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{\an8}(CAMERA CREW SPEAKING)
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Well, you know, one time
when I was in the big town,
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and I was walking down
the street up there,
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it was like, you know,
everybody up there...
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And really I've seen this
in lots of other places, too.
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...I mean, it's just steadily
on the cell phones.
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You know, how can that ruin your life?
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Think of how many ways
that can ruin your life.
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And seeing people drive
and use the cell phone.
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That's, you know, they ought to
be giving them a DWI for that,
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driving while ignorant,
or something, you know.
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You know, 'cause it's just all
these people are just, you know,
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their, their phones have
taken over their lives.
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I don't, I don't see
none of that down here,
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'cause it won't work. (LAUGHS)
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NARRATOR: In the age of technology,
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the electrical grid is expanding,
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and the world is getting smaller.
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For some, finding peace of mind
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means hiding out
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where no one thinks to look.
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{\an8}To escape, they redefine "off the grid."
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(WATER DRIPPING)
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JOE: Lights are the biggest problem
down here.
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You can't move around without light.
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So, I mean, the light is a commodity
that I have to have.
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I'll show you, because...
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when the lights go out,
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it'll get real dark in here.
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Y'all getting scared? (LAUGHS)
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NARRATOR: For the past two years,
Joe Ray has made his home below the grid
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{\an8}in the Ozark Mountains
of North Central Arkansas.
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Deep underground,
Joe sometimes goes weeks
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without seeing the sun.
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Down here a single lantern is all he needs
to illuminate his world.
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My lantern and candles
and everything like that,
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I always have to think about them,
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because I always have
to keep candles stocked.
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I always have to buy fuel for this.
I always have to buy mantles for it.
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So, I'm thinking about
doing something else.
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I've got a great creek down here
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that has got a good water flow
to it year round.
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So, I can figure I can make me
a little waterwheel system
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out of maybe an old rim
and some hubcaps or something,
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and then have it running me
a couple of alternators
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to give me tons of power.
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Then I'll have full-time electricity.
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And then I can light my cave
up with lights.
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Waterwheel is still on the bucket list
to get done pretty quick,
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because I don't want to have
to keep buying fuel.
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I don't want to have...
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That's something I just don't
want to have to worry about.
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NARRATOR: To build a waterwheel
in hopes of generating light,
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Joe will repurpose found supplies.
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Living below the grid,
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he stockpiles any item he can salvage
and use to survive.
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{\an8}JOE: Here we are
up in my little storeroom here.
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This is where I keep a lot of
my supplies and stuff like that.
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I keep the stuff here
that I mostly work with,
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as in hand tools
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and anything that I'm saving up
for a project.
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This is the main piece
of my waterwheel, right here.
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This is what everything will mount to,
to be spinning, and running everything.
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I got wire.
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That's what I'm hopefully gonna
be running this afternoon.
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I guess I'll take the hubcaps.
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I'm gonna go over
and see my buddy, Leo.
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He's got quite a few old cars there
over at his house.
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And maybe I can go over there
and get the main parts I need,
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the alternator, the belt,
and some lights.
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That'll be my plan.
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{\an8}BEAR CLAW: We're headed down to Conan's.
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Conan is my little brother.
I've been hunting with him for years.
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Hello to camp!
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CONAN: Hey, man! How's it going, buddy?
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BEAR CLAW: Dang good. How about you?
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CONAN: Pretty good.
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BEAR CLAW: You know, every time I come
over here, you're riding in circles.
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CONAN: I'm just going through
all the cues.
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Just so she's listening to me.
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I'm using my legs and my hands
and my butt.
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BEAR CLAW: Uh-huh.
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CONAN: She's a little non-responsive,
so, I'm just lightening her back up.
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BEAR CLAW: I see.
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CONAN: I'm gonna grab Yuma,
and then we're ready to roll.
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BEAR CLAW: Good.
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NARRATOR: Beyond the grid,
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Bear Claw makes his home
high atop the ridgelines
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of the Clearwater Mountains
in western Idaho.
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BEAR CLAW: Let's go down around
the corner and look around.
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We could probably find us a deer
down in there.
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NARRATOR: Out here, Conan Ausmussen
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is the closest thing
Bear Claw has to a brother.
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And every year, the two men
head out on the hunt together,
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on the first day of deer season.
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BEAR CLAW: Looks pretty nice
down here, don't it?
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CONAN: Looks good to me.
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BEAR CLAW: Well,
with all this good, green grass,
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there ought to be plenty of game
around here.
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CONAN: Oh, yeah.
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Ought to be good hunting, I think.
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BEAR CLAW: There's a nice trail
coming up the draw here.
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CONAN: Oh, hang on, buddy.
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I think you flipped a shoe off.
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There's a shoe sitting here.
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It looks pretty fresh.
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BEAR CLAW: Yeah, this one's gone.
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CONAN: Ahhh, dang it.
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I've been hearing a shoe clinking
this morning,
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and it's loosened up.
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And apparently he stepped on it
with his back foot
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and popped it off. (SIGHS)
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I'm about to put a shoe on this horse
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with two tomahawks and six nails.
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This is how you would do it
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if all you had was two tomahawks
and six nails.
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(LAUGHS)
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I'm just taking off the dirt
and cleaning up the sole a little bit.
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It still looks pretty flat,
and the shoe is flat, which is good.
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Probably get my file out
and cut these nails off, Bear Claw.
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I don't have a pair of pliers.
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NARRATOR: Though this temporary fix
could last for weeks,
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Conan will properly replace the horseshoe
back at the stable.
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For now, the hunt can continue on.
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We're back in business.
Here you go, bud.
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- Well, partner.
- We're back hunting.
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- Thank you kindly, sir.
- We'll keep on rolling.
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You betcha.
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I'm ready.
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{\an8}(BEAR GROWLING)
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(GROWLS)
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NARRATOR: For the past five years,
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Doc and Jeanny Leverett
have made their home high above the grid,
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in the remote woods
of Onion Creek, Washington.
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Over the past month,
increased bear activity in the area
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has put them on high alert.
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Last week they built an elevated bathroom
to avoid the threat.
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And this morning Jeanny is surveying
just how close the danger has come.
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JEANNY: Come on. There you go.
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We're looking for signs of bear.
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I'm just gonna prove a point
that we have a bear out here.
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{\an8}Doc wanted me to take a gun with me,
but I don't do that.
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{\an8}I just take the dog, my, my Wilbur.
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I figure he's gonna notice
anything that's out here before I will.
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He may be deaf,
but he can smell things before I do.
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He's got a good sense.
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- (DOG BARKS)
- What do you got?
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- (BARKING)
- Did you find something?
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What you got, bud?
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(GROWLS AND BARKS)
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Bear's been here
digging up the tree stump.
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You can see all this stuff is fresh
that he's been digging up around here.
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I don't want them out here,
not this close.
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It's, it's just too dangerous.
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We've got the chickens.
We have the goat.
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You know, all that animal food
that we have.
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I can have Doc put a pulley system up,
so we can raise that up,
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and maybe the bear
will go away after that.
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You know, he's probably just
getting into them scraps.
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(RUSTLING)
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Wilbur?
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(BARKS)
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(BLEEP)
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{\an8}(CAMERA CREW SPEAKING)
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JEANNY: That's a good idea.
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{\an8}DOC: I just need to get it
about 12 foot in the air.
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NARRATOR: In Onion Creek,
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Jeanny Leverett has spotted evidence
of black bears
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less than 15 feet from their treehouse.
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Now, Doc is taking extra precautions
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to keep valuable resources safe
from the threat.
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DOC: I'm trying to get
the, the chicken and goat feed
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up and out of the way.
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I'm gonna put a pulley up the tree,
and then hoist it up out of the way,
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so it's easy access up and down.
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So, when I got to feed
the chickens and the goat,
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and I can put it back up there,
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and the bears can't dine on it
during the night.
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These are my tree spikes.
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Loggers use these for climbing trees.
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Wish me luck.
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(GRUNTS)
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(BLEEP)
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God bless America.
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(BLEEP) things.
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(BLEEP)
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Agh!
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All of my weight is supported
on a point that's right here.
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So, whenever your feet
are at an angle on that tree,
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holding your weight,
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they just dig and dig and dig.
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I've been pretty rough
on my body over my life.
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One accident alone
I broke over 23 bones.
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Broken leg, broken ankle,
broken toe,
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hip and pelvis broken.
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Ribs on both sides,
punctured lung, collapsed lung,
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ruptured spleen, lacerated liver.
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Broken neck and back.
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And then, broken melon.
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Crushed my arm.
I don't even have a wrist anymore.
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Got stabbed here,
I got stabbed twice.
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Here, this was a mugging,
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attempted, attempted mugging
in a phone booth one time.
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And this one was just an (BLEEP),
he stabbed me through my hand here.
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That was a ball.
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I came out here
to get away from it all.
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You know, to kind of give my body a rest.
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And these tree spikes
aren't helping a bit.
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I got to come up with something better,
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'cause I don't think my ankles are gonna
be able to handle this much longer.
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After the Marine Corps
and after college,
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I started building houses,
doing all kinds of construction.
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You're told what to build with,
and then you're told, you know,
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what you're gonna, you know,
conform or do for the homeowner.
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So, you just get tired of all
the guidelines, all the rules.
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Here, you just do what you got to do,
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when you want to do it
and how you want to do it.
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You know, and not something that
someone else has told you to build or do.
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So, I think it's freedom.
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NARRATOR: Outside the grid,
in the middle of Lake Michigan,
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Dan Burton makes his home
on Beaver Island,
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one of the most remote places
in the Lower 48.
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Out here the weather is beginning to cool
as winter closes in.
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So today Dan's up before dawn
to prepare for the cold.
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He and his sons plan to build
a new structure
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that will provide access
tocrucial hunting grounds
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and refuge from the elements.
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DAN: With the weather being
as bad as it's been the last two winters,
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- I haven't been able to get back here.
- CAMERON: Yeah.
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So, I'm thinking if we could just
get one building built this year,
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and get ahead, get something
that you can stay in,
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you know, maybe stay in it
for a couple weeks.
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CAMERON: Yeah, that'll be good.
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Instead of humping food out here
and stuff, we can have storage.
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DAN: Yup. Let's try to knock it out.
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Cool.
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DAN: I'm thinking right back in here.
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NATE: That flat spot right there?
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DAN: Yep.
NATE: Looks pretty good.
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DAN: It's always a good experience
to have Nathan and Cameron around.
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For me it's nice to be able
to pass on something to the kids.
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It's knowledge that's crucial
in my terms of sustaining
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and providing for your family.
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They got a lot to learn,
but they're getting it.
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Bring me the chainsaw, Cam.
Let's start nipping some of these off.
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(CHAINSAW STARTS)
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I try to teach my boys carpentry skills.
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My dad taught me, his dad taught him
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to survive in climates
and areas like this.
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That's what it takes to survive
on Beaver Island.
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All right,
then hit all these right in here.
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(CHAINSAW ROARING)
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Yep, Leo's house,
right over the little dump.
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NARRATOR: In Arkansas,
Joe Ray is on the hunt for supplies
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to build a waterwheel
that can power lights
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and illuminate his world
below the grid.
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JOE: Leo, what's happening?
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NARRATOR: Whenever Joe is in need
of mechanical supplies,
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he visits an old friend named Leo Cox,
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who stockpiles old car parts
and other salvaged materials.
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JOE: How's it going?
LEO: Good, man.
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JOE: Man.
LEO: Good to see you.
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JOE: Whoo! Hot out here.
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LEO: I'm sitting here
knocking the froth off a cold one.
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Let me get you one, bub.
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JOE: Appreciate that.
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LEO: What can I do you for today?
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Well, I need some headlights
and an alternator and a belt.
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I wonder if you had anything like that.
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I got some stuff around
in one of these old trucks here.
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We'll walk around over there and look
and see what we can come up with.
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{\an8}LEO: I know there is! (LAUGHS)
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Let's go over here
and gander around.
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I think I took an old alternator
off a truck over here.
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JOE: I'm gonna scratch
these leaves around
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and see if it's under them.
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LEO: There's a fan belt.
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There's an old headlight, right there.
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Looks like it's still good.
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JOE: Well, I found an alternator.
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Looks like you got one here.
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LEO: Watch it!
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JOE: Yep. One beer
is too many for me.
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- Still spins good.
- I bet it's all right.
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JOE: I appreciate the beer.
LEO: You bet.
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Well, luck to you, my friend.
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- Safety in your travels.
- All right, appreciate it.
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I'll see you soon.
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JOE: Don't do nothing I wouldn't do.
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LEO: Hardly ever do.
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(LAUGHS)
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DAN: Right now the boys
are getting ready to set the posts.
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NARRATOR: 18 miles from the mainland,
on Beaver Island...
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You guys are doing good.
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NARRATOR: ...Dan Burton
and his sons have started construction
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on a new shelter.
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A structure that will provide access
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to crucial hunting grounds
during the harsh winter ahead.
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The frost in this part of Michigan
is about 42 inches deep.
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So, in the wintertime,
the ground will freeze 42 inches thick.
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We're gonna try to get
slightly below that.
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Put a footing in, get our posts in,
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and then try to get it elevated,
building on top of that.
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So, let's go ahead
and drop that footing in, Nate.
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NATE: Okay.
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DAN: Nice and straight in the hole.
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I'm definitely proud that, you know,
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I have the ability to use
my hands and build stuff.
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I'm just setting something
for my children,
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like my parents did for me.
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It's about, you know,
the next generation.
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It's about the seven generations
ahead of them.
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You're always just trying
to learn from the past
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and live, you know,
try to respect the future.
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That's good, Cam.
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Now we're just gonna
backfill this post in.
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We got it below the frost.
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{\an8}People take for granted
what you find in the stores and stuff,
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{\an8}and like, it brings you closer
to nature and stuff
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when you know how to do this.
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You know, you have the skills
that it takes
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and you know the work
that goes into it.
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Make sure that that's parallel to there.
See it?
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NARRATOR: Over the next eight hours,
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Dan and his sons continue construction,
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setting the foundation
and building the shelter's floor.
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DAN: Beautiful.
Okay. We'll stagger the seam.
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Instead of starting in the same spot,
we'll lap the joints.
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It'll make this deck
a little bit stronger.
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The elevation is gonna have
a multipurpose to it.
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One, if a snowstorm is happening,
we're gonna be above that line
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and it's gonna be easy
to get in and out of.
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It does help with the sense of smell.
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When you watch a deer,
he's always looking up.
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He's sniffing the air.
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We're hoping to get up in the air
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to where a prevailing wind
blows our scent
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across the tops of these trees
and not on the ground.
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Just lift it, nice and easy.
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Up and up.
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Okay, hold right there.
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All right.
And we're done for the night.
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We can watch the sunset.
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We'll just get an early start
and we'll get right back.
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NATE: Sounds good to me.
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CONAN: For any hunt, you know,
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it's not a bad idea to see
if you can't shoot some arrows.
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BEAR CLAW: That's better.
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NARRATOR: In the Clearwater Mountains,
beyond the grid,
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Bear Claw and Conan have set out
on the hunt for whitetail deer,
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targeting an area
wherethey've had success in the past.
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BEAR CLAW: We owe it to the game
to do a lot of practicing
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and to be real proficient
with our bow and arrow.
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This is not a game.
This is a real thing, you know.
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We're gonna take a life
with these things in.
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We want to hit the vitals
where we're supposed to.
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- Time to get serious?
- CONAN: Yeah.
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Boy, that's a good lookout.
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BEAR CLAW: Don't get much better
than that, does it?
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This is a really good place to hunt.
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CONAN: So I'm just gonna
hunker down here,
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and hopefully
something comes by.
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BEAR CLAW: I'll mosey back
up to the pond,
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and we'll meet up yonder towards dark.
How's that sound?
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CONAN: All right, buddy.
We'll see you at dusk, or before.
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BEAR CLAW: Good luck, partner.
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This time of year when things are dry,
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the animals are really
dependent on the water.
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And it's really a good place to hunt.
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There's a deer track right there.
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You see the deer track?
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Breeze is going up.
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(WHISPERING)
That's just what we want.
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The hardest thing about
hunting whitetails
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is tricking their nose.
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They got real good eyesight.
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They got really good hearing,
but they bank on their nose.
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And it very rarely lets them down.
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Just gonna get comfortable here,
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set as still as this tree.
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Wait for some deer.
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DOC: Hey, handy.
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NARRATOR: In Onion Creek, Washington,
above the grid,
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Doc Leverett is attempting
to raise his food stores high in the trees
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to avoid increased bear activity
in the area.
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To do it, Doc's attempting
a new climbing method,
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one that will help him contend
with pain from old injuries.
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DOC: When I was in the Navy,
and we went to Japan one time,
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they had this rope technique
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where they used two sticks
and a piece of rope,
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and these Japanese guys were
just shimmying up the tree.
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I'm gonna try to mimic that.
Now comes the fun part.
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We're gonna try to get up a tree.
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I want to get this as tight as I can here.
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One, two.
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All right, here goes nothing.
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And then I just repeat this process.
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This would be great
if I had two working wrists.
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So now, the key is, this rope,
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the rope that's down at the bottom,
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I have to get that thing undone...
402
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,175
pull it up and around...
403
00:24:26,910 --> 00:24:29,079
and rinse and repeat.
404
00:24:30,747 --> 00:24:32,716
Right now it's taking so damn long.
405
00:24:32,716 --> 00:24:34,851
I think I need to perfect
my knots a little more.
406
00:24:35,652 --> 00:24:37,454
There's got to be an easier way.
407
00:24:38,955 --> 00:24:42,926
- Hey, sweetie? What you doing?
- I'm climbing a tree.
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JEANNY: What the hell are those?
DOC: It's a way to climb a tree
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without having to hump a ladder
through the woods.
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00:24:47,964 --> 00:24:49,633
Just two sticks and a rope.
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00:24:49,633 --> 00:24:54,337
The problem I'm trying to work out
is not getting knotted up into everything.
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I only got one arm, so...
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JEANNY: I'm a little concerned
about the sticks.
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- DOC: I see the weaknesses of this.
- Yeah.
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DOC: It's hard as (BLEEP) to do.
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This took me 45 minutes
to get that high.
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00:25:05,916 --> 00:25:07,684
JEANNY: Yeah, there's got to be
something better, honey.
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DOC: I'm sure there's a better way.
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JEANNY: We got to figure out something.
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00:25:11,354 --> 00:25:12,756
Holler if you need me.
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00:25:13,557 --> 00:25:15,225
DOC: I need you!
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BEAR CLAW: You can see
we're on a deer trail.
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There's probably one
coming down this way.
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NARRATOR: In western Idaho,
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Bear Claw is on the hunt
for whitetail deer.
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He and his good friend, Conan,
have divided to cover more ground,
427
00:25:51,127 --> 00:25:52,929
but over the past four hours,
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00:25:52,929 --> 00:25:55,065
there are no signs of potential prey.
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BEAR CLAW: It is getting so dry
up here on the ridges.
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The dry places really affect the deer.
431
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,510
And the, the places that have
just a little moisture,
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it seems like the deer survived
through those spots.
433
00:26:10,914 --> 00:26:15,118
So, this is something we really
don't want to see,
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is all this dry ground.
435
00:26:30,634 --> 00:26:33,003
It's warm this time of day.
436
00:26:33,370 --> 00:26:35,305
They're probably gonna find some shade.
437
00:26:35,305 --> 00:26:38,842
We'll just go up yonder here.
Keep looking.
438
00:26:44,614 --> 00:26:47,551
I see some white over there.
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00:26:48,151 --> 00:26:50,287
You stay behind me.
440
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{\an8}(CAMERA CREW SPEAKING)
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BEAR CLAW:
He's got a funny look to him.
442
00:27:17,914 --> 00:27:21,151
The way he's acting,
I don't think he's healthy.
443
00:27:21,952 --> 00:27:24,621
I think there's a chance that
he might have blue tongue,
444
00:27:24,621 --> 00:27:26,523
and I don't want to shoot him.
445
00:27:40,537 --> 00:27:42,872
He just doesn't look right.
446
00:27:43,540 --> 00:27:45,909
You know, it's just not worth the risk.
447
00:28:12,002 --> 00:28:13,169
JOE: This is a spring.
448
00:28:13,169 --> 00:28:15,605
This is why I chose this
for the best place to be,
449
00:28:15,605 --> 00:28:18,608
because this water stays
constant year round.
450
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It'll probably go down a little bit more,
451
00:28:20,010 --> 00:28:22,345
maybe a couple inches
from what it is right now,
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and it'll stay that way.
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NARRATOR:
In North Central Arkansas,
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Joe Ray is on a mission to build
a renewable energy source
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00:28:30,053 --> 00:28:33,290
to generate electricity below the grid.
456
00:28:33,290 --> 00:28:37,060
His plan:
to construct a waterwheel
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00:28:37,060 --> 00:28:39,362
and harness the current on this creek,
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less than 1,000 feet
from his home cave.
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JOE: Well, this is what's gonna
be the main part
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00:28:44,768 --> 00:28:46,303
of my waterwheel, right here.
461
00:28:46,303 --> 00:28:48,939
I've got some hubcaps
that I've attached to this,
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00:28:48,939 --> 00:28:51,708
as the creek spins,
it's gonna spin this,
463
00:28:51,708 --> 00:28:53,310
it's gonna turn my rod,
464
00:28:53,310 --> 00:28:55,312
rod's gonna spin my alternator,
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00:28:55,312 --> 00:28:57,380
alternator's gonna make me
some electricity.
466
00:29:00,116 --> 00:29:02,319
A lot of the stuff I've learned
when I was young,
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00:29:02,419 --> 00:29:04,521
you know, comes into play up here.
468
00:29:04,521 --> 00:29:08,058
You know, from the days
of when I was a carpenter.
469
00:29:08,058 --> 00:29:10,727
I fall back on the knowledge
that I gained back then,
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00:29:10,727 --> 00:29:13,563
and it's... It makes life simpler.
471
00:29:13,563 --> 00:29:16,666
You always use everything you can,
don't waste anything.
472
00:29:16,666 --> 00:29:18,301
This is the way to go.
473
00:29:19,102 --> 00:29:20,971
Okay, well, I got them all tightened up,
474
00:29:20,971 --> 00:29:22,572
now we're fixing
to start lowering it down.
475
00:29:25,742 --> 00:29:27,444
(LAUGHS)
476
00:29:28,211 --> 00:29:33,383
Okay, well, we'll see about setting a box
for the alternator now.
477
00:29:47,097 --> 00:29:51,601
So, it'll be time to start making
some juice here in just a few minutes.
478
00:29:59,609 --> 00:30:00,877
Okay, we're spinning.
479
00:30:00,877 --> 00:30:03,213
Not real fast, but the alternators,
480
00:30:03,213 --> 00:30:06,316
they don't have to spin real fast
to make maximum power.
481
00:30:06,316 --> 00:30:08,418
See if I can hook my lights up tonight.
482
00:30:32,742 --> 00:30:34,945
DAN: Okay. So, the ladders look good.
483
00:30:35,045 --> 00:30:37,581
You guys feel comfortable right there
for getting up that first row?
484
00:30:37,581 --> 00:30:38,848
NATE: Yeah, it feels all right.
485
00:30:38,848 --> 00:30:40,183
Let's get the first row of sheathing on,
486
00:30:40,183 --> 00:30:42,619
and we'll just run it
all the way to the top.
487
00:30:42,619 --> 00:30:44,487
NATE: Okay.
488
00:30:44,487 --> 00:30:47,424
NARRATOR: Outside the grid
on Beaver Island,
489
00:30:48,124 --> 00:30:51,194
Dan Burton and his sons
are building a new shelter
490
00:30:51,194 --> 00:30:54,831
to access crucial hunting grounds
during winter.
491
00:30:54,831 --> 00:30:58,368
- You guys got that tacked on?
- NATE: Oh, yeah, tacked right on.
492
00:30:58,368 --> 00:31:01,471
NARRATOR: To combat harsh weather
in the months to come,
493
00:31:01,471 --> 00:31:05,075
they rely on extra layers
of wood siding for insulation.
494
00:31:05,909 --> 00:31:08,979
DAN: We use a lot of cedar logs.
They hold up well. They repel moisture.
495
00:31:08,979 --> 00:31:11,648
As long as you got them out of the dirt,
they'll last a long time.
496
00:31:11,648 --> 00:31:17,187
So, come deer season, yeah,
it's gonna be a bonus for sure.
497
00:31:17,187 --> 00:31:18,922
All right, I'm handing you the sheath.
498
00:31:18,922 --> 00:31:21,591
Let's get off of the scaffolding quick
and we can hop back up.
499
00:31:21,591 --> 00:31:22,859
Okay, jump.
500
00:31:24,027 --> 00:31:25,662
Come on down.
501
00:31:25,662 --> 00:31:27,330
- Nate!
- DAN: Hey, hey!
502
00:31:27,330 --> 00:31:28,665
(BLEEP)
503
00:31:29,332 --> 00:31:30,567
NATE: You said to jump
and come on down.
504
00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:32,469
DAN: I meant for Cam...
you to jump off the scaffolding,
505
00:31:32,469 --> 00:31:35,205
and for Nate...
Cameron to put the last nail in.
506
00:31:35,205 --> 00:31:36,606
(NATE LAUGHS)
507
00:31:37,474 --> 00:31:41,278
- Cam, Nate owes you one.
- CAMERON: I know.
508
00:31:41,278 --> 00:31:43,313
DAN: They got a lot to learn,
but they're getting it.
509
00:31:43,313 --> 00:31:45,482
At least they're not
smashing their thumb.
510
00:31:45,482 --> 00:31:48,351
Let's start using common sense
a little bit more.
511
00:32:09,839 --> 00:32:11,775
DAN: Make sure
you're rotating that file, Cam.
512
00:32:11,775 --> 00:32:13,143
CAMERON: I am.
513
00:32:13,143 --> 00:32:17,080
NARRATOR: In the middle of Lake Michigan,
outside the grid,
514
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:21,818
Dan Burton is attempting to build
a new hunting shelter in time for winter.
515
00:32:21,818 --> 00:32:25,689
While his son Nate
installs additional siding for insulation,
516
00:32:25,689 --> 00:32:28,992
Dan and his youngest son, Cameron,
517
00:32:28,992 --> 00:32:32,162
prep their tools for the next stage
of construction.
518
00:32:32,862 --> 00:32:35,498
DAN: Why is it crucial to sharpen your saw
so much?
519
00:32:35,498 --> 00:32:39,803
You want to make it even,
so it doesn't pull one way or the other.
520
00:32:39,803 --> 00:32:43,607
And it'll make the engine last longer,
'cause it's not wearing on it.
521
00:32:43,607 --> 00:32:45,175
Not bad, not bad answers.
522
00:32:55,986 --> 00:33:00,957
We'll pick something out
for my, my stair system.
523
00:33:00,957 --> 00:33:02,959
I want to get a couple risers
and some treads
524
00:33:02,959 --> 00:33:05,428
to get up into the deer shelter.
525
00:33:05,428 --> 00:33:07,764
Everybody watch their heads.
526
00:33:07,764 --> 00:33:10,367
(CHAINSAW STARTS)
527
00:33:10,367 --> 00:33:13,136
(ROARING)
528
00:33:19,709 --> 00:33:20,877
That's that.
529
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,449
I'm just gonna spike 'em down.
530
00:33:28,385 --> 00:33:29,653
That one's fine.
531
00:33:29,653 --> 00:33:32,622
I always have a fun time
working with the boys. It's neat.
532
00:33:32,722 --> 00:33:35,325
It's always a good experience to
have Nathan and Cameron around.
533
00:33:35,325 --> 00:33:36,793
Going right there, Nate.
534
00:33:36,793 --> 00:33:39,162
You don't get too many opportunities
to hang out with your boys,
535
00:33:39,162 --> 00:33:43,600
so, it's nice to be able
to pass on something to the younger kids.
536
00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:46,136
Oh, you got to take
some anger out on it.
537
00:33:46,937 --> 00:33:50,273
See what you think, Hambone.
You're the heaviest in the group.
538
00:33:50,273 --> 00:33:52,909
I know.
I skipped that top step.
539
00:33:52,909 --> 00:33:54,811
DAN: I don't blame you.
540
00:33:57,180 --> 00:33:58,548
It's badass.
541
00:34:00,717 --> 00:34:04,020
We wanted badass,
and we got badass.
542
00:34:19,703 --> 00:34:21,504
DOC: It's coming together nicely.
543
00:34:22,505 --> 00:34:26,977
NARRATOR: In Onion Creek, Doc Leverett
is attempting a new climbing method
544
00:34:26,977 --> 00:34:29,646
to raise his food stores above the grid.
545
00:34:30,247 --> 00:34:32,716
Contending with multiple injuries,
546
00:34:32,716 --> 00:34:39,122
Doc's hoping to develop the tools he needs
to safely ascend high into the trees.
547
00:34:39,789 --> 00:34:41,958
Same method, we'll be pulling it up,
548
00:34:41,958 --> 00:34:44,961
but instead of the, the sticks...
549
00:34:46,129 --> 00:34:47,898
there'll be a nice set of two steps.
550
00:34:47,898 --> 00:34:51,001
I need as much support as I can,
right here.
551
00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:53,169
So, these act as an I-beam.
552
00:34:53,937 --> 00:34:56,773
The end result is a, a safer step.
553
00:34:56,773 --> 00:34:59,342
I run my rope
through those notches there,
554
00:34:59,342 --> 00:35:02,946
cleaned 'em all up,
and then back around.
555
00:35:08,318 --> 00:35:09,986
Like so.
556
00:35:09,986 --> 00:35:11,721
And we got us a step.
557
00:35:11,721 --> 00:35:14,858
All right, let's take this thing
on its maiden voyage.
558
00:35:25,936 --> 00:35:27,604
Get my seat belt on.
559
00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:31,575
Keep a little tension on this.
560
00:35:32,576 --> 00:35:35,245
This is where you have faith
in your equipment here.
561
00:35:35,946 --> 00:35:38,114
And then I walk up
like a ladder.
562
00:35:39,182 --> 00:35:41,551
Pull the other one up here.
563
00:35:43,954 --> 00:35:46,590
And then I just repeat the steps
of the one down there.
564
00:35:48,925 --> 00:35:52,429
The key to this system working
is being able to loosen the rope
565
00:35:54,197 --> 00:35:56,199
and the step beneath you,
566
00:35:56,199 --> 00:35:59,970
so you can raise it up
and then repeat the process up the tree.
567
00:35:59,970 --> 00:36:01,605
Now is the moment of truth.
568
00:36:01,605 --> 00:36:03,907
Let's see if we can shake this all loose.
569
00:36:07,611 --> 00:36:09,045
Look at that.
570
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.
571
00:36:20,056 --> 00:36:22,359
Ha, good deal.
572
00:36:22,359 --> 00:36:25,328
I think this is, this is high enough
to get it away from the bears.
573
00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:33,403
Started off with one idea,
and it kind of molded to my needs.
574
00:36:33,403 --> 00:36:37,574
I made changes and adjustments
until, until it meets what I need it for,
575
00:36:37,574 --> 00:36:40,544
and it's kind of how things work out here.
576
00:36:40,544 --> 00:36:43,179
Poor boy has poor ways, right?
577
00:36:44,047 --> 00:36:47,117
Yeah. It ain't pretty, but it'll work.
578
00:36:51,521 --> 00:36:55,458
And now, as long as we don't get
a bear with thumbs, we're okay.
579
00:37:08,572 --> 00:37:10,273
BEAR CLAW: We didn't shoot a deer today,
580
00:37:10,273 --> 00:37:14,711
but there's plenty of small game
in this woods here.
581
00:37:14,711 --> 00:37:17,414
NARRATOR: Beyond the grid,
in western Idaho,
582
00:37:17,981 --> 00:37:21,218
Bear Claw is still on the hunt.
583
00:37:21,218 --> 00:37:25,922
But after spotting deer possibly afflicted
with blue tongue disease,
584
00:37:25,922 --> 00:37:28,058
the plan has changed.
585
00:37:28,058 --> 00:37:29,559
BEAR CLAW: We're trying
to slip up on something.
586
00:37:29,559 --> 00:37:31,928
You guys got to be real quiet.
587
00:37:31,928 --> 00:37:33,563
NARRATOR: In need of food,
588
00:37:33,563 --> 00:37:37,267
he's on the lookout
for anypossible source of protein.
589
00:37:37,267 --> 00:37:39,669
BEAR CLAW: (WHISPERING)
There's a squirrel over there.
590
00:37:44,507 --> 00:37:47,077
(SQUIRREL CHATTERING)
591
00:37:51,982 --> 00:37:52,983
(SQUEAK)
592
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,089
{\an8}(SQUIRREL CHATTERING)
593
00:38:02,926 --> 00:38:04,628
BEAR CLAW: We're trying
to slip up on something.
594
00:38:04,628 --> 00:38:06,496
You guys got to be real quiet.
595
00:38:08,899 --> 00:38:11,167
(WHISPERING)
There's a squirrel over there.
596
00:38:12,636 --> 00:38:14,170
(CHATTERING)
597
00:38:14,170 --> 00:38:15,305
(SQUEAK)
598
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:17,540
Got him right through the spine.
599
00:38:19,576 --> 00:38:21,745
That's what we came out here to do.
600
00:38:23,079 --> 00:38:25,649
We'll have us a little meat for the pot.
601
00:38:26,349 --> 00:38:28,385
For a mountain man, meat is meat.
602
00:38:28,385 --> 00:38:29,986
I couldn't be happier.
603
00:38:29,986 --> 00:38:34,157
I'm on a mountain man diet:
I eat everything in sight.
604
00:38:34,157 --> 00:38:36,593
NARRATOR: After eight hours on the hunt,
605
00:38:36,593 --> 00:38:41,665
Bear Claw's quest for a deer
has yielded a squirrel.
606
00:38:41,665 --> 00:38:44,200
And though it wasn't what he was after,
607
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,505
out here he's learned to be grateful
for whatever nature provides.
608
00:38:50,941 --> 00:38:53,276
BEAR CLAW: Well,
you cooking up any fresh liver, yet?
609
00:38:53,276 --> 00:38:55,979
Man, I didn't have anything
come underneath me at all.
610
00:38:57,013 --> 00:38:59,549
How about you? I guess
you didn't see anything either, huh?
611
00:38:59,549 --> 00:39:04,387
BEAR CLAW: Well, I saw a deer,
but it was like a walking dead deer.
612
00:39:04,387 --> 00:39:07,691
CONAN: It's been a lot of years since
that's been around, that blue tongue,
613
00:39:07,691 --> 00:39:12,229
but maybe we ought to switch
to a different draw tomorrow or something.
614
00:39:12,229 --> 00:39:14,364
Hopefully we get a deer tomorrow.
615
00:39:14,798 --> 00:39:16,633
BEAR CLAW: Yeah, that'd be cool.
616
00:39:16,633 --> 00:39:19,736
Good ol' high mountain squirrel chili.
617
00:39:27,043 --> 00:39:29,279
- Mmm.
- CONAN: It's like...
618
00:39:29,279 --> 00:39:31,615
Tastes just like it did
when I was a kid.
619
00:39:31,615 --> 00:39:33,683
It's hot!
620
00:39:34,417 --> 00:39:36,019
BEAR CLAW: Living out
in the mountains here,
621
00:39:36,019 --> 00:39:39,189
my relations with the neighbors
are deep.
622
00:39:39,189 --> 00:39:41,191
Conan is my little brother.
623
00:39:41,191 --> 00:39:44,895
Food and shelter and friends
will make a mountain man strong.
624
00:39:44,895 --> 00:39:46,029
Boy, that's good.
625
00:39:46,029 --> 00:39:48,164
Yeah, it's pretty good.
626
00:39:48,164 --> 00:39:50,100
Now all we need is 45 more of 'em.
627
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:51,534
(LAUGHS)
628
00:40:06,716 --> 00:40:08,985
{\an8}(WATER DRIPPING)
629
00:40:10,787 --> 00:40:15,258
JOE: That's a pretty good walk
from the paddle wheel up here.
630
00:40:15,525 --> 00:40:17,093
NARRATOR: In the Ozark Mountains,
631
00:40:17,093 --> 00:40:20,931
Joe Ray has constructed
a renewable energy source,
632
00:40:20,931 --> 00:40:24,701
in hopes of illuminating
his world below the grid.
633
00:40:24,701 --> 00:40:27,938
After installing a waterwheel
to harness the river's current,
634
00:40:27,938 --> 00:40:31,474
he's utilizing 1,000 feet
of salvaged wiring
635
00:40:31,474 --> 00:40:33,209
to finish the job.
636
00:40:33,209 --> 00:40:35,011
JOE: Right now, I'm just gonna
be hooking these up,
637
00:40:35,011 --> 00:40:39,049
and when I turn the switch on later,
we'll see if it's right.
638
00:40:39,049 --> 00:40:42,285
Me and my brothers dealt
in racecars and junk cars
639
00:40:42,285 --> 00:40:45,255
and a little bit of everything
all through the years.
640
00:40:45,355 --> 00:40:47,524
Really teaches you a lot about everything,
641
00:40:47,524 --> 00:40:50,260
'cause, I mean, you learn electrical,
642
00:40:50,260 --> 00:40:53,129
you learn how everything else
works on a car.
643
00:40:53,129 --> 00:40:55,966
I guess it's time to kick the switch
and see if it works.
644
00:40:55,966 --> 00:40:57,200
Yep.
645
00:40:58,201 --> 00:40:59,636
Drumroll, I guess.
646
00:40:59,636 --> 00:41:01,004
Here we go.
647
00:41:02,439 --> 00:41:03,873
(CLICKING)
648
00:41:06,209 --> 00:41:08,144
{\an8}(CAMERA CREW SPEAKING)
649
00:41:08,144 --> 00:41:09,646
{\an8}JOE: No.
650
00:41:11,615 --> 00:41:13,717
Let me go back
and check some of my wires,
651
00:41:13,717 --> 00:41:16,286
make sure I did that right.
652
00:41:18,688 --> 00:41:22,292
I'm gonna be severely pissed off
if I don't have lights.
653
00:41:25,929 --> 00:41:27,898
Okay.
654
00:41:27,898 --> 00:41:29,432
Let's see.
655
00:41:31,334 --> 00:41:32,903
Oh, boy!
656
00:41:32,903 --> 00:41:35,472
Hell! This is just fantastic.
657
00:41:35,472 --> 00:41:37,574
Got electricity now.
658
00:41:37,574 --> 00:41:40,010
You know, living in caves
isn't for everyone.
659
00:41:40,010 --> 00:41:42,412
It's probably not for
a whole lot of people at all,
660
00:41:42,412 --> 00:41:45,348
because it's a whole lot more for work.
661
00:41:45,348 --> 00:41:48,118
But it's just the way I choose to live.
662
00:41:48,118 --> 00:41:51,087
Under the ground
is the greatest place in the world to be.
663
00:41:51,087 --> 00:41:53,256
I mean, it's just that simple.
664
00:41:53,256 --> 00:41:55,492
This is where I'll be forever.
665
00:41:56,259 --> 00:41:59,563
And I can make this
a great little home now.
666
00:42:13,043 --> 00:42:15,812
DAN: Let's get that beam tacked in place.
NATE: All right.
667
00:42:15,812 --> 00:42:18,615
NARRATOR: On Beaver Island,
outside the grid,
668
00:42:19,382 --> 00:42:22,319
Dan Burton and his sons have
completed construction on a new shelter,
669
00:42:23,587 --> 00:42:27,991
one that will provide access
to crucial hunting grounds during winter.
670
00:42:27,991 --> 00:42:30,393
DAN: Whoo, that's the last nail.
NATE: All right.
671
00:42:30,393 --> 00:42:31,928
DAN: Got her done.
672
00:42:31,928 --> 00:42:35,465
NARRATOR: The roof of their structure
features an observation deck
673
00:42:35,465 --> 00:42:39,069
for an elevated perspective
on the forest below.
674
00:42:39,069 --> 00:42:41,104
NATE: All right, you take the first shot.
675
00:42:42,305 --> 00:42:43,640
(GUNSHOT)
676
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:44,841
DAN: Whoo!
677
00:42:44,841 --> 00:42:46,576
Nailed it! Got it!
678
00:42:46,676 --> 00:42:49,145
- You get the one on the left, the tan one.
- NATE: Okay.
679
00:42:49,246 --> 00:42:51,848
(GUNSHOT)
680
00:42:51,848 --> 00:42:54,985
- All right. Here we go.
- Pressure's on Cam.
681
00:42:54,985 --> 00:42:57,821
Come on, Cam!
Somebody needs to miss.
682
00:42:57,821 --> 00:42:59,155
DAN: Cam's colorblind,
683
00:42:59,155 --> 00:43:01,858
so, this will be the most
challenging shot for him.
684
00:43:01,858 --> 00:43:03,226
(GUNSHOT)
685
00:43:03,226 --> 00:43:06,029
CAMERON: Whoo!
NATE: All right.
686
00:43:06,029 --> 00:43:09,366
NARRATOR: On the edge of the world,
outside the grid,
687
00:43:09,366 --> 00:43:13,203
nothing is given,
and everything must be earned.
688
00:43:13,203 --> 00:43:16,206
DAN: I'm real proud of the boys.
I know in a lot of ways they're survivors.
689
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.
690
00:43:19,075 --> 00:43:22,412
I would love if all my kids
could stay on Beaver Island,
691
00:43:22,412 --> 00:43:24,214
but that's their choice.
692
00:43:24,214 --> 00:43:27,250
If they don't, hopefully
theypick something just as cool.
693
00:43:28,685 --> 00:43:32,088
NARRATOR: Out here,
survival is built from the ground up,
694
00:43:32,088 --> 00:43:36,259
with only two hands, blood and sweat.
695
00:43:36,259 --> 00:43:38,094
DOC: There's no bear gonna bother me.
696
00:43:40,463 --> 00:43:46,102
I didn't shoot a deer,
but I got a fancy squirrel tail for my hat
697
00:43:46,102 --> 00:43:48,138
{\an8}and some mighty fine chili.
698
00:43:48,138 --> 00:43:50,340
{\an8}So, that's pretty cool.
699
00:43:52,375 --> 00:43:54,744
{\an8}NARRATOR: The work is usually hard,
700
00:43:54,744 --> 00:43:57,247
{\an8}but for those who choose this path,
701
00:43:57,247 --> 00:44:01,451
{\an8}a job well done
means a life well lived.
702
00:44:01,451 --> 00:44:04,254
{\an8}The lantern will be put away for a while.
703
00:44:04,254 --> 00:44:05,922
{\an8}I don't think I'll be needing it anymore.
704
00:44:05,922 --> 00:44:07,924
{\an8}I don't think
I'll be needing this, either.
705
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.