1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:06,773 ROBERT: I wish it wasn't gonna rain so hard the next few days 2 00:00:06,773 --> 00:00:09,910 but you kinda get what you get, I guess. 3 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:12,746 RJ: Well. If it wasn't raining it wouldn't be Sitka. 4 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,382 ROBERT: I think we're blessed with a great opportunity, RJ, 5 00:00:15,382 --> 00:00:17,317 our last chance to get red meat on the table. 6 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:23,257 RJ: Last year in the winter, it, it just seems like it's hard to really dedicate 7 00:00:23,257 --> 00:00:27,361 all the time to getting all the deer that you need. 8 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:30,130 ROBERT: Generally speaking, I don't go out January hunting, 9 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:35,168 but this year I didn't get a moose so hunting deer is essential, critical. 10 00:00:35,168 --> 00:00:37,638 I gotta get meat in my freezer. 11 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:44,578 Is that a deer up there? RJ: Straight ahead, twelve o'clock maybe. 12 00:00:44,578 --> 00:00:48,916 One over there, maybe three. Oh. There's one here and then one over there. 13 00:00:48,916 --> 00:00:52,052 ROBERT: Okay, we got deer on the beach. 14 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:54,154 What do you think, RJ? You wanna roll for the deer? 15 00:00:55,822 --> 00:00:58,025 RJ: The highest goes first. ROBERT: Yeah, highest gets first shot. 16 00:01:11,305 --> 00:01:14,608 ROBERT: For my son, he's following in my footsteps. 17 00:01:14,608 --> 00:01:19,680 He gets to live that same lifestyle knowing that we're getting a successful hunt. 18 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,381 We're putting meat on the table. 19 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:23,650 We're feeding elders and we're feeding ourselves. 20 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:25,385 This is how I know how to be a Tlingit. 21 00:01:26,787 --> 00:01:28,488 And this is what I do. 22 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:39,399 It's a waiting game from here. 23 00:01:41,134 --> 00:01:42,836 Since I didn't get my moose this year, 24 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:46,139 it's real critical that I try to get deer this year. 25 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:50,110 This trip's very important for my family and community. 26 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,545 We'll see what happens. 27 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:10,564 RJ: That's a lot of deer, almost too easy. 28 00:02:26,213 --> 00:02:27,981 We spooked those deer. 29 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:33,920 It sucks when you spook them. This is embarrassing. 30 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:40,427 Hm. It may be a little less easy than I originally thought. 31 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:41,461 It's time to head back to the boat. 32 00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:46,967 JESSI: There's a lot of unknown things out here. 33 00:02:46,967 --> 00:02:49,603 Who knows what lies upriver? 34 00:02:49,603 --> 00:02:51,705 Who knows what creeps around in the dark? 35 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:56,076 It seems like every corner is life-threatening and things could happen. 36 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:01,615 But that's the exciting part about it. 37 00:03:06,253 --> 00:03:09,589 CHRIS: This is awesome. If we can drop down to this valley 38 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:13,160 and get around the backside, there's a million lakes out there. 39 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,762 And I'm hoping that there's a little bit better wildlife out there. 40 00:03:15,762 --> 00:03:18,498 JESSI: Well, I'm hoping to see some rabbit tracks. 41 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:21,968 Some moose would be optimal. That would be really great. 42 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:24,304 So, we're gonna try to head down, I mean do, 43 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:26,106 do you know where we're going? CHRIS: Nope. 44 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:27,908 This hilltop's as far as I've ever been. 45 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:30,110 I have no idea what's out there. 46 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:31,712 JESSI: All right. Well, um. 47 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,046 CHRIS: All right. Let's see what the. JESSI: Yeah. 48 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:34,881 CHRIS: Next hilltop provides. Huh? JESSI: Yeah! 49 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,552 CHRIS: Oh, it's windy! 50 00:03:38,552 --> 00:03:41,254 JESSI: Trapping small game around the cabin's been pretty tough this year. 51 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:43,123 There's just not a lot to be seen. 52 00:03:43,123 --> 00:03:47,160 And there hasn't been any large game for years. 53 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,162 I don't know what's gonna lay ahead of us. 54 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:50,831 I mean, the more area to cover, 55 00:03:50,831 --> 00:03:53,967 the more opportunities that we're gonna find. 56 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,969 The Cosna's full of mysteries. 57 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:06,446 CHRIS: What's that over there? 58 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:09,716 Let's go check it out. 59 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:23,096 Well, this definitely looks like a bridge. JESSI: It has to be. 60 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,098 CHRIS: But you know what, I'm gonna go down in there 61 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:27,334 and I'm gonna check it out before we do anything. 62 00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:29,569 JESSI: Okay. I will be here. 63 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:30,570 CHRIS: Oh, wow. 64 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:36,543 Some overflow, you can see the bridge has been falling in on itself. 65 00:04:36,543 --> 00:04:38,445 There's a bunch of beams down below. 66 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:41,882 You see these logs down here? I bet they were right alongside. 67 00:04:41,882 --> 00:04:44,551 They've all rotten and fallen in. 68 00:04:44,551 --> 00:04:48,321 This thing looks a little janky. 69 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:49,289 Wow. 70 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:55,428 It's got good bones. This could be a good bridge. 71 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:57,030 I can make it a little wider. 72 00:04:57,030 --> 00:04:59,032 Should be able to cross it with a SnowGo and a sled. 73 00:05:01,935 --> 00:05:02,803 All right. 74 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:08,074 I really don't think we should cross it. I think we should rebuild it. 75 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:11,178 I'm thinking we'll just shovel out what we can and then we'll chainsaw it up. 76 00:05:11,178 --> 00:05:14,714 We'll get it out of here. We'll get some new trees and we'll lay 'em in. 77 00:05:14,714 --> 00:05:16,783 JESSI: All right. Well, that's a lot of snow. 78 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:18,752 We have a lot of shoveling in front of us. 79 00:05:18,752 --> 00:05:21,188 CHRIS: Yeah. I'm ready to get to the other side and start finding some animal tracks, 80 00:05:21,188 --> 00:05:22,989 and maybe some more lakes and. 81 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:25,592 JESSI: More lakes for more beaver would be awesome. 82 00:05:25,592 --> 00:05:27,160 CHRIS: Once we cross this creek here, 83 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,663 we're gonna be outside where all the forest fires have been, 84 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:31,565 and the world's just gonna open back up to us. 85 00:05:31,565 --> 00:05:34,134 I think the animals are gonna be a lot more abundant, 86 00:05:34,134 --> 00:05:35,702 just gotta get to the other side. 87 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:38,572 JESSI: Well, we got a lot of work before we can get to the other side so. 88 00:05:38,572 --> 00:05:40,540 CHRIS: Well, let's get after it! JESSI: Let's get it! 89 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:41,641 I'm ready. 90 00:05:45,212 --> 00:05:49,149 JOHNNY: There's just such a big, vast, open country. 91 00:05:49,149 --> 00:05:52,719 I need to have the ability to go explore it. 92 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:58,692 That's just how I roll out here. 93 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:10,637 I got my sledge runners here, and they're gonna be for the sledge that I'm building. 94 00:06:10,637 --> 00:06:13,340 And a sledge is just kind of, like, a big cargo sled. 95 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:18,511 It's what a lot of the people that inhabited this land up in the arctic 96 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:20,780 way before European settlers came here used. 97 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:25,018 And it was their cargo. 98 00:06:25,018 --> 00:06:30,023 This was like their train. This was their semi-truck to get their gear out. 99 00:06:30,023 --> 00:06:33,526 It's just awesome that I can just come out here and grab a couple simple tools, 100 00:06:36,463 --> 00:06:41,234 put my mind to work, put my hands to work, and start crafting something. 101 00:06:41,968 --> 00:06:43,970 So, I have a snow machine out here now, 102 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:49,943 and I need to have a sledge that can pull the gear that I need to take around. 103 00:06:49,943 --> 00:06:52,545 I've read a lot of literature from the eighteen-hundreds 104 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:56,216 and a lot of the explorers, and locals of the land 105 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:59,753 would build these wooden sledges. 106 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:02,322 Man, it feels good to have this draw knife back in my hands. 107 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:11,431 You grow attached to your tools. 108 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:13,667 They become a part of you. 109 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:18,471 You know, I do have some modern tools out here. 110 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:22,642 And the modern tool that's gonna be pulling the sled I'm making 111 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:24,945 is the snow machine, you know? 112 00:07:24,945 --> 00:07:30,016 But I try not to become too dependent on the modern machinery. 113 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:34,120 So, I'll always know how to craft with my hands. 114 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,822 You can take away a snow machine from me, 115 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:37,357 but you can't take a craft away from me. 116 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:45,298 The sledge is gonna be a vital for my nomadic lifestyle out here, 117 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:49,302 and ultimately, I'm hoping that I can bring Java with me a lot more. 118 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:52,205 I wanna be, uh, more of a nomadic hunter 119 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:55,275 and this sledge will help me do just that. 120 00:08:01,381 --> 00:08:02,315 The first one's done. 121 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:09,823 Got this side peeled. And it's coming along quick. 122 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:11,524 It's coming along fast. 123 00:08:11,524 --> 00:08:13,293 There's still a lot of work to do. 124 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:26,306 KALEB: I'm gonna stow 'em before they get wet. 125 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:32,212 Gilbert and I just got out here this morning and, uh. 126 00:08:32,212 --> 00:08:35,515 We're just trying to get our camp kinda somewhat organized, 127 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:38,251 and then we're heading out to get some firewood. 128 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:41,187 My firewood stocks are low. They're covered in snow. It's wet. 129 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:44,491 It was really difficult to light a fire this morning. 130 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:46,960 So, I need to go get some fresh stuff. 131 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,228 Yeah. And a lot of it. 132 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:55,101 I'm bringing Gilbert out here so that he can learn more about relying 133 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:59,005 on the wilderness to provide even some of your food or heat. 134 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:08,481 Living a subsistence lifestyle is not easy. 135 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:14,020 It takes a dedication to getting up every single day and going out 136 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:17,991 and making a living for yourself. 137 00:09:17,991 --> 00:09:20,060 This trip is, uh, important to Gilbert. 138 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:23,129 So that when we're done, I can give him some basic skills 139 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:25,665 about how to survive in these woods. 140 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:36,409 Well, I've got down to where my idea of a good spot to chop firewood is. 141 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:40,814 I got wedges in my pocket. I got my axe and my chainsaw. 142 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:45,685 And, uh, it's time to just start dropping trees. I wanna drop a lot of trees today. 143 00:09:52,859 --> 00:09:54,127 Gilbert! GILBERT: Huh? 144 00:09:54,127 --> 00:09:57,030 KALEB: Make sure, make sure you're not underneath trees 145 00:09:57,030 --> 00:09:59,299 when I'm cutting 'em down, okay? GILBERT: I know! 146 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:26,559 KALEB: Oh, my word, these branches! 147 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:33,666 These branches are like little trees. 148 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:37,270 GILBERT: Dad, how many logs are we gonna do today? 149 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:42,108 KALEB: A lot. I have a stick down my back. 150 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:44,444 You might think it's funny, but I don't. 151 00:10:44,444 --> 00:10:45,845 GILBERT: That's a bummer. 152 00:10:48,381 --> 00:10:50,383 KALEB: Gilbert has been showing an interest 153 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:55,054 in helping to gather firewood lately. 154 00:10:55,054 --> 00:11:00,326 I think it's important to me to teach Gilbert the skills I built with pride, 155 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:03,897 and do a good job at it, because no job is worth doing 156 00:11:03,897 --> 00:11:06,432 unless you do a good job at it. 157 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:12,505 Oh yeah, that is nice solid wood. 158 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,341 And it's perfect all the way through the tree. 159 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:17,977 So that confirms my suspicions. 160 00:11:17,977 --> 00:11:21,848 Nice solid wood. No punk. No rot. No moisture. 161 00:11:23,349 --> 00:11:25,285 That's what I like in a good firewood. 162 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:37,764 JOHNNY: You know Alaska's like this big personality, 163 00:11:37,764 --> 00:11:40,800 and I wanna get to know it more and more every day. 164 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:48,408 I wanna see that raw, crude beauty that inspired me to move out here to begin with. 165 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:52,378 What are you freaking out about, Java? 166 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:55,982 Oh, it's a marten. Look at this, dude. 167 00:11:55,982 --> 00:11:58,117 He's looking right at me. 168 00:11:58,117 --> 00:11:59,752 And it's cool to watch these guys, you know? 169 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:03,690 And I don't always have to trap the marten. 170 00:12:03,690 --> 00:12:05,658 Sometimes you just enjoy nature. 171 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,727 I don't kill everything I see out here. 172 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:11,231 All right, come on. Let's go. We've got work to do. Come on. 173 00:12:17,370 --> 00:12:20,840 I'm in the middle of nowhere right now, so yeah, 174 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,810 I gotta make my own little transportation cart, 175 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:30,316 my own, uh, way to transport goods, and that's what this is. 176 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:35,488 So, the plan is drill holes, boom, boom, boom, boom, along. 177 00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:38,858 Drill them in here as well. 178 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:43,296 And then put little pegs to hold up this piece. 179 00:12:43,296 --> 00:12:47,667 And then the planks are gonna rest from this piece to the other side 180 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:51,004 and that'll give me some clearance. So, rock and roll. 181 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:54,274 You know I'm drilling holes into the runners 182 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:58,177 and I'm using my great grandfather's hand drill. 183 00:12:58,177 --> 00:13:01,881 This hand drill came from an era where people were making these sledges 184 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:04,117 because that was their only option. 185 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:07,453 It's a really interesting feeling. I really enjoy using hand tools. 186 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:11,024 I really enjoy, uh, building things the old way 187 00:13:11,024 --> 00:13:13,693 and kinda stepping back in time a little bit. 188 00:13:17,997 --> 00:13:21,968 This thing's got some miles, man. It's probably built a lot of cool stuff. 189 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:25,471 And that's what I used to build this cabin. 190 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:27,440 Now that I got the holes in the runners, 191 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,043 to make the pegs I just grab a little piece of spruce 192 00:13:30,043 --> 00:13:33,513 and just kind of shape it out, so it fits in the one-inch drilled hole. 193 00:13:33,513 --> 00:13:35,748 I'm not gonna use glue or nails for these pegs. 194 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:38,217 I'm gonna be going over a lot of uneven terrain, 195 00:13:38,217 --> 00:13:40,086 so I need the sled to have a little bit of flex. 196 00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:45,258 The sled build's coming along, getting a little nippy. 197 00:13:47,427 --> 00:13:48,594 Still a lot of work to do. 198 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:55,635 JESSI: We have to expect the worst-case scenario out on the trail, 199 00:13:55,635 --> 00:13:57,637 because really anything can happen out there. 200 00:13:57,637 --> 00:14:00,873 And Alaska is gonna get you if you're caught off guard. 201 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:01,841 It'll get ya hard. 202 00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:10,350 CHRIS: These feel pretty solid. 203 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:12,385 It's just wide enough to pull a snow machine across. 204 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:16,255 But if it starts packing snow on, it's gonna get dome-shaped, 205 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:18,324 and we'll just slide right off the edges. 206 00:14:18,324 --> 00:14:21,527 And if we drop it down in there it's gonna be really hard to get out of there. 207 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:25,131 I feel that if we widen this up a log or two wider, it'll be crossable. 208 00:14:25,131 --> 00:14:28,801 And it won't just be today, you know, we'll be using this for years to come. 209 00:14:28,801 --> 00:14:32,171 JESSI: All right. So we're gonna need to fell some trees. 210 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:34,140 CHRIS: I'm thinking that tree that's right behind you, there. 211 00:14:34,140 --> 00:14:36,409 I'm gonna try to see if I can kinda climb up it a ways, 212 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:38,077 and get a rope hooked up to it, 213 00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:41,180 and we'll try to pull it this direction. JESSI: Okay. 214 00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:46,419 CHRIS: One, two, and three. 215 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:53,126 There's my hat. JESSI: Yep, got it. 216 00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:00,833 Agrrrr! 217 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,302 Oh. 218 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:10,510 CHRIS: Okay. 219 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,011 I'm coming down. 220 00:15:16,949 --> 00:15:18,050 JESSI: Awesome. CHRIS: Awesome. 221 00:15:19,452 --> 00:15:21,721 Let's see here. 222 00:15:21,721 --> 00:15:23,322 You get one shot at this. 223 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:28,060 If it falls the wrong way, it's gonna be a real pain in my ass. 224 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:31,697 I'm hopeful I can just pull this tree right down over the bridge. 225 00:15:33,199 --> 00:15:37,203 Okay. Go ahead and pull the slack out of the white rope. 226 00:15:38,204 --> 00:15:39,071 JESSI: Oh, jeez. 227 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:45,411 Okay. CHRIS: Okay. 228 00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:48,281 I'm gonna make a cut facing you. 229 00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:50,183 Then you're gonna just keep winching until it starts to crack. 230 00:15:55,154 --> 00:16:00,026 JESSI: I'm just, I'm winching it right towards me. 231 00:16:00,026 --> 00:16:02,628 I might not be able to see it, because there's so much stuff, 232 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,764 so as that thing starts cracking, 233 00:16:04,764 --> 00:16:07,099 I need you to be loud and I need you to be clear. 234 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:08,634 CHRIS: Okay. All right. Good luck. 235 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:20,880 JESSI: Wow, it's bending. CHRIS: Yeah. 236 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,949 It's got a lot of pressure on it. JESSI: Yep. 237 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:26,385 CHRIS: Keep going. 238 00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:29,055 Here it comes. 239 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,961 Beautiful. JESSI: Woo! 240 00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:37,763 CHRIS: Exactly what we wanted. JESSI: Perfect. 241 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:40,366 CHRIS: All right. Well, now we just gotta clean it up with an axe, 242 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:44,003 saw it, and drag it into place, huh? JESSI: Okay. 243 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:45,438 CHRIS: Hot damn, that worked out great. 244 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:46,639 JESSI: It worked out. CHRIS: Oh, man. 245 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:48,541 It's not often you get it to work perfectly. 246 00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:57,717 ROBERT: Sitka offers bountifulness. 247 00:16:57,717 --> 00:17:01,020 Sitka offers food from the land. 248 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:04,557 Sitka offers peace and tranquility that I can't get anywhere else. 249 00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:13,099 RJ: Onto the next one. 250 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:16,302 ROBERT: That's fun, at least you saw some. RJ: Yeah. 251 00:17:16,302 --> 00:17:19,005 ROBERT: It's the last minute of deer season. 252 00:17:19,005 --> 00:17:23,976 Being a provider living a subsistence lifestyle, the pressures can add up. 253 00:17:26,412 --> 00:17:28,381 RJ: That looks like a deer. Is that a deer? 254 00:17:28,381 --> 00:17:31,017 ROBERT: It's definitely a deer. 255 00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:35,421 But right now, I'm gonna go get my turn. 256 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:44,864 Through my efforts, living in Sitka, doing the hunting and harvesting, 257 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:48,968 it's my way to say here I am. I'm Tlingit. This is my culture. 258 00:17:48,968 --> 00:17:51,237 This is how I know how to be Tlingit. 259 00:17:51,237 --> 00:17:55,241 I go out. I harvest. I share my bounty with people that need it. 260 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:56,409 That's important for me. 261 00:18:11,057 --> 00:18:16,429 I'm gonna give it a shot, but there's a deer right there about three-hundred yards, 262 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:19,165 and there's a couple more over there, so I'm just gonna keep sneaking around 263 00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:21,567 and see if I can get within two-hundred yards of 'em and take a shot. 264 00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:48,894 (rifle shot) 265 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:55,468 ROBERT: Just went down, it was a good shot. 266 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:58,838 I feel good about this. I made a nice, ethical kill. 267 00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:01,741 I'm gonna sneak up there. I see another deer on the beach just past it 268 00:19:01,741 --> 00:19:03,275 and I'm gonna try to get that one real quick. 269 00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:18,724 (rifle shot) 270 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:30,436 (rifle shot) 271 00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:41,781 We've got a trail. I'm gonna let him do his thing. 272 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:43,516 I'm gonna go up and look at this one. 273 00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:48,554 It's beautiful. 274 00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:52,958 The first thing I wanna do, drag this over here, 275 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:56,495 and then go find that other one. 276 00:19:56,495 --> 00:19:59,665 There's nothing worse than wounding an animal. 277 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:01,634 I just feel terrible. 278 00:20:01,634 --> 00:20:03,969 That's happened to me like three times in my life 279 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:06,772 and I've shot hundreds and hundreds of deer. 280 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:10,276 It's something I definitely don't ever wanna repeat again. 281 00:20:10,276 --> 00:20:13,479 One shot, one kill, quick death, immediate, 282 00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:15,948 no suffering is what I shoot for. 283 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:19,051 Anything else, it's an emotional scar on my soul. 284 00:20:26,092 --> 00:20:27,993 Okay. I feel better now she was out of her misery. 285 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:33,299 Very emotional for me. 286 00:20:33,299 --> 00:20:36,502 Every time you do it, you know, you're taking a life. 287 00:20:41,107 --> 00:20:43,275 This is our land. 288 00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:46,879 Not just in my culture but many people that live in Alaska 289 00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:50,716 come out and forest to land to feed themselves and their families. 290 00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:53,719 Three of these gave themselves to us and I'm very thankful for that. 291 00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:02,828 In our Tlingit culture we give the animals that we harvest a drink of water. 292 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:08,100 I'm gonna give these guys their final drink. 293 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:12,338 Tell 'em thank you, and we're gonna get to processing. 294 00:21:12,338 --> 00:21:15,941 Gunalchéesh. 295 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:18,477 Gunalchéesh. 296 00:21:18,477 --> 00:21:20,913 Gunalchéesh. You guys are a blessing. Thank you. 297 00:21:22,314 --> 00:21:23,983 I can see RJ out there in the boat. 298 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:29,054 We'll have another chance to get deer today 299 00:21:29,054 --> 00:21:31,090 and then we're both gonna have a great day. 300 00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:41,367 KALEB: It's just nice to be out in the forest, 301 00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:44,370 not having to worry about any of the problems 302 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:47,106 that are going on, on the day-to-day basis. 303 00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:50,009 And I want Gilbert to get to experience that with me. 304 00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:53,245 One thing that's very, very important is that 305 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:55,815 you don't put your finger somewhere it can get squished. 306 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,117 GILBERT: Uh-hmm. KALEB: So, anything that could possibly pinch 307 00:21:58,117 --> 00:22:00,753 you keep your fingers away, okay? GILBERT: Okay. 308 00:22:00,753 --> 00:22:01,821 I can do it pretty easy. 309 00:22:01,821 --> 00:22:03,689 KALEB: Should we start it up? GILBERT: Yeah. 310 00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:10,930 KALEB: All right. Gilbert, let's grab some firewood. 311 00:22:10,930 --> 00:22:16,068 For me, a more hands on approach is the best way to parent. 312 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,437 They're not gonna learn if they just sit there and watch 313 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:20,639 until they're eighteen and they have to move off 314 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:22,374 on their own and figure it all out. 315 00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:24,944 They're gonna learn if they jump in and do it. 316 00:22:26,245 --> 00:22:28,914 Thanks for helping, Gilbert. GILBERT: You're welcome. 317 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:30,416 KALEB: We'll clean up this mess back here 318 00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,685 and then you can start doing a little bit of splitting, okay? 319 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,453 GILBERT: Okay. 320 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:35,287 KALEB: Get it aligned, 321 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:42,461 then take your finger back. 322 00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:45,497 Gilbert got to jump in and do it today with the log splitter. 323 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:48,567 And he is learning how to hold the log correctly. 324 00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:52,705 But since I'm there, since I'm helping him and guiding him. 325 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,974 Good job. He can do this safely. 326 00:22:54,974 --> 00:22:58,177 And he can learn how to do this, 327 00:22:58,177 --> 00:23:01,180 and I want my son to learn that it's a way of life. 328 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:04,083 And it's something to be proud of. 329 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:05,818 I'm catching up to ya! 330 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:20,633 Nice catch, me. 331 00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:35,981 Well, Gilbert, let's say we accomplished our goal 332 00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:37,983 of getting some good firewood. 333 00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:42,054 This is all some premium stuff. It's so dry and straight grain. 334 00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:43,789 Now we've got this all stacked up, 335 00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:46,659 I think we need to go do something to celebrate. 336 00:23:46,659 --> 00:23:48,694 What do you wanna go do? GILBERT: Fishing. 337 00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:50,629 KALEB: You wanna go fishing, huh? GILBERT: Yeah. 338 00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:51,797 KALEB: How did I ever guess? 339 00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:55,701 Let's go fishing, huh? 340 00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:02,007 CHRIS: I'd love to see what's over the next hill. 341 00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:06,578 You can never sit stagnate. You always have to be pushing forward. 342 00:24:06,578 --> 00:24:10,416 And if you don't, everything'll crumble around you. 343 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:14,720 -Okay, so what's next? -Let's cut this off. -Okay. 344 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,122 CHRIS: And drag it into place. 345 00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:29,535 All right, I'm gonna have you grab that. 346 00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:32,805 I'm gonna come down here and grab this butt end. 347 00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:34,873 And see if it'll move. 348 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:39,345 JESSI: (bleep) Ah! Nope, love. Hold on. 349 00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:40,546 CHRIS: Don't drop it off the edge. 350 00:24:40,546 --> 00:24:44,383 JESSI: Well. Just give me a second. Ready? 351 00:24:44,383 --> 00:24:48,854 CHRIS: One, two, and lift. Beautiful. 352 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:50,990 I'm coming your way. 353 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:56,161 All right, and one, two, and lift. Agrrrr! 354 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,397 JESSI: Okay, that's where we want it. 355 00:25:07,439 --> 00:25:10,409 All right. Looks like it's in. 356 00:25:10,409 --> 00:25:13,445 CHRIS: That's pretty good. I'd like to put maybe a board underneath. 357 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:16,615 And then a log to kind of support everything like a center truss. 358 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:19,218 JESSI: Okay, well let's finish it up. 359 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:22,921 It took years for Chris and I to get enough money to buy this snow machine. 360 00:25:22,921 --> 00:25:26,592 I mean this is the most expensive thing that we own. 361 00:25:26,592 --> 00:25:27,960 Here you go. 362 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:28,994 CHRIS: So that looks pretty good. 363 00:25:33,165 --> 00:25:36,435 JESSI: This has to work. We have to have a strong enough bridge. 364 00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:41,173 That's it. CHRIS: Okay. 365 00:25:41,173 --> 00:25:43,475 JESSI: But I know that I have to expect the worse. 366 00:25:43,475 --> 00:25:47,546 Cause in my experience, nothing has worked this well out at the Cosna. 367 00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:04,263 Think we're gonna make it? CHRIS: I hope so. 368 00:26:04,263 --> 00:26:05,097 JESSI: It's not gonna bend. 369 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:10,903 CHRIS: Whoa-ho-ho. JESSI: Whoa, watch your ski, love! 370 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:11,670 Watch it. 371 00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:18,944 Oh, my goodness. Whoa, whoa, whoa, Chris. 372 00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:28,620 JESSI: Woo CHRIS: All right, that's just wide enough. 373 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:30,189 Damn 374 00:26:30,189 --> 00:26:33,625 JESSI: All right Chris! CHRIS: Awesome. 375 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:37,262 JESSI: Finally, a totally new area, 376 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:40,165 this is really exciting this is something that we've been hoping for. 377 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,068 I just can't wait to see what's on the other side. 378 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:52,578 JOHNNY: The challenges are relative, sometimes I win and oftentimes I lose. 379 00:26:52,578 --> 00:26:54,646 ROBERT: All right let's find your deer. 380 00:26:54,646 --> 00:26:57,049 JOHNNY: The first time I came out here I was a little nervous 381 00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:59,952 knowing that I was completely detached 382 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:04,089 KALEB: Ain't that pretty? GILBERT: Woo! 383 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:06,458 JOHNNY: But then you start to tap into something that's kind of innate. 384 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:09,628 And I quickly learned I can make what I need. 385 00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:12,998 JESSI: Nice look at this trail, Chris. CHRIS: Awesome! 386 00:27:12,998 --> 00:27:17,970 JOHNNY: Because you can't adapt to your problems, adapt to your situations, 387 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:19,972 you're going to die. 388 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:32,451 So next thing you do on the sled is to build the tongue 389 00:27:32,451 --> 00:27:36,421 which is gonna be the part that kind of pivots up and down 390 00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:39,391 and attaches to the back of the snow machine. 391 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:46,598 It's gotta be able to go up and down so if it's too rigid and stiff 392 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:49,301 where they attach together the trailer's just gonna break, 393 00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:51,336 so you gotta have a little bit of flex in it. 394 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:55,908 The best way to make it flexible is to actually use some cordage, 395 00:27:55,908 --> 00:27:58,477 mostly because that's just what I got out here. 396 00:27:58,477 --> 00:28:01,380 It's always kind of planning and preparing for things to break, 397 00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:03,148 for things to go wrong. 398 00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:06,618 How about I design it to know what's gonna break. 399 00:28:09,288 --> 00:28:11,156 This drill bit's getting a little dull 400 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:17,696 and you know one day I'm gonna be like this drill bit. 401 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:23,368 Maybe old and you know unable to sharpen anymore. 402 00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:30,075 And before that happens to me I wanna make sure I take advantage 403 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:31,710 of every moment out here that I can. 404 00:28:33,979 --> 00:28:38,016 There it is. Perfect. 405 00:28:38,016 --> 00:28:41,620 If I'm gonna have a stress point on this, I'm gonna have it be the tongue. 406 00:28:41,620 --> 00:28:46,191 So, when that breaks, no big deal my sled's still in good shape, replace the tongue, 407 00:28:46,191 --> 00:28:49,761 fix the rope, whatever it is. 408 00:28:49,761 --> 00:28:53,398 I got a knot on top, knot on the bottom. 409 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:56,268 Same on the other side, and that gives it a little bit of flex 410 00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:59,538 and play so it's something I can fix on the fly even. 411 00:28:59,538 --> 00:29:01,406 You know there's always cordage laying around, 412 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,675 and always have it in my pockets, 413 00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:07,412 and that's just something you always carry around here is just plenty of cordage 414 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:10,449 cause it gets you out of trouble. All right, man. 415 00:29:10,449 --> 00:29:14,853 So the next thing I'm gonna do is put the skins 416 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:16,888 on the bottom of these runners here. 417 00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:21,226 I'm gonna place this type of plastic I have out here from an old sled 418 00:29:21,226 --> 00:29:24,830 and so I'll cut it up and slap it on the bottom of these runners. 419 00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:27,399 And, um, should make a pretty good sled. 420 00:29:34,273 --> 00:29:38,443 KALEB: I wanna teach Gilbert an important lesson that work comes first. 421 00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:42,147 But once that work is done, it's time to go do something fun. 422 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:43,749 I live by adventure. 423 00:29:43,749 --> 00:29:46,685 I do the work so that I can adventure. 424 00:29:46,685 --> 00:29:48,353 Wow, look at this pretty river, Gilbert. 425 00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:54,593 We went fishing here last year but it was super-duper cold when we were here. 426 00:29:54,593 --> 00:29:57,429 GILBERT: Yeah KALEB: Careful near the water. 427 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:05,971 Up you come! 428 00:30:05,971 --> 00:30:09,174 There now, don't fall in the water GILBERT: I'll try not. 429 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:13,912 KALEB: I don't particularly want to have to try to rescue you. 430 00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:19,084 GILBERT: It deep. You're trapped, sink. 431 00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:21,820 This is scary up here. 432 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,555 KALEB: We gotta be careful and not get too close to that edge 433 00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:26,358 or we'll fall into the river. 434 00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:27,326 Oh, it's deep. 435 00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:34,966 We're up on Gilbert and I's favorite little fishing hole. 436 00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:38,737 So, I've already seen several and they've chased my lure 437 00:30:38,737 --> 00:30:41,973 but nobody's bit yet. 438 00:30:41,973 --> 00:30:45,210 GILBERT: Where is all the fish wait, usually out right now. 439 00:30:45,210 --> 00:30:48,046 KALEB: They're tucked all the way up under the rock out cropping 440 00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:51,083 where they have shelter. 441 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:51,917 GILBERT: Can they jump, 442 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,954 dad? KALEB: I don't know if dolly varden's jump. 443 00:31:00,459 --> 00:31:03,762 Man, these fish apparently aren't very hungry today. 444 00:31:03,762 --> 00:31:05,364 Well, nothing seems to be here Gilbert, 445 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:08,066 let's keep working our way down the shore. 446 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:11,970 We'll go a few feet and cast and try and catch a fish 447 00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:14,039 and if we don't catch anything we'll just keep right on moving. 448 00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:21,913 Uh-oh. 449 00:31:34,359 --> 00:31:35,761 KALEB: Ah! 450 00:31:36,762 --> 00:31:39,431 GILBERT: Bad weather, we need to catch us some fish. 451 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:45,971 Any type of fish we catch, we keep. KALEB: Yeah. 452 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:48,240 GILBERT: Finally. 453 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:58,817 KALEB: I just mega nailed a rock. 454 00:31:58,817 --> 00:32:04,156 Well, there goes my first hook I just caught a big hunking rock. 455 00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:09,461 Gilbert and I moved on up the river to try a new hole and so far, 456 00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:12,798 the fish aren't biting but the rocks sure are. 457 00:32:12,798 --> 00:32:16,268 And unfortunately, the rocks won the battle. 458 00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:21,039 It was fought long and hard but ultimately the rocks just wouldn't give, 459 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:22,941 and my fishing line did. 460 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:25,577 I think maybe we should walk a little bit further down the stream 461 00:32:25,577 --> 00:32:29,114 so that we don't catch rocks anymore. GILBERT: Yeah. 462 00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:34,152 KALEB: 'Cause this is pretty much it for my dolly varden lures 463 00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:38,256 and it would be a bummer to leave them all behind in the stream. 464 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:43,462 GILBERT: I, well you still fishing but we can't right now because our hook's gone. 465 00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:46,031 KALEB: Yeah, we both filed up our hooks. 466 00:32:46,031 --> 00:32:47,432 GILBERT: Yeah. KALEB: Oh, well. 467 00:32:47,432 --> 00:32:50,068 We'll get back down there, we'll get back across the creek. 468 00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:53,705 We'll go down a little bit lower where the rocks aren't quite so jagged. 469 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:58,977 All right, you're all set. Let's go back to fishing. GILBERT: Are you all set? 470 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,346 KALEB: Yup, I got mine done already. 471 00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:04,783 GILBERT: Ah. Let's go fishing! 472 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,292 JOHNNY: Out here I don't have a store. 473 00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:21,333 So I have to reuse stuff. Repurpose things. Be more ingenuitous. 474 00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:25,637 Which might not be a word, but it is today, 475 00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:28,406 because I make my own sleds and I make my own words. 476 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:36,548 Woo! 477 00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:44,189 (bleep). This stuff's no joke. 478 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:48,159 Slippery. It's good, it's a good problem to have. 479 00:33:51,229 --> 00:33:55,467 Okay. That's one cut. 480 00:33:55,467 --> 00:33:57,736 So now the framing of the sled is all assembled, 481 00:33:57,736 --> 00:34:00,305 I'm just gonna start working on the bottom. 482 00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:04,342 This plastic is coming from an old pull behind sled. 483 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:06,978 It's kind of fallen apart, a little bit dilapidated, 484 00:34:06,978 --> 00:34:10,115 so it's the perfect resource to reuse. 485 00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:12,384 And give it another life. 486 00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:26,831 Thanks dude. Thanks, thanks. 487 00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:32,437 Wanna hammer the nails in? 488 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,739 You're a dog, you can't hammer nails. 489 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:38,810 In South Carolina I built a lot of chicken coops for the farm I had. 490 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:43,415 I would build from trash lumber at the construction sites, 491 00:34:43,415 --> 00:34:45,650 they would just throw all this lumber away 492 00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:51,222 and I'd go garbage pick it all and I'd build these coups for pennies. 493 00:34:51,222 --> 00:34:54,993 And now I'm kind of you know being just as resourceful. 494 00:34:54,993 --> 00:34:58,363 I find myself finding this old crappy sled 495 00:34:58,363 --> 00:35:02,000 and I'm repurposing it so it's kind of you know 496 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,937 garbage picking in my own little pile of stuff. 497 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:08,239 I guess that I've always just been resourceful 498 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,644 and being resourceful for the farm in South Carolina 499 00:35:12,644 --> 00:35:14,479 set me up for a lot of the stuff I'm doing now. 500 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:21,453 So right now, I got the frame. 501 00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:24,889 The structure of the sled's done and I finished the bottom which is all 502 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:27,125 this plastic coating that I repurposed. 503 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:28,660 Now I gotta do the top. 504 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:31,162 So, what's left to do is just put some wooden planks along the top. 505 00:35:31,162 --> 00:35:35,066 I'm gonna utilize those and just see if I can finish that now. 506 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:39,904 See if I can beat the daylight and probably get this done just before dark 507 00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:42,207 and supper time and this thing will be ready to roll. 508 00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:52,050 ROBERT: Well, if you see a spot you like RJ, and there's some deer, 509 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:53,485 let me know, we can figure it out. 510 00:36:04,396 --> 00:36:07,999 I see one, two, three right there. Four. 511 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:09,300 RJ: There's another one right there. 512 00:36:12,604 --> 00:36:14,272 I don't know we could give it a shot. 513 00:36:14,272 --> 00:36:15,674 If they walk away, they walk away. 514 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,509 We'll just go find another one. 515 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,744 ROBERT: Let's just get on the beach here and just keep walking that way 516 00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:21,713 until you find one you can shoot. You know there's three or four down there, 517 00:36:21,713 --> 00:36:23,214 you wanna give it a shot? 518 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:26,284 RJ: Sure. ROBERT: Okay. 519 00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:28,653 RJ: Right, here's fine with me. Just right in this little corner. 520 00:36:28,653 --> 00:36:30,021 I don't need to go. ROBERT: Right on this corner right here? 521 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:31,589 RJ: Yeah, you don't need to go a mile away. ROBERT: Okay. 522 00:36:34,826 --> 00:36:40,031 RJ: This is my last chance for the next year, so I got to go out and make it happen. 523 00:36:40,031 --> 00:36:44,936 This is just something that we all do to make sure that we can survive. 524 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:48,673 You know these animals, this is, this is their home. 525 00:36:48,673 --> 00:36:49,874 To them I'm just a predator. 526 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:53,678 Oh, they heard that. 527 00:36:53,678 --> 00:36:55,213 They're staring at us. 528 00:36:56,815 --> 00:36:59,751 They hear me or see me, they're gonna jump off into the woods and take off. 529 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:14,396 (dramatic music) 530 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,066 RJ: Ah, they went out into the woods. 531 00:37:52,137 --> 00:37:54,305 I'm kinda having a hard time, I'm trying to pursue these deer 532 00:37:54,305 --> 00:37:56,975 and they keep jumping into the woods you know and taking off. 533 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:03,448 This is all seeming a little too familiar. 534 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:04,849 I think I'm gonna have to do something different. 535 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:09,954 They're pretty sneaky in the woods. 536 00:38:27,005 --> 00:38:28,373 Deer! 537 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:40,819 (dramatic music) 538 00:38:50,295 --> 00:38:51,196 (rifle shot) 539 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:58,203 ROBERT: I just heard a shot. I think he got one. 540 00:38:58,203 --> 00:38:59,604 I hope. 541 00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:15,220 JOHNNY: Man, that's it right there. 542 00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:16,721 It's perfect. 543 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:20,024 So, this sled's done, I mean the only thing really left to do is 544 00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:23,027 give this thing a test run. So, yeah, 545 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,596 I'm excited to try this thing. 546 00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:27,065 See if I can get Java to ride up on the back here. 547 00:39:27,065 --> 00:39:29,400 (whistles) Java load up. 548 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:30,602 Oh yea, that's a good girl. 549 00:39:33,471 --> 00:39:37,008 KALEB: Well Gilbert at least we're out here on the banks fishing, 550 00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:40,311 and we're not back at camp splitting wood, right? GILBERT: Uh-hmm. 551 00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:42,947 KALEB: Even though we're not catching anything, it's still fun? 552 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:45,550 GILBERT: Yeah. KALEB: It's just so gorgeous out here. 553 00:39:45,550 --> 00:39:51,456 This dark colored water offset against the super bright white fresh snow, 554 00:39:51,456 --> 00:39:54,459 with all the sculpting from the wind. Ugh, it's just amazing. 555 00:39:58,096 --> 00:39:59,864 Gilbert and I didn't catch any fish today, 556 00:39:59,864 --> 00:40:04,402 but we do have a gigantic pile of firewood back at the tent. 557 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:07,538 We'll get back to camp, throw some firewood in our stove, 558 00:40:07,538 --> 00:40:09,707 get our gear all dried out, and we'll make some dinner. 559 00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:19,450 RJ: Yup, there it is. 560 00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:22,420 This will do right here. 561 00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:28,092 Awesome. 562 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:31,396 I think I'll be good this winter. 563 00:40:31,396 --> 00:40:33,598 You know my dad taught me a lot about being out here 564 00:40:33,598 --> 00:40:37,568 and helping your neighbor out and living a subsistence lifestyle 565 00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:42,440 and uh, I think I picked that up, it took me a while because for the longest time 566 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:46,945 I wanted to move away and sometimes you wonder what's out there. And 567 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:53,017 it took me going out and finding out to realize that 568 00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:55,586 it wasn't what I wanted to do at all. 569 00:40:55,586 --> 00:40:58,890 I think Sitka's always got a place in my heart. 570 00:41:10,268 --> 00:41:12,737 JESSI: Check this out. 571 00:41:12,737 --> 00:41:17,375 CHRIS: We've got some fresh moose shoes and I can see some tracks going through, 572 00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,277 this is awesome! 573 00:41:19,277 --> 00:41:22,347 This would be a really good spot to go moose hunting. 574 00:41:22,347 --> 00:41:24,849 JESSI: Oh, there's a bunch of rabbit tracks. 575 00:41:24,849 --> 00:41:26,818 Oh, my gosh, they're everywhere. This is awesome. 576 00:41:26,818 --> 00:41:30,154 Look at how fresh these are, Chris I can see his little toes. 577 00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:32,156 CHRIS: If this is a sign of everything to come, 578 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:34,192 we're gonna do really good on this side of the creek. 579 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:38,463 JESSI: Yeah! CHRIS: Hop back on, let's keep exploring. 580 00:41:38,463 --> 00:41:41,833 We are in the Promised Land, we are excited to be here. 581 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:44,569 We're gonna start hunting, we're gonna start trapping, 582 00:41:44,569 --> 00:41:46,104 and we're gonna start enjoying it over here. 583 00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:58,116 JOHNNY: Yeah, it's important as a hunter/gatherer to be nomadic. 584 00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:00,952 You got to spread your country out wide. 585 00:42:00,952 --> 00:42:03,121 You can't just stay in one spot and deplete the resources. 586 00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:07,392 What a good girl! 587 00:42:16,401 --> 00:42:18,770 Ah, good girl Java, huh. 588 00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:21,672 It works pretty well man, it's awesome. 589 00:42:21,672 --> 00:42:25,777 Makes me super happy, super proud that we can go hang out and hang out 590 00:42:25,777 --> 00:42:29,514 go further in the winter because it's so hard for you in the winter 591 00:42:29,514 --> 00:42:33,618 to run behind me for a long distance huh? 592 00:42:33,618 --> 00:42:35,987 Man, that's awesome. 593 00:42:35,987 --> 00:42:38,656 JESSI: Necessity is the mother of invention. 594 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:42,060 Out here you need to come up with solutions to the problem 595 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:44,362 because there is no other way. 596 00:42:44,362 --> 00:42:47,498 CHRIS: What a day. JESSI: Woo, we made it a long way Chris. 597 00:42:47,498 --> 00:42:50,935 Can you imagine trying to make it out here just like a few years ago? 598 00:42:50,935 --> 00:42:53,805 CHRIS: When we first started coming out to the Cosna we never made it more 599 00:42:53,805 --> 00:42:58,142 than a half a mile away from the house and now we're miles upriver. 600 00:42:58,142 --> 00:43:01,646 JESSI: I think we found the honey hole of the Cosna. 601 00:43:01,646 --> 00:43:03,948 CHRIS: Yeah. Well, to the next year! 602 00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:07,752 JESSI: I'm just thinking about what's ahead of us. 603 00:43:07,752 --> 00:43:11,189 I'm getting excited for the opportunities that might be right around the bend. 604 00:43:12,657 --> 00:43:16,160 But I'm also wondering, is it gonna be danger, is it going to be success? 605 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,529 You just won't know. 606 00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:21,999 Life out here is a turning wheel you're constantly, 607 00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:24,735 you, know coming upon a problem and then trying to adapt 608 00:43:24,735 --> 00:43:28,406 and trying to overcome and finally succeeding. 609 00:43:28,406 --> 00:43:29,207 KALEB: Good job. 610 00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:37,014 You're making kindling like a pro there. 611 00:43:37,014 --> 00:43:40,618 JESSI: And it just constantly happens over and over and over again. 612 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:42,920 And that is the circle of life out here. 613 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,022 ROBERT: We brought some deer meat for you. 614 00:43:45,022 --> 00:43:46,124 RJ: It's getting heavy. 615 00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:47,825 HERMAN: Gunalchéesh, thank you! 616 00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:49,527 RJ: You're very welcome. HERMAN: Uh-huh. 617 00:43:49,527 --> 00:43:53,664 JESSI: That is the life that we live, it's constantly turning, ever evolving. 618 00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:58,903 All you have to do is adapt, overcome, and achieve your dreams out here. 619 00:43:59,822 --> 00:44:00,590 Captioned by SubTitlePro LLC