1 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:09,910 JOHNNY: All right Java, this is ghost forest. 2 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:12,412 This is where all the dead standing spruce are. 3 00:00:12,412 --> 00:00:14,948 Mixed in with some of the live ones. 4 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:17,284 But there's just a lot of dead ones in here. 5 00:00:17,584 --> 00:00:20,554 It's kind of a spruce graveyard. 6 00:00:21,388 --> 00:00:24,091 This is where I like to come and get some wood. 7 00:00:24,091 --> 00:00:28,829 Spring's around the corner and what that means, is bears. 8 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,865 Java did you bring your snow shoes? 9 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:35,002 In this winter, I got a snow machine to expand 10 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:36,803 my hunting grounds. 11 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:39,239 But it has oil in it, and it has gas. 12 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:40,707 Come on. 13 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:43,477 Both of those will attract a grizzly bear that could easily 14 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:44,711 destroy it. 15 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,446 You took the trail, cheater. 16 00:00:46,947 --> 00:00:49,082 I have to make sure it's safe. 17 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:52,586 That looks enjoyable man, with the sun beating down, 18 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:55,188 I kind of want to just lay in it. 19 00:00:57,558 --> 00:00:59,726 Time to get up. 20 00:01:00,127 --> 00:01:01,762 Let's do this Java. 21 00:01:01,762 --> 00:01:04,197 Hey, don't worry, I'll break the trail. 22 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:06,266 Don't act like it's difficult. 23 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:08,535 You got the easy job. 24 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:18,412 Whew. 25 00:01:19,046 --> 00:01:22,149 Pretty much what I'm looking for, dead, not too big, 26 00:01:22,149 --> 00:01:24,918 not too small, just right. 27 00:01:27,888 --> 00:01:30,824 Grizzly bears here don't do a good job climbing, so all 28 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:33,727 I have to do is just get it out of reach to where they can't 29 00:01:33,727 --> 00:01:37,297 climb up and mess with it. 30 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:39,533 That's the first one down, what this will be is the 31 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:42,970 beginnings of a platform to elevate my snow machine 32 00:01:42,970 --> 00:01:45,572 off the ground. 33 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:49,076 The seasons just come and go as they please. 34 00:01:49,076 --> 00:01:52,212 They don't follow a calendar, or an itinerary. 35 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,449 It's all about being prepared. 36 00:01:58,118 --> 00:02:03,557 (chainsaw whirring) 37 00:02:04,624 --> 00:02:07,127 Cut this little edge off. 38 00:02:07,761 --> 00:02:10,998 Let me try that again. 39 00:02:10,998 --> 00:02:12,366 (chainsaw whirring) 40 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:14,868 There we go. All right. Let's try this again. 41 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:17,137 (chainsaw dying) 42 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:23,777 Okay. 43 00:02:28,315 --> 00:02:30,917 All right, I'm out of gas. 44 00:02:30,917 --> 00:02:32,519 Nothing comes easy out here. 45 00:02:32,519 --> 00:02:34,254 Man. 46 00:02:34,254 --> 00:02:35,722 It's all about your mindset. 47 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:37,391 Do you want it to be a problem or do you want it to be a new 48 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:39,760 learning experience? 49 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,062 This snow machine's got two gas tanks. 50 00:02:42,062 --> 00:02:45,432 I bet you I could just steal some gas from this machine somehow. 51 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:49,269 There's this line right here, I might be able to just use it 52 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:51,638 as a siphoning hose. 53 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:52,739 Got a hose. 54 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:56,410 Step two. 55 00:02:57,944 --> 00:03:00,047 Oh, we got gas. 56 00:03:02,816 --> 00:03:04,651 This is my little, like, tool container. 57 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:07,287 Spark plugs, nuts, bolts, extra stuff. 58 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:10,123 It's working. 59 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:12,692 Look at that. It's about all I need. 60 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:15,562 Pour this right in my gas tank. 61 00:03:15,896 --> 00:03:18,198 There we go. 62 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:21,368 (chainsaw whirring) 63 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:26,540 There we go. Keep on getting them. 64 00:03:29,643 --> 00:03:30,744 ROBERT: We're burning daylight. 65 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:33,180 I think we need to get some crab pots in the water. 66 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:38,418 My ancestors, they've been crabbing in these waters for generations. 67 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:40,987 Good bait huh, bud? 68 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:43,523 So, it's important for me to pass our traditions on and 69 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:46,159 teach my son those ways of life. 70 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:50,464 Today, we're going to go out a little closer to home, 71 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:52,732 set some crab pots. 72 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:56,636 Maybe we should try one up shallow and three deeper ones. 73 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:58,672 RJ: Yeah, spread them all apart. 74 00:03:58,672 --> 00:04:00,040 ROBERT: Yeah. 75 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,875 We know where the motherload is but we're going to try a 76 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:04,778 new area this time, because if you can find spots closer to 77 00:04:04,778 --> 00:04:06,913 home that aren't overharvested, you can save 78 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:11,118 some gas money and some time, and that's a win for everyone. 79 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:13,620 I want to do like two off of this rock. 80 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:16,256 And then go up and set a couple more up there out in 81 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:17,424 the middle on the deep spot. 82 00:04:17,424 --> 00:04:19,025 RJ: You ever try in this 400 hole? 83 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,393 ROBERT: No, I haven't. 84 00:04:20,393 --> 00:04:23,430 RJ: Off of that Black Rock right there. 85 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:25,832 That looks like a good spot, yeah? 86 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:27,701 ROBERT: I don't know. 87 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,903 If we fish Black Rock in that big Bay up there, 88 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:32,005 we might not get any at all. 89 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:33,740 RJ: There's a lot of current that runs through here and 90 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:36,743 I know that's what we look for whenever we go tanner crabbing. 91 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:40,447 ROBERT: All right, so two here, one up there, 92 00:04:40,447 --> 00:04:42,082 and one back here in the deep hole. 93 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:43,316 See what the heck's out there. 94 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:45,986 RJ: I would love to. ROBERT: All right. 95 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,857 RJ: We're just off of Black Rock about 280 feet. 96 00:04:51,091 --> 00:04:53,994 Tanners, they like to stick to the deep water. 97 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:57,264 We're going to try all over the place and see what there is. 98 00:04:58,231 --> 00:04:59,499 All right, we're good. 99 00:04:59,499 --> 00:05:02,636 ROBERT: All right. I'll go find another spot. 100 00:05:03,436 --> 00:05:05,105 RJ: We got black cod heads in here. 101 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,274 I think that's what's gonna get a bunch of tanners. 102 00:05:07,274 --> 00:05:09,876 They're very oily. 103 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:14,481 We almost spread, like, an oil sheen on the water. 104 00:05:17,217 --> 00:05:19,820 All right, we're good. 105 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:21,955 ROBERT: We're gonna head up to the head of the bay, 106 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:23,156 set Dungey pots. 107 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:26,026 The water depth's between 30 and 90 feet. 108 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:29,062 RJ: In the spring, the ocean is coming to life, and it's 109 00:05:29,062 --> 00:05:32,265 really good for Dungeness and tanner crab, but there's a 110 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:33,967 short season for them. 111 00:05:33,967 --> 00:05:37,504 So, right now, it's time to see what we can go get. 112 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:39,439 ROBERT: So, we want to do is find where the edge of the 113 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:42,008 beach is, and it drops off like that real steep. 114 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,678 Every time the tide comes in and out, they'll go up and down 115 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:48,682 that area and looking for stuff that washes out from the river. 116 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:51,117 You just throw it when you're ready, 117 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:54,120 I'll keep us at this depth. 118 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,122 RJ: All right. 119 00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:01,494 ROBERT: This bay is about a two-mile, maybe a mile wide, 120 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:03,797 and we're just going to try to work a pot like, every, 121 00:06:03,797 --> 00:06:06,433 you know, few-hundred feet all the way across. 122 00:06:09,269 --> 00:06:12,138 One of them ought to hit. 123 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:19,112 NATHAN: It's been a pretty heavy-duty winter for us. 124 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:22,282 It's been a little rough. 125 00:06:22,282 --> 00:06:23,516 SAMANTHA: Whoa. 126 00:06:23,516 --> 00:06:25,652 NATHAN: You know just staying at home and maintaining the farm. 127 00:06:25,652 --> 00:06:26,820 SAMANTHA: Go, go, go. 128 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:28,588 Go, go. No. 129 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:33,460 NATHAN: The kids are kind of antsy if they're cooped up for too long. 130 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:35,362 SAMANTHA: We're missing a chicken? 131 00:06:35,362 --> 00:06:36,930 ADRIAN: I only count 29. 132 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:39,466 NATHAN: So, it's important getting them out, and having 133 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:42,068 a change of pace for a little bit. 134 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:43,837 SAMANTHA: There we go. 135 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:47,908 Just being on the farm all winter long, we have been 136 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:52,512 kind of cycling through these similar red meats, cows, and 137 00:06:52,512 --> 00:06:54,414 chickens and all that. 138 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:56,449 So, it'd be nice to get out and kind of change up the 139 00:06:56,449 --> 00:06:59,052 diet a little bit. 140 00:07:01,821 --> 00:07:03,924 Fish provides nutrients that we can't get from our other 141 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:07,761 animals, and we've been in Alaska for a whole year now, 142 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,930 so for the first time, 143 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:13,700 we are going to Mineral Lake to go ice fishing. 144 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:16,369 Moses, Olivia, come on! 145 00:07:16,369 --> 00:07:18,204 Come on. 146 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:26,513 Oh, he's on the way. 147 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:28,715 NATHAN: All right. 148 00:07:28,715 --> 00:07:31,451 That's probably far enough before we check the ice. 149 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:34,854 I don't want you going out before I check the thickness. 150 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:37,057 I wanna make sure it's safe. 151 00:07:47,367 --> 00:07:51,137 We should be okay, enough for us to be scooting across. 152 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:55,909 SAMANTHA: Come on baby. 153 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:59,379 With everything that we've had to do this winter, we've had 154 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:03,016 next to no free time, so having the opportunity to go 155 00:08:03,016 --> 00:08:08,088 out and do something as a family is just such a blessing. 156 00:08:09,022 --> 00:08:10,857 NATHAN: I think I wanna stop here. 157 00:08:10,857 --> 00:08:13,426 I think this looks fine. 158 00:08:15,261 --> 00:08:17,063 We're gonna check and see how deep it is. 159 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:26,339 (auger whirring) 160 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:28,608 SAMANTHA: Did you hit water? 161 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:30,143 NATHAN: I think I did. 162 00:08:30,143 --> 00:08:32,479 I'm gonna check. 163 00:08:33,613 --> 00:08:35,281 No, we're still at ice. 164 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:37,050 SAMANTHA: What? 165 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:40,053 NATHAN: So, the trick is to try the extension here and see 166 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:42,489 if that's any good. 167 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:47,260 Oh. 168 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:52,799 Pull her up, just a little funky. 169 00:08:56,703 --> 00:09:01,307 (auger whirring) 170 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:04,511 SAMANTHA: Oh, my gosh, it's still not even touching water? 171 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:07,547 I'm wondering if we're not hitting ground or something. 172 00:09:12,919 --> 00:09:15,922 ADRIAN: Is that like, tar-like stuff? 173 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:18,558 NATHAN: Either that or weeds or something. 174 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:21,327 All right. 175 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:24,130 Hole number two and move on. 176 00:09:24,697 --> 00:09:26,533 SAMANTHA: All right, follow dad. 177 00:09:26,533 --> 00:09:28,868 NATHAN: Hopefully, we get lucky. 178 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:39,379 CHEVIE: It's essential that my kids are confident and 179 00:09:39,379 --> 00:09:42,682 know how to navigate the country. 180 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:45,185 And the only way that I'm gonna be confident in them 181 00:09:45,185 --> 00:09:48,855 to come home safe is to teach them. 182 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:56,396 All right, you guys know why we're out here today? 183 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:57,464 RYDER: I forgot already. 184 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:58,832 CHEVIE: I love that. 185 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:02,902 At this time of year, there's a lot of opportunity to get stuff. 186 00:10:02,902 --> 00:10:05,405 So, muskrat are starting to come out of their holes. 187 00:10:05,405 --> 00:10:08,141 Beaver are getting more active. 188 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:12,412 When winter is turning to summer, there's a short period 189 00:10:12,412 --> 00:10:15,815 in between that we call break up. 190 00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:21,054 The sun's high and ice is breaking up fast. 191 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:23,289 It's, it's kind of like one of the more dangerous times 192 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,725 of year to navigate, so that's why it's good to start 193 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:28,394 teaching you now, and by getting you out muskrat 194 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:31,998 trapping is the perfect way to start showing you how to 195 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:34,701 navigate in this country. 196 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:37,737 So, the first thing that we need to do is get some sticks, 197 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:40,173 cut it down towards the bottom, not high, okay? 198 00:10:40,173 --> 00:10:42,542 So, you're not swinging it at your thigh. 199 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:44,344 SYDNEY: Like this one? 200 00:10:44,344 --> 00:10:46,146 CHEVIE: That one or the one to your right, right there. 201 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:47,914 SYDNEY: Right. 202 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:50,416 CHEVIE: Cut it more down towards the bottom, Ryder. 203 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:52,018 You could even step on it, Ry-Ry. 204 00:10:52,018 --> 00:10:54,554 And then bend over and hit it so it doesn't bounce. 205 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:58,791 It's all about your angle, okay, Sydney. 206 00:10:58,791 --> 00:11:01,027 Let the axe do the work, okay? 207 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:02,795 SYDNEY: Uh-hmm. 208 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:05,131 CHEVIE: Muskrat, it's not real big, it's probably only about 209 00:11:05,131 --> 00:11:07,967 this big, probably weighs a pound. 210 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:11,471 And if it gets caught in our trap, that stick is gonna keep 211 00:11:11,471 --> 00:11:14,174 them from pulling it down into that hole. 212 00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:16,910 Let's go check these muskrat houses. 213 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:18,778 SYDNEY: Okay. 214 00:11:18,778 --> 00:11:24,217 CHEVIE: Muskrat live in the water, down underneath push-ups. 215 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:29,689 So, what we're looking for is a shelf in their little house. 216 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,958 It should be frozen a little bit on top and you pick, pick, 217 00:11:31,958 --> 00:11:35,094 pick and then it just goes through, okay? 218 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:39,933 Still hard ice, huh? 219 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:41,067 SYDNEY: Yes. 220 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:43,503 CHEVIE: So, what that means is that there's no muskrat 221 00:11:43,503 --> 00:11:46,372 actively using this push-up. 222 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:48,841 So, we just have to move on to the next spot. 223 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:52,111 As I'm thinking about how to trap these muskrats, 224 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:55,281 I know that they sometimes live in beaver houses. 225 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:58,551 So, I'm thinking maybe we'll get lucky and there'll be a 226 00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:01,354 muskrat living in one of these beaver houses. 227 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:04,524 This beaver house doesn't look alive because there's no 228 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:06,292 feed pile there. 229 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,895 Look how dead this is, this isn't fresh stuff. 230 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,730 See how it'll just crack? 231 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:14,601 That means that beaver didn't make this house recently. 232 00:12:14,601 --> 00:12:16,669 But maybe stuff will come out of this hole, but you always 233 00:12:16,669 --> 00:12:19,405 gotta be really careful by these open holes, okay? 234 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:30,550 (sloshing) 235 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:35,321 (sloshing) 236 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:38,324 CHEVIE: This is why you don't wanna fall in around a beaver house, okay? 237 00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:40,526 Watch. 238 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,965 It's not even on the bottom, okay. 239 00:12:45,965 --> 00:12:48,067 That's super deep. 240 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,371 My kid's safety is the most important thing. 241 00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:55,174 They need to know what good ice looks like. 242 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:59,045 This wouldn't be the best place to hang out. 243 00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:02,148 And bad ice looks like. 244 00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:08,021 ROBERT: RJ and I have been setting crab pots. 245 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,724 And every time I'm out here, it's always an opportunity to 246 00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:14,027 come back to my roots. 247 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:16,329 RJ: All right, last one. 248 00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:17,730 ROBERT: Good to go, huh? 249 00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:20,066 Have you ever been to that spot where grandma lived the 250 00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:22,101 first 13 summers of her life? 251 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:23,469 RJ: We went camping there, remember? 252 00:13:23,469 --> 00:13:25,138 I haven't been there since I was a kid. 253 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,839 ROBERT: Well, let's go check it out. 254 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:29,275 Take care of mom's old land. 255 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:32,111 The tide's going out. 256 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:34,747 My mom's in her mid-70s. 257 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:36,816 RJ: Good girl. 258 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:40,353 ROBERT: And she was out here from when she was zero to 259 00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,889 12 years old every summer. 260 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:47,727 We camped here when you were like eight or nine with grandma. 261 00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:48,895 RJ: Yeah. 262 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:51,998 ROBERT: We spent a lot of hours around this campfire then. 263 00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:55,068 I have vivid memories sitting around this campfire ring with 264 00:13:55,068 --> 00:13:59,205 my mom, telling stories about how she lived. 265 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:03,109 Making s'mores. 266 00:14:03,109 --> 00:14:06,279 Cooking meat on a stick over the fire. 267 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:08,481 RJ: Do you remember any of her stories? 268 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:10,717 ROBERT: She loved stories about bears. 269 00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:13,686 She hated it when her grandpa would start smoking salmon 270 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:15,922 'cause she knew it was like the bears were coming 271 00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:18,791 from miles away. 272 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,298 Here's the bed frame. 273 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:27,934 A lot of memories. 274 00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:30,937 And this is the cabin grandma stayed in. 275 00:14:30,937 --> 00:14:32,138 My mom. 276 00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:33,706 RJ: Were they told to leave or? 277 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:35,441 ROBERT: It's a long story. RJ: Uh-hmm. 278 00:14:35,441 --> 00:14:39,278 ROBERT: Grandma ended up moving to Juneau when she was 12. 279 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:41,981 I don't know much of the history beyond that. 280 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:43,750 RJ: Been a long tradition. 281 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:45,351 It's cool that we get to come out here and visit it every 282 00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:47,920 once in a while. 283 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:50,623 I've always loved this place. 284 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:51,791 Olive! 285 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:54,894 It's an incredibly beautiful bay, so we try our best to 286 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:57,663 clean the place up and just make it a little bit better. 287 00:14:58,431 --> 00:15:00,800 ROBERT: Beer bottle. 288 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:04,036 RJ: Good girl, good girl. 289 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:06,773 I think it's an important part of being an Alaskan. 290 00:15:06,773 --> 00:15:11,377 We help lift each other up and we take care of 291 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,813 the place that we love. 292 00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:20,353 JOHNNY: Nothing comes easy out here, everything's a struggle, 293 00:15:20,353 --> 00:15:22,522 everything takes a lot of effort. 294 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:24,757 It teaches me to not give up. 295 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:29,095 To persist and to be more of a hard ass, 296 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:32,031 because that's what it takes to live out here. 297 00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:37,670 Watch out, Java. 298 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:39,806 Beat it. 299 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:42,475 So, what I'll do is I'll tie these together. 300 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:45,211 Go to the backside, do the exact same thing. 301 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:48,581 Take these rungs, just like a ladder and just boom, boom, 302 00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:50,249 boom, boom, boom. 303 00:15:50,249 --> 00:15:52,618 Just keeping it very primitive, and that's all it 304 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,854 really needs to be. 305 00:15:55,922 --> 00:15:58,991 That's a heavy son of a gun right there. 306 00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:05,598 I'm choosing a spot in here to build this platform because 307 00:16:05,598 --> 00:16:07,600 spring's right around the corner. 308 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,404 And this lake's gonna have ice on it longer than the smaller one. 309 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:14,774 So, I can still use the snow machine for about three more weeks. 310 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:20,746 So, the plan is put a crossmember right between 311 00:16:20,746 --> 00:16:24,116 these two trees, and I have two trees there I could put 312 00:16:24,116 --> 00:16:25,651 one as well. 313 00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:30,490 I'll start off by putting this ramp front end on this cross member, 314 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,692 so it's going to be just a gradual ramp. 315 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:35,261 And I can drive my snow machine up in theory, and then 316 00:16:35,261 --> 00:16:38,231 figure out a way to hoist up the back end of the ramp. 317 00:16:38,231 --> 00:16:42,335 And that will be my snow machine kind of bear proof 318 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:45,204 little platform. 319 00:16:46,405 --> 00:16:48,608 The goal isn't to just hightail this snow machine 320 00:16:48,608 --> 00:16:50,443 up this ramp. 321 00:16:50,443 --> 00:16:52,345 The goal is to do it safely. 322 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,680 Do a little square lashing. 323 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,483 You know carrying all these logs on my shoulders, 324 00:16:57,483 --> 00:17:00,119 just grinding myself down. 325 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:02,154 Man, so close. 326 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:04,290 And if I get hurt, then I'm in trouble. 327 00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:06,492 Cold. 328 00:17:06,792 --> 00:17:09,896 So, the goal is to try to keep my body safe. 329 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:14,033 Sweet. Now for the last spike. 330 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,669 Oh, yeah. 331 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:19,639 Solid. 332 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,809 Cross beams are nice and sturdy, but I don't think I'm 333 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:26,045 gonna have any problem with that. 334 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:29,448 I'm noticing that, like, this side, this long beam that runs 335 00:17:29,448 --> 00:17:32,051 here is kind of bouncy. 336 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,287 It's like a trampoline. 337 00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:39,992 Last thing I wanna do is rebuild this thing. 338 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:45,865 See if I can bring that snow machine on up here. 339 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,202 I'm gonna take it slow, I'm gonna take it easy. 340 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:52,204 I'm not trying to do anything daredevil. 341 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:54,140 Yeah, I'm just gonna ride it right up on there 342 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:57,176 and see what happens. 343 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:01,347 Java, come on! 344 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:03,883 Stay. 345 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,824 ♪ ♪ 346 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:16,128 JOHNNY: Ha, ha, ha! 347 00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:20,099 That's awesome. 348 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:21,968 Now all I gotta do is just hoist up the back end of this 349 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:25,271 ramp and it'll just be horizontal in the air, 350 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:28,140 six feet off the ground, safe from bears. 351 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:31,610 Man, I kinda wanna have a look at this thing up there. 352 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:33,913 Heck yeah, man. 353 00:18:33,913 --> 00:18:40,086 So next thing to do, so I gotta go across the top 354 00:18:40,086 --> 00:18:43,789 up there and then make a little pulley system to pull up this 355 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,992 back end of the ramp. 356 00:18:45,992 --> 00:18:47,893 That'll be it. 357 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:50,262 This thing will be ready to roll. 358 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:53,232 Yeah, feeling good about this overall, heck yeah. 359 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:56,268 Java is just laying on the sledge down there. 360 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:58,571 She doesn't even care. 361 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:05,444 CHEVIE: When you're trapping during break up, just because 362 00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:08,981 you go out one way in the morning, doesn't mean that 363 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:12,685 you come home the same way in the afternoon. 364 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:17,656 Cause that icy lake is going to be a wide-open body of water. 365 00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:20,626 All right. 366 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:22,561 Remember how many muskrat houses we checked? 367 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:23,796 RYDER: Oh, yeah. 368 00:19:23,796 --> 00:19:25,464 CHEVIE: Feeling a little bad that we're not able to get you 369 00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:28,267 guys easy muskrat opportunities, but I still 370 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:30,336 wanna show you how to set traps. 371 00:19:30,336 --> 00:19:33,172 And I know that they stay in beaver houses sometimes. 372 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:35,975 SYDNEY: Do the beavers get tired of their guests staying over sometimes? 373 00:19:35,975 --> 00:19:37,676 CHEVIE: I don't think they really get tired of each other 374 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:39,879 because I think that they kinda eat different stuff. 375 00:19:39,879 --> 00:19:42,214 So, if your guests aren't eating your food, 376 00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:43,783 I think everybody stays happy. 377 00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:45,651 (Sydney laughs) 378 00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:48,587 See how there's no water around the edge of these lakes? 379 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:50,089 SYDNEY: Uh-huh. 380 00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:53,793 CHEVIE: It's froze so hard that muskrat aren't gonna come out. 381 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:56,829 All these muskrat houses are frozen. 382 00:19:56,829 --> 00:20:00,066 There's no hole from the house down underneath the ice. 383 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,835 I hate going home without trying, 384 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:05,738 so I gotta try something. 385 00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:08,274 See if we hit some water. 386 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:16,949 (auger whirring) 387 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:20,586 You think that water is good to drink? 388 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:22,888 BOTH: No! 389 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:25,224 CHEVIE: Good answer, I was just checking. 390 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,859 These traps are called conibear and they're a 391 00:20:26,859 --> 00:20:28,494 little bit finicky. 392 00:20:28,494 --> 00:20:30,129 You always want to have them open, that way if your hand 393 00:20:30,129 --> 00:20:33,499 slips or something, it won't allow that spring to spread 394 00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:35,868 and snap you, okay? 395 00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:39,138 This is where we're going to use those sticks that you guys cut. 396 00:20:39,138 --> 00:20:41,474 Let's move on to the next spot guys. 397 00:20:41,974 --> 00:20:44,877 During break up, the ice is starting to get rotten and 398 00:20:44,877 --> 00:20:47,713 it's starting to get borderline sketchy. 399 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:53,285 That's why I got the kids out, to show them how to navigate 400 00:20:53,285 --> 00:20:55,554 this time of year. 401 00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,690 RYDER: When I was driving, there was a giant wave of 402 00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:00,025 water going right behind me. 403 00:21:00,025 --> 00:21:01,227 CHEVIE: Ryder, you made it through that water, 404 00:21:01,227 --> 00:21:02,661 that was good. 405 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:06,098 Getting hot out, so I wanna get a hole put in this beaver house, 406 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,900 be able to try to catch a beaver. 407 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:11,704 We'll use that ice auger, and we'll drill two holes. 408 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:13,706 Cool. 409 00:21:13,706 --> 00:21:15,307 Wanna put another one in. 410 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,176 So, you make a hoop, you put it on your foot, and then you 411 00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:19,845 wrap it through these springs like this, okay? 412 00:21:20,746 --> 00:21:24,784 And use your foot as your anchor and you gotta close 413 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:28,120 that spring and then put this latch over, okay? 414 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,624 I put a beet on there, some bait. 415 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:34,827 But on the other one, we'll use good old cotton wood. 416 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,765 Wire all that wood together right there. 417 00:21:39,765 --> 00:21:43,869 SYDNEY: I may not be a beaver, but it looks yummy. 418 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:48,107 CHEVIE: Even though I know it's unlikely that we're going 419 00:21:48,107 --> 00:21:50,643 to be able to catch some muskrats or beaver... 420 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:52,978 Run the pole through the, through the ring. 421 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:55,548 I still wanna show them how to set the traps, 422 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:58,250 what they like for bait. 423 00:21:58,250 --> 00:22:01,187 All right. We'll just leave this alone. 424 00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:04,089 They're still gonna learn from this experience. 425 00:22:04,623 --> 00:22:07,593 SYDNEY: I've never seen a beaver in a trap before in my life. 426 00:22:07,593 --> 00:22:09,361 CHEVIE: Really? You know what that means? 427 00:22:09,361 --> 00:22:10,429 SYDNEY: What? 428 00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:12,464 CHEVIE: You gotta do more beaver trapping. 429 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:13,799 Grab the icepick. 430 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:15,734 Got a lot of work to do. 431 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:22,374 ROBERT: Alaska is just an amazing place. 432 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:27,146 Such a bountiful land and you feel like a part of nature. 433 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:30,015 It lets me know why I live here. 434 00:22:33,419 --> 00:22:34,820 RJ: That's it right there, huh? 435 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,655 ROBERT: Yeah, that's the first one we're gonna pull. 436 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:39,258 Be nice to get a couple tanner crabs. 437 00:22:39,258 --> 00:22:40,426 We'll see what happens. 438 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:41,460 RJ: All right. 439 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:43,495 Let's go tanner fishing. 440 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,266 Crab pots, typically the longer you soak them the 441 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:48,601 better they do. 442 00:22:48,601 --> 00:22:50,769 ROBERT: 200-foot soak, let's see what's down there. 443 00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:55,174 RJ: So, we dropped some pots, and we're out here today to 444 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:57,476 see what we got. 445 00:22:57,910 --> 00:22:59,845 ROBERT: There's something in there. 446 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,847 RJ: Oh, yeah. 447 00:23:03,649 --> 00:23:06,118 ROBERT: Oh, man. 448 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:08,721 RJ: Look at that king crab. 449 00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:10,356 ROBERT: Not legal to keep but. 450 00:23:10,356 --> 00:23:12,358 RJ: Legal to look at. 451 00:23:12,358 --> 00:23:14,526 ROBERT: Season just closed at the end of last month. 452 00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:17,730 Look at that beautiful female king crab there. 453 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,900 RJ: Definitely not an old one. 454 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:24,203 ROBERT: Here's a tanner measure majigger. 455 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,708 RJ: Uh, there's some wiggle room in there, so too small. 456 00:23:29,708 --> 00:23:31,610 Gotta let it go. 457 00:23:31,910 --> 00:23:34,046 ROBERT: Go to the next one. 458 00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:37,049 Coming up, RJ. 459 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:41,687 RJ: Uh, no tanners. 460 00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:43,922 ROBERT: Well, I don't know what to do. 461 00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:46,625 We freaking slayed here before and then just pulled up skunks 462 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:49,561 after skunk this time of year, so we gotta find them. 463 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:52,698 Kind of wanna get some crabs. 464 00:23:53,299 --> 00:23:54,600 There's something in there. 465 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,535 RJ: There's something. 466 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:59,972 ROBERT: Oh, a bunch of baby crabs, all the wrong species. 467 00:23:59,972 --> 00:24:02,141 RJ: On to the next one. 468 00:24:02,141 --> 00:24:06,045 ROBERT: Look at that motherload of snails. 469 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:08,414 RJ: I'm telling you man, Black Rock is the place to be. 470 00:24:08,414 --> 00:24:09,581 ROBERT: Yeah, right. 471 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:12,284 Imma start putting towards that. 472 00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:18,657 One of RJ's things to do is prospect for crabs. 473 00:24:18,657 --> 00:24:22,194 So, we hit the spot that RJ has a hunch about. 474 00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:23,696 RJ: What do you think, Olive? 475 00:24:23,696 --> 00:24:25,230 Is there gonna be a bunch of crabs in there? 476 00:24:25,230 --> 00:24:27,533 ROBERT: So, we'll see what happens. 477 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:29,501 Coming in hot. 478 00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:31,370 Not a good sign. 479 00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:32,738 RJ: Oh. 480 00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:38,243 RJ: Oh. 481 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:39,511 ROBERT: Skunks. 482 00:24:39,511 --> 00:24:41,080 RJ: Nothing. 483 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,614 No luck on the Tanner pots. 484 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:44,516 On to the next one. 485 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:48,187 But, I've definitely gone here a couple times and done very 486 00:24:48,187 --> 00:24:52,124 well on Tanner crab and Dungeness crab. 487 00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:54,793 So, we're gonna try to give it another shot. 488 00:25:02,735 --> 00:25:05,571 Whoa, we got crabs. 489 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:07,539 I see one male at least. 490 00:25:07,539 --> 00:25:09,608 Ah, that's six and a halfer. 491 00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:11,610 ROBERT: All right. RJ: That's a keeper. 492 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:12,945 ROBERT: Looks delicious. 493 00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:14,046 RJ: Here it is. 494 00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:16,048 Once we start pulling up dungees... 495 00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:19,418 six and a half on the dot, right there to right there, this one's a keeper. 496 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:22,121 They just start coming into the boat left and right. 497 00:25:22,121 --> 00:25:23,756 That is six and three quarters. 498 00:25:23,756 --> 00:25:25,524 ROBERT: That's good. 499 00:25:26,091 --> 00:25:27,126 Oh, yeah. 500 00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:28,727 That's a nice crab there. 501 00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:30,662 RJ: Too small. 502 00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:35,267 We actually measure just to the inside of that little knob 503 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:37,536 right there to the inside of that little knob. 504 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:40,272 This one looks like it could be a keeper. 505 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:44,943 Oh, yeah. Those are big boys. 506 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,414 ROBERT: We have found some crab. 507 00:25:48,414 --> 00:25:50,449 Good job, RJ. 508 00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:53,018 I think the hunch was better than a hunch. 509 00:25:53,018 --> 00:25:55,687 Good haul. 510 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:58,056 It's turning out to be a great day. 511 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:04,096 SAMANTHA: We can learn so much through ice fishing, 512 00:26:04,096 --> 00:26:05,931 especially the kids. 513 00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:09,635 It's gonna teach them how to live a subsistence life. 514 00:26:10,436 --> 00:26:13,205 We're learning patience and how to handle disappointment. 515 00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:16,775 We're learning how to handle different emotions and it'll 516 00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:19,745 help facilitate a healthy mindset. 517 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:29,388 NATHAN: So this winter, we got more snow than the last 518 00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:33,125 75 years, since they have been keeping record, really. 519 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,261 So it's hard to get through. 520 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:39,465 SAMANTHA: I'm pretty sure that's just ground. 521 00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:43,702 Yeah, that's ground. 522 00:26:43,702 --> 00:26:44,736 NATHAN: Feel like ice or dirt? 523 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:46,505 SAMANTHA: No, it feels like dirt. 524 00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:48,407 AUTUMN: Can we catch a fish? 525 00:26:48,407 --> 00:26:50,776 SAMANTHA: We'll see, honey. 526 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:53,312 NATHAN: Probably one of our most important jobs up here is 527 00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:55,781 teaching the kids. 528 00:26:56,114 --> 00:26:57,149 Same deal. 529 00:26:57,149 --> 00:26:58,617 Just hitting the bottom of the lake. 530 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,486 This will teach the kids to figure out where the fish are 531 00:27:00,486 --> 00:27:02,087 hanging out. 532 00:27:02,087 --> 00:27:04,389 Go figure out the right water depth. 533 00:27:04,389 --> 00:27:06,859 But most of all, it's just a lesson in patience. 534 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,395 Another foot or two and we might get lucky. 535 00:27:16,668 --> 00:27:20,472 Let's see what we got here. 536 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:22,908 Pray for water. 537 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:33,552 SAMANTHA: Oh, it was quick water. 538 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:34,653 Yay. 539 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:35,821 Oh, my gosh. 540 00:27:35,821 --> 00:27:37,656 We actually get to go fishing. 541 00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:39,057 NATHAN: Scoop a little bit of that slush out. 542 00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:40,726 We'll check the depth and see where we need to be 543 00:27:40,726 --> 00:27:43,095 with our line. 544 00:27:46,098 --> 00:27:49,268 Okay. So we got six to eight inches or so. 545 00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:50,369 SAMANTHA: Oh, my gosh. 546 00:27:50,369 --> 00:27:51,670 We might actually catch a fish today. 547 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,039 That would be the most amazing thing. 548 00:27:58,544 --> 00:28:02,080 CHEVIE: Each one of these traps has different attributes. 549 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,117 And it's important for the kids to know what they are 550 00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:09,988 for their own safety and also teaching them the reality of it. 551 00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:12,724 They see dead animals in those traps. 552 00:28:12,724 --> 00:28:15,327 They know what's up. 553 00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:23,368 Jump off with your brother. 554 00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:24,403 SYDNEY: Okay. 555 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:25,804 CHEVIE: Ryder, you stay here, okay? 556 00:28:25,804 --> 00:28:26,972 RYDER: Okay. 557 00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:29,174 CHEVIE: I'm gonna check this ice out there. 558 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:31,443 Today's the last day of trapping. 559 00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,212 My main concern today is getting my kids back from 560 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:36,915 those traps safely. 561 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:40,819 The ice on the lakes starting to break up, starting to get 562 00:28:40,819 --> 00:28:43,622 borderline sketchy. 563 00:28:44,089 --> 00:28:46,325 SYDNEY: Dad, how is it? 564 00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:47,993 CHEVIE: I think you guys could come out here. 565 00:28:47,993 --> 00:28:49,861 SYDNEY: Okay. 566 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:52,831 I'll sit here in case both of you guys fall in. 567 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:54,633 RYDER: Oh, jeez. 568 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:55,968 (Sydney laughs) 569 00:28:55,968 --> 00:28:57,936 CHEVIE: Pull it out of there. 570 00:28:57,936 --> 00:28:59,171 Now, watch it. 571 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:01,540 That trap may still be alive. 572 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:07,613 SYDNEY: Did you get anything? 573 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:09,448 CHEVIE: Nothing here, baby. 574 00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:12,484 Man, there must not be any beaver in this house either. 575 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,155 Let's go check this other one. 576 00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:21,026 I want you to stay over there. 577 00:29:23,662 --> 00:29:25,597 Kind of deep. 578 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:33,405 Nothing on there. 579 00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,641 Dang. 580 00:29:35,641 --> 00:29:38,243 There must not be any beaver in this house either. 581 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,012 RYDER: Then now we're gonna go check a different one? 582 00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:42,648 CHEVIE: We're gonna keep on checking them. 583 00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:45,150 Nothing. 584 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:47,386 Hey, this one was snapped too. 585 00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:49,888 Look it. 586 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:51,490 RYDER: I can tell there is nothing in there. 587 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:54,026 CHEVIE: Yeah, there's nothing in there. 588 00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:58,563 Heads are hung low, not having quite as much fun, 589 00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:01,767 but that's the process of learning out here. 590 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,670 All right guys, well this is our last chance right here, 591 00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:07,205 see if we get lucky. 592 00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:08,874 SYDNEY: Is it okay if we go over there too, dad? 593 00:30:08,874 --> 00:30:10,442 CHEVIE: I think so. 594 00:30:10,442 --> 00:30:11,877 SYDNEY: Okay. 595 00:30:11,877 --> 00:30:14,780 I'll walk right where you walk literally. 596 00:30:15,781 --> 00:30:18,450 Ah! 597 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:24,089 CHEVIE: A lot of melting. 598 00:30:24,456 --> 00:30:25,991 Tons of melting. 599 00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:31,630 (grunting) 600 00:30:32,864 --> 00:30:38,203 (grunting) 601 00:30:38,203 --> 00:30:40,005 CHEVIE: Got a beaver. 602 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:41,840 RYDER: Beaver! 603 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:42,874 (laughing) 604 00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:44,276 CHEVIE: Can you believe it? 605 00:30:44,276 --> 00:30:46,645 What's the luck of that? 606 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:48,547 I can't believe it. 607 00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:50,449 I thought that this house was dead. 608 00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:52,818 SYDNEY: Yes. This is the first time I've seen it. 609 00:30:52,818 --> 00:30:55,320 CHEVIE: That's a good size beaver. 610 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,990 It's not a huge one, but it's not a baby either. 611 00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:00,559 RYDER: It looks like it's been there for a while. 612 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,194 CHEVIE: Couple days. 613 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:04,463 That's okay. That water is so cold. 614 00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:06,898 It's like having that beaver in a freezer almost. 615 00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:09,401 It'll stay good for a long time. 616 00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:11,503 Here. 617 00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:13,171 Now, lift it up. 618 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:14,873 SYDNEY: It's a heavy beaver. 619 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,974 CHEVIE: Here, we'll take this off. 620 00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:17,109 Okay? 621 00:31:17,109 --> 00:31:18,744 Never drag anything, right? 622 00:31:18,744 --> 00:31:21,146 Use both your hands. There you go. 623 00:31:21,146 --> 00:31:23,248 RYDER: It's heavy, Dad. 624 00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:26,485 Ow. 625 00:31:26,485 --> 00:31:28,320 Dad, you do it! 626 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,454 CHEVIE: It's too heavy? 627 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:31,923 RYDER: Yeah, it's heavy. 628 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:34,059 CHEVIE: That's all right, you guys. 629 00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:35,527 I'm excited for the kids. 630 00:31:35,527 --> 00:31:38,897 You know, they've been out there for days putting in work. 631 00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:43,535 So, to pull that beaver out of that hole shows the kids that 632 00:31:43,535 --> 00:31:47,873 if you work hard, put in the effort and the time. 633 00:31:47,873 --> 00:31:49,541 Sydney, go ahead, pick it up baby. 634 00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:51,643 Or hold the bag. One of the two, whatever you wanna do. 635 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:53,078 SYDNEY: I, I think I'll hold the bag. 636 00:31:53,078 --> 00:31:54,613 CHEVIE: Okay. Got it? 637 00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:56,348 You'll get rewarded. 638 00:31:56,348 --> 00:31:59,317 All right. Your mom's gonna be happy for some beaver meat. 639 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:00,819 Whether it's the first trap. 640 00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:02,287 SYDNEY: Nice. 641 00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:04,156 CHEVIE: Or the last trap. 642 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,530 JOHNNY: I don't have other people out here to help. 643 00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:14,399 I'm responsible to build everything I want. 644 00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:17,602 It is a lot of physical labor, 645 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:21,072 but it makes me more mentally tough. 646 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:24,609 And that's important to have out here. 647 00:32:27,846 --> 00:32:29,381 So, this worked out pretty good. 648 00:32:29,381 --> 00:32:31,450 And the next thing to do is turn this from a ramp 649 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:33,585 into a platform. 650 00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:36,388 To do that, I need to have an anchor string it up 651 00:32:36,388 --> 00:32:37,989 between these trees. 652 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:38,990 Man. 653 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,826 Just big enough. 654 00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:43,995 That'll be my anchor for my little hoist winch situation. 655 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:49,067 I don't have a block and tackle, um, pulley system. 656 00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:51,903 So, the plan is to make it entirely outta rope. 657 00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:56,007 Not having blueprints, plans, diagrams. 658 00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:58,076 I'm gonna feed it through the first end. 659 00:32:58,076 --> 00:33:01,146 The best way for me to learn out here, I just jump into it. 660 00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:03,915 Go through that loop. 661 00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:09,221 Yeah, most of my plans evolve off of a first initial plan. 662 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:13,024 (grunting) 663 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:15,894 Too friction-y. That's kind of a bummer. 664 00:33:15,894 --> 00:33:18,230 And that first initial plan generally doesn't go 665 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:19,764 the way I want it to. 666 00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:21,900 It works if you're lifting like a caribou leg up or 667 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:25,537 something, but 550 is exceeding the limit of 668 00:33:25,537 --> 00:33:27,472 this friction. 669 00:33:27,472 --> 00:33:29,908 And once I'm realizing what needs to be done, 670 00:33:29,908 --> 00:33:33,845 I switch gears and formulate a new plan. 671 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:39,518 Got a little grab bag of miscellaneous clips or carabiners. 672 00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:42,053 I have six total, so I should be able to put three up there, 673 00:33:42,053 --> 00:33:43,788 three down here. 674 00:33:43,788 --> 00:33:45,557 And we utilize these to kind of just do like a 675 00:33:45,557 --> 00:33:49,528 block and tackle system, but like one on the fly. 676 00:33:50,829 --> 00:33:54,699 The rope's going through and it's kind of like a friction pulley. 677 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:56,034 It's a lot of weight. 678 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,803 We'll kind of see what happens. 679 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,842 I'm essentially my own teacher. 680 00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:05,577 And in order to teach myself, 681 00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:08,780 I have to almost fail to a degree. 682 00:34:08,780 --> 00:34:10,548 Okay. So, if I just kind of, 683 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:14,452 it wants to do something like this, cut it so close. 684 00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:17,856 Once I do that, then an education follows. 685 00:34:20,258 --> 00:34:23,762 See if that's given me anything. 686 00:34:23,762 --> 00:34:25,564 Wants to. 687 00:34:25,564 --> 00:34:27,766 Little stumpy guy here might work a little bit. 688 00:34:28,733 --> 00:34:30,101 That's how I kind of operate. 689 00:34:30,101 --> 00:34:31,803 I just dive into it. 690 00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:33,338 I just start getting messy. 691 00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:35,640 Whoo, cold. 692 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,709 I know I keep telling you I'm almost done, 693 00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:40,245 but I'm almost done. 694 00:34:40,245 --> 00:34:43,148 Making a peg system that is gonna help me raise it. 695 00:34:43,148 --> 00:34:46,718 All right. 696 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:53,458 It's definitely not easy. 697 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:55,827 (bleep). 698 00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,931 Whoo. 699 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:02,734 Good God. 700 00:35:02,734 --> 00:35:05,737 Holy (bleep), man. 701 00:35:10,208 --> 00:35:14,245 I'm realizing how much work this actually is, as far as 702 00:35:14,245 --> 00:35:17,515 hoisting it up back and forth between these spikes. 703 00:35:17,515 --> 00:35:20,852 And then once I get it there and spring hits and the snow 704 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:25,357 starts melting, then I gotta reverse it to get it down. 705 00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:28,560 Just keep lifting that up, lifting it up, just putting a 706 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,695 lot of strain on my back and my body. 707 00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:32,998 It probably would've been a better idea to just build a 708 00:35:32,998 --> 00:35:35,333 platform and then just build a ramp to it, 709 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:36,968 separate from the platform. 710 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:39,037 So, I think what I'll end up doing is just start reversing 711 00:35:39,037 --> 00:35:41,172 this down, actually. 712 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,510 I gotta do a U-turn and change my approach 713 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,646 to build this platform. 714 00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:53,184 NATHAN: Between the three holes we've drilled, 715 00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:56,755 I think we're right in the middle of a channel. 716 00:35:57,922 --> 00:35:59,157 Go like this, okay? 717 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,592 The fish are gonna get swimming through here 718 00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:02,527 from one side of the lake to other. 719 00:36:02,527 --> 00:36:03,962 You get slack on that line. 720 00:36:03,962 --> 00:36:06,264 Hopefully, we can catch 'em on the way. 721 00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:08,967 AISLYN: I hope I catch a fish. 722 00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:10,535 SAMANTHA: And I hope you catch a fish too. 723 00:36:10,535 --> 00:36:11,836 I hope we all catch a fish. 724 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:14,139 That would be amazing. 725 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:18,343 It's been a really long trip, especially after all that 726 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:22,614 hiking and hole after hole of nothing happening. 727 00:36:23,081 --> 00:36:27,719 So, it would thrill me so much to see the kids catch a fish. 728 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,989 Adrian said that the first person to catch a fish gets money. 729 00:36:30,989 --> 00:36:33,825 ADRIAN: Yup. I said that. 730 00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:37,028 And whoever catches biggest. 731 00:36:38,296 --> 00:36:40,932 NATHAN: Adrian is a pretty determined little fella. 732 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:43,168 Think we're gonna catch something? 733 00:36:43,168 --> 00:36:45,370 ADRIAN: I'm feeling pretty good about this hole. 734 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:48,006 NATHAN: He loves getting out and doing these kind of things. 735 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:51,042 Yeah, I wasn't aware how shallow this lake was. 736 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:53,344 So, you know, that's part of coming out here and learning 737 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:58,316 the topography of the lake and figuring out where to fish and 738 00:36:58,316 --> 00:37:01,286 what's open and what's not. 739 00:37:01,286 --> 00:37:03,521 And, you know, we're learning in the process. 740 00:37:12,430 --> 00:37:14,299 ADRIAN: Wait... 741 00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:17,836 Ooh! 742 00:37:17,836 --> 00:37:19,471 No way. 743 00:37:19,471 --> 00:37:20,772 Nope. 744 00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:23,608 I have a fish! 745 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:25,276 Oh! 746 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:31,816 ADRIAN: It got away. 747 00:37:31,816 --> 00:37:33,051 I had a fish. 748 00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:34,252 SAMANTHA: You had a fish? 749 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,087 ADRIAN: Yeah, I had it go away somewhere. 750 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:38,156 It's still down there. 751 00:37:38,156 --> 00:37:40,258 SAMANTHA: Adrian is a fisher at heart. 752 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:41,659 ADRIAN: Darn it. 753 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:42,927 NATHAN: It get off? 754 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,662 ADRIAN: He keeps nibbling. 755 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:47,065 He's like taunting me or something. 756 00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:50,235 SAMANTHA: And it's going to be hard to get him to quit, but 757 00:37:50,235 --> 00:37:51,803 we're all burned out. 758 00:37:51,803 --> 00:37:53,505 We're all tired. 759 00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:55,039 And we have things to do at the farm and 760 00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:57,075 we have to get back home. 761 00:37:57,075 --> 00:37:58,743 NATHAN: Autumn, come on. 762 00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:01,546 We gotta go drag Adrian outta here. 763 00:38:01,546 --> 00:38:05,150 This is the subsistence life I prefer for my kids. 764 00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:07,285 You're never gonna give up, huh? 765 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:08,686 ADRIAN: Nope. 766 00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:10,088 NATHAN: Well. 767 00:38:10,088 --> 00:38:12,323 SAMANTHA: Unfortunately, we've really gotta get some stuff 768 00:38:12,323 --> 00:38:14,025 done on the farm. 769 00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:17,095 NATHAN: But the good news is we learned a lot today 770 00:38:17,095 --> 00:38:18,796 about pike fishing. 771 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:21,332 We learned where they are and know where to come back to. 772 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:23,768 I think it's about time to reel it in. 773 00:38:23,768 --> 00:38:25,436 ADRIAN: Okay. 774 00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:28,573 NATHAN: For them to learn how to get out there, get outside, 775 00:38:28,573 --> 00:38:31,476 and not be afraid to try new things. 776 00:38:31,476 --> 00:38:35,346 SAMANTHA: And for such a long trip, you guys did great. 777 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,949 NATHAN: You know, we're brand new to a lot of things up here. 778 00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:40,585 Moses, are you ready to go? 779 00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:43,321 And we're still being broken in. 780 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:44,656 You know what? 781 00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:47,592 The fact that you've even got bites is, is pretty awesome. 782 00:38:47,592 --> 00:38:48,860 SAMANTHA: Bravo. 783 00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:50,828 ADRIAN: Three bites and seven nibbles. 784 00:38:56,401 --> 00:38:58,603 JOHNNY: Come on. 785 00:39:01,439 --> 00:39:03,408 All right. 786 00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:07,645 So, it's not working the way I expected it to. 787 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:10,615 So, what I'm gonna do is just get this ramp outta here. 788 00:39:10,915 --> 00:39:13,551 Here we go. 789 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:15,954 Build a platform between these four trees. 790 00:39:16,888 --> 00:39:21,192 Use this existing ramp, ride the snow machine up onto the platform. 791 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:23,995 And that platform is where the snow machine's gonna rest. 792 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,532 Man, those are (bleep) sturdy. 793 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:29,934 Just like I did with this one down here, we do the same 794 00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:31,102 thing up here. 795 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:33,071 Just put planks all the way across. 796 00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:35,807 You know, sometimes you put a lot of effort and a lot of 797 00:39:35,807 --> 00:39:39,577 time into trying to make things work. 798 00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:42,947 And at some point, you realize you're forcing it 799 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:45,216 when it's not supposed to be. 800 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:47,252 In those moments, I gotta stop down. 801 00:39:48,086 --> 00:39:49,354 Almost got it. 802 00:39:49,354 --> 00:39:50,955 And I gotta rethink. 803 00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:52,457 Oh, yeah. 804 00:39:52,457 --> 00:39:54,292 And rebuild. 805 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:56,861 This (bleep) thing is so (bleep) heavy. 806 00:39:57,228 --> 00:40:00,098 That's what you need for it to be safe. 807 00:40:00,765 --> 00:40:03,334 And that's just gonna give me a little bit of extra 808 00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:05,303 stability on that ramp. 809 00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:08,740 Because man, you just can't be too safe. 810 00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:17,715 Here we go. 811 00:40:27,225 --> 00:40:29,827 Just like that. 812 00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:32,630 Just slides right on. 813 00:40:33,765 --> 00:40:36,968 Being out here alone, at some point, I'm going to hit a wall 814 00:40:36,968 --> 00:40:40,038 and almost fail to a degree, but the best way to look at 815 00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:41,906 failure is learning. 816 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:44,242 And if you're learning, then it's a success. 817 00:40:44,709 --> 00:40:45,977 That's it. 818 00:40:45,977 --> 00:40:47,578 Machine's up here, man. 819 00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:49,948 Keep outta reach, bears. 820 00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:56,988 ♪ ♪ 821 00:40:58,056 --> 00:41:00,058 CHEVIE: I wanna get this beaver skinned out. 822 00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:02,493 Nice little medium beaver. 823 00:41:02,493 --> 00:41:04,762 Perfect size for eating. 824 00:41:04,762 --> 00:41:06,631 The kids are still in school right now. 825 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:09,133 So, uh, I just want to get this done and, um, 826 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,336 they'll have some for dinner. 827 00:41:11,336 --> 00:41:14,105 Feel like it's been a very successful trapping trip 828 00:41:14,105 --> 00:41:16,174 with the kids. 829 00:41:16,174 --> 00:41:18,876 You know, it's a give and take for kids and my kids have put 830 00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:24,282 in a, a long, hard day of trapping and it's just the start. 831 00:41:24,649 --> 00:41:28,252 It takes time and time and year after year of doing these 832 00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:31,356 things for them to be truly proficient. 833 00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:33,858 Here you go. 834 00:41:33,858 --> 00:41:35,927 Next time you see this skin, 835 00:41:35,927 --> 00:41:38,396 it'll be on a set of gloves or a hat. 836 00:41:38,396 --> 00:41:40,998 You have a lot of trials, a lot of errors, 837 00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:42,867 it's just a long process. 838 00:41:42,867 --> 00:41:44,769 None of this animal goes to waste. 839 00:41:44,769 --> 00:41:46,170 The pelt gets used for sewing. 840 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:47,672 The meat gets eaten. 841 00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:49,874 Beaver guts are used for trapping and the teeth are 842 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:52,443 used for arts and crafts. 843 00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:55,980 And it's a fun part about being a parent, seeing them be 844 00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:59,751 successful, watching them learn, watching stuff click. 845 00:41:59,751 --> 00:42:02,320 This is the first beaver that the kids were really a part of 846 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,155 the full process of catching. 847 00:42:04,155 --> 00:42:06,090 And they'll go and pass some of this out. 848 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:07,959 It's the way of life out here. 849 00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:10,828 And so people really appreciate it. 850 00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:14,165 It just makes me smile, because you're watching them 851 00:42:14,165 --> 00:42:16,067 figure it all out. 852 00:42:20,438 --> 00:42:23,641 ROBERT: I was hoping to get five Dungeness crab today, 853 00:42:23,641 --> 00:42:25,977 and I think we got about 15. 854 00:42:25,977 --> 00:42:28,613 I would say we did really well. 855 00:42:28,613 --> 00:42:30,348 Cook one of these on the way home. 856 00:42:30,348 --> 00:42:32,583 RJ: Sounds like a good plan. 857 00:42:32,583 --> 00:42:35,253 ROBERT: This trip has been a special one. 858 00:42:35,253 --> 00:42:38,256 Spend time with RJ out here doing what I love to do. 859 00:42:39,490 --> 00:42:42,693 RJ: We don't have any butter, but sea salt will make it good. 860 00:42:42,693 --> 00:42:44,429 ROBERT: We negotiated with each other. 861 00:42:44,429 --> 00:42:47,298 We came up with a good plan and I learned it's a pretty 862 00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:50,401 darn good spot to get dunges. 863 00:42:50,401 --> 00:42:52,003 RJ: I definitely think this is worth it. 864 00:42:52,003 --> 00:42:53,004 ROBERT: You're right. 865 00:42:53,004 --> 00:42:54,072 It is amazing. 866 00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:55,873 Thanks for cooking that, RJ. 867 00:42:55,873 --> 00:42:58,476 Coming out here doing the same thing my mother did with my 868 00:42:58,476 --> 00:43:02,847 great grandfather, the same water 65 years ago, 869 00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:06,250 and sharing the moment with my son, 870 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:08,686 this is what's important in life. 871 00:43:08,686 --> 00:43:10,488 RJ: Clinton's a really good spot to camp. 872 00:43:10,488 --> 00:43:12,590 I can definitely see why they lived there. 873 00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:14,525 Grandma had a good life growing up. 874 00:43:14,525 --> 00:43:15,660 ROBERT: It's pretty neat, isn't it? 875 00:43:15,660 --> 00:43:16,694 RJ: Mm-hmm. 876 00:43:18,863 --> 00:43:20,965 ROBERT: For anyone that lives in Alaska. 877 00:43:20,965 --> 00:43:22,733 That's just what it's all about. 878 00:43:22,733 --> 00:43:28,239 Spending time together, teaching the next generation the process, 879 00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:32,176 whether it be trapping, hunting, fishing. 880 00:43:32,176 --> 00:43:34,278 SAMANTHA: We didn't even come close, but that's okay. 881 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:35,947 We had a lot of fun though. 882 00:43:35,947 --> 00:43:37,682 Careful, Smooch. 883 00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:39,951 JOHNNY: Give me that stick. 884 00:43:39,951 --> 00:43:41,419 ROBERT: And you're free. 885 00:43:41,419 --> 00:43:44,188 You just deal with what nature gives you. 886 00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:46,624 JOHNNY: Good girl. 887 00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:49,227 ROBERT: And every time I can learn something about my culture, 888 00:43:49,227 --> 00:43:51,729 it bonds me closer to the land. 889 00:43:51,729 --> 00:43:55,032 Be a shame if I didn't pass that knowledge on to my kids. 890 00:43:55,032 --> 00:43:56,934 All right, let's get outta here.