 1100 00:58:02,312 --> 00:58:04,114 ♪ ♪ 1101 00:58:04,247 --> 00:58:06,249 I got to find that freaking quiver. 1102 00:58:06,383 --> 00:58:09,619 ♪ ♪ 1103 00:58:09,753 --> 00:58:11,188 [bleep] 1104 00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:13,857 Chance of a lifetime, half a million dollars. 1105 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:16,360 [bleep] cry right now. 1106 00:58:16,493 --> 00:58:18,095 I could [bleep] cry right now. 1107 00:58:18,228 --> 00:58:22,065 I couldn't kill a bear or a moose if I found one now. 1108 00:58:22,199 --> 00:58:24,167 I couldn't kill one if I [bleep] found it. 1109 00:58:24,301 --> 00:58:29,439 ♪ ♪ 1110 00:58:29,573 --> 00:58:31,308 This stuff is just-- 1111 00:58:31,441 --> 00:58:33,810 it's miserable. 1112 00:58:33,944 --> 00:58:34,911 I don't know. 1113 00:58:35,045 --> 00:58:37,647 It must have got hung up in the brush. 1114 00:58:37,781 --> 00:58:42,319 ♪ ♪ 1115 00:58:42,452 --> 00:58:44,321 [grunts] 1116 00:58:44,454 --> 00:58:46,957 ♪ ♪ 1117 00:58:49,459 --> 00:58:55,365 ♪ ♪ 1118 00:58:55,499 --> 00:58:57,467 I've got no arrows. 1119 00:58:59,770 --> 00:59:03,040 [sighs] 1120 00:59:03,173 --> 00:59:05,776 It's my own fault putting all my arrows 1121 00:59:05,909 --> 00:59:07,677 in my quiver. 1122 00:59:07,811 --> 00:59:10,046 I never thought about losing the arrows. 1123 00:59:10,180 --> 00:59:12,816 I just thought about not having them. 1124 00:59:15,886 --> 00:59:17,454 I can't believe it. 1125 00:59:17,587 --> 00:59:18,855 I can't believe I did that. 1126 00:59:18,989 --> 00:59:20,624 ♪ ♪ 1127 00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:23,860 Oh, I can't believe it. [groans] 1128 00:59:23,994 --> 00:59:29,199 ♪ ♪ 1129 00:59:29,332 --> 00:59:34,171 It's the biggest mistake of my life, hands down. 1130 00:59:34,304 --> 00:59:40,677 ♪ ♪ 1131 00:59:40,811 --> 00:59:42,946 They're just gone, 1132 00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:45,615 and I don't know what I'm gonna do. 1133 00:59:45,749 --> 00:59:47,517 I don't have the fat to starve it out. 1134 00:59:47,651 --> 00:59:49,319 ♪ ♪ 1135 00:59:49,453 --> 00:59:51,088 I don't see-- 1136 00:59:51,221 --> 00:59:53,890 I don't see myself making it much longer. 1137 01:00:05,402 --> 01:00:07,404 At the end of the day, though... 1138 01:00:09,239 --> 01:00:10,740 No matter what... 1139 01:00:13,777 --> 01:00:17,747 I can't let this break me. 1140 01:00:17,881 --> 01:00:21,885 ♪ ♪ 1141 01:00:22,018 --> 01:00:24,221 This is when you really have to dig deep. 1142 01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:25,822 ♪ ♪ 1143 01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:28,258 I'm getting very deep inside myself right now. 1144 01:00:28,391 --> 01:00:32,395 I have to find the willpower to move forward. 1145 01:00:32,529 --> 01:00:34,931 ♪ ♪ 1146 01:00:35,065 --> 01:00:36,466 I guess in the scheme of things, 1147 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:40,003 I've got a warm fire. I have a dry shelter. 1148 01:00:40,136 --> 01:00:41,738 ♪ ♪ 1149 01:00:41,872 --> 01:00:43,807 Got a beautiful little boy at home 1150 01:00:43,940 --> 01:00:45,742 and a wonderful wife waiting on me. 1151 01:00:45,876 --> 01:00:49,513 ♪ ♪ 1152 01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:51,515 I can't let those people down. 1153 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,450 ♪ ♪ 1154 01:00:53,583 --> 01:00:55,785 My little boy, he'll watch this. 1155 01:00:55,919 --> 01:01:00,023 If I give up, he's gonna know 1156 01:01:00,156 --> 01:01:02,492 it's OK to give up. 1157 01:01:02,626 --> 01:01:04,227 And it ain't OK to give up, 1158 01:01:04,361 --> 01:01:05,829 even when you're down and out, 1159 01:01:05,962 --> 01:01:08,532 even when you don't think there's a chance, 1160 01:01:08,665 --> 01:01:10,534 don't give up. 1161 01:01:10,667 --> 01:01:17,641 ♪ ♪ 1162 01:01:20,143 --> 01:01:22,145 Don't give up. 1163 01:01:26,950 --> 01:01:28,485 Don't give up.