1 00:00:04,471 --> 00:00:11,044 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:15,349 --> 00:00:18,352 MARIO: Here's some bear scat that I came across 3 00:00:18,352 --> 00:00:20,621 on the trail. 4 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:23,524 You know, I'm not entirely sure how fresh this is, 5 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,359 but I know it's recent because I travel this 6 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:28,695 trail quite often, and so this is a good sign. 7 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,564 I know there's black bears in the area, 8 00:00:30,564 --> 00:00:31,899 and now the only question is 9 00:00:31,899 --> 00:00:33,367 whether or not I can harvest them before 10 00:00:33,367 --> 00:00:35,969 he dens down for the winter. 11 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:38,872 People think that simple living means easy living, 12 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:40,841 but it's quite the opposite. 13 00:00:40,841 --> 00:00:43,677 There's no room to be lazy out here because you'll starve, 14 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:46,280 or you'll freeze to death. 15 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:54,121 You know, this is the first snow this season and with it, 16 00:00:54,121 --> 00:00:57,357 you know, it brings a sense of urgency. 17 00:00:58,458 --> 00:01:01,395 Things are getting a little more serious out here. 18 00:01:01,395 --> 00:01:03,463 Look, there's a ptarmigan. 19 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,832 I just saw a ptarmigan, and I'm going to try to find it 20 00:01:05,832 --> 00:01:07,267 and harvest it. 21 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:10,270 I try to really capitalize on every opportunity that I can. 22 00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:12,439 And you know, if I don't find that bear, 23 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:14,675 at least I have something to take home for my wife and I 24 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:17,110 to eat for dinner tonight. 25 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:21,081 Where'd this thing go? 26 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:24,751 Sort of see these tracks right here. 27 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:27,854 It might be a little bit older because there is a little bit 28 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:30,057 of fresh snow on top of it. 29 00:01:30,057 --> 00:01:32,492 You can see the ptarmigan tracks, they look like little 30 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:36,163 chicken feet running across the snow. 31 00:01:36,163 --> 00:01:38,465 And it's really neat because when there's snow on the 32 00:01:38,465 --> 00:01:40,734 ground, it kind of reveals to you the mystery of what's 33 00:01:40,734 --> 00:01:42,669 going on out here. 34 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:44,638 It's all really about perspective out here. 35 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:47,307 And you know to be successful out here you have to adapt, 36 00:01:47,307 --> 00:01:50,243 and you have to have a good perspective and, you know, 37 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:53,981 the snow brings a lot of new feelings and excitement and 38 00:01:53,981 --> 00:01:57,417 a lot of adaptations. 39 00:01:59,353 --> 00:02:02,122 Now that winter's coming, I'm really excited. 40 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,257 You know, I came out here to track bear and 41 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:07,594 seeing all these ptarmigan track with the fresh snow, 42 00:02:07,594 --> 00:02:10,530 it makes me really happy to know that I have a new 43 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:12,265 food source out here. 44 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:14,768 And even though I might not come home with a big animal, 45 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:18,305 you know, you fill your piggy bank one penny at a time. 46 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:21,575 Man, those ptarmigan sure fly far. 47 00:02:28,782 --> 00:02:32,019 CHEVIE: Trapping in Alaska is a way of life. 48 00:02:32,019 --> 00:02:35,088 It's something that my grandparents did. 49 00:02:35,322 --> 00:02:37,224 It's something that Sonta's grandparents have done 50 00:02:37,224 --> 00:02:39,026 for long time. 51 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:42,996 It's a skill helping your overall success of living. 52 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:48,902 SONTA: Little tracks right here. 53 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,104 CHEVIE: What's that? SONTA: Fox. 54 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:54,808 Is that a fox track? 55 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:56,176 CHEVIE: Little fox. 56 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,778 SONTA: Wanna check it out in here then? 57 00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:59,413 CHEVIE: Yeah, we minus well go back in there on those lakes 58 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:02,215 and see what we see back there, 59 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:05,385 I know there's that beaver house. 60 00:03:05,752 --> 00:03:08,655 SONTA: This time of year, is when people harvest mink. 61 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:12,859 Animals that are both in the water and on land have 62 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,895 really high fur quality right now. 63 00:03:14,895 --> 00:03:18,465 We're going to set some traps near some smaller creeks and 64 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:21,702 some kind of frozen bodies of water. 65 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:24,171 There's a couple little tracks, Chev. 66 00:03:24,171 --> 00:03:26,573 Little bitty tracks. 67 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:27,908 What do you think those are? 68 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,476 CHEVIE: Those are mink down there for sure. 69 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:30,644 SONTA: Yeah. 70 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:32,712 CHEVIE: There might be a marten in here also. 71 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:36,516 SONTA: Yeah. Yeah, let's get one set. 72 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:39,653 CHEVIE: Yeah, I like to chop up just a little bit out here. 73 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:42,022 You kind of give them their last little free meal and 74 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:44,291 they smell that on the trail. 75 00:03:44,291 --> 00:03:46,026 Want more. Get greedy. 76 00:03:46,026 --> 00:03:47,427 SONTA: I'm just kind of looking around there, 77 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:49,996 they spotted a couple browns, huh, Chev? 78 00:03:49,996 --> 00:03:51,531 CHEVIE: Brown bear. 79 00:03:51,531 --> 00:03:52,766 Yeah. 80 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:53,834 SONTA: This time of year, you never know. 81 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:56,436 There's still Browns walking around, 82 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:58,638 going back to their dens and. 83 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:01,608 CHEVIE: Could attract a lot more than, than a mink. 84 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:04,311 SONTA: Yeah, animals are hungry this time of year. 85 00:04:04,311 --> 00:04:06,546 CHEVIE: We're going to set it right here. 86 00:04:06,546 --> 00:04:10,050 I got it anchored to this big drag, it's called. 87 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,885 It's just a big tree. 88 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:14,154 And that way if something like a lynx or a Wolverine comes 89 00:04:14,154 --> 00:04:15,822 and sticks his hand in there, 90 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:20,327 it can't drag that piece of brush very far. 91 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:21,661 See what we catch. 92 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:22,829 SONTA: Yeah. 93 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,097 CHEVIE: All right. 94 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:25,866 Keep on working down this creek, I guess and... 95 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,033 SONTA: Yeah. 96 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:29,870 CHEVIE: Check out that beaver house, maybe real quick, 97 00:04:29,870 --> 00:04:33,240 and see if there's any natural holes. 98 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,077 SONTA: These little tracks, little highway here. 99 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:38,178 Oh, yeah. 100 00:04:38,178 --> 00:04:41,515 Look at it coming from this side right there, Chev. 101 00:04:41,815 --> 00:04:43,850 Odds are good. 102 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:46,186 So right now, what we're doing is really 103 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:47,788 collecting our own data. 104 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:49,589 You know, you're kind of putting yourself in 105 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:51,258 the head of that animal. 106 00:04:51,258 --> 00:04:52,425 What's it going to do? 107 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:54,561 Where is it gonna go? 108 00:04:54,561 --> 00:04:58,331 And some might be sets that are completely blocking its path, 109 00:04:58,331 --> 00:05:00,567 and others might be areas where it's kind of 110 00:05:00,567 --> 00:05:02,402 searching for food. 111 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:04,204 CHEVIE: A lot of times those mink and stuff live in those 112 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:06,940 beaver houses or go in and out of those beaver houses. 113 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:09,976 SONTA: Yeah, I love looking at beaver house and how they 114 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:11,478 make their own houses. 115 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:13,213 CHEVIE: It's amazing, huh? What engineers. 116 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:14,147 SONTA: Probably wondering, 117 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:16,016 what the heck is that noise on my house? 118 00:05:16,016 --> 00:05:17,350 CHEVIE: Yep. 119 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,653 SONTA: It's just Chevie and Sonta. 120 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:20,854 There you go. 121 00:05:20,854 --> 00:05:22,355 That's the one. 122 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:23,623 CHEVIE: Good? SONTA: Yeah. 123 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:25,826 CHEVIE: Okay, let's head out. 124 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:27,761 SONTA: Yeah. 125 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:32,165 SAMANTHA: I have so much to learn. 126 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:34,434 I mean, I haven't even scratched the surface on 127 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:38,004 all there is to learn about farming or living in Alaska, 128 00:05:38,004 --> 00:05:41,741 especially raising livestock to eat. 129 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,778 With farming, no matter which way you turn with it, 130 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:47,747 you're going to have to confront life and death. 131 00:05:47,747 --> 00:05:53,019 This is the price of raising your own food. 132 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:55,655 This is something that we have to do. 133 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:58,558 It's important, but it's not fun. 134 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:03,897 AISLYN: Look at all those chicken. 135 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:06,666 We're gonna kill one of those. 136 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,406 SAMANTHA: Hi, babies. 137 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:15,675 François, look at you. 138 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:19,646 This summer we actually bought a whole bunch of meat birds 139 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:23,416 and now it's like the middle of winter and it's time to 140 00:06:23,416 --> 00:06:27,721 actually take initiative and butcher the birds. 141 00:06:28,288 --> 00:06:29,823 NATHAN: We got our meat birds banded, right? 142 00:06:29,823 --> 00:06:31,224 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 143 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:32,993 NATHAN: I noticed, it seems like we have less chickens 144 00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:34,694 with bands on them, 145 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:37,364 so I'm wondering if someone sneaked in here and 146 00:06:37,364 --> 00:06:39,699 snipped some bands off. 147 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:41,668 SAMANTHA: Oh, I did, I did. 148 00:06:41,668 --> 00:06:43,336 There's a few that I really love. 149 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:46,006 I'm not looking forward to it because I do have a tendency 150 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:48,008 to get really attached to everything, but, 151 00:06:48,008 --> 00:06:50,110 I know it's necessary. 152 00:06:50,110 --> 00:06:52,045 We can't just keep everything as a pet. 153 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:54,581 NATHAN: Time for death has come for some of you. 154 00:06:54,581 --> 00:06:56,216 That plucker will make things a lot faster. 155 00:06:56,216 --> 00:06:57,684 I think. 156 00:06:57,684 --> 00:06:59,185 SAMANTHA: Are you ready to build? 157 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:00,487 NATHAN: I think so. 158 00:07:00,487 --> 00:07:02,222 Dwindle down our flock. 159 00:07:02,222 --> 00:07:04,424 SAMANTHA: Babies! 160 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:09,062 Time for the big project, huh? 161 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:10,764 Are you ready for this? 162 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:13,333 NATHAN: As ready as I'll be. 163 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:16,002 We got a lot of meat birds, chickens, turkeys. 164 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:18,104 We've also got ducks and geese. 165 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:20,907 Slaughter Day is here, so we're gonna try to build a 166 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:23,944 little feather plucker so we can make the job easier and 167 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:26,179 try to get as many done as we can. 168 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:28,682 This is my first time building a chicken plucker. 169 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:30,784 So, we're going to build the frame, we're going to drill 170 00:07:30,784 --> 00:07:34,354 holes where we need the feather plucker fingers in. 171 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:37,190 And then we got a little plexiglass and that'll be 172 00:07:37,190 --> 00:07:40,260 our spinning bottom. 173 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:41,962 SAMANTHA: I think this is gonna be great because I mean 174 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:44,397 we do have a lot of chickens to process and this will make 175 00:07:44,397 --> 00:07:48,335 it like hopefully really fast in comparison to like 176 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:50,737 hand plucking because I mean, we have like at least 177 00:07:50,737 --> 00:07:53,406 20 birds to, to do today, right? 178 00:07:53,406 --> 00:07:56,843 NATHAN: Probably 20 or more chickens that we could cull. 179 00:07:56,843 --> 00:08:01,014 Few ducks and then maybe some geese. 180 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,383 SAMANTHA: I know I want two of them to live. 181 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:06,586 Just saying I got attached to a few of them and I did that. 182 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:07,654 NATHAN: You would. 183 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:08,822 SAMANTHA: So, yea I would. 184 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,090 I would. I couldn't help it. 185 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:11,691 NATHAN: Let's see how much we get through. 186 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:12,792 It's going to be a process. 187 00:08:12,792 --> 00:08:14,094 SAMANTHA: I would like one goose to die. 188 00:08:14,094 --> 00:08:16,129 But the other two I kind of like too. 189 00:08:16,129 --> 00:08:18,231 But I know we can't keep them all as pets. 190 00:08:18,231 --> 00:08:19,933 NATHAN: We'll kill the one that always likes to attack me. 191 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:22,035 SAMANTHA: Okay. 192 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:36,182 NATHAN: Let's stand it straight up so we can just 193 00:08:36,182 --> 00:08:39,285 get it kind of aligned. 194 00:08:47,794 --> 00:08:49,929 Okay. 195 00:08:49,929 --> 00:08:53,867 Let's pop it on the ground and see how this thing fits. 196 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:56,302 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 197 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:02,509 Nice. 198 00:09:02,509 --> 00:09:04,978 NATHAN: Just about perfect. SAMANTHA: Yeah. 199 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:08,548 NATHAN: I guess figuring out what the next step will be. 200 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,216 SAMANTHA: Looks good. 201 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:12,519 I'm excited to pluck some chickens, 202 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:14,888 I'm not excited to kill them though. 203 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,427 JOHNNY: This romantic idea of being in the woods all alone, 204 00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:23,530 it sounds great, but it's a big mental struggle. 205 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:26,833 So, I found ways to keep my mental state in check. 206 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:28,701 And one of the best things I can do for myself 207 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:29,936 is building things. 208 00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:32,872 Crafting, things, always bettering my life out here. 209 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:36,576 This area's got a lot of memories for me because 210 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,078 I cut a lot of my cabin logs down in here. 211 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,015 And just thinking like, man, this is about to be my first 212 00:09:42,015 --> 00:09:43,650 winter out here. 213 00:09:43,650 --> 00:09:46,219 How's this going to play out, am I gonna make it? 214 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:50,123 All right, I better get back to work. 215 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:52,892 Oh, ima eat this last cranberry. 216 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:54,828 Hm. 217 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:57,430 I want to build a proper workstation at my cabin, 218 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,566 and this is my building sources. 219 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:01,701 It's these trees, that's my material. 220 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,503 (knocking) 221 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:05,772 Kind of hear it's a little hollow in there but should 222 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:09,309 still be a good tree to use for my project because 223 00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:14,214 I'm making a draw horse where I can work pieces of wood. 224 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:17,317 Proper workstation means I can get through this winter. 225 00:10:21,621 --> 00:10:25,225 (whirring) 226 00:10:25,225 --> 00:10:27,894 Look at that. 227 00:10:27,894 --> 00:10:30,330 You see how hollow it is? 228 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:32,398 Look at that, I could stick my hand in there. 229 00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:35,401 That's how hollow this thing is. 230 00:10:35,401 --> 00:10:36,603 Hopefully it just goes down in the direction 231 00:10:36,603 --> 00:10:38,605 I want it to go in. 232 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:44,811 Oh (bleep), it's leaning. 233 00:10:45,612 --> 00:10:46,980 (bleep). 234 00:10:51,217 --> 00:10:54,420 JOHNNY: Come on, come on, come one. 235 00:10:55,555 --> 00:10:56,422 That's how it's done. 236 00:10:56,422 --> 00:11:00,593 (whirring) 237 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,632 Ha-ha, look at that. 238 00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:07,233 Just a little bit, actually. 239 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:09,235 I can still pull lumber out of that. 240 00:11:09,235 --> 00:11:11,271 It's actually not rot. 241 00:11:11,271 --> 00:11:12,405 Ants! 242 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:15,108 They just eat this stuff out. 243 00:11:15,108 --> 00:11:17,076 Look at that. 244 00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:19,712 That's amazing compost right there. 245 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:24,250 I like to make, craft, fabricate most things that 246 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:27,654 I use out here as much as I can. 247 00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:31,391 All right, I'm gonna rip it down the middle. 248 00:11:31,391 --> 00:11:34,661 And I have nothing but freedom out here to create things in 249 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:36,930 my mind that I want to build. 250 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:39,766 And it's nice having that freedom. 251 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,603 It didn't work out too shabby at all. 252 00:11:43,603 --> 00:11:45,905 I guess I could, uh, ask the store manager if they have 253 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:51,344 anything more appropriate, but I think they called off today. 254 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:53,413 I haven't seen him in the office. 255 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:57,383 SONTA: Living out here, knowledge is power. 256 00:11:57,383 --> 00:12:01,220 The more you know about certain animals, 257 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:04,023 how to access certain resources. 258 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:09,095 That's the kind of knowledge that we strive to have. 259 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:14,934 This is pretty good. 260 00:12:15,635 --> 00:12:17,303 CHEVIE: Yeah, I'll check this ice out here and 261 00:12:17,303 --> 00:12:19,038 see what we got. 262 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:21,641 Maybe that Channel narrows down too, right in here. 263 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,077 SONTA: Yeah. 264 00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:26,012 So today we're gonna set some traps. 265 00:12:26,012 --> 00:12:28,214 We're really targeting the mink population right now, 266 00:12:28,214 --> 00:12:30,483 and so we're trying to method that my grandpa 267 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:32,218 used quite a bit. 268 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:35,922 Being able to trap mink under the ice with a fish trap. 269 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,758 I'm a little worried how hollow that might be. 270 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,526 I think that's the thing, is figuring out 271 00:12:40,526 --> 00:12:42,061 what's underneath there. 272 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:44,230 CHEVIE: Yeah, that's hollow for sure. 273 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:45,498 One time I was coming over here when 274 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:46,532 we first moved out here. 275 00:12:46,532 --> 00:12:48,134 I was hauling birch from off this island. 276 00:12:48,134 --> 00:12:50,403 I though, "Oh, look, that looks good." 277 00:12:50,403 --> 00:12:52,939 I tried to drive right across that with my 6-Wheeler and 278 00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,607 straight down I went. 279 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:55,975 Crrk! 280 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,378 Took me a day to get out of it. 281 00:12:58,378 --> 00:13:01,914 So, I know that that's deep. 282 00:13:02,181 --> 00:13:04,017 SONTA: Hopefully the ice is frozen in general, 283 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:08,721 that's always a concern is if the ice is just too thin. 284 00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:10,423 We want the ice to be thick enough to where it's safe 285 00:13:10,423 --> 00:13:14,360 enough to walk on, yet not too thick to where it's completely 286 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,596 frozen to the ground. 287 00:13:16,596 --> 00:13:18,064 Oh. 288 00:13:18,064 --> 00:13:19,098 I heard water. 289 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:20,733 CHEVIE: Water right there. 290 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:22,502 SONTA: Well, that's pretty good, Chev. 291 00:13:22,502 --> 00:13:24,203 CHEVIE: That looks pretty damn good, actually. 292 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:25,638 SONTA: Uh-huh. 293 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:29,242 Essentially with a fish trap, fish are getting stuck inside 294 00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:32,845 the fish trap, and it's a lure for the mink to come into. 295 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:36,482 Mink right now are still going into the water and eating. 296 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:38,584 It's a method of trapping them. 297 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:40,186 They'll drown in a fish trap. 298 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:42,288 So, it's a really good way to harvest mink. 299 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:44,223 A little mink comes around, sees an open hole, 300 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:46,192 maybe it'll just jump in. 301 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:48,528 Everything is kind of looking 302 00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:49,896 for fish right now, too, you know? 303 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:50,930 CHEVIE: Yeah. 304 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:53,866 SONTA: Oh, got it all the way loose, huh? 305 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:56,803 CHEVIE: Got that shovel, baby? 306 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:03,843 SONTA: It's all this ice. 307 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:04,944 CHEVIE: That's thick man. 308 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:06,646 SONTA: Yeah. We'll run the trap. 309 00:14:06,646 --> 00:14:07,847 Get down in there. 310 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,716 Let it do its thing now. 311 00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:14,520 SAMANTHA: In the wintertime, the days are getting 312 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,222 a lot shorter. 313 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:19,559 We only have so much time to get stuff done. 314 00:14:19,559 --> 00:14:23,296 We have the time to make things functional and do their 315 00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:25,465 jobs and then move on to the next project 316 00:14:25,465 --> 00:14:28,067 before we're too late. 317 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:36,075 This is starting to look like a chicken plucker. 318 00:14:36,075 --> 00:14:39,278 NATHAN: So, I guess now we start on the feather plates. 319 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:42,648 Which is going to be cut out of this. 320 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:47,954 We'll cut a circle and we gotta have like an inch of space. 321 00:14:47,954 --> 00:14:50,723 SAMANTHA: Okay. NATHAN: On each side. 322 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:55,495 And once the circle is cut, we get the holes drilled. 323 00:14:55,495 --> 00:14:57,897 And the fingers in this thing. 324 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,299 And that's what's gonna spin in the bottom. 325 00:15:00,299 --> 00:15:02,835 SAMANTHA: I do hope this thing works. 326 00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:05,938 The feather plucking machine is an absolute necessity for us 327 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:08,808 because we have too many birds for us to sustain 328 00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:10,109 over the wintertime. 329 00:15:10,109 --> 00:15:12,311 So, we need to get this chicken plucker going so that 330 00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:14,914 we can process chickens a heck of a lot faster than we could 331 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:17,450 if we had to do it all by hand. 332 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:20,286 It's not going to be pretty, but I hope it functions 333 00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:22,722 exactly how we need it to function, 334 00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:25,191 because we're going to need this thing to work. 335 00:15:25,725 --> 00:15:27,627 There you go. 336 00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:31,430 Back in Oregon we had chickens, but we've never like 337 00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:34,767 actually had meat birds with the intention of 338 00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,769 killing a whole flock. 339 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,105 It's a big deal. 340 00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:41,674 NATHAN: The best way of cutting this without breaking it, 341 00:15:41,674 --> 00:15:43,176 just hold it still. 342 00:15:43,176 --> 00:15:44,544 SAMANTHA: Okay. 343 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:49,148 I'll try not to, so just kind of maneuver, however I got it. 344 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:57,156 (whirring) 345 00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:04,764 (cracking) 346 00:16:04,764 --> 00:16:06,365 NATHAN: Damn it. 347 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:09,802 SAMANTHA: Whoa. 348 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,437 NATHAN: Okay. 349 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:14,440 Change of plans. 350 00:16:16,342 --> 00:16:18,544 SAMANTHA: Hey, you got the circle out. 351 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:20,646 I guess we could always take like the bottom of another one 352 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:23,449 of those blue barrels and just do the same thing. 353 00:16:23,449 --> 00:16:25,718 NATHAN: It's kind of what I was thinking. 354 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:27,854 Because we have one more of these, I guess the question 355 00:16:27,854 --> 00:16:29,689 is, is how is that gonna work? 356 00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:30,890 We'll have to check it. 357 00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:34,360 It's a little wonky, but I think it'll work. 358 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,762 So, we just cut the bottom out of that other one, good thing 359 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:39,098 we have a bunch of junk laying around. 360 00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:40,766 SAMANTHA: I know, seriously. 361 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:43,369 I've never been so grateful for a bunch of garbage. 362 00:16:43,369 --> 00:16:45,771 I'll help you get it. 363 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:47,240 NATHAN: Sure. 364 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,441 The hope is that the feather plucker will be 365 00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:51,644 a huge time saver and helps us expedite the process and 366 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:53,946 just get a lot more done a lot faster 367 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:55,748 and get our freezers full. 368 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:58,451 Let's see how this goes. 369 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:07,126 (whirring) 370 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:12,765 Okay. 371 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:15,868 SAMANTHA: There. Sweet. 372 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,073 NATHAN: It's all about saving time because 373 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:23,576 I don't wanna spend money. 374 00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:35,488 (drilling) 375 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:41,427 SAMANTHA: I think you got them all. 376 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:42,695 NATHAN: Sweet. 377 00:17:42,695 --> 00:17:44,730 We'll see how the fingers go on this thing. 378 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,599 (groaning) 379 00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,880 SAMANTHA: All right. 380 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,483 Look at our chicken fingers. 381 00:18:04,483 --> 00:18:06,652 Look at our little finger plucker thingies. 382 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:08,354 NATHAN: One less thing to worry about, on to the 383 00:18:08,354 --> 00:18:10,423 next thing to worry about. 384 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:14,894 JOHNNY: Out here one of the quickest things I've learned 385 00:18:14,894 --> 00:18:17,930 is that nothing lasts forever and there's no store out here. 386 00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,700 The stuff that I need to subsist out here, 387 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,569 I just pick up some tools, grab some logs, 388 00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:25,838 and just wing it. 389 00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:34,947 So, what I'm making here is kind of a 390 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:37,917 draw horse working station. 391 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,886 It's easy to cut my hands, it's easy to use tools 392 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:44,790 improperly when you're using one hand on the tool. 393 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:47,760 And trying to hold on to what I'm trying to work on. 394 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:49,028 Being out here alone. 395 00:18:49,028 --> 00:18:51,931 I don't have help out here and I have to keep myself safe and 396 00:18:51,931 --> 00:18:54,033 if I get hurt, then I'm in trouble. 397 00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:56,369 I'll be able to hold the tool with both hands and 398 00:18:56,369 --> 00:19:00,706 let this draw horse grip that piece of wood. 399 00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:02,541 It's going to be bad ass. 400 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:06,846 It's actually this side that I'm going to be utilizing. 401 00:19:06,846 --> 00:19:09,648 This rounded part that I'm draw knifing right now with 402 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:11,150 my draw knife is the underside. 403 00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:15,454 No one's going to see it, but I still want it to look good. 404 00:19:15,688 --> 00:19:17,690 I like to be proud of all my projects and what they look 405 00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:20,593 like at the end and out here it's not always the finished 406 00:19:20,593 --> 00:19:22,662 product, it's the process. 407 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:25,064 Knowing I put everything into it. 408 00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,800 This is going to be the base of it. 409 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,436 It'll be on legs. 410 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:35,608 You know I can only go up so high right here. 411 00:19:35,608 --> 00:19:38,911 And I need to have something that can just hold it and 412 00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:43,115 I can just reach and just do nice safe steady pulls with 413 00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:46,385 the draw knife instead of pulling it toward my face. 414 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:50,656 So, it's, like, man, I need I need the draw horse built 415 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:53,292 so I can build a draw horse. 416 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:02,034 Just kind of pounding those legs in, there's no glue, 417 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:04,837 no nails, and this is technically considered 418 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:06,839 mortise and tenon, 419 00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:10,309 which is combining two pieces and when they lock together 420 00:20:10,309 --> 00:20:11,777 it's very strong. 421 00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:14,580 But for this guy here, I made three legs. 422 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:16,048 It's never gonna rock. 423 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,384 It's always going to have three points of contact on the ground. 424 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,586 This guy for example I always gotta find 425 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:22,555 a sturdy place for it. 426 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:24,890 It's hard with the uneven ground and the, you know, 427 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:26,492 the bumps of snow and ice. 428 00:20:26,492 --> 00:20:29,895 But no matter where I put this, it could be sideways 429 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:32,598 even though it's crooked, but it's always going to be flush. 430 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:35,401 That's for just rough cut and just kind of 431 00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:37,470 going to town on projects, 432 00:20:37,470 --> 00:20:40,406 and this is going to be actually where I sit right here 433 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:42,908 just like this, and I can use my hands with 434 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:46,112 my draw knife and do a lot more detailed work. 435 00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:47,980 I'm really excited to kind of have this in 436 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:49,782 my arsenal of tools. 437 00:20:49,782 --> 00:20:52,485 The next thing to do is the mechanics of it. 438 00:20:58,357 --> 00:21:01,560 CLARE: This is my first winter here. 439 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,363 Winter is definitely approaching quickly, 440 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:08,501 so we're on high alert to see what we can see. 441 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,175 MARIO: Ready to go find this bear? 442 00:21:16,175 --> 00:21:17,343 CLARE: Yeah, totally. 443 00:21:17,343 --> 00:21:18,911 MARIO: Yeah, you know, I've been looking for the 444 00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:20,713 last couple of days and it's getting kind of 445 00:21:20,713 --> 00:21:22,047 late in this season. 446 00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:24,817 It's really starting to snow and get really cold. 447 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,452 CLARE: Might still be a bear out there. 448 00:21:26,452 --> 00:21:27,553 MARIO: Yeah. 449 00:21:27,553 --> 00:21:29,655 And if he hasn't den down for the year, you know, 450 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:32,858 we've still got an opportunity to harvest the bear and 451 00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:34,794 if not, come home with some birds. 452 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,630 It's exciting, all right. 453 00:21:42,268 --> 00:21:45,704 CLARE: I'm excited this winter to get out with Mario to do 454 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:49,642 our first hunt together of the winter season. 455 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:52,745 There's a lot to see this time of year. 456 00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:57,049 We've seen a black bear this fall and lots of grouse and 457 00:21:57,049 --> 00:22:00,052 different birds, some ptarmigan as well. 458 00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:02,321 So, we're gonna just go out and see what we can see and 459 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,890 have a good day. 460 00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:12,131 MARIO: There's like 20 grouse in those trees over there, 461 00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:14,867 you see that? 462 00:22:17,303 --> 00:22:20,072 Holy crap. 463 00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:24,076 Look at that! 464 00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:25,578 Wait, all right there you go. 465 00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:28,080 There you go, Yeah. 466 00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:30,983 Look, yeah, just aim and shoot right there. 467 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,484 Here, get closer, look. 468 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:33,652 All right, aim and shoot. 469 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:35,321 There you go. 470 00:22:35,321 --> 00:22:36,422 Up. 471 00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:38,224 There you go. 472 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:47,566 (gunshot) 473 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,902 MARIO: Oh! Hold on. 474 00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:51,837 Hold on, come here. 475 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:53,138 CLARE: Yeah. 476 00:22:53,138 --> 00:22:55,374 MARIO: I think we were just a little too far from him. 477 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:57,643 That's okay. Let's go find him. 478 00:22:57,643 --> 00:22:59,078 He's just down those trees. 479 00:22:59,078 --> 00:23:00,446 CLARE: Okay. 480 00:23:00,446 --> 00:23:01,880 MARIO: We'll follow through. 481 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,082 We don't give up on these things. 482 00:23:03,082 --> 00:23:05,251 Okay? 483 00:23:06,652 --> 00:23:09,288 All right. 484 00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:17,663 ♪ ♪ 485 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:23,302 I think we can track it down. 486 00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:27,573 He's right here. 487 00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:29,908 He's right here around this tree. 488 00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:32,811 Here. 489 00:23:34,446 --> 00:23:36,582 Oh, he was right above us, wasn't he? 490 00:23:36,582 --> 00:23:37,616 CLARE: He flew off. 491 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:40,052 MARIO: That's okay. 492 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:42,054 Okay. Good job. Hey, there's no worries. 493 00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:43,255 CLARE: Yeah. 494 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:44,556 MARIO: You know, you see things through out here, you know? 495 00:23:44,556 --> 00:23:45,658 CLARE: Yep. 496 00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:46,692 MARIO: If at first you don't succeed, keep trying. 497 00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:50,629 CLARE: Mm-hmm. MARIO: All right, let's go. 498 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,600 CLARE: Winter wonderland. 499 00:23:59,505 --> 00:24:01,040 MARIO: All right, hold up. 500 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,641 All right. Can you point it out to me? 501 00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:04,910 CLARE: It's this tall spruce. MARIO: Okay. 502 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,178 CLARE: I dunno, it's probably in the middle. 503 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:07,413 I don't see it right now. 504 00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:10,082 MARIO: I heard it. There it is. There it is. 505 00:24:18,157 --> 00:24:20,859 (gunshot) 506 00:24:24,930 --> 00:24:27,199 Yeah. 507 00:24:36,575 --> 00:24:38,644 CLARE: Good job. MARIO: Yeah. That's awesome. 508 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,380 Yeah, I mean, everything we can get out here counts. 509 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:42,314 Yeah, right? 510 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,615 CLARE: Yeah, absolutely. MARIO: Yeah, here. 511 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:45,317 CLARE: Good job. MARIO: Yeah, thanks. 512 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,986 CLARE: Well, black bear's been pretty elusive so far. 513 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:50,189 No signs of it today. 514 00:24:50,189 --> 00:24:51,757 MARIO: That's okay. 515 00:24:51,757 --> 00:24:54,626 You know, I'm, that's just part of hunting and living 516 00:24:54,626 --> 00:24:56,762 in Alaska out here, you can't really get 517 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:58,697 everything you want. 518 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,766 But my dad would say, 519 00:25:00,766 --> 00:25:03,135 you can't win 'em all, but you can't lose forever. 520 00:25:03,135 --> 00:25:04,303 You know? 521 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:05,437 So. 522 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:06,905 CLARE: We did get two grouse today already. 523 00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:07,940 MARIO: Yeah. 524 00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:10,242 Let's go see if we can't find some more birds. 525 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:13,379 SONTA: Alaskans, anytime the snow starts falling, you know, 526 00:25:13,379 --> 00:25:15,781 you're always thinking about what's next. 527 00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:20,152 And what's next for us is being out on the land trapping. 528 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:23,355 The animal's fur are starting to thicken up. 529 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:26,158 The quality of the fur is better, more dense, 530 00:25:26,158 --> 00:25:29,028 and will make for warmer garments. 531 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:36,402 Right now, we're gonna go check out 532 00:25:36,402 --> 00:25:38,637 the first traps that we've set. 533 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:39,972 Are we seeing some movement? 534 00:25:39,972 --> 00:25:42,441 CHEVIE: What do we got going on down here? 535 00:25:42,441 --> 00:25:46,111 Something knocked my trap down and stole my bait. 536 00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:49,248 Could be a mink, could be a weasel. 537 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:50,816 Took the bait. 538 00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:52,384 This trap didn't even go off. 539 00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:54,486 I don't know how it knocked it out. 540 00:25:55,654 --> 00:25:57,322 I don't know what it was, but something came down here 541 00:25:57,322 --> 00:25:58,624 and robbed us. 542 00:25:58,624 --> 00:26:00,192 So, I think the best thing to do is double down and 543 00:26:00,192 --> 00:26:02,327 set out a different kind of trap next to this one. 544 00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:04,163 So, if whatever critter comes back, 545 00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:06,799 we won't be expecting the second trap. 546 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,634 Maybe we'll pick it up in it. 547 00:26:08,634 --> 00:26:11,203 SONTA: That's a good idea. Double down. 548 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:13,405 CHEVIE: I'll just hang a little bit of salmon from up here. 549 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:14,573 SONTA: Okay. 550 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:15,641 CHEVIE: Because it could be a fox too. 551 00:26:15,641 --> 00:26:16,942 SONTA: Yeah. 552 00:26:16,942 --> 00:26:18,310 CHEVIE: So, if I put salmon up here, the only thing that 553 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:20,512 could get it up here is a fox. 554 00:26:20,512 --> 00:26:21,880 Nothing else can get up that tree. 555 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,115 SONTA: Yeah. Well, that's good. 556 00:26:23,115 --> 00:26:24,917 I'm glad something's coming in though. 557 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:26,318 CHEVIE: Whatever it is, likes fish. 558 00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:27,886 SONTA: Bring it back in and hopefully get it 559 00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:29,621 caught next time. 560 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:32,491 So, one of the first things I just remember my dad 561 00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:35,027 telling me about my grandpa trapping mink is 562 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:38,363 him showing us this site, grandpa's Mink Creek. 563 00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:41,567 And that's where he liked to trap mink and it being a very 564 00:26:41,567 --> 00:26:43,869 special time for us as a family. 565 00:26:43,869 --> 00:26:46,438 Chevie and I are optimistic for the likelihood that we 566 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:49,575 catch something is pretty good, but at the same time it 567 00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:51,810 could outsmart us again. 568 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:57,282 SAMANTHA: We can't just go to the store and buy everything. 569 00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:00,519 We need to utilize what's already on the farm, 570 00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:01,987 what resources we've been blessed with, 571 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:04,857 and to make something cool out of it. 572 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:08,160 NATHAN: It's ready for a test run. 573 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,766 Ready when you are. 574 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:15,834 SAMANTHA: Moment of truth. 575 00:27:15,834 --> 00:27:20,138 (rumbling) 576 00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:22,708 It works. 577 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:25,277 NATHAN: It's working. 578 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:28,447 SAMANTHA: That's pretty cool. 579 00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:32,050 NATHAN: I think that'll pluck some chickens for us. 580 00:27:32,050 --> 00:27:33,852 SAMANTHA: Are you sure it won't pulverize it? 581 00:27:33,852 --> 00:27:35,621 Are you sure it's not too fast? 582 00:27:35,621 --> 00:27:36,755 NATHAN: I don't know. 583 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:39,024 It works, so all that's left to do is go gather the 584 00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:41,293 chickens and start getting at it. 585 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:43,128 SAMANTHA: And butcher some birds. 586 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:45,430 NATHAN: Yeah, let's turn part of our farm into food. 587 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:47,533 SAMANTHA: I can do that. 588 00:27:51,803 --> 00:27:54,706 With these birds, they're not just some chickens that 589 00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:57,209 I bought and threw in a pen and just, you know, 590 00:27:57,209 --> 00:27:59,778 went and tossed out food once a day. 591 00:27:59,778 --> 00:28:01,613 I raised them from babies. 592 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:04,616 I interacted with them on almost a daily basis. 593 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:08,253 You know, they, they have grown on me. 594 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:09,922 NATHAN: We'll start with this. 595 00:28:09,922 --> 00:28:12,891 SAMANTHA: When it comes down to the ones that really have 596 00:28:12,891 --> 00:28:16,562 a lot of personality, it's hard. 597 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,102 NATHAN: It'll be all right. 598 00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:30,208 SAMANTHA: Bye, buddy. 599 00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:34,079 Sorry, dude. 600 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:43,589 NATHAN: Can't keep them all. 601 00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:46,458 Time to get to work. 602 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:50,963 SAMANTHA: You know, Nathan, he doesn't have the 603 00:28:50,963 --> 00:28:53,699 emotional connection to these animals as I do. 604 00:28:53,699 --> 00:28:57,736 He sees nothing but food even when they're a living being, 605 00:28:57,736 --> 00:29:01,440 and I see a spirit, I see a soul inside of 606 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,542 a little chicken body, you know? 607 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:06,945 And I know that that's gonna be gone. 608 00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:11,783 He handles it so much better than I do. 609 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:13,819 I'm sorry. 610 00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:17,089 Oh, Lord, take them, take them quick. 611 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:20,592 He processes things completely different than me. 612 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:22,594 He's designed completely different than me, 613 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,930 and I can appreciate that because this isn't a lifestyle 614 00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:28,133 where you can be ruled by your emotions. 615 00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,937 I'm sorry. 616 00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:33,972 It's gonna be easier for me to disconnect to the birds if 617 00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:37,042 I kill a few myself even, and I don't like it. 618 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:38,377 It's really hard to do. 619 00:29:38,377 --> 00:29:41,647 I feel terrible because it's never as pristine 620 00:29:41,647 --> 00:29:42,848 as you want it to be. 621 00:29:42,848 --> 00:29:45,183 It's never as pretty, it's never as fast and as nice. 622 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:47,686 But I also know that this whole process is gonna 623 00:29:47,686 --> 00:29:50,188 help me grow as a person. 624 00:29:50,188 --> 00:29:52,190 NATHAN: It's wings will, it'll pull its wings in that 625 00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:53,759 as you put it in. 626 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:54,960 SAMANTHA: When I have to take something's life, 627 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,396 my only thing is, go be with God. 628 00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:58,630 Go be with the Creator. 629 00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:01,166 Let's just get you outta here as fast and as painlessly as 630 00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:04,836 possible, you know, and have it done by loving hands. 631 00:30:04,836 --> 00:30:09,041 That's all I want is for them to be dispatched by someone 632 00:30:09,041 --> 00:30:11,076 who loves and cares for them. 633 00:30:11,076 --> 00:30:12,611 NATHAN: Don't cut your fingers. 634 00:30:12,611 --> 00:30:14,780 SAMANTHA: Okay. I'm sorry. 635 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:18,350 Oh, I'm so sorry. 636 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:31,196 NATHAN: All right, let's scald. 637 00:30:31,196 --> 00:30:34,099 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 638 00:30:34,099 --> 00:30:35,934 NATHAN: So generally. 639 00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:39,271 45 seconds or so should do it. 640 00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:41,940 SAMANTHA: And it's only a moment, and then they will 641 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:44,109 never have a bad day ever again. 642 00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:46,745 And that is comfort for me. 643 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:50,282 NATHAN: Hold that. 644 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,220 I'm gonna power this thing on. 645 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:56,421 See how this thing works. 646 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:57,956 SAMANTHA: All right. 647 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:10,202 (rumbling) 648 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:15,407 SAMANTHA: All right, that's good. 649 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:17,943 God dang. Actually. 650 00:31:17,943 --> 00:31:19,044 NATHAN: This thing is working great. 651 00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:20,212 SAMANTHA: Dude. Yeah. 652 00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:21,113 All right. 653 00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:22,814 NATHAN: Pretty good job. 654 00:31:22,814 --> 00:31:24,216 Only a few feathers remaining. 655 00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:25,650 I kind of expected that. 656 00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:26,785 SAMANTHA: Right. 657 00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:29,121 It's not torn to smithereens or anything either. 658 00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:31,923 NATHAN: That's gonna save us a ton of work. 659 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:37,295 SAMANTHA: Make sure the feet get in there. 660 00:31:43,502 --> 00:31:44,636 Oh, yeah. 661 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:46,304 NATHAN: Good. SAMANTHA: Yep. 662 00:31:46,304 --> 00:31:47,672 I know what went into those birds. 663 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:48,807 I know what they were fed. 664 00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:50,609 I know how they were cared for, and I know that it is 665 00:31:50,609 --> 00:31:53,178 a lot more healthy than whatever factory farm chicken 666 00:31:53,178 --> 00:31:54,780 you're gonna find in the store. 667 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:57,416 And it's so important to me to feed my kids things that are 668 00:31:57,416 --> 00:32:01,019 natural rather than stuffed into a little tiny barn where 669 00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:02,621 they barely have room to move. 670 00:32:02,621 --> 00:32:04,890 NATHAN: I am thoroughly impressed with this thing. 671 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:07,426 SAMANTHA: Yeah. NATHAN: Yeah. 672 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,194 SAMANTHA: That's cool. 673 00:32:09,194 --> 00:32:11,196 NATHAN: I mean, that's incredible. 674 00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:13,565 SAMANTHA: It's a naked chicken. 675 00:32:13,565 --> 00:32:16,701 It's so much better than factory farming and going out 676 00:32:16,701 --> 00:32:18,737 and buying stuff from the store. 677 00:32:18,737 --> 00:32:19,871 You don't know where it came from. 678 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:21,473 You don't know what conditions it lived in. 679 00:32:21,473 --> 00:32:23,642 You don't know anything about the bird. 680 00:32:23,642 --> 00:32:26,111 I don't think it's fair the way things are done. 681 00:32:26,111 --> 00:32:29,347 I don't think it's right and I'm happy to be breaking the 682 00:32:29,347 --> 00:32:32,317 cycle of factory farming and raising my kids in a 683 00:32:32,317 --> 00:32:36,388 more natural, connected way with their food. 684 00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:41,927 I knew these birds personally, and I know that because of the 685 00:32:41,927 --> 00:32:45,263 love and care that went into this whole process, 686 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:47,666 it's gonna taste infinitely better 687 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:50,135 when we actually get to eat them. 688 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:56,208 JOHNNY: My first winter out here alone, 689 00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,777 I felt like I lost my mind real quick. 690 00:32:58,777 --> 00:33:01,446 The physical part, you know, you can motivate yourself and 691 00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,281 get through, but it's the mental part 692 00:33:03,281 --> 00:33:05,584 that's the most challenging. 693 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:07,819 If I don't make big builds like this and big projects, 694 00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:10,722 my mind just goes crazy. 695 00:33:19,164 --> 00:33:21,533 Got a board. 696 00:33:21,533 --> 00:33:25,370 And now I'm gonna start making the mechanism of it to make 697 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:28,607 this thing a functioning draw horse. 698 00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:32,711 My hands need to be free to hold the tools and 699 00:33:32,711 --> 00:33:34,145 hold them correctly. 700 00:33:34,145 --> 00:33:36,448 This draw horse is gonna allow me to just use my feet, 701 00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:39,651 and that is going to clamp down on the wood, 702 00:33:39,651 --> 00:33:43,455 and then my hands are free to use the tools correctly. 703 00:33:43,455 --> 00:33:46,057 And that's what this draw horse is gonna allow me to do. 704 00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:49,628 You know what I could really use is a wooden mallet. 705 00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:53,765 I do a lot of chiseling and a wooden mallet is just a nice 706 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:56,701 tool to just be able to do these sorts of things with. 707 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:58,336 I had a whole set and I'm down to two of 'em cause 708 00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:01,373 I've actually shattered these cheap plastic ends 709 00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:03,675 with these axes. 710 00:34:03,675 --> 00:34:05,110 That's the first thing I'm gonna make, 711 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:08,179 but it's not the last thing I'll make if this thing works. 712 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:13,585 I'm out here alone and I got nothing in my way. 713 00:34:14,252 --> 00:34:17,055 When you spend a lot of time alone and you isolate yourself 714 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:21,092 from modern society... 715 00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:22,961 All right. 716 00:34:23,962 --> 00:34:27,299 You start to get these ideas and you start building things. 717 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:32,504 Let me use this hardwood birch for little mechanical pieces 718 00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:35,040 cuz they're stronger than the spruce, 719 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,908 a little bit more dense. 720 00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:40,211 And whatever I end up building is a 721 00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:43,014 representation of my mind. 722 00:34:43,014 --> 00:34:45,850 That's what I want it to do right there. 723 00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:50,155 I can move on to the next part. 724 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,359 I've noticed if I'm struggling at building something, 725 00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:57,796 then I'm usually not in a good head space. 726 00:34:57,796 --> 00:34:59,898 There we go. 727 00:35:00,298 --> 00:35:01,800 What I'm building is going well, 728 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,368 and it looks good at the end of it. 729 00:35:03,368 --> 00:35:06,071 Then I know I'm in a good place. 730 00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:09,407 You know, this won't be the last draw horse I ever make, 731 00:35:09,407 --> 00:35:11,876 and nothing lasts forever out here. 732 00:35:11,876 --> 00:35:15,513 And, hey, if I need something, I just make it. 733 00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:17,349 To me, that's freedom. 734 00:35:17,349 --> 00:35:19,417 I sleep great at the end of the day knowing that 735 00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:21,853 I can do these things for myself. 736 00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:25,290 All right, so I got the pegs in and 737 00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:27,692 let's see how it'll work. 738 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:33,331 I put it in there, look at that, that's secure as it could be. 739 00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:37,068 And I can just draw knife it, rotate it, draw knife, 740 00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:39,037 rotate it, draw knife. 741 00:35:39,037 --> 00:35:41,573 I guess what I want to do now is this will probably make a 742 00:35:41,573 --> 00:35:44,309 good handle for my mallet that I wanna make. 743 00:35:44,309 --> 00:35:46,745 So, I'm gonna start by just making a simple mallet and 744 00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:50,382 then move on to make some other tools and who knows 745 00:35:50,382 --> 00:35:51,883 what else I can make out here. 746 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:54,285 You know, time will tell. 747 00:35:58,356 --> 00:36:01,259 SONTA: Trapping is really a part of the lifestyle here. 748 00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:04,729 There's nothing more exciting than setting traps and 749 00:36:04,729 --> 00:36:08,500 coming back the next day and hopefully catch 'em. 750 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:16,074 CHEVIE: That's pretty good. 751 00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:17,142 Go ahead and clear it out and we'll... 752 00:36:17,142 --> 00:36:18,343 SONTA: Yeah. 753 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:20,145 CHEVIE: See what we got in there. 754 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:25,717 SONTA: So right now, Chevy and I are not quite sure as to 755 00:36:25,717 --> 00:36:27,585 where the mink are gonna be at. 756 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:30,722 So, while we're looking for mink, we're actually also 757 00:36:30,722 --> 00:36:33,892 looking at the fish population as well and what the 758 00:36:33,892 --> 00:36:35,627 movement's like under the water. 759 00:36:35,627 --> 00:36:38,029 There's only so much that the tracks above the ice 760 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:39,264 can tell us. 761 00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:40,532 We have to try to figure out what's going on 762 00:36:40,532 --> 00:36:42,567 underneath the ice, 763 00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:45,704 and that's what matters with trapping minks this way. 764 00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:47,005 CHEVIE: Feels pretty light. 765 00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:49,474 SONTA: Oh, darn. 766 00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:55,180 What is that? 767 00:36:55,180 --> 00:36:56,948 CHEVIE: It's a gill. 768 00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:58,817 Caught some bait, anyways. 769 00:36:58,817 --> 00:36:59,851 SONTA: Little pike. 770 00:36:59,851 --> 00:37:00,919 CHEVIE: Little pike. 771 00:37:00,919 --> 00:37:02,487 That's what those mink are after. 772 00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:05,690 SONTA: Yeah. Huh. 773 00:37:05,690 --> 00:37:08,693 That's a perfect little size bait too. 774 00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:09,761 CHEVIE: Maybe we'll get lucky 775 00:37:09,761 --> 00:37:11,062 and catch some more fish in there, 776 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:12,630 and then once they start swimming around in there, 777 00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:14,866 that's what might bring in a mink. 778 00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:16,201 SONTA: Yeah, that's what would attract something 779 00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:18,803 to go in there. 780 00:37:18,803 --> 00:37:22,073 CHEVIE: Well, let's go check the rest of our traps. 781 00:37:26,311 --> 00:37:28,913 See if that trap's still there. 782 00:37:34,152 --> 00:37:35,286 Trap's still there. 783 00:37:35,286 --> 00:37:37,622 SONTA: Bait's still there. Just reset it. 784 00:37:37,622 --> 00:37:39,858 CHEVIE: Give it a go. SONTA: Yeah. 785 00:37:39,858 --> 00:37:41,292 Right now, we're seeing that there's really 786 00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:45,797 no movement of their food source in and around this trap. 787 00:37:45,797 --> 00:37:48,500 So, we're gonna let our trap soak just a little bit longer 788 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,703 to see if we're actually able to trap anything. 789 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:55,073 You know, the way we believe out here is that there's 790 00:37:55,073 --> 00:37:57,108 no word in our language for failure. 791 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,878 Really, this is about learning 792 00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:03,681 and trying something different because they're out there and 793 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:05,884 we just have to figure out where they're at and 794 00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:08,119 how to trap them better. 795 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,821 Oh. 796 00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:11,189 CHEVIE: What do we got? 797 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:15,226 CHEVIE: Oh, it was a Martin that came out here, huh? 798 00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:17,729 SONTA: That's what was messing around in there. 799 00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:19,831 CHEVIE: If it was in that conibear, he'd be dead. 800 00:38:19,831 --> 00:38:22,567 He must have knocked it over again. 801 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:24,502 That's why I put that second trap out there. 802 00:38:24,502 --> 00:38:28,306 SONTA: That's okay. Got it in a paw. 803 00:38:28,940 --> 00:38:30,909 I'm gonna take care of it. 804 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:32,343 CHEVIE: That second trap paid off, 805 00:38:32,343 --> 00:38:34,112 that one 20 was snapped again. 806 00:38:34,112 --> 00:38:36,014 He must have had it figured out. 807 00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:37,448 It's fur still looks really good. 808 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:38,816 I'm glad it's cold. 809 00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:41,486 SONTA: Yeah. CHEVIE: Nice and prime. 810 00:38:42,253 --> 00:38:44,722 SONTA: Yep. 811 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:48,159 Nice size. Cold enough. 812 00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:49,961 Its fur's thickened up a bit. 813 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:51,796 Good for sewing. 814 00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:54,566 Pretty color too. 815 00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:56,668 About three of these and you make a hat. 816 00:38:56,668 --> 00:38:58,336 We're a third of the way there to getting a 817 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:00,238 new hat for Ryder. 818 00:39:00,238 --> 00:39:01,606 CHEVIE: Yeah. He needs one too. 819 00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:02,874 SONTA: Mm-hmm. 820 00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:04,709 He was running out the door without a hat on. 821 00:39:04,709 --> 00:39:05,743 CHEVIE: We'll just reset it. 822 00:39:05,743 --> 00:39:07,512 Maybe a mink will come next time. 823 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,414 SONTA: It's always good to have some new fur coming 824 00:39:09,414 --> 00:39:12,817 into the house and materials to use sewing. 825 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:14,786 This would be good. 826 00:39:14,786 --> 00:39:16,721 CHEVIE: It's nice to be able to have a little extra here 827 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,056 and there sometimes too. 828 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:19,724 SONTA: Yeah. This is good Chev. 829 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:21,226 Good start for the day. 830 00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:22,694 We should go check the other traps. 831 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:24,829 CHEVIE: Right on. 832 00:39:30,335 --> 00:39:32,003 MARIO: Simple meal for a simple life. 833 00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:33,404 CLARE: Yeah. Delicious. 834 00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:35,073 MARIO: You know? 835 00:39:35,073 --> 00:39:37,275 CLARE: I love grouse. 836 00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:38,443 MARIO: Yeah, I love grouse too. 837 00:39:38,443 --> 00:39:39,444 CLARE: Really good. 838 00:39:39,444 --> 00:39:40,979 Yeah. And the dogs love it. 839 00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:42,347 MARIO: And the dogs love it. 840 00:39:42,347 --> 00:39:43,948 This was our first winter hunt together. 841 00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:45,049 CLARE: Mm-hmm. Yep. 842 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:47,619 MARIO: And you remember kind of moving out here in 843 00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:52,690 the spring and seeing these grouse as little babies? 844 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:55,426 They were just little babies, and they would cross the road 845 00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:58,963 just like 10 of 'em right behind Mom and you know, 846 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:01,299 those are probably the ones that we're eating now. 847 00:40:01,299 --> 00:40:02,533 CLARE: Yeah. 848 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:05,069 MARIO: And you know, it's just really neat to see your food 849 00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:09,207 raised in front of you and you're not doing the raising. 850 00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:11,209 Mother Nature is doing the raising. 851 00:40:11,209 --> 00:40:12,510 You know? 852 00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:15,513 Alaska is something that I hold very near and dear to my heart, 853 00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:18,149 so it feels really special to share 854 00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:20,485 something like that with the woman I love. 855 00:40:20,485 --> 00:40:22,287 And you know, it's often said that 856 00:40:22,287 --> 00:40:24,555 journeys are traveled alone, 857 00:40:24,555 --> 00:40:26,257 and adventures are shared together. 858 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:30,728 So, I look forward to living my life in Alaska with Clare. 859 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:39,237 JOHNNY: God, this is nice, man. 860 00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:49,547 It's nice being able to draw knife all different sizes. 861 00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:51,683 This is a pretty lofty piece. 862 00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:53,785 I wasn't even sure if I was gonna be able to 863 00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:55,253 draw knife big pieces. 864 00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:58,423 I was thinking more of just like small, intricate stuff. 865 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:01,326 All right. 866 00:41:01,326 --> 00:41:03,194 Mallet head. 867 00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:06,030 You know, people use these things for centuries. 868 00:41:06,030 --> 00:41:09,500 Before we had modern tools and modern technology, 869 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:11,769 and I can't make everything out here. 870 00:41:11,769 --> 00:41:14,505 But most of the things I need I can make. 871 00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:17,241 And if I can't make it, maybe I don't need it. 872 00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:21,713 Now I can make mortise and tenon for a lot of things. 873 00:41:21,713 --> 00:41:25,283 Give me more inspiration or more drive to make these 874 00:41:25,283 --> 00:41:26,617 things now. 875 00:41:26,617 --> 00:41:29,554 Just whatever I need to make out here. 876 00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:39,364 SAMANTHA: That's the last part. 877 00:41:39,364 --> 00:41:40,365 NATHAN: Yeah. 878 00:41:40,365 --> 00:41:42,100 So, uh, just make sure they're dry before 879 00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:43,401 we start throwing 'em in bags. 880 00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:45,603 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 881 00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:49,107 I'm glad that we did this, and I know that it was like, 882 00:41:49,107 --> 00:41:51,409 absolutely necessary. 883 00:41:52,276 --> 00:41:54,712 I'm, I'm pleased with how it went. 884 00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:56,114 NATHAN: This is a good start. 885 00:41:56,114 --> 00:41:58,516 This will definitely fill up our freezer quite a bit. 886 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,051 SAMANTHA: The chicken plucker working out like 887 00:42:00,051 --> 00:42:02,053 the way it did is amazing. 888 00:42:02,053 --> 00:42:03,988 NATHAN: Saved us so much work. 889 00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:06,290 Feels a lot better now to have it done, huh? 890 00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:07,458 SAMANTHA: Yeah. 891 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:09,427 Because the ones that I didn't attach myself to, 892 00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:11,696 I didn't have a problem with. 893 00:42:11,696 --> 00:42:15,199 It was the ones that I had built a relationship with 894 00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:18,770 over time that that I ended up having the biggest problem with. 895 00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:22,340 NATHAN: It's not always easy, but this is the farm life. 896 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:25,576 SAMANTHA: We have proven everybody wrong when it comes 897 00:42:25,576 --> 00:42:28,212 to whether or not this place is farmable, 898 00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:29,480 because it really is. 899 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,449 NATHAN: Everyone thought we were crazy coming up here, man. 900 00:42:31,449 --> 00:42:33,017 SAMANTHA: Everyone like, what are you doing? 901 00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:34,218 NATHAN: The farm... SAMANTHA: You're gonna die. 902 00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:36,854 NATHAN: In the interior of Alaska. 903 00:42:36,854 --> 00:42:40,324 Brutal conditions, but we love it. 904 00:42:40,324 --> 00:42:43,327 It's been nothing but blessings for us. 905 00:42:53,504 --> 00:42:57,341 SONTA: I figure it'd be a good time just to kinda warm up. 906 00:42:57,341 --> 00:42:59,744 Yep. 907 00:42:59,744 --> 00:43:02,313 You know, really at the end of the day, we're out here having 908 00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:06,050 a good time, but we're also out here looking for all fur 909 00:43:06,050 --> 00:43:09,153 and any fur that we can trap and harvest right now. 910 00:43:09,153 --> 00:43:12,223 And we got marten fur and that's pretty darn good. 911 00:43:12,223 --> 00:43:14,792 You know, it'll keep us warm. 912 00:43:14,792 --> 00:43:17,228 I wouldn't have life any other way out here. 913 00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:18,563 I love this lifestyle. 914 00:43:18,563 --> 00:43:20,832 I love raising kids in this environment, 915 00:43:20,832 --> 00:43:22,667 and I love what it teaches us. 916 00:43:22,667 --> 00:43:24,035 You're constantly learning. 917 00:43:24,035 --> 00:43:26,804 We're never in a state of stillness, of idleness, 918 00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:29,841 you're always trying to improve, get better and, 919 00:43:29,841 --> 00:43:34,912 Alaskans, and the way of life here is really about trying to 920 00:43:34,912 --> 00:43:39,116 find food, trying to find resources, 921 00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:42,553 and it's kind of a cyclical process 922 00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:47,692 of harvesting and living and living on the land. 923 00:43:48,826 --> 00:43:52,063 Utilize what's around us to provide the things that we need, 924 00:43:52,063 --> 00:43:55,500 the very basic necessities of what we need to survive. 925 00:43:58,169 --> 00:43:59,904 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.