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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.
00:11:20Oh, no.
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.
00:12:06Nice one.
00:12:09Bridge, come here.
00:12:10I want you to come see.
00:12:11I think maybe the shot
00:12:13kind of scared him.
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 fresh meat
00:12:31for us tonight
00:12:32and you get to have some, too.
00:12:34And let's go find some more.
00:12:37Come on, let's go.
00:12:39Good boy, buddy.
00:12:40While Ivy's rustling up
00:12:42their next meal.
00:12:44I'm going to drop these 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.
00:12:56We'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.
00:13:06And 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.
00:13:27But also...
00:13:27This one on the angle
00:13:29so it doesn't stick through.
00:13:30One of the most difficult
00:13:32animals to 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.
00:13:43My 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,
00:13:5210 to 14 days.
00:13:53And I had a trail camera on it,
00:13:55and he had worked
00:13:55this natural set
00:13:56and somehow was smart enough
00:13:59to set it off.
00:14:03So I cleared one of these boxes,
00:14:06and 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.
00:14:15And I'm going to switch out
00:14:17these traps here real quick
00:14:19and then finish off that box.
00:14:25From its mighty mountain peaks
00:14:36to its wide and wild tundra,
00:14:40Alaska 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 roof.
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 an 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.
00:16:17I'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.
00:16:35Um, basically,
00:16:37I have free power
00:16:37and all I got to do
00:16:39is wait for the wind.
00:16:40Adding a wind turbine
00:16:42and solar panels.
00:16:44My merciful heavens,
00:16:46look at that.
00:16:47We've got voltage.
00:16:49To 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.
00:17:13This fall,
00:17:14I've got some pretty big
00:17:15hunts 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 some 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.
00:17:25If 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.
00:17:35All 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.
00:17:47got nine foot there.
00:17:56It's going to be
00:17:56eight foot,
00:17:57so we've got
00:17:58plenty of room for it.
00:18:00This 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
00:18:07insulated
00:18:08from all angles.
00:18:09I think
00:18:11that 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,
00:18:33whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:18:36Small 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,
00:18:51and they don't
00:18:51understand about
00:18:52the whole lines
00:18:53and this and that.
00:18:57Let's go.
00:18:57This is how it goes
00:18:58sometimes.
00:19:01Touchow,
00:19:01more clear.
00:19:02All 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
00:19:14and get these guys
00:19:15untangled.
00:19:15We'll get back
00:19:16on the right track.
00:19:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:19:21The team's running
00:19:22at a good clip,
00:19:23covering 10 miles
00:19:24so far
00:19:25and leaving
00:19:26the flats
00:19:27in its rear view,
00:19:28but they've still
00:19:29got another
00:19:3055 miles
00:19:31to go
00:19:31to 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.
00:19:51One nice thing
00:19:52about doing this
00:19:53type of work
00:19:54on a trail,
00:19:55you know,
00:19:55I've been
00:19:55trying to get back
00:19:57and getting
00:19:57as good a shape
00:19:58as I can
00:19:59for the race.
00:20:01You know,
00:20:02I've got to be
00:20:03in shape
00:20:03during Iditarod.
00:20:06You know,
00:20:07we're the 17th
00:20:08dog on the line.
00:20:10You know,
00:20:11these guys
00:20:11deserve me
00:20:12to be
00:20:13at peak
00:20:14physical
00:20:15shape,
00:20:17you know.
00:20:18And that's
00:20:18going to improve
00:20:19me as a racer
00:20:20and as a woodsman
00:20:21as well.
00:20:23The Iditarod
00:20:24covers an epic
00:20:251,000 miles.
00:20:27More than
00:20:2810 times
00:20:28the distance
00:20:29Larro is
00:20:30traveling today.
00:20:31It takes time
00:20:32and a lot
00:20:33of hard work
00:20:34to 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
00:20:58prod and pacing
00:20:59real nice.
00:21:01You know,
00:21:01looking like
00:21:02professionals.
00:21:04Future looks
00:21:04bright for the
00:21:04kennel.
00:21:07Now you've got
00:21:07the Tanana River
00:21:08right here.
00:21:10So we're going
00:21:10to keep cruising.
00:21:14The 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
00:21:20degrees.
00:21:21It's a really
00:21:21warm day.
00:21:2220 degrees
00:21:23is well
00:21:24below freezing.
00:21:29Hey, hey, hey,
00:21:30easy.
00:21:31But that doesn't
00:21:32guarantee the
00:21:33safety of river
00:21:34ice.
00:21:37You can see
00:21:38open leads.
00:21:46There may be
00:21:47snow on the
00:21:47ground in
00:21:48central Alaska.
00:21:49But until the
00:21:51winter goes
00:21:52sub-zero,
00:21:53getting around
00:21:56on the Tanana
00:21:57River can be
00:21:58a 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 of
00:22:05breaking through
00:22:06that.
00:22:06lately,
00:22:10with the warmer
00:22:11winters we've
00:22:13had,
00:22:13it's been
00:22:14tough to
00:22:14really tell
00:22:15about the
00:22:16ice.
00:22:17Traveling
00:22:17these big
00:22:17rivers,
00:22:18you've got to
00:22:18be cautious.
00:22:19They can sneak
00:22:20up on you.
00:22:20Hold on,
00:22:21boop,
00:22:21you're going
00:22:21in.
00:22:22Guys have
00:22:22lost dog
00:22:23teams,
00:22:24and hopefully
00:22:24that's not
00:22:25me.
00:22:25So right
00:22:26now,
00:22:26I'm just
00:22:26taking a
00:22:27quick look
00:22:27at the
00:22:28ice depth.
00:22:30So I'm
00:22:30just going
00:22:30to cut a
00:22:31good-sized
00:22:31hole here
00:22:32and see
00:22:33roughly,
00:22:34you know,
00:22:34that's roughly
00:22:36three inches
00:22:36right there.
00:22:38So like,
00:22:39right now,
00:22:40this is super
00:22:41safe.
00:22:42You know,
00:22:42we got
00:22:42almost some
00:22:44of our
00:22:44wrists and
00:22:44ice.
00:22:45This is
00:22:45great for
00:22:45a dog sled.
00:22:48Yeah,
00:22:49holy cow,
00:22:49this is a
00:22:50lot of ice
00:22:50actually right
00:22:51here.
00:22:51Again,
00:22:52just because
00:22:53it's good
00:22:53here,
00:22:55I bet if I
00:22:55got closer
00:22:55to that
00:22:56lead,
00:22:56you can
00:22:57see the
00:22:57current
00:22:57coming out
00:22:58of that
00:22:59water.
00:23:00You
00:23:00definitely
00:23:00don't want
00:23:00to be
00:23:01crossing
00:23:01right
00:23:02beside
00:23:02this
00:23:02thing.
00:23:06Where
00:23:06the trail
00:23:07is at
00:23:07at the
00:23:07moment,
00:23:08that's
00:23:08safe.
00:23:09But you
00:23:10still got
00:23:10to be
00:23:10on the
00:23:11ball.
00:23:12But I
00:23:12fall in
00:23:12the ice,
00:23:13and especially
00:23:13the tanning
00:23:14off,
00:23:14that's it.
00:23:15You know,
00:23:15you're not
00:23:16getting out.
00:23:17It looks
00:23:17like we're
00:23:18safe for
00:23:19a while,
00:23:19but you
00:23:20never know.
00:23:21Keep
00:23:21on traveling.
00:23:23Hey,
00:23:23guys!
00:23:25Ha!
00:23:27Hey,
00:23:27hup,
00:23:28hup!
00:23:29Hey,
00:23:30hey!
00:23:31In the
00:23:42Alaskan
00:23:43interior
00:23:43known as
00:23:44the
00:23:44Yukon
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
00:23:54Painter
00:23:55and their
00:23:55two young
00:23:56boys,
00:23:57the time
00:23:57to protect
00:23:58their
00:23:58precious
00:23:58livestock
00:23:59from the
00:23:59coming
00:24:00freeze
00:24:00is now.
00:24:03Here,
00:24:04come on.
00:24:05We're
00:24:06going to
00:24:06build a
00:24:06barn.
00:24:07Today,
00:24:07we're going
00:24:07to 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
00:24:15maybe where
00:24:15the door
00:24:15is going
00:24:16to be?
00:24:17The reason
00:24:17we're
00:24:17building this
00:24:18is because
00:24:18it's going
00:24:19to be
00:24:19cold very
00:24:20soon here.
00:24:21We really
00:24:22need to
00:24:22make sure
00:24:23our livestock
00:24:23is safe
00:24:24because we
00:24:24rely 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
00:24:29have are
00:24:30goats and
00:24:30sheep and
00:24:31then we
00:24:31also have
00:24:32some chickens
00:24:32and we
00:24:33also have
00:24:33two pigs.
00:24:34As of
00:24:34right now,
00:24:35the structure
00:24:35is just
00:24:36basic livestock
00:24:37holding areas,
00:24:39mostly just
00:24:39rough cut
00:24:40lumber that
00:24:41is fencing
00:24:42in to
00:24:42small areas.
00:24:45Living 65
00:24:46miles from
00:24:47the nearest
00:24:47grocery store
00:24:48puts a
00:24:48premium on
00:24:49the meat
00:24:49the painters
00:24:50raise at
00:24:50home.
00:24:52And the
00:24:52makeshift
00:24:53livestock
00:24:53shelters just
00:24:54won't cut it
00:24:55when the
00:24:55brutal cold
00:24:56returns.
00:24:57After last
00:24:58winter,
00:24:59we realized
00:25:00that we're
00:25:00definitely
00:25:01going to
00:25:01need to
00:25:02build a
00:25:02bigger,
00:25:03more insulated
00:25:04area for
00:25:04the animals
00:25:05so that it's
00:25:05easier on
00:25:06them while
00:25:07it's minus
00:25:0750 degrees
00:25:08outside.
00:25:09Let's see
00:25:09what 16
00:25:10by 16
00:25:11looks like
00:25:11and then
00:25:12we'll pretend
00:25:13that we
00:25:13are sheep,
00:25:14goats,
00:25:14and a pig,
00:25:15yeah?
00:25:16Okay.
00:25:18It's not
00:25:18necessarily just
00:25:19the cold.
00:25:20Last winter
00:25:20we had a lot
00:25:21of wolves
00:25:22coming around
00:25:22and kind of
00:25:23circling around
00:25:24our area.
00:25:25We do have
00:25:26livestock dogs
00:25:27to protect
00:25:27them,
00:25:27but things
00:25:28still happen.
00:25:3116,
00:25:32right there.
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
00:25:40on this
00:25:41side since
00:25:41all the
00:25:42wind comes
00:25:42from this
00:25:43way.
00:25:43Okay.
00:25:44So door.
00:25:46Maybe we'll
00:25:46lay some
00:25:47sticks out
00:25:48acting as
00:25:49like the
00:25:50corridor.
00:25:51So as
00:25:51we're laying
00:25:52down the
00:25:52sticks,
00:25:52I'm just
00:25:53kind of
00:25:53imagining
00:25:54myself or
00:25:55Soraya
00:25:55pushing a
00:25:56wheelbarrow
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
00:26:02now,
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
00:26:07enough space
00:26:07to stretch
00:26:08their legs
00:26:09and be
00:26:10happy because
00:26:10you don't
00:26:11want them
00:26:11being too
00:26:12cramped
00:26:12inside of
00:26:13the cabin.
00:26:14The pigs
00:26:14can basically
00:26:15have one
00:26:15side because
00:26:16Gus is going
00:26:16to get 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
00:26:21delicious.
00:26:24How's that
00:26:25look?
00:26:25It looks
00:26:26good.
00:26:26We should
00:26:27start
00:26:27hauling.
00:26:27We're
00:26:27losing
00:26:27daylight.
00:26:28So the
00:26:28plan is
00:26:29to go
00:26:31out to
00:26:31the logging
00:26:32trail and
00:26:32then go
00:26:33and start
00:26:33looking for
00:26:34our sill
00:26:34logs and
00:26:35wall logs.
00:26:36What trail
00:26:37are you going
00:26:37to head
00:26:37up?
00:26:38I'm going
00:26:38to go
00:26:38to the
00:26:39far
00:26:39trail.
00:26:40There's
00:26:40pretty
00:26:40tough
00:26:41woods
00:26:41out
00:26:41there.
00:26:42We need
00:26:43to harvest
00:26:44four sill
00:26:44logs.
00:26:45A sill
00:26:45log is
00:26:46what the
00:26:46entire
00:26:47cabin
00:26:47rests on
00:26:48and then
00:26:48we're
00:26:49hoping to
00:26:49be able
00:26:50to get
00:26:50the sill
00:26:51logs down
00:26:51at the
00:26:51end of
00:26:52the day.
00:26:52Is that
00:26:53everything
00:26:53you need?
00:26:54I think
00:26:54that's
00:26:55everything.
00:26:56All right,
00:26:56I'll be
00:26:56back in a
00:26:57little bit.
00:26:58All right,
00:26:58bye-bye.
00:26:59All right,
00:26:59bye-bye.
00:27:00Bye-bye.
00:27:01Bye-bye.
00:27:01Bye-bye.
00:27:02Up in the
00:27:18tobacco root
00:27:18mountains.
00:27:20The sun's
00:27:21finally caught
00:27:21up to Jake
00:27:22and his
00:27:22pack,
00:27:23and they're
00:27:24ready to
00:27:25roll.
00:27:26All right,
00:27:26so I found
00:27:27this track
00:27:28early this
00:27:29morning in
00:27:30the dark,
00:27:30and I
00:27:31wasn't able
00:27:31to turn
00:27:32up another
00:27:32one,
00:27:33which is
00:27:34a good
00:27:34thing,
00:27:34so we've
00:27:35only got
00:27:35one job
00:27:36to do
00:27:36today.
00:27:38We'll see
00:27:38if the
00:27:38dogs can't
00:27:39get this
00:27:41kitty pushed
00:27:41back up
00:27:41on the
00:27:42mountain.
00:27:45Marlene,
00:27:46here it is,
00:27:47here it is,
00:27:47here it is.
00:27:48Good dog,
00:27:49good dog.
00:27:52Good dog.
00:27:54Well,
00:27:55just like
00:27:55that,
00:27:56we're off
00:27:56to the
00:27:56races.
00:27:58On the
00:27:59cat's
00:27:59scent,
00:27:59and kicking
00:28:00off the
00:28:01first hunt
00:28:01of the
00:28:01season,
00:28:02on Marlene,
00:28:04Mardell,
00:28:04and Blue,
00:28:06three of
00:28:06Jake's
00:28:06most seasoned
00:28:07trackers.
00:28:08Coming into
00:28:08the season
00:28:09this year
00:28:09is a little
00:28:10different than
00:28:10all the ones
00:28:11in the past.
00:28:12We don't
00:28:12have any
00:28:13pups anymore.
00:28:14Everybody's
00:28:15fully trained,
00:28:16everybody I
00:28:17would consider
00:28:17to be a
00:28:17veteran this
00:28:18year,
00:28:18so I'm
00:28:19hoping that
00:28:20this year
00:28:20I can put
00:28:21out less
00:28:22dogs.
00:28:22I'm going
00:28:22to do two
00:28:23to three
00:28:23at a time
00:28:24instead of
00:28:24letting go
00:28:25half the
00:28:25pack.
00:28:26I rely on
00:28:27these dogs
00:28:27each and
00:28:27every day,
00:28:28so it's going
00:28:29to be nice
00:28:29to run
00:28:29smaller packs
00:28:30and be able
00:28:31to have
00:28:31extra dogs
00:28:32at home
00:28:32that are
00:28:33ready to
00:28:33go for
00:28:34the next
00:28:34day.
00:28:41See where
00:28:42these dogs
00:28:42are.
00:28:44They're
00:28:45covering
00:28:45some country.
00:28:48At top
00:28:48speed,
00:28:49the dogs
00:28:49are running
00:28:50as fast
00:28:50as 15
00:28:51miles per
00:28:52hour,
00:28:52leaving
00:28:53Jake in
00:28:53the dust.
00:28:55They went
00:28:55over top
00:28:56of this
00:28:56ridge and
00:28:56they're
00:28:57dropping
00:28:57down,
00:28:57so I
00:28:58need to
00:28:59get up
00:28:59to the
00:29:00top
00:29:00here and
00:29:00see if
00:29:02I can't
00:29:02catch up
00:29:03to them.
00:29:05He'll
00:29:05track them
00:29:06on GPS
00:29:06while he
00:29:07closes the
00:29:07gap.
00:29:09A trek
00:29:10that can
00:29:10take hours
00:29:11in this
00:29:11treacherous
00:29:12terrain.
00:29:12You can't
00:29:21quite hear
00:29:22these dogs
00:29:22yet.
00:29:23I should
00:29:23be getting
00:29:24close enough
00:29:24to where I
00:29:25should be
00:29:25hearing them.
00:29:26They're
00:29:26across the
00:29:26canyon here
00:29:27in a patch
00:29:27of timber.
00:29:29And it
00:29:30looks like
00:29:30they're,
00:29:31yeah,
00:29:31they're just
00:29:32a little
00:29:32over a
00:29:32half mile
00:29:33right now,
00:29:33so I
00:29:34should start
00:29:35hearing them
00:29:35here pretty
00:29:36soon.
00:29:37It's
00:29:37definitely
00:29:38nice to
00:29:38have snow
00:29:38on the
00:29:39ground,
00:29:39but it's
00:29:40tough,
00:29:40tough snow
00:29:41conditions.
00:29:41I'm
00:29:42slipping
00:29:42and sliding
00:29:42and I'm
00:29:43using a
00:29:43lot more
00:29:44energy,
00:29:44but either
00:29:45way,
00:29:46I've got
00:29:46to keep
00:29:46pushing.
00:29:47The dogs
00:29:48are trained
00:29:48to stay
00:29:49on target
00:29:49until Jake
00:29:50arrives,
00:29:51no matter
00:29:52how long
00:29:52it takes.
00:30:00All right,
00:30:00I can really
00:30:01hear those
00:30:01dogs now.
00:30:03They can't
00:30:04be far.
00:30:05Oh.
00:30:07Oh,
00:30:08that's not
00:30:08good.
00:30:09I've
00:30:09definitely
00:30:09got some
00:30:10funky going
00:30:11on here.
00:30:11The dogs
00:30:12were peeling
00:30:12up the
00:30:12creek
00:30:13here.
00:30:14And
00:30:14Marlene
00:30:14just
00:30:15went about
00:30:16100 yards
00:30:16and pulled
00:30:17up treed.
00:30:18She's down
00:30:19here treeing
00:30:19by herself.
00:30:20I'm going
00:30:20to get up
00:30:21here and
00:30:21see what
00:30:21the heck
00:30:21they got
00:30:22right
00:30:22moving.
00:30:34What do
00:30:35you got
00:30:35here?
00:30:35in the
00:30:51dense woods
00:30:52of the
00:30:52Alaskan
00:30:52interior.
00:30:54Chance has
00:30:55a plan for
00:30:55his barn
00:30:56build.
00:30:57All he
00:30:57needs now
00:30:58is the
00:30:58heavy timber,
00:30:59which is a
00:31:00daunting one
00:31:01man task in
00:31:01these parts.
00:31:02I'm going
00:31:03to try
00:31:04and move
00:31:05some of
00:31:05this stuff
00:31:06and make
00:31:06a trail
00:31:07right through
00:31:07here.
00:31:14The plan
00:31:14for right
00:31:15now is I'm
00:31:15going to
00:31:16cut this
00:31:17in.
00:31:17This is
00:31:18going to be
00:31:18my chute
00:31:19to drag
00:31:20logs through.
00:31:21I'm just
00:31:21going to
00:31:22open up the
00:31:22trail a little
00:31:23bit first
00:31:23and just
00:31:23inch my
00:31:24way in
00:31:25here.
00:31:25I've
00:31:27chosen this
00:31:28area to
00:31:29make trail
00:31:29into because
00:31:30I've seen
00:31:31lots of
00:31:31nice trees
00:31:32while I was
00:31:33walking around
00:31:33trapping
00:31:34lynx and
00:31:34beaver in
00:31:35here last
00:31:35winter.
00:31:37So I'm
00:31:38just trying
00:31:38to make
00:31:39sure that
00:31:39the trail
00:31:40is clear
00:31:41and wide
00:31:42enough to
00:31:42get a
00:31:42four-wheeler
00:31:43through.
00:31:44I also
00:31:45want to
00:31:45make sure
00:31:46as I'm
00:31:46dragging
00:31:47the logs
00:31:47through that
00:31:48there's not
00:31:48any big
00:31:49logs to
00:31:50get hung
00:31:51up on.
00:31:55So I've
00:31:58cut a
00:31:58good
00:31:5810 feet
00:32:00of trail
00:32:0010 foot
00:32:01wide here
00:32:02and my
00:32:03four-wheeler
00:32:03can really
00:32:04easily get
00:32:05through here
00:32:05without any
00:32:06problems.
00:32:07So I'm
00:32:07going to
00:32:07start looking
00:32:08for some
00:32:09timbers.
00:32:13So this
00:32:14is a nice
00:32:14looking tree.
00:32:16This one
00:32:16looks really
00:32:16good.
00:32:17It's not
00:32:17too big
00:32:18so I'll
00:32:18be able
00:32:18to actually
00:32:19drag it
00:32:19out of
00:32:20here.
00:32:21It looks
00:32:22like it's
00:32:22about a
00:32:2210 inch
00:32:23base.
00:32:25Which is
00:32:25basically
00:32:26what I'm
00:32:26kind of
00:32:27shooting
00:32:27for.
00:32:28So this
00:32:29tree would
00:32:29make a
00:32:29really
00:32:30good
00:32:30sill
00:32:30log
00:32:30I'm
00:32:31thinking
00:32:31which is
00:32:33the log
00:32:34at the
00:32:34very bottom
00:32:34of the
00:32:35cabin.
00:32:36It's
00:32:36basically
00:32:37the
00:32:37structural
00:32:38integrity
00:32:39of the
00:32:39whole
00:32:39foundation.
00:32:41We need
00:32:41four sill
00:32:42logs
00:32:42and luckily
00:32:44there's
00:32:44two more
00:32:46nice ones
00:32:47right here
00:32:47and from
00:32:48the looks
00:32:48of it
00:32:48we might
00:32:49be able
00:32:49to actually
00:32:49get two
00:32:50logs
00:32:50out of
00:32:51the
00:32:51third
00:32:51tree.
00:32:53These
00:32:53trees look
00:32:54great
00:32:54so I'm
00:32:55going to
00:32:55go grab
00:32:55my saw
00:32:55and start
00:32:56cutting
00:32:56them
00:32:56down.
00:33:00So the
00:33:01way I'm
00:33:01going to
00:33:01cut this
00:33:02tree down
00:33:02is I'm
00:33:03going to
00:33:03limb up
00:33:04all of
00:33:04these
00:33:05branches
00:33:05on the
00:33:06bottom
00:33:06here
00:33:06and then
00:33:07I'm
00:33:08going to
00:33:08do
00:33:08what's
00:33:08called
00:33:08a
00:33:08face
00:33:09cut
00:33:09and I'm
00:33:10going
00:33:10to
00:33:10cut
00:33:10a
00:33:10wedge
00:33:11into
00:33:11the
00:33:11bottom
00:33:12and I'm
00:33:13going to
00:33:14take
00:33:14that
00:33:14wedge
00:33:14out
00:33:14and
00:33:15then
00:33:15make
00:33:16another
00:33:16cut
00:33:16on
00:33:16the
00:33:17backside
00:33:17at
00:33:18an
00:33:18angle
00:33:18tension
00:33:19from
00:33:20this
00:33:20releasing
00:33:21will
00:33:21shift
00:33:21the
00:33:22weight
00:33:22of
00:33:22the
00:33:22tree
00:33:22towards
00:33:23the
00:33:23face
00:33:24cut
00:33:24and it
00:33:24will
00:33:25end
00:33:25up
00:33:25felling
00:33:25the
00:33:25tree
00:33:26uphill
00:33:27here.
00:33:29So the
00:33:29tree fell
00:33:29exactly
00:33:30where I
00:33:30was
00:33:30wanting
00:33:31it
00:33:31to.
00:33:31We'll
00:33:32be able
00:33:32to
00:33:32limb
00:33:33it
00:33:33up
00:33:33now
00:33:33and
00:33:34once
00:33:34the
00:33:34log
00:33:34is
00:33:34on
00:33:35the
00:33:35ground
00:33:35I'll
00:33:35be able
00:33:35to
00:33:35attach
00:33:36a
00:33:36rope
00:33:36onto
00:33:37the
00:33:37butt
00:33:37here
00:33:37and
00:33:38I'll
00:33:38be
00:33:38able
00:33:38to
00:33:38swing
00:33:38it
00:33:39around
00:33:39with
00:33:39the
00:33:39wheeler
00:33:40and
00:33:41start
00:33:41dragging
00:33:42it
00:33:42up
00:33:42the
00:33:42hill.
00:33:42I'm
00:33:52on
00:34:00Kodiak
00:34:01Island
00:34:01Alaska
00:34:02the
00:34:03big
00:34:03dig
00:34:04is
00:34:04complete
00:34:04and a
00:34:06construction
00:34:06project
00:34:07that's
00:34:07taken
00:34:07months
00:34:08to
00:34:08plan
00:34:08is
00:34:09finally
00:34:09getting
00:34:10underway.
00:34:11Now
00:34:12I'm
00:34:12going to
00:34:13fab
00:34:13my
00:34:14root
00:34:14cellar
00:34:14right
00:34:14here
00:34:15in
00:34:15the
00:34:15yard
00:34:15and
00:34:16I'm
00:34:16going
00:34:16to
00:34:16carry
00:34:16it
00:34:17over
00:34:17there
00:34:17and
00:34:17set
00:34:17it
00:34:17in
00:34:18position.
00:34:19I
00:34:19think
00:34:19it'll
00:34:19be
00:34:19a
00:34:19lot
00:34:20easier
00:34:20to
00:34:20build
00:34:20it
00:34:20on
00:34:20flat
00:34:21ground
00:34:21than
00:34:21down
00:34:22in
00:34:22the
00:34:22hole
00:34:22each
00:34:24of
00:34:25the
00:34:25beams
00:34:25that
00:34:25Mike's
00:34:25using
00:34:26to
00:34:26build
00:34:26the
00:34:26root
00:34:26cellar
00:34:27I
00:34:28can
00:34:28see
00:34:28it
00:34:28from
00:34:29right
00:34:29here
00:34:29has
00:34:30been
00:34:30plucked
00:34:31one
00:34:31by
00:34:31one
00:34:32from
00:34:32the
00:34:32shores
00:34:32of
00:34:33Eagle
00:34:33Harbor
00:34:33I
00:34:35think
00:34:35this
00:34:35is
00:34:35one
00:34:36right
00:34:36here
00:34:36in
00:34:36the
00:34:36grass
00:34:37the
00:34:38salvage
00:34:38missions
00:34:38taken
00:34:39all
00:34:39summer
00:34:40kind
00:34:42of
00:34:42like
00:34:42going
00:34:42shopping
00:34:43but
00:34:44its
00:34:44price
00:34:45tag
00:34:45can't
00:34:45be
00:34:45beat
00:34:46yeah
00:34:47perfect
00:34:49a lot
00:34:50of
00:34:50people
00:34:50myself
00:34:51included
00:34:51leave
00:34:52stuff
00:34:52too
00:34:52close
00:34:53to
00:34:53the
00:34:53beach
00:34:53a lot
00:34:54of
00:34:54the
00:34:54stuff
00:34:55floats
00:34:55out
00:34:55in
00:34:55the
00:34:55bay
00:34:56and
00:34:56a few
00:34:57days
00:34:57later
00:34:58a week
00:34:58a month
00:34:59it'll end up
00:35:00on
00:35:01on somebody's
00:35:02beach
00:35:02you know
00:35:05the way
00:35:06I'm exposed
00:35:07here to
00:35:07the gulf
00:35:07a lot
00:35:09of it
00:35:09comes
00:35:09to me
00:35:10the
00:35:12dimensional
00:35:12lumber
00:35:13is free
00:35:13and
00:35:15that's
00:35:15not the
00:35:15only
00:35:16savings
00:35:16Mike's
00:35:16geeking
00:35:17out of
00:35:17the
00:35:17land
00:35:18these
00:35:18these
00:35:18panels
00:35:19have
00:35:19been
00:35:19here
00:35:20at
00:35:20least
00:35:2110
00:35:21years
00:35:21they
00:35:23were
00:35:23the
00:35:23leftovers
00:35:24from
00:35:24a
00:35:24hangar
00:35:25that
00:35:25got
00:35:25built
00:35:25in
00:35:26town
00:35:26and
00:35:27I
00:35:27knew
00:35:27the
00:35:27guy
00:35:27that
00:35:27built
00:35:28it
00:35:28between
00:35:29the
00:35:29lumber
00:35:29and
00:35:30the
00:35:30panels
00:35:31this
00:35:31build
00:35:32is
00:35:32low
00:35:32cost
00:35:33but
00:35:33high
00:35:33quality
00:35:34the
00:35:35beauty
00:35:35of
00:35:35these
00:35:35is
00:35:35that
00:35:36they're
00:35:36going
00:35:36to
00:35:36be
00:35:36insulated
00:35:37like
00:35:37I
00:35:37done
00:35:37with
00:35:37them
00:35:38for
00:35:39the
00:35:39walls
00:35:39this
00:35:40is
00:35:40probably
00:35:41as
00:35:41good
00:35:41a
00:35:41material
00:35:42as
00:35:42I
00:35:42could
00:35:42use
00:35:43they're
00:35:43two
00:35:43and
00:35:43a
00:35:43half
00:35:44inches
00:35:44of
00:35:44foam
00:35:45interlocking
00:35:45joints
00:35:46with
00:35:47metal
00:35:47on
00:35:47both
00:35:48sides
00:35:48baked
00:35:50enamel
00:35:50paint
00:35:51and
00:35:51they'll
00:35:53completely
00:35:53insulate
00:35:54the
00:35:54word
00:35:54cellar
00:35:55okay
00:35:58the
00:36:00material
00:36:00is
00:36:00going
00:36:01to
00:36:01run
00:36:01all
00:36:02the
00:36:02way
00:36:02to
00:36:02here
00:36:02but
00:36:03I
00:36:03need
00:36:03to
00:36:04put
00:36:06a
00:36:06beam
00:36:06across
00:36:08so
00:36:08that
00:36:08I
00:36:08can
00:36:09hang
00:36:09a
00:36:09pine
00:36:10quarter
00:36:10a
00:36:11deer
00:36:11or
00:36:11something
00:36:11inside
00:36:12once
00:36:14this
00:36:14sidewall
00:36:14is
00:36:15standing
00:36:15upright
00:36:15the
00:36:16notch
00:36:16in
00:36:16the
00:36:17stud
00:36:17will
00:36:17make
00:36:17room
00:36:18for
00:36:18a
00:36:18cross
00:36:18beam
00:36:18that
00:36:19will
00:36:19span
00:36:19the
00:36:19length
00:36:19of
00:36:20the
00:36:20cellar
00:36:20and
00:36:21be
00:36:21strong
00:36:21enough
00:36:22to
00:36:22hold
00:36:22the
00:36:22weight
00:36:22of
00:36:23big
00:36:23game
00:36:23carcasses
00:36:24look
00:36:26at
00:36:26that
00:36:27oh
00:36:27baby
00:36:28oh
00:36:28baby
00:36:28it'll
00:36:30be
00:36:30perfect
00:36:31good
00:36:31now I
00:36:33got one
00:36:33more panel
00:36:34to do
00:36:3418
00:36:35inches
00:36:35another
00:36:37precision
00:36:38fit
00:36:38I've been
00:36:39thinking about
00:36:40building a root
00:36:40cellar for
00:36:41years but I
00:36:42just haven't had
00:36:42the time
00:36:43out here
00:36:44there's always a lot of
00:36:45work to do
00:36:45to be able to put
00:36:47something together
00:36:47like this at this
00:36:49time of my life
00:36:50it's very self
00:36:51satisfying to
00:36:52just a real
00:36:52sense of
00:36:53accomplishment
00:36:54to be able to
00:36:55live like this
00:36:56okay
00:36:57I got this one
00:36:58done
00:36:58I'm gonna build
00:36:59one more
00:36:59I'm just gonna
00:37:00build it right on top
00:37:01of here
00:37:01and then I'll
00:37:02put him in place
00:37:03with the forklift
00:37:04we'll see what
00:37:05happens
00:37:05it's day one
00:37:19of lion season
00:37:20you got going on
00:37:21here Marlene
00:37:22and high up in the
00:37:23tobacco roots
00:37:24holy god
00:37:26you gotta push
00:37:28way up in that
00:37:29tree
00:37:29Jake's first shot
00:37:31on target
00:37:32you ain't supposed
00:37:33to be chasing
00:37:34the bobcat
00:37:34is a misfire
00:37:36it's definitely a
00:37:39big old bobcat
00:37:40but it's not what
00:37:41we're after
00:37:41and I've got
00:37:42Blue and Mardell
00:37:43heading up the
00:37:44drainage here on
00:37:44the creek
00:37:45so I'm just gonna
00:37:46pull Marlene off
00:37:47and get her line
00:37:49back out with
00:37:49those other two
00:37:50and hopefully she
00:37:51catches up to the
00:37:52rest of the pack
00:37:53and catches that
00:37:53line
00:37:54go go Marlene
00:37:55I'm not gonna tell
00:37:56Marlene she did a
00:37:57bad job
00:37:58she caught a cat
00:37:59good girl
00:38:00Marlene let's go
00:38:02mama here
00:38:04come on
00:38:05let's go
00:38:06you did good
00:38:06catch you up
00:38:08with the rest of
00:38:08them
00:38:09the detour puts
00:38:18Jake even farther
00:38:19behind
00:38:19but making up time
00:38:22on the steep cliffs
00:38:23is a tall order
00:38:24with fresh powder
00:38:25on the ground
00:38:26holy crap
00:38:28the snow's really
00:38:30starting to pick up
00:38:31kind of let up
00:38:32there for a minute
00:38:33and now it's really
00:38:34starting to come
00:38:34down again
00:38:35alright
00:38:38I've got dogs
00:38:40starting to tree
00:38:41way down here
00:38:42below me
00:38:42looks like they're
00:38:44all
00:38:44barking pretty good
00:38:46right now
00:38:47and they're
00:38:48staying put
00:38:49so I think
00:38:49they got it
00:38:50treed
00:38:50I just got to
00:38:52cover about
00:38:52three quarters
00:38:53of a mile
00:38:53to get to them
00:38:54hopefully they
00:38:55got me a cat
00:38:56crop
00:38:56mardell
00:39:14mardell decided to
00:39:17climb the tree
00:39:17so I've got to
00:39:19get up there
00:39:19and help her
00:39:20down
00:39:20as quickly as I
00:39:22can
00:39:22we've got a cat
00:39:24on the top of the
00:39:25tree and mardell's
00:39:26about halfway up
00:39:26mardell climbing a
00:39:28tree it's a
00:39:29disastrous deal
00:39:30because if that
00:39:31mountain lion decides
00:39:31it wants to attack
00:39:32her she's going to
00:39:33be pretty well
00:39:34helpless up there
00:39:35come on
00:39:38good girl
00:39:40that cat only knows
00:39:42two ways down the
00:39:43tree and that's to
00:39:43climb down it or
00:39:44jump out of it
00:39:45good girl
00:39:46good girl
00:39:48good girl
00:39:50one of those
00:39:51options is going
00:39:52to be right over
00:39:52top of me and the
00:39:53dog so if this cat
00:39:54comes down right
00:39:55now me and the
00:39:56cat are going to
00:39:57end up in hand
00:39:58to hand combat
00:39:59which is the last
00:39:59thing I need
00:40:00good girl
00:40:02way up above the
00:40:11valley floor
00:40:12the lion is king
00:40:14of the mountain
00:40:15good girl
00:40:16and when a lion is
00:40:18threatened its
00:40:19instinct is to
00:40:20strike
00:40:20mardell climbing a
00:40:24tree is definitely
00:40:25a life or death
00:40:26situation
00:40:27come on down
00:40:27mardell's bad habits
00:40:31landed jake 40 feet
00:40:33above the ground
00:40:34and out on a limb
00:40:35with a big cat
00:40:36right overhead
00:40:37come on mardell
00:40:39these dogs can
00:40:40climb these trees
00:40:41really well and
00:40:42really easily but
00:40:43they cannot climb
00:40:44down them
00:40:45come on
00:40:46if that dog comes
00:40:47out on its own
00:40:48it might end up
00:40:49breaking its jaw
00:40:50its leg
00:40:51or its back
00:40:52come on
00:41:07dilly
00:41:07he did
00:41:13got it
00:41:15hold on baby
00:41:16girl
00:41:17you good
00:41:20you good
00:41:21you good
00:41:25you good
00:41:37All right.
00:41:38Holy crap.
00:41:39So I've been having that problem with Mardell and Manny.
00:41:44They're the two dogs that have really been climbing trees on me.
00:41:47And as you can see, that's not ideal at all.
00:41:50It's not a safe thing for the dog.
00:41:52It's not safe for me.
00:41:54So when I get to a tree like that, that's how much it is to get her down off of that.
00:42:00And now we've got a cat in the tree.
00:42:02They did their job.
00:42:03Definitely not.
00:42:04I'd like to see it.
00:42:05But we'll take it.
00:42:07Good dogs!
00:42:11Got 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.
00:42:18Here's the dogs!
00:42:20Good dogs!
00:42:22Back on Kodiak, with the mega machines doing the heavy lifting.
00:42:36Okay, now I think the tricky part is going to be to get the first panels up and square.
00:42:47Mike's making fast work of his long-awaited root cellar.
00:42:50Because I'm all by myself, it's a little awkward.
00:42:52I'm going to try and stand them up with the forklift and then I'll just put them in place.
00:42:57And hopefully I'll be able to balance them without any mishaps.
00:43:02Each side wall clocks in at 300 pounds, which is easy for a forklift to pick up, but not to hold on edge.
00:43:13This is the sketchy part.
00:43:14Now we're going to stand it up and I'll block it from behind with a pole or something.
00:43:18And then I've got to pick this one up this way.
00:43:22You may be able to do that with a piece of line.
00:43:25If I don't drop it on myself.
00:43:27That'll hold it for now.
00:43:33I think this is going to dig in, but not a hundred percent.
00:43:54Okay.
00:43:55I think that's good enough.
00:43:58Now that I've got the walls standing upright and they seem like they're going to stay there for a few minutes.
00:44:03I'm going to start putting the panels in and make the attachment on the backside.
00:44:08I'll just continue to put these panels on here all the way to the top.
00:44:18Then I'll have it.
00:44:23Look at that.
00:44:25It's going together a lot nicer than I thought it would.
00:44:38That'll hold a hind quarter of a buffalo or a deer.
00:44:41At this juncture, it's looking good, but I still got to get 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.
00:44:58Now this is the part that I'm not sure of.
00:45:02Hopefully the bank doesn't cave away.
00:45:06Let's see.
00:45:08Living alone in the Alaskan bush requires a lot of heavy lifting.
00:45:21Okay, here we go.
00:45:23And some crafty improvisation.
00:45:26Hopefully I can pick up my line.
00:45:29We'll see what happens.
00:45:32So far we got that.
00:45:35Mike'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.
00:45:50The little juice.
00:45:51Oh yeah.
00:45:56We got it.
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
00:46:15that 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?
00:46:23Look at that.
00:46:24That sun goes 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 cover it up with a tarp,
00:46:51and now I'm going to pick up all this tundra and sod
00:46:54that I initially took off the surface.
00:46:58It'll absorb the moisture from all the rainwater
00:47:00and provide all the insulation that I need.
00:47:03And now we got it.
00:47:06Ahead of schedule and under budget.
00:47:09Woo-hoo!
00:47:10So I finished covering it around from the backside,
00:47:14and now I have to cut the door out
00:47:15and put a wood framework on the edges of it
00:47:19and have the panels be the actual door.
00:47:21And that's how that's here.
00:47:25Now I'm going to lag a winch off of a boat trailer
00:47:30to one of these timbers on the side,
00:47:33and that's what I'm going to use to adjust the height of my quarters
00:47:37while they're hanging in here.
00:47:39When I had a deer outside the door,
00:47:43I could have it on the gambrel on its hind legs,
00:47:46bring the line out through the door,
00:47:48and then just crank it up.
00:47:50And they don't 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,
00:48:06and another job is done.
00:48:09Life is good.
00:48:25Deep in the Yukon Koyukuk,
00:48:28after some felling, limbing, and trimming,
00:48:31the first sill log of the painter's new barn build
00:48:36is ready to hit the trail.
00:48:38All right, I'm going to hitch her up,
00:48:39see if I can get her through.
00:49:01All right, well, that was the hard part,
00:49:04getting this thing actually up out of there,
00:49:06back on through the trail.
00:49:07It should be pretty easy from here on out.
00:49:09I'm going to drag it through the log yard now
00:49:11and go back and get another one.
00:49:17While Chance shuttles timber back at the homestead,
00:49:22let's get some for Gus and Maggie and the chickens.
00:49:28Soraya is giving her sons Otter and Oma show
00:49:30a hands-on lesson in animal husbandry.
00:49:34While Chance is out logging,
00:49:36I'm going to stay back and take care of the animals,
00:49:39feed them, water them.
00:49:41We'll feed Gus first.
00:49:43Hi, Gus.
00:49:45Are you hungry?
00:49:47Mmm, beans.
00:49:50Here you go, Gus.
00:49:52He's getting so big, hey, Nubby?
00:49:54Otter is my three-year-old son.
00:49:57His nickname is Nubby.
00:49:58Who are we going to feed next?
00:49:59Nubby?
00:49:59Chickens?
00:50:00Otter loves all the animals.
00:50:02They are his actual best friends.
00:50:05Are you ready?
00:50:06Yeah.
00:50:07Okay.
00:50:08Especially the chickens,
00:50:09because those are the animals that we started out with
00:50:11on the homestead,
00:50:12so he's really bonded to the chickens.
00:50:14Hi, chicken.
00:50:16Hi, chicken.
00:50:18And Omi is my youngest.
00:50:20We call him Omi.
00:50:21His name's Omasho.
00:50:22He's one and a half almost,
00:50:24and he's pretty much my right-hand man.
00:50:27We do everything together, him and I.
00:50:29Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:50:30Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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.
00:50:45All right.
00:50:48Here, come here, Nubby.
00:50:49Over here.
00:50:49Mr., Mr., Mr., Mr.
00:50:54Get out.
00:50:55Oh, get out.
00:50:57Get out.
00:50:58Oh, no.
00:50:59Nubby is pig out.
00:51:01Oh, no.
00:51:04Pig.
00:51:06Pig.
00:51:11Deep in Alaska's interior,
00:51:13the painter's livestock are going hard wild.
00:51:16Pig.
00:51:18Pig.
00:51:18Pig.
00:51:19So as we're heading to the livestock,
00:51:21Otter starts yelling,
00:51:23Mama, Gus, out!
00:51:24And Gus is our male pig's name,
00:51:26but I turn around,
00:51:27and both of the pigs are out.
00:51:28Oh, no.
00:51:32Like it was just chaos.
00:51:34All right.
00:51:35Let's let the sheep out later.
00:51:37We got to take care of these pigs, Nubby.
00:51:39I try not to panic in this situation,
00:51:42because the big pig,
00:51:43she's kind of a big pig,
00:51:44and she could really ruin a lot quickly.
00:51:47Gus, smell that.
00:51:48You want that?
00:51:50You want that?
00:51:51Bet you do.
00:51:52Ha-ha!
00:51:54Come on, pigs.
00:51:57You little turkeys.
00:51:59When I get down to the pen,
00:52:00I see that they've pushed,
00:52:01they've pushed the entire back wall off.
00:52:03Here, Maggie.
00:52:04Come this way, Maggie.
00:52:06Come here, girl.
00:52:07I'm a master pig-lurer.
00:52:12All right.
00:52:13Okay.
00:52:14They're in.
00:52:15They're in.
00:52:18All right.
00:52:21It's going to be really great
00:52:22when we have our barn finally all set up
00:52:24and won't be dealing with this kind of thing all the time.
00:52:27All right.
00:52:29Come here, Nub.
00:52:29With trapping season set to kick off soon in Alaska.
00:52:49All right.
00:52:50Let's see what this looks like here.
00:52:53Oh, yeah.
00:52:54Brett's gearing up for the great unknown.
00:52:56Now, I'm going to cut some notches
00:53:01so I can slide in my springs.
00:53:05It's kind of exciting.
00:53:07This year is going to be a little different
00:53:08because now I get to explore the outpost.
00:53:13I haven't been trapping out there,
00:53:15so it's going to be kind of cool
00:53:16to get out there on untouched land
00:53:19and see what's out there for fur.
00:53:21Got to start there.
00:53:23See how this looks.
00:53:24Could be a big year financially
00:53:26because this will be the most traps I'll have out,
00:53:29the most amount of line in a new area.
00:53:33Oh, look at that.
00:53:35That is perfect.
00:53:36It's going to be a lot more work
00:53:38maintaining two places.
00:53:40All right.
00:53:40But it won't be as bad
00:53:41because I got help from Ivy,
00:53:43so it's going to be a pretty exciting year.
00:53:47Back in the bush,
00:53:49Ivy's also prepping for the season
00:53:50by hunting grouse.
00:53:51The ground's pretty frozen and crunchy,
00:53:54so my steps are pretty loud today.
00:53:58There's a lot of grouse in this area.
00:54:00We always see them
00:54:01when we're not hunting for them.
00:54:02They're just going to be
00:54:03a little more hunkered down
00:54:04this time of the year.
00:54:06They can be up in the trees.
00:54:07They can be down on the ground.
00:54:09So hopefully I can roust a couple others.
00:54:11I don't know if I see what.
00:54:18Right here in a branch.
00:54:20He thinks he's pretty hidden right now.
00:54:27Get ready.
00:54:27Get a better angle.
00:54:43Get a better angle.
00:54:44Got it.
00:55:05Come on, Bridge.
00:55:06Let's go get the scrouse.
00:55:07Let's go get the scrouse.
00:55:09Nice.
00:55:23Looks like a couple females.
00:55:26The forest provides so much for us
00:55:28and our family
00:55:29that it's really important
00:55:31for both Brett and I
00:55:32to utilize everything
00:55:33that we take from the woods.
00:55:36Save bees.
00:55:37As I sprinkle them near the set
00:55:38it makes it look like
00:55:39something just killed a fresh bird.
00:55:42So when it comes to
00:55:44bird carcasses,
00:55:45feathers, wings,
00:55:47stuff that we can't eat.
00:55:48We'll put guts in this one
00:55:50and then we'll use
00:55:51the main carcass for bait.
00:55:53It's nice that
00:55:54those play such a big part
00:55:57in the success of our trap line
00:55:59and we're utilizing
00:56:00all of the birds
00:56:01instead of
00:56:02any part of it going to waste.
00:56:04Nice meat on that one.
00:56:06Yep.
00:56:07Another good day of
00:56:08chores done.
00:56:11About a quarter,
00:56:12almost a half a bag of meat.
00:56:14Good job getting all your
00:56:15traps spoiled.
00:56:17Yeah, I know.
00:56:17Ready to go.
00:56:18Pretty excited.
00:56:19I can't wait to
00:56:20get out there on the line.
00:56:22Yeah.
00:56:34Daylight burns fast
00:56:36over Alaska
00:56:36at this time of year.
00:56:39Well,
00:56:40we're, uh,
00:56:41taking a little longer
00:56:43than I expected.
00:56:45And after 10 hours
00:56:46on the trail,
00:56:47Lauro and his pack
00:56:48have used it all up.
00:56:50Hey, it's dark now.
00:56:51It's in the evening.
00:56:52But, uh,
00:56:53dogs look good, though.
00:56:54You're not
00:56:54for all that trail breaking.
00:56:56The dogs look good,
00:56:57but with 16 miles
00:56:58still to go
00:56:59till camp,
00:57:00Lauro knows
00:57:01it's best to break them
00:57:02before exhaustion
00:57:03sets in.
00:57:04Whoa, guys.
00:57:07Whoa.
00:57:09All right,
00:57:10he's ready for a snack.
00:57:12I think it's time
00:57:13we take a little break
00:57:14here, dogs.
00:57:15You know,
00:57:16it gets dark here early
00:57:17in Alaska.
00:57:18But I'm gonna stop
00:57:19and give them
00:57:19a nice little
00:57:20quick meal
00:57:21and let that digest.
00:57:22A good-sized chunk
00:57:23of frozen meat.
00:57:24I got a little bit
00:57:25of beef
00:57:26I brought with me.
00:57:28Just give them a break,
00:57:29keep their spirits up,
00:57:30and just get off
00:57:31the runners
00:57:32for me and myself
00:57:33and enjoy
00:57:33a quick fire.
00:57:35Get a little bit
00:57:36more warmed up.
00:57:37That way, too,
00:57:38you know,
00:57:39I don't go waking
00:57:39my dad up
00:57:40at 4 a.m.
00:57:41or whatever.
00:57:42He wouldn't mind
00:57:43if I did that,
00:57:43but what's the rush?
00:57:46Yeah, good fire
00:57:47going on now.
00:57:48I think we're gonna
00:57:48be good here
00:57:49for a little bit.
00:57:51Pressed up
00:57:51and be back
00:57:52on the trail soon.
00:58:01As the sun rises
00:58:02over the Tanana River,
00:58:04the final push
00:58:08is underway,
00:58:10and Laro and his team
00:58:12are charging
00:58:13towards the finish line.
00:58:15A makeshift trapping camp
00:58:16where his dad
00:58:17has been posted up
00:58:18for weeks.
00:58:20Hey, Dad!
00:58:22Oh.
00:58:23How was your trip?
00:58:24Yeah, it was good.
00:58:26This trip was good.
00:58:27I'm really pumped
00:58:28to see my dad.
00:58:29It's great that he
00:58:29had a good time out here.
00:58:31Well, how's the trapping, man?
00:58:32How's it going to be
00:58:32in a few months?
00:58:33Yeah, it was good.
00:58:34Good.
00:58:35Oh, I didn't hit it
00:58:35real hard.
00:58:36I'm not as young
00:58:37as I used to be.
00:58:38That sounds better
00:58:39than I'm getting old.
00:58:40Yeah.
00:58:41You know, he's
00:58:42in really good shape.
00:58:43He's in better shape
00:58:44than some 20-year-olds
00:58:45I know.
00:58:46Looks like he's
00:58:46had a great time.
00:58:48Neil set out
00:58:49to snare as much
00:58:50meat and fish
00:58:51as he could
00:58:51in order to feed
00:58:52the team
00:58:52through the winter.
00:58:54Well, all right,
00:58:55Dad, let's see
00:58:55what you got.
00:58:56Hey.
00:58:57And it looks like
00:58:57he's been busy.
00:58:59We got you some beaver
00:59:00and we got fish for you.
00:59:02Yeah, it looks good.
00:59:04We got you some beaver.
00:59:05We got that packed away.
00:59:07Gave you some beaver tails there.
00:59:08The dogs will be happy
00:59:09with that.
00:59:10That's their favorite.
00:59:11Yeah.
00:59:12That's stuff around.
00:59:14Yeah, Dad,
00:59:14these would be
00:59:15great trail sacks.
00:59:16Yeah.
00:59:17Good.
00:59:17I'll take you up
00:59:18and show you
00:59:19some of the birds we got.
00:59:20Through all these years
00:59:21mushing,
00:59:21my dad's always helped me out.
00:59:22This is his way
00:59:23of helping me
00:59:24get some fish,
00:59:25helping me get some beaver
00:59:26to support me
00:59:27along my journey
00:59:28of being a didderado musher
00:59:29and helping with my dogs.
00:59:32Well, it looks like
00:59:32you've been having
00:59:33some fun out here.
00:59:34Yeah, I've had a blast
00:59:34out here.
00:59:36Traffic,
00:59:36kind of reliving
00:59:37the old days.
00:59:37I know it's time
00:59:39to head back now
00:59:40so you can get your
00:59:41training in for your
00:59:41didder, right?
00:59:42Yeah.
00:59:44This journey was awesome.
00:59:45Great bunch of yearlings.
00:59:47You know,
00:59:47they excelled
00:59:48more than I thought
00:59:49they would.
00:59:49I know they'll do good,
00:59:50but it was wow.
00:59:52You know,
00:59:52I couldn't ask for
00:59:53a better set of dogs
00:59:54that are brought out
00:59:55here today.
00:59:56I'm very excited
00:59:57to see how these guys do.
00:59:59I bet you're ready
00:59:59for a cup of coffee, huh?
01:00:00Oh, yeah.
01:00:01All right.
01:00:02Come on in.
01:00:07Back in the Yukon Koyukuk.
01:00:17Come on, Nubi.
01:00:18The painters are finally
01:00:20ready to lay the foundation
01:00:21for their barn build.
01:00:23And with winter
01:00:24around the corner
01:00:25and more than a dozen
01:00:27animals out in the cold,
01:00:28there's no time to waste.
01:00:31Slowly.
01:00:33A little more.
01:00:35More.
01:00:37Three inches.
01:00:39But then we get to work
01:00:40shifting them around,
01:00:41trying to make sure
01:00:41that each corner
01:00:42and the middle
01:00:43are all just 16 feet apart.
01:00:46How'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
01:01:00at 300 pounds
01:01:02and needs to be locked
01:01:03into place
01:01:03with 8-inch heavy
01:01:04timber screws.
01:01:13That's nice.
01:01:14Oh, I like those.
01:01:17Constructing the barn's foundation
01:01:18is not the most difficult
01:01:19step of the process.
01:01:22But just about everything
01:01:23is more challenging
01:01:24with young children underfoot.
01:01:27All right, we're going to roll it.
01:01:29Are you ready?
01:01:30All right.
01:01:32All right.
01:01:35Good job, ma'am.
01:01:38All right, just wait.
01:01:40Watch out.
01:01:41Yeah, Daddy's lifting it now.
01:01:42Here, watch out.
01:01:43Get away from this one.
01:01:45Go back over here.
01:01:45Go back.
01:01:46Further back.
01:01:47No, back.
01:01:48No, oh, oh, Mama.
01:01:50I'm not trying to hurt you.
01:01:51I'm not trying to hurt you.
01:01:51It's just really dangerous
01:01:52having the kids around.
01:01:54You kind of just always
01:01:54have to remain vigilant.
01:01:56You can't baby-proof the forest.
01:02:03All right.
01:02:05Does it feel sturdy over there?
01:02:07It feels pretty good.
01:02:08This one feels great.
01:02:09With more weight on it,
01:02:11it'll...
01:02:12It'll be crazy strong.
01:02:13Yeah.
01:02:13Yeah.
01:02:14I know.
01:02:14It's not even trying to shift.
01:02:17Do you love it, Ulm?
01:02:20He loves it.
01:02:22I'm feeling pretty confident
01:02:24about the structural integrity
01:02:26of the foundation.
01:02:27I think that's going to be really good,
01:02:29and I think it's going to keep
01:02:30our animals alive.
01:02:31Awesome.
01:02:31And then the walls tomorrow?
01:02:33Yeah, we'll start doing
01:02:33the walls tomorrow.
01:02:34Well, what do you say
01:02:37to some dinner?
01:02:38Yeah, I'm hungry.
01:02:39Yeah?
01:02:39I butchered the chicken.
01:02:40All right.
01:02:41Let's go eat the chicken.
01:02:42And those potatoes.
01:02:44Oh, and our potatoes.
01:02:45Yum.
01:02:49Next time on Mountain Men.
01:02:53I have to get the barn done
01:02:54because winter is coming up quick.
01:02:57I don't want those animals
01:02:58sitting out in the cold.
01:03:02Oh, that hurt.
01:03:04Trapping, you know,
01:03:06you got a lot of respect
01:03:07for these animals.
01:03:08Pretty grateful that, you know,
01:03:10you got that gift
01:03:11from Mother Nature.
01:03:12All right.
01:03:13Let's see what we got.
01:03:16Can there be any other way
01:03:17to do this?
01:03:18I was not preparing
01:03:19to be climbing up
01:03:21and onto the roof
01:03:22because I don't like
01:03:24that kind of height,
01:03:25and I could fall to my death.
01:03:27If she gets downwind,
01:03:29that could be a problem.
01:03:31I really don't want
01:03:32to mess with her.
01:03:34What it was wanting
01:03:35to, there's not only
01:03:36all right,
01:03:37but I don't want
01:03:37to say anything about it.
01:03:39I don't want to stop singing
01:03:39but I don't want to be
01:03:40as if she's going to know
01:03:41what a beautiful and odd.
01:03:41,
01:03:42No,
01:03:42no,
01:03:42no,
01:03:43I can't do it for this.
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