1 00:00:01,935 --> 00:00:07,674 (music) 2 00:00:18,185 --> 00:00:19,353 JOHNNY: Caribou, caribou! 3 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:29,930 It's just a lot of them. 4 00:00:36,904 --> 00:00:38,138 That's too thick. 5 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:43,477 Once they hit those trees man, they're ghosts! 6 00:00:44,978 --> 00:00:49,116 That's a hard one to swallow man, watching a little herd of caribou 7 00:00:49,116 --> 00:00:52,653 just roll right through, like right in front of you. 8 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:57,791 Now the hunt's begun. 9 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:08,802 This is no man's land, but it's that challenge that I strive for. 10 00:01:10,504 --> 00:01:14,408 I was challenged in town, but it was a really uncomfortable challenge, 11 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:17,110 it just felt fake it didn't feel real. 12 00:01:18,979 --> 00:01:22,416 Being out in nature I feel a lot more connected to my challenges and my struggles. 13 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:27,854 Here we go. My name's Johnny Rolfe. 14 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:30,290 I like a simple life but not an easy life. 15 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:32,526 This right here is what the caribou were doing out here. 16 00:01:35,128 --> 00:01:37,130 This is what they're after, man, this grass. 17 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:41,268 It's just torn up around here. 18 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:44,471 There must have been hundreds of caribou on this lake at one point. 19 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:48,675 And, uh, you can see what else they're eating. 20 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,911 This is, uh, horse tail. 21 00:01:50,911 --> 00:01:53,614 It's one of the oldest plants. 22 00:01:53,614 --> 00:01:57,651 The caribou just dig, and dig, and dig just to eat this, man. 23 00:01:57,651 --> 00:02:01,121 That's a hard life that they live. 24 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:03,223 Like the caribou inspire me. 25 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:07,027 Watching them run around, cover tons of country, 26 00:02:07,027 --> 00:02:10,230 working their asses off for a little bit of food. 27 00:02:10,230 --> 00:02:13,700 But the sad news for them is they're my food source. 28 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:19,673 So, I appreciate the motivation, and I appreciate the food that you give me. 29 00:02:21,975 --> 00:02:23,377 Where they're at is where I wanna be. 30 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:36,990 CHRIS: Thought I saw a bird over here. 31 00:02:38,859 --> 00:02:41,495 Don't see anything though, I heard him. 32 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,732 JESSI: Bet there's a bunch of grouse up here. 33 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:49,469 I heard him fly down there so. 34 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:51,138 CHRIS: Oh, I see him. 35 00:02:51,138 --> 00:02:52,639 Let me see if I can get him. 36 00:02:55,242 --> 00:02:56,777 (rifle shot) 37 00:03:07,821 --> 00:03:10,057 My name is Chris Morse and I'm out here on the Cosna River. 38 00:03:10,057 --> 00:03:11,692 (rifle shot) 39 00:03:11,692 --> 00:03:14,728 Got him! 40 00:03:14,728 --> 00:03:17,531 Every day I wake up with my wife, 41 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:19,232 we go out and we work hard together 42 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:21,001 and when we get done with the day, we feel accomplished. 43 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:27,174 When you're out here it's just you and the world around you. 44 00:03:27,174 --> 00:03:30,310 It's the bare necessities of life that you stress out about. 45 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:32,746 We're just always working hard to survive. 46 00:03:32,746 --> 00:03:36,183 We've already got fresh meat now it's really important that we have 47 00:03:36,183 --> 00:03:40,754 ice brought home that we can make drinking water out of. 48 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:44,791 Let me get my rope to you. 49 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:48,361 JESSI: Perfect! 50 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:55,268 I'd love to get some big blocks of really clear ice to the house. 51 00:03:55,268 --> 00:04:01,174 Right now, the Cosna water is pretty stinking bitter. 52 00:04:01,174 --> 00:04:05,078 One of the major building blocks of life out here is having water. 53 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:09,049 We're hoping that we can cut some big chunks of ice out of the river. 54 00:04:09,049 --> 00:04:12,052 CHRIS: All right let's throw all this out before it becomes hard packed. 55 00:04:12,052 --> 00:04:17,124 JESSI: Okay. Uses a zip line, to hoist it up to the house, and be done. 56 00:04:17,124 --> 00:04:18,091 CHRIS: Let's see what we get, huh? 57 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:31,304 We might be hitting mud. 58 00:04:31,304 --> 00:04:32,939 Might be frozen all the way down. 59 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:39,346 JESSI: Huh? CHRIS: I gotta get the auger and try that I guess. 60 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:42,616 JESSI: Ice is the only way to get ourselves through spring. 61 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:45,252 We gotta have about 300 gallons just for drinking water 62 00:04:45,252 --> 00:04:48,855 and hopefully that will preserve any meat that we get. 63 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:53,760 CHRIS: It's mud. Wet sloppy mess! 64 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,731 JESSI: You have to prepared out here and ice is a major part of that. 65 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:03,336 CHRIS: It's ice all the way down, it's deeper than that huge chainsaw bar. 66 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:05,472 We're not gonna be able to pull ice out of here. 67 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:08,542 I'd much rather use river ice than lake ice, but 68 00:05:08,542 --> 00:05:11,311 it's frozen all the way down. JESSI: So, we're effed. 69 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:12,379 CHRIS: We're gonna have to do it the hard way. 70 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:21,254 KALEB: The original path that I took for my life 71 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:24,858 didn't measure up to what I thought it'd be. 72 00:05:24,858 --> 00:05:31,565 I grew up in McCarthy, and as a teenager I swore I would never come back, 73 00:05:31,565 --> 00:05:34,434 but a couple years of living in the city, 74 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:38,905 working for a system that really did not work for me. 75 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:40,207 I realized what I was missing. 76 00:05:46,947 --> 00:05:49,783 We're hoping not to get stuck too much, 77 00:05:49,783 --> 00:05:53,453 but it's probably gonna happen more than I like. BRITTANY: Yeah. 78 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:57,624 KALEB: All right, well we'll see you later today. GILBERT: Yeah. 79 00:05:57,624 --> 00:06:02,062 KALEB: Love you! BRITTANY: Don't get too wet. Have fun! 80 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:05,966 KALEB: Wanna start it, Gil? 81 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:12,405 My name is Kaleb Rowland. 82 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:18,311 I live in McCarthy, Alaska, with my children, and my wife. 83 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:20,714 Here we go. BRITTANY: Say bye. ELOVIE: Bye! 84 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:22,816 BRITTANY: Enjoy the wet snow. 85 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:25,652 ELOVIE: Enjoy the wet snow, Daddy and Gil. 86 00:06:28,455 --> 00:06:31,258 KALEB: Gilbert and I are gonna go out and try to catch some squirrels. 87 00:06:31,258 --> 00:06:33,960 We're gonna set out a little trap line. 88 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,796 He wants to learn how to catch something. 89 00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:41,401 I can give him some basic skills on how to make sets. 90 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:44,304 I want Gilbert to learn that it's a way of life. 91 00:06:44,304 --> 00:06:45,405 Something to be proud of. 92 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:50,410 It's a way to survive in these woods. 93 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:53,246 Wow, look at this moose tracks trough here. GILBERT: Yeah. 94 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:57,918 KALEB: Moose walked through the snow and its belly left a trough a foot deep. 95 00:06:57,918 --> 00:06:59,853 GILBERT: Wow. KALEB: That tells you how deep the snow is, 96 00:06:59,853 --> 00:07:05,025 'cause a moose, their belly is that far off the ground. 97 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:07,160 That's amazing. We're getting a lot of snow. 98 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:10,597 Here we are. 99 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:14,901 This is an old barn and it's got all our trapping goodies in it. 100 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:18,405 GILBERT: How old? KALEB: Probably a hundred years old. 101 00:07:18,405 --> 00:07:21,308 All right, do you know what we're looking for? GILBERT: Squirrel traps. 102 00:07:21,308 --> 00:07:23,276 KALEB: Yeah, and do you know which ones are squirrel traps? 103 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:27,347 GILBERT: No. KALEB: These are probably a little big. 104 00:07:27,347 --> 00:07:30,884 Those would work, but these are the best ones right here. 105 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:33,620 This is the number one long spring. 106 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:37,657 Super easy to set. GILBERT: Does it hurt? 107 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:38,992 KALEB: Stick your finger in and find out. 108 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:45,765 GILBERT: Yeah. KALEB: There you go. Pull out. 109 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:47,968 Yeah, so we'll take these. 110 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:50,103 That outta be enough to maybe catch a squirrel, right? 111 00:07:50,103 --> 00:07:50,837 GILBERT: Uh-huh. 112 00:07:52,539 --> 00:07:55,542 KALEB: So, Gilbert, why do you wanna catch a squirrel? 113 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:58,445 GILBERT: Because then I can make stuff out of them. 114 00:07:58,445 --> 00:08:00,613 KALEB: Yeah? Out of the fur? GILBERT: Uh-hmm. 115 00:08:00,613 --> 00:08:02,882 KALEB: Good. 116 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:05,885 Squirrels are a great educational tool 117 00:08:05,885 --> 00:08:09,055 to learn the ways of trapping. 118 00:08:09,055 --> 00:08:12,926 Throw these traps in our box and hit the trail. 119 00:08:12,926 --> 00:08:14,194 GILBERT: Okay. 120 00:08:17,564 --> 00:08:22,502 KALEB: Trapping is something that gets handed down from generation to generation. 121 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:29,509 And it's my job to make sure my kids learn the art of trapping for fur bears. 122 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:34,147 Come on, Gilbert. GILBERT: Uh-huh. 123 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:35,448 KALEB: Almost there. 124 00:08:39,386 --> 00:08:41,354 CHEVIE: My name's Chevie Roach. 125 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:45,125 Sonta and I have spent a long time growing up together. 126 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:48,495 As we got older, she talked about when we do have kids 127 00:08:48,495 --> 00:08:51,831 I would really like to raise 'em in Shageluk. 128 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:56,369 I said well you know I want my kids to have what you have. 129 00:08:56,369 --> 00:09:00,640 I want my kids to have what I fell in love with you for. 130 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,942 We have four kids. 131 00:09:02,942 --> 00:09:04,711 They're Deg Hit'an Athabaskans. 132 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:08,681 And this is home. 133 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:18,324 SONTA: So, Chevie just seen a moose, or maybe two back here. 134 00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:23,063 We're just making sure it doesn't have calf with it. 135 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:28,034 SYDNEY: I'm really excited about this, and, um, 136 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:32,806 it's a whole new experience for me. 137 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:35,642 CHEVIE: Sydney's been on several moose hunts with us, 138 00:09:35,642 --> 00:09:38,111 been around Sonta getting moose. 139 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:41,214 But it's all out of a boat. It's all in the fall. 140 00:09:41,214 --> 00:09:43,950 SONTA: I don't hear anything nearby. 141 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:45,518 CHEVIE: It's a different game. 142 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:51,591 There's two moose in here. I see two moose in here. 143 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:56,362 Probably a cow and a calf. 144 00:09:57,530 --> 00:09:59,265 You wanna try to go in there? 145 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,733 SONTA: Likelihood's pretty good it's a calf. 146 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:03,203 CHEVIE: Probably a cow or calf. SONTA: Yeah. 147 00:10:03,203 --> 00:10:04,437 CHEVIE: All right. 148 00:10:06,306 --> 00:10:09,509 SONTA: Sydney's ten years old now, and she's just at that age 149 00:10:09,509 --> 00:10:12,045 where we wanna get her first moose. 150 00:10:12,045 --> 00:10:14,747 I was nine years old in the middle of winter, 151 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:17,350 just like this, when I got my first moose. 152 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:20,386 Keep your eyes peeled for anything moving, Sydney. 153 00:10:20,386 --> 00:10:24,491 And I just remember changing what I thought about 154 00:10:24,491 --> 00:10:26,292 being able to provide for your family. 155 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:34,400 CHEVIE: There's fresh tracks moving that way. 156 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,837 And that pee in the snow right there isn't even frozen. 157 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:41,541 I'm just gonna walk up there real quick and see if I can see anything. 158 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,744 If I see anything, I'll give 'em the hi sign and they can come up. 159 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:54,787 Our lifestyle is based around subsistence activities. 160 00:10:54,787 --> 00:10:57,190 We follow the seasons. 161 00:10:57,190 --> 00:11:04,164 Going on the land, getting your food, the whole adventure that it entails to do this. 162 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:06,432 SONTA: What'd it look like? CHEVIE: It's living. 163 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:10,170 Nothing. SONTA: Where'd those tracks go? 164 00:11:10,170 --> 00:11:11,271 CHEVIE: Further back in there. 165 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:14,541 SONTA: Just straight back? CHEVIE: Yeah. 166 00:11:14,541 --> 00:11:16,609 Let's go check it out. SONTA: Okay. 167 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:35,428 CHEVIE: Did you see it run? 168 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:36,296 SONTA: I don't see it. 169 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:44,304 Do you see it? Look around in the woods. 170 00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:48,174 Come down here, scan the woods. 171 00:11:50,577 --> 00:11:52,111 CHEVIE: Sydney do you see the moose? 172 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:54,480 SYDNEY: Where is it? CHEVIE: He's right there. 173 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,017 Look through your scope at that brown spot right there. 174 00:11:58,017 --> 00:11:59,652 SYDNEY: Oh, yeah. CHEVIE: He's gonna move 175 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:02,488 Wait. 176 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:03,423 SONTA: It's moving out. 177 00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:08,428 (rifle shot) 178 00:12:08,428 --> 00:12:12,232 CHEVIE: You missed it. Get the gun. 179 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:16,970 All right, Bean. At least you got a shot off. SYDNEY: Yeah. 180 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:20,006 SONTA: She had that barrel pointed to the snow for like a long time. 181 00:12:20,006 --> 00:12:22,041 CHEVIE: I know. Okay, let's get on. 182 00:12:22,041 --> 00:12:23,576 SYDNEY: The only way I was able to see it 183 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:27,914 was the whiteness left by the thorns. 184 00:12:27,914 --> 00:12:29,916 CHEVIE: What are you talking about? Get your hat on, let's go. 185 00:12:29,916 --> 00:12:32,018 SYDNEY: The ant, something like that. The antlers. 186 00:12:33,386 --> 00:12:36,789 SONTA: You just missed it just by a hair. SYDNEY: A hair. 187 00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:38,758 SONTA: A very long hair. 188 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:50,303 KALEB: Living a subsistence lifestyle is not an old person's game. 189 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:52,839 It's a young man's game. 190 00:12:52,839 --> 00:12:59,012 It takes a dedication to getting up every single day 191 00:12:59,012 --> 00:13:02,081 and making a living for yourself. 192 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:07,887 I want my kids to live this lifestyle 193 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:09,322 not so they can be trapped in it, 194 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:12,258 but so they can learn a different way of life. 195 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,434 So, we're gonna jam this. 196 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:29,375 In right there, Gilbert, and then we're gonna wire it right here. 197 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:34,180 GILBERT: Can I, do it? KALEB: Sure, let me get it set. 198 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:36,549 This trip is important to Gilbert. 199 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,686 All right, there you go. Go this way. GILBERT: Okay. 200 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:41,521 KALEB: He wants to go trapping 201 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:44,223 to build a little rug out of squirrel hides. 202 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:46,292 To learn how to catch them. 203 00:13:46,292 --> 00:13:47,660 All right, can I finish it off, 204 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:50,463 because you're starting to get a little bit skewed there. 205 00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:53,833 And I wanna be able to give him that knowledge, because. 206 00:13:53,833 --> 00:13:57,236 GILBERT: Got bait. KALEB: It can save his life someday. 207 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:04,110 Oh, yeah, the squirrels are gonna go bonkers over this. 208 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:08,381 There, now that, doesn't that look juicy and yummy for a squirrel? 209 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:09,549 GILBERT: Yeah. KALEB: He's gonna come, 210 00:14:09,549 --> 00:14:12,785 he's gonna be standing right here and ka-bam-o. 211 00:14:12,785 --> 00:14:14,287 GILBERT: Yeah. 212 00:14:14,287 --> 00:14:16,556 KALEB: So, there we go. We gotta keep marching through the woods. 213 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:20,126 GILBERT: Okay. KALEB: I think this will be a dynamite set. 214 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:21,694 GILBERT: Yeah. 215 00:14:22,729 --> 00:14:24,530 KALEB: Let's go see what the woods has to offer next. 216 00:14:31,504 --> 00:14:36,008 I've been trapping since I was a little kid. 217 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:41,381 My first memory of trapping was actually setting a squirrel trap. 218 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,216 What'd you find up there? 219 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:46,686 GILBERT: Looks like a squirrel nest up here. 220 00:14:46,686 --> 00:14:49,188 KALEB: Well maybe this will be a good spot to make a squirrel set then. 221 00:14:51,157 --> 00:14:55,928 We got over three-hundred miles of trapline we've ran every single weekend. 222 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:59,265 And we'd pull ten, fifteen marten a week. 223 00:15:02,435 --> 00:15:04,537 Four of five lynx. 224 00:15:04,537 --> 00:15:07,840 Sometimes a wolverine, sometimes a wolf. 225 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,610 This looks like a good spot, Gilbert. 226 00:15:10,610 --> 00:15:14,881 Gilbert wants to learn, and today's the start. 227 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:18,017 It's all about trying to outsmart an animal 228 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:22,054 that's a professional at survival. GILBERT: Okay. 229 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:25,057 KALEB: You're trying to deceive the animal into thinking 230 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:27,427 that nothing is wrong. 231 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:31,531 Everything is safe and he should just come and investigate. 232 00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:35,001 We have a little goodie for him. All right. 233 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:38,271 Now, with any luck, we'll catch the squirrel. 234 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:44,710 GILBERT: Yeah, if I were the squirrel, I would just want the bait, no trap. 235 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:45,845 KALEB: No trap. 236 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:55,788 JESSI: Hopes and dreams only go so far out here. 237 00:15:56,422 --> 00:15:59,158 You literally have to put in sweat equity. 238 00:15:59,158 --> 00:16:02,228 You have to get out there and put one foot in front of the other. 239 00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:03,996 CHRIS: This looks like the spot. 240 00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:06,732 JESSI: And make it happen because no one else will. 241 00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:16,075 JESSI: Okay. First one up here. 242 00:16:17,276 --> 00:16:19,712 So, in the spring when everything starts melting, 243 00:16:19,712 --> 00:16:22,748 that's when the water is at its worst. 244 00:16:22,748 --> 00:16:25,117 The river itself is too murky 245 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:29,689 and too parasite ridden to be able to drink. 246 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:32,692 If you don't have a stock of water, then you're out of luck. 247 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:40,366 Nice. 248 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:42,802 CHRIS: The ice is really thick. 249 00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:45,571 It's going to be hard to make a cut. 250 00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:46,973 It was up to here. JESSI: Okay. 251 00:16:46,973 --> 00:16:50,009 CHRIS: Which gives us about that much chainsaw to work with. 252 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:51,944 I mean. Let's just kind of get after it and see what happens. 253 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:53,813 JESSI: Okay. I'm just, this all fell in so 254 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:55,915 I'm gonna keep shoveling away. 255 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:07,560 CHRIS: It's really important to pull large ice blocks out. 256 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,229 The larger the ice block the longer it will last. 257 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:16,035 Woo! JESSI: Yeah, you're soaked! 258 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:22,808 CHRIS: That chunk of ice must be just super thick. 259 00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:25,111 Wow. 260 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:31,150 Awesome. All right, so now I need to get my toggle, a rope, 261 00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:36,622 bring my machine up, pull it out of here. Okay. 262 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:40,459 JESSI: Okay. 263 00:17:46,532 --> 00:17:51,938 Nice. CHRIS: Okay. Let's yank the (bleep) out of this. 264 00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:58,778 JESSI: Do you want me try to lever it? 265 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,980 CHRIS: Nope I'm just gonna give it a hit and we're gonna see what happens. 266 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:02,181 JESSI: Okay. 267 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:07,553 CHRIS: Ready? JESSI: Yeah, 268 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:09,989 I was hoping to get underneath this corner. 269 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:11,290 CHRIS: Okay do whatever you can? 270 00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:15,928 Ready? JESSI: Yeah! 271 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:19,413 Oh, fudge! 272 00:18:21,701 --> 00:18:24,503 JESSI: Broke the toggle! 273 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:26,572 CHRIS: Well, that's unfortunate. JESSI: Yeah. 274 00:18:27,974 --> 00:18:31,611 Okay let's decide what we're gonna do here. 275 00:18:31,611 --> 00:18:33,546 Yeah. I think I need to get this crossway 276 00:18:33,546 --> 00:18:36,882 like support beam underneath it. 277 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:38,250 CHRIS: Let's try it again. 278 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:41,887 JESSI: So, let's push this thing back down. 279 00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:44,624 Ready? CHRIS: Yeah. 280 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:45,992 JESSI: How's your skin, how's your body? 281 00:18:45,992 --> 00:18:47,460 CHRIS: I'm quite cold. JESSI: Yeah. 282 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:52,965 Okay. 283 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:58,537 CHRIS: All right pull my rope, wanna come back just a little bit. 284 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:00,640 My trail's getting all gross. 285 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:07,913 Ready? JESSI: Not yet. 286 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:12,551 Think so. 287 00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:22,895 CHRIS: Nice! 288 00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:29,068 Man look at that beautiful ice! 289 00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:31,370 Awesome to see this really good drinking water 290 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:34,040 and then this is gonna be not bad drinking water 291 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,809 and then we just got one funky line in there. 292 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:39,045 I'm really happy JESSI: It okay this is still going to be able to, 293 00:19:39,045 --> 00:19:40,913 you know our food's gonna last. 294 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:42,181 CHRIS: I'm gonna hold the sled up and we're gonna see 295 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,316 if we can just keep pulling it. 296 00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:46,585 JESSI: Yeah. We gotta do this soon because this is freezing to the ice. 297 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:47,520 CHRIS: I'm trying to go right now. 298 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,187 JESSI: Let's go! 299 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,794 Problems are constantly coming our way out here, 300 00:19:54,794 --> 00:19:58,497 that is the type of lifestyle that we live. 301 00:19:58,497 --> 00:20:00,299 But we just have to ponder about it, 302 00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:02,501 we have to think about what we physically have 303 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:04,170 and how we can overcome these problems. 304 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:09,108 Nobody likes failure, one way or the other Chris and I have to overcome. 305 00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:18,818 CHRIS: Get it taut! Here it goes, it's almost there. 306 00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:21,153 There it is all right. 307 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:26,092 Okay. 308 00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:33,699 Wow. JESSI: yeah! 309 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:34,967 CHRIS: That is some ice! 310 00:20:34,967 --> 00:20:38,537 We have to have at least two big blocks this size. 311 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:41,273 JESSI: So, cut away! CHRIS: Cut away. 312 00:20:45,177 --> 00:20:48,180 JOHNNY: One of the weirdest feelings about being out here, 313 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:51,917 when it's real cold and there's not a lot of sunlight, 314 00:20:51,917 --> 00:20:56,155 without hearing any birds or seeing any animals. 315 00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:58,524 It just kind of feels like the world is completely ending. 316 00:21:05,498 --> 00:21:08,134 I feel like I'm the only living thing out here. 317 00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:16,342 It's incredible how far you can see up here. 318 00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:22,882 I can see one, two, three, four, five, six lakes from right here, seven. 319 00:21:22,882 --> 00:21:28,521 Seven lakes, man, and I can see any caribou that'd be out on these lakes. 320 00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:30,289 You know, they're very, very nomadic. 321 00:21:32,258 --> 00:21:34,193 And they do a good job of evading me. 322 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:41,167 You know, I can see tracks on this lake 323 00:21:41,167 --> 00:21:44,603 but, um, it's hard to tell how fresh those tracks are. 324 00:21:44,603 --> 00:21:46,071 It's really hard to tell. 325 00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:48,908 I mean, God, I've gotta be, you know, a few miles away at least. 326 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:58,017 At this point in the game, any tracks are gonna get me excited. 327 00:21:58,017 --> 00:22:01,754 It's been unusually warm out here lately. 328 00:22:01,754 --> 00:22:06,158 It'll get as high as just zero degrees. Pretty warm. 329 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,827 And I'm worried that with warm temperatures, 330 00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:11,430 it's triggering their instinct to go north. 331 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:13,833 But it's not time to go north yet. 332 00:22:17,403 --> 00:22:19,405 Look at this right here, man. 333 00:22:19,405 --> 00:22:22,174 A wolf was bounding. It was jumping and leaping. 334 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:29,148 And it goes from right here to right here. 335 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:34,153 That's how far they're jumping and how fast they're moving. 336 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:38,023 And it stops really fast up there, really abruptly. 337 00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:41,227 And it makes a sharp turn. 338 00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:43,662 This wolf is chasing caribou. 339 00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:46,498 And nothing gets caribou more worked up 340 00:22:46,498 --> 00:22:50,369 and spread out to leave the country than wolves, man. 341 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:55,574 Wolves will scare all the caribou out of the country real, real fast. 342 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,544 I'm a little late to this party. 343 00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:05,618 It's hard to tell how old these are, but they're not new. 344 00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:09,755 Every time I'm out here it's just, putting together the pieces. 345 00:23:12,858 --> 00:23:15,594 CHEVIE: To be a good hunter, you know 346 00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:20,165 the only place to learn is out there 347 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:22,201 in the woods, and on the field. 348 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:26,672 If you're gonna be successful. 349 00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:34,213 SONTA: So, Sydney. If you see something, you know, hit it right here. 350 00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:35,814 Right behind the shoulder. Knock it down. 351 00:23:37,216 --> 00:23:40,085 And then when we get up close to it, we'll have to put another one 352 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:43,889 or so right behind the head, right behind the ear back there. 353 00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:45,524 SYDNEY: Um-hmm. 354 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,665 CHEVIE: There's no reading about it. 355 00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:55,868 There's no talking about it. 356 00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:58,170 There's no looking at videos about it. 357 00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:03,409 That's all bull (bleep), you know? You gotta be there to do it. 358 00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:11,250 All right, well there's moose in there. 359 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:15,054 SONTA: There. There's two. 360 00:24:23,729 --> 00:24:27,433 Is that a baby? That's a calf. 361 00:24:30,102 --> 00:24:32,171 CHEVIE: What the hell? 362 00:24:32,171 --> 00:24:37,276 SONTA: Yeah, we see them come out, and I was going running. 363 00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,878 CHEVIE: There's another one coming out right over there. 364 00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:48,487 A winter moose hunt is a lot of long days, 365 00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:50,723 a lotta miles on the snow machine. 366 00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:53,292 There's no yellow brick road leading you straight to a moose, 367 00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:55,828 I'll tell you that. 368 00:24:55,828 --> 00:24:58,864 Okay, it's standing right behind that tree. Okay? 369 00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:00,666 Go ahead and take your time. 370 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:03,702 Don't, okay, there it is. It's running on the side hill again. 371 00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:06,238 Don't shoot. Give the gun back to Dad. 372 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:07,840 We're gonna have to go up just a little bit more. 373 00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:15,581 Okay, so it's way up there. You see it? SYDNEY: I see it. 374 00:25:15,581 --> 00:25:17,016 CHEVIE: You don't wanna shoot it that high because 375 00:25:17,016 --> 00:25:19,952 you have to walk up there and get it. 376 00:25:19,952 --> 00:25:22,688 They know that that hill is their safety. 377 00:25:22,688 --> 00:25:24,923 SONTA: They're smart. 378 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:26,592 CHEVIE: No reason to put yourself in a situation 379 00:25:26,592 --> 00:25:30,596 where you got way more work you need to do. SYDNEY: Yeah. 380 00:25:30,596 --> 00:25:35,467 CHEVIE: I've shot some moose in some places where I wish I wouldn't have. 381 00:25:35,467 --> 00:25:37,202 (laughs) 382 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:42,908 The ultimate goal is to get Sydney on a moose, and Sonta realizes that. 383 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:45,544 But we have the baby at home. 384 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,379 Okay, I'll see you in a little bit. 385 00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:50,149 We're just gonna check some more spots. 386 00:25:50,149 --> 00:25:53,452 Sometimes those motherly instincts come in. 387 00:25:53,452 --> 00:25:56,321 She has the feeling that she needs to get back, 388 00:25:56,321 --> 00:25:58,057 and you just keep on going. Don't argue with it. 389 00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:05,030 Getting the animals is the bonus. 390 00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:08,700 But it's the hours, and hours, and hours that this stuff takes. 391 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:10,602 Those are the bonds that you create with your kid 392 00:26:10,602 --> 00:26:14,106 and the trust that you create with them, and it's so great. 393 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:20,746 All right, Sydney, got a set of wolf tracks a couple nights old. 394 00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:23,482 SYDNEY: Wolf or a lynx. 395 00:26:23,482 --> 00:26:26,385 CHEVIE: You see how far it sunk in the snow? SYDNEY: Yeah. 396 00:26:26,385 --> 00:26:28,420 CHEVIE: That's a wolf. 397 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:31,623 Maybe they're pushing our moose out. SYDNEY: Uh-hmm. 398 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:35,094 CHEVIE: All right let's keep on going for now, okay? 399 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,696 Well, we'll find it, I think we'll find it. 400 00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:43,902 It's still going up, it never crossed back over. 401 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:46,438 We're not the only one out here hunting moose. 402 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:48,373 The wolves are trying to get them also. 403 00:26:48,373 --> 00:26:51,276 And if they're putting pressure on the moose, 404 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:55,414 we gotta know how to capitalize with what nature's giving you. 405 00:26:55,414 --> 00:26:57,616 Look at these tracks, Sydney. 406 00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:00,385 You gotta be able to be ready to roll when that time presents itself. 407 00:27:03,222 --> 00:27:04,456 There it is, right there. 408 00:27:05,891 --> 00:27:08,961 He heard us and turned around. SYDNEY: Oh, jeez! 409 00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:10,496 CHEVIE: That's a big wolf right there baby. 410 00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:14,933 CHEVIE: Ready, Bean? SYDNEY: Yeah. 411 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,536 CHEVIE: Hold on, Bean, hold on. We gotta get it. 412 00:27:52,371 --> 00:27:54,773 Holy (bleep), Bean. 413 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:56,608 SYDNEY: Yeah, that's a black wolf, right? 414 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:57,643 CHEVIE: That's a black one! 415 00:28:04,316 --> 00:28:06,652 Okay, you never approach them, okay? 416 00:28:06,652 --> 00:28:08,620 SYDNEY: Yeah, I had a feeling you'd say that. 417 00:28:16,562 --> 00:28:18,764 Did you get it? CHEVIE: Got it! SYDNEY: Yay! 418 00:28:20,098 --> 00:28:21,767 CHEVIE: Come on. 419 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,536 SYDNEY: I'm gonna like go like five feet behind you maybe. 420 00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:25,571 CHEVIE: Okay. 421 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:31,076 Are you shaking? SYDNEY: Yes. 422 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:32,411 CHEVIE: Make sure it's dead. 423 00:28:33,178 --> 00:28:35,647 Sometimes they'll play dead, they'll lay there 424 00:28:35,647 --> 00:28:37,616 with their face down and they'll wait for you. 425 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:42,287 Okay, stay right there. 426 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:51,997 It's dead. 427 00:28:55,434 --> 00:28:58,403 That is a big wolf. 428 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:01,607 That is king moose eater right there. 429 00:29:01,607 --> 00:29:04,710 SYDNEY: No wonder the moose was scared of it! 430 00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:09,481 CHEVIE: Are you still shaking? SYDNEY: A little bit, yes. 431 00:29:09,481 --> 00:29:13,318 That wolf looked at me with his giant yellow eyes, and I just, 432 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:19,358 I just got jitters, and it was just so fun at the same time. 433 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:22,461 CHEVIE: To have you there, and then to have this moment like this 434 00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:26,498 together is like epic, you know? SYDNEY: Yeah. 435 00:29:27,366 --> 00:29:31,169 This is better than the gray bird caught in the trap. 436 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:33,772 CHEVIE: Well, a little better than the gray jay in the trap, yeah. 437 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:45,784 JOHNNY: Finding food for me is hard, but it's an adventure. 438 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:48,987 I've never had an adventure finding food in the grocery store. 439 00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:55,027 This is old caribou tracks right here. 440 00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:58,363 They've been foraging, trying to dig out for that moss underneath the snow. 441 00:30:01,566 --> 00:30:03,068 They're old tracks but they're everywhere. 442 00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:09,675 This is kinda cool, this little hill right here. 443 00:30:09,675 --> 00:30:12,811 It's like a big berm to this lake and, 444 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:15,380 uh, just look past it, and see if, 445 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:19,184 what's going on in the other side there, 'cause, uh. 446 00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:21,153 The lake's gonna be my biggest advantage. 447 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:28,560 Caribou on the lake, you're going to see the brown dot. 448 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:29,695 You can't mistake it. 449 00:30:37,736 --> 00:30:38,603 There's two caribou! 450 00:30:40,972 --> 00:30:44,409 I gotta go! They're moving pretty fast right now. 451 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:45,744 They're going along the lake. 452 00:30:48,814 --> 00:30:50,115 (bleep). 453 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:52,117 Lost a snowshoe. 454 00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:59,758 There's just no way I'm gonna be able to pop up on that big open lake. 455 00:30:59,758 --> 00:31:00,826 They're gonna spot me. 456 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,701 The only way to get to the Caribou without being seen or heard 457 00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:11,269 is to just walk down on this path. 458 00:31:24,182 --> 00:31:25,384 I don't see him. 459 00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:29,187 I don't see him anymore. 460 00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:40,165 Right through those trees, right through the trees. 461 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:05,657 They're gonna walk right here. 462 00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:22,274 (rifle shot) 463 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:26,111 (rifle shot) 464 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:35,821 JOHNNY: Small fawns. 465 00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:42,861 Someone was gonna get these guys. 466 00:32:42,861 --> 00:32:44,129 I'm glad it was me. 467 00:32:45,664 --> 00:32:47,699 It's really weird to see two young caribou like 468 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:50,168 this walking around you know, all alone. 469 00:32:50,168 --> 00:32:51,837 Either their parents pushed them away and said, 470 00:32:51,837 --> 00:32:56,141 go be adults or were, you know, know, taken down by wolves. 471 00:33:00,612 --> 00:33:03,548 CHEVIE: Look how good that fur is. 472 00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:08,286 JOHNNY: There's so much more hunting than just, uh, an animal in the ground. 473 00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:10,255 Some people could look at it as a selfish thing, 474 00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:15,594 taking a life but this will be sustaining lives. 475 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:17,262 JESSI: Whoa! 476 00:33:17,262 --> 00:33:18,930 JOHNNY: It's not me I'm thinking about. 477 00:33:18,930 --> 00:33:21,333 Boo--boo--boom! 478 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:22,334 JESSI: Well. 479 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:23,668 JOHNNY: I'm thinking about this animal. 480 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:26,171 I'm thinking about the people that taught me how to hunt. 481 00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:30,175 How to do all the things that I'm doing. 482 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:34,446 KALEB: Remember to be uh listening for squirrels. Sometimes they chatter. 483 00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:36,515 JOHNNY: And I'm grateful for all them right now. 484 00:33:37,315 --> 00:33:42,454 You know this reminds me, of a picture of my grandfather 485 00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:48,260 where he's got a deer draped over the hood of his car. 486 00:33:48,260 --> 00:33:50,695 I think it was in the 60's. 487 00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:53,665 I never met him, but we have the same name, 488 00:33:53,665 --> 00:33:56,735 and we have a lot of the same interests, so. 489 00:33:56,735 --> 00:33:59,938 Maybe we're bonding right now, maybe that's what's going on, 490 00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:02,641 with the caribou on the hood of the snow machine. 491 00:34:05,210 --> 00:34:10,482 CHRIS: Up. There we go. Hang on. Hang on. 492 00:34:10,482 --> 00:34:11,950 There it is. JESSI: Yep. 493 00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:13,118 CHRIS: Okay. JESSI: Great. 494 00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:14,452 CHRIS: What were you pointing at? 495 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:16,421 JESSI: This guy right here. 496 00:34:16,421 --> 00:34:20,959 There's like a funny little, I don't even know what that is. 497 00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:27,165 You can see his little face and all of his legs and totally frozen in there. 498 00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:34,205 You have to be strong to survive out here. 499 00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:37,742 You've gotta put a lot of time and a lot of muscle power 500 00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:40,545 behind every single thing that you do. 501 00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:47,052 CHRIS: Awesome. What a nice load of ice. 502 00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,653 JESSI: Made it all the way here. 503 00:34:48,653 --> 00:34:53,058 Um, how many gallons do you think this is? 504 00:34:53,058 --> 00:34:55,126 CHRIS: Two-fifty, three-hundred gallons. 505 00:34:55,126 --> 00:34:55,994 JESSI: It's what we needed. 506 00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:03,368 CHRIS: All right, so now we just need to dig a big ass hole right here. 507 00:35:03,368 --> 00:35:05,670 And then we'll put a tarp, we'll roll these in, 508 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,073 and then we just gotta bury it and heap it over. 509 00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:14,713 JESSI: This ice means our future, so we need to preserve these. 510 00:35:14,713 --> 00:35:17,515 CHRIS: I'd like to make it all the way to the ground. The deeper, the better. 511 00:35:20,185 --> 00:35:21,820 JESSI: We're gonna take care of this ice 512 00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:23,755 just like we take care of our firewood, 513 00:35:23,755 --> 00:35:26,524 just like we take care of our meat. CHRIS: Looking real good. 514 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:29,227 JESSI: And then it's gonna be there, 515 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:31,563 and it'll be waiting for us when we need it. 516 00:35:31,563 --> 00:35:34,265 CHRIS: All right, here goes the first one. JESSI: Great. 517 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:36,635 CHRIS: All right, watch out. 518 00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:41,506 JESSI: Okay, do you want me to get on that side and push? 519 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:42,607 I think you're gonna break that. 520 00:35:45,043 --> 00:35:47,345 Um-hmm. 521 00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:48,813 CHRIS: Time to go get a bigger pole. 522 00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,618 All right, one, two, and up. 523 00:35:56,755 --> 00:36:00,191 -Nice. JESSI: Remember when this was a big piece? 524 00:36:00,191 --> 00:36:02,293 CHRIS:(laughs) Yeah. JESSI: I can't. 525 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,665 CHRIS: Look at that. Beautiful. 526 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:08,099 JESSI: Look how clear it is. 527 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:11,603 CHRIS: It should be pretty much parasite free which is great. 528 00:36:11,603 --> 00:36:13,138 JESSI: I hope it tastes good. 529 00:36:13,138 --> 00:36:14,139 CHRIS: It's gonna taste so good. 530 00:36:21,146 --> 00:36:24,449 KALEB: Look at this, there's fox tracks. Hopefully if we caught a squirrel, 531 00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:27,652 the fox didn't eat it. 532 00:36:27,652 --> 00:36:30,855 The kids and I are heading out this morning to go and check. 533 00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:33,658 Gilbert and I's nice little squirrel trap line. 534 00:36:33,658 --> 00:36:37,662 Ellie decided to join us today because she's excited about maybe seeing 535 00:36:37,662 --> 00:36:41,099 if we caught something. Look at that guys, squirrel tracks. 536 00:36:42,067 --> 00:36:44,836 This is good sign. This means we're in the right spot. 537 00:36:44,836 --> 00:36:46,838 GILBERT: Yep. KALEB: So, let's keep walking down the trail 538 00:36:46,838 --> 00:36:49,374 and see if we can find anything else. 539 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:53,178 Our first set is right up around the corner here. 540 00:36:53,178 --> 00:36:56,414 Aw, we didn't catch anything. 541 00:36:56,414 --> 00:36:58,917 But a fox came and checked it out. 542 00:36:58,917 --> 00:37:01,653 Oh, he even walked down underneath the pole, look at that. 543 00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:04,889 GILBERT: Yeah, there no peanut butter anymore. 544 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,891 KALEB: I think the fox ate the bait. GILBERT: Yeah. 545 00:37:09,127 --> 00:37:11,229 Well, let's go to the next one. 546 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:12,263 KALEB: Next one? GILBERT: Yeah. 547 00:37:17,502 --> 00:37:20,872 ELOVIE: Where's the other one? KALEB: Just a little ways. 548 00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:24,642 GILBERT: Oh, squirrel tracks! KALEB: Good eye, Gilbert. 549 00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:27,112 GILBERT: Oh, and over there, I see it. 550 00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:29,347 KALEB: I see it too, but I can't tell if anything's hanging. 551 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:34,285 KALEB: Oh, Gilbert. Do you see what happened? 552 00:37:34,285 --> 00:37:37,355 GILBERT: Huh? KALEB: The trap is snapped. 553 00:37:37,355 --> 00:37:38,723 GILBERT: Yeah, but there's nothing in it. 554 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:40,925 KALEB: We almost caught something here. ELOVIE: Oh, yeah. 555 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:43,094 GILBERT: There nothing. 556 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:46,631 KALEB: Whatever set the trap off got spooked 557 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:50,235 and didn't eat the peanut butter. ELOVIE: Yeah. 558 00:37:50,235 --> 00:37:52,103 KALEB: Oh, here's squirrel tracks right here. 559 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:53,271 GILBERT: Oh, so that's what did it. 560 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,173 KALEB: There was a squirrel on this pole. 561 00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:56,708 See the little paw prints, 562 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:59,577 there's a big paw print with claws even, 563 00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:03,014 he knocked all the snow off right there. 564 00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:05,116 Some squirrel got real lucky. 565 00:38:07,652 --> 00:38:09,420 Cool, we're back in business. 566 00:38:11,656 --> 00:38:17,796 ELOVIE: Hopefully we got one on the next one. Right? 567 00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:20,131 GILBERT: I think there none. 568 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,966 KALEB: Hmm, nothing. 569 00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:24,803 GILBERT: Yep. KALEB: And no bait. 570 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:27,839 So, the squirrel probably came up and just jumped over the trap, 571 00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:29,774 and then, he was reaching down here. GILBERT: It jumped. 572 00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:32,443 KALEB: So maybe what I need to do is rebait it 573 00:38:32,443 --> 00:38:35,413 and stick it a little bit closer to the trap like that. 574 00:38:35,413 --> 00:38:38,416 GILBERT: Yeah. KALEB: Learn from my mistakes. 575 00:38:38,416 --> 00:38:41,152 That's called, uh, trial and error. 576 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:45,056 The kids, they're getting older, they're more observant, 577 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:48,159 and there's a language to learn in the woods. 578 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,795 Putting the bait close, see if that works. 579 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:54,866 Today they are learning how to read some of this language. 580 00:39:00,038 --> 00:39:01,773 GILBERT: I see nothing. 581 00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:05,109 KALEB: I see nothing, too. 582 00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:06,611 I don't see any tracks around here; 583 00:39:06,611 --> 00:39:10,215 I don't think anything's even been here. 584 00:39:10,215 --> 00:39:13,418 Little bit smarter this time. 585 00:39:13,418 --> 00:39:17,689 I'm thinking what we should do is reset the two that had the most action. 586 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,591 GILBERT: Yeah, and I'm gonna wait here for you. 587 00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:20,825 KALEB: Oh, you are, huh? 588 00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:22,093 GILBERT: Yeah. ELOVIE: Yeah. 589 00:39:22,093 --> 00:39:24,128 KALEB: Uh, I don't think so. GILBERT: Why? 590 00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:25,663 KALEB: All right, let's go. 591 00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:29,033 Let's go get the other sets done up. 592 00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:34,505 We'll start with two. 593 00:39:34,505 --> 00:39:38,309 JOHNNY: All right, Java girl. Stay back. 594 00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:45,416 You know, this land and country has become a part of me. 595 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:50,855 How everything works in this little eco system. 596 00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:54,158 Flies. I can't believe there's still larva in here. 597 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:59,497 They're like candy if you eat them. 598 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:01,399 So, what the flies do is in the summer 599 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:05,236 they get up in their skin and they lay eggs, 600 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:09,407 and there's a larva in there, right there. See that? 601 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:11,576 And then what happens is Spring comes around, 602 00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:15,780 it warms up, this guy hatches, flies away. 603 00:40:22,921 --> 00:40:25,390 They are kinda tasty. (laughs) 604 00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:29,794 Look at this though. 605 00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:35,099 There's just no pretty ending for a caribou in the wild. 606 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:38,803 Look at that, man. Look at that. 607 00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:41,639 But the meat's gonna be tender, it's gonna be really, really good. 608 00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:46,244 It's not gonna affect the quality of the meat whatsoever. 609 00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:49,714 Without the symbiotic relationship between all 610 00:40:49,714 --> 00:40:53,418 the animals this place just wouldn't exist. 611 00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:55,520 It's a little patch of heaven, 612 00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:02,627 and it's a great feeling to know that this is where I belong. 613 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:04,228 This is where I'm supposed to be. 614 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:14,339 JESSI: There's something different about preparing for the future out here. 615 00:41:14,339 --> 00:41:18,509 Work is hard but it's a simple kind of hard. 616 00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:23,815 Year after year it's showing me that I have the strength to keep going. 617 00:41:23,815 --> 00:41:27,018 CHRIS: Hmm, this is great, a little dry caribou meat. 618 00:41:27,018 --> 00:41:29,554 JESSI: So, it's more than just this cup of water. 619 00:41:29,554 --> 00:41:31,389 CHRIS: Look how clear that is. 620 00:41:31,389 --> 00:41:33,624 JESSI: There you go, love. CHRIS: Hmm. 621 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:35,760 I've been looking forward to this all day. 622 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,264 JESSI: It's the certainty that I'm gonna continue to be here. Cheers. 623 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,236 CHRIS: That's good. JESSI: It's so good. 624 00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:46,571 KALEB: All right. Now let's figure out 625 00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:49,040 how we want this on the tree. ELOVIE: We're never. 626 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,842 KALEB: We'll see if we're smarter than the squirrels. 627 00:41:53,745 --> 00:41:56,981 (laughs) 628 00:41:56,981 --> 00:42:00,218 I just caught my own set. (laughs) 629 00:42:00,218 --> 00:42:02,653 People have been trapping animals for fur 630 00:42:02,653 --> 00:42:06,090 and food since the beginning of time. 631 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:11,162 Knowing that Gilbert is interested in this art form is very rewarding. 632 00:42:11,162 --> 00:42:14,232 All right, let's go to the next set. 633 00:42:14,232 --> 00:42:17,001 You can't write the story; you don't know where the story's gonna go. 634 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:21,305 CHEVIE: Too fast? SYDNEY: What? 635 00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:23,808 CHEVIE: Too fast? SYDNEY: No. 636 00:42:23,808 --> 00:42:27,345 CHEVIE: Being there is the biggest part of it. 637 00:42:27,345 --> 00:42:29,580 Being able to hang. 638 00:42:29,580 --> 00:42:31,849 JOHNNY: Oh, man, look at all those bot flies. 639 00:42:31,849 --> 00:42:33,985 CHEVIE: And somehow, you'll get paid back. 640 00:42:33,985 --> 00:42:36,421 JOHNNY: Hmm, yummy. 641 00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:43,027 CHEVIE: The world, karma, whatever you want to call it 642 00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:46,030 throws you a bone every once in a while, when you need it. 643 00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:51,602 SYDNEY: Look. SONTA: Wow, honey. Nice. 644 00:42:51,602 --> 00:42:53,771 CHEVIE: Bean was along for the ride. She held on. 645 00:42:57,075 --> 00:43:01,479 JOHNNY: All right. You know, these caribou kinda remind me of myself 646 00:43:01,479 --> 00:43:03,014 when I first came out here. 647 00:43:03,014 --> 00:43:08,586 I felt lost, I felt unsure of where I was going. 648 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:10,922 Where am I going to get food? 649 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:14,659 Now I know what I'm doing out here, and every year I get a better sense 650 00:43:14,659 --> 00:43:17,495 and a better grasp of my role out here with nature. 651 00:43:22,633 --> 00:43:26,671 And it's just a special connection out here that I don't get in the city. 652 00:43:30,374 --> 00:43:32,610 Oh, man. 653 00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:34,479 The only thing that excited me in the city 654 00:43:34,479 --> 00:43:37,515 was the thought of moving to Alaska. 655 00:43:37,515 --> 00:43:39,917 Really no words to describe that. 656 00:43:39,917 --> 00:43:42,687 And living with the land. 657 00:43:42,687 --> 00:43:44,989 It's more than just the meat, right? 658 00:43:44,989 --> 00:43:48,926 It's the experience. Here, Java. 659 00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:51,796 It's the lifestyle of simplicity. 660 00:43:51,796 --> 00:43:53,297 That's good, huh? 661 00:43:53,297 --> 00:43:55,833 But simple's not to be confused with easy. 662 00:43:58,302 --> 00:43:59,971 Captioned by SubTitlePro LLC