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00:00:00It's safe.
00:00:03I see one.
00:00:11Down these big rivers, you gotta be cautious.
00:00:14Hey, hey, hey, Jesus.
00:00:16Jesus, he opened the leads.
00:00:19But I fall in the ice, that's it.
00:00:21You know, you're not getting out.
00:00:30Before Montana's hunting season begins,
00:00:34the deadliest predators on the mountain stalk their prey in darkness,
00:00:39free to rule the peaks of the tobacco roots
00:00:41and terrorize the town below.
00:00:45But once mountain lion season opens,
00:00:48the Ruby Valley's busiest big cat chaser stands ready to fight back.
00:00:55All right, got the dogs loaded.
00:00:57Time to hit the road.
00:01:02I got a short window to push these cats back.
00:01:05I've got fresh snow on the ground, so right now it's go time.
00:01:10It's 4.30 a.m. on day one.
00:01:13And Jake Herrick's got a plan to seize the advantage back
00:01:15from the big cats that have been left undisturbed for months.
00:01:19Coming out here at night and running these roads
00:01:22definitely makes it visually, for a human eye,
00:01:25a lot easier to find the track.
00:01:27That's why I do my patrols in the nighttime.
00:01:29I've got big bright lights that shine out in front of me
00:01:34and it actually casts shadows
00:01:35and it makes the fresh tracks actually stick out really, really well.
00:01:41I've done this long enough that I know exactly
00:01:43what a mountain lion track looks like,
00:01:44so I don't have to stop for deer, elk, and animal tracks like that.
00:01:48I just keep going and the second my lights hit them tracks
00:01:51and they really pop.
00:01:54So even though I'm out here looking for tracks all night long,
00:01:59mountain lion is considered a big game species,
00:02:02so we're not allowed to turn loose on them
00:02:05until a half hour before sunrise.
00:02:07So when I'm out here finding these tracks,
00:02:10if I'm able to turn one up,
00:02:12I'll just mark it on my GPS
00:02:14and I'll just keep patrolling the roads.
00:02:17Come on, dogos.
00:02:18When Jake does turn loose on a track...
00:02:20Here it is.
00:02:20I'm on.
00:02:21I'm on.
00:02:21...the hounds lock onto the scent
00:02:23and chase it until they find the cat
00:02:25pushing it high into the hills,
00:02:27far away from people and livestock.
00:02:32When it comes to my job,
00:02:33it definitely is important for me
00:02:35to push these cats back onto the mountain.
00:02:37These renters rely on this livestock
00:02:40to keep their families fed
00:02:41and keep their business flowing.
00:02:48Look at that lion track right here.
00:02:56Oh yeah, that's exactly what we've got here.
00:02:59We've got a cat that came from the uphill side of the road here
00:03:02and it's dumping down into the creek.
00:03:04The snow's so deep,
00:03:06it's kind of just dragging its tail
00:03:08and ruffling up snow,
00:03:10but it's definitely heading down into the creek
00:03:12and heading down country
00:03:13towards the valley.
00:03:15So this is definitely a cat
00:03:16that I need to turn loose on
00:03:18and get pushed back today.
00:03:19I'm going to mark this on my GPS
00:03:21and I'll be back here at daylight.
00:03:22Across the Great Alaska Range,
00:03:41the signs of winter setting in
00:03:42are impossible to miss.
00:03:44From the first dusting of snow on the ground
00:03:47to the sharpening bite of cold in the air.
00:03:49Oh yeah, nice and boiling.
00:03:53For homesteaders in this territory,
00:03:55it means the work is just beginning.
00:03:57As the lake's freezing up,
00:03:59this is the time of the year
00:04:00that we start prepping
00:04:01for our long trapping season.
00:04:03We'll let this wax melt in here.
00:04:06There's a lot of preparation
00:04:07that goes into trapping
00:04:08before the season starts,
00:04:10especially this year.
00:04:11These are big drag hooks on 10-foot chain.
00:04:15This will be the first time
00:04:16we're trapping at the outpost.
00:04:17Two years ago,
00:04:20in a major expansion of their operation...
00:04:23Keep going.
00:04:25Brett Bond and Ivy O'Gwen
00:04:26acquired a trapping cabin
00:04:2750 miles from their home base.
00:04:31I'm going to start cutting these.
00:04:33Yeah.
00:04:34See what we got.
00:04:36But it's taken two winters
00:04:38to cut a trail
00:04:39linking one side to the other.
00:04:41Wow.
00:04:42Look how much snow there is.
00:04:43And now that the hard work
00:04:46is finally done,
00:04:47they're ready to reap
00:04:49its long-awaited rewards.
00:04:54Got a direct line now,
00:04:55so we're going to be able
00:04:56to trap the main,
00:04:57trap along the direct line
00:04:58straight to the outpost
00:04:59and test that area up.
00:05:02There you go.
00:05:03You ready to boil?
00:05:04Yep.
00:05:04Let me start boiling
00:05:05these wolf traps.
00:05:07You going to go out
00:05:07and get us some grouse?
00:05:08Yeah, I'm ready to go.
00:05:10I'm going to hop on the four-wheeler
00:05:11and just get away
00:05:12from the house a little bit.
00:05:13Take Bridger.
00:05:14Cut.
00:05:15See if we can get some birds.
00:05:16All right, take your time.
00:05:17Use your ears.
00:05:17Come on, buddy.
00:05:22Brett and I are both
00:05:23very independent people,
00:05:25so it's really nice
00:05:26to be able to divide
00:05:28and conquer certain tasks.
00:05:31He has a full day's work
00:05:33around the cabin here,
00:05:34and I get to go do something
00:05:36that I really enjoy,
00:05:37which is grouse hunting.
00:05:39The grouse is one of the most
00:05:41common game birds in Alaska.
00:05:43It feeds on insects,
00:05:45berries, and aspen buds,
00:05:47so it's often found in areas
00:05:49where young trees
00:05:49are just starting to grow.
00:05:52Grouse are a multi-purpose
00:05:54wild game food for us.
00:05:56We eat it,
00:05:56and stuff that we can't eat
00:05:58is used for our trap lines,
00:06:01so I'm going out every day
00:06:02and trying to get as many as I can
00:06:05before trapping season starts.
00:06:08These are what all these
00:06:09grouse are in here eating.
00:06:11It's starting to freeze up
00:06:12and get snowy on the ground,
00:06:14and they're eating all these
00:06:15highbush cranberries,
00:06:17so I know they're in here eating.
00:06:19I just got to walk around
00:06:20and fluster some up.
00:06:24Come on, bridge.
00:06:25The woods are so quiet.
00:06:38If you listen,
00:06:39you can hear their stories.
00:06:52There's one on the ground right there.
00:06:54right there by the tree.
00:06:57Right there by the tree.
00:07:24North of Denali's
00:07:28snow-capped peak,
00:07:30the village of Manly
00:07:32is a gateway
00:07:32to Alaska's frozen interior.
00:07:35Oh, my God, bridge.
00:07:37Come on, dum-dum.
00:07:38And for Laurel Eklund
00:07:39and his team of 10 huskies,
00:07:41You guys getting ready?
00:07:43You guys getting ready?
00:07:44It's where dog sledding boot camp
00:07:46always begins.
00:07:48Come on, guys.
00:07:50Come on.
00:07:50We got about seven yearlings.
00:07:53Their first big trip.
00:07:55It's really nice
00:07:55to get these guys' experience here.
00:07:58They got to start out somewhere.
00:08:00The 14-month-old pups
00:08:02have learned the basic
00:08:02mushing commands
00:08:03and how to pull the sled together.
00:08:05Okay, I got to go on here.
00:08:08But they've never attempted
00:08:09an all-terrain long-haul trail
00:08:11like the one
00:08:12they're tackling today.
00:08:14A 65-mile trek
00:08:16over hardback ice
00:08:17and fresh powder.
00:08:22This right here
00:08:23is the type of stuff
00:08:25that's going to gain
00:08:25them experience for their life.
00:08:27And I'm not just talking about
00:08:28just for a race
00:08:29like the Adiderot.
00:08:30Whether it's to check traps,
00:08:32whether it's to go travel,
00:08:33they need to learn
00:08:34the little tricks
00:08:36of the trade
00:08:36by coming out here,
00:08:37breaking trail,
00:08:38being patient,
00:08:39stopping and going,
00:08:40waiting for me.
00:08:41We're warmed up,
00:08:42aren't we, guys?
00:08:44This winter,
00:08:45Laro's gunning hard
00:08:46to get ready
00:08:47for a second shot
00:08:48at the legendary Adiderot.
00:08:50But as a musher
00:08:51with 31 dogs in his kennel,
00:08:53he has to think
00:08:53long-term, too.
00:08:55You know,
00:08:55all the stuff they do
00:08:56is going to be
00:08:56muscle memory
00:08:57when they get older.
00:08:59Training his varsity
00:08:59and JV squads
00:09:00at the same time.
00:09:01And luckily,
00:09:03he has some help.
00:09:05The only adults
00:09:06I have in this team
00:09:06are three of my
00:09:07main team dogs.
00:09:09The old reliable
00:09:10four-mirror over here,
00:09:11mirror,
00:09:12octocontro,
00:09:13are the moms
00:09:13that he's yearling.
00:09:15The moms are anchored
00:09:16in key positions
00:09:17to lead the way
00:09:17and teach the young ones
00:09:19to follow.
00:09:21Alrighty, guys.
00:09:22Time to rumble.
00:09:24Partner,
00:09:25you ready?
00:09:25Hey!
00:09:25Hey!
00:09:31It takes about
00:09:33two to three years
00:09:34to develop
00:09:35and train a dog.
00:09:36Oh!
00:09:37Hey!
00:09:37Roger!
00:09:38Looks like your dad.
00:09:41They gotta prove themselves,
00:09:43you know,
00:09:43their mental toughness.
00:09:44But these yearlings
00:09:45still, you know,
00:09:46they're still learning
00:09:47the basics.
00:09:47Alright, guys.
00:09:48Cheek!
00:09:49Cheek!
00:09:51Cheek!
00:09:53Today's run
00:09:54should put the dogs
00:09:55through a gauntlet
00:09:55of challenges.
00:09:57But the course
00:09:58isn't designed
00:09:58just for practice.
00:09:59All done.
00:10:01That's it.
00:10:02That's it.
00:10:03Lauro's father,
00:10:04Neil,
00:10:04has been camping
00:10:05deep in the bush
00:10:06for several weeks.
00:10:08Fish here.
00:10:10Aim up.
00:10:11Last fall,
00:10:12I dropped off
00:10:13my dad
00:10:13at the Toll Vaughan
00:10:14River
00:10:14to trap
00:10:15for fish and beaver
00:10:16for trail snacks
00:10:17for my dogs.
00:10:18Get this rack full fish,
00:10:19that'll be good.
00:10:20Yeah!
00:10:21Now that Neil's
00:10:22ready to come home,
00:10:25Lauro's turning
00:10:26the extraction
00:10:27into a team-building
00:10:28mission.
00:10:29We are on
00:10:31the Telegraph
00:10:33Line Trail here.
00:10:34This is kind of
00:10:35like a communal trail
00:10:36to travel
00:10:37between Manly
00:10:38and Fairbane.
00:10:40This historic trail
00:10:42once linked
00:10:42the Gold Rush
00:10:43outpost of Manly,
00:10:44including its
00:10:45U.S. Army
00:10:45Telegraph Office,
00:10:46to the outside world.
00:10:49Today,
00:10:50it cuts through
00:10:51sprawling wetlands
00:10:52that are nearly
00:10:52impassable
00:10:53in the summer months,
00:10:55but harden
00:10:56into a sled trail
00:10:57during the deep freeze.
00:10:58So we got this
00:11:02nice kind of
00:11:03bus brush area
00:11:04to open up on.
00:11:06So we're going to do
00:11:07some off-trail
00:11:08training here
00:11:09so we'll get the team
00:11:10kind of navigate
00:11:11through this
00:11:11open stuff here
00:11:13and it'll get rolling.
00:11:14All right, guys.
00:11:15Oh, gotcha.
00:11:16Oh, oh, oh.
00:11:17Oh.
00:11:18Yep, yep.
00:11:19No, no, no.
00:11:20No.
00:11:22Ah.
00:11:24Well.
00:11:26F***ing hell, Laura.
00:11:27I just f***ed up.
00:11:39Surviving in the
00:11:40remote Alaska wilderness
00:11:42requires grit,
00:11:43guts,
00:11:44got it.
00:11:46And great aim.
00:11:48Oh, good.
00:11:50That one snuck up on me.
00:11:52Oh, let's go up there
00:11:53and get it.
00:11:54Come on, Bridger.
00:11:56Having this first grass
00:11:57is great.
00:12:00All right.
00:12:01All right.
00:12:06Nice one.
00:12:08Bridge, come here.
00:12:10I want you to come see.
00:12:12I think maybe the shot
00:12:13kind of scared of...
00:12:15Good boy.
00:12:16This is your first bird.
00:12:17Sit.
00:12:18I know.
00:12:19That was really exciting.
00:12:20You're going to learn.
00:12:21Oh, there's a feather.
00:12:23This is a grouse.
00:12:25These pretty wings
00:12:26are going to be used
00:12:27at our trapping sites.
00:12:30And then this is
00:12:31fresh meat for us tonight
00:12:32and you get to have some, too.
00:12:34And let's go find some more.
00:12:37Come on.
00:12:38Let's go.
00:12:39Good boy, buddy.
00:12:41While Ivy's rustling up
00:12:42their next meal,
00:12:43I'm going to drop
00:12:45these in.
00:12:46Brett's readying
00:12:47the tools of the trade.
00:12:49So right now,
00:12:50I'm boiling my canine traps.
00:12:53This is a logwood dye.
00:12:56And we're desensitizing them,
00:12:58boiling them,
00:12:59getting a coating of dye on them.
00:13:01Got a little bit of mixture
00:13:02of wax in this batch here.
00:13:04I'll make the trap fire off quicker.
00:13:07And then as these are boiling,
00:13:08I'm going to make
00:13:09a couple of wolverine boxes.
00:13:13Unlike the wolf and coyote,
00:13:15a wolverine's thick, oily coat
00:13:17evolved to shed frost easily
00:13:19without absorbing moisture,
00:13:22making it some of the most
00:13:24sought-after and valuable fur
00:13:25on the market.
00:13:26But also,
00:13:28this one on an angle
00:13:29so it doesn't stick through,
00:13:30one of the most difficult animals
00:13:32to trap.
00:13:34Wolverines are pretty elusive.
00:13:37This must be the outside
00:13:38of my box.
00:13:40They isolate themselves
00:13:41from humans.
00:13:41They're pretty smart.
00:13:42My wolverine hat, actually,
00:13:45the one that I wear,
00:13:46it took me six weeks
00:13:47to catch that wolverine
00:13:48in particular.
00:13:49He was smart.
00:13:50He'd come back every, like,
00:13:5110 to 14 days.
00:13:53And I had a trail camera on it
00:13:55and he'd work this natural set
00:13:56and somehow was smart enough
00:13:59to set it off.
00:14:03So I threw one of these boxes
00:14:05and he'd never seen
00:14:07one of these before.
00:14:09The advantage of using a box
00:14:10is that it both attracts
00:14:12the curious creature
00:14:12and hides the trap.
00:14:15All right, I'm going to switch out
00:14:17these traps here real quick
00:14:19and then finish off that box.
00:14:34From its mighty mountain peaks
00:14:36to its wide and wild tundra,
00:14:39Alaska is a land of ice
00:14:41forged by fire.
00:14:46Off the mainland southern coast,
00:14:48Kodiak is still just as rugged
00:14:50as it was more than 100 years ago
00:14:52when a massive volcanic eruption
00:14:54buried the island in ash
00:14:56more than a foot deep.
00:15:01Not many places can you live
00:15:03where there's still ground
00:15:05that's undisturbed
00:15:06from the last volcano.
00:15:09You can see all the volcanic ash.
00:15:15The raw and untouched wilderness
00:15:16once drew Mike Horstman here
00:15:18as a young big game hunter.
00:15:20A little bit more.
00:15:21Now, he's spent nearly four decades
00:15:24hand-building a life
00:15:25and a homestead
00:15:27where the work is never done
00:15:28and the next project
00:15:30is always waiting.
00:15:32Today, I'm going to dig a root cellar.
00:15:35Temperature of the ground down here
00:15:36is going to keep it insulated,
00:15:38which is what I really need.
00:15:42Root cellars are primitive
00:15:43pre-refrigeration tech
00:15:45that preserve food and crops
00:15:46at stable, cool temperatures
00:15:47by storing them underground.
00:15:49See, all that material right there,
00:15:54that's all good stuff
00:15:55to put on the root.
00:15:57You'll keep it
00:15:58from freezing tight in the winter
00:16:01and keep it
00:16:02probably 40 degrees
00:16:04in the summer.
00:16:06Having this root cellar
00:16:07is definitely going to be
00:16:08an improvement.
00:16:09It's something that
00:16:10I've been thinking about for years.
00:16:12I finally decided
00:16:13that I'm just going to get this done.
00:16:16I've got everything plugged in.
00:16:19Got it set on the 60 volts.
00:16:22In the last two years,
00:16:23with the price of fuel
00:16:24and everything else
00:16:25steadily rising...
00:16:27You can see it.
00:16:28It's just making that meter go now.
00:16:31Mike supercharged his efforts
00:16:32to make his property
00:16:33energy independent.
00:16:36Basically, I have free power.
00:16:38All I got to do
00:16:39is wait for the wind.
00:16:41Adding a wind turbine
00:16:42and solar panels...
00:16:44My merciful heavens,
00:16:46look at that.
00:16:47We've got voltage.
00:16:48to save money
00:16:50and time.
00:16:52I don't have to go to town
00:16:53near as much.
00:16:54The upgrades
00:16:55have been a game changer.
00:16:57That's monumental.
00:16:59In one day,
00:16:59I went from
00:17:00caveman with a candle
00:17:02to the 21st century.
00:17:04But Mike still relies
00:17:06on a generator
00:17:07to power his
00:17:07hunting guide business.
00:17:09And the season
00:17:10is about to kick off
00:17:11in a big way.
00:17:12This fall,
00:17:14I've got some
00:17:14pretty big hunts planned.
00:17:16I've got a permit
00:17:16for a bison,
00:17:17I've got a goat tag,
00:17:19and I've got
00:17:20some deer tags.
00:17:21And once I get this done,
00:17:23I'm going to be able
00:17:23to hang anything
00:17:24that I kill.
00:17:27If all goes to plan,
00:17:29the root cellar
00:17:30will store several months
00:17:31worth of food
00:17:31in any big game
00:17:32bagged by his
00:17:33bear hunting clients.
00:17:34all without using
00:17:36a single watt
00:17:37of electricity.
00:17:43Okay.
00:17:45See how the hole's
00:17:46coming along.
00:17:54Got nine foot there,
00:17:56and it's going to be
00:17:56eight foot,
00:17:57so we've got
00:17:58plenty of room for it.
00:17:59This hole's going to be
00:18:01eight by eight
00:18:01with a seven foot ceiling,
00:18:03and I'll cover
00:18:04the top of it up
00:18:05with the material
00:18:06that I dug up,
00:18:07so it'll be insulated
00:18:08from all angles.
00:18:10I think that the hole's
00:18:12going to be perfect.
00:18:14I can see in my mind
00:18:15what I want to do,
00:18:15but I've got to
00:18:16put it in action now.
00:18:30With all the dangers
00:18:31and difficulties
00:18:31of the Alaskan winter,
00:18:33small missteps
00:18:39can lead to
00:18:40big messes.
00:18:44It's kind of ridiculous
00:18:45to get tangled
00:18:46in the one tree
00:18:47in this open area,
00:18:48but, you know,
00:18:49the dog is just
00:18:49being a dog, really.
00:18:51You know,
00:18:51they don't understand
00:18:52about the whole lines
00:18:53and this and that.
00:18:57Let's go.
00:18:57This is how it goes
00:18:58sometimes.
00:18:59Cacho,
00:19:01more clear.
00:19:05All right,
00:19:06Cacho.
00:19:07All right,
00:19:07kill it.
00:19:08All right.
00:19:10Let's go.
00:19:10Up, up.
00:19:12Oh.
00:19:12Get the dogs
00:19:13turned around,
00:19:14get these guys
00:19:15untangled.
00:19:15We'll get back
00:19:16on the right track.
00:19:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:19:18The team's running
00:19:22at a good clip,
00:19:23covering 10 miles
00:19:24so far
00:19:25and leaving the flats
00:19:27in its rear view.
00:19:28But they've still
00:19:29got another 55 miles
00:19:31to go to reach
00:19:32Neil's camp.
00:19:33Whew.
00:19:34All righty.
00:19:36Now we're making
00:19:37our way through
00:19:37the Dugan Hill
00:19:39Pass right here.
00:19:41The Dugan Hills
00:19:42are kind of like
00:19:43one of the bigger
00:19:44landmark hills.
00:19:45You can see the dog,
00:19:46man.
00:19:46They're kicking
00:19:47into low gear.
00:19:49Helping them out
00:19:49a little bit
00:19:50by running.
00:19:51What a nice thing
00:19:52about doing this
00:19:53type of work
00:19:54on the trail.
00:19:55You know,
00:19:55I've been trying
00:19:56to get back
00:19:57and get in
00:19:57as good of shape
00:19:58as I can
00:19:59for the race.
00:20:02You know,
00:20:02I got to be in shape
00:20:03during I did a run.
00:20:06You know,
00:20:07we're the 17th dog
00:20:08on the line.
00:20:10You know,
00:20:11these guys deserve
00:20:11me to be
00:20:13at peak
00:20:14physical,
00:20:16physical shape,
00:20:17you know.
00:20:18And that's going
00:20:18to improve me
00:20:19as a racer
00:20:20and as a woodsman
00:20:21as well.
00:20:22The Iditarod
00:20:24covers an epic
00:20:251,000 miles.
00:20:27More than 10 times
00:20:28the distance
00:20:29Laro is traveling
00:20:30today.
00:20:31It takes time
00:20:32and a lot of hard
00:20:33work to build up
00:20:34the conditioning
00:20:35that the dogs
00:20:36will need
00:20:36to succeed.
00:20:37So every run
00:20:39counts.
00:20:40Trail breaking
00:20:41can be a lot
00:20:41of tough work.
00:20:43It's one of those
00:20:45things,
00:20:45you can see how
00:20:46these guys
00:20:46are really digging
00:20:47in there.
00:20:48Way up front,
00:20:49you know,
00:20:50they're almost
00:20:50swimming.
00:20:51They're making
00:20:51like a swim motion.
00:20:52It's a movement
00:20:53that takes some
00:20:53practice for dogs
00:20:54to make.
00:20:56But these guys,
00:20:57these guys are,
00:20:58they're all
00:20:58priding,
00:20:59pacing real nice.
00:21:01You know,
00:21:01looking like
00:21:02professionals.
00:21:04Future looks bright
00:21:04for the kennel.
00:21:07Now you got the
00:21:07Tanana River
00:21:08right here.
00:21:09So we're gonna
00:21:10keep cruising.
00:21:11The vast,
00:21:15wide-open
00:21:16Tanana River
00:21:17leads directly
00:21:17to Neil's camp.
00:21:19But right now
00:21:19it's about 20 degrees,
00:21:21so it's a really
00:21:21warm day.
00:21:2320 degrees
00:21:23is well below
00:21:25freezing.
00:21:29Hey, hey, hey,
00:21:30easy.
00:21:31But that doesn't
00:21:32guarantee the safety
00:21:33of river ice.
00:21:37You can see
00:21:38open leads.
00:21:41There may be
00:21:47snow on the
00:21:47ground in
00:21:48central Alaska,
00:21:50but until the
00:21:51winter goes
00:21:52sub-zero,
00:21:53Hey, hey,
00:21:54hey,
00:21:54easy.
00:21:56Getting around
00:21:56on the Tanana River
00:21:57can be a deadly
00:21:58gamble.
00:22:00You can see
00:22:00open leads.
00:22:02That stuff
00:22:03right there,
00:22:04you might have
00:22:05risk to breaking
00:22:05through that.
00:22:09Lately,
00:22:10with the warmer
00:22:11winters we've had,
00:22:13it's been tough
00:22:14to really tell
00:22:15about the ice.
00:22:17Traveling these
00:22:17big rivers,
00:22:18you gotta be cautious.
00:22:19You know,
00:22:19they can sneak up
00:22:20on you.
00:22:20Hold on,
00:22:21boop,
00:22:21they're going in.
00:22:22Guys have lost
00:22:22dog teams,
00:22:24and hopefully
00:22:24that's not me.
00:22:25So right now,
00:22:26I'm just taking
00:22:27a quick look
00:22:27at the ice depth.
00:22:30So I'm just gonna
00:22:30cut a good-sized hole
00:22:31here,
00:22:32and see,
00:22:33roughly,
00:22:34you know,
00:22:34that's,
00:22:35you know,
00:22:35that's roughly
00:22:36three inches
00:22:36right there.
00:22:37So like,
00:22:39right now,
00:22:40this is super safe.
00:22:42You know,
00:22:42we got almost
00:22:44some of our
00:22:44wrists and ice.
00:22:45This is great
00:22:45for a dog sled.
00:22:48Yeah,
00:22:49holy cow,
00:22:49this is a lot
00:22:50of ice actually
00:22:50right here.
00:22:51Again,
00:22:52just because
00:22:53it's good here,
00:22:55I bet if I got
00:22:55closer to that lead,
00:22:56you can see
00:22:57the current
00:22:57coming out
00:22:58of that water.
00:23:00You definitely
00:23:00don't want to be
00:23:01crossing right
00:23:02beside this thing.
00:23:02where the trail
00:23:07is at at the
00:23:07moment,
00:23:08that's safe.
00:23:09But you still
00:23:10got to be on
00:23:10the ball.
00:23:12But I fall
00:23:12in the ice,
00:23:13and especially
00:23:13the tanning off,
00:23:14that's it.
00:23:15You know,
00:23:15you're not getting
00:23:16out.
00:23:17It looks like
00:23:18we're safe
00:23:19for a while,
00:23:19but you never
00:23:20know.
00:23:21Keep on
00:23:21traveling.
00:23:23Hey,
00:23:23guys!
00:23:25Ha!
00:23:27Hey,
00:23:27hup,
00:23:28hup.
00:23:29Hey,
00:23:30hey!
00:23:32In the
00:23:42Alaskan
00:23:43interior
00:23:43known as
00:23:44the Yukon
00:23:44Koyakuk,
00:23:46winter is
00:23:46knocking.
00:23:49Come on,
00:23:49Nabi.
00:23:52And for
00:23:53Homesteaders
00:23:53Chance and
00:23:54Soraya Painter
00:23:55and their
00:23:55two young
00:23:56boys,
00:23:57the time
00:23:57to protect
00:23:58their precious
00:23:58livestock from
00:23:59the coming
00:24:00freeze is
00:24:01now.
00:24:02Here,
00:24:04come on.
00:24:05We're going
00:24:06to build
00:24:06a barn.
00:24:07Today we're
00:24:07going to go
00:24:08and get
00:24:09timbers to
00:24:09build a
00:24:10barn.
00:24:10So why
00:24:11don't we
00:24:11make like
00:24:11a frame
00:24:12here so
00:24:12we can
00:24:13figure out
00:24:13sides and
00:24:14maybe where
00:24:15the door
00:24:15is going
00:24:16to be?
00:24:17The reason
00:24:17we're building
00:24:18this is because
00:24:18it's going
00:24:19to be cold
00:24:19very soon
00:24:21here.
00:24:21We really
00:24:22need to make
00:24:22sure our
00:24:23livestock is
00:24:23safe because
00:24:24we rely on
00:24:25them as a
00:24:26source of
00:24:26food and
00:24:27other natural
00:24:27materials.
00:24:28The livestock
00:24:29that we have
00:24:29are goats
00:24:30and sheep,
00:24:31and then we
00:24:31also have some
00:24:32chickens, and
00:24:33we also have
00:24:33two pigs.
00:24:34As of right
00:24:35now, the
00:24:35structure is
00:24:36just basic
00:24:37livestock holding
00:24:38areas, mostly
00:24:39just rough cut
00:24:40lumber that is
00:24:41fencing in to
00:24:42small areas.
00:24:45Living 65 miles
00:24:47from the nearest
00:24:47grocery store
00:24:48puts a premium on
00:24:49the meat the
00:24:50painters raise at
00:24:50home.
00:24:52And the
00:24:52makeshift livestock
00:24:53shelters just
00:24:54won't cut it when
00:24:55the brutal cold
00:24:56returns.
00:24:56after last
00:24:58winter, we
00:24:59realized that
00:25:00we're definitely
00:25:01going to need
00:25:02to build a
00:25:02bigger, more
00:25:03insulated area
00:25:04for the animals
00:25:05so that it's
00:25:05easier on them
00:25:06while it's
00:25:07minus 50 degrees
00:25:08outside.
00:25:09Let's see what
00:25:0916 by 16
00:25:11looks like, and
00:25:12then we'll
00:25:13pretend that we
00:25:13are sheep,
00:25:14goats, and a
00:25:15pig, yeah?
00:25:16Okay.
00:25:18It's not
00:25:18necessarily just
00:25:19the cold.
00:25:20Last winter, we
00:25:20had a lot of
00:25:21wolves coming
00:25:22around and
00:25:23kind of circling
00:25:24around our
00:25:25area.
00:25:25We do have
00:25:26livestock dogs
00:25:27to protect
00:25:27them, but
00:25:28things still
00:25:28happen.
00:25:3116, right
00:25:32there.
00:25:35All right.
00:25:36Beautiful.
00:25:38Which side
00:25:38did you want
00:25:38to put the
00:25:39door?
00:25:39I definitely
00:25:40want to put
00:25:40the door on
00:25:41this side since
00:25:41all the wind
00:25:42comes from
00:25:42this way.
00:25:43Okay.
00:25:44So door.
00:25:46Maybe we'll
00:25:46lay some sticks
00:25:48out acting as
00:25:49like the
00:25:50corridor.
00:25:51So as we're
00:25:52laying down the
00:25:52sticks, I'm
00:25:53just kind of
00:25:53imagining
00:25:54myself or
00:25:55Soraya pushing
00:25:56a wheelbarrow
00:25:56through and
00:25:57just picturing
00:25:58the animals
00:25:59like in their
00:25:59own little
00:26:00stalls.
00:26:01Because thinking
00:26:01about the
00:26:01pig area now,
00:26:02that's probably
00:26:02pretty good.
00:26:04Yeah.
00:26:05Just trying to
00:26:05make sure that
00:26:06they have enough
00:26:07space to stretch
00:26:08their legs and
00:26:09be happy because
00:26:10you don't want
00:26:11them being too
00:26:12cramped inside
00:26:13of the cabin.
00:26:14The pigs can
00:26:14basically have
00:26:15one side because
00:26:16Gus is going to
00:26:17get huge.
00:26:18So Gus and
00:26:18Maggie.
00:26:18If he gets too
00:26:19big, we're just
00:26:19going to eat
00:26:20him.
00:26:21He's looking
00:26:21super delicious.
00:26:24How's that
00:26:25look?
00:26:25That looks
00:26:26good.
00:26:26We should
00:26:27start hauling.
00:26:27We're losing
00:26:27daylight.
00:26:28So the plan
00:26:29is to go out
00:26:31to the logging
00:26:32trail and then
00:26:33go and start
00:26:33looking for our
00:26:34sill logs and
00:26:35wall logs.
00:26:36What trail are
00:26:37you going to
00:26:37head up?
00:26:38I'm going to go
00:26:38to the far
00:26:39trail.
00:26:40There's pretty
00:26:40tough woods
00:26:41out there.
00:26:42We need to
00:26:43harvest four
00:26:44sill logs.
00:26:45A sill log is
00:26:46what the entire
00:26:47cabin rests on
00:26:48and then we're
00:26:49hoping to be able
00:26:50to get the sill
00:26:51logs down at the
00:26:51end of the day.
00:26:52Is that
00:26:53everything you
00:26:53need?
00:26:54I think that's
00:26:55everything.
00:26:56All right.
00:26:56I'll be back in a
00:26:57little bit.
00:26:58All right.
00:26:58Bye-bye.
00:26:59Bye-bye.
00:26:59Bye-bye.
00:27:01Bye-bye.
00:27:01Bye-bye.
00:27:02Bye-bye.
00:27:15Up in the
00:27:18tobacco root
00:27:18mountains.
00:27:20The sun's finally
00:27:21caught up to Jake
00:27:22and his pack and
00:27:24they're ready to
00:27:25roll.
00:27:26All right.
00:27:26So I found this
00:27:27track early this
00:27:29morning in the
00:27:30dark and I wasn't
00:27:31able to turn up
00:27:32another one, which
00:27:33is a good thing.
00:27:34So we've only got
00:27:35one job to do
00:27:36today.
00:27:38We'll see if the
00:27:38dogs can't get
00:27:40this kitty pushed
00:27:41back up on the
00:27:42mountain.
00:27:45Marlene, here it
00:27:46is, here it is,
00:27:47here it is.
00:27:48Good dog, good
00:27:49dog.
00:27:52Good dog.
00:27:54Well, just like
00:27:55that, we're off to
00:27:56the races.
00:27:58On the cat's scent
00:27:59and kicking off the
00:28:01first hunt of the
00:28:01season are Marlene,
00:28:04Mardell, and Blue,
00:28:06three of Jake's
00:28:06most seasoned
00:28:07trackers.
00:28:08Coming into the
00:28:09season this year is
00:28:10a little different than
00:28:10all the ones in the
00:28:11past.
00:28:12We don't have any
00:28:13pups anymore.
00:28:14Everybody's fully
00:28:15trained.
00:28:15Everybody I would
00:28:17consider to be a
00:28:17veteran this year, so
00:28:19I'm hoping that this
00:28:20year I can put out
00:28:21less dogs.
00:28:22I'm going to do two
00:28:23to three at a time
00:28:24instead of letting go
00:28:25half the pack.
00:28:26I rely on these dogs
00:28:27each and every day, so
00:28:28it's going to be nice
00:28:29to run smaller packs
00:28:30and be able to have
00:28:31extra dogs at home
00:28:32that are ready to go
00:28:34for the next day.
00:28:39All right.
00:28:40Let's see where these
00:28:42dogs are.
00:28:44They're covering some
00:28:45country.
00:28:48At top speed, the dogs
00:28:49are running as fast as
00:28:5015 miles per hour,
00:28:52leaving Jake in the
00:28:53dust.
00:28:55They went over top of
00:28:56this ridge and they're
00:28:57dropping down, so I need
00:28:59to get up to the top
00:29:00here and see if I can't
00:29:02catch up to them.
00:29:03He'll track them on
00:29:06GPS while he closes the
00:29:07gap.
00:29:09A trek that can take
00:29:11hours in this treacherous
00:29:12terrain.
00:29:21You can't quite hear
00:29:22these dogs yet.
00:29:23I should be getting
00:29:24close enough to where I
00:29:25should be hearing them.
00:29:26They're across the canyon
00:29:26here in a patch of timber
00:29:28and it looks like
00:29:30they're, yeah, they're
00:29:32just a little over a half
00:29:33mile right now, so I
00:29:34should start hearing them
00:29:35here pretty soon.
00:29:37It's definitely nice to
00:29:38have snow on the ground,
00:29:39but it's tough, tough
00:29:40snow conditions.
00:29:41I'm slipping and sliding
00:29:42and I'm using a lot more
00:29:44energy, but either way,
00:29:46I've got to keep pushing.
00:29:47The dogs are trained to
00:29:49stay on target until Jake
00:29:50arrives, no matter how
00:29:52long it takes.
00:30:00All right, I can really
00:30:01hear those dogs now.
00:30:03He can't be far.
00:30:05Oh.
00:30:07Oh, that's not good.
00:30:09I've definitely got
00:30:10something funky going on
00:30:11here.
00:30:11The dogs were peeling up
00:30:12the creek here, and
00:30:14Marlene just took, went
00:30:16about 100 yards and
00:30:17pulled up treed.
00:30:18And she's down here
00:30:19treeing by herself.
00:30:20I'm going to get up here
00:30:21and see what the heck I got
00:30:22right moving.
00:30:34What do you got here?
00:30:35in the dense woods of the
00:30:52Alaskan interior?
00:30:54Chance has a plan for his
00:30:55barn build.
00:30:57All he needs now is the
00:30:58heavy timber, which is a
00:31:00daunting one-man task in
00:31:01these parts. Alright, I'm gonna have to try and move some of this stuff and make a trail right
00:31:07through here. The plan for right now is I'm gonna cut this in. This is gonna be my chute
00:31:19to drag logs through. I'm just gonna open up the trail a little bit first and just kind of inch
00:31:24my way in here. I've chosen this area to make trail into because I've seen lots of nice
00:31:31trees while I was walking around trapping lynx and beaver in here last winter. So I'm just trying
00:31:38to make sure that the trail is clear and wide enough to get a four-wheeler through. I also
00:31:45want to make sure as I'm dragging the logs through that there's not any big logs to to get hung up on.
00:31:52So I've cut a good you know 10 feet of trail 10 foot wide here and my four-wheeler can really easily get
00:32:05through here without any problems. So I'm gonna start looking for some timbers.
00:32:13So this is a nice looking tree. This one looks really good. It's not too big so I'll be able
00:32:18to actually drag it out of here. It looks like it's about a 10 inch base which is basically what
00:32:26I'm kind of shooting for. So this tree would make a really good sill log I'm thinking which
00:32:33is the log at the very bottom of the cabin. It's basically the structural integrity of the whole
00:32:39foundation. We need four sill logs and luckily there's two more nice ones right here and from the looks of it we
00:32:48might be able to actually get two logs out of the third tree. These trees look great so I'm gonna
00:32:55go grab my saw and start cutting them down.
00:33:00So the way I'm gonna cut this tree down is I'm gonna limb up all of these branches on the bottom here
00:33:06and then I'm gonna do what's called a face cut and I'm going to cut a wedge into the bottom and I'm
00:33:13gonna take that wedge out and then make another cut on the back side at an angle. Tension from this
00:33:20releasing will shift the weight of the tree towards the face cut and it'll end up falling
00:33:25the tree uphill here. So the tree fell exactly where I was wanting it to. We'll be able to limb it up now
00:33:33and once the log is on the ground I'll be able to attach a rope onto the butt here and I'll be able to swing
00:33:38it around with the wheeler and start dragging it up the hill. I'm feeling pretty good about getting
00:33:44the first tree down. I got a whole lot more logs than I gotta cut.
00:33:48On Kodiak Island, Alaska the big dig is complete. Okay. And a construction project that's taken months to plan is finally getting underway. Now I'm gonna fab my root cellar right here in the yard and I'm gonna carry it over there and set it in.
00:33:54position. I think it'll be a lot easier to build it on flat ground than down in the hole.
00:34:00Each of the beams that Mike's using to build the root cellar. I can see it from right here.
00:34:06has been plucked one by one from the shores of Eagle Harbor.
00:34:12I think this is one right here in the grass.
00:34:14I think this is one right here in the grass.
00:34:16The salvage mission's taken all summer.
00:34:18Kinda like going shopping.
00:34:28Something right here has been plucked one by one from the shores of Eagle Harbor.
00:34:34I think this is one right here in the grass.
00:34:37The salvage mission's taken all summer.
00:34:41Kind of like going shopping.
00:34:44But its price tag can't be beat.
00:34:47Yeah, perfect.
00:34:49A lot of people, myself included, leave stuff too close to the beach.
00:34:54A lot of this stuff floats out in the bay.
00:34:55And a few days later, a week, a month, it'll end up on somebody's beach.
00:35:04You know, the way I'm exposed here to the Gulf, a lot of it comes to me.
00:35:11The dimensional lumber is free.
00:35:14And that's not the only savings Mike's eking out of the land.
00:35:18These panels have been here at least ten years.
00:35:21They were the leftovers from a hangar that got built in town.
00:35:27And I knew the guy that built it.
00:35:29Between the lumber and the panels, this build is low cost, but high quality.
00:35:34The beauty of these is that they're going to be insulated like I've done with them.
00:35:38For the walls, this is probably as good a material as I can use.
00:35:43They're two and a half inches of foam, interlocking joints with metal on both sides, baked enamel paint.
00:35:51And they'll completely insulate the wood cellar.
00:35:58Okay.
00:35:58The material's going to run all the way to here, but I need to put a beam across so that I can hang a pine quarter or a deer or something inside.
00:36:13Once this sidewall is standing upright, the notch in the stud will make room for a cross beam that'll span the length of the cellar
00:36:20and be strong enough to hold the weight of big game carcasses.
00:36:26Look at that.
00:36:27Oh, baby, oh, baby.
00:36:30It'll be perfect.
00:36:31Good.
00:36:32Now I got one more panel to do.
00:36:34Eighteen inches.
00:36:37Another precision fit.
00:36:38I've been thinking about building a root cellar for years, but I just haven't had the time out here.
00:36:44There's always a lot of work to do to be able to put something together like this at this time of my life.
00:36:50It's very self-satisfying.
00:36:52It's just a real sense of accomplishment to be able to live like this.
00:36:56Okay.
00:36:57I got this one done.
00:36:58I'm going to build one more.
00:36:59I'm just going to build it right on top of here, and then I'll put them in place with the forklift.
00:37:04We'll see what happens.
00:37:05Okay.
00:37:08It's day one of lion season.
00:37:20What you got going on here, Marlene?
00:37:22And high up in the tobacco roots.
00:37:25Holy cow.
00:37:27You gotta push way up in that tree.
00:37:30Jake's first shot on target.
00:37:32You ain't supposed to be chasing the bobcat.
00:37:34Is a misfire.
00:37:36I think it's definitely a big old bobcat, but it's not what we're after.
00:37:41And I've got Blue and Mardell heading up the drainage here on the creek.
00:37:45So I'm just going to pull Marlene off and get her line back out with those other two.
00:37:50And hopefully she catches up to the rest of the pack and catches that lion.
00:37:54Good girl, Marlene.
00:37:56I'm not going to tell Marlene she did a bad job.
00:37:58She caught a cat.
00:37:59Good girl.
00:38:00Marlene, let's go.
00:38:03Mama, here.
00:38:04Come on.
00:38:05Let's go.
00:38:06You did good.
00:38:07Catch you up with the rest of them.
00:38:09The detour puts Jake even farther behind.
00:38:20But making up time on the steep cliffs is a tall order with fresh powder on the ground.
00:38:27Holy crap.
00:38:29The snow's really starting to pick up.
00:38:32Kind of let up there for a minute, and now it's really starting to come down again.
00:38:35All right.
00:38:39I've got dogs starting to tree way down here below me.
00:38:43Looks like they're all barking pretty good right now, and they're staying put, so I think
00:38:49they got it treed.
00:38:51I just got to cover about three quarters of a mile to get to them.
00:38:55Hopefully they got me a cat caught.
00:38:56Mardell decided to climb the tree, so I've got to get up there and help her down as quickly
00:39:21as I can.
00:39:23We've got a cat at the top of the tree, and Mardell's about halfway up.
00:39:27Mardell climbing a tree, it's a disastrous deal, because if that mountain lion decides
00:39:31it wants to attack her, she's going to be pretty well helpless up there.
00:39:38Come on.
00:39:39Good girl.
00:39:40That cat only knows two ways down the tree, and that's to climb down it or jump out of
00:39:45it.
00:39:45Good girl.
00:39:47Good girl.
00:39:49Good girl.
00:39:50One of those options is going to be right over top of me and the dog, so if this cat comes
00:39:55down right now, me and the cat are going to end up in hand-to-hand combat, which is the
00:39:59last thing I need.
00:40:01Good girl.
00:40:02Good girl.
00:40:10Way up above the valley floor, the lion is king of the mountain.
00:40:15Good girl.
00:40:16And when a lion is threatened, its instinct is to strike.
00:40:23Mardell climbing a tree is definitely a life-or-death situation.
00:40:27Come on down, dude.
00:40:29Come on.
00:40:30Mardell's bad habits landed Jake 40 feet above the ground and out on a limb with a big cat
00:40:36right overhead.
00:40:38Come on, Mardell.
00:40:39These dogs can climb these trees really well and really easily, but they cannot climb down
00:40:45them.
00:40:45If that dog comes out on its own, it might end up breaking its jaw, its leg, or its back.
00:40:51Come on, Mardell.
00:40:53Come on, Mardell.
00:40:55Come on, Mardell.
00:40:57Come on, Mardell.
00:40:59Come on, Mardell.
00:41:01Come on, Mardell.
00:41:06Come on, Mardell.
00:41:14Got it?
00:41:15Hang on, baby, huh?
00:41:19Hang on.
00:41:19Are you good?
00:41:20Are you good?
00:41:21Alright, holy crap, so I've been having that problem with Mardell and Manny, they're the
00:41:44two dogs that have really been climbing trees on me, and as you can see, that's not ideal
00:41:50Oh, it's not a safe thing for the dog, it's not safe for me, so when I get to a tree like
00:41:55that, talk about Mardell and get her down and off of that, and now we've got a cat in the
00:42:01tree, they did their job, definitely not, I'd like to see it, but we'll take it, good dogs!
00:42:10Got this mountain lion pushed back, and it's time to get my butt off the mountain, get these
00:42:15dogs fed, and we'll be right back at it again tomorrow.
00:42:17Here, good dogs, good dogs!
00:42:31Back on Kodiak, with the Mega Machines doing the heavy lifting.
00:42:39Okay, now, I think the tricky part is gonna be to get the first panels up and square.
00:42:47Mike's making fast work of his long-awaited root cellar.
00:42:51Because I'm all by myself, it's a little awkward, I'm gonna try and stand them up with the forklift,
00:42:56and then I'll just put them in place, and hopefully I'll be able to balance them without any mishaps.
00:43:02Each sidewall clocks in at 300 pounds, which is easy for a forklift to pick up, but not to hold on edge.
00:43:12This is the sketchy part, now we're gonna stand it up, and I'll block it from behind with a pole or something,
00:43:18and then I gotta pick this one up, this way.
00:43:22You may be able to do that with a piece of line, if I don't drop it on myself.
00:43:28That'll hold it for now.
00:43:37I think this is gonna dig in, but not a hundred percent.
00:43:45Okay, I think that's good enough.
00:43:58Now that I've got the walls standing upright, and they seem like they're gonna stay there for a few minutes,
00:44:03I'm gonna start putting the panels in, and make the attachment on the backside.
00:44:14I'll just continue to put these panels on here, all the way to the top, and then I'll have it.
00:44:19Look at that.
00:44:25It's going together a lot nicer than I thought it would.
00:44:29That'll hold a hindquarter of a buffalo or a deer.
00:44:42At this juncture, it's looking good, but I still gotta inch it back into the hole where it needs to set.
00:44:50So my idea is to tie a line to it and try and pull it with the excavator until I can get it in place.
00:44:55Now this is the part that I'm not sure of.
00:45:01Hopefully the bank doesn't cave away.
00:45:17Living alone in the Alaskan bush requires a lot of heavy lifting.
00:45:21Okay, here we go.
00:45:23And some crafty improvisation.
00:45:25Hopefully I can pick up my line.
00:45:28We'll see what happens.
00:45:32So far we got that.
00:45:34Mike's root cellar structure is taking shape,
00:45:38but it needs to be tucked into the earth nice and tight if the soil is going to keep it cool.
00:45:44This is the tricky part.
00:45:49There we go.
00:45:56A little juice.
00:45:59Oh yeah.
00:46:05We got it.
00:46:07I guess I'll get down there and level it.
00:46:10From up here sitting in the seat, it looks like a million bucks,
00:46:12but I'm going to have to make sure before I go any further that it's level true and square
00:46:17before I put the roof on and cover it up.
00:46:22Well, that's right in the middle, right?
00:46:23Well, look at that.
00:46:24That shotgun's on the money.
00:46:26As it turns out, it's on my first shot.
00:46:29It was a miracle of miracles.
00:46:31It's perfect.
00:46:32I won't be able to make it any better.
00:46:34Okay, now I'm going to put these panels on here.
00:46:41Put the roof on.
00:46:45And it'll be done like dinner.
00:46:47Once I get all those panels on, I covered up with a tarp, and now I'm going to pick up all this tundra and sod that I initially took off the surface.
00:46:58It'll absorb the moisture from all the rainwater and provide all the insulation that I need.
00:47:02Now we got it.
00:47:06Ahead of schedule and under budget.
00:47:08So I finished covering it around from the backside, and now I have to cut the door out and put a wood framework on the edges of it and have the panels be the actual door.
00:47:21And that's how that's here.
00:47:27Now I'm going to lag a winch off of a boat trailer to one of these timbers on the side, and that's what I'm going to use to adjust the height of my quarters while they're hanging in here.
00:47:39When I had a deer outside the door, I could have it on the gambrel on his hind legs, bring the line out through the door, and then just crank it up.
00:47:54And it'll just hang here and chill.
00:47:56It's going to be perfect.
00:48:00All in all, I'm pretty tickled with the way this came out.
00:48:02I was able to use all available material from right here on the place, and another job is done.
00:48:09Life is good.
00:48:26Deep in the Yukon Koyukuk.
00:48:29After some felling, limbing, and trimming, the first sill log of the painter's new barn build is ready to hit the trail.
00:48:37All right, I'm going to hitch her up, see if I can get her through.
00:48:40All right, well that was the hard part, getting this thing actually up out of there, back onto the trail.
00:48:43It should be pretty easy from here on out.
00:48:45I'm going to drag it through the log yard now, and go back into the trail.
00:48:49All right, well that was the hard part, getting this thing actually up out of there, back onto the trail.
00:48:55It should be pretty easy from here on out.
00:48:57I'm going to drag it through the log yard now, and go back and get another one.
00:49:11While Chance shuttles timber, back at the homestead,
00:49:13Just get some for Gus, and Maggie, and the chicken.
00:49:27So Rhea is giving her sons Otter and Oma Show a hands-on lesson in animal husbandry.
00:49:33While Chance is out logging, I'm going to stay back and take care of the animals, feed them, water them.
00:49:39We'll feed Gus first.
00:49:41Hi guys.
00:49:43Are you hungry?
00:49:45Mmm, beans.
00:49:47Here you go Gus.
00:49:51Here you go Gus.
00:49:53He's getting so big, hey Nubby?
00:49:55Otter is my three-year-old son.
00:49:57His nickname is Nubby.
00:49:59Who are we going to feed next? Nubby? Chickens?
00:50:01Otter loves all the animals.
00:50:03They are his actual best friends.
00:50:05Are you ready?
00:50:07Yeah.
00:50:09Especially the chickens, because those are the animals that we started out with on the homestead,
00:50:13so he's really bonded to the chickens.
00:50:15Hi chickens.
00:50:17Hi chickens.
00:50:19And Omi is my youngest.
00:50:21We call him Omi. His name's Oma Show.
00:50:23He's one and a half almost.
00:50:25And he's pretty much my right-hand man.
00:50:27We do everything together, him and I.
00:50:33Every animal we have out here has a purpose.
00:50:35It's not necessarily just a food source.
00:50:37It's kind of like clothing and hide and meat.
00:50:41So they really need to be safe and warm.
00:50:45Alright.
00:50:47Here, come here Nubby.
00:50:49Over here.
00:50:51Eh eh eh.
00:50:53Mister, mister, mister.
00:50:55Get out!
00:50:57Get out!
00:50:59Oh no, Nubby is pig out?
00:51:01Oh no.
00:51:03Pig!
00:51:05Pig!
00:51:07Pig!
00:51:08Pig!
00:51:09Pig!
00:51:10Pig!
00:51:11So as we're heading to the livestock, Otter starts yelling,
00:51:23Mama, Gus out!
00:51:25And Gus is our male pig's name, but I turn around and both of the pigs are out.
00:51:29Oh no!
00:51:31Like it was just chaos.
00:51:33Alright.
00:51:34Let's let the sheep out later.
00:51:37We gotta take care of these pigs, Nubby.
00:51:39I try not to panic in this situation, cause the big pig, she's kind of a big pig and she could really ruin a lot quickly.
00:51:45You guys smell that?
00:51:49You want that?
00:51:51Bet you do.
00:51:53C'mon pigs!
00:51:55You little turkeys.
00:51:57When I get down to the pen, I see that they've pushed the entire back wall off.
00:52:03Here, Maggie.
00:52:04Come this way, Maggie.
00:52:05Come here, girl.
00:52:07I'm a master pig lurer.
00:52:12Alright.
00:52:13Okay.
00:52:14They're in.
00:52:15They're in.
00:52:18Alright.
00:52:21It's gonna be really great when we have our barn finally all set up and won't be dealing with this kind of thing all the time.
00:52:26Alright.
00:52:27Come here, Nub.
00:52:29With trapping season set to kick off soon in Alaska.
00:52:49Alright.
00:52:50Let's see what this looks like here.
00:52:52Oh, yeah.
00:52:53Brett's gearing up for the great unknown.
00:52:58Now, I'm gonna cut some notches so I can slide in my springs.
00:53:06It's kind of exciting.
00:53:07This year's gonna be a little different because now I get to explore the outpost.
00:53:12I haven't been trapping out there so it's gonna be kind of cool to get out there on untouched land and see what's out there for fur.
00:53:20Gotta start there.
00:53:22See how this looks.
00:53:24Could be a big year financially because this will be the most traps I'll have out.
00:53:29The most amount of line in a new area.
00:53:32Oh.
00:53:33Look at that.
00:53:35That is perfect.
00:53:36It's gonna be a lot more work maintaining two places.
00:53:39Alright.
00:53:40But it won't be as bad because I got help from Ivy so it's gonna be a pretty exciting year.
00:53:45Back in the bush, Ivy's also prepping for the season by hunting grouse.
00:53:52The ground's pretty frozen and crunchy so my steps are pretty loud today.
00:53:58There's a lot of grouse in this area.
00:54:00We always see them when we're not hunting for them.
00:54:02They're just gonna be a little more hunkered down this time of the year.
00:54:05They can be up in the trees, they can be down on the ground.
00:54:08So, hopefully I can rouse to a couple others.
00:54:14Well, I see what.
00:54:18Right here in a branch.
00:54:20He thinks he's pretty hidden right now.
00:54:27Get ready.
00:54:38Get a better angle.
00:55:00Got it.
00:55:05Come on, Bridge.
00:55:06Let's go get the scrouse.
00:55:20Nice.
00:55:24Looks like a couple females.
00:55:27The forest provides so much for us and our family that it's really important for both Brett and I to utilize everything that we take from the woods.
00:55:36Save these.
00:55:37I sprinkle them near the set.
00:55:39Makes it look like something just killed a fresh bird.
00:55:42So, when it comes to bird carcasses, feathers, wings, stuff that we can't eat.
00:55:48We'll put guts in this one and then we'll use the main carcass for bait.
00:55:53It's nice that those play such a big part in the success of our trap line and we're utilizing all of the birds instead of any part of it going to waste.
00:56:03Oh, nice meat on that one.
00:56:06Yep.
00:56:07Another good day of chores done.
00:56:10About a quarter, almost a half a bag of meat.
00:56:14Good job getting all your traps spoiled.
00:56:16Yeah, I know.
00:56:17Ready to go.
00:56:18Pretty excited.
00:56:19I can't wait to get out there on the line.
00:56:21Daylight burns fast over Alaska at this time of year.
00:56:37Well, you're taking a little longer than I expected.
00:56:45And after 10 hours on the trail, Laro and his pack have used it all up.
00:56:50Yeah, it's dark now.
00:56:51It's in the evening.
00:56:52But the dogs look good though.
00:56:54You're not throwing that trail breaking.
00:56:56The dogs look good.
00:56:57But with 16 miles still to go till camp, Laro knows it's best to break them before exhaustion sets in.
00:57:04Whoa, guys.
00:57:05Whoa.
00:57:06All right.
00:57:07He's ready for a snack.
00:57:08I think it's time we take a little break here, dogs.
00:57:09You know, it gets dark here early in Alaska.
00:57:10But I'm going to stop and give them a nice little quick meal with that digest.
00:57:11A good size chunk of frozen meat.
00:57:12I've got a little bit of beef I've brought with me.
00:57:15Just give them a break, keep their spirits up and just get off the runners for me myself and enjoy a quick fire.
00:57:22A little bit more warmed up.
00:57:24That way too, you know, I don't go waking my dad up at 4 a.m. or whatever.
00:57:28He wouldn't mind if I did that, but what's the real thing?
00:57:30I don't know.
00:57:31I don't know.
00:57:32I don't know.
00:57:33I don't know.
00:57:34I don't know.
00:57:35I don't know.
00:57:36I don't know.
00:57:37I don't know.
00:57:38I don't know.
00:57:39I don't know.
00:57:40I don't know.
00:57:41I don't know.
00:57:42I don't know.
00:57:43I don't know.
00:57:44I don't know.
00:57:45What's the rush?
00:57:46Yeah, good fire going on now.
00:57:48I think we're going to be good here for a little bit.
00:57:51Pressed up and be back on the trail soon.
00:57:57As the sun rises over the Tanana River, the final push is underway.
00:58:09Hup.
00:58:10Hup.
00:58:11Hup.
00:58:12Hup.
00:58:13And Laro and his team are charging towards the finish line.
00:58:15A makeshift trapping camp where his dad has been posted up for weeks.
00:58:20Hey, Dad.
00:58:22Cool.
00:58:23How was your trip?
00:58:24It was good.
00:58:25It was good.
00:58:26This trip was good.
00:58:27I'm really pumped to see my dad.
00:58:29It's great that he had a good time out here.
00:58:31Well, how was the trapping, man?
00:58:32How'd it see you in a few months?
00:58:33Yeah, it was good.
00:58:34Good.
00:58:35Oh, I didn't hit real hard.
00:58:36I'm not as young as I used to be.
00:58:38That sounds better than I'm getting old.
00:58:40Yeah.
00:58:41You know, he's in really good shape.
00:58:43He's in better shape than some 20-year-olds I know.
00:58:46Looks like he's had a great time.
00:58:48Neil set out to snare as much meat and fish as he could in order to feed the team through the winter.
00:58:54Well, all right, Dad.
00:58:55Let's see what you got.
00:58:56Okay.
00:58:57And it looks like he's been busy.
00:58:59I got you some beaver.
00:59:00We got fish for you.
00:59:02Good trapping.
00:59:03Yeah, it looks good.
00:59:04I got you some beaver.
00:59:05We got that packed away.
00:59:07We gave you some beaver tails there.
00:59:09The dogs would be happy with that.
00:59:10That's their favorite.
00:59:11Yeah.
00:59:12Best stuff around.
00:59:13Yeah, Dad.
00:59:14These would be great trail sacks.
00:59:16Yeah.
00:59:17Good.
00:59:18I'll take you up and show you some of the furs we got.
00:59:20Through all these years, Mushroom Dad's always helping out.
00:59:22This is his way of helping me get some fish, helping me get some beaver, to support me
00:59:27along my journey of being a ditterod musher and helping with my dogs.
00:59:31Well, it looks like you've been having some fun out here.
00:59:34Yeah, I've had a blast out here.
00:59:35Traveling.
00:59:36Kind of reliving the old days.
00:59:37I know it's time to head back now so you can get your training in for your ditterod.
00:59:42Yeah.
00:59:43This journey was awesome.
00:59:45Great bunch of yearlings.
00:59:47You know, they excelled more than I thought they would.
00:59:49I know they'll do good, but it was wow.
00:59:51You know, I couldn't ask for a better set of dogs that are brought out here today.
00:59:55I'm very excited to see how these guys do.
00:59:58I bet you're ready for a cup of coffee, huh?
01:00:00Oh, yeah.
01:00:01Alright, come on in.
01:00:02Come on in.
01:00:15Back in the Yukon Koyukuk.
01:00:17Come on up.
01:00:18The painters are finally ready to lay the foundation for their barn build.
01:00:23And with winter around the corner, and more than a dozen animals out in the cold, there's no time to waste.
01:00:32Slowly.
01:00:33Little more.
01:00:34More.
01:00:35Three inches.
01:00:36But then we get to work shifting them around, trying to make sure that each corner and the middle are all just 16 feet apart.
01:00:45How's that?
01:00:47Too far out?
01:00:48Perfectly fine?
01:00:49We're like half an inch off.
01:00:50That's close enough.
01:00:51I think that's close enough, yeah.
01:00:53Man, this one is huge.
01:00:58Okay.
01:00:59Each log weighs in at 300 pounds and needs to be locked into place with eight inch heavy timber screws.
01:01:06That's nice.
01:01:07Oh, I like those.
01:01:08Constructing the barn's foundation is not the most difficult step of the process.
01:01:23But just about everything is more challenging with young children underfoot.
01:01:27Alright, we're gonna roll it.
01:01:29Are you ready?
01:01:30Yeah.
01:01:31Alright.
01:01:34Alright.
01:01:35Good job, ma'am.
01:01:40Alright, just wait.
01:01:41Daddy's lifting it now.
01:01:42Here, watch out.
01:01:44Get away from this one.
01:01:45You go back over here.
01:01:46Go back.
01:01:47Further back.
01:01:48No, back.
01:01:49No, oh, oh, mama.
01:01:50I'm not trying to hurt you.
01:01:51It's just really dangerous having the kids around.
01:01:54You kind of just always have to remain vigilant.
01:01:56Can't baby-proof the forest.
01:01:58Yeah.
01:01:59Yeah.
01:02:00All right.
01:02:01Does it feel sturdy over there?
01:02:02It feels pretty good.
01:02:03This one feels great.
01:02:04With more weight on it.
01:02:05It'll be crazy strong.
01:02:06Yeah.
01:02:07Yeah.
01:02:08I know.
01:02:09It's not even trying to shift.
01:02:10Do you love it, Ulm?
01:02:11He loves it.
01:02:12I'm feeling pretty confident about the structural integrity of the foundation.
01:02:14I think that's going to be really good and I think it's going to keep our animals alive.
01:02:15Awesome.
01:02:16And then the walls tomorrow?
01:02:17Yeah.
01:02:18We'll start doing the walls tomorrow.
01:02:19Well, what do you say to some dinner?
01:02:20Yeah, I'm hungry.
01:02:21Yeah?
01:02:22I butchered the chicken.
01:02:23All right.
01:02:24Let's go eat the chicken.
01:02:25And those potatoes.
01:02:26Oh, yeah.
01:02:27And those potatoes.
01:02:28Oh, yeah.
01:02:29Yeah.
01:02:30Yeah.
01:02:31Yeah.
01:02:32Yeah.
01:02:33Yeah.
01:02:34Yeah.
01:02:35Yeah.
01:02:36Yeah.
01:02:37Yeah.
01:02:38Yeah.
01:02:39Yeah.
01:02:40Yeah.
01:02:41Yeah.
01:02:42Yeah.
01:02:43Yeah.
01:02:44And our potatoes.
01:02:45Yum.
01:02:46Next time on Mountain Men.
01:02:51I have to get the barn done because winter is coming up quick.
01:02:57I don't want those animals sitting out in the cold.
01:03:00Oh, that hurt.
01:03:03Trapping, you know, you got a lot of respect for these animals.
01:03:08Pretty grateful that, you know, you got that gift from Mother Nature.
01:03:12All righty.
01:03:13Let's see what we got.
01:03:14Can there be any other way to do this?
01:03:15I was not preparing to be climbing up and onto the roof because I don't like that kind
01:03:24of height and I could fall to my death.
01:03:27Yeah.
01:03:28If she gets downwind, that could be a problem.
01:03:30I really don't want to mess with her.
01:03:32Just like that one.
01:03:33Yeah, that's what we've heard.
01:03:37You
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