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Narrator: In the wild,
the right skills
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Can make the difference
between life and death.
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- [groans]
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Narrator: Now some
of "alone's" best competitors
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Are taking on a new mission.
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- This is, like,
some indiana jones-type stuff.
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Narrator: They'll have
just three days...
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- Whoa!
Narrator: And limited tools...
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- Here's the fun part.
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Narrator:
For a build challenge
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Devised by one of their own.
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- Time is ticking.
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Narrator:
At stake for the winner...
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- Whoo.
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Narrator: Bragging rights.
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- You guys have your work
cut out for you.
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Narrator:
Tonight's challengers--
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Britt ahart, 35-day survivor
from season three
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And runner-up
from season five.
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- Bam!
Gonna have fish dinner tonight.
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Narrator: Joel van der loon,
40-day survivor
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From season seven...
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- Whoo-hoo!
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Narrator:
And clay hayes,
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74-day survivor and winner
of season eight.
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- Hot dog. I got another one.
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Narrator:
Let the challenge begin.
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- Ooh, jeepers!
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[dramatic music]
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♪ ♪
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- Hey, guys,
this is jordan jonas
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From "alone" season six,
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Where I harvested more food
than any other contestant
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In the history of the show.
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Not done putting notches
on our hatchet yet.
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So the challenge for this week
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For clay, joel and britt
is not easy.
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I know it's gonna really push
these guys
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And I'm really excited
to see what they come up with.
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- So we got a box here,
a mystery box.
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- This is always
the nerve-wracking part.
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[laughs]
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♪ ♪
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- "your challenge is...
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"build a fishing kit
and a fish smoker.
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You may use only the tools
in the box."
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Let's see what we got to work
with here.
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Please be some fishhooks.
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Got a little bit of paracord.
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We've got some antler tines.
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Little pocketknife with some
different blades on it.
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And some kind of damascus
viking-looking ax-head.
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- With no handle.
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Well, obviously
I'm going to have
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To make some sort of ax handle.
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- Jordan's not gonna make it
easy.
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So it looks like it's primitive
fishing techniques.
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In a survival situation,
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Your ability to catch a fish
might just save your life.
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- Whoo!
- Or, like on "alone,"
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Extend your stay and get you
that much closer to winning.
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- Ah!
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Dinner!
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"to complete the challenge,
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"you must catch a fish
six inches or longer,
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Smoke the fish,
and then eat the fish."
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- Darn, I've gotta go fishing
and eat fish.
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- Jordan, challenge accepted.
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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- All right, this, I think,
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Is gonna be a great spot
for the smoker.
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So I've made a quick little
digging stick out of cedar.
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What I wanna do is excavate out
basically a trench
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Down through here,
make a firebox,
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And then have, like, a chimney
right here,
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So I'll backfill
with some of this dirt
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And have my fish up here,
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Presuming I can catch
some fish.
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Oh, yeah, man.
That's gonna be nice.
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Oop, there's some worms.
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Fish bait right there.
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[soft music]
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[grunts] okay.
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I need to find some sticks.
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Some sticks.
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So I'm looking for something
that's got a good flex to it.
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Gonna try to make a frame
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And then pack mud and clay
on top and around it
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And then burn the frame out.
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Well, got no idea
if this is gonna work.
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But...
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Never know unless you try.
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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- There's quite a big stretch
of river here
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That we have to work with.
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I have access
to some really good fish here.
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There's good rainbow trout.
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I think that the challenge
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For me is gonna be making
effective hooks.
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Being out on "alone,"
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We were fishing
with barbless hooks.
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- I think I got one.
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Oh, [bleep].
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- That was not easy.
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- No, we did not get a fish.
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- So using primitive methods
is going
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To also be very challenging.
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Oh, look at this.
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The land has presented.
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Looks to be from a deer.
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It's not as fresh
as I would like it to be,
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But as far as getting strong
enough gorge hooks out of it,
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I think it can be done.
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A gorge hook
is a very small hook
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That's not
an actual hook shape.
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It's very straight
and very sharp on either end.
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I'd like to break the bone
right here and here
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Because I can get several
gorge hooks out of this piece.
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And there we go.
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All I've gotta do is sit here
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And grind and grind and grind.
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♪ ♪
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A gorge hook is very difficult
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Because you can't rely
on the fish just biting.
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It actually has
to swallow the bait
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And the hook has
to actually unravel
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In order to capture the fish.
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It's a very tough
fishing method,
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But it does work.
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So here's a little gorge hook.
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The line goes into this little
v-notch, ties around here.
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One done, and now we're gonna
work on a second one.
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All right, now that I got
my ax-head affixed on here,
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I am gonna put a little cordage
around there
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Just to keep it there.
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I'll tell you,
working around this blade
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Does keep you paying attention.
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That's a pretty cool-looking
ax handle.
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I think this is gonna suffice.
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I can harvest what I need
to make my reel.
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I'm thinking that I might make
just a small little hobo reel.
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If I can cut a couple
of pieces of bamboo,
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Then I can make
a really bare-bones hobo reel.
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First thing I need to do
is cut this right about there.
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So depending on whether or not
my ax will do it smoothly,
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Is gonna let me know whether
or not I'm gonna be using this
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As my materials.
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One, two...
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[clang]
no.
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Nope.
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[bird calling]
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[laughs]
and I made the peacock mad.
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Okay, so I'm not gonna be able
to use that.
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[sighs]
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Let me gather my thoughts
for a minute.
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[thunder rumbles]
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- I mean, it's hot out here
in georgia,
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But when it storms, it storms.
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But I was able
to procure my fishing pole.
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I mean, I was thinking about
going with the hobo reel,
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But the complexities
of using my hatchet
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And that little, tiny,
itsy-bitsy knife,
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I didn't want to deal
with the frustration.
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I'd rather go
with the simplicity,
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Just using a long piece
of cane.
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That's gonna allow me
to get a lot of access...
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[imitates line cast]
out there.
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Really simple.
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So we're gonna wrap this up
for the day
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And head back in before
I get struck by lightning.
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- The smoker's pretty much
done.
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So I'm gonna go find
some materials for a rod.
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So I'm looking for something
that's relatively straight
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That's got a good taper
and a good flex to it.
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I'm just gonna make
a simple tenkara setup.
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And I think one
of these branches
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On this doug fir up here
might work.
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[tense music]
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Looks like a good one,
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But it's a pretty good ways
up there.
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Climbing in a tree
with a ax-head.
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It's not advisable.
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All right.
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Perfect.
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I'm gonna kill myself
before I even get started.
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I'm gonna get it peeled
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So that it can be drying
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While I work on my hooks
and line and find bait.
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This thing's got
a really pronounced bow,
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Which is gonna make it
superhard to cast,
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And so I'm just gonna tie
this thing to a tree
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And hopefully as it dries
it'll kind of dry straight.
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All right.
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So I want to try
to carve an actual hook
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With these antler tines.
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But with this tiny little
knife,
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I mean, it might be doable.
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Gotta be careful
with these doing this
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'cause they don't have
lock blades on 'em.
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They can close on your fingers.
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Like that.
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I'm never gonna get it done
with a tiny little pocketknife.
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[groans]
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I just gotta figure something
else out.
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♪ ♪
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- I wanna finish
my fishing kit today.
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I opted to use a cane pole
instead of a hobo reel,
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And now I'm going
to make my hooks.
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I'm fortunate enough
to have a sour orange tree
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That has some
substantial barbs on it,
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So I'm gonna see about
fashioning these
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Into some hooks.
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Ouch.
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[sighs]
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Ow.
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Ow.
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♪ ♪
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About 14 pokes later
in my finger...
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♪ ♪
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Ow. 15.
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So what I'm looking
for are the mature barbs
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That aren't super long,
and I'm looking
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At little angles like this.
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I need to make sure that when
that fish takes this bait,
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It's getting that hook stuck
in there.
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Ouch.
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There's a local pond
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And I've pulled
some good sized largemouth
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Outta there in the past.
Ow.
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I also know
there's some catfish lurking
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Near the bottom, so my plan
is to fish these waters.
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Ow. [groans]
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Okay, the next step I'm doing
is I'm just making a loop
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With separated inner fibers
from my paracord,
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And I'm looping it like this
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And I'm gonna start lashing
from the top down.
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[soft music]
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I like it 'cause I got
double barbs out of it.
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And I'm just gonna--I'm gonna
impale my bait on both sides.
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And I'm gonna hope
that when the fish comes up...
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[chomps] it just catches
this whole thing.
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So there's one.
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Let's build a couple more.
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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- Got some gorge
hooks made up yesterday.
260
00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:27,735
So today I wanna look for bait:
Worms, frogs, lizards,
261
00:10:27,937 --> 00:10:29,270
Grasshoppers,
anything I can find.
262
00:10:29,339 --> 00:10:31,873
♪ ♪
263
00:10:32,075 --> 00:10:33,741
[bird chirps]
look at that robin up there.
264
00:10:33,943 --> 00:10:35,009
He's got a big worm
in his mouth.
265
00:10:35,078 --> 00:10:37,278
So I'm gonna dig around
a little bit in here.
266
00:10:37,347 --> 00:10:39,213
♪ ♪
267
00:10:39,415 --> 00:10:40,348
Ooh.
268
00:10:40,416 --> 00:10:41,415
♪ ♪
269
00:10:41,484 --> 00:10:43,484
Earthworm.
270
00:10:43,686 --> 00:10:45,286
That's a good sign.
271
00:10:45,355 --> 00:10:46,621
♪ ♪
272
00:10:46,689 --> 00:10:48,356
Oh, we'll takes that.
273
00:10:48,424 --> 00:10:49,690
♪ ♪
274
00:10:49,759 --> 00:10:52,427
There's something over here.
275
00:10:52,629 --> 00:10:54,295
It's like a rodent.
276
00:10:54,497 --> 00:10:55,763
You see it?
277
00:10:55,965 --> 00:10:57,565
Now that's gonna be good fish
bait.
278
00:10:57,633 --> 00:10:59,233
I gotta try and get him.
279
00:10:59,435 --> 00:11:06,840
♪ ♪
280
00:11:06,909 --> 00:11:08,308
I see him,
I see him under this rock.
281
00:11:08,377 --> 00:11:10,511
♪ ♪
282
00:11:10,579 --> 00:11:12,313
Yeah, there he is.
283
00:11:12,515 --> 00:11:14,048
Right there.
284
00:11:18,521 --> 00:11:19,387
Got him. Got him.
285
00:11:19,589 --> 00:11:22,523
[somber music]
286
00:11:22,591 --> 00:11:23,724
Sorry, little guy.
287
00:11:23,793 --> 00:11:26,127
But that's perfect for bait.
288
00:11:26,196 --> 00:11:28,996
We already have the willow
branch as my fishing pole
289
00:11:29,065 --> 00:11:31,999
And the hooks made up,
so tomorrow morning
290
00:11:32,068 --> 00:11:35,469
The plan is just fishing,
fishing, fishing.
291
00:11:35,538 --> 00:11:36,671
Yeah.
[laughs]
292
00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:38,406
[laughing]
it looks good.
293
00:11:38,474 --> 00:11:39,874
Looks good.
294
00:11:39,942 --> 00:11:42,477
Now that's the way
to end the day.
295
00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:45,346
[suspenseful music]
296
00:11:45,414 --> 00:11:48,682
♪ ♪
297
00:11:48,752 --> 00:11:49,884
- My fishing kit is all done.
298
00:11:49,952 --> 00:11:52,620
The smoker's ready
for the fish.
299
00:11:52,822 --> 00:11:54,622
I just gotta go catch some.
300
00:11:54,824 --> 00:11:57,291
Get my fly line tied on here.
301
00:11:57,493 --> 00:11:58,826
All right.
302
00:11:58,895 --> 00:12:01,629
We're gonna try
the wild plum thorn
303
00:12:01,698 --> 00:12:02,896
With a grub on it to start.
304
00:12:02,965 --> 00:12:04,766
This is about
the best natural thing
305
00:12:04,968 --> 00:12:07,101
Around here
as far as hooks go.
306
00:12:07,169 --> 00:12:09,436
They're really sharp
and they work pretty good
307
00:12:09,505 --> 00:12:11,639
As gorge hooks.
308
00:12:11,708 --> 00:12:14,575
That looks like a good spot.
309
00:12:14,643 --> 00:12:15,709
Oh, does he got it?
310
00:12:15,778 --> 00:12:17,311
Does he got it?
[inhales]
311
00:12:17,513 --> 00:12:18,645
Ooh, ooh.
312
00:12:18,714 --> 00:12:21,515
Holy cow, I think I got one.
313
00:12:21,584 --> 00:12:23,584
If I can get my line.
314
00:12:23,786 --> 00:12:24,252
Come on, come on, come on.
315
00:12:24,454 --> 00:12:25,386
♪ ♪
316
00:12:25,455 --> 00:12:27,454
Little bass.
317
00:12:27,523 --> 00:12:29,256
Hot dog! [laughs]
318
00:12:29,325 --> 00:12:30,591
Whoo!
319
00:12:30,660 --> 00:12:32,460
Got one on the gorge hook.
320
00:12:32,528 --> 00:12:33,928
Freakin' awesome.
321
00:12:33,997 --> 00:12:36,197
But this guy's a little
on the small side.
322
00:12:36,265 --> 00:12:37,932
I think I'm gonna need
something a little bit bigger
323
00:12:38,001 --> 00:12:41,268
To impress jordan,
so I'm gonna keep at it.
324
00:12:41,337 --> 00:12:45,940
♪ ♪
325
00:12:46,008 --> 00:12:47,408
- Oh, my god.
My hook just came off
326
00:12:47,477 --> 00:12:48,742
When I did that.
327
00:12:48,812 --> 00:12:50,744
[gasps]
the catfish just took it.
328
00:12:50,814 --> 00:12:52,946
Oh, I'm catching something
here.
329
00:12:53,015 --> 00:12:54,681
Yesterday I'd found
a dead corn snake,
330
00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:57,752
Which is my bait for today.
331
00:12:57,954 --> 00:12:58,886
All right,
let's give it a try.
332
00:12:58,955 --> 00:13:01,689
And I'm gonna go without
the bamboo pole.
333
00:13:01,757 --> 00:13:02,956
Trying to cast was a pain.
334
00:13:03,025 --> 00:13:04,691
I just have a small section
of bamboo
335
00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:06,561
Just to wrap my line around.
336
00:13:06,763 --> 00:13:08,295
It's quick and effective.
337
00:13:08,364 --> 00:13:09,964
♪ ♪
338
00:13:10,032 --> 00:13:12,366
Nice, and I can see my bait
sinking nicely
339
00:13:12,435 --> 00:13:14,301
To the bottom.
340
00:13:14,370 --> 00:13:15,503
♪ ♪
341
00:13:15,705 --> 00:13:17,238
Something just took it.
342
00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:18,239
♪ ♪
343
00:13:18,308 --> 00:13:19,440
[grunts]
344
00:13:19,509 --> 00:13:21,309
Ooh, no you don't!
345
00:13:21,377 --> 00:13:24,511
Success.
346
00:13:24,581 --> 00:13:26,047
Small, but still a meal.
347
00:13:26,249 --> 00:13:28,583
So what I have left
to do is to start my smoker,
348
00:13:28,785 --> 00:13:30,384
But I wanna catch another.
349
00:13:30,453 --> 00:13:32,319
Come on, fish.
350
00:13:32,388 --> 00:13:38,526
♪ ♪
351
00:13:38,594 --> 00:13:40,261
- One frickin' bite.
352
00:13:40,330 --> 00:13:42,196
♪ ♪
353
00:13:42,398 --> 00:13:42,864
No luck.
354
00:13:43,066 --> 00:13:44,732
This spot seems to be dead.
355
00:13:44,934 --> 00:13:45,733
I have to try something
different,
356
00:13:45,802 --> 00:13:48,603
So I think
I'm gonna head upriver
357
00:13:48,805 --> 00:13:50,338
And see what else we can find.
358
00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:52,273
Ooh, jeepers!
359
00:13:52,342 --> 00:13:53,607
♪ ♪
360
00:13:53,676 --> 00:13:56,277
[laughs]
I got a good bite.
361
00:13:56,346 --> 00:13:58,679
♪ ♪
362
00:13:58,747 --> 00:14:00,480
[gasps]
no way, no way!
363
00:14:00,549 --> 00:14:01,349
No way! I got one!
364
00:14:01,417 --> 00:14:02,816
Yes, yes!
365
00:14:02,886 --> 00:14:06,020
That is sweet.
He just swallowed it.
366
00:14:06,089 --> 00:14:09,156
See that, see the bone hook
in the mouth there?
367
00:14:09,225 --> 00:14:12,092
Now all I gotta do is go
and get the smoker prepared.
368
00:14:12,161 --> 00:14:14,895
Honestly, most of the time
when you're in the bush,
369
00:14:14,964 --> 00:14:15,829
You don't have
to spend a ton of time
370
00:14:15,898 --> 00:14:17,698
Making a fancy
elaborate smoker.
371
00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:20,434
For me,
the simpler the better.
372
00:14:20,502 --> 00:14:21,368
Oop, oop, oop.
373
00:14:21,437 --> 00:14:22,303
Get the bait.
374
00:14:22,372 --> 00:14:23,637
Holy crap.
375
00:14:23,706 --> 00:14:26,307
Take it, you little turdhead.
376
00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:27,374
Dang it.
377
00:14:27,443 --> 00:14:29,176
Oop, fish on.
378
00:14:29,379 --> 00:14:31,245
Ooh.
379
00:14:31,314 --> 00:14:34,381
Ah, dah.
380
00:14:34,450 --> 00:14:35,649
There we go.
381
00:14:35,718 --> 00:14:36,917
Two fish.
Let's get smoking.
382
00:14:36,986 --> 00:14:38,786
- So the smoker's pretty much
done,
383
00:14:38,988 --> 00:14:40,521
So I really wanna
get more fish
384
00:14:40,723 --> 00:14:42,456
To fill this thing up.
385
00:14:42,524 --> 00:14:44,325
Yes, yes, yes!
386
00:14:44,393 --> 00:14:46,460
[laughs]
387
00:14:46,528 --> 00:14:47,795
Look at this guy.
388
00:14:47,863 --> 00:14:49,797
- I am rapidly running out
of time.
389
00:14:49,866 --> 00:14:50,998
So I'm gonna be harvesting
a bunch
390
00:14:51,066 --> 00:14:54,468
Of these elephant ears
to make a nice blanket
391
00:14:54,536 --> 00:14:56,003
Around my smoker.
392
00:14:56,072 --> 00:14:57,605
I'm doing something
that's gonna be quick
393
00:14:57,807 --> 00:14:59,607
And efficient and effective.
394
00:14:59,809 --> 00:15:01,275
I'll smoke it in the ground.
395
00:15:01,344 --> 00:15:02,476
♪ ♪
396
00:15:02,544 --> 00:15:04,478
- Calling it.
397
00:15:04,546 --> 00:15:06,480
I got one fish.
398
00:15:06,548 --> 00:15:08,682
One dumb fish.
399
00:15:08,751 --> 00:15:09,950
- What I'm trying to do here
400
00:15:10,019 --> 00:15:13,087
Is have a nice
really smoking coal bed
401
00:15:13,289 --> 00:15:14,822
And then I could put my meat
over here to the right.
402
00:15:15,024 --> 00:15:16,023
And then I'll cover
the whole thing
403
00:15:16,225 --> 00:15:20,627
In the elephant ears
and let it smoke in there.
404
00:15:20,697 --> 00:15:23,898
Ooh, that thing is smoking.
405
00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:26,434
[blows] gotta make sure
that my fire stays
406
00:15:26,636 --> 00:15:27,634
At a nice smolder.
407
00:15:27,703 --> 00:15:28,970
I could burn up my leaves
408
00:15:29,172 --> 00:15:31,038
Before I have a chance
to get my fish smoked.
409
00:15:34,377 --> 00:15:41,048
♪ ♪
410
00:15:46,055 --> 00:15:46,988
- I'm gonna go ahead
and just start a fire.
411
00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:50,057
I got some green serviceberry
sticks here.
412
00:15:50,259 --> 00:15:53,461
It's gonna produce more smoke
and a cooler smoke
413
00:15:53,529 --> 00:15:55,729
Than dry wood.
414
00:15:55,798 --> 00:15:57,998
And we'll set that right there.
415
00:15:58,067 --> 00:16:01,869
So I'm just gonna place
this bough over the top
416
00:16:01,937 --> 00:16:03,804
Just to help hold some
of the smoke in.
417
00:16:04,006 --> 00:16:06,073
Just gonna keep this fire
going real low
418
00:16:06,275 --> 00:16:09,477
And we'll come back and eat
my one lonely little fish.
419
00:16:09,545 --> 00:16:12,679
[tense music]
420
00:16:12,749 --> 00:16:14,081
- Oh, man, the stakes are high.
421
00:16:14,150 --> 00:16:18,819
[laughing] I--I have built
a very quick smoker here.
422
00:16:18,888 --> 00:16:20,754
I've got some bark
that covers it up.
423
00:16:20,823 --> 00:16:23,224
I got a little fire going
in here,
424
00:16:23,292 --> 00:16:27,895
And then I got my fish cut
into very thin strips up here.
425
00:16:27,964 --> 00:16:31,031
But I should be able
to have all of this fish
426
00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:35,302
Thoroughly dried out and edible
tomorrow morning.
427
00:16:35,371 --> 00:16:40,708
♪ ♪
428
00:16:40,776 --> 00:16:42,042
- All right, so three days ago
429
00:16:42,111 --> 00:16:46,781
I gave britt, joel, and clay
a piece of antler,
430
00:16:46,983 --> 00:16:49,450
A ax head,
a little pocketknife,
431
00:16:49,652 --> 00:16:51,118
And some paracord
432
00:16:51,187 --> 00:16:54,522
And challenged them to catch
a fish six inches or so,
433
00:16:54,724 --> 00:16:56,590
Smoke it, and eat it.
434
00:16:56,659 --> 00:16:58,525
So let's see how they did.
435
00:16:58,594 --> 00:17:00,994
[suspenseful music]
436
00:17:01,064 --> 00:17:02,863
- All right, you can obviously
tell the effect
437
00:17:02,931 --> 00:17:05,399
That the smoke has had
in there.
438
00:17:05,468 --> 00:17:06,333
Whew, it's hot.
439
00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:07,534
♪ ♪
440
00:17:07,603 --> 00:17:10,204
Take it apart. [laughs]
441
00:17:10,273 --> 00:17:12,339
Cooked a little bit more than
I would have wanted it to,
442
00:17:12,407 --> 00:17:14,808
But wow.
443
00:17:14,877 --> 00:17:16,343
It really did
this fish up nicely.
444
00:17:16,411 --> 00:17:18,345
♪ ♪
445
00:17:18,413 --> 00:17:19,279
[chewing]
446
00:17:19,348 --> 00:17:20,548
Oh, damn.
447
00:17:20,750 --> 00:17:22,750
That tastes like mongolia.
448
00:17:22,818 --> 00:17:24,551
This stuff came out very tasty.
449
00:17:24,620 --> 00:17:27,288
I think that's a wrap.
450
00:17:27,356 --> 00:17:28,355
Mm.
451
00:17:28,423 --> 00:17:30,690
♪ ♪
452
00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:32,893
- If I were gonna keep these,
453
00:17:32,962 --> 00:17:33,827
I would let 'em smoke
for a little longer.
454
00:17:33,896 --> 00:17:35,429
They're--got a little bit
more moisture
455
00:17:35,498 --> 00:17:37,231
Than I would want.
456
00:17:37,433 --> 00:17:39,833
♪ ♪
457
00:17:39,902 --> 00:17:42,969
But got a really good flavor
to it.
458
00:17:43,038 --> 00:17:45,239
Wish I didn't suck so bad
and I had some more.
459
00:17:45,441 --> 00:17:47,508
♪ ♪
460
00:17:47,710 --> 00:17:49,510
- And there we have it.
461
00:17:49,712 --> 00:17:51,712
Look at this. Fish jerky.
462
00:17:51,780 --> 00:17:53,581
Check this out.
[crunches]
463
00:17:53,649 --> 00:17:54,648
Just snapped it in half.
464
00:17:54,716 --> 00:17:57,050
There is no more moisture.
465
00:17:57,120 --> 00:18:00,320
And now I'm going to enjoy
the fruits of my labor.
466
00:18:00,389 --> 00:18:03,256
♪ ♪
467
00:18:03,325 --> 00:18:04,458
Mm.
468
00:18:04,660 --> 00:18:06,260
That is good eating.
469
00:18:06,329 --> 00:18:09,797
♪ ♪
470
00:18:09,999 --> 00:18:11,198
- Primitive fishing
is not easy at all
471
00:18:11,266 --> 00:18:14,134
And I was really impressed
that all three guys were able
472
00:18:14,203 --> 00:18:16,603
To make it happen
and catch a fish and smoke it.
473
00:18:16,672 --> 00:18:18,672
So first off we have clay.
474
00:18:18,740 --> 00:18:20,007
I really liked his smoker.
475
00:18:20,075 --> 00:18:21,942
I liked that he built it
into the hillside,
476
00:18:22,144 --> 00:18:25,079
So the smoke naturally rises
up and through.
477
00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:27,615
As for the fishing,
he got off to a great start,
478
00:18:27,683 --> 00:18:28,949
Caught one right away,
479
00:18:29,017 --> 00:18:31,551
But wasn't able
to snag a second fish.
480
00:18:31,620 --> 00:18:34,021
Next up we have britt,
481
00:18:34,089 --> 00:18:36,957
Who ultimately went
with a old handline
482
00:18:37,026 --> 00:18:38,959
And built a nice hook out
of the thorns
483
00:18:39,027 --> 00:18:42,029
And was able to catch not one,
but two fish
484
00:18:42,098 --> 00:18:43,830
And smoke 'em beautifully
in his little smoker
485
00:18:43,899 --> 00:18:45,432
He covered
with those big leaves.
486
00:18:45,501 --> 00:18:46,633
I liked that.
487
00:18:46,702 --> 00:18:48,903
And thirdly we've got joel,
488
00:18:49,105 --> 00:18:52,039
Who did an excellent job
of using materials
489
00:18:52,108 --> 00:18:54,774
And critters that he found
in his environment.
490
00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:55,842
He made
a really nice gorge hook
491
00:18:55,911 --> 00:18:58,045
Out of a chunk of bone
he found,
492
00:18:58,114 --> 00:19:01,048
And was able to snag
two little rainbow trout.
493
00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:03,917
And then he got 'em smoked
in what was a very simple,
494
00:19:03,986 --> 00:19:06,053
But actually very effective
smoker.
495
00:19:06,122 --> 00:19:08,522
And his end product
was exactly what you want,
496
00:19:08,724 --> 00:19:09,990
So I really liked that.
497
00:19:10,059 --> 00:19:12,726
So this was a really tough
challenge to judge
498
00:19:12,794 --> 00:19:14,595
Because everyone accomplished
499
00:19:14,664 --> 00:19:17,397
The task and did it well.
500
00:19:17,466 --> 00:19:18,599
But ultimately,
501
00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:19,599
I kind of had to go with
502
00:19:19,668 --> 00:19:21,268
Who went above and beyond.
503
00:19:21,337 --> 00:19:23,403
♪ ♪
504
00:19:23,472 --> 00:19:25,206
And that was...
505
00:19:25,408 --> 00:19:26,473
Joel.
506
00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:28,075
Why did I pick joel?
507
00:19:28,143 --> 00:19:31,077
Not only did he succeed
in catching his fish,
508
00:19:31,146 --> 00:19:33,947
We got to see some ingenuity
in using materials
509
00:19:34,016 --> 00:19:37,818
That he found around,
and most importantly,
510
00:19:37,887 --> 00:19:39,553
He smoked his fish
to perfection.
511
00:19:39,622 --> 00:19:40,888
Exactly what you want
512
00:19:40,956 --> 00:19:42,956
In a long-term survival
situation
513
00:19:43,025 --> 00:19:44,024
Where you're trying
to preserve meat,
514
00:19:44,093 --> 00:19:46,360
Not just for a couple days,
but for weeks.
515
00:19:46,429 --> 00:19:47,761
Great job, joel.
516
00:19:47,830 --> 00:19:49,763
You really went
above and beyond.
517
00:19:49,832 --> 00:19:50,697
- That was
an absolute challenge,
518
00:19:50,766 --> 00:19:52,099
Trying to catch those two fish,
519
00:19:52,168 --> 00:19:55,836
And I worked my butt off
right until the last minute.
520
00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:57,571
Thank you, jordan,
for seeing that
521
00:19:57,639 --> 00:19:59,372
And giving me the win.
522
00:19:59,441 --> 00:20:00,307
I'm stoked.
523
00:20:00,376 --> 00:20:04,044
♪ ♪