1 00:00:01,869 --> 00:00:07,040 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:09,409 --> 00:00:11,979 TIG: Last night I was laying around and somebody got on the 3 00:00:11,979 --> 00:00:14,882 radio and said that a wolf had gotten their dog. 4 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:23,891 There's just a few of us men around town that have got the 5 00:00:23,891 --> 00:00:27,528 knowledge and the skill to go out and look for a wolf, 6 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:30,230 I just happen to be one of them. 7 00:00:36,570 --> 00:00:38,272 (knock) 8 00:00:38,272 --> 00:00:39,907 JIMMIE: Yeah? TIG: What's up bro? 9 00:00:39,907 --> 00:00:41,208 JIMMIE: Yeah. TIG: How you been? 10 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:42,209 JIMMIE: Been good. 11 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:44,511 TIG: Oh good. Good to see you. 12 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:48,382 Man, I heard, I heard some bad news about your dog. 13 00:00:49,149 --> 00:00:52,552 JIMMIE: Yeah, got taken by the wolf. 14 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:57,724 TIG: Show me the crime scene. 15 00:00:58,158 --> 00:01:00,193 JIMMIE: There was supposed to be a lunar eclipse. 16 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:03,397 So, I turned my lights off. Forgot to turn 'em back on. 17 00:01:03,397 --> 00:01:06,033 Woke up the next day and came down and... 18 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:09,336 TIG: Oh. He ate 'em right there, you know. 19 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:10,971 JIMMIE: Yeah. 20 00:01:10,971 --> 00:01:12,773 TIG: That's just a little bit too close around town, I think. 21 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,007 JIMMIE: Yeah. 22 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,710 TIG: Just by seeing that this wolf sat there in the open, 23 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:19,246 out of cover and ate most of this dog. 24 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,782 I can tell that he's hungry, you know, that's a dangerous 25 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:24,618 situation to have a desperate hungry wolf around town. 26 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:38,165 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:38,165 --> 00:01:40,167 TIG: I kinda lost these tracks. 28 00:01:40,167 --> 00:01:41,301 Once I pick up the tracks, 29 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,337 I can pick up my speed and start to close 30 00:01:43,337 --> 00:01:45,372 the distance between him and I. 31 00:01:48,375 --> 00:01:50,043 I just gotta follow these tracks around, 32 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:52,646 I got my rifle with me and if I happen to see him, 33 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:55,048 I'll take a shot. 34 00:02:05,025 --> 00:02:07,327 This is a young wolf right here. 35 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:08,929 This is a lot fresher; you know, 36 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:11,498 this might have been last night. 37 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:24,678 ♪ ♪ 38 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:28,615 Okay, he came in and walked back out here. 39 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:30,484 Okay. 40 00:02:33,587 --> 00:02:36,723 Oh, he did jump out onto the ice. 41 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:41,028 They use underneath this bank as a highway because there's 42 00:02:41,028 --> 00:02:43,130 no one ever down this way. 43 00:02:43,130 --> 00:02:45,999 And so, no one is ever out here to see them. 44 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,636 And then the school is that direction and that's which way 45 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:51,405 his tracks are leading. 46 00:02:51,405 --> 00:02:55,575 And it's dangerous for all the kids. 47 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:05,452 The wolf, they're gonna take the path of least resistance. 48 00:03:05,819 --> 00:03:07,020 If there's a snowmobile trail, 49 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,890 that's gonna be the path of least resistance. 50 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:13,827 Next day, I gonna come through, 51 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:15,529 see if there's any fresh wolf tracks over 52 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:17,998 my tracks that I put down. 53 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,502 JOEL: You're always kind of exploring out here. 54 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:25,439 I enjoy just finding an animal trail and just walking down it, 55 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:26,873 see why it's there. 56 00:03:34,381 --> 00:03:36,216 JOEL: You know how I know it's moose hunting season? 57 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,718 Cause it's raining and blowing nonstop. 58 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:41,088 I'm gonna leave the dog here 'cause he's gonna 59 00:03:41,088 --> 00:03:42,522 scare everything away. 60 00:03:49,496 --> 00:03:50,664 JOEL: Stay. 61 00:03:57,404 --> 00:03:59,439 JOEL: Moose will kick a dog in half. 62 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:03,443 At the same time, he's like my only buddy out here so it kinda 63 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:05,679 sucks not having him with me. 64 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:07,647 We're off. 65 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:13,553 I only got a couple more days left of moose hunting season. 66 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:15,622 Got a pretty small window to get out there... 67 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:17,624 Try to find a moose. 68 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:25,198 JOEL: My one chance to try to get a moose. 69 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:29,236 I didn't get one last year so, I don't know. 70 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:32,005 I might be eating Spam all winter. 71 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:34,774 We had record rainfall this year. 72 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:37,110 I wasn't really planning on coming up the river, 73 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:40,213 but it's so high, still very dangerous. 74 00:04:42,082 --> 00:04:44,184 Like that. 75 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:46,953 Dangerous 'cause the rivers moving so fast, 76 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:49,489 you can flip your boat over. 77 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:51,391 Which has happened to me before, 78 00:04:52,692 --> 00:04:55,428 and I almost died. 79 00:04:57,164 --> 00:04:59,399 Hunting moose is worth the work and the effort. 80 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:02,169 It would take me like a couple years to eat a whole moose. 81 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:04,671 We are at the, uh, 82 00:05:04,671 --> 00:05:08,275 edge of the lake now, up in, uh, Pile Bay. 83 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:10,443 It's actually just started snowing on the mountains. 84 00:05:18,185 --> 00:05:22,989 (moose call) 85 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:04,264 JOEL: He came through here. 86 00:06:04,264 --> 00:06:05,765 Looks like more than one though. 87 00:06:05,765 --> 00:06:07,968 There's a bigger one and a smaller one. 88 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:19,746 JOEL: There's some poop there. It's still warm. 89 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:23,583 Man, he was like just here. 90 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:42,035 ♪ ♪ 91 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:45,038 (moose call) 92 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:50,844 (moose call) 93 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:56,750 JODY: With winter on the way, the work is never over. 94 00:06:57,117 --> 00:06:58,752 We have to act now. 95 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:01,888 Well, this looks like the one. 96 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:03,323 JAMEY: Yeah, this'll work. 97 00:07:03,323 --> 00:07:04,791 Looks pretty straight. 98 00:07:08,361 --> 00:07:10,997 JODY: So, Jamey and I decided we wanted to try living 99 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:13,166 in my home community. 100 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,970 After Jamey's fish camp in the middle Yukon. 101 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:24,077 We're really lucky to be buying this place from some friends. 102 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:27,948 It's got good bones, but it's needed some work and repairs 103 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:30,450 and so we're trying to make this house a home. 104 00:07:36,423 --> 00:07:38,391 Hey, easy-peasy. 105 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:42,562 JAMEY: Okay. JODY: Seems light now. 106 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:44,230 JAMEY: Everybody seems to be wanting to hang out there 107 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:46,499 on the balcony but it's kinda unsafe. 108 00:07:46,733 --> 00:07:49,669 It makes a bunch of noises and creeks when you step out there. 109 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:52,138 JODY: It's pulling the upper part of the wall out 'cause of 110 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:53,974 the weight of this balcony. 111 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:55,909 JAMEY: We're gonna have to, uh, sure this up, 112 00:07:55,909 --> 00:07:58,912 take this support system out and use these and go 113 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,480 right to the ground with them. 114 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,150 Jack it up and, uh, take that pressure off that wall. 115 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,453 So, we're gonna put a plumb bob down, and, 116 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:08,154 or a makeshift plumb bob cause I don't have. 117 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:09,189 JODY: What's a plumb bob? 118 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:10,690 JAMEY: Plumb bob is just a string with a pin. 119 00:08:10,690 --> 00:08:12,058 JODY: Plumb bob. 120 00:08:12,058 --> 00:08:15,628 JAMEY: Say hey, I'm gonna start calling you plumb bob. 121 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:21,968 Well, I got my makeshift plumb bob going here, 122 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:24,671 so I get someone of an idea of where my center of my 123 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:27,107 support beams should be. 124 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:30,677 JODY: This is one project that we really need to get done 125 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:32,645 before the winter sets in. 126 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:34,681 We just gotta get it better insulated, 127 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:38,251 airtight and then more secure before it's too late. 128 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:41,554 Okay, any day now. 129 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:43,456 Okay. 130 00:08:43,456 --> 00:08:46,026 JAMEY: Hold on, hold on. 131 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:49,529 Okay, you can let go. 132 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:52,399 All right. 133 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,269 JODY: Well, that was a core work out. 134 00:08:56,703 --> 00:08:59,038 JAMEY: Go ahead and get these started, we'll seat it, okay, 135 00:08:59,038 --> 00:09:01,307 so just make sure it's centered. 136 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:04,978 There you go, now you just start cranking on that thing. 137 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:08,448 Okay, it's seated. 138 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:10,917 So, Im'a start lifting I guess you can go inside and, uh, 139 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:12,519 tell me what it's doing. 140 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:15,221 I'm just gonna bring it up probably an inch or two. 141 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:18,091 JODY: I'm a little nervous. 142 00:09:21,361 --> 00:09:23,062 DANIEL: Each season, 143 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:25,865 everything's prepared way long before. 144 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:27,801 If you're not prepared for the winter, 145 00:09:27,801 --> 00:09:30,170 it's a lot harder and dangerous. 146 00:09:34,841 --> 00:09:36,009 DANIEL: Nice day out. 147 00:09:36,009 --> 00:09:37,410 CHASE: Yeah. 148 00:09:46,119 --> 00:09:47,787 DANIEL: Probably start on the north-side, eh? 149 00:09:47,787 --> 00:09:49,322 CHASE: Yeah. 150 00:09:50,557 --> 00:09:52,959 DANIEL: We gotta work ahead of time to uh prepare 151 00:09:52,959 --> 00:09:55,061 for winter hunt. 152 00:09:55,061 --> 00:09:58,898 Preparing our sleds, our whaling gear and we gotta 153 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:01,234 put some maintenance work on the house. 154 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:03,069 You can come out a little bit if you want. 155 00:10:03,069 --> 00:10:05,772 That's good right there. 156 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:08,174 You, you see Russia from up there, Puwiim? 157 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:11,177 CHASE: Oh yeah, the Russian mountains are popping 158 00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:13,313 out really good right now. 159 00:10:16,516 --> 00:10:18,384 I see a whale! 160 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:26,426 CHASE: Yeah, this whale had a spout about this high. 161 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:28,862 DANIELLE: Oh, I see him. 162 00:10:30,763 --> 00:10:32,699 CHASE: It's about that time of the year. 163 00:10:35,368 --> 00:10:36,736 DANIEL: Hey! 164 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:45,211 Pretty soon, uh, it'll be whaling season. 165 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:47,780 Wow. 166 00:10:55,421 --> 00:10:58,158 Our roof is not gonna leak anymore. 167 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:01,561 What a good day to do it too, nice and calm. 168 00:11:05,131 --> 00:11:07,400 CHASE: Nope. DANIEL: Hey. 169 00:11:08,368 --> 00:11:09,969 CHASE: All right we're done. 170 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:12,038 DANIEL: All right, you got the roofing done. 171 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:13,606 You're ready for winter. 172 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:16,009 DANIELLE: Yeah. DANIEL: Good job boy. 173 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:19,445 Ready to rock, let's go! 174 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:22,315 The day's not over, there's still a lot of work to do. 175 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:26,753 JODY: This place, the Yukon, the mountains. 176 00:11:27,253 --> 00:11:30,056 My ancestors always bring me back here. 177 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:33,026 I'm excited to build a new home for our family. 178 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:40,900 JODY: So, it looks like the wall pulled an inch out. 179 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:44,671 As long as this is safe from collapsing, that'll be nice. 180 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:48,241 What? 181 00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:49,509 JAMEY: You ready? JODY: Yeah. 182 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,711 JAMEY: Okay, I'm going up. 183 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,947 One of my concerns is I jack it up is, uh, 184 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:55,248 it's gonna tweak something. 185 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:58,451 So, she's inside looking at the wall where it joins the log. 186 00:11:58,451 --> 00:12:01,020 JODY: Ohh, I can even see it rising. 187 00:12:01,955 --> 00:12:03,523 Other side! 188 00:12:03,523 --> 00:12:05,258 JAMEY: Okay. 189 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,126 So, we're just gonna try to, uh, 190 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:09,362 put it back into place where it's supposed to go. 191 00:12:09,362 --> 00:12:10,863 But we're not gonna put too much pressure on it. 192 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:12,765 We don't want to do any damage or break it. 193 00:12:12,765 --> 00:12:14,934 So, we gotta be careful here. 194 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:17,270 JODY: Ohh, I feel the movement. 195 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:19,472 JAMEY: You know, who knows what's gonna happen as I 196 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:21,441 start putting pressure on it. 197 00:12:21,441 --> 00:12:23,610 JODY: Keep going. 198 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:30,149 (wood creaking) 199 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:31,417 Oh. 200 00:12:31,417 --> 00:12:33,419 JAMEY: (bleep)! Whoa, you heard that? 201 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:34,954 JODY: Yeah. 202 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:37,256 JAMEY: I'm a take a look at it, there's a, 203 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:39,826 made a pretty good sound there. 204 00:12:39,826 --> 00:12:43,396 JODY: We heard kind of a loud creek or pop. 205 00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:45,898 So, things are moving. 206 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:47,800 JAMEY: Think that's about as far as I'm gonna go right there. 207 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,935 JODY: Okay. 208 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:51,204 JAMEY: This is good now. Once we get these supports in. 209 00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:52,272 JODY: Yeah. You want me down there now? 210 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:54,641 JAMEY: Yeah, I want you down here. 211 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:05,685 Okay. 212 00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:10,623 Just seat this. 213 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,359 It's seated. 214 00:13:13,359 --> 00:13:15,061 Go ahead, just bring it down a little bit because 215 00:13:15,061 --> 00:13:16,162 of that board. 216 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:17,497 Then I'm gonna put it on the back side. 217 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:18,564 JODY: Okay. 218 00:13:18,564 --> 00:13:19,832 JAMEY: Right there that should be it. 219 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:23,569 JODY: Yeah, it's good. Jamey and I are a lot alike. 220 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:26,906 We both love this lifestyle and like being out on the land. 221 00:13:27,106 --> 00:13:29,442 I've been independent for so many years. 222 00:13:29,442 --> 00:13:31,811 It's awesome to have his expertise in areas that 223 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:32,945 I'm not strong. 224 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:35,281 And I'm strong in areas he's not strong. 225 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:37,283 Man, this is going pretty good. 226 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:39,152 JAMEY: Yeah. 227 00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:44,057 So, I'm gonna go ahead and pop the jacks off. 228 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:49,262 Coming down, here you go. 229 00:13:49,729 --> 00:13:51,998 I got this one, I'm just gonna drop it. 230 00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:53,933 JODY: Whoa, this is stuck in there. 231 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:55,802 JAMEY: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it went into it. 232 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:57,170 I'm gonna drop this down to you and you can just drop it 233 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,272 on the ground right there. 234 00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:05,411 JODY: Looks good. 235 00:14:05,411 --> 00:14:08,414 JAMEY: Yeah, so we alleviated the pressure that's pulling on 236 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:09,549 the wall there. 237 00:14:09,549 --> 00:14:11,050 JODY: Yup, looks solid. 238 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,852 JAMEY: Yeah, yeah. This'll, this'll work. 239 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:15,388 JODY: It's supported we can go out on the balcony and 240 00:14:15,388 --> 00:14:17,356 rest at ease it's not going to tumble off. 241 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:18,391 Or come crashing down. 242 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:19,625 JAMEY: Yeah, yeah we could. 243 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:21,227 Yeah, in the meantime we can start stripping off the siding, 244 00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:22,628 see what the squirrels did and so we need to do. 245 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:23,996 JODY: Yeah. See what damage they did. 246 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:25,264 JAMEY: Good. JODY: Nice work, babe. 247 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,867 JAMEY: Yeah. JODY: Impressive. 248 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,773 TIG: The wolves within a 20-mile radius of our community. 249 00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:36,409 They know who I am, they know my scent. 250 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,711 I've been chasing a lot of these wolves around 251 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:40,346 for many years. 252 00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:46,719 TIG: We go, three nights ago we gotten snow. 253 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:51,224 See some more tracks right here, 254 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:53,926 leading on this trail right next to our house. 255 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:57,263 Yeah, I can see that this wolf has used my trail just like 256 00:14:57,263 --> 00:14:59,098 I thought he would. 257 00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:00,299 We use an outhouse, 258 00:15:00,299 --> 00:15:03,136 my little girls gotta go run out all night using the bathroom 259 00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:04,237 and what not. 260 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:06,172 Not a good situation having predators this close 261 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:07,707 to my family. 262 00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:09,609 I don't like it. 263 00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:12,211 He isn't gonna be hanging around town hunting dogs, 264 00:15:12,478 --> 00:15:14,147 scaring kids. 265 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:31,931 We're about six miles back the Kanuti Canyon trail. 266 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:35,768 These tracks are still heading off that way. 267 00:15:36,836 --> 00:15:39,806 This wolf knows he walked the community safely before so he's 268 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,374 gonna come through it again. 269 00:15:41,374 --> 00:15:42,775 But this next time he comes through, 270 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:44,644 he's gonna start seeing my tracks. 271 00:15:44,644 --> 00:15:46,712 He's gonna know I'm after him. 272 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:51,083 When you're chasing a wolf, they are a super smart animal. 273 00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:52,452 You gotta be real cautious. 274 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:54,554 One time, I was chasing a wolf up the river, 275 00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:56,556 and he ran out towards the middle of the river and 276 00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:57,690 I kept following him. 277 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,660 Next thing I know, I was five feet from an open hole. 278 00:16:00,660 --> 00:16:02,361 And that's exactly what this wolf wanted. 279 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:05,565 He wanted me to drive off into that open water. 280 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:07,266 It's dangerous to chase 'em. 281 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,001 You gotta be cautious, you gotta know what you're 282 00:16:09,001 --> 00:16:10,803 doing out here. 283 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,419 Some more tracks right here. 284 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:29,655 Fresh tracks, look like he is heading out. 285 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:32,558 I followed this wolf at least eight miles away from our house 286 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:36,062 which is a lot better than the 500 feet he was on his bank. 287 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:38,865 I feel a lot safer sending my kids off to school knowing that 288 00:16:38,865 --> 00:16:41,334 this wolf has probably left town by now. 289 00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:45,671 Hopefully we don't have to worry about him for a while. 290 00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,844 JOEL: You make decisions when you're hunting is sometimes 291 00:16:51,844 --> 00:16:53,212 in a split second. 292 00:16:53,212 --> 00:16:55,381 Whether or not to take the shot. 293 00:16:55,381 --> 00:16:56,916 Whether to go left or right. 294 00:16:56,916 --> 00:16:59,118 Sometimes it's hard to justify if you made the 295 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:00,887 right or wrong decision. 296 00:17:05,324 --> 00:17:07,193 JOEL: Up the lake I go. 297 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:12,064 Yesterday was a pretty good day. 298 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,332 At least I saw some moose sign, 299 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:15,468 I'm pretty sure there's moose back there. 300 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:18,971 I'm gonna run back there and, uh, hopefully I get something. 301 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:25,111 I just need one moose. 302 00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:26,579 One. 303 00:17:26,846 --> 00:17:29,315 The next couple days is my only option for moose hunting. 304 00:17:30,016 --> 00:17:31,684 You know the animal's so big that it would, 305 00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:33,786 it can last you like all year. 306 00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:39,959 Smells like bears. 307 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,029 Right there look, brown bear. 308 00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:49,869 It's not what I'm looking for. 309 00:17:57,910 --> 00:17:59,812 So, I just bring it out to flat islands. 310 00:18:01,147 --> 00:18:02,682 (groans) 311 00:18:02,682 --> 00:18:04,784 I already saw the bear. 312 00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,852 I don't know if that's a bad sign or a good sign. 313 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:09,021 It's probably not a good sign. 314 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:13,793 Yeah, you can see in here, all the bushes are really low, 315 00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:15,461 it's cause the moose are hanging out here eating the, 316 00:18:15,461 --> 00:18:17,563 eating the tops of them. 317 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:19,699 Gotta be a moose out here somewhere. 318 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:29,275 (moose call) 319 00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:40,786 (moose call) 320 00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,580 JOEL: There's not a whole lotta moose around. 321 00:19:11,484 --> 00:19:14,020 It's a little bit discouraging. 322 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:16,689 But I'll keep looking. 323 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:29,635 Thought I saw a tree move. 324 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,046 There's another bear right here. 325 00:19:40,379 --> 00:19:42,615 Damn, that is a big (bleep). 326 00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:45,251 Nice coat. 327 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:50,890 ♪ ♪ 328 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,398 JOEL: Oh (bleep), the plugs out. 329 00:19:59,632 --> 00:20:01,467 Stupid. 330 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:03,869 There he goes, damnit. 331 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:06,505 Oh, I just pulled the plug out to get the water 332 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:09,442 outta the boat and I forgot to put it back in. 333 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:11,077 I do that a lot. 334 00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:21,220 JOEL: Nah, I gotta wait. I gotta wait. 335 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:23,055 If I got a bear right now, I probably wouldn't have time 336 00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:24,323 to also get a moose. 337 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:27,960 I'm better off just waiting for a moose and then shooting 338 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,129 a bear after moose hunting season. 339 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:33,232 There's obviously not a shortage of bears around here. 340 00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:43,142 Been out here for like seven hours, six hours now, 341 00:20:43,142 --> 00:20:44,977 I'm not sure what time it is. 342 00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:47,713 It's like 6-0-8 looks like. 343 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:50,149 It's either today or tomorrow before, um, 344 00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:53,052 moose hunting season's over. 345 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:10,436 This does look like really good moose country. 346 00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:15,774 I'm a little bit worried now, I'm not gonna find one. 347 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,480 All I can do is keep looking. 348 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,352 TIG: At this point in my life, 349 00:21:26,352 --> 00:21:29,822 it's upon me to start teaching my children, all my knowledge, 350 00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:32,191 my skills, my traditional sense. 351 00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:34,727 That's the stuff that I'm passing down to my children. 352 00:21:41,734 --> 00:21:43,235 TIG: How you say marten in Denaakk'e? 353 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:46,539 TIG: Sooge. Just like our doggy. 354 00:21:46,806 --> 00:21:48,841 EVAN: Yup, just like our doggy. 355 00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:52,545 TIG: Looks like the wolf's probably no more of a threat to 356 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:55,915 us so let's go walk up and set a marten trap. 357 00:21:59,752 --> 00:22:02,788 TIG: My trap line's 36 miles long. 358 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:06,392 The trail goes through a lot of different types of country. 359 00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:09,461 A lot of different types of area where a lot of different 360 00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:12,198 types of animals are gonna be moving. 361 00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:13,933 Marten, see? 362 00:22:13,933 --> 00:22:15,334 EVAN: Huh. How long you think that was ago? 363 00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,336 TIG: Maybe a few days. 364 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,510 Evan when he was about six or seven years old, 365 00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:28,380 I did take him out once and it was about 30-35 below. 366 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:33,452 His snow pants came up, had some of his skin was showing. 367 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:36,522 He got a pretty bad frost bite around his leg and after that I 368 00:22:36,522 --> 00:22:38,257 was kinda scared of bringing the kids out in 369 00:22:38,257 --> 00:22:39,558 the colder weather. 370 00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:42,995 I freaked myself out having his leg frost bit that bad. 371 00:22:43,996 --> 00:22:45,130 Got the ott? 372 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:46,332 EVAN: Yup. 373 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:48,367 TIG: It was just a few years ago that I'd started taking him 374 00:22:48,367 --> 00:22:50,769 back out and showing him how to set the sets again. 375 00:22:53,072 --> 00:22:57,176 Just like that, take this wire, wrap it around. 376 00:22:59,612 --> 00:23:01,714 You don't want to twist this one on too much. 377 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:04,083 You just want it enough to hold it on there. 378 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:07,720 So, when the marten get caught, this one's gonna fall off, 379 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,388 he's gonna dangle down here. 380 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:10,956 And then when he dangle like that, 381 00:23:10,956 --> 00:23:14,226 he's gonna die a lot faster. 382 00:23:16,795 --> 00:23:20,065 We just gotta let this guy sit and do his thing. 383 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:21,467 All right, my boy. 384 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,235 We got this one set. 385 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:25,571 Let's keep clearing the trail and see if we see 386 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:26,739 any more tracks. 387 00:23:26,739 --> 00:23:28,073 If we see any more marten tracks, 388 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:31,410 we'll set another one. 389 00:23:36,382 --> 00:23:38,651 DANIEL: It's a very harsh weather out here. 390 00:23:38,851 --> 00:23:40,686 Very unpredictable. 391 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,956 Takes a lot of time and effort to have everything ready 392 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,291 for the winter. 393 00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:50,162 DANIEL: Ready? CHASE: Yeah. 394 00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:52,731 DANIEL: Well pull up maybe, uh, pull the side out first, 395 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:54,333 this way. 396 00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:56,936 Go on this side, and I'll go on this side. 397 00:23:59,038 --> 00:24:01,140 CHASE: This is the sled I'm going to be working on, 398 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:03,776 so we can have something to carry all our equipment and 399 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:06,578 stuff down to the beach. 400 00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:11,183 I've been working on it for a while since my last school year. 401 00:24:11,183 --> 00:24:14,253 I just graduated last year and it's really good to have these 402 00:24:14,253 --> 00:24:17,056 things ready before winter comes. 403 00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,692 It would be really hard without this. 404 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:23,729 DANIEL: Okay, uh, get the SKIL saw see if we can cut out the, 405 00:24:23,729 --> 00:24:25,864 uh, three inches huh? 406 00:24:25,864 --> 00:24:27,299 CHASE: Yeah. 407 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:28,834 DANIEL: Try to get two on each side, 408 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:32,037 that way it'll be thick enough to use throughout the winter. 409 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:47,753 DANIEL: Everything is hard to get out here. 410 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:50,189 You know, we're in a remote village. 411 00:24:50,189 --> 00:24:52,858 Whatever we can get a hold of, we try to hold onto. 412 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:57,229 Try not to waste anything. 413 00:25:02,534 --> 00:25:03,736 Let's see, huh? 414 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:05,838 See if it works. 415 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:09,541 Tried to even it out and, uh, looks good, huh? 416 00:25:09,842 --> 00:25:11,176 CHASE: Yeah. 417 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:12,911 DANIEL: How much, uh, sticking out? 418 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:15,247 CHASE: Got about an inch, uh, to work with. 419 00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:17,182 DANIEL: That's good. 420 00:25:19,551 --> 00:25:21,220 CHASE: Right after this garage was built, 421 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:24,923 I put in my wood stove that I made at school last year. 422 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:29,428 I've been working on a lot of things in here. 423 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:32,398 Growing up, my dad taught me how to make things. 424 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:36,502 DANIEL: We're gonna, uh, 425 00:25:36,502 --> 00:25:39,772 put bolts on the front end there to secure the sled. 426 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:46,178 Move back a little ways and kind of go at an angle this way. 427 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:47,946 CHASE: This way? 428 00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:52,684 DANIEL: Ah! 429 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:57,790 DANIEL: Yeah, you hit a screw and tried in here, I think. 430 00:25:59,691 --> 00:26:00,759 Ahh. 431 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:21,413 DANIEL: Hey, we're in business. 432 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:29,254 Man, I can't wait to see this, uh, brand new sled in use. 433 00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:30,989 CHASE: I know. 434 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:32,658 DANIEL: These sleds are hard to come by. 435 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:37,763 CHASE: Yeah. 436 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:39,898 DANIEL: You know, wintertime is just around the corner, 437 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,500 getting colder and windier. 438 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,535 It's a little bit harder to hunt from land. 439 00:26:45,471 --> 00:26:47,106 DANIEL: We're gonna have a sled. 440 00:26:47,106 --> 00:26:49,074 Looking for the game. 441 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:55,681 Walrus, whales, and all the other marine mammals that come 442 00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:58,183 along with the ice. 443 00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:00,519 They're gonna be plentiful. 444 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:03,255 (grunting) 445 00:27:03,255 --> 00:27:04,723 Hey. 446 00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:08,760 Gotta use different part of the house to bend it and 447 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,629 provide and adapt. 448 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:13,799 (grunting) 449 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:17,136 Hey, we're done. 450 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:23,709 DANIEL: We're in business. 451 00:27:23,709 --> 00:27:26,378 The weather has been a big factor and we've had 452 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:29,148 a poor season this past year. 453 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,985 We gotta prepare for it. 454 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:40,526 You gotta take what life gives you. 455 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,998 Try to make adjustments, basically go with the weather. 456 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:57,476 Shouldn't be too long to finish it now. 457 00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,311 CHASE: Yeah. 458 00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:04,016 JOEL: Being out here, you have to rely on yourself. 459 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,951 You have to rely on your talents. 460 00:28:05,951 --> 00:28:08,754 You rely on your skill set and I like that. 461 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:15,761 JOEL: No, you stay here. 462 00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:17,062 Stay. 463 00:28:20,165 --> 00:28:22,067 So, today's the last day of moose hunting. 464 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:25,304 Still have like 18 hours to try to find a moose. 465 00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:28,040 (laughs) 466 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,876 No Tracker, go. Go home. 467 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,082 Go home. 468 00:28:38,784 --> 00:28:40,552 There he goes. 469 00:28:40,752 --> 00:28:43,889 So sad, gotta leave my best friend here. 470 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:48,794 So, I'm gonna run back up to that lake that I was, 471 00:28:48,794 --> 00:28:51,730 that was at the end of Long Bay. 472 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:54,933 That's the only place that I've only seen like 473 00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:57,002 moose sign so far. 474 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:08,113 I know there's a moose around here somewhere. 475 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:11,750 Oh (bleep). 476 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,019 There's like super fresh moose crap right here. 477 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:16,755 That looks like todays. 478 00:29:18,957 --> 00:29:21,026 Hmm. 479 00:29:21,260 --> 00:29:22,728 Interesting. 480 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:34,906 JOEL: When I first got out of the Marines, 481 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:37,309 I went hunting with my brother. 482 00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:40,312 We were like side hilling on this mountain, 483 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,449 and we saw this moose. 484 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:46,385 There's like fresh moose tracks. 485 00:29:46,585 --> 00:29:48,954 I had like barley been out of war. 486 00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:50,989 So, I just starting shooting and running like, 487 00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:53,625 locate close with and destroy the enemy. 488 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,360 I had like a lever-action thirty-thirty, 489 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,829 so I'm like shooting and running down this mountain like 490 00:29:57,829 --> 00:30:00,165 as fast as I can. 491 00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:02,434 You know, we killed it. 492 00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:05,537 I, but I thought it was fine and like my buddies come over and were like, 493 00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:08,273 "Man, it sounded like World War III was going off." 494 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,009 Being in combat for long periods of time, 495 00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:13,545 definitely messes with your mind a little bit. 496 00:30:13,779 --> 00:30:16,048 Definitely changes ya. 497 00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:28,226 That's what's so supple about berries this year cause there's 498 00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:29,928 no moose around. 499 00:30:39,871 --> 00:30:42,140 JOEL: We have to call it a day. 500 00:30:42,474 --> 00:30:44,042 The wind's starting to pick up now. 501 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,944 I'm kinda running out of daylight anyways so, 502 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:50,148 I guess I'll head home and, uh, open a can of beans. 503 00:30:58,090 --> 00:30:59,925 Where's my jacket at? 504 00:30:59,925 --> 00:31:01,927 Think it blew outta the boat. 505 00:31:02,461 --> 00:31:04,563 Crap! 506 00:31:06,431 --> 00:31:08,500 My buddy actually sent it to me from the Marine Corp. 507 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,603 So, it's like Marine Corp issue gore-tex. 508 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:14,039 Which is not something that you can just like buy. 509 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:16,541 It's gonna be pretty hard to find this jacket. 510 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:20,679 Trying to cover this huge area and the jackets also camouflage. 511 00:31:20,946 --> 00:31:23,982 It's gonna be like finding a needle in a haystack out here. 512 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:26,451 It will be waiting for me in Valhalla. 513 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:37,229 Ha-hah! There it is. 514 00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:42,968 Yeah! All right. 515 00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:46,071 Ha-ha. Sweet. 516 00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:49,941 Well, it's not a total loss today. 517 00:31:50,175 --> 00:31:52,878 At least I'm going home with everything I started with, 518 00:31:52,878 --> 00:31:54,679 except my dignity. 519 00:32:01,853 --> 00:32:03,455 TIG: The more work we put in right now, 520 00:32:03,455 --> 00:32:05,857 the easier the winter's gonna be. 521 00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:10,195 About three nights ago we gotten snow. 522 00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:11,797 Ah, no marten. 523 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:15,600 But, you can see his tracks right up to the set. 524 00:32:15,967 --> 00:32:18,537 And birds took our bait. 525 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,343 See his tracks, it's looking a little more promising. 526 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:30,782 I got this fish had forgotten I had in the porch from last fall. 527 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:32,617 Ha. 528 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:35,220 And it got a little bit ripe. 529 00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:38,423 Perfect for marten. 530 00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:52,237 Your late Grandpa Lawrence said, 531 00:32:52,237 --> 00:32:55,373 knock the snow off of the trees around it. 532 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:58,043 Make it look different, marten will come and investigate. 533 00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:13,892 EVAN: Dad? TIG: Huh? 534 00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:15,594 EVAN: Martens are curious animals? 535 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:18,063 TIG: Yeah. 536 00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:23,568 Pretty sure this one's gonna do the trick right there. 537 00:33:23,902 --> 00:33:28,106 As long as that trap works like it should. 538 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:52,230 ♪ ♪ 539 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:58,670 TIG: Hey Evan, check it out. 540 00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:04,976 TIG: I can see that this marten's caught by a few toes. 541 00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:07,212 And so, we're gonna have to get this done quick before he pulls 542 00:34:07,212 --> 00:34:09,548 his foot out of the trap and I end up watching this marten 543 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:11,850 run off into the woods. 544 00:34:16,955 --> 00:34:18,156 See what I'm doing? 545 00:34:18,156 --> 00:34:19,157 EVAN: Oh, yeah. 546 00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:21,259 TIG: Feel his heart right here. 547 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:27,532 TIG: If he come back to life, 548 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:29,134 you want to have him squeezed right around 549 00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:30,368 the neck right there. 550 00:34:30,368 --> 00:34:31,469 EVAN: Okay. 551 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,071 TIG: He can't come back and bite you. 552 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:34,973 First time I ever grabbed a marten, 553 00:34:34,973 --> 00:34:37,375 I grabbed him like this. 554 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:39,844 And he sunk his teeth right into this finger. 555 00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:41,012 EVAN: Uh-huh. 556 00:34:41,012 --> 00:34:43,448 TIG: See those big ass teeth? 557 00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:46,518 Woo, it didn't feel good getting bit by a marten. 558 00:34:51,890 --> 00:34:53,024 TIG: Is this your first one, Evan? 559 00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:54,292 EVAN: I'm pretty sure. 560 00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:55,594 TIG: Good job buddy. 561 00:34:55,594 --> 00:34:59,030 EVAN: Thank you. I'll hold it by the neck. 562 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:02,434 TIG: Ha-ha, yeah. 563 00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:04,269 You gonna be able to do that now? 564 00:35:04,269 --> 00:35:05,470 EVAN: Yeah. 565 00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:07,005 TIG: This is Evan's first time getting a marten. 566 00:35:07,005 --> 00:35:09,374 I see in his face that, you know, he's pretty excited. 567 00:35:09,374 --> 00:35:11,209 Last winter he caught a wolverine. 568 00:35:11,209 --> 00:35:13,311 This year's he's got a marten and a rabbit. 569 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:15,146 Yeah, he's coming along good. 570 00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:21,886 EVAN: Yeah. 571 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,923 DANIEL: It's a long winter. 572 00:35:24,923 --> 00:35:27,959 Gets darker and days are shorter. 573 00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:30,195 How you're gonna survive out here is being 574 00:35:30,195 --> 00:35:32,163 with family members in the village. 575 00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:38,503 CHASE: You like my sled? 576 00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:40,638 DANIELLE: You did really good. 577 00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:42,974 DANIEL: Can you lift up the bar a little bit? 578 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:45,076 It's good to, uh, prepare for the winter. 579 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:47,612 You know, we gotta get the motor off our boat uh, 580 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:49,581 put it away for the season. 581 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:52,450 And that motor on that boat is pretty heavy so we gotta 582 00:35:52,450 --> 00:35:54,486 use a sled. 583 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,621 Pull that tight. 584 00:35:57,789 --> 00:35:59,324 Ready to rock. 585 00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:01,126 DANIELLE: Flip it! 586 00:36:08,466 --> 00:36:09,934 DANIEL: It will go with the sled now, huh? 587 00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:11,169 CHASE: Yeah. 588 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,104 DANIEL: You're gonna be the first one to sit on? 589 00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:15,507 DANIELLE: Puwiima. He made it. 590 00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:21,913 Puwiima yee-haw. 591 00:36:22,380 --> 00:36:24,449 DANIEL: Yeah! 592 00:36:27,052 --> 00:36:30,955 For winter, it takes a lot of time and, uh, energy and, uh, 593 00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:33,591 working with family members and basically everybody else 594 00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:35,427 in the village. 595 00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:49,074 Let's put the motor away, huh? 596 00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:52,143 CHASE: We're getting ready for, uh, this upcoming season. 597 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:54,045 There's a lot of hunting to do, I mean it's 598 00:36:54,045 --> 00:36:55,747 just about that time. 599 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:58,550 DANIELLE: Thank you, Jon, for coming over. 600 00:37:00,218 --> 00:37:01,786 You sure it's coming off? 601 00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:04,022 CHASE: Uh-hmm. 602 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:06,524 DANIEL: Cold huh, hun? 603 00:37:06,524 --> 00:37:08,226 DANIELLE: Little bit. 604 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:11,830 DANIEL: Anytime soon whales are gonna be here, walrus. 605 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:14,466 Somebody's gonna catch a walrus soon. 606 00:37:14,466 --> 00:37:15,900 CHASE: Yeah. 607 00:37:16,301 --> 00:37:17,702 DANIEL: Okay, that side up. 608 00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:19,804 Lay it down slow. 609 00:37:21,606 --> 00:37:25,710 Son, go help. Grab it anywhere there. 610 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,014 We gotta go this way, bud. 611 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,862 DANIEL: We're gonna need it for the winter. 612 00:37:44,062 --> 00:37:46,164 DANIELLE: I'm proud of you, you did a really good job. 613 00:37:46,164 --> 00:37:48,099 DANIEL: Yeah, you did a really good job Puwiim. 614 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:54,239 Ready? 615 00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:00,645 Ready for winter. 616 00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:06,284 JODY: Our community is getting stronger and I'm just really 617 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:09,154 proud of the fact that our people are still here and 618 00:38:09,154 --> 00:38:10,688 we're still fighting. 619 00:38:18,363 --> 00:38:20,198 JODY: Time to evict squirrels, huh? 620 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,133 JAMEY: You guys are evicted. 621 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:26,671 JODY: Now that we got the balcony secured, it's sturdy, 622 00:38:27,272 --> 00:38:28,606 it's strong. 623 00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:30,909 We need to peel off some of the siding and just kinda 624 00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:33,178 check the insulation situation. 625 00:38:33,411 --> 00:38:35,113 We definitely have a squirrel problem. 626 00:38:35,113 --> 00:38:37,182 We always hear them scurrying around. 627 00:38:37,182 --> 00:38:39,284 They get our dog riled up. 628 00:38:39,284 --> 00:38:41,853 Really concerned about them messing up our insulation 629 00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:43,788 situation there. 630 00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:46,758 So, we're gonna give those squirrels an eviction notice, 631 00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:49,327 seal everything up and hopefully we won't have 632 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:50,795 that issue anymore. 633 00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:52,864 JAMEY: Looks okay to me. 634 00:38:52,864 --> 00:38:55,300 JODY: Yeah. 635 00:38:57,402 --> 00:39:00,405 JAMEY: Holy, look at that. Squirrel mansion in here. 636 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:04,776 JAMEY: Boy, there's one hole after another. 637 00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:06,811 I got some work cut out ahead of me. 638 00:39:06,811 --> 00:39:08,580 Looks like the squirrels were worse up 639 00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:09,948 above where they can get into, 640 00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:12,083 so I'm going to have to box that in. 641 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:15,687 JODY: Put this new siding on. 642 00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,623 It'll make it look nicer, it definitely be warmer too. 643 00:39:20,391 --> 00:39:21,826 JAMEY: It will keep the squirrels out. 644 00:39:21,826 --> 00:39:24,028 Birds, squirrels, what not. 645 00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:27,799 And just look better from other kind of insulation. 646 00:39:32,904 --> 00:39:36,507 JODY: This house has been sitting empty for like 12 years. 647 00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:39,410 It's been a lot of work but definitely worth it. 648 00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:43,314 Perfect! 649 00:39:43,781 --> 00:39:46,451 It'll be nice to be able to sit in this space and enjoy the 650 00:39:46,451 --> 00:39:49,721 warmth of the house and read, and drink tea. 651 00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:52,624 Hang out with the family. 652 00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:55,026 JAMEY: Looking a lot better. JODY: Sure is. 653 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,662 JAMEY: Looking more like home? JODY: Definitely. 654 00:40:01,699 --> 00:40:03,735 I was single for a long time. 655 00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:06,337 Busy with my career and my kids. 656 00:40:06,337 --> 00:40:08,740 Dating was not even in my radar. 657 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:10,875 And then Jamey came along. 658 00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:13,044 We camped out on the banks of the Yukon. 659 00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:16,080 We went swimming in the Dell River with our kids. 660 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,216 For me, that's when I fell in love. 661 00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:20,852 I was just like, "Ah, this is what I want for 662 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:22,754 the rest of my life." 663 00:40:24,055 --> 00:40:27,025 I really like our life together. 664 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:32,096 Don't miss the wood behind it. 665 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:35,066 JAMEY: You're holding the wood, you let go of it. 666 00:40:39,170 --> 00:40:40,471 It's done. 667 00:40:40,471 --> 00:40:41,806 JODY: Yeah, it looks good babe. 668 00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:43,007 JAMEY: Okay. 669 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:44,375 JODY: Huge improvement. 670 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:46,377 It's solid, looks better. 671 00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:47,478 JAMEY: It'll work. 672 00:40:47,478 --> 00:40:49,847 Every body's gonna be fighting over that spot now. 673 00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:52,483 JODY: Nah, that's my spot. JAMEY: Your spot is down room. 674 00:40:52,483 --> 00:40:54,686 Downstairs. 675 00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:56,487 Oh, come here. 676 00:40:56,487 --> 00:40:57,689 JODY: Saw dust? 677 00:40:57,689 --> 00:40:59,457 Ow. 678 00:40:59,757 --> 00:41:01,526 JAMEY: Let's go inside, check it out huh? 679 00:41:01,526 --> 00:41:04,395 JODY: Warm up, do a test of the sturdiness. 680 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:07,432 JAMEY: You gonna be the inspector? 681 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:15,406 JODY: It's good. JAMEY: Yeah. 682 00:41:15,406 --> 00:41:16,808 JODY: Solid. JAMEY: Yep. 683 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:18,343 JODY: Good job babe. JAMEY: A lot better. 684 00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:19,477 It's not making any noises so. 685 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:21,813 Maybe we jump up and down and really test it. 686 00:41:24,415 --> 00:41:25,950 JODY: Yeah, it's solid. 687 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:27,385 JAMEY: Good job. 688 00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:28,419 Psyche! 689 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:29,754 JODY: Oh, don't, you're so dumb. 690 00:41:29,754 --> 00:41:30,788 Ahh. 691 00:41:30,788 --> 00:41:34,158 JAMEY: I know. Come here. 692 00:41:36,828 --> 00:41:39,797 JODY: I've always just been alone doing things, 693 00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:42,800 and so it's just really cool to have a really awesome 694 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,570 partner with good ideas. 695 00:41:47,004 --> 00:41:50,475 Jamey and I plan to live out our years here. 696 00:41:50,475 --> 00:41:54,645 I'm thrilled to be home and have my husband and 697 00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:57,815 just really looking forward to everything we're gonna 698 00:41:57,815 --> 00:42:00,485 create here as a family on this land. 699 00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:05,757 The memories we're gonna make, just fills my heart. 700 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:10,361 This place, this is our home. 701 00:42:22,673 --> 00:42:24,609 JOEL: Tracker dog! 702 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:27,311 Living alone in Pedro Bay, 703 00:42:27,311 --> 00:42:29,914 it's definitely a challenge to see some people sometimes. 704 00:42:30,181 --> 00:42:31,349 Hey, you. Come here. 705 00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:32,850 You know, that's also why I like it. 706 00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:35,686 Good dog, yeah, good dog. 707 00:42:37,288 --> 00:42:39,457 It's nice when you pull up on the beach, 708 00:42:39,457 --> 00:42:41,692 like your dog comes running up to greet you and 709 00:42:41,692 --> 00:42:43,594 he's all happy to see ya. 710 00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:45,363 It's nice. 711 00:42:46,364 --> 00:42:48,566 Yeah. Let's go. 712 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:56,908 EVAN: Does it have to be old wood? 713 00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:58,776 TIG: Yeah, dead wood. 714 00:42:58,776 --> 00:43:01,312 EVAN: We got dead branches right here. 715 00:43:01,512 --> 00:43:05,183 TIG: I'm pretty excited to see that my son is, he's growing. 716 00:43:05,383 --> 00:43:07,652 Uh-oh. You got 'em. 717 00:43:08,286 --> 00:43:10,455 Good boy. 718 00:43:11,088 --> 00:43:13,925 Uh-oh. He's been out there enough. 719 00:43:14,158 --> 00:43:15,393 He's tried hard enough. 720 00:43:15,393 --> 00:43:18,663 These animals are starting to find their way to his traps now. 721 00:43:19,630 --> 00:43:21,699 All right. 722 00:43:22,233 --> 00:43:25,470 I hope someday when I'm dead and gone, my boy, 723 00:43:25,470 --> 00:43:28,873 he'll know how to come out here and do all this types of stuff 724 00:43:28,873 --> 00:43:32,076 by himself because we're putting in the work right now. 725 00:43:37,381 --> 00:43:40,885 (sander motor) 726 00:43:43,921 --> 00:43:46,591 DANIEL: It can be pretty, uh, hard out here. 727 00:43:46,591 --> 00:43:49,560 It's a lot of hard work but you're not gonna be alone 728 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,695 in this world. 729 00:43:50,695 --> 00:43:53,998 There's people that love you, no matter who you are. 730 00:43:56,701 --> 00:43:59,170 Everybody has to work together to survive out here. 731 00:43:59,170 --> 00:44:00,538 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.