1 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:04,805 SONTA: Chimney fire! 2 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,273 Chimney fire! 3 00:00:14,047 --> 00:00:18,418 CHEVIE: Ryder! I need you to tell me what your mom's saying inside! 4 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:21,188 Check and see if that chimney's orange! 5 00:00:21,188 --> 00:00:22,990 Ryder and I were working on the snow machine. 6 00:00:22,990 --> 00:00:25,092 Sonta yelled "Chimney fire!" 7 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:27,094 I could see that the chimney wasn't sucking any air. 8 00:00:29,263 --> 00:00:32,299 So I always have my ladder up against my house. 9 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:33,734 You just never know. 10 00:00:35,836 --> 00:00:37,738 RYDER: Mom said it's okay! 11 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:39,740 It's not orange. 12 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:41,441 I'll give you the chimney sweeper, Dad. 13 00:00:41,441 --> 00:00:44,044 CHEVIE: We'll sweep it after it cools off a little bit more. 14 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,913 You never wanna sweep it when it's that hot. 15 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:48,382 You can push that thing right through that pipe. 16 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:52,386 Working on a snow machine, and you hear uh chimney fire, chimney fire. 17 00:00:52,386 --> 00:00:55,856 That all of the sudden becomes not the project for the moment. 18 00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:59,626 I'm getting creosote buildup in one certain spot of my pipe. 19 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:02,129 So, I got to tear this whole thing out, 20 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:06,099 put in all new pipe so it's all square and straight. 21 00:01:06,099 --> 00:01:08,902 RYDER: Can I try to go up there? CHEVIE: Go ahead, Ryder. 22 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:12,139 RYDER: Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. CHEVIE: Careful. 23 00:01:12,139 --> 00:01:14,241 You just pay attention to what you're doing. RYDER: Okay. 24 00:01:14,241 --> 00:01:16,944 CHEVIE: Always gotta have one hand on all the time 25 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:20,547 and one foot on all the time. Okay? 26 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,516 RYDER: Hey, this is high. CHEVIE: Yeah, it's high. 27 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:24,418 RYDER: Higher than the house. CHEVIE: Now you come all the way up the ladder even more. 28 00:01:24,418 --> 00:01:26,687 You see how that's hanging over? 29 00:01:26,687 --> 00:01:29,356 You never want to step on that 'cause there's no roof underneath that. 30 00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:31,925 RYDER: Okay. CHEVIE: That's why you come all the way up that ladder. 31 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,293 There you go. Now step off. 32 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:39,933 People think that it's dangerous having your kid up on a roof um 33 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:44,471 and climbing a ladder, but the boys become men. 34 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:45,939 Now's the time to teach him. 35 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:48,842 And someday I'll be out trapping, or I'll do something 36 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:51,945 when he's older and there might be a situation like this, 37 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,015 and I want him to be confident enough to be able to get up here and handle it. 38 00:01:55,015 --> 00:01:59,286 First thing always with a chimney fire, shut off the air, shut off the oxygen. 39 00:01:59,286 --> 00:02:02,789 RYDER: Okay. CHEVIE: Never, ever open the stove, chimney fire. 40 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:05,359 You just keep it shut down and then the next thing you gotta do 41 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:07,828 is cool off that chimney. The only way to cool it off 42 00:02:07,828 --> 00:02:09,997 is a bucket of water down that. RYDER: Or snow. 43 00:02:09,997 --> 00:02:13,800 CHEVIE: Or snow. And listen to me, you never, ever, ever, 44 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,836 when you're putting water down a chimney have you face 45 00:02:15,836 --> 00:02:17,537 or your hands over the top of it. 46 00:02:17,537 --> 00:02:21,308 'Cause it'll blow steam back up outta there that'll burn you. 47 00:02:21,308 --> 00:02:22,843 What's the number one, number one rule? 48 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:25,312 RYDER: Always know how and fix it when you can. 49 00:02:25,312 --> 00:02:29,116 CHEVIE: Remain calm. RYDER: Oh. Oh yeah, remain calm. 50 00:02:29,116 --> 00:02:32,285 CHEVIE: 'Cause all as it is is five minutes of chaos 51 00:02:32,285 --> 00:02:34,321 and you can lose a home that took years to build. 52 00:02:41,495 --> 00:02:44,798 ROBERT: Living out here in a place that's so wild, 53 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:48,268 a place where my ancestors have lived for tens of thousands of years. 54 00:02:48,268 --> 00:02:52,105 And being able to do the same things they did, it just rings true in my soul. 55 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:54,374 Something that makes me feel complete. 56 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:06,053 There is a short window to go out and try to dig some clams. 57 00:03:06,053 --> 00:03:09,423 There is a minus three tide tonight at six PM, 58 00:03:09,423 --> 00:03:12,426 so that gives us time today to build our smokehouse. 59 00:03:12,426 --> 00:03:16,163 To preserve the clam, to ensure that we're not wasting anything. 60 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:19,232 Man, I'm really liking the looks of this spot right here. 61 00:03:19,232 --> 00:03:22,169 RJ: Okay. ROBERT: Gives us a place to sit under the big trees. 62 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:26,707 RJ: Well, if you wanna get firewood, I can start digging this out. 63 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:28,075 ROBERT: All right. I'm gonna get some wood. 64 00:03:32,079 --> 00:03:34,848 Building this smokehouse today is something that I've dreamt about 65 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:36,016 doing my entire life. 66 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:41,855 Closer. Need to get one or two more of these and we'll be set. 67 00:03:41,855 --> 00:03:46,326 I want to do it like my traditional elders have done it for centuries. 68 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:48,495 All while using a little bit of modern technology 69 00:03:48,495 --> 00:03:51,064 but keeping the basics the same 70 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:53,567 as they probably would've been in the past. 71 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:56,670 RJ: Kinda get that outer frame done and then start a fire. 72 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:59,239 ROBERT: It's real important to dig a pit 73 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:01,641 'cause you want the smoke to be as cold as you can. 74 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:04,344 We're smoking these clams, we're not cooking 'em. 75 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:06,113 You want 'em to be raw in the middle still. 76 00:04:06,113 --> 00:04:09,249 I might even give you a smoked clam when we're done. 77 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:12,652 you just want that outside to be that beautiful, golden-brown, 78 00:04:12,652 --> 00:04:13,987 smoke color when you're done. 79 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:15,989 That's where all the flavor comes from. 80 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:19,059 Cut 'em to the perfect length and then start screwing 'em in. 81 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:23,163 Making sure that we build a smokehouse that creates a nice, cold smoke 82 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:28,068 and allows the heat to escape that is very important. 83 00:04:28,068 --> 00:04:31,238 And if we don't do that right, we're not gonna get the process right 84 00:04:31,238 --> 00:04:32,773 and they're not gonna be very good. 85 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,441 RJ: Watch your finger. You were pretty close. 86 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:37,744 I put a screw into my finger before holding it from the backside. 87 00:04:37,744 --> 00:04:39,479 ROBERT: Teamwork makes the dream work. 88 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:42,182 Get a good father, son combination going 89 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:45,819 and I'm sure that when we're done it's gonna be pretty amazing. 90 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:48,688 Badass. Look at that. RJ: It's looking good. 91 00:04:48,688 --> 00:04:50,056 ROBERT: I like your vision so far. 92 00:04:55,262 --> 00:04:57,631 I can hit it with the axe right here if you hold it. RJ: It's good now. 93 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:03,637 ROBERT: Let's wrap it, build a test fire in it, see how it smokes, 94 00:05:03,637 --> 00:05:05,705 and then go dig some clams tonight. 95 00:05:05,705 --> 00:05:06,940 RJ: Sounds good. ROBERT: All right. 96 00:05:08,275 --> 00:05:12,012 We're gonna move really fast since we have to dig clams on a nice minus tide 97 00:05:12,012 --> 00:05:13,146 tonight at six PM. 98 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:18,518 Cool. Let's build that little fire and test out the smoking it. 99 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:21,788 So now that we've got the structure itself built, we're gonna test it out. 100 00:05:21,788 --> 00:05:23,623 We're gonna make sure the smoke draft's right. 101 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:26,593 It's smoking. It's doing its job. 102 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:30,363 What do you think? Let's go get the buckets and shovels 103 00:05:30,363 --> 00:05:33,300 and start walking down the beach to our clamming spot. RJ: Sounds good. 104 00:05:35,735 --> 00:05:37,204 JESSI: I just want to grow as a person. 105 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:42,909 I wanna be a full rounded individual. 106 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:46,213 That can go out on their own and survive. 107 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:56,556 CHRIS: All right. 108 00:05:57,524 --> 00:05:59,125 JESSI: let's check this out here. 109 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:03,129 Between that broken tree that leans out and kind of this tree, 110 00:06:03,129 --> 00:06:05,432 that whole thing is the beaver den. 111 00:06:05,432 --> 00:06:08,101 CHRIS: All right. Let's get to shoveling. 112 00:06:12,339 --> 00:06:15,976 JESSI: Coming into spring, the rivers are gonna overflow at any day. 113 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:18,044 But trapping season is still open. 114 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:21,114 And it's important to get resources back in the house. 115 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:25,218 And there's an opportunity to bring home a beaver and I'm gonna seize it. 116 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:28,655 Look at this whole raised part. 117 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:30,924 CHRIS: Yeah. I bet this is their run. JESSI: This is their run. 118 00:06:30,924 --> 00:06:33,693 And that's why it raised like that 'cause they kept on going back and forth 119 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:36,162 and so as it was freezing it humped up. 120 00:06:36,162 --> 00:06:38,531 This is their run. We found it! 121 00:06:41,368 --> 00:06:46,239 The run is basically the hallway from the den to the fridge and back. 122 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:49,009 And that means that their food, their fridge is right here. 123 00:06:49,009 --> 00:06:50,644 They're going right to the fridge. 124 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:52,379 CHRIS: Let's go grab that auger. 125 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:53,546 JESSI: Okay. 126 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:56,283 So, they're coming straight through here. 127 00:06:56,283 --> 00:07:00,954 This is the last spot they were coming up this area after it overflowed. 128 00:07:00,954 --> 00:07:05,392 So, I think that this circle here is our best spot. 129 00:07:05,392 --> 00:07:06,359 CHRIS: All right. 130 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:10,864 JESSI: Beaver is the biggest game that we can hunt for in the winter. 131 00:07:10,864 --> 00:07:12,966 And also, beaver is a two-fer. 132 00:07:12,966 --> 00:07:17,604 You don't just get the fresh meat, the hide is warm, its water repellant, I mean, 133 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:18,838 it's everything that you're looking for 134 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:20,740 to keep yourself safe through the winter. 135 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:26,680 Great. 136 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:32,719 If they're anywhere within three inches they're gonna run right into my bait pole. 137 00:07:32,719 --> 00:07:35,055 So, I think I'm set here. 138 00:07:35,055 --> 00:07:39,726 So, um, I'm gonna go cut some poles to put in here for bait. 139 00:07:39,726 --> 00:07:42,963 Hopefully by tomorrow night or the night afterwards, 140 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,698 we'll have some fresh meat to bring home. 141 00:07:44,698 --> 00:07:46,633 CHRIS: Cool. We'll I'm gonna go spend some time bird hunting 142 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:47,934 and then I'm gonna go home and check on the dog. 143 00:07:47,934 --> 00:07:50,704 JESSI: All right. Skedaddle so I can get us some beav. 144 00:07:50,704 --> 00:07:52,539 CHRIS: All right. Have fun. JESSI: Thanks. 145 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:03,416 JOHNNY: There's just endless land for me to travel, endless opportunities. 146 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:06,753 I don't wanna do the same thing day after day after day. 147 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:12,525 I wanna have adventures. And watch the animals. 148 00:08:12,525 --> 00:08:15,028 And just let nature be your guide. 149 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:21,768 Gonna go on a big adventure today. 150 00:08:23,770 --> 00:08:27,774 I want to get beyond my camp and start scoping out some new grounds, 151 00:08:27,774 --> 00:08:31,177 new territory, see what kinda game lie ahead. 152 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:34,547 I need to get further and further away from the cabin to find my own food. 153 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:36,750 I gotta do whatever it takes to survive. 154 00:08:43,156 --> 00:08:45,425 Now's the time, get out there 155 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:46,826 and poke around in some new country 156 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:52,565 So, this is a river here. 157 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:57,737 And I'm not just gonna come ramping down here with the snow machine 158 00:08:57,737 --> 00:09:00,740 without checking the ice first 'cause that's foolish. 159 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:03,643 God, being this far away from any sort of help. 160 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:10,316 Looks like some caribou used this a long time ago so it's kinda packed down already. 161 00:09:10,316 --> 00:09:12,385 So, I might just walk in their tracks, 162 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:15,722 poke at the ice a little bit with one of these sticks 163 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:17,957 and see what's going on. Because overflow generally happens 164 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:21,127 along the edges of the bank where the snow builds up 165 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:23,363 and that insulates the ice from freezing too thick 166 00:09:23,363 --> 00:09:25,298 and that's where you get open water. 167 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:28,768 So, I don't want to risk going down the kinda steep cut bank 168 00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:32,105 and just busting right through overflow and be in the water. 169 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,211 I got caribou tracks here and here. 170 00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:41,314 I'm gonna walk in these ones down there, start poking around, 171 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:44,851 and if it's safe I'll just take the snow machine down this path here. 172 00:09:50,790 --> 00:09:53,593 It's a little bit dicey here though. 173 00:09:53,593 --> 00:09:59,632 I shouldn't be able to chop it with a dull stick. 174 00:09:59,632 --> 00:10:01,468 And then right here it gets really strong. 175 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:03,536 So, it's just underneath this snowbank. 176 00:10:03,536 --> 00:10:04,971 I'm feeling safe about it. So, 177 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:09,309 I'm gonna go ahead and fire up the machine and come down this steep bank. 178 00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:12,212 Gonna try to push myself and push the machine 179 00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:14,814 and see if the land pushes back or not. 180 00:10:26,893 --> 00:10:29,028 JOHNNY: It's just absolutely stunning country up here 181 00:10:29,028 --> 00:10:31,798 and I've always been wanting to come up here. 182 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:34,100 It's pretty nice to lean on the snow machine 183 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:36,936 because I'd never be able to travel this far without it. 184 00:10:36,936 --> 00:10:41,207 I'm seeing a lot of willows and poplar on the gravel bars, 185 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:44,077 and there's a good chance there might be some game up in there, 186 00:10:44,077 --> 00:10:46,012 so I'm gonna get a little bit closer, 187 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:48,214 and start looking for some small game. 188 00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:54,120 Man, there's a lot of ptarmigan tracks in here. 189 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,824 These are all pretty fresh too. 190 00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:59,826 The little suckers are all over in here. 191 00:10:59,826 --> 00:11:01,461 It's a nice little sign to see. 192 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:04,264 More right here too, look at that, no kidding. 193 00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:08,368 And they just cruise through here and just eat the little buds 194 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:10,603 and stuff off the willows. 195 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:13,139 And uh, the willows grow next to these poplars. 196 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:15,575 'Cause this is a sandbar to the river. 197 00:11:15,575 --> 00:11:19,746 You know when the water comes up in the spring, this'll all be underwater. 198 00:11:20,947 --> 00:11:23,883 'Cause all the snow melts and it creates uh, a really full river. 199 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:26,352 And it, it just gives all these trees nutrients, 200 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:29,889 and then the river settles back down for winter, like it is now. 201 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:33,626 And uh, the ptarmigan come in and just munch on all this little stuff 202 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:35,461 and I might run into some ptarmigan. 203 00:11:35,461 --> 00:11:38,298 I can pull up a little bit. If I see anything moving, 204 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:39,899 I might have some dinner. 205 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:58,151 JESSI: I don't get a thrill from killing animals. 206 00:11:58,151 --> 00:11:59,252 That's just not how it is. 207 00:12:00,253 --> 00:12:04,157 I get the thrill of being subsistent. 208 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:10,396 That I can depend on myself and simple machines like snares to feed myself. 209 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:13,166 Oh, yeah! That was it. 210 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:16,703 So, the trick here is making sure that not only is it 211 00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:19,672 in the exact spot it needs to be. 212 00:12:19,672 --> 00:12:25,712 It also needs to be the exact width, and also has to be angled just so. 213 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:29,015 I want this right in the middle of their hallway. 214 00:12:29,015 --> 00:12:32,919 So, if they're coming from their bedroom and they're headed to the fridge, 215 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:36,889 they're gonna hit this and then they're gonna grab a hold of this 216 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:38,925 and they're gonna walk their way down. 217 00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:44,030 And as they're physically pulling themselves down this stick past those, 218 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:45,765 they're gonna get themselves. 219 00:12:48,034 --> 00:12:50,336 All right. So, we're gonna put everything in there. 220 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,714 Okay. Perfect, perfect. 221 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:06,419 I have a really good feeling about this set. 222 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:08,955 Hopefully tomorrow or next day. 223 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:09,956 Come on, beaver! 224 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:13,693 RJ: Alaska is temperamental. 225 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:19,766 Part of being out here is that it constantly changes. 226 00:13:19,766 --> 00:13:22,235 This is a bit of a freestyle. There's no blueprint. 227 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:23,736 We're gonna make it work. 228 00:13:30,343 --> 00:13:33,946 ROBERT: For me, this is much deeper than harvesting a clam. 229 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:37,183 This is putting me in a mindset of how my ancestors lived. 230 00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:39,852 This is putting me back in time. 231 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:43,189 See lots of little holes in the ground here. 232 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:46,659 Let's try right here. 233 00:13:50,396 --> 00:13:52,498 Oh. I think it's gonna be good. 234 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:55,835 RJ: Couple more. ROBERT: Oh. 235 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:57,370 We scored. 236 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:03,042 Looks like we're gonna get like fifty butter clams in one little hole here. 237 00:14:03,042 --> 00:14:04,410 RJ: There's a- Oh, here we go. 238 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:05,778 ROBERT: Cockle? RJ: Cockle. 239 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:07,046 ROBERT: Oh, we're in a cockle beach now. 240 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:11,184 Let's see if there's a few around here. 241 00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:13,319 That was too easy. I didn't even have to dig. 242 00:14:16,489 --> 00:14:18,725 It's crazy. This is a magic beach. 243 00:14:24,764 --> 00:14:27,100 Well, I think we got enough cockles and butter clams. 244 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:30,336 Let's just try for a homerun and see if we can get a couple geoducks. 245 00:14:30,336 --> 00:14:32,138 RJ: Yeah. 246 00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:34,173 I know there was a bed up here somewhere. 247 00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:36,376 ROBERT: When you walk by 'em, it almost looks like suction 248 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,511 and like just be a big deep hole. 249 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:41,781 And you gotta be quick on 'em 'cause they'll get away fast. 250 00:14:41,781 --> 00:14:43,182 I think if you find a big hole you might- 251 00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:45,451 RJ: That looks like one right here. ROBERT: Yeah. Try that. 252 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:53,693 Ooh, I think I heard him. Be careful. 253 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:58,030 Going in for the kill. 254 00:14:58,030 --> 00:15:01,100 Oh. Look at that. RJ: Geoduck. Nice. 255 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,636 ROBERT: That's a score right there. RJ: Big boy. 256 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:05,538 ROBERT: We can get a couple of them, eh? 257 00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:08,775 I want to get one more geoduck. That would be amazing. 258 00:15:08,775 --> 00:15:15,214 RJ: You gotta look for, you know, maybe one-to-two-inch diameter holes in the sand. 259 00:15:15,214 --> 00:15:17,183 See that? ROBERT: Oh, that's a hole. 260 00:15:17,183 --> 00:15:18,351 See if you can find that one. 261 00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:25,057 RJ: That's its tongue right there. 262 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:27,693 ROBERT: Grab it. RJ: I got a hold of it. I got its tongue! 263 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:31,898 RJ: There we go. ROBERT: There we go. 264 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:34,967 You got it. You were grabbing onto its 265 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:36,702 RJ: I was holding onto its tongue right there. 266 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:38,271 ROBERT: Couldn't get away. RJ: Uh-uh. 267 00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:42,275 ROBERT: That's awesome. 268 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:43,609 All right. 269 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:46,345 Let's pack up the buckets and get the heck out of dodge. 270 00:15:46,345 --> 00:15:47,313 RJ: That was too much fun. 271 00:15:56,022 --> 00:15:57,824 ROBERT: Look at that smoke in there. 272 00:15:57,824 --> 00:16:00,893 Looks good. We got eight racks to smoke, RJ. 273 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:19,378 Looks really good. You wanna try a couple? 274 00:16:19,378 --> 00:16:20,980 RJ: Yeah, that looks really good. 275 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:24,450 They got a nice golden-brown to 'em. 276 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:27,220 ROBERT: Oh, yeah. Look at that. I'm gonna try this little one, this one. 277 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:28,621 RJ: Yeah. 278 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:34,861 ROBERT: Excellent smoke flavor in 'em. RJ: Uh-hmm. 279 00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:37,330 ROBERT: Like a secondary wave of flavor that comes through almost. 280 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,665 RJ: Uh-hmm. What do you think? Are they done? 281 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:40,933 ROBERT: Yeah, they're done. 282 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:42,034 Hmm. Good. 283 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:45,004 RJ: I kinda want to have another one. 284 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,005 That one right there. 285 00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:51,811 ROBERT: Think we'll get any back to the boat? 286 00:16:51,811 --> 00:16:53,713 RJ: At least a couple. 287 00:16:53,713 --> 00:16:57,450 These almost look like jerky, the butter clams. ROBERT: Uh-hmm. Sweet. 288 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,852 RJ: Could have some like smoked clam chowder with those. 289 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:02,255 ROBERT: All right. Go process these suckers up. 290 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:11,764 JESSI: I want to be successful in all parts of the Cosna. 291 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:15,668 Picking the spots and setting my own snares. 292 00:17:15,668 --> 00:17:17,970 Setting my own sets. 293 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:20,039 I wanna do it all myself. 294 00:17:28,114 --> 00:17:30,983 I'm headed out to try and see if I can find any beaver dens. 295 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:32,652 Find beaver tracks. 296 00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:37,323 Find airholes, feed piles, really anything that leads me to more beavers. 297 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:44,897 CHRIS: Out here on the homestead, we are a team. 298 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:47,433 We're out here all by ourselves, every day, doing this. 299 00:17:47,433 --> 00:17:51,304 And if we can't split up and trust each other, then what are we gonna do? 300 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:59,579 JESSI: You can see some what I think are airholes. 301 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:02,515 Looks like an airhole right there. 302 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:10,089 Right in front of me here, there, there, and over there. 303 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:13,793 When you look in here, there's a beaver chew down there. 304 00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:15,027 That's a good sign. 305 00:18:15,027 --> 00:18:16,596 I'm gonna have to do some shoveling. 306 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:27,239 That is a beaver run. 307 00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:30,776 See this area right here? You see how bubbly it is? 308 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:35,047 You can really see it, and then it kinda comes, it kinda comes this way. 309 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:37,516 Do you see? It goes 310 00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:40,886 like that. 311 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:44,323 So, I think that's it's run, right there. 312 00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:46,659 So that's where I'm gonna want to drill 313 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:50,763 and hopefully put a post in and get myself a beaver. 314 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,268 All of our eggs are kind of in the same basket, 315 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:58,304 'cause I only have one good beaver set up. 316 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:00,873 That's like only getting your groceries from the corner store. 317 00:19:00,873 --> 00:19:04,877 It always runs out, and we only get new shipments every other Tuesday, you know? 318 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:08,080 So, I'm just out here trying to find myself another grocery store. 319 00:19:19,425 --> 00:19:21,127 It's solid ice. 320 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:26,532 There's only like a couple inches of water coming through the ice. 321 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:28,234 And it's solid ice. 322 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:31,003 There's zero percent chance that I can get a beaver here 323 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:36,776 because no beaver can swim through two inches of water. 324 00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:42,314 I'm gonna have to head out and go check my 325 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:45,518 one and only beaver set that I got going on right now. 326 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:58,330 SONTA: The main thing to be successful living out here is definitely planning 327 00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,766 and how you're prepared. 328 00:20:01,434 --> 00:20:05,604 The more prepared you are, the better chance for your own survival. 329 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:12,945 Oh wow, check out this snow. 330 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:17,416 That's a lot of snow coming off the roof, that's for sure. 331 00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,452 Chevie and I just had a chimney fire. 332 00:20:19,452 --> 00:20:22,054 And what ended up happening is that creosote got built up 333 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:27,026 inside the Chimney pipe and um, we went to put some wood in the stove, 334 00:20:27,026 --> 00:20:31,197 and that fire just caught that creosote on fire, 335 00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:34,734 and it went all the way up the stove pipe, and out the top, 336 00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:36,435 and it was a pretty scary time. 337 00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:40,506 So, what I'm gonna do now is see if I can chip some of this snow out of the way 338 00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,274 so Chevie can start working on the chimney 339 00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:44,243 and get our stove pipe replaced. 340 00:20:50,783 --> 00:20:52,818 CHEVIE: Got the hole cut inside of my stove, 341 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:55,688 and I'll weld this piece of two-inch pipe in there. 342 00:20:55,688 --> 00:20:59,358 And then I'll put a valve on it, and this'll make this stove more efficient, 343 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:01,660 or else you get it back drafting and stuff 344 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:03,729 because there's just not enough oxygen, 345 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:06,065 not enough pressure inside your house. It burns up. 346 00:21:06,065 --> 00:21:09,835 It's just sucking oxygen all the time, so after I get this welded in here, 347 00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:13,739 I'll have the stove done and then I'll need to start working on the chimney. 348 00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:16,175 SONTA: This is an extremely dangerous time in Alaska 349 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:17,610 with all the snow falling off the roof, 350 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:21,747 so now that the kids know ahead of time to steer clear of any areas 351 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:24,750 where there's snowfall. 352 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:27,286 Ah, it's slippery guys. 353 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:34,727 Even if I know this is not a very steep like, you know, grade, it's very slippery. 354 00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:36,128 A little bit of ice underneath there. 355 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:42,535 Really good peace of mind to get this done. 356 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:43,769 It's a lot of weight to have up here, 357 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:46,238 so we can sleep better at night knowing we don't have 358 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:50,209 this much snow hanging over our heads, literally. 359 00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:54,146 So, I wanna get this work done, so he can have all day to kind of play 360 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:55,481 with the chimney tomorrow. 361 00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:02,188 CHEVIE: For some reason, this stove pipe's been acting like this. 362 00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:04,924 Something's going on where I need to address the situation. 363 00:22:04,924 --> 00:22:08,861 That's a way that a lot of houses in Alaska burn down, especially in rural Alaska. 364 00:22:08,861 --> 00:22:10,596 It's caused by chimney fires. 365 00:22:10,596 --> 00:22:14,934 When they get going, they get going hot and fast, and they're hard to stop, 366 00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:17,036 so it's the last thing that I wanna be worried about 367 00:22:17,036 --> 00:22:19,138 when I'm out trapping or doing something away 368 00:22:19,138 --> 00:22:21,340 from my family that Sonta could have to deal with 369 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:22,975 something like that while I'm away. 370 00:22:22,975 --> 00:22:24,376 SONTA: So I'm gonna call it a day for now. 371 00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:32,751 Perfect timing. 372 00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:41,961 But I think this is good enough workspace for Chevie to access the chimney pipe 373 00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:43,295 and do what he needs to do tomorrow. 374 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,903 CHEVIE: Every homemade woodstove has its little goods 375 00:22:50,903 --> 00:22:52,771 and its bads and its little nuances. 376 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:54,373 My old man built me that. It's one of the last things 377 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,908 that he built for me before he died, 378 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:58,744 and I wanna keep it around. 379 00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:01,480 We could go buy a commercial stove, but I'm fighting that. 380 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,949 I don't wanna give up on it that easy. 381 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:07,353 So, I definitely don't want it to be the source of a house fire. 382 00:23:07,353 --> 00:23:11,156 I know that's the last thing that the old man would've wanted, so he gave it to me, 383 00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:14,827 but it's my due diligence to make sure that it's all running right. 384 00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:16,295 I gotta get that stuff done. 385 00:23:16,295 --> 00:23:17,396 So, I got my new damper. 386 00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:21,901 That'll let in more air. 387 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,837 It's nice and tight, got it all welded up. 388 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:26,906 This is gonna suck air from the outside. 389 00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:32,678 I'm gonna put a little ball valve there, put a little thing on the door here. 390 00:23:32,678 --> 00:23:35,681 For my dad, he built this stove. I modified it. 391 00:23:35,681 --> 00:23:39,318 I'm ready to get this stove back in the house, get the house warm again. 392 00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:41,887 JOHNNY: It felt like when I was in town the only chance 393 00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:44,924 I had to turn my brain off was sleep, 394 00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:49,728 and out here it's like all the garbage on my mind, it's just gone. 395 00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:54,500 I'm able to just kinda turn my mind off out here and just exist. 396 00:23:56,268 --> 00:23:57,603 And that's the stuff that my soul needs. 397 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:01,473 But these ptarmigan tracks are pretty fresh. 398 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:02,875 I think some of 'em are. 399 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:06,779 But these birds are white-on-white, you know? 400 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:09,415 And they're not the easiest things to spot. 401 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:13,118 Their defense is just camo, standing still. 402 00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:16,488 After a minute or two, they'll start to move their head around. 403 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:20,426 You know, in like a weird jerking motion, and that's when you see them. 404 00:24:20,426 --> 00:24:22,494 That's how you spot the ptarmigan. 405 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:27,099 This looks pretty grazed out. 406 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:30,502 I mean there's no buds left on here, 407 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:32,571 so I think that's gonna be my sign that these are old. 408 00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:37,343 Nothing left here to forage on, so I might just kinda poke 409 00:24:37,343 --> 00:24:39,578 around the corner a little bit. 410 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:40,679 See what's happening over there. 411 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,285 'Cause it's looking ptarmigany up there as well. 412 00:24:46,285 --> 00:24:48,921 So I'm gonna repo myself. 413 00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:55,394 Not only am I looking for ptarmigan, but I'm just looking at new country, 414 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:57,062 and I'm learning a lot. 415 00:24:57,062 --> 00:24:59,698 I'm seeing a lot of different signs, a lot of different tracks on the river. 416 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:01,667 Ptarmigan! Ptarmigan! 417 00:25:09,742 --> 00:25:11,577 Got ptarmigan into the poplar trees. 418 00:25:15,748 --> 00:25:16,615 (rifle shot) 419 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:21,353 JOHNNY: Got a ptarmigan. 420 00:25:25,791 --> 00:25:27,559 There we go. 421 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:30,262 Wow, gorgeous. 422 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:34,466 Look at these feet, it's like these little snowshoe feet, 423 00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:38,370 they just kind of cruise along and it keeps them afloat 424 00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:41,673 so they can walk around and eat these little buds off all the little plants. 425 00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:44,009 Beautiful bird, really, really grateful. 426 00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:46,011 So that's one for the pot. 427 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:47,913 This will be great. Great meal. 428 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:49,381 Let's see if I can find some more. 429 00:25:57,122 --> 00:26:00,426 CHEVIE: In rural Alaska, you don't back down from stuff. 430 00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:05,030 You just go till you can't and that's just what it takes to live out here sometimes. 431 00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:07,232 That's why we have the life that we have out here. 432 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:10,235 And not for everybody but it works for us. 433 00:26:11,270 --> 00:26:13,906 That's my buddy Jared, he came over to give me a hand 434 00:26:13,906 --> 00:26:18,177 on getting this chimney pipe replaced my wood stove back in. 435 00:26:18,177 --> 00:26:20,879 This isn't his first time on my roof I'll tell you that. 436 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:23,148 I help with a lot of the building of this house here 437 00:26:23,148 --> 00:26:26,351 and there as did so many people in this community, 438 00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:29,221 you know or when he's had hard times or needed help doing things, 439 00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,757 I've been there to help him and he's returning the favor 440 00:26:31,757 --> 00:26:34,660 and I'll return this favor and just goes around and around and around. 441 00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:37,429 I think that just the length of the stovepipe gets so damn cold 442 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,131 from the cold weather that. JARRETT: Yeah. 443 00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:42,568 CHEVIE: All that oil and moisture that's why I'm getting the buildup you know? 444 00:26:42,568 --> 00:26:43,669 JARRETT: Yup. 445 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:52,177 CHEVIE: We just wanna make sure that it's not getting creosote from sucking oxygen 446 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:54,880 because the pipe's wrong or bent, tilted a little bit so 447 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,816 this is gonna be a good fix right here. Yup. 448 00:27:05,390 --> 00:27:07,259 We're good. JARRETT: We're good. 449 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:12,097 SONTA: I can feel that already, that feels really good. 450 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:16,034 I'm just super glad that this is safer and, um, 451 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:19,304 you know I don't have to worry about a chimney fire. 452 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:23,075 It's really scary, you know my adrenaline gets up having to deal with 453 00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:27,146 something like that if it ever gets out of control it's my worst nightmare 454 00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:29,548 CHEVIE: Alright so we got the chimney situated. 455 00:27:29,548 --> 00:27:32,117 Time to go out hunting or going out on the land and see if we can locate some geese. 456 00:27:39,825 --> 00:27:42,895 JESSI: I'm an opportunistic hunter. 457 00:27:42,895 --> 00:27:46,532 If there's something out there that I can bring home and that I can eat, 458 00:27:46,532 --> 00:27:49,368 I will trudge through the deep snow, I will keep going. 459 00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:54,373 You have no other option. 460 00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:04,516 Uh. I can smell the beaver for sure. 461 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:07,953 I set this not yesterday, but the day before. 462 00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:10,923 Right so that one hasn't even tripped, that wasn't even touched by a beaver. 463 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:19,198 Nope, this guy doesn't have anything on him either. 464 00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:22,167 CHRIS: Man, these grouse, they're really camouflaging these trees 465 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,635 especially with all the snow on them. 466 00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:33,579 JESSI: I'm not discouraged yet. (laughs) 467 00:28:33,579 --> 00:28:35,113 It's only day two. 468 00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,216 I know that there's a lot of beaver here. 469 00:28:37,683 --> 00:28:39,251 Just a matter of time. 470 00:28:47,392 --> 00:28:53,765 I'm going to see if I can get some rabbits on the way to find beaver. 471 00:28:53,765 --> 00:29:00,639 Bring some snares, make couple of these guys and then headed out down the trail. 472 00:29:00,639 --> 00:29:07,179 Maybe I can find some good rabbit highways, but what I'd really like to find 473 00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:10,782 is any kind of new beaver tracks at all. 474 00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:17,089 The best spot I know with a beaver snare, 475 00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:20,325 and it's just right here next to the trapping cabin. 476 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,295 But I haven't gotten anything yet. 477 00:29:23,295 --> 00:29:28,967 You kind of want to have more than one spot to get your food, so that's what I'm trying. 478 00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:34,706 Cause I need more areas to harvest food from. 479 00:29:38,644 --> 00:29:41,513 There it is, so there's a nice long snare. 480 00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:45,417 I'll be able to put you know there's some large rabbits out here, so 481 00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:48,754 some larger loops in here. 482 00:29:48,754 --> 00:29:53,191 This might, and then I'll be able to wrap this part around the tree some bailing wire. 483 00:29:59,131 --> 00:30:00,866 I don't wanna take one life for every meal, 484 00:30:00,866 --> 00:30:04,002 I want as many meals out of one life as possible so the bigger the game, 485 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:08,106 the better the prize but while I'm out here I'm looking for everything. 486 00:30:25,891 --> 00:30:28,293 CHRIS: This time of the year grouse are just hanging up in there, 487 00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:30,262 and they're eating the pine needles. 488 00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:32,097 And what you see it's just a little bit of snow falling. 489 00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:37,336 Ah it'd be good to get some fresh meat. 490 00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,204 Some surf and turf. 491 00:30:39,204 --> 00:30:40,539 Beaver and grouse. 492 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:44,509 I don't see any movement. 493 00:30:51,116 --> 00:30:54,286 JESSI: These are really good size rabbit tracks. 494 00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:55,520 You can see their little feet. 495 00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:02,494 Small feet, small feet. These are the front feet, those are the big feet. 496 00:31:02,494 --> 00:31:06,064 They're hopping and hopping and hopping. 497 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:07,466 Fairly good-sized rabbit. 498 00:31:07,466 --> 00:31:11,069 So, I'm just gonna follow these little tracks and see where they go. 499 00:31:14,172 --> 00:31:16,241 CHRIS: I'm gonna go give these trees a kick, 500 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:18,243 see if I can stir them up a little bit. 501 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:22,314 Sometimes you can get the tree to move a little bit when you kick it, 502 00:31:22,314 --> 00:31:26,518 and they'll flutter just enough to see where they're at. 503 00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:34,760 Eyes on! I see something, 504 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,629 it's really dense in that tree. 505 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:41,433 It could just be a ball of like tree mass but ima take a shot at it. 506 00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:43,335 I'd really like some grouse. 507 00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,472 Oh, he's moving, that's a grouse. 508 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,008 (rifle shot) 509 00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:54,279 CHRIS: There he is. Head down. 510 00:31:56,114 --> 00:31:58,717 JESSI: That was a shot. That would've been Chris. 511 00:31:59,818 --> 00:32:01,019 I wonder what he's got. 512 00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:02,621 CHRIS: We got ourselves a chicken! 513 00:32:02,621 --> 00:32:05,757 All right, Jessi's gonna be stoked. 514 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:07,225 Some fresh meat will be really nice. 515 00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:15,200 Oh, there's another one right there. 516 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,469 Let's see 'cause it's really high up there. 517 00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:31,750 JESSI: I heard two shots, so maybe he's got something. 518 00:32:32,818 --> 00:32:35,554 Hopefully he's having better luck than I am. 519 00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:38,690 CHRIS: Ha-ha, this is fantastic. I got two birds. 520 00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:41,293 Hopefully Jessi's doing this good. 521 00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:50,702 JESSI: Shots were pretty close, so go try and find Chris. 522 00:32:57,242 --> 00:33:00,712 Chris! CHRIS: Yeah! Check it out. 523 00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:03,014 JESSI: Oh my gosh they're beautiful. 524 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,216 CHRIS: Two birds in the hand! 525 00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:06,585 JESSI: Good job! 526 00:33:06,585 --> 00:33:08,787 Oh, look at them! 527 00:33:08,787 --> 00:33:11,323 I heard those shots and I wasn't sure what was happening. 528 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:14,626 CHRIS: I was getting dinner. JESSI: Oh, gosh 529 00:33:14,626 --> 00:33:16,962 CHRIS: yeah. JESSI: Look at that, that's some heft. 530 00:33:16,962 --> 00:33:19,998 CHRIS: I know. JESSI: Wow, good job love! 531 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,299 CHRIS: This is really awesome. 532 00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:22,834 I can't wait to cook these guys up. 533 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:24,970 JESSI: Dinner! (laughs) 534 00:33:24,970 --> 00:33:28,573 All right well what do you say we go on home and see the Toze. 535 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:29,674 CHRIS: Yeah, let's go cook up some grouse. JESSI: Yeah! 536 00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:39,117 RJ: Anything that involves harvesting off the land, 537 00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:41,620 if you're gonna do it you should do it right. 538 00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:43,588 I think that's the most respect that you can give to anything 539 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,524 that you take from the land. 540 00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:49,561 Now that we've got these clams smoked up, 541 00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:52,330 we're gonna chop them into bite sized pieces 542 00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:54,699 and get them ready to put into cans. 543 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:56,801 ROBERT: Let's just boil them for about 10 minutes. 544 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:59,337 It'll sanitize and kill everything on them. 545 00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:02,774 Start cutting the cockles up and jar them and get this show on the road. 546 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:08,013 One for the mouth, one for the jar. 547 00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:13,919 All that dark color is smoke flavoring that went into the clam. 548 00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:15,353 It's so good. 549 00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:16,788 All right well we got our bounty here, 550 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:19,291 we got all our cockles all diced up, ready to go. 551 00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,259 We got all our butter clams all ready to go. 552 00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:26,498 Perfect! That helps give it some beautiful flavor, 553 00:34:26,498 --> 00:34:28,199 some really good olive oil. 554 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:33,438 RJ: Yeah, now it's time to get these jars put into the canner 555 00:34:33,438 --> 00:34:35,140 and bring everything up to pressure. 556 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:39,844 ROBERT: Hundred minutes for the 15 pounds. 557 00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:45,016 Let's see how they turned out. 558 00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:48,253 It's boiling there. Still cooking in them jars. 559 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:53,358 That's so good. 560 00:34:57,295 --> 00:34:59,230 SONTA: Hunting on the land is who I am. 561 00:35:01,566 --> 00:35:03,802 And I was raise to do this. 562 00:35:03,802 --> 00:35:06,104 I was raise to be a hunter. 563 00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:11,710 And it's really important that all of our kids be skilled survivalist. 564 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:19,184 Geese hunting has been a part of our family for generations. 565 00:35:19,184 --> 00:35:21,519 It's really important for Ryder to be out here 566 00:35:21,519 --> 00:35:23,655 and just to be a part of this process. 567 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:27,659 It's never too early for you to learn what it is to be a hunter. 568 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:30,595 Hey Ryder. 569 00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:33,565 Come check out our little blind, Ryder. 570 00:35:33,565 --> 00:35:35,367 CHEVIE: Alright let's get these snow machines, 571 00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:37,569 Ryder we can't leave them out here in the open, okay? 572 00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:40,338 RYDER: But I don't know where to put my new coat, right behind you? 573 00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:42,340 CHEVIE: Yeah, right behind me. I'll show you. 574 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:44,442 We'll kind of, we'll go along the ice right here, 575 00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:46,544 and this water right out here is getting deep. 576 00:35:46,544 --> 00:35:48,246 Everyday this is getting deeper and deeper. 577 00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:51,149 If this part, oh, geese coming. 578 00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:54,152 SONTA: One, we keep calling it across the ice. 579 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,391 Pretty high. 580 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:04,195 CHEVIE: All right Ryder, we gotta get these snow machines hidden, okay? 581 00:36:12,370 --> 00:36:15,707 SONTA: Leave some here for Ryder to set up. 582 00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:20,745 The Innoko area here is a part of a huge migratory flyaway for the birds. 583 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:26,084 The wetlands here are super attractive for birds flying in, 584 00:36:26,084 --> 00:36:29,521 we're one of the first kinda big stops for a lot of birds 585 00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:32,290 because it's still frozen to the north of us. 586 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:36,494 And so, we have open flatlands and we'll be waiting here when they land. 587 00:36:36,494 --> 00:36:38,596 CHEVIE: See anything? 588 00:36:38,596 --> 00:36:41,433 SONTA: Just you guys and some awesome decoys. 589 00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:44,736 I set some up, but Ryder can set up the rest if he wants to. 590 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,104 CHEVIE: Okay. All right. 591 00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:48,273 SONTA: Kinda positioned my primary ones where I want them. 592 00:36:48,273 --> 00:36:52,177 CHEVIE: Okay. Wanna set up the rest Ry-ry? RYDER: Mhm. 593 00:36:52,177 --> 00:36:54,446 SONTA: For us to have our kids out here is important 594 00:36:54,446 --> 00:36:56,648 because they get to see what this is all about. 595 00:36:56,648 --> 00:37:00,351 They get to see how this is done and the strategy behind it. 596 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:04,022 And they get to see and develop a little bit of that drive 597 00:37:04,022 --> 00:37:08,126 and why we do this and the meaning behind hunting animals. 598 00:37:08,126 --> 00:37:09,694 CHEVIE: There's a bunch of geese coming, come on. Hurry. 599 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:22,607 SONTA: Bunch over there. 600 00:37:37,122 --> 00:37:40,158 Really wanna take a shot at the wings but they're just too far out. 601 00:37:40,158 --> 00:37:41,192 CHEVIE: Yup. 602 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:43,361 SONTA: They were line up pretty damn good too. 603 00:37:43,361 --> 00:37:46,798 CHEVIE: That's the thing, you hope that there's 5 or 6. 604 00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:49,501 SONTA: There's more coming off that lake, just keep calling. 605 00:37:49,501 --> 00:37:51,569 Ryder, wait. Shh. 606 00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:53,171 (geese calling sound) 607 00:37:53,171 --> 00:37:54,272 CHEVIE: I'll take the one on the left. 608 00:38:00,311 --> 00:38:01,246 Damn it. 609 00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:06,084 (multiple shots) 610 00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:08,486 CHEVIE: Well my gun didn't go off. 611 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:10,822 SONTA: Dang, yours never went off? 612 00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:13,191 CHEVIE: Uh-uh, my gun clicked for some reason. 613 00:38:13,191 --> 00:38:16,694 SONTA: At least I got 3 shots of, their tails. 614 00:38:16,694 --> 00:38:19,330 CHEVIE: Geese are moving in. We'll get a couple more good passes 615 00:38:19,330 --> 00:38:20,765 SONTA: That was a hot little minute. 616 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:23,334 CHEVIE: That was hot man, holy smokes. 617 00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:25,637 SONTA: We gotta get the rest of those decoys out. CHEVIE: Yup, yup, yup. 618 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:27,071 Go ahead, I'll back you up. SONTA: Okay. 619 00:38:30,208 --> 00:38:32,043 Sometimes you can put them in pairs, 620 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:34,379 so it looks like they're really hanging out together. 621 00:38:34,379 --> 00:38:35,680 RYDER: Okay SONTA: Uh-hmm. 622 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:44,489 Oh, there's some up higher here, coming up over the willows. 623 00:38:44,489 --> 00:38:48,760 (geese calling sound) 624 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,564 CHEVIE: Hold still Ryder, duck down. Duck down. 625 00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:58,770 (geese calling sound) 626 00:38:58,770 --> 00:39:01,005 SONTA: Good job Ryder, they thought you were a big goose out there. 627 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:03,741 CHEVIE: a big goose Ryder. Go ahead, you're good. They flew by 628 00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:05,443 SONTA: They didn't believe you that much. 629 00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:09,414 CHEVIE: Next time just kind of crawl around on your knees and peck at the ice. 630 00:39:09,414 --> 00:39:11,583 RYDER: Okay. (laughs) 631 00:39:12,317 --> 00:39:15,420 CHEVIE: They're gonna think you're a big goose. 632 00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:18,256 That's the biggest thing that they see Ryder is movement though. 633 00:39:18,256 --> 00:39:21,292 So, if sometimes you get lucky and if you could just hold really still, 634 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:22,760 they'll come right in. 635 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,863 Cover up your face, that's why we always look down. 636 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:26,497 Look at the ice. 637 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:27,732 Good job, good listening Ryder. 638 00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:37,609 JESSI: Didn't get a Beaver but I'll just keep after it. 639 00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:40,111 CHRIS: It's all right, I'll feed you today and you'll feed me tomorrow. 640 00:39:40,111 --> 00:39:41,512 JESSI: That's the plan. 641 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:43,281 I was so proud of you for getting out there 642 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:46,517 and getting these grouse and bringing them back. 643 00:39:46,517 --> 00:39:47,652 I'm sorry Toze. 644 00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:53,491 Oh, my gosh. CHRIS: Wow. JESSI: it's great. 645 00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:55,827 CHRIS: it's one of the best grouse I've ever had. 646 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:58,363 JESSI: I don't know if it's because I'm really hungry or what. 647 00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:01,566 CHRIS: It's been a long time since we had grouse and we worked hard today. 648 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:06,304 JESSI: After all this work and just trudging through all this stinking deep snow, 649 00:40:06,304 --> 00:40:08,840 nothing is better than being out here. 650 00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:19,284 ROBERT: It's a lot of effort for a few jars of clams 651 00:40:19,284 --> 00:40:22,153 but holy smokes they're gonna be awesome. 652 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:25,056 It looks so delicious. 653 00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:27,692 Let's eat your prized possession, see how it tastes. 654 00:40:27,692 --> 00:40:28,960 RJ: All right. 655 00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:33,097 It's nice and frozen. 656 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,766 ROBERT: That's a nice little piece of meat there huh? 657 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:38,236 RJ: Yeah. Yea they're hard to find 658 00:40:38,236 --> 00:40:41,739 and hard to dig up but yeah, might be worth the effort. 659 00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:45,209 ROBERT: It was fun to see a tear of joy in your eyes and 660 00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:48,913 the thrill of the catch was pretty cool I thought. 661 00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:53,785 You got this big geoduck, worked your ass off for it 662 00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:56,020 and I think grandpa would be sitting here 663 00:40:56,020 --> 00:40:59,524 with a toothpick if he was with us doing the same thing we're doing. 664 00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:02,961 Loving every second. RJ: Cheers to pops. 665 00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:03,962 ROBERT: Love you dad. 666 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,103 We're eating this geoduck, it's supposed to be a celebratory moment, 667 00:41:12,103 --> 00:41:15,340 it brought me back to my father and growing up as a kid 668 00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:17,976 we used to go clam digging on the beaches with my dad. 669 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:20,244 I miss you. 670 00:41:20,244 --> 00:41:24,549 You get those moments that bring you back in time to really good memories. 671 00:41:24,549 --> 00:41:25,917 RJ: Last one for you if you want. 672 00:41:27,919 --> 00:41:29,253 ROBERT: I'm gonna give this one to my dad. 673 00:41:34,459 --> 00:41:36,327 Love you dad, I miss you. 674 00:41:38,963 --> 00:41:39,964 That's for you. 675 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,702 CHEVIE: Not too far over there we don't want them to land way over there, 676 00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:46,771 you want them to land closer to us. And I hear them. 677 00:41:46,771 --> 00:41:48,573 SONTA: Right, they are Ryder come on. 678 00:41:48,573 --> 00:41:51,976 We got nine decoys over here birdies, come on in. 679 00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:55,813 Pretty high unless you called them in. 680 00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:57,215 Kay, duck for cover. 681 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,385 CHEVIE: Blow that call Ry-ry, where's it at. 682 00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:02,286 (geese calling sound) 683 00:42:02,286 --> 00:42:04,589 There you go, good job. 684 00:42:04,589 --> 00:42:07,358 SONTA: A little too high. 685 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:10,995 Come on ry-guy, I need your help. 686 00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:15,333 We see a couple small passes but they're pretty far away from us. 687 00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:18,269 And so we'll come back tomorrow. 688 00:42:18,269 --> 00:42:20,238 Let's pick up these decoys and hit the road. 689 00:42:21,739 --> 00:42:26,778 Ryder knows what to expect now so he's out there, he's participating, he's engaged, 690 00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:29,981 and we'll take him any time to be out there with us. 691 00:42:29,981 --> 00:42:32,717 Geese hunting is something that I want to be able 692 00:42:32,717 --> 00:42:34,585 to pass down to the next generation 693 00:42:43,161 --> 00:42:45,163 JOHNNY: You know it's been a really good day 694 00:42:45,163 --> 00:42:47,598 and now I know where I can get new resources. 695 00:42:47,598 --> 00:42:49,500 I know where the ptarmigan are at. 696 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:53,037 I know that Caribou like to travel the rivers in the winter. 697 00:42:53,037 --> 00:42:55,940 There's so much I've learned from just one adventure. 698 00:42:55,940 --> 00:43:00,044 So, a lot of people just cut out the breast you know. 699 00:43:00,044 --> 00:43:03,181 But I like to eat the whole thing. 700 00:43:03,181 --> 00:43:05,750 The skins good you now, skin's healthy. 701 00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:10,054 It's actually, today is my mom's birthday. 702 00:43:10,054 --> 00:43:13,357 I guess in a way I'm celebrating her birthday. 703 00:43:13,357 --> 00:43:14,559 Yeah, I can't call her. 704 00:43:16,494 --> 00:43:20,531 No phone service out here. 705 00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:24,068 She might be a couple 1000 miles away but 706 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:26,637 eh we'll say she's hanging out with me right now. 707 00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:30,408 So having a little bit of grub with her right now. 708 00:43:31,409 --> 00:43:34,178 Just sitting. With the animal you harvested from the land, 709 00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:41,552 I honestly can't think of any other place I'd rather be. Uh-uh. 710 00:43:41,552 --> 00:43:43,154 That's a little birthday dinner here huh? 711 00:43:47,358 --> 00:43:53,397 Alaska is the only place that I can live where my soul is truly free. 712 00:43:54,332 --> 00:43:58,503 Nothing between me and just a nice slice of freedom. 713 00:43:59,604 --> 00:44:01,439 Captioned by SubTitlePro LLC