1 00:00:19,296 --> 00:00:22,032 Well, you know, one time when I was in the big town, 2 00:00:22,032 --> 00:00:24,234 and I was walking down the street up there, 3 00:00:24,234 --> 00:00:26,336 it was like, you know, everybody up there... 4 00:00:26,336 --> 00:00:28,605 And really I've seen this in lots of other places, too. 5 00:00:28,605 --> 00:00:31,942 ...I mean, it's just steadily on the cell phones. 6 00:00:31,942 --> 00:00:33,543 You know, how can that ruin your life? 7 00:00:33,543 --> 00:00:35,845 Think of how many ways that can ruin your life. 8 00:00:35,845 --> 00:00:38,114 And seeing people drive and use the cell phone. 9 00:00:38,114 --> 00:00:41,284 That's, you know, they ought to be giving them a DWI for that, 10 00:00:41,284 --> 00:00:44,020 driving while ignorant, or something, you know. 11 00:00:44,020 --> 00:00:47,524 You know, 'cause it's just all these people are just, you know, 12 00:00:47,524 --> 00:00:50,227 their, their phones have taken over their lives. 13 00:00:50,227 --> 00:00:52,229 I don't, I don't see none of that down here, 14 00:00:52,229 --> 00:00:54,864 'cause it won't work. 15 00:00:56,433 --> 00:00:58,401 In the age of technology, 16 00:00:58,401 --> 00:01:01,638 the electrical grid is expanding, 17 00:01:01,638 --> 00:01:04,708 and the world is getting smaller. 18 00:01:04,708 --> 00:01:07,410 For some, finding peace of mind 19 00:01:07,410 --> 00:01:09,512 means hiding out 20 00:01:09,512 --> 00:01:12,249 where no one thinks to look. 21 00:01:12,249 --> 00:01:16,786 {\an8}To escape, they redefine "off the grid." 22 00:01:34,537 --> 00:01:36,907 Lights are the biggest problem down here. 23 00:01:36,907 --> 00:01:39,009 You can't move around without light. 24 00:01:39,009 --> 00:01:42,846 So, I mean, the light is a commodity that I have to have. 25 00:01:42,846 --> 00:01:46,483 I'll show you, because... 26 00:01:47,751 --> 00:01:49,853 when the lights go out, 27 00:01:49,853 --> 00:01:53,423 it'll get real dark in here. 28 00:01:55,792 --> 00:01:59,429 Y'all getting scared? 29 00:02:01,064 --> 00:02:06,002 For the past two years, Joe Ray has made his home below the grid 30 00:02:06,002 --> 00:02:10,006 {\an8}in the Ozark Mountains of North Central Arkansas. 31 00:02:10,006 --> 00:02:13,176 Deep underground, Joe sometimes goes weeks 32 00:02:13,176 --> 00:02:15,078 without seeing the sun. 33 00:02:15,078 --> 00:02:20,317 Down here a single lantern is all he needs to illuminate his world. 34 00:02:20,317 --> 00:02:22,819 My lantern and candles and everything like that, 35 00:02:22,819 --> 00:02:24,187 I always have to think about them, 36 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:27,157 because I always have to keep candles stocked. 37 00:02:27,157 --> 00:02:30,827 I always have to buy fuel for this. I always have to buy mantles for it. 38 00:02:30,827 --> 00:02:32,729 So, I'm thinking about doing something else. 39 00:02:32,729 --> 00:02:34,431 I've got a great creek down here 40 00:02:34,431 --> 00:02:37,267 that has got a good water flow to it year round. 41 00:02:37,267 --> 00:02:40,370 So, I can figure I can make me a little waterwheel system 42 00:02:40,370 --> 00:02:42,839 out of maybe an old rim and some hubcaps or something, 43 00:02:42,839 --> 00:02:46,176 and then have it running me a couple of alternators 44 00:02:46,176 --> 00:02:48,411 to give me tons of power. 45 00:02:48,411 --> 00:02:51,081 Then I'll have full-time electricity. 46 00:02:51,081 --> 00:02:54,184 And then I can light my cave up with lights. 47 00:03:08,531 --> 00:03:11,534 Waterwheel is still on the bucket list to get done pretty quick, 48 00:03:11,534 --> 00:03:13,737 because I don't want to have to keep buying fuel. 49 00:03:13,737 --> 00:03:15,171 I don't want to have... 50 00:03:15,171 --> 00:03:17,040 That's something I just don't want to have to worry about. 51 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,744 To build a waterwheel in hopes of generating light, 52 00:03:20,744 --> 00:03:24,014 Joe will repurpose found supplies. 53 00:03:24,014 --> 00:03:25,815 Living below the grid, 54 00:03:25,815 --> 00:03:30,287 he stockpiles any item he can salvage and use to survive. 55 00:03:33,423 --> 00:03:36,059 {\an8}Here we are up in my little storeroom here. 56 00:03:36,059 --> 00:03:39,329 This is where I keep a lot of my supplies and stuff like that. 57 00:03:39,329 --> 00:03:41,431 I keep the stuff here that I mostly work with, 58 00:03:41,431 --> 00:03:43,400 as in hand tools 59 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,003 and anything that I'm saving up for a project. 60 00:03:47,003 --> 00:03:50,340 This is the main piece of my waterwheel, right here. 61 00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:54,377 This is what everything will mount to, to be spinning, and running everything. 62 00:03:54,377 --> 00:03:55,745 I got wire. 63 00:03:55,745 --> 00:03:58,748 That's what I'm hopefully gonna be running this afternoon. 64 00:03:58,748 --> 00:04:01,851 I guess I'll take the hubcaps. 65 00:04:01,851 --> 00:04:03,787 I'm gonna go over and see my buddy, Leo. 66 00:04:03,787 --> 00:04:06,656 He's got quite a few old cars there over at his house. 67 00:04:06,656 --> 00:04:10,126 And maybe I can go over there and get the main parts I need, 68 00:04:10,126 --> 00:04:13,463 the alternator, the belt, and some lights. 69 00:04:15,532 --> 00:04:17,167 That'll be my plan. 70 00:04:35,785 --> 00:04:39,422 {\an8}We're headed down to Conan's. 71 00:04:40,290 --> 00:04:43,994 Conan is my little brother. I've been hunting with him for years. 72 00:04:45,262 --> 00:04:46,930 Hello to camp! 73 00:04:46,930 --> 00:04:49,099 Hey, man! How's it going, buddy? 74 00:04:49,099 --> 00:04:51,067 Dang good. How about you? 75 00:04:51,902 --> 00:04:53,303 Pretty good. 76 00:04:54,871 --> 00:04:59,843 You know, every time I come over here, you're riding in circles. 77 00:04:59,843 --> 00:05:02,879 I'm just going through all the cues. 78 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:05,382 Just so she's listening to me. 79 00:05:05,382 --> 00:05:08,018 I'm using my legs and my hands and my butt. 80 00:05:08,018 --> 00:05:09,119 Uh-huh. 81 00:05:09,119 --> 00:05:12,622 She's a little non-responsive, so, I'm just lightening her back up. 82 00:05:12,622 --> 00:05:14,024 I see. 83 00:05:14,024 --> 00:05:16,526 I'm gonna grab Yuma, and then we're ready to roll. 84 00:05:16,526 --> 00:05:17,594 Good. 85 00:05:19,729 --> 00:05:21,031 Beyond the grid, 86 00:05:21,031 --> 00:05:24,734 Bear Claw makes his home high atop the ridgelines 87 00:05:24,734 --> 00:05:28,672 of the Clearwater Mountains in western Idaho. 88 00:05:28,672 --> 00:05:31,007 Let's go down around the corner and look around. 89 00:05:31,007 --> 00:05:33,410 We could probably find us a deer down in there. 90 00:05:33,410 --> 00:05:36,012 Out here, Conan Ausmussen 91 00:05:36,012 --> 00:05:39,416 is the closest thing Bear Claw has to a brother. 92 00:05:39,416 --> 00:05:43,186 And every year, the two men head out on the hunt together, 93 00:05:43,186 --> 00:05:46,122 on the first day of deer season. 94 00:05:46,122 --> 00:05:48,358 Looks pretty nice down here, don't it? 95 00:05:48,358 --> 00:05:51,027 Looks good to me. 96 00:05:51,027 --> 00:05:53,096 Well, with all this good, green grass, 97 00:05:53,096 --> 00:05:56,633 there ought to be plenty of game around here. 98 00:05:56,733 --> 00:05:58,301 Oh, yeah. 99 00:05:58,301 --> 00:06:01,371 Ought to be good hunting, I think. 100 00:06:01,371 --> 00:06:05,809 There's a nice trail coming up the draw here. 101 00:06:05,809 --> 00:06:08,245 Oh, hang on, buddy. 102 00:06:08,245 --> 00:06:10,914 I think you flipped a shoe off. 103 00:06:10,914 --> 00:06:12,916 There's a shoe sitting here. 104 00:06:12,916 --> 00:06:15,452 It looks pretty fresh. 105 00:06:17,420 --> 00:06:19,089 Yeah, this one's gone. 106 00:06:19,089 --> 00:06:21,691 Ahhh, dang it. 107 00:06:21,691 --> 00:06:23,927 I've been hearing a shoe clinking this morning, 108 00:06:23,927 --> 00:06:25,362 and it's loosened up. 109 00:06:25,362 --> 00:06:28,164 And apparently he stepped on it with his back foot 110 00:06:28,164 --> 00:06:32,168 and popped it off. 111 00:06:45,482 --> 00:06:48,084 I'm about to put a shoe on this horse 112 00:06:48,084 --> 00:06:52,289 with two tomahawks and six nails. 113 00:06:52,289 --> 00:06:54,291 This is how you would do it 114 00:06:54,291 --> 00:06:57,027 if all you had was two tomahawks and six nails. 115 00:07:00,163 --> 00:07:03,767 I'm just taking off the dirt and cleaning up the sole a little bit. 116 00:07:03,767 --> 00:07:08,204 It still looks pretty flat, and the shoe is flat, which is good. 117 00:07:11,308 --> 00:07:16,179 Probably get my file out and cut these nails off, Bear Claw. 118 00:07:16,179 --> 00:07:18,582 I don't have a pair of pliers. 119 00:07:19,916 --> 00:07:22,886 Though this temporary fix could last for weeks, 120 00:07:22,886 --> 00:07:26,923 Conan will properly replace the horseshoe back at the stable. 121 00:07:26,923 --> 00:07:31,027 For now, the hunt can continue on. 122 00:07:31,761 --> 00:07:34,197 We're back in business. Here you go, bud. 123 00:07:34,197 --> 00:07:36,233 - Well, partner. - We're back hunting. 124 00:07:36,233 --> 00:07:38,535 - Thank you kindly, sir. - We'll keep on rolling. 125 00:07:38,535 --> 00:07:40,003 You betcha. 126 00:07:42,239 --> 00:07:43,273 I'm ready. 127 00:08:28,919 --> 00:08:30,754 For the past five years, 128 00:08:30,754 --> 00:08:35,091 Doc and Jeanny Leverett have made their home high above the grid, 129 00:08:35,091 --> 00:08:38,495 in the remote woods of Onion Creek, Washington. 130 00:08:39,296 --> 00:08:43,366 Over the past month, increased bear activity in the area 131 00:08:43,366 --> 00:08:45,602 has put them on high alert. 132 00:08:45,602 --> 00:08:50,507 Last week they built an elevated bathroom to avoid the threat. 133 00:08:50,507 --> 00:08:55,445 And this morning Jeanny is surveying just how close the danger has come. 134 00:08:55,445 --> 00:08:58,215 Come on. There you go. 135 00:08:58,215 --> 00:09:00,383 We're looking for signs of bear. 136 00:09:00,383 --> 00:09:03,386 I'm just gonna prove a point that we have a bear out here. 137 00:09:03,386 --> 00:09:05,822 {\an8}Doc wanted me to take a gun with me, but I don't do that. 138 00:09:05,822 --> 00:09:09,226 {\an8}I just take the dog, my, my Wilbur. 139 00:09:09,226 --> 00:09:12,462 I figure he's gonna notice anything that's out here before I will. 140 00:09:12,462 --> 00:09:15,665 He may be deaf, but he can smell things before I do. 141 00:09:15,665 --> 00:09:17,300 He's got a good sense. 142 00:09:19,603 --> 00:09:21,338 What do you got? 143 00:09:21,338 --> 00:09:23,940 Did you find something? 144 00:09:25,108 --> 00:09:26,509 What you got, bud? 145 00:09:29,512 --> 00:09:32,716 Bear's been here digging up the tree stump. 146 00:09:32,716 --> 00:09:36,887 You can see all this stuff is fresh that he's been digging up around here. 147 00:09:36,887 --> 00:09:39,222 I don't want them out here, not this close. 148 00:09:39,222 --> 00:09:40,824 It's, it's just too dangerous. 149 00:09:40,824 --> 00:09:44,227 We've got the chickens. We have the goat. 150 00:09:44,227 --> 00:09:46,196 You know, all that animal food that we have. 151 00:09:46,196 --> 00:09:49,566 I can have Doc put a pulley system up, so we can raise that up, 152 00:09:49,566 --> 00:09:52,903 and maybe the bear will go away after that. 153 00:09:52,903 --> 00:09:56,106 You know, he's probably just getting into them scraps. 154 00:09:58,141 --> 00:09:59,576 Wilbur? 155 00:10:07,450 --> 00:10:08,919 That's a good idea. 156 00:10:14,691 --> 00:10:18,562 {\an8}I just need to get it about 12 foot in the air. 157 00:10:18,562 --> 00:10:19,996 In Onion Creek, 158 00:10:19,996 --> 00:10:22,999 Jeanny Leverett has spotted evidence of black bears 159 00:10:22,999 --> 00:10:26,069 less than 15 feet from their treehouse. 160 00:10:26,069 --> 00:10:28,905 Now, Doc is taking extra precautions 161 00:10:28,905 --> 00:10:33,310 to keep valuable resources safe from the threat. 162 00:10:33,310 --> 00:10:35,378 I'm trying to get the, the chicken and goat feed 163 00:10:35,378 --> 00:10:36,580 up and out of the way. 164 00:10:36,580 --> 00:10:40,483 I'm gonna put a pulley up the tree, and then hoist it up out of the way, 165 00:10:40,483 --> 00:10:42,219 so it's easy access up and down. 166 00:10:42,219 --> 00:10:45,088 So, when I got to feed the chickens and the goat, 167 00:10:45,088 --> 00:10:46,389 and I can put it back up there, 168 00:10:46,389 --> 00:10:49,826 and the bears can't dine on it during the night. 169 00:11:04,541 --> 00:11:06,443 These are my tree spikes. 170 00:11:07,244 --> 00:11:09,579 Loggers use these for climbing trees. 171 00:11:10,247 --> 00:11:12,015 Wish me luck. 172 00:11:21,925 --> 00:11:24,094 God bless America. 173 00:11:26,296 --> 00:11:27,998 things. 174 00:11:33,803 --> 00:11:36,139 Agh! 175 00:11:48,285 --> 00:11:53,056 All of my weight is supported on a point that's right here. 176 00:11:53,056 --> 00:11:55,592 So, whenever your feet are at an angle on that tree, 177 00:11:55,592 --> 00:11:56,826 holding your weight, 178 00:11:56,826 --> 00:11:58,828 they just dig and dig and dig. 179 00:11:59,963 --> 00:12:02,232 I've been pretty rough on my body over my life. 180 00:12:02,232 --> 00:12:04,801 One accident alone I broke over 23 bones. 181 00:12:04,801 --> 00:12:08,572 Broken leg, broken ankle, broken toe, 182 00:12:08,572 --> 00:12:11,441 hip and pelvis broken. 183 00:12:11,441 --> 00:12:13,910 Ribs on both sides, punctured lung, collapsed lung, 184 00:12:13,910 --> 00:12:16,446 ruptured spleen, lacerated liver. 185 00:12:16,446 --> 00:12:18,248 Broken neck and back. 186 00:12:18,248 --> 00:12:21,418 And then, broken melon. 187 00:12:21,418 --> 00:12:24,588 Crushed my arm. I don't even have a wrist anymore. 188 00:12:24,588 --> 00:12:26,856 Got stabbed here, I got stabbed twice. 189 00:12:26,856 --> 00:12:28,391 Here, this was a mugging, 190 00:12:28,391 --> 00:12:31,328 attempted, attempted mugging in a phone booth one time. 191 00:12:31,328 --> 00:12:35,298 And this one was just an , he stabbed me through my hand here. 192 00:12:35,298 --> 00:12:36,733 That was a ball. 193 00:12:36,733 --> 00:12:38,468 I came out here to get away from it all. 194 00:12:38,468 --> 00:12:40,604 You know, to kind of give my body a rest. 195 00:12:40,604 --> 00:12:43,773 And these tree spikes aren't helping a bit. 196 00:12:43,773 --> 00:12:45,742 I got to come up with something better, 197 00:12:45,742 --> 00:12:49,346 'cause I don't think my ankles are gonna be able to handle this much longer. 198 00:13:18,808 --> 00:13:20,677 After the Marine Corps and after college, 199 00:13:20,677 --> 00:13:23,513 I started building houses, doing all kinds of construction. 200 00:13:23,513 --> 00:13:26,783 You're told what to build with, and then you're told, you know, 201 00:13:26,783 --> 00:13:30,887 what you're gonna, you know, conform or do for the homeowner. 202 00:13:30,887 --> 00:13:35,725 So, you just get tired of all the guidelines, all the rules. 203 00:13:35,725 --> 00:13:37,594 Here, you just do what you got to do, 204 00:13:37,594 --> 00:13:39,362 when you want to do it and how you want to do it. 205 00:13:39,362 --> 00:13:42,632 You know, and not something that someone else has told you to build or do. 206 00:13:42,632 --> 00:13:45,268 So, I think it's freedom. 207 00:13:47,837 --> 00:13:51,241 Outside the grid, in the middle of Lake Michigan, 208 00:13:51,241 --> 00:13:54,444 Dan Burton makes his home on Beaver Island, 209 00:13:54,444 --> 00:13:58,648 one of the most remote places in the Lower 48. 210 00:13:59,449 --> 00:14:03,653 Out here the weather is beginning to cool as winter closes in. 211 00:14:04,354 --> 00:14:08,992 So today Dan's up before dawn to prepare for the cold. 212 00:14:08,992 --> 00:14:12,095 He and his sons plan to build a new structure 213 00:14:12,095 --> 00:14:15,232 that will provide access tocrucial hunting grounds 214 00:14:15,232 --> 00:14:17,701 and refuge from the elements. 215 00:14:18,902 --> 00:14:21,938 With the weather being as bad as it's been the last two winters, 216 00:14:21,938 --> 00:14:24,541 - I haven't been able to get back here. - Yeah. 217 00:14:24,541 --> 00:14:27,344 So, I'm thinking if we could just get one building built this year, 218 00:14:27,344 --> 00:14:29,446 and get ahead, get something that you can stay in, 219 00:14:29,446 --> 00:14:31,781 you know, maybe stay in it for a couple weeks. 220 00:14:31,781 --> 00:14:33,183 Yeah, that'll be good. 221 00:14:33,183 --> 00:14:37,020 Instead of humping food out here and stuff, we can have storage. 222 00:14:37,020 --> 00:14:39,122 Yup. Let's try to knock it out. 223 00:14:39,122 --> 00:14:40,357 Cool. 224 00:14:53,603 --> 00:14:55,572 I'm thinking right back in here. 225 00:14:55,572 --> 00:14:56,773 That flat spot right there? 226 00:14:56,773 --> 00:14:58,642 Yep. Looks pretty good. 227 00:14:58,742 --> 00:15:01,878 It's always a good experience to have Nathan and Cameron around. 228 00:15:01,878 --> 00:15:05,482 For me it's nice to be able to pass on something to the kids. 229 00:15:05,482 --> 00:15:09,886 It's knowledge that's crucial in my terms of sustaining 230 00:15:09,886 --> 00:15:11,755 and providing for your family. 231 00:15:11,755 --> 00:15:14,224 They got a lot to learn, but they're getting it. 232 00:15:14,324 --> 00:15:18,094 Bring me the chainsaw, Cam. Let's start nipping some of these off. 233 00:15:26,636 --> 00:15:29,039 I try to teach my boys carpentry skills. 234 00:15:29,039 --> 00:15:31,174 My dad taught me, his dad taught him 235 00:15:31,174 --> 00:15:33,877 to survive in climates and areas like this. 236 00:15:34,611 --> 00:15:37,414 That's what it takes to survive on Beaver Island. 237 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:40,250 All right, then hit all these right in here. 238 00:16:10,580 --> 00:16:13,383 Yep, Leo's house, right over the little dump. 239 00:16:14,084 --> 00:16:17,520 In Arkansas, Joe Ray is on the hunt for supplies 240 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,657 to build a waterwheel that can power lights 241 00:16:20,657 --> 00:16:23,193 and illuminate his world below the grid. 242 00:16:23,193 --> 00:16:25,495 Leo, what's happening? 243 00:16:25,495 --> 00:16:29,232 Whenever Joe is in need of mechanical supplies, 244 00:16:29,232 --> 00:16:32,602 he visits an old friend named Leo Cox, 245 00:16:32,602 --> 00:16:36,339 who stockpiles old car parts and other salvaged materials. 246 00:16:36,339 --> 00:16:38,208 How's it going? Good, man. 247 00:16:38,208 --> 00:16:39,676 Man. Good to see you. 248 00:16:39,676 --> 00:16:41,511 Whoo! Hot out here. 249 00:16:41,511 --> 00:16:44,214 I'm sitting here knocking the froth off a cold one. 250 00:16:44,214 --> 00:16:45,615 Let me get you one, bub. 251 00:16:45,615 --> 00:16:47,117 Appreciate that. 252 00:16:58,595 --> 00:17:00,497 What can I do you for today? 253 00:17:00,497 --> 00:17:05,435 Well, I need some headlights and an alternator and a belt. 254 00:17:05,435 --> 00:17:06,937 I wonder if you had anything like that. 255 00:17:06,937 --> 00:17:10,307 I got some stuff around in one of these old trucks here. 256 00:17:10,307 --> 00:17:13,143 We'll walk around over there and look and see what we can come up with. 257 00:17:14,544 --> 00:17:16,646 {\an8}I know there is! 258 00:17:16,646 --> 00:17:18,848 Let's go over here and gander around. 259 00:17:20,183 --> 00:17:24,487 I think I took an old alternator off a truck over here. 260 00:17:24,487 --> 00:17:26,156 I'm gonna scratch these leaves around 261 00:17:26,156 --> 00:17:29,326 and see if it's under them. 262 00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:32,963 There's a fan belt. 263 00:17:34,097 --> 00:17:36,566 There's an old headlight, right there. 264 00:17:36,566 --> 00:17:38,368 Looks like it's still good. 265 00:17:39,336 --> 00:17:41,571 Well, I found an alternator. 266 00:17:41,571 --> 00:17:43,607 Looks like you got one here. 267 00:17:45,075 --> 00:17:46,243 Watch it! 268 00:17:46,243 --> 00:17:48,712 Yep. One beer is too many for me. 269 00:17:50,847 --> 00:17:53,250 - Still spins good. - I bet it's all right. 270 00:17:54,084 --> 00:17:56,920 I appreciate the beer. You bet. 271 00:17:56,920 --> 00:17:59,723 Well, luck to you, my friend. 272 00:17:59,723 --> 00:18:02,025 - Safety in your travels. - All right, appreciate it. 273 00:18:02,025 --> 00:18:03,793 I'll see you soon. 274 00:18:03,793 --> 00:18:05,729 Don't do nothing I wouldn't do. 275 00:18:05,729 --> 00:18:07,130 Hardly ever do. 276 00:18:18,241 --> 00:18:21,912 Right now the boys are getting ready to set the posts. 277 00:18:22,746 --> 00:18:26,082 18 miles from the mainland, on Beaver Island... 278 00:18:26,082 --> 00:18:27,517 You guys are doing good. 279 00:18:27,517 --> 00:18:30,587 ...Dan Burton and his sons have started construction 280 00:18:30,587 --> 00:18:31,855 on a new shelter. 281 00:18:31,855 --> 00:18:34,190 A structure that will provide access 282 00:18:34,190 --> 00:18:38,028 to crucial hunting grounds during the harsh winter ahead. 283 00:18:38,028 --> 00:18:41,998 The frost in this part of Michigan is about 42 inches deep. 284 00:18:41,998 --> 00:18:45,502 So, in the wintertime, the ground will freeze 42 inches thick. 285 00:18:45,502 --> 00:18:47,938 We're gonna try to get slightly below that. 286 00:18:47,938 --> 00:18:49,873 Put a footing in, get our posts in, 287 00:18:49,873 --> 00:18:53,143 and then try to get it elevated, building on top of that. 288 00:18:53,977 --> 00:18:55,712 So, let's go ahead and drop that footing in, Nate. 289 00:18:55,712 --> 00:18:57,447 Okay. 290 00:18:59,015 --> 00:19:00,817 Nice and straight in the hole. 291 00:19:01,518 --> 00:19:02,786 I'm definitely proud that, you know, 292 00:19:02,786 --> 00:19:05,855 I have the ability to use my hands and build stuff. 293 00:19:05,855 --> 00:19:07,791 I'm just setting something for my children, 294 00:19:07,791 --> 00:19:09,726 like my parents did for me. 295 00:19:09,726 --> 00:19:11,962 It's about, you know, the next generation. 296 00:19:11,962 --> 00:19:14,464 It's about the seven generations ahead of them. 297 00:19:14,464 --> 00:19:16,967 You're always just trying to learn from the past 298 00:19:16,967 --> 00:19:19,669 and live, you know, try to respect the future. 299 00:19:19,669 --> 00:19:20,870 That's good, Cam. 300 00:19:20,870 --> 00:19:23,039 Now we're just gonna backfill this post in. 301 00:19:23,039 --> 00:19:24,474 We got it below the frost. 302 00:19:24,474 --> 00:19:27,377 {\an8}People take for granted what you find in the stores and stuff, 303 00:19:27,377 --> 00:19:30,947 {\an8}and like, it brings you closer to nature and stuff 304 00:19:31,047 --> 00:19:32,883 when you know how to do this. 305 00:19:32,883 --> 00:19:35,185 You know, you have the skills that it takes 306 00:19:35,185 --> 00:19:36,953 and you know the work that goes into it. 307 00:19:38,388 --> 00:19:41,157 Make sure that that's parallel to there. See it? 308 00:19:41,157 --> 00:19:43,293 Over the next eight hours, 309 00:19:43,293 --> 00:19:46,563 Dan and his sons continue construction, 310 00:19:46,563 --> 00:19:50,233 setting the foundation and building the shelter's floor. 311 00:19:50,233 --> 00:19:53,703 Beautiful. Okay. We'll stagger the seam. 312 00:19:53,703 --> 00:19:55,839 Instead of starting in the same spot, we'll lap the joints. 313 00:19:55,839 --> 00:19:57,707 It'll make this deck a little bit stronger. 314 00:19:58,742 --> 00:20:01,278 The elevation is gonna have a multipurpose to it. 315 00:20:01,278 --> 00:20:04,614 One, if a snowstorm is happening, we're gonna be above that line 316 00:20:04,614 --> 00:20:06,683 and it's gonna be easy to get in and out of. 317 00:20:06,683 --> 00:20:08,718 It does help with the sense of smell. 318 00:20:08,718 --> 00:20:10,387 When you watch a deer, he's always looking up. 319 00:20:10,387 --> 00:20:11,621 He's sniffing the air. 320 00:20:11,621 --> 00:20:12,789 We're hoping to get up in the air 321 00:20:12,789 --> 00:20:14,758 to where a prevailing wind blows our scent 322 00:20:14,758 --> 00:20:17,594 across the tops of these trees and not on the ground. 323 00:20:17,594 --> 00:20:19,062 Just lift it, nice and easy. 324 00:20:19,062 --> 00:20:20,997 Up and up. 325 00:20:22,566 --> 00:20:24,367 Okay, hold right there. 326 00:20:26,102 --> 00:20:28,038 All right. And we're done for the night. 327 00:20:28,038 --> 00:20:29,539 We can watch the sunset. 328 00:20:29,539 --> 00:20:31,741 We'll just get an early start and we'll get right back. 329 00:20:32,943 --> 00:20:34,110 Sounds good to me. 330 00:20:56,433 --> 00:20:57,801 For any hunt, you know, 331 00:20:57,801 --> 00:21:01,371 it's not a bad idea to see if you can't shoot some arrows. 332 00:21:02,205 --> 00:21:03,373 That's better. 333 00:21:04,107 --> 00:21:06,910 In the Clearwater Mountains, beyond the grid, 334 00:21:06,910 --> 00:21:11,514 Bear Claw and Conan have set out on the hunt for whitetail deer, 335 00:21:12,449 --> 00:21:16,720 targeting an area wherethey've had success in the past. 336 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,955 We owe it to the game to do a lot of practicing 337 00:21:18,955 --> 00:21:22,626 and to be real proficient with our bow and arrow. 338 00:21:24,427 --> 00:21:26,963 This is not a game. This is a real thing, you know. 339 00:21:26,963 --> 00:21:30,133 We're gonna take a life with these things in. 340 00:21:31,868 --> 00:21:35,005 We want to hit the vitals where we're supposed to. 341 00:21:35,839 --> 00:21:37,574 - Time to get serious? - Yeah. 342 00:21:38,808 --> 00:21:40,577 Boy, that's a good lookout. 343 00:21:40,577 --> 00:21:42,712 Don't get much better than that, does it? 344 00:21:42,712 --> 00:21:44,014 This is a really good place to hunt. 345 00:21:44,648 --> 00:21:46,883 So I'm just gonna hunker down here, 346 00:21:46,883 --> 00:21:51,087 and hopefully something comes by. 347 00:21:51,087 --> 00:21:53,056 I'll mosey back up to the pond, 348 00:21:53,056 --> 00:21:56,493 and we'll meet up yonder towards dark. How's that sound? 349 00:21:56,493 --> 00:21:59,062 All right, buddy. We'll see you at dusk, or before. 350 00:21:59,062 --> 00:22:01,097 Good luck, partner. 351 00:22:08,672 --> 00:22:10,707 This time of year when things are dry, 352 00:22:10,707 --> 00:22:12,909 the animals are really dependent on the water. 353 00:22:14,077 --> 00:22:16,880 And it's really a good place to hunt. 354 00:22:17,914 --> 00:22:19,849 There's a deer track right there. 355 00:22:21,151 --> 00:22:23,119 You see the deer track? 356 00:22:29,859 --> 00:22:32,229 Breeze is going up. 357 00:22:32,229 --> 00:22:34,197 That's just what we want. 358 00:22:34,297 --> 00:22:36,299 The hardest thing about hunting whitetails 359 00:22:36,299 --> 00:22:38,602 is tricking their nose. 360 00:22:38,602 --> 00:22:40,103 They got real good eyesight. 361 00:22:40,103 --> 00:22:43,373 They got really good hearing, but they bank on their nose. 362 00:22:43,373 --> 00:22:46,576 And it very rarely lets them down. 363 00:22:46,576 --> 00:22:48,812 Just gonna get comfortable here, 364 00:22:50,113 --> 00:22:52,215 set as still as this tree. 365 00:22:53,416 --> 00:22:55,485 Wait for some deer. 366 00:23:05,128 --> 00:23:06,830 Hey, handy. 367 00:23:06,830 --> 00:23:10,066 In Onion Creek, Washington, above the grid, 368 00:23:10,066 --> 00:23:14,905 Doc Leverett is attempting to raise his food stores high in the trees 369 00:23:14,905 --> 00:23:18,608 to avoid increased bear activity in the area. 370 00:23:18,608 --> 00:23:22,112 To do it, Doc's attempting a new climbing method, 371 00:23:22,112 --> 00:23:25,749 one that will help him contend with pain from old injuries. 372 00:23:25,749 --> 00:23:27,851 When I was in the Navy, and we went to Japan one time, 373 00:23:27,851 --> 00:23:29,085 they had this rope technique 374 00:23:29,085 --> 00:23:32,088 where they used two sticks and a piece of rope, 375 00:23:32,088 --> 00:23:35,425 and these Japanese guys were just shimmying up the tree. 376 00:23:35,425 --> 00:23:39,496 I'm gonna try to mimic that. Now comes the fun part. 377 00:23:39,496 --> 00:23:41,565 We're gonna try to get up a tree. 378 00:23:53,310 --> 00:23:55,779 I want to get this as tight as I can here. 379 00:23:55,779 --> 00:23:57,914 One, two. 380 00:23:58,481 --> 00:24:00,717 All right, here goes nothing. 381 00:24:03,053 --> 00:24:05,522 And then I just repeat this process. 382 00:24:07,757 --> 00:24:11,294 This would be great if I had two working wrists. 383 00:24:12,429 --> 00:24:16,533 So now, the key is, this rope, 384 00:24:16,533 --> 00:24:19,703 the rope that's down at the bottom, 385 00:24:19,703 --> 00:24:22,172 I have to get that thing undone... 386 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,175 pull it up and around... 387 00:24:26,910 --> 00:24:29,079 and rinse and repeat. 388 00:24:30,747 --> 00:24:32,716 Right now it's taking so damn long. 389 00:24:32,716 --> 00:24:34,851 I think I need to perfect my knots a little more. 390 00:24:35,652 --> 00:24:37,454 There's got to be an easier way. 391 00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:42,926 - Hey, sweetie? What you doing? - I'm climbing a tree. 392 00:24:42,926 --> 00:24:45,862 What the hell are those? It's a way to climb a tree 393 00:24:45,862 --> 00:24:47,964 without having to hump a ladder through the woods. 394 00:24:47,964 --> 00:24:49,633 Just two sticks and a rope. 395 00:24:49,633 --> 00:24:54,337 The problem I'm trying to work out is not getting knotted up into everything. 396 00:24:54,337 --> 00:24:56,339 I only got one arm, so... 397 00:24:56,339 --> 00:24:58,775 I'm a little concerned about the sticks. 398 00:24:58,875 --> 00:25:01,244 - I see the weaknesses of this. - Yeah. 399 00:25:01,244 --> 00:25:02,879 It's hard as to do. 400 00:25:02,879 --> 00:25:05,916 This took me 45 minutes to get that high. 401 00:25:05,916 --> 00:25:07,684 Yeah, there's got to be something better, honey. 402 00:25:07,684 --> 00:25:09,352 I'm sure there's a better way. 403 00:25:09,352 --> 00:25:11,354 We got to figure out something. 404 00:25:11,354 --> 00:25:12,756 Holler if you need me. 405 00:25:13,557 --> 00:25:15,225 I need you! 406 00:25:34,010 --> 00:25:36,947 You can see we're on a deer trail. 407 00:25:36,947 --> 00:25:41,351 There's probably one coming down this way. 408 00:25:41,351 --> 00:25:43,053 In western Idaho, 409 00:25:43,053 --> 00:25:46,489 Bear Claw is on the hunt for whitetail deer. 410 00:25:46,489 --> 00:25:51,127 He and his good friend, Conan, have divided to cover more ground, 411 00:25:51,127 --> 00:25:52,929 but over the past four hours, 412 00:25:52,929 --> 00:25:55,065 there are no signs of potential prey. 413 00:25:56,199 --> 00:25:59,469 It is getting so dry up here on the ridges. 414 00:26:00,704 --> 00:26:03,440 The dry places really affect the deer. 415 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,510 And the, the places that have just a little moisture, 416 00:26:07,510 --> 00:26:10,914 it seems like the deer survived through those spots. 417 00:26:10,914 --> 00:26:15,118 So, this is something we really don't want to see, 418 00:26:15,118 --> 00:26:17,721 is all this dry ground. 419 00:26:30,634 --> 00:26:33,003 It's warm this time of day. 420 00:26:33,370 --> 00:26:35,305 They're probably gonna find some shade. 421 00:26:35,305 --> 00:26:38,842 We'll just go up yonder here. Keep looking. 422 00:26:44,614 --> 00:26:47,551 I see some white over there. 423 00:26:48,151 --> 00:26:50,287 You stay behind me. 424 00:27:14,811 --> 00:27:16,479 He's got a funny look to him. 425 00:27:17,914 --> 00:27:21,151 The way he's acting, I don't think he's healthy. 426 00:27:21,952 --> 00:27:24,621 I think there's a chance that he might have blue tongue, 427 00:27:24,621 --> 00:27:26,523 and I don't want to shoot him. 428 00:27:40,537 --> 00:27:42,872 He just doesn't look right. 429 00:27:43,540 --> 00:27:45,909 You know, it's just not worth the risk. 430 00:28:12,002 --> 00:28:13,169 This is a spring. 431 00:28:13,169 --> 00:28:15,605 This is why I chose this for the best place to be, 432 00:28:15,605 --> 00:28:18,608 because this water stays constant year round. 433 00:28:18,608 --> 00:28:20,010 It'll probably go down a little bit more, 434 00:28:20,010 --> 00:28:22,345 maybe a couple inches from what it is right now, 435 00:28:22,345 --> 00:28:23,847 and it'll stay that way. 436 00:28:23,847 --> 00:28:25,882 In North Central Arkansas, 437 00:28:25,882 --> 00:28:30,053 Joe Ray is on a mission to build a renewable energy source 438 00:28:30,053 --> 00:28:33,290 to generate electricity below the grid. 439 00:28:33,290 --> 00:28:37,060 His plan: to construct a waterwheel 440 00:28:37,060 --> 00:28:39,362 and harness the current on this creek, 441 00:28:39,362 --> 00:28:42,632 less than 1,000 feet from his home cave. 442 00:28:42,632 --> 00:28:44,768 Well, this is what's gonna be the main part 443 00:28:44,768 --> 00:28:46,303 of my waterwheel, right here. 444 00:28:46,303 --> 00:28:48,939 I've got some hubcaps that I've attached to this, 445 00:28:48,939 --> 00:28:51,708 as the creek spins, it's gonna spin this, 446 00:28:51,708 --> 00:28:53,310 it's gonna turn my rod, 447 00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:55,312 rod's gonna spin my alternator, 448 00:28:55,312 --> 00:28:57,380 alternator's gonna make me some electricity. 449 00:29:00,116 --> 00:29:02,319 A lot of the stuff I've learned when I was young, 450 00:29:02,419 --> 00:29:04,521 you know, comes into play up here. 451 00:29:04,521 --> 00:29:08,058 You know, from the days of when I was a carpenter. 452 00:29:08,058 --> 00:29:10,727 I fall back on the knowledge that I gained back then, 453 00:29:10,727 --> 00:29:13,563 and it's... It makes life simpler. 454 00:29:13,563 --> 00:29:16,666 You always use everything you can, don't waste anything. 455 00:29:16,666 --> 00:29:18,301 This is the way to go. 456 00:29:19,102 --> 00:29:20,971 Okay, well, I got them all tightened up, 457 00:29:20,971 --> 00:29:22,572 now we're fixing to start lowering it down. 458 00:29:28,211 --> 00:29:33,383 Okay, well, we'll see about setting a box for the alternator now. 459 00:29:47,097 --> 00:29:51,601 So, it'll be time to start making some juice here in just a few minutes. 460 00:29:59,609 --> 00:30:00,877 Okay, we're spinning. 461 00:30:00,877 --> 00:30:03,213 Not real fast, but the alternators, 462 00:30:03,213 --> 00:30:06,316 they don't have to spin real fast to make maximum power. 463 00:30:06,316 --> 00:30:08,418 See if I can hook my lights up tonight. 464 00:30:32,742 --> 00:30:34,945 Okay. So, the ladders look good. 465 00:30:35,045 --> 00:30:37,581 You guys feel comfortable right there for getting up that first row? 466 00:30:37,581 --> 00:30:38,848 Yeah, it feels all right. 467 00:30:38,848 --> 00:30:40,183 Let's get the first row of sheathing on, 468 00:30:40,183 --> 00:30:42,619 and we'll just run it all the way to the top. 469 00:30:42,619 --> 00:30:44,487 Okay. 470 00:30:44,487 --> 00:30:47,424 Outside the grid on Beaver Island, 471 00:30:48,124 --> 00:30:51,194 Dan Burton and his sons are building a new shelter 472 00:30:51,194 --> 00:30:54,831 to access crucial hunting grounds during winter. 473 00:30:54,831 --> 00:30:58,368 - You guys got that tacked on? - Oh, yeah, tacked right on. 474 00:30:58,368 --> 00:31:01,471 To combat harsh weather in the months to come, 475 00:31:01,471 --> 00:31:05,075 they rely on extra layers of wood siding for insulation. 476 00:31:05,909 --> 00:31:08,979 We use a lot of cedar logs. They hold up well. They repel moisture. 477 00:31:08,979 --> 00:31:11,648 As long as you got them out of the dirt, they'll last a long time. 478 00:31:11,648 --> 00:31:17,187 So, come deer season, yeah, it's gonna be a bonus for sure. 479 00:31:17,187 --> 00:31:18,922 All right, I'm handing you the sheath. 480 00:31:18,922 --> 00:31:21,591 Let's get off of the scaffolding quick and we can hop back up. 481 00:31:21,591 --> 00:31:22,859 Okay, jump. 482 00:31:24,027 --> 00:31:25,662 Come on down. 483 00:31:25,662 --> 00:31:27,330 - Nate! - Hey, hey! 484 00:31:29,332 --> 00:31:30,567 You said to jump and come on down. 485 00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:32,469 I meant for Cam... you to jump off the scaffolding, 486 00:31:32,469 --> 00:31:35,205 and for Nate... Cameron to put the last nail in. 487 00:31:37,474 --> 00:31:41,278 - Cam, Nate owes you one. - I know. 488 00:31:41,278 --> 00:31:43,313 They got a lot to learn, but they're getting it. 489 00:31:43,313 --> 00:31:45,482 At least they're not smashing their thumb. 490 00:31:45,482 --> 00:31:48,351 Let's start using common sense a little bit more. 491 00:32:09,839 --> 00:32:11,775 Make sure you're rotating that file, Cam. 492 00:32:11,775 --> 00:32:13,143 I am. 493 00:32:13,143 --> 00:32:17,080 In the middle of Lake Michigan, outside the grid, 494 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:21,818 Dan Burton is attempting to build a new hunting shelter in time for winter. 495 00:32:21,818 --> 00:32:25,689 While his son Nate installs additional siding for insulation, 496 00:32:25,689 --> 00:32:28,992 Dan and his youngest son, Cameron, 497 00:32:28,992 --> 00:32:32,162 prep their tools for the next stage of construction. 498 00:32:32,862 --> 00:32:35,498 Why is it crucial to sharpen your saw so much? 499 00:32:35,498 --> 00:32:39,803 You want to make it even, so it doesn't pull one way or the other. 500 00:32:39,803 --> 00:32:43,607 And it'll make the engine last longer, 'cause it's not wearing on it. 501 00:32:43,607 --> 00:32:45,175 Not bad, not bad answers. 502 00:32:55,986 --> 00:33:00,957 We'll pick something out for my, my stair system. 503 00:33:00,957 --> 00:33:02,959 I want to get a couple risers and some treads 504 00:33:02,959 --> 00:33:05,428 to get up into the deer shelter. 505 00:33:05,428 --> 00:33:07,764 Everybody watch their heads. 506 00:33:19,709 --> 00:33:20,877 That's that. 507 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,449 I'm just gonna spike 'em down. 508 00:33:28,385 --> 00:33:29,653 That one's fine. 509 00:33:29,653 --> 00:33:32,622 I always have a fun time working with the boys. It's neat. 510 00:33:32,722 --> 00:33:35,325 It's always a good experience to have Nathan and Cameron around. 511 00:33:35,325 --> 00:33:36,793 Going right there, Nate. 512 00:33:36,793 --> 00:33:39,162 You don't get too many opportunities to hang out with your boys, 513 00:33:39,162 --> 00:33:43,600 so, it's nice to be able to pass on something to the younger kids. 514 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:46,136 Oh, you got to take some anger out on it. 515 00:33:46,937 --> 00:33:50,273 See what you think, Hambone. You're the heaviest in the group. 516 00:33:50,273 --> 00:33:52,909 I know. I skipped that top step. 517 00:33:52,909 --> 00:33:54,811 I don't blame you. 518 00:33:57,180 --> 00:33:58,548 It's badass. 519 00:34:00,717 --> 00:34:04,020 We wanted badass, and we got badass. 520 00:34:19,703 --> 00:34:21,504 It's coming together nicely. 521 00:34:22,505 --> 00:34:26,977 In Onion Creek, Doc Leverett is attempting a new climbing method 522 00:34:26,977 --> 00:34:29,646 to raise his food stores above the grid. 523 00:34:30,247 --> 00:34:32,716 Contending with multiple injuries, 524 00:34:32,716 --> 00:34:39,122 Doc's hoping to develop the tools he needs to safely ascend high into the trees. 525 00:34:39,789 --> 00:34:41,958 Same method, we'll be pulling it up, 526 00:34:41,958 --> 00:34:44,961 but instead of the, the sticks... 527 00:34:46,129 --> 00:34:47,898 there'll be a nice set of two steps. 528 00:34:47,898 --> 00:34:51,001 I need as much support as I can, right here. 529 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:53,169 So, these act as an I-beam. 530 00:34:53,937 --> 00:34:56,773 The end result is a, a safer step. 531 00:34:56,773 --> 00:34:59,342 I run my rope through those notches there, 532 00:34:59,342 --> 00:35:02,946 cleaned 'em all up, and then back around. 533 00:35:08,318 --> 00:35:09,986 Like so. 534 00:35:09,986 --> 00:35:11,721 And we got us a step. 535 00:35:11,721 --> 00:35:14,858 All right, let's take this thing on its maiden voyage. 536 00:35:25,936 --> 00:35:27,604 Get my seat belt on. 537 00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:31,575 Keep a little tension on this. 538 00:35:32,576 --> 00:35:35,245 This is where you have faith in your equipment here. 539 00:35:35,946 --> 00:35:38,114 And then I walk up like a ladder. 540 00:35:39,182 --> 00:35:41,551 Pull the other one up here. 541 00:35:43,954 --> 00:35:46,590 And then I just repeat the steps of the one down there. 542 00:35:48,925 --> 00:35:52,429 The key to this system working is being able to loosen the rope 543 00:35:54,197 --> 00:35:56,199 and the step beneath you, 544 00:35:56,199 --> 00:35:59,970 so you can raise it up and then repeat the process up the tree. 545 00:35:59,970 --> 00:36:01,605 Now is the moment of truth. 546 00:36:01,605 --> 00:36:03,907 Let's see if we can shake this all loose. 547 00:36:07,611 --> 00:36:09,045 Look at that. 548 00:36:09,646 --> 00:36:14,217 With just two of these steps, you can go as high as your gut can take you. 549 00:36:20,056 --> 00:36:22,359 Ha, good deal. 550 00:36:22,359 --> 00:36:25,328 I think this is, this is high enough to get it away from the bears. 551 00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:33,403 Started off with one idea, and it kind of molded to my needs. 552 00:36:33,403 --> 00:36:37,574 I made changes and adjustments until, until it meets what I need it for, 553 00:36:37,574 --> 00:36:40,544 and it's kind of how things work out here. 554 00:36:40,544 --> 00:36:43,179 Poor boy has poor ways, right? 555 00:36:44,047 --> 00:36:47,117 Yeah. It ain't pretty, but it'll work. 556 00:36:51,521 --> 00:36:55,458 And now, as long as we don't get a bear with thumbs, we're okay. 557 00:37:08,572 --> 00:37:10,273 We didn't shoot a deer today, 558 00:37:10,273 --> 00:37:14,711 but there's plenty of small game in this woods here. 559 00:37:14,711 --> 00:37:17,414 Beyond the grid, in western Idaho, 560 00:37:17,981 --> 00:37:21,218 Bear Claw is still on the hunt. 561 00:37:21,218 --> 00:37:25,922 But after spotting deer possibly afflicted with blue tongue disease, 562 00:37:25,922 --> 00:37:28,058 the plan has changed. 563 00:37:28,058 --> 00:37:29,559 We're trying to slip up on something. 564 00:37:29,559 --> 00:37:31,928 You guys got to be real quiet. 565 00:37:31,928 --> 00:37:33,563 In need of food, 566 00:37:33,563 --> 00:37:37,267 he's on the lookout for anypossible source of protein. 567 00:37:37,267 --> 00:37:39,669 There's a squirrel over there. 568 00:38:02,926 --> 00:38:04,628 We're trying to slip up on something. 569 00:38:04,628 --> 00:38:06,496 You guys got to be real quiet. 570 00:38:08,899 --> 00:38:11,167 There's a squirrel over there. 571 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:17,540 Got him right through the spine. 572 00:38:19,576 --> 00:38:21,745 That's what we came out here to do. 573 00:38:23,079 --> 00:38:25,649 We'll have us a little meat for the pot. 574 00:38:26,349 --> 00:38:28,385 For a mountain man, meat is meat. 575 00:38:28,385 --> 00:38:29,986 I couldn't be happier. 576 00:38:29,986 --> 00:38:34,157 I'm on a mountain man diet: I eat everything in sight. 577 00:38:34,157 --> 00:38:36,593 After eight hours on the hunt, 578 00:38:36,593 --> 00:38:41,665 Bear Claw's quest for a deer has yielded a squirrel. 579 00:38:41,665 --> 00:38:44,200 And though it wasn't what he was after, 580 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,505 out here he's learned to be grateful for whatever nature provides. 581 00:38:50,941 --> 00:38:53,276 Well, you cooking up any fresh liver, yet? 582 00:38:53,276 --> 00:38:55,979 Man, I didn't have anything come underneath me at all. 583 00:38:57,013 --> 00:38:59,549 How about you? I guess you didn't see anything either, huh? 584 00:38:59,549 --> 00:39:04,387 Well, I saw a deer, but it was like a walking dead deer. 585 00:39:04,387 --> 00:39:07,691 It's been a lot of years since that's been around, that blue tongue, 586 00:39:07,691 --> 00:39:12,229 but maybe we ought to switch to a different draw tomorrow or something. 587 00:39:12,229 --> 00:39:14,364 Hopefully we get a deer tomorrow. 588 00:39:14,798 --> 00:39:16,633 Yeah, that'd be cool. 589 00:39:16,633 --> 00:39:19,736 Good ol' high mountain squirrel chili. 590 00:39:27,043 --> 00:39:29,279 - Mmm. - It's like... 591 00:39:29,279 --> 00:39:31,615 Tastes just like it did when I was a kid. 592 00:39:31,615 --> 00:39:33,683 It's hot! 593 00:39:34,417 --> 00:39:36,019 Living out in the mountains here, 594 00:39:36,019 --> 00:39:39,189 my relations with the neighbors are deep. 595 00:39:39,189 --> 00:39:41,191 Conan is my little brother. 596 00:39:41,191 --> 00:39:44,895 Food and shelter and friends will make a mountain man strong. 597 00:39:44,895 --> 00:39:46,029 Boy, that's good. 598 00:39:46,029 --> 00:39:48,164 Yeah, it's pretty good. 599 00:39:48,164 --> 00:39:50,100 Now all we need is 45 more of 'em. 600 00:40:10,787 --> 00:40:15,258 That's a pretty good walk from the paddle wheel up here. 601 00:40:15,525 --> 00:40:17,093 In the Ozark Mountains, 602 00:40:17,093 --> 00:40:20,931 Joe Ray has constructed a renewable energy source, 603 00:40:20,931 --> 00:40:24,701 in hopes of illuminating his world below the grid. 604 00:40:24,701 --> 00:40:27,938 After installing a waterwheel to harness the river's current, 605 00:40:27,938 --> 00:40:31,474 he's utilizing 1,000 feet of salvaged wiring 606 00:40:31,474 --> 00:40:33,209 to finish the job. 607 00:40:33,209 --> 00:40:35,011 Right now, I'm just gonna be hooking these up, 608 00:40:35,011 --> 00:40:39,049 and when I turn the switch on later, we'll see if it's right. 609 00:40:39,049 --> 00:40:42,285 Me and my brothers dealt in racecars and junk cars 610 00:40:42,285 --> 00:40:45,255 and a little bit of everything all through the years. 611 00:40:45,355 --> 00:40:47,524 Really teaches you a lot about everything, 612 00:40:47,524 --> 00:40:50,260 'cause, I mean, you learn electrical, 613 00:40:50,260 --> 00:40:53,129 you learn how everything else works on a car. 614 00:40:53,129 --> 00:40:55,966 I guess it's time to kick the switch and see if it works. 615 00:40:55,966 --> 00:40:57,200 Yep. 616 00:40:58,201 --> 00:40:59,636 Drumroll, I guess. 617 00:40:59,636 --> 00:41:01,004 Here we go. 618 00:41:08,144 --> 00:41:09,646 {\an8}No. 619 00:41:11,615 --> 00:41:13,717 Let me go back and check some of my wires, 620 00:41:13,717 --> 00:41:16,286 make sure I did that right. 621 00:41:18,688 --> 00:41:22,292 I'm gonna be severely pissed off if I don't have lights. 622 00:41:25,929 --> 00:41:27,898 Okay. 623 00:41:27,898 --> 00:41:29,432 Let's see. 624 00:41:31,334 --> 00:41:32,903 Oh, boy! 625 00:41:32,903 --> 00:41:35,472 Hell! This is just fantastic. 626 00:41:35,472 --> 00:41:37,574 Got electricity now. 627 00:41:37,574 --> 00:41:40,010 You know, living in caves isn't for everyone. 628 00:41:40,010 --> 00:41:42,412 It's probably not for a whole lot of people at all, 629 00:41:42,412 --> 00:41:45,348 because it's a whole lot more for work. 630 00:41:45,348 --> 00:41:48,118 But it's just the way I choose to live. 631 00:41:48,118 --> 00:41:51,087 Under the ground is the greatest place in the world to be. 632 00:41:51,087 --> 00:41:53,256 I mean, it's just that simple. 633 00:41:53,256 --> 00:41:55,492 This is where I'll be forever. 634 00:41:56,259 --> 00:41:59,563 And I can make this a great little home now. 635 00:42:13,043 --> 00:42:15,812 Let's get that beam tacked in place. All right. 636 00:42:15,812 --> 00:42:18,615 On Beaver Island, outside the grid, 637 00:42:19,382 --> 00:42:22,319 Dan Burton and his sons have completed construction on a new shelter, 638 00:42:23,587 --> 00:42:27,991 one that will provide access to crucial hunting grounds during winter. 639 00:42:27,991 --> 00:42:30,393 Whoo, that's the last nail. All right. 640 00:42:30,393 --> 00:42:31,928 Got her done. 641 00:42:31,928 --> 00:42:35,465 The roof of their structure features an observation deck 642 00:42:35,465 --> 00:42:39,069 for an elevated perspective on the forest below. 643 00:42:39,069 --> 00:42:41,104 All right, you take the first shot. 644 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:44,841 Whoo! 645 00:42:44,841 --> 00:42:46,576 Nailed it! Got it! 646 00:42:46,676 --> 00:42:49,145 - You get the one on the left, the tan one. - Okay. 647 00:42:51,848 --> 00:42:54,985 - All right. Here we go. - Pressure's on Cam. 648 00:42:54,985 --> 00:42:57,821 Come on, Cam! Somebody needs to miss. 649 00:42:57,821 --> 00:42:59,155 Cam's colorblind, 650 00:42:59,155 --> 00:43:01,858 so, this will be the most challenging shot for him. 651 00:43:03,226 --> 00:43:06,029 Whoo! All right. 652 00:43:06,029 --> 00:43:09,366 On the edge of the world, outside the grid, 653 00:43:09,366 --> 00:43:13,203 nothing is given, and everything must be earned. 654 00:43:13,203 --> 00:43:16,206 I'm real proud of the boys. I know in a lot of ways they're survivors. 655 00:43:16,206 --> 00:43:19,075 They can do a lot of things that I've done in life, and so much more. 656 00:43:19,075 --> 00:43:22,412 I would love if all my kids could stay on Beaver Island, 657 00:43:22,412 --> 00:43:24,214 but that's their choice. 658 00:43:24,214 --> 00:43:27,250 If they don't, hopefully theypick something just as cool. 659 00:43:28,685 --> 00:43:32,088 Out here, survival is built from the ground up, 660 00:43:32,088 --> 00:43:36,259 with only two hands, blood and sweat. 661 00:43:36,259 --> 00:43:38,094 There's no bear gonna bother me. 662 00:43:40,463 --> 00:43:46,102 I didn't shoot a deer, but I got a fancy squirrel tail for my hat 663 00:43:46,102 --> 00:43:48,138 {\an8}and some mighty fine chili. 664 00:43:48,138 --> 00:43:50,340 {\an8}So, that's pretty cool. 665 00:43:52,375 --> 00:43:54,744 {\an8}The work is usually hard, 666 00:43:54,744 --> 00:43:57,247 {\an8}but for those who choose this path, 667 00:43:57,247 --> 00:44:01,451 {\an8}a job well done means a life well lived. 668 00:44:01,451 --> 00:44:04,254 {\an8}The lantern will be put away for a while. 669 00:44:04,254 --> 00:44:05,922 {\an8}I don't think I'll be needing it anymore. 670 00:44:05,922 --> 00:44:07,924 {\an8}I don't think I'll be needing this, either. 671 00:44:07,924 --> 00:44:10,894 {\an8}I think this is one of the best days I've had in a long time.