1 00:00:01,602 --> 00:00:05,172 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:05,172 --> 00:00:06,840 CHEVIE: We're going out to one of our favorite hot spots 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,408 on Shageluk lake. 4 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:10,277 Because we know that those geese are coming in 5 00:00:10,277 --> 00:00:11,512 in increased numbers. 6 00:00:11,512 --> 00:00:13,380 Day after day. 7 00:00:18,285 --> 00:00:21,154 SONTA: These guys have a stand to go on and 8 00:00:21,154 --> 00:00:23,457 they offer some movement. 9 00:00:24,892 --> 00:00:27,160 CHEVIE: We're just gonna block this off a little bit. 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,862 We've got bird, we have birds coming this way. 11 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:31,632 We're trying all totally exposed here. 12 00:00:31,632 --> 00:00:34,835 They could see us from a long ways away when the geese 13 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:39,039 see manmade things, they know that it could be a threat and 14 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:41,375 they flare meaning they turn the other way. 15 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:45,612 So it's important to lessen your footprint when you can. 16 00:00:46,013 --> 00:00:49,049 SONTA: Any little bit of camouflage helps. 17 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:50,250 What is that? 18 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:54,388 (imitating geese calls) 19 00:01:01,862 --> 00:01:04,932 (gunshots) 20 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:08,936 At least you got some shots off. 21 00:01:08,936 --> 00:01:11,004 CHEVIE: Little far. SONTA: Little far. 22 00:01:11,004 --> 00:01:12,973 CHEVIE: Pretty far out there, but you know, 23 00:01:12,973 --> 00:01:16,209 you gotta, you gotta warm up your barrel. 24 00:01:16,209 --> 00:01:17,210 SONTA: Oh, wait. 25 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:19,513 There's something coming to your left. 26 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:22,015 Pretty low. There's about three. 27 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:23,250 CHEVIE: I see two. Is there three more? 28 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:25,652 SONTA: Yeah. 29 00:01:25,652 --> 00:01:26,820 (squawking) 30 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:30,857 (gunshots) 31 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,226 CHEVIE: Go down. 32 00:01:33,226 --> 00:01:35,629 SONTA: One looks like it was way the hell out there going down, 33 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:37,331 but let's watch it. 34 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:38,465 It's going down. 35 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:41,401 CHEVIE: It's going down. SONTA: Okay. I think I seen it. 36 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:42,703 CHEVIE: Out on the river, right? 37 00:01:42,703 --> 00:01:44,538 SONTA: Maybe. 38 00:01:44,538 --> 00:01:46,006 CHEVIE: Probably land on the ice out there, huh? 39 00:01:46,006 --> 00:01:48,408 SONTA: Let's go take a look. 40 00:01:51,712 --> 00:01:55,749 There's always a chance that we're not able to locate a bird 41 00:01:55,749 --> 00:02:00,554 that goes down like this, and we just wanna make sure that we get 42 00:02:00,554 --> 00:02:03,724 to it as fast as possible, so there's less chance that 43 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:05,659 it could get away. 44 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:09,830 CHEVIE: I know that this goose is gonna try to find a good, 45 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:13,834 clear opening to land and the closest big opening is the river 46 00:02:13,834 --> 00:02:15,802 three quarters of a mile away. 47 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:19,940 That's a eight pound goose and ten square miles. 48 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:22,442 And I gotta find it. 49 00:02:22,442 --> 00:02:25,245 Speed is everything. 50 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:30,317 SONTA: Oh, Chevie's going across the river. 51 00:02:32,052 --> 00:02:34,688 Right now, the ice is pretty soft. 52 00:02:34,688 --> 00:02:37,190 You just don't really wanna chance it on the river right now. 53 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:39,326 So best that he goes off by himself. 54 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:41,628 And I just wait here. 55 00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:45,432 CHEVIE: I've gone through the ice and gone in cold water, 56 00:02:45,432 --> 00:02:48,301 and you're always preparing yourself for that. 57 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:52,773 (theme music playing) 58 00:02:59,513 --> 00:03:01,748 SONTA: Awesome. He's got it. 59 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,350 CHEVIE: This is the prize possession. 60 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:05,786 This is the one going in the pot for sure. 61 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:07,688 First sugar leg of the year. 62 00:03:07,688 --> 00:03:09,589 Totally stoked. 63 00:03:12,592 --> 00:03:14,961 We need to keep on hunting. 64 00:03:16,563 --> 00:03:19,466 ROBERT: Being out here is a pretty amazing place. 65 00:03:19,466 --> 00:03:21,234 I can look around the forest and just 66 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:25,539 see resources, materials, supplies. 67 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:28,775 I'm surrounded by everything that can save my life. 68 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:31,144 If I know how to use it. 69 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:41,121 ROBERT: There's a lot of hemlocks around here. 70 00:03:41,121 --> 00:03:43,523 We gotta find spruce dominated forests. 71 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:45,392 A lot of spruce on the other side of the river though, 72 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:48,095 we get up there and cross the river. 73 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:51,598 RJ: Halibut fishing is really a way of life here in Sitka for 74 00:03:51,598 --> 00:03:53,667 pretty much all of the community. 75 00:03:53,667 --> 00:03:56,403 We're gonna build a traditional Native Alaskan Halibut hook 76 00:03:56,403 --> 00:04:01,141 using 100% raw materials that we gather out in the woods. 77 00:04:04,778 --> 00:04:08,682 ROBERT: Spruce tree here, some roots down here. 78 00:04:08,682 --> 00:04:11,785 I can see, see if we can work some of them out of the ground. 79 00:04:11,785 --> 00:04:14,588 I think we both should get like, 80 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,490 a minimum of 20 feet. 81 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:18,425 I know that if you get a little piece of spruce, 82 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:22,028 I mean, just a 16th of an inch in diameter, 83 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:24,464 that's almost as strong as parachute cord. 84 00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:26,566 It's really strong stuff. 85 00:04:26,566 --> 00:04:28,635 You gotta pull 'em out of the ground. 86 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,237 This one's kind of exposed. 87 00:04:30,237 --> 00:04:31,805 You find more roots as you keep going. 88 00:04:31,805 --> 00:04:33,406 It's pretty cool. 89 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:36,343 RJ: I think I'll go find another tree to start digging under. 90 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:40,881 ROBERT: Spruce root's gonna be real valuable for us when we 91 00:04:40,881 --> 00:04:44,785 make halibut hooks that have been used for 10,000 years, 92 00:04:44,785 --> 00:04:47,420 right here in Sitka, Alaska. 93 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:51,458 If we can come out in the woods and make a hook out of 94 00:04:51,458 --> 00:04:54,261 our natural resources that are available the same way they were 95 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:57,631 available for my ancestors, six, seven, 8,000 years ago, 96 00:04:57,631 --> 00:05:00,901 that's something I really want to succeed at. 97 00:05:02,169 --> 00:05:04,304 RJ: This a six-footer. 98 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:06,907 This is a really interesting and great opportunity to go out 99 00:05:06,907 --> 00:05:10,577 harvest from our resources, build this skill set and learn 100 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:11,745 how to do this. 101 00:05:11,745 --> 00:05:15,515 And so I could make a ton of tools with spruce roots. 102 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:19,886 So, I think this will do exactly what I needed to, catch a halibut. 103 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:21,755 I think I got enough. 104 00:05:21,755 --> 00:05:24,791 ROBERT: I think between the two of us we'll have plenty. 105 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:29,596 Let's get this fire going and then we can bake the bark. 106 00:05:30,764 --> 00:05:33,900 RJ: That's good, huh? ROBERT: Yeah, right there. 107 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:36,469 You don't want to get it too hot in one spot. 108 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:37,771 'Cause it'll burn. 109 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:40,540 It's kind of a juggling act. 110 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:43,343 Try it. It comes off. 111 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:46,346 RJ: Ready? One, two, three. 112 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:50,350 (grunting) 113 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,785 ROBERT: I gave it all I had... 114 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:53,119 (laughter) 115 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,387 ROBERT: That's strong, isn't it? 116 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:55,655 RJ: Yeah, just that alone. 117 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,791 That gives me the confidence that I don't think a halibut's 118 00:05:57,791 --> 00:05:59,392 gonna be doing anything to it. 119 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:00,794 We got a lot here. 120 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:02,896 ROBERT: Hike back home, start working in the shop. 121 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,731 RJ: Sounds good. 122 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:07,901 SAMANTHA: The chores are endless out here. 123 00:06:07,901 --> 00:06:10,136 With as much as we have to do on the farm, 124 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:14,608 we don't have a lot of time to make things perfect. 125 00:06:14,608 --> 00:06:17,510 We just have to get it done and then move forward. 126 00:06:20,981 --> 00:06:24,251 SAMANTHA: We have roughly 70 animals total on our farm 127 00:06:24,251 --> 00:06:27,888 running crazy, always just wreaking havoc. 128 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:32,959 And on top of it, Miss Olivia is due any second. 129 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:36,429 I bet she has like eight or nine in there this time around. 130 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:41,835 This last winter has been a real big learning experience. 131 00:06:41,835 --> 00:06:44,371 We ended up with snow so high that the animals could 132 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:46,139 just step over their fencing. 133 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,508 They've just been wandering freely around the farm in just 134 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,043 a total state of chaos. 135 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:51,811 Hold on. 136 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:57,851 Now it's time to take the farm back. 137 00:06:57,851 --> 00:07:01,121 Hey honey, would you wanna help me kind of figure out how to do this? 138 00:07:01,121 --> 00:07:03,023 As you can see with ease, 139 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:05,225 they can just hop the fence and run off. 140 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:06,893 We can't do this anymore. 141 00:07:06,893 --> 00:07:09,829 So we're gonna go ahead and fix up their living quarters so 142 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:12,332 they can be a little bit more confined. 143 00:07:12,332 --> 00:07:16,036 So this spot is most definitely the worst right here. 144 00:07:16,036 --> 00:07:18,738 They've just been pushing through this area. 145 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:20,573 NATHAN: We're probably have to put posts in some areas and 146 00:07:20,573 --> 00:07:22,642 attach 'em just however we can. 147 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:23,810 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 148 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,078 NATHAN: Good enough is perfect, so. 149 00:07:25,078 --> 00:07:27,580 SAMANTHA: I'll take good enough. Good enough is perfect. 150 00:07:31,985 --> 00:07:32,986 NATHAN: We're almost there. 151 00:07:32,986 --> 00:07:35,322 Keep going. Smash it. 152 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:37,390 SAMANTHA: It's a big deal, if they're getting out. 153 00:07:37,390 --> 00:07:41,328 The animals, they're definitely necessary for our survival. 154 00:07:41,328 --> 00:07:44,831 NATHAN: I think we're gonna want another post right over here. 155 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:46,333 SAMANTHA: The bears are waking up right now. 156 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:47,834 There are wolves in the area. 157 00:07:47,834 --> 00:07:50,203 And they're not gonna be able to do anything to any predators. 158 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:51,471 They're just gonna be food. 159 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:52,939 NATHAN: This will fill the gap enough. 160 00:07:52,939 --> 00:07:54,874 The loose ends are mostly buttoned up. 161 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:58,178 I don't see any other spot where they're gonna get out. 162 00:07:58,178 --> 00:07:59,546 SAMANTHA: We'll have to test it here in a minute. 163 00:07:59,546 --> 00:08:01,047 NATHAN: Throw 'em in and see what happens. 164 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:07,754 (bleating) 165 00:08:08,755 --> 00:08:11,858 Jump. Jump. You can do it. 166 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,893 You can do it. 167 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:19,432 I think that sheep has figured it out. 168 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:21,067 SAMANTHA: Oh yeah. She's looking. 169 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,268 NATHAN: "This wasn't such a good idea, you guys." 170 00:08:22,268 --> 00:08:24,938 (laughter) 171 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:28,808 SAMANTHA: It does feel really nice to have them in here and 172 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:32,245 just know that we don't have to deal with it anymore. 173 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:34,314 NATHAN: Yeah. One less thing to worry about, 174 00:08:34,314 --> 00:08:36,850 but onto the next thing to worry about, so... 175 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,351 (laughter) 176 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:40,954 NATHAN: Yeah, it's good to get it checked off the list. 177 00:08:43,957 --> 00:08:46,993 JOHNNY: When living this isolated, you can never be too prepared. 178 00:08:46,993 --> 00:08:51,231 For what's to come and come early fall, 179 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:53,900 I'm want to expand my hunting grounds. 180 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,604 So I need to start setting myself up for success. 181 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:06,379 JOHNNY: Looks like the canoe survived the winter. 182 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:10,717 Last fall, I stashed the canoe right here. 183 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:18,825 I wanna take advantage of the snow to easily move 184 00:09:18,825 --> 00:09:22,195 this canoe with the snow machine. 185 00:09:22,195 --> 00:09:26,433 I won't have this opportunity once the snow melts. 186 00:09:26,699 --> 00:09:28,268 That's if I can get this thing outta here. 187 00:09:28,268 --> 00:09:30,804 That sucker is just frozen. 188 00:09:33,106 --> 00:09:38,578 So the plan is to take my canoe go about 15 miles upriver and stash it. 189 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,547 Come on. 190 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:45,485 So once all the ice is gone, I can just go float that river. 191 00:09:45,485 --> 00:09:46,486 (snaps) 192 00:09:46,486 --> 00:09:48,121 That's not working. 193 00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:50,723 And explore some new hunting areas. 194 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:54,561 There's a lot of caribou and moose up the river there. 195 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:58,198 (bleep). 196 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:01,801 Woo-wee, it's been a while. 197 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:05,972 The Orca, this thing's a beast. 198 00:10:09,576 --> 00:10:11,444 I think I should just see what it would be like to 199 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:13,680 pull just the canoe. 200 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,515 What I got to lose? 201 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:19,085 The downside is if I get into anything wet like overflow 202 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:22,322 or anything, because aluminum in cold temperatures, 203 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:26,759 when it gets wet, it just weighs it down, uh, 204 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:29,329 because it's gonna freeze to it, but, uh, 205 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:30,663 think it's gonna work fine. 206 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:31,831 Just don't go too fast. 207 00:10:31,831 --> 00:10:33,967 'Cause it can start to zigzag, 208 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:37,770 the trail that I'm gonna be taking to the river, it, 209 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:39,672 it zigzags in between the trees a lot. 210 00:10:39,672 --> 00:10:42,809 So, that'll be the ultimate test. 211 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:46,479 All right, give it a go. 212 00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:58,725 It's sliding pretty good. 213 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,394 (thuds) 214 00:11:15,074 --> 00:11:17,810 There something's just not right here, man. 215 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:19,879 Oh, man. 216 00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:27,954 JOHNNY: Man, this motor kind of sways to the side a little bit. 217 00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:29,856 So, every time it opens up and it, 218 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:30,857 it gets really loud like that. 219 00:11:30,857 --> 00:11:32,425 I'm losing compression. 220 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:35,328 I'm losing power. 221 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:40,733 This is it, the third motor mount. 222 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:43,369 Cracked it right off. 223 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:46,439 So now I just have a, a loose motor. 224 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:48,708 (bleep) dude. 225 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,044 It's like sometimes when you get so stuck in the mud, 226 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:53,413 you just kind of just stand there and almost wanna laugh 227 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:56,649 and accept it, man. 228 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:02,622 Ultimately, I'm not gonna let something like this stop me. 229 00:12:02,622 --> 00:12:06,259 The best thing you can have with you is bailing wire. 230 00:12:06,259 --> 00:12:09,929 It's kind of like cold weather, duct tape in a way. 231 00:12:11,731 --> 00:12:15,568 It's pulled me out a lot of situations, 232 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:18,204 fix a lot of different things. 233 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:21,608 It seems to be bracing it pretty good. 234 00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:23,943 I'm gonna try it. 235 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:28,681 All right. So here we go. 236 00:12:30,016 --> 00:12:32,819 (engine revving) 237 00:12:32,819 --> 00:12:35,622 It's not moving. 238 00:12:36,122 --> 00:12:39,158 It brakes pretty good with the wire. 239 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:42,929 Let's start moving on, 240 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:45,465 head up north. 241 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:48,301 ROBERT: Being out here and being able to do 242 00:12:48,301 --> 00:12:50,003 this stuff in our subsistence culture, 243 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,805 that's been here for tens of thousands of years, 244 00:12:52,805 --> 00:12:55,975 makes me feel like I'm participating in something that 245 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,311 needs to be done this day and age. 246 00:13:02,682 --> 00:13:04,217 ROBERT: This is what we want to make right here. 247 00:13:04,217 --> 00:13:05,485 This is the end goal. 248 00:13:05,485 --> 00:13:06,819 This one's caught halibut. 249 00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:07,920 They sit in them. 250 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,188 RJ: I can see the teeth marks in it. 251 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:10,290 ROBERT: Yeah. 252 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,325 And so you want this to be about two feet long and 253 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:13,626 it sits on the ground line. 254 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:16,496 And it floats above the water like this, 255 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,298 about two feet off the bottom. 256 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,800 And then it keeps the starfish and all 257 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,136 the other critters from coming and eating the bait off it. 258 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:26,506 And then a halibut comes and he just swims in and 259 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:29,309 gets caught on that barb and he's hooked. 260 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:30,977 RJ: Oh, I found this bone in the back yard. 261 00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:32,578 ROBERT: Yeah, we can make nice barb with that. 262 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:35,248 This is actually a moose thigh bone barb that 263 00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:37,083 we'll be using today too. 264 00:13:37,083 --> 00:13:39,485 RJ: Yeah. That's pretty sharp. 265 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:41,387 Hopefully be able to get something out of this. 266 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:47,360 ROBERT: Halibut hooks are something that's been used for thousands of years. 267 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,164 There's a few people around that fish these hooks religiously. 268 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:53,399 I mean, swear they out fish the steel ones. 269 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:56,502 RJ: My dad has a traditional halibut hook from a friend that 270 00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:57,870 has caught tons of halibut. 271 00:13:57,870 --> 00:14:02,875 So we're gonna try to carve our hooks to be similar to that one. 272 00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,479 This is a really good way of building survival skills. 273 00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:11,150 And if all I had was a knife and a lighter, 274 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:14,387 I could go out and make the things that I need to make, 275 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:16,356 catch a halibut. 276 00:14:16,356 --> 00:14:18,358 ROBERT: This is not easy. 277 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:22,061 RJ: It's starting to take shape now. 278 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,135 ROBERT: Looks good, I think it'll fish. 279 00:14:29,135 --> 00:14:32,672 RJ: I'm gonna go grab that spruce root and try to get these married. 280 00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:45,785 ROBERT: Pretty excited. 281 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:47,053 I carved a halibut in the bottom of my mine, 282 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:50,356 so it can go down and trick the halibut and think it's a friend. 283 00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,558 I'm almost done. 284 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:55,528 It's a little bit, uh, final love here. 285 00:14:57,330 --> 00:15:00,933 This doesn't look too much different than the prototype 286 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:04,103 we originally got, which is pretty cool. 287 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:06,005 It's tradition to name your hook. 288 00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:08,441 I'm gonna name mine the Kiks.adi Killer. 289 00:15:08,441 --> 00:15:10,510 Kiks.adi is the name of our clan. 290 00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,311 We're raven and frog. 291 00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:14,313 That's what Kiks.adi is. 292 00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:16,716 This has nothing to do with raven and frog but it has 293 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:19,385 everything to do about me and my blood. 294 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:22,355 The Kiks.adi Killer right here. 295 00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:25,358 RJ: I think I'll name mine after my favorite thing about 296 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:28,895 Alaska is, uh, up in Peril Straits. 297 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:31,063 It's the sunset. 298 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:33,132 So just name it Peril sky. 299 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:36,903 ROBERT: I like it. Peril sky and Kiks.adi Killer. 300 00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:38,438 Here we come. 301 00:15:38,438 --> 00:15:39,872 I say, we go set these bad boys. 302 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:41,774 RJ: Looks good here. ROBERT: Cheers. 303 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:43,776 Let's get outta here. 304 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:45,845 SONTA: The first sign of spring, 305 00:15:45,845 --> 00:15:48,414 you're itching to do some geese hunting, 306 00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:51,284 and it's an itch that needs to get scratched. 307 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:55,121 Once you hear any sounds in the sky, 308 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:57,256 the place you wanna be is out on the land, 309 00:15:57,256 --> 00:15:59,158 waiting in your blind. 310 00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:05,398 SONTA: Duck. CHEVIE: What's that? Where? 311 00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:07,533 SONTA: No, I hear it. CHEVIE: I hear it too. 312 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:08,901 SONTA: Back there somewhere. 313 00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:09,936 Sounds like it's already in the water. 314 00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:11,504 (whistles) 315 00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:13,372 SONTA: Quack, quack, quack. CHEVIE: Was it quack? 316 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:15,007 I thought I heard its wings. 317 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:17,043 SONTA: No, that was quacking. 318 00:16:17,043 --> 00:16:18,678 CHEVIE: Mallard. SONTA: Probably. 319 00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:19,979 It did sound a little Mallard-ish. 320 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,714 CHEVIE: Ooh. There's nothing like sticking a good, 321 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:25,952 nice big fat Mallard in a goose roast too. 322 00:16:25,952 --> 00:16:30,990 And just having a little extra side dish there to... 323 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:38,264 (imitating geese calls) 324 00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:40,166 SONTA: They're just going down right on the, 325 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,167 right on the lake. 326 00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:42,568 No. Look to your left, 327 00:16:42,568 --> 00:16:45,705 down low, super low, they're on the lake. 328 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,540 Get ready. 329 00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:52,044 (quacking) 330 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:54,180 (gunshots) 331 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:58,117 (gunshots) 332 00:16:58,117 --> 00:17:00,386 SONTA: Nice shot. 333 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:02,588 Two out there, Chev. 334 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:04,223 Good. There's another one out there, Thor, look. 335 00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:05,424 Good boy. 336 00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:08,594 CHEVIE: Bring it here. SONTA: Yeah. Good job. 337 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:09,662 Go get the other one. 338 00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:11,097 Good boy. Good boy. 339 00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:14,066 CHEVIE: Good dog. SONTA: Look at him go. 340 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,935 CHEVIE: Yeah. SONTA: Good boy. 341 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:18,070 CHEVIE: They were coming into those decoys for sure. 342 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:19,505 SONTA: Yeah. CHEVIE: And that open water. 343 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:20,806 Good boy. Come on, Thor. 344 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:22,675 SONTA: Good boy. Oh, he's happy. 345 00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:24,377 CHEVIE: He's got such a soft mouth. 346 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:26,012 What a good boy. 347 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:28,848 SONTA: This is gonna go right into the pot tonight. 348 00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:33,753 SAMANTHA: It takes a lot to run a farm. 349 00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:36,489 We definitely don't have unlimited resources. 350 00:17:36,489 --> 00:17:41,260 We have to make things last as long as we can to sustain ourselves. 351 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:48,768 (geese screeching) 352 00:17:54,473 --> 00:17:56,075 NATHAN: Come on. Get outta there. 353 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:58,144 SAMANTHA: Come on, guys. NATHAN: Get. Get. 354 00:17:58,144 --> 00:18:01,547 SAMANTHA: Get outta the way. NATHAN: Get. Norman, go. 355 00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:03,683 Since this wall of snow melted, 356 00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:07,086 all the animals are raiding the grain building. 357 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,788 SAMANTHA: This place is a mess. 358 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:11,324 NATHAN: Yeah, an absolute disaster. 359 00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:12,525 SAMANTHA: Ugh. 360 00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,527 NATHAN: They ate all the supplemental goat feed, 361 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:18,264 the supplemental cow feed, all of our chicken feed. 362 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:21,100 And now we have, we have half of tub there, 363 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:23,669 like a third of a tub in there. 364 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:27,740 So all together we have, not even a full tub of oats left. 365 00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:28,841 So. 366 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,443 SAMANTHA: They ate, like, whole tubs of grain or 367 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:32,111 something like that in the last... 368 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,346 NATHAN: I don't know. SAMANTHA: Two, three weeks. 369 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:34,747 NATHAN: More than I even wanna think about. 370 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:35,848 SAMANTHA: Oh, my gosh. 371 00:18:35,848 --> 00:18:37,450 NATHAN: It's great that they're all fat and happy, 372 00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,685 but it comes a point where you gotta fix a problem and 373 00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:41,087 put a stop to it. 374 00:18:41,087 --> 00:18:44,190 SAMANTHA: I think it's about time to build a door. 375 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:46,092 NATHAN: Yeah, we should probably take care of that. 376 00:18:46,092 --> 00:18:47,860 SAMANTHA: Yeah, I think so. 377 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:48,995 NATHAN: I've been kind of putting off the door, 378 00:18:48,995 --> 00:18:50,863 'cause I don't know how exactly we're gonna do it. 379 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:52,064 I mean, we have these hinges here. 380 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:53,899 We could just work off there, I guess, 381 00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:58,537 but kind of in odd places, but it could probably work. 382 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:00,072 SAMANTHA: Right? NATHAN: It'd be something. 383 00:19:00,072 --> 00:19:01,774 Something's better than nothing at this point. 384 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:04,176 Or we're gonna be out of food for the ducks, chickens, 385 00:19:04,176 --> 00:19:05,511 and the geese. 386 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:07,446 And our goats are getting fat off all the grain. 387 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,583 SAMANTHA: It's time to try to get them back into pens and 388 00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:13,185 get this covered up. 389 00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:18,658 Ow. 390 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:22,461 NATHAN: The Alaskan way. Make it work for now. 391 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,363 SAMANTHA: Yeah. NATHAN: Until it don't work. 392 00:19:24,363 --> 00:19:27,466 And then make it work again. 393 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:38,144 All right. Let's test it out. 394 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:41,914 SAMANTHA: It looks good. NATHAN: The question is... 395 00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:43,549 SAMANTHA: Pfft. Psh. 396 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:45,584 (laughs) 397 00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:50,523 SAMANTHA: It's gonna be interesting. 398 00:19:50,523 --> 00:19:54,093 At the end of the day, it just has to keep them out. 399 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:02,702 NATHAN: All right. SAMANTHA: That's not too bad. 400 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:04,103 It's a little ugly, but yeah. 401 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,971 NATHAN: Like I said, fitting a square inside of a circle. 402 00:20:05,971 --> 00:20:08,074 SAMANTHA: It's functional. 403 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:12,111 NATHAN: Give this gate a test. 404 00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:17,149 (rattling can) 405 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:21,520 The big beef is coming. 406 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,124 (rattling can) 407 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:30,830 What you gonna do? 408 00:20:30,830 --> 00:20:31,897 Well, if the cow jumped over the moon, 409 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:33,432 hopefully it doesn't jump over the gate. 410 00:20:33,432 --> 00:20:35,067 (geese screeching) 411 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,802 SAMANTHA: Oh, the geese are mad. 412 00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:38,971 NATHAN: We may end up modifying the bottom, 413 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:43,242 but it seems to have visually deterred the goats. 414 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:46,712 Lily is giving it a sniff, uh, 415 00:20:46,712 --> 00:20:48,647 testing the quality. 416 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:51,584 Professor is smart enough to figure it out. 417 00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:54,353 'Cause, of course, he's a professor. 418 00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:58,824 SAMANTHA: It definitely seemed to keep them from going in though. 419 00:20:58,824 --> 00:21:00,993 I'm content with that. 420 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:03,796 So let's just, uh, hope and pray that holds and 421 00:21:03,796 --> 00:21:06,632 maybe clean up and work on the next project. 422 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:10,970 NATHAN: Yeah, let's get to it. SAMANTHA: Sounds good. 423 00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:16,809 ROBERT: If you live on a coastal community in Alaska, 424 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:20,880 the halibut is a prime source of protein for you. 425 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,248 Halibut are so valuable. 426 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:25,684 'Cause you can go get a couple 60-pounders out there. 427 00:21:25,684 --> 00:21:29,021 That's enough meat to get a family through the winter. 428 00:21:34,260 --> 00:21:36,028 RJ: Yeah. I mean, anywhere out here now is good. 429 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:37,863 We're in the depth range. 430 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:40,299 I think this is a pretty solid spot. 431 00:21:40,299 --> 00:21:41,934 I'm excited to see what the heck this thing does. 432 00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:44,103 ROBERT: Yeah, me too. RJ: You got yours. I got mine. 433 00:21:44,103 --> 00:21:46,138 They're both engineered the same. 434 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:47,606 ROBERT: Looks like a beaver. RJ: Yeah. 435 00:21:47,606 --> 00:21:48,874 ROBERT: With a big tooth coming out. 436 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:49,942 Pretty cool. 437 00:21:49,942 --> 00:21:51,243 RJ: Yeah. 438 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:55,147 ROBERT: Well, let's go put the Peril sky and the Kiks.adi Killer. 439 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,383 Well, let's do two metal hooks and two wood hooks. 440 00:21:57,383 --> 00:21:58,984 RJ: Yeah. Make it a fair chase. 441 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,553 ROBERT: Yeah. Let's see what happens. 442 00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:02,621 RJ: When we're ready to pull it in about four or five hours. 443 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:06,358 Hopefully, the hooks that we made have some fish on 'em. 444 00:22:06,358 --> 00:22:08,727 ROBERT: My goal is not to come home with 445 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:11,130 2,000 pounds of halibut today. 446 00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:14,400 My goal is to catch a halibut on one of these wood hooks. 447 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,535 RJ: I think we'll have a good chance of being in 448 00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:18,637 the territory of some halibut. 449 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:21,106 The question is whether or not we catch one on the halibut hook 450 00:22:21,106 --> 00:22:23,475 that we make, or we catch one on the circle hook. 451 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:26,779 You know, now that I see how this is, uh... 452 00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:28,147 ROBERT: You can see all the work. 453 00:22:28,147 --> 00:22:29,148 RJ: Put on here. 454 00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:30,416 I have a lot of confidence in this. 455 00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:31,650 I think this is gonna crush it. 456 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:33,052 ROBERT: I think so too. 457 00:22:33,052 --> 00:22:34,520 Look at it. It's pretty awesome. 458 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,989 RJ: That barb is sharp. ROBERT: Oh, yeah. 459 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:38,624 RJ: I mean, it's super sharp. 460 00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:40,092 ROBERT: All we gotta do is just get a lip under there and they're caught, huh? 461 00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:44,964 RJ: Yeah. First hook going over. 462 00:22:45,431 --> 00:22:47,099 ROBERT: Oh, there's the Kiks.adi Killer 463 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,400 going in the water. 464 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,637 RJ: Yup. 465 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:54,974 Last one. 466 00:22:54,974 --> 00:22:58,210 ROBERT: Sweet, four hooks. 467 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:01,580 I'm feeling pretty good about them. 468 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:04,416 We're gonna let them soak and then we're gonna check them all. 469 00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:06,352 Look at him, he's holding his tail up. 470 00:23:06,352 --> 00:23:07,453 Look at that. 471 00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:09,121 RJ: Yeah. ROBERT: That's freaking cool. 472 00:23:09,121 --> 00:23:12,291 Wow. 473 00:23:12,291 --> 00:23:13,959 Oh, a big old gray whale. 474 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:16,362 It's pretty. 475 00:23:19,999 --> 00:23:23,035 It's always cool to see some gray whales out here. 476 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:28,374 Three of 'em right here. 477 00:23:28,374 --> 00:23:30,776 They're having a party. 478 00:23:30,776 --> 00:23:33,846 The wildlife opportunities out here are unreal. 479 00:23:33,846 --> 00:23:36,515 It never gets old every time you see it. 480 00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:38,117 It's like the first time for me. 481 00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:41,453 And so, I'm always living in the moment and 482 00:23:41,453 --> 00:23:44,256 I'm always appreciating the moment. 483 00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:47,126 I can't wait for the next moments to happen. 484 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:53,599 You want to check these hooks about every two to five hours. 485 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,668 If you don't catch a halibut in the first couple hours, 486 00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:58,704 odds are a bunch of little rock fish and all kinds of other fish 487 00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:00,773 that are down there are gonna pluck the bait all off. 488 00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:03,242 And you're just gonna have wood floating in the bottom of the ocean. 489 00:24:04,076 --> 00:24:08,213 That buoy's, uh, going underwater, RJ. 490 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:10,115 RJ: Oh, man. 491 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:13,852 Either we set it too deep or there's something on there. 492 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:15,854 ROBERT: I think there's something on there. 493 00:24:16,889 --> 00:24:18,891 RJ: Got it. 494 00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:28,600 There might be something on there. 495 00:24:32,137 --> 00:24:33,539 Oh, there's something on there. 496 00:24:34,773 --> 00:24:37,576 ROBERT: There's something really heavy. 497 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:42,381 RJ: Oh, it did just get really light. 498 00:24:42,381 --> 00:24:44,717 ROBERT: It did? RJ: Yeah. 499 00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:46,585 ROBERT: Uh-oh, I wonder if something, um... 500 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:49,855 RJ: Maybe that anchor or something snagged on the bottom? 501 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:53,058 ROBERT: Definitely felt like there was something on there. 502 00:24:54,026 --> 00:24:58,530 RJ: Ooh, I think I just felt a tug. 503 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,803 Light again, really light. 504 00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:09,375 There's something going on 'cause that was really heavy for a minute. 505 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:12,778 Ooh, there was a tug. 506 00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:14,313 ROBERT: You felt a head shake? RJ: Something tugged it. 507 00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:16,415 The line slipped from my hand a little bit. 508 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:18,684 ROBERT: Oh, that's good, that's a good sign. 509 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:21,220 All right, we're getting close. 510 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:28,260 RJ: I got some color here. ROBERT: Color's good. 511 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:30,529 RJ: Here's my hook, in there. 512 00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:34,033 It's a halibut, big halibut. 513 00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:35,000 That's on the circle hook. 514 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,135 ROBERT: That's okay. 515 00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:37,870 RJ: But my hook got tangled up in that halibut. 516 00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:39,238 ROBERT: Yeah, your bait got gone. 517 00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:41,306 That thing drug it along, that's a keeper size... 518 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:43,175 RJ: Yeah. ROBERT: 100-pounder. 519 00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,778 RJ: Something might have been on mine and chewed the bait off. 520 00:25:45,778 --> 00:25:47,713 ROBERT: It definitely got the bait. 521 00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:50,649 Circle hook's one, wood hook zero. 522 00:25:52,618 --> 00:25:55,487 RJ: Right on, we got one. Good. 523 00:25:55,487 --> 00:25:57,890 ROBERT: Still, I don't feel one on Kiks.adi Killer down there, 524 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:01,794 so I think this guy got it and drug that whole line a quarter mile. 525 00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:03,996 But your barb and everything's still just how you made it. 526 00:26:03,996 --> 00:26:05,431 That hook is so pretty. 527 00:26:05,431 --> 00:26:07,933 RJ: I wonder if it got... ROBERT: Tangled on the way down. 528 00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:10,069 RJ: Tangled on the way down or, it shouldn't have gotten tangled 529 00:26:10,069 --> 00:26:13,138 on the way down 'cause it was above the line. 530 00:26:13,138 --> 00:26:15,541 ROBERT: Perfect size halibut to keep out here. 531 00:26:15,541 --> 00:26:17,209 RJ: Yeah, this one's a beauty. 532 00:26:17,209 --> 00:26:18,811 ROBERT: Yeah, good eater right there. 533 00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:20,112 RJ: You don't think there's another one? 534 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,680 ROBERT: I don't know there's nothing tugging or anything. 535 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,382 I am interested to see my hook though, 536 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:24,716 see what happened. 537 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:26,518 RJ: Yeah. 538 00:26:27,653 --> 00:26:28,821 ROBERT: Look at it, Arge. 539 00:26:28,821 --> 00:26:30,923 It's floating, just like it's supposed to, bait's gone. 540 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:32,724 RJ: Yeah, bait's gone, something ate it. 541 00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:36,929 ROBERT: Set this thing in the morning again, 542 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:38,831 give it another shot tomorrow, just the wood. 543 00:26:38,831 --> 00:26:41,967 RJ: Yeah, just the wood hooks. 544 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:43,502 ROBERT: Good job, Arge. 545 00:26:43,502 --> 00:26:44,703 RJ: We got a halibut, we know how to catch halibut. 546 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:45,771 ROBERT: That's for sure. 547 00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:46,705 RJ: Now, we gotta try to catch it on that hook. 548 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:47,706 ROBERT: Yup. 549 00:26:50,075 --> 00:26:51,910 JOHNNY: Taking my canoe upriver, 550 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:54,279 that's a pretty difficult task. 551 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:58,050 It's getting mushy, slushy. 552 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:01,820 Been weaving back and forth between the trees. 553 00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:04,723 It's proving to be a little bit more challenging. 554 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:20,739 JOHNNY: Yeah, these are big wolf tracks right here. 555 00:27:20,739 --> 00:27:23,008 These are nice. 556 00:27:23,008 --> 00:27:27,980 You know, if my hand was a paw, it's, you know, 557 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,715 pretty much the same size. 558 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,884 That's like alpha wolf size right there. 559 00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:33,685 Like, these are just a couple days old, so. 560 00:27:33,685 --> 00:27:35,354 And if there's wolves around, then, 561 00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:37,189 you know, generally, there's other animals around, 562 00:27:37,189 --> 00:27:39,291 so that's, kind of, nice. 563 00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:42,294 Maybe I'll see some game up the trail. 564 00:27:42,294 --> 00:27:46,064 That'll scare 'em off with the snow machine and this canoe. 565 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,302 Glare ice. 566 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:55,407 It's frozen solid, which is good but very, very slippery. 567 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,876 You can lose control pretty quick on a snow machine if 568 00:27:57,876 --> 00:27:59,411 you don't have studs on your track, 569 00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:01,480 I don't have studs on it. 570 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,917 But I just wanna make sure the ice is thick enough to go around it. 571 00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:07,152 It's pretty wet stuff in here. 572 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,321 The last thing I wanna do is get stuck in overflow man, 573 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:10,789 this stuff is a mess. 574 00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:13,125 Oh, my God. 575 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,931 I would never make it in this, two-foot of water almost. 576 00:28:20,132 --> 00:28:23,168 Look at this, it's just water. 577 00:28:24,236 --> 00:28:26,972 (bleep) that's cold. 578 00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:29,074 I'm just gonna stay on this trail, 579 00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:32,077 get across this glare ice, try to keep control of the sled. 580 00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:34,713 I'm not going to go into the overflow here because 581 00:28:34,713 --> 00:28:36,982 I'm just gonna get stuck. 582 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:41,086 So, I gotta get some momentum and just try to shoot across 583 00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:43,956 without going sideways and jackpack it. 584 00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:50,128 All right, baby, come on. 585 00:28:58,437 --> 00:29:00,772 (laughs) 586 00:29:00,772 --> 00:29:03,675 Woo! Yes, we did it. 587 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:07,613 Just a couple miles short of the goal. 588 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:09,881 My hands are frozen, man. 589 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:16,188 NATHAN: The work doesn't stop once you get one job done. 590 00:29:16,188 --> 00:29:18,857 It's on to the next and there's a lot of things you're kind of 591 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:20,459 forced into learning and a lot of things 592 00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:22,094 you're forced into doing. 593 00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:23,996 You don't really have a choice out here. 594 00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,408 NATHAN: Jerk. 595 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:42,014 This is pretty destroyed. 596 00:29:42,014 --> 00:29:45,517 I'll grab my grinder, we'll cut off all the destroyed parts, 597 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:49,087 take a measurement, cut those to size and 598 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:51,623 we'll just slap them on the inside here. 599 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:54,426 And we can U nail it into the post there. 600 00:29:54,426 --> 00:29:57,896 You can use that, uh, baling twine on the other side there 601 00:29:57,896 --> 00:29:59,498 just to tie it in. 602 00:29:59,498 --> 00:30:00,766 ADRIEN: Pretty early. NATHAN: I think. 603 00:30:00,766 --> 00:30:02,601 That's the plan anyways. 604 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:12,344 SAMANTHA: I love nap hour on the farm, 605 00:30:12,344 --> 00:30:14,913 the animals are all being really quiet and nice right now. 606 00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:19,217 NATHAN: Yeah, mostly. SAMANTHA: Mostly. 607 00:30:19,217 --> 00:30:21,887 It's about time we get the animals back in, huh? 608 00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:23,455 NATHAN: Yup. 609 00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:25,457 SAMANTHA: Yeah, their reign of terror is over. 610 00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:27,392 NATHAN: The sooner the better. SAMANTHA: Yeah. 611 00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:28,860 NATHAN: They're catching on to us, though. 612 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:30,395 SAMANTHA: They're figuring it out. 613 00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:31,563 What's up butter bean? 614 00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:33,598 AISLYN: I wanna be in your hands. 615 00:30:33,598 --> 00:30:35,167 SAMANTHA: You wanna be in my hands? 616 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,169 AISLYN: Yeah, I wanna be in your hands. 617 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:40,205 SAMANTHA: Well, it looks like you guys got this part handled. 618 00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:45,310 So, I might leave you two to it and find another project to work 619 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:47,245 on maybe with the girls here in a little bit. 620 00:30:47,245 --> 00:30:50,482 NATHAN: Yeah, the, the goats getting them back in their pen 621 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:51,883 would be a good one. 622 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:54,453 SAMANTHA: Yeah, putting that latch on and working with the, uh, 623 00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:58,323 the drill and whatnot or the, the impact driver if you will. 624 00:30:58,323 --> 00:31:00,258 AISLYN: Mom, look. NATHAN: I know. 625 00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:01,593 SAMANTHA: It's fine, he's not gonna come get us. 626 00:31:01,593 --> 00:31:02,761 AISLYN: It's scary. 627 00:31:02,761 --> 00:31:04,096 SAMANTHA: And if he does, I'll go, and he'll run away. 628 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:06,231 I'm gonna leave you fellas to it and I'll, uh, 629 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:08,300 I'll catch up with you whenever you're done so 630 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,601 we can do our project. 631 00:31:09,601 --> 00:31:11,269 NATHAN: Okay. SAMANTHA: We'll see you later. 632 00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:13,138 (laughs) 633 00:31:13,138 --> 00:31:15,440 NATHAN: Oh, here comes the goat. 634 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,578 NATHAN: There's Smooch chasing around. 635 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:20,579 ADRIEN: Good girl, Smooch. 636 00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:21,947 NATHAN: Smooch what are you doing? 637 00:31:21,947 --> 00:31:23,482 ADRIEN: Good girl. 638 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:25,417 NATHAN: Are you just tormenting them for fun? 639 00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:27,319 ADRIEN: Well, they torment her. NATHAN: That's not your job. 640 00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:29,888 ADRIEN: So I mean. She's walking along with Moses. 641 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,858 (laughter) 642 00:31:32,858 --> 00:31:36,294 SAMANTHA: Everything's kind of starting to regain order, 643 00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:39,464 it's time for the goats to get back in their pen too. 644 00:31:39,464 --> 00:31:43,802 Every animal needs like their own kind of space, the goat... 645 00:31:43,802 --> 00:31:45,036 Oops, sorry, honey. 646 00:31:45,036 --> 00:31:48,140 The goats don't necessarily get along with the sheep too well. 647 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:51,777 They do pretty well with the cows and stuff but 648 00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:55,247 it's just nicer when they have their own outdoor shelter. 649 00:31:55,247 --> 00:32:00,051 So, I've got to put a latch on that gate and 650 00:32:00,051 --> 00:32:03,088 dig out so it can close a little bit better. 651 00:32:03,088 --> 00:32:05,557 NATHAN: We can't have them running around like this. 652 00:32:05,557 --> 00:32:07,325 The few months that they were doing it, 653 00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:09,661 they enjoyed their freedom but enough is enough and 654 00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:11,396 we gotta put a stop to it. 655 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:13,365 So that's what we're gonna do. 656 00:32:14,099 --> 00:32:15,567 ADRIEN: Ow. NATHAN: Careful. 657 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,302 As the weather's warming up, 658 00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:20,539 the kids are outside playing more, hanging out around the animals, 659 00:32:20,539 --> 00:32:22,407 so that's a, a big concern. 660 00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:25,811 We don't want the kids getting trampled by a cow or 661 00:32:25,811 --> 00:32:28,346 rammed by a goat or any of the above. 662 00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:30,048 Norman's coming to fight you. 663 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:31,616 He doesn't like what you're doing. 664 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:34,719 ADRIEN: Well, too bad so sad Norman. 665 00:32:34,719 --> 00:32:36,988 You're gonna have to live with it. 666 00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:38,256 (laughs) 667 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:40,192 NATHAN: You got beef? 668 00:32:42,093 --> 00:32:44,095 SAMANTHA: It's really important for them to get back 669 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:48,934 in and just get the farm a little bit more organized. 670 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:56,408 NATHAN: Well should we test out this fence? 671 00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:00,278 Yeah, you know what we're doing, don't you? 672 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:02,547 She's gonna jump in. 673 00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:06,084 Guarantee it. Nope. 674 00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:11,156 Let's go. 675 00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:12,891 (laughs) 676 00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:17,496 Lure these guys in? 677 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:27,172 (rooster crows) 678 00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:31,309 ADRIEN: It's in there. NATHAN: Come on. Get. 679 00:33:31,309 --> 00:33:35,146 ADRIEN: Good boy. Good boy. 680 00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:40,619 NATHAN: It ain't perfect, but it's good enough. 681 00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:43,522 Keep them out of our way and hopefully keep them contained. 682 00:33:46,992 --> 00:33:48,860 SAMANTHA: I think it's gonna hold them and now 683 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:51,796 it's just time to go get the goats. 684 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:57,569 Honestly, I don't know who I would be if I hadn't been called to Alaska. 685 00:33:57,569 --> 00:34:01,740 This, this place is turning me into a person that I think 686 00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:03,608 my younger me would really, 687 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:06,745 really admire and I hope my kids do too. 688 00:34:07,946 --> 00:34:10,382 NATHAN: Cows are in, goat are in, sheep are in. 689 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:11,917 SAMANTHA: We're, were so... 690 00:34:11,917 --> 00:34:13,218 NATHAN: Grain building's blocked off. 691 00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:15,253 (sighs) 692 00:34:15,253 --> 00:34:17,222 SAMANTHA: You mean we actually get to like rest? 693 00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:20,292 NATHAN: No, I didn't say that. SAMANTHA: Oh, okay. 694 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:24,829 RJ: This is the open ocean. 695 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:29,901 It constantly changes and can sometimes be extremely dangerous water. 696 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:32,571 Where you kind of have to be on your toes at all times. 697 00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:40,712 ROBERT: We're only gonna try the wood hooks today. 698 00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:42,447 RJ: Yeah, I think I'm gonna stick with the herring, 699 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,049 you're gonna try some squid, huh? 700 00:34:44,049 --> 00:34:46,785 ROBERT: Yeah, give them a combo meal and 701 00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:48,053 put a little bit of each on the hook. 702 00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:50,255 They might fish a little longer than the herring, 703 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:52,190 that's my goal, kind of my goal. 704 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:56,061 RJ: If it stinks and it throws out a scent, they'll eat it. 705 00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:00,432 Maybe today is a different day. 706 00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:02,133 ROBERT: Put a couple of them up towards the top and then a little bit of 707 00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:03,868 herring down here to camouflage it, 708 00:35:03,868 --> 00:35:06,705 maybe they'll just come and suck it right in. 709 00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:13,745 RJ: Good. 710 00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:16,214 ROBERT: Let's go to the beach, Arge. 711 00:35:22,087 --> 00:35:24,155 We can get up in there, behind that rock maybe a little bit, 712 00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:25,223 see if we can get in there, 713 00:35:25,223 --> 00:35:26,625 and find a place to get to the beach. 714 00:35:26,625 --> 00:35:27,859 RJ: Yeah. 715 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:29,728 ROBERT: It doesn't look too promising from right here, 716 00:35:29,728 --> 00:35:32,263 but we can go up below closer and see what, 717 00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:34,299 see if there's a chance. 718 00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,534 There's a pretty decent swell rolling in today 719 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:37,569 even though it's not windy. 720 00:35:37,569 --> 00:35:38,903 There must be something brewing up out 721 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:40,505 in the ocean that's pretty big. 722 00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:42,340 It can get scary pretty quick. 723 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:45,443 RJ: The waves are huge and it's not really looking like there's 724 00:35:45,443 --> 00:35:48,346 an option to get to the shore today. 725 00:35:48,346 --> 00:35:50,215 Kind of a little bummed but, you know, 726 00:35:50,215 --> 00:35:53,685 we get lucky to be out here this time of the year. 727 00:35:53,685 --> 00:35:58,156 It's good weather window and it's absolutely incredible. 728 00:35:59,758 --> 00:36:02,027 Bunch of Bald Eagles. 729 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,499 ROBERT: Is that right? 730 00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:10,068 (bellows) 731 00:36:10,068 --> 00:36:11,970 Pretty wild out here. 732 00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,838 RJ: Are you ready to go check the hooks? 733 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:15,940 ROBERT: See if old Kiks.Adi killer and 734 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:18,376 Peril sky talked to any halibut into it. 735 00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:19,678 RJ: All right, I'm excited. 736 00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:21,613 ROBERT: All right, let's go. 737 00:36:29,387 --> 00:36:32,490 RJ: We should see it by now. 738 00:36:32,490 --> 00:36:34,292 It should be right on top of it. 739 00:36:34,292 --> 00:36:35,627 ROBERT: Comb the area. 740 00:36:35,627 --> 00:36:38,763 I hope we can find it, we put a lot of work into those hooks. 741 00:36:46,705 --> 00:36:48,807 RJ: Big swells. ROBERT: Totally. 742 00:36:48,807 --> 00:36:50,575 RJ: Yeah. 743 00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:53,044 ROBERT: Should be right in this spot, 744 00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:54,779 this is exactly where we set it. 745 00:36:54,779 --> 00:36:57,082 Not seeing nothing. 746 00:36:57,082 --> 00:37:00,285 The odds are pretty good that it's gone forever. 747 00:37:00,285 --> 00:37:02,987 RJ: It's all part of the game. 748 00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:06,491 It's fishing, not catching. 749 00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,860 What do you think, just keep looking for a little while? 750 00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:11,162 ROBERT: Just drive circles for another hour and 751 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:13,198 maybe it'll pop up. 752 00:37:17,302 --> 00:37:19,404 SONTA: In a land like this you really have to take care of 753 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:23,875 one another and as a hunter the majority of what you get 754 00:37:23,875 --> 00:37:27,011 from the land, you give out to everyone else. 755 00:37:27,011 --> 00:37:30,115 To elders, to family, to people that don't have anyone 756 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:32,283 to hunt for them. 757 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:34,819 That's something that we just know we have to do; 758 00:37:34,819 --> 00:37:36,621 to take care of one another. 759 00:37:47,432 --> 00:37:49,134 SONTA: Holy smokes, there's a bunch, Chev. 760 00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:51,569 CHEVIE: Stay down, stay down. SONTA: Okay, okay. 761 00:37:53,705 --> 00:37:57,509 (quacking) 762 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,878 (gunshot) 763 00:38:00,812 --> 00:38:03,214 Good shot. Yee! 764 00:38:03,214 --> 00:38:05,784 CHEVIE: Give me some. SONTA: Way to go, way to go. 765 00:38:07,452 --> 00:38:09,254 Good boy, Thor. 766 00:38:09,254 --> 00:38:11,756 CHEVIE: Good dog. One shot, one kill. 767 00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:12,857 (quacking) 768 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:14,893 SONTA: I hear more up this way. 769 00:38:15,193 --> 00:38:20,732 (quacking) 770 00:38:22,033 --> 00:38:23,001 (gunshot) 771 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:27,372 (gunshots) 772 00:38:27,372 --> 00:38:28,873 CHEVIE: Woo, good shot, Sonta. 773 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:30,475 SONTA: Going down. 774 00:38:30,475 --> 00:38:31,643 CHEVIE: That was distance right there. 775 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:32,811 SONTA: Thanks. 776 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:33,878 CHEVIE: Was that your last shot you get it on? 777 00:38:33,878 --> 00:38:35,146 SONTA: Second. CHEVIE: Second, huh? 778 00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:36,514 SONTA: Yeah. CHEVIE: That was out there. 779 00:38:36,514 --> 00:38:37,882 SONTA: That was a good reach. 780 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:39,651 I felt like that was gonna happen. 781 00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:42,253 I wasn't quite sure and then, "Oh, yeah." 782 00:38:42,253 --> 00:38:44,455 You know, it starts going down, it's a good feeling. 783 00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:46,257 That's a good boy, that's a good boy. 784 00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:47,625 CHEVIE: Good boy, Thor! 785 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:49,227 Some dogs they'll get, they'll... 786 00:38:49,227 --> 00:38:51,196 With a goose they might get a little intimidated 'cause they're so big. 787 00:38:51,196 --> 00:38:52,463 SONTA: Right. 788 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:53,765 CHEVIE: He doesn't seem to back down though. 789 00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:56,167 SONTA: Oh. No, he's loving it out here right now. 790 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,736 I just wanna make sure to capitalize on this time and 791 00:38:58,736 --> 00:39:01,806 get as many birds as we can. 792 00:39:01,806 --> 00:39:03,508 CHEVIE: Two guns is better than one. 793 00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:06,511 SONTA: Yeah, two of us shooting, double our chances. 794 00:39:06,511 --> 00:39:08,780 CHEVIE: I'm done hunting when our freezers are full. 795 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:12,150 So, we're going to get it done and get as many geese as we can. 796 00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:21,426 JOHNNY: It was a hell of a journey today. 797 00:39:21,426 --> 00:39:25,496 Feels good to reach the goal, you know. 798 00:39:27,098 --> 00:39:30,869 Because the river threw pretty much everything it could at me, 799 00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:33,671 boots kind of just frozen at this point. 800 00:39:35,974 --> 00:39:38,476 You know, you always want things to just work perfectly, 801 00:39:38,476 --> 00:39:43,848 and you end up having to go through hell and high water. 802 00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:46,084 But I'm super grateful. 803 00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:48,386 Ah, that feels nice. 804 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,956 So, at this point I gotta get this canoe hung up, 805 00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:55,293 tied up high into one of these trees. 806 00:39:56,294 --> 00:40:01,566 Come back in early fall, bring the rifle, bring Java, 807 00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:06,004 and we just float down the river. 808 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:19,050 ROBERT: I'm frustrated. 809 00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:22,220 Can't find this buoy, where's that damn thing at? 810 00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:24,289 It should be like right in here. 811 00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:27,992 We'll just gonna put a weight on here in the bottom of it and 812 00:40:27,992 --> 00:40:29,360 drag this thing around. 813 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,195 If I can go across the ways to the current maybe, 814 00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:35,133 we can hook onto the line if that buoy's like ten feet under it. 815 00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:46,244 The good thing about it is, 816 00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:49,247 that hook's made out of wood, bone, and spruce root. 817 00:40:49,247 --> 00:40:52,450 We harvested the material to make these hooks from nature, 818 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,852 they went back to nature. 819 00:40:57,255 --> 00:40:59,857 Well, let's pull that rope thing and head back. 820 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:03,795 Alaska's tough. Alaska took my halibut hook. 821 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,264 Alaska's taken some of my friends. 822 00:41:06,264 --> 00:41:10,268 But Alaska's also given us everything that we possibly need 823 00:41:10,268 --> 00:41:13,204 to thrive and survive here. 824 00:41:14,672 --> 00:41:18,343 It's an amazing place, and we gotta treat it with respect. 825 00:41:28,019 --> 00:41:30,021 SONTA: Well, I think it's done, Chev. 826 00:41:30,021 --> 00:41:32,290 CHEVIE: This is what we live for. 827 00:41:32,290 --> 00:41:34,325 SONTA: That's a beauty. 828 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:36,661 CHEVIE: There it is. SONTA: Mm-hmm. 829 00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:37,829 (quacks) 830 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:38,997 I'm hearing birds. 831 00:41:38,997 --> 00:41:40,898 Better make that quick buddy. 832 00:41:43,735 --> 00:41:48,439 (quacking) 833 00:41:48,439 --> 00:41:49,774 Look how low. 834 00:41:49,774 --> 00:41:52,710 (imitating geese calls) 835 00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:55,179 CHEVIE: I'll grab our goose and bring it into the blind with us 836 00:41:55,179 --> 00:41:56,781 and we can snack on it while we're hunting, 837 00:41:56,781 --> 00:41:57,815 let's get in there. 838 00:41:57,815 --> 00:42:00,051 SONTA: All right. 839 00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:04,622 We feel a lot more secure when we have birds heading to the freezer, 840 00:42:04,622 --> 00:42:07,558 just a great time to be around a campfire a little bit, 841 00:42:07,558 --> 00:42:09,560 do some hunting at the same time. 842 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,197 We enjoy eating what we're shooting. 843 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:28,413 SAMANTHA: See. Ooh! 844 00:42:28,413 --> 00:42:30,415 NATHAN: Here comes another. 845 00:42:30,415 --> 00:42:31,749 (gasps) 846 00:42:31,749 --> 00:42:34,085 (puppy yipping) 847 00:42:34,085 --> 00:42:37,288 AISLYN: Whoa. NATHAN: There he is. 848 00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:41,592 SAMANTHA: Good job on this. AISLYN: So cute. 849 00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:44,762 SAMANTHA: All the puppies are coming out super healthy, 850 00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:48,399 they all are just beautiful and happy and they're going straight 851 00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:51,102 to nursing, so this is a good batch of puppies. 852 00:42:51,102 --> 00:42:54,672 And she's doing a really good job at being mom right now. 853 00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:56,574 Good job baby. 854 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:59,243 The kids are doing great, I'm actually really impressed with 855 00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:01,879 the way they're behaving while she's giving birth. 856 00:43:01,879 --> 00:43:05,950 They seem to not mind watching the birth process happen which 857 00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:09,954 is really great because it's just part of farm life out here, 858 00:43:09,954 --> 00:43:12,023 there's a lot of things born so they're gonna see a lot of that 859 00:43:12,023 --> 00:43:14,926 kind of interaction just being on a farm. 860 00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:17,829 It's neat to have them here to witness a live birth 861 00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:19,764 for the first time. 862 00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:24,001 She had nine puppies total, and she is rocking mom life. 863 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:26,537 I'm so proud of you, Olivies. 864 00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:28,473 NATHAN: Probably time to give her a rest and 865 00:43:28,473 --> 00:43:30,007 leave her be for a little bit. 866 00:43:30,975 --> 00:43:35,179 SAMANTHA: Makes me so happy to have a farm back under control. 867 00:43:35,179 --> 00:43:40,017 It is a lot of hard work but I'm not afraid of the labors. 868 00:43:40,017 --> 00:43:43,387 It's a beautiful thing and to be able to do all of this stuff 869 00:43:43,387 --> 00:43:46,491 with your own hands, it's so rewarding. 870 00:43:46,491 --> 00:43:50,027 To be able to go hunt, or fish, 871 00:43:50,027 --> 00:43:53,331 or trap, or raise your own food, you know, 872 00:43:53,331 --> 00:43:55,233 however that may look for you. 873 00:43:55,233 --> 00:43:59,137 That is real freedom and that is what Alaska can offer. 874 00:43:59,403 --> 00:44:00,738 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.