CHASE_APASSINGOK DANIEL_APASSINGOK EVAN_STRASSBURG JAMEY_JOSEPH JIMMIE_AMBROSE JODY JOEL_JACKO NALU TIG TIG Last night I was laying around and somebody got on the radio and said that a wolf had gotten their dog There's just a few of us men around town that have got the knowledge and the skill to go out and look for a wolf, I just happen to be one of them JIMMIE AMBROSE Yeah TIG What's up bro JIMMIE AMBROSE Yeah TIG How you been? JIMMIE AMBROSE Been good TIG Oh good Good to see you Man, I heard, I heard some bad news about your dog JIMMIE AMBROSE Yeah, got taken by the wolf TIG Show me the crime scene JIMMIE AMBROSE There was supposed to be a lunar eclipse So, I turned my lights off Forgot to turn 'em back on Woke up the next day and came down and TIG Oh He ate 'em right there, you know JIMMIE AMBROSE Yeah TIG That's just a little bit too close around town, I think JIMMIE AMBROSE Yeah TIG Just by seeing that this wolf sat there in the open, out of cover and ate most of this dog I can tell that he's hungry, you know, that's a dangerous situation to have a desperate hungry wolf around town TIG I kinda lost these tracks Once I pick up the tracks, I can pick up my speed and start to close the distance between him and I I just gotta follow these tracks around, I got my rifle with me and if I happen to see him, I'll take a shot This is a young wolf right here This is a lot fresher; you know, this might have been last night Okay, he came in and walked back out here Okay Oh, he did jump out onto the ice They use underneath this bank as a highway because there's no one ever down this way And so, no one is ever out here to see them And then the school is that direction and that's which way his tracks are leading And it's dangerous for all the kids The wolf, they're gonna take the path of least resistance If there's a snowmobile trail, that's gonna be the path of least resistance Next day, I gonna come through, see if there's any fresh wolf tracks over my tracks that I put down JOEL JACKO You're always kind of exploring out here I enjoy just finding an animal trail and just walking down it, see why it's there JOEL JACKO You know how I know it's moose hunting season? Cause it's raining and blowing nonstop JOEL JACKO I'm gonna leave the dog here 'cause he's gonna scare everything away JOEL JACKO Stay JOEL JACKO My dad was pretty adamant about not taking dogs moose hunting Moose will kick a dog in half At the same time, he's like my only buddy out here so it kinda sucks not having him with me We're off I only got a couple more days left of moose hunting season Got a pretty small window to get out there Try to find a moose JOEL JACKO Definitely picked the worst day JOEL JACKO To go moose hunting My one chance to try to get a moose I didn't get one last year so, I don't know I might be eating spam all winter We had record rainfall this year I wasn't really planning on coming up the river, but it's so high, still very dangerous Like that Dangerous 'cause the rivers moving so fast, you can flip your boat over Which has happened to me before, and I almost died Hunting moose is worth the work and the effort It would take me like a couple years to eat a whole moose We are at the, uh, edge of the lake now, up in, uh, Pile Bay It's actually just started snowing on the mountains JOEL JACKO If I was a moose JOEL JACKO I would be in there JOEL JACKO I think there's a moose right in here JOEL JACKO It must have came when I called it He came through here Looks like more than one though There's a bigger one and a smaller one JOEL JACKO A cow and a bull There's some poop there It's still warm Man, he was like just here JOEL JACKO Gonna try and call him back out JODY With winter on the way, the work is never over We have to act now JODY Well, this looks like the one JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah, this'll work Looks pretty straight JODY So, Jamey and I decided we wanted to try living in my home community JODY After Jamey's fish camp in the middle Yukon JODY We're really lucky to be buying this place from some friends JODY It's got good bones, but it's needed some work and repairs and so we're trying to make this house a home Hey, easy-peasy JAMEY JOSEPH Okay JODY Seems light now JAMEY JOSEPH Everybody seems to be wanting to hang out there on the balcony but it's kinda unsafe It makes a bunch of noises and creeks when you step out there JODY It's pulling the upper part of the wall out 'cause of the weight of this balcony JAMEY JOSEPH We're gonna have to, uh, sure this up, take this support system out and use these and go right to the ground with them Jack it up and, uh, take that pressure off that wall So, we're gonna put a plumb bob down, and, or a makeshift plumb bob cause I don't have JODY What's a plumb bob? JAMEY JOSEPH Plumb bob is just a string with a pin JODY Plumb bob JAMEY JOSEPH Say hey, I'm gonna start calling you plumb bob Well, I got my makeshift plumb bob going here, so I get someone of an idea of where my center of my support beams should be JODY This is one project that we really need to get done before the winter sets in We just gotta get it better insolated, airtight and then more secure before it's too late Okay, any day now Okay JAMEY JOSEPH Hold on, hold on Okay, you can let go All right JODY Well, that was a core work out JAMEY JOSEPH Go ahead and get these started, we'll seat it, okay, so just make sure it's centered There you go, now you just start cranking on that thing Okay, it's seated So, Im'a start lifting I guess you can go inside and, uh, tell me what it's doing I'm just gonna bring it up probably an inch or two (2 centimeters or 5) JODY I'm a little nervous DANIEL APASSINGOK Each season, everything's prepared way long before If you're not prepared for the winter, it's a lot harder and dangerous DANIEL APASSINGOK Nice day out CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK Probably start on the northside, eh? CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK We gotta work ahead of time to uh prepare for winter hunt Preparing our sleds, our pulling gear and we gotta put some maintenance work on the house You can come out a little bit if you want That's good right there You, you see Russia from up there, Puwiim? CHASE APASSINGOK Oh yeah, the Russian mountains are popping out really good right now I see a whale! CHASE APASSINGOK [speaking Yup'ik] Thar she blows! [speaking English] Yeah, this whale had a spout about this high NALU Oh, I see him CHASE APASSINGOK It's about that time of the year DANIEL APASSINGOK Hey! DANIEL APASSINGOK [speaking Yup'ik] There it is! [speaking English] Pretty soon, uh, it'll be whaling season Wow DANIEL APASSINGOK [speaking Yup'ik] Give it a try! [speaking English] Our roof is not gonna leak anymore What a good day to do it too, nice and calm CHASE APASSINGOK Nope DANIEL APASSINGOK Hey CHASE APASSINGOK All right we're done DANIEL APASSINGOK All right, you got the roofing done You're ready for winter NALU Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK Good job boy Ready to rock, let's go! The day's not over, there's still a lot of work to do JODY This place, the Yukon, the mountains My ancestors always bring me back here I'm excited to build a new home for our family JODY So, it looks like the wall pulled an inch out JODY As long as this is safe from collapsing, that'll be nice JODY What? JAMEY JOSEPH You ready? JODY Yeah JAMEY JOSEPH Okay, I'm going up JAMEY JOSEPH One of my concerns is I jack it up is, uh, it's gonna tweak something So, she's inside looking at the wall where it joins the log JODY Ohh, I can even see it rising Other side! JAMEY JOSEPH Okay So, we're just gonna try to, uh, put it back into place where it's supposed to go But we're not gonna put too much pressure on it We don't want to do any damage or break it So, we gotta be careful here JODY Ohh, I feel the movement JAMEY JOSEPH You know, who knows what's gonna happen when I start putting pressure on it JODY Keep going Oh JAMEY JOSEPH (bleep) Whoa, you heard that? JODY Yeah JAMEY JOSEPH I'm a take a look at it, there's a, made a pretty good sound there JODY We heard kind of a loud creek or pop So, things are moving JAMEY JOSEPH Think that's about as far as I'm gonna go right there JODY Okay JAMEY JOSEPH This is good now Once we get these supports in JODY Yeah You want me down there now? JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah, I want you down here Okay Just seat this It's seated Go ahead, just bring it down a little bit because of that board Then I'm gonna put it on the back side JODY Okay JAMEY JOSEPH Right there that should be it JODY Yeah, it's good Jamey and I are a lot alike We both love this lifestyle and like being out on the land I've been independent for so many years It's awesome to have his expertise in areas that I'm not strong And I'm strong in areas he's not strong Man, this is going pretty good JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah So, I'm gonna go ahead and pop the jacks off Coming down, here you go I got this one, I'm just gonna drop it JODY Whoa, this is stuck in there JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah, yeah, yeah, it went into it I'm gonna drop this down to you and you can just drop it on the ground right there JODY Looks good JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah, so we alleviated the pressure that's pulling on the wall there JODY Yup, it's solid JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah, yeah This'll, this'll work JODY It's supported we can go out on the balcony and rest at ease it's not going to tumble off Or come crashing down JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah, yeah we could Yeah, in the meantime we can start stripping off the siding, see what the squirrels did and so we need to do JODY Yeah See what damage they did JAMEY JOSEPH Good JODY Nice work, babe JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah JODY Impressive TIG The wolves within a twenty-mile (32 kilometers) radius of our community They know who I am, they know my scent I've been chasing a lot of these wolves around for many years TIG We go, three nights ago we gotten snow TIG See some more tracks right here, leading on this trail right next to our house TIG Yeah, I can see that this wolf has used my trail just like I thought he would TIG We use an outhouse, my little girls gotta go run out all night using the bathroom and what not Not a good situation having predators this close to my family I don't like it He isn't gonna be hanging around town hunting dogs, scaring kids We're about six miles (9 kilometers) back the Kanuti Canyon trail These tracks are still heading off that way This wolf knows he walked the community safely before so he's gonna come through it again But this next time he comes through, he's gonna start seeing my tracks He's gonna know I'm after him When you're chasing a wolf, they are a super smart animal You gotta be real cautious One time, I was chasing a wolf up the river, and he ran out towards the middle of the river, I kept following him Next thing I know, I was five feet (1 meter) from an open hole And that's exactly what this wolf wanted He wanted me to dry walk in some water It's dangerous to chase 'em You gotta be cautious, you gotta know what you're doing out here Some more tracks right here Fresh tracks, look like he is heading out I followed this wolf at least eight miles (12 kilometers) away from our house which is a lot better than the five-hundred feet (152 meters) he was under the bank I feel a lot safer sending my kids off to school knowing that this wolf has probably left town by now Hopefully we don't have to worry about him for a while JOEL JACKO You make decisions when you're hunting is sometimes a split second Whether or not to take the shot Whether to go left or right Sometimes it's hard to justify if you made the right or wrong decision JOEL JACKO Up the lake I go JOEL JACKO Yesterday was a pretty good day At least I saw some moose sign, I'm pretty sure there's moose back there I'm gonna run back there and, uh, hopefully I get something I just need one moose One The next couple days is my only option for moose hunting JOEL JACKO You know the animal's so big that it would, it can last you like all year Smells like bears Right there look, brown bear Right there look, brown bear It's not what I'm looking for So, I just bring it out to flat islands I already saw a bear I don't know if that's a bad sign or a good sign It's probably not a good sign Yeah, you can see in here, all the bushes are really low, it's cause the moose are hanging out here eating the, eating the tops of them Gotta be a moose out here somewhere JOEL JACKO Listening for, like, branches breaking JOEL JACKO Basically, anything moving through the woods JOEL JACKO Like antlers on trees JOEL JACKO Not hearing anything There's not a whole lotta moose around It's a little bit discouraging But I'll keep looking Thought I saw a tree move There's another bear right here Damn, that is a big (bleep) Nice coat JOEL JACKO Oh shoot, (bleep) the plugs out Stupid There we go, damnit Oh, I just pulled the plug out to get the water outta the boat and I forgot to put it back in Do that a lot JOEL JACKO Man, that had a nice coat Nah, I gotta wait I gotta wait If I got a bear right now, I probably wouldn't have time to also get a moose I'm better off just waiting for a moose and then shooting a bear after moose hunting season There's obviously not a shortage of bears around here Been out here for like seven hours, six hours now, I'm not sure what time it is It's like six-o-eight looks like It's today or tomorrow before, um, moose hunting season's over This does look like really good moose country I'm a little bit worried now, I'm not gonna find one All I can do is keep looking TIG At this point in my life, is, upon me to start teaching my children, all my knowledge, my skills, my traditional sense That's the stuff that I'm passing down to my children TIG How you say marten in Denaakk'e? EVAN STRASSBURG [speaking Denaakk'e] Sooge? TIG Sooge TIG Just like our doggy EVAN STRASSBURG Yup, just like our doggy TIG Looks like the wolf's probably no more of a threat to us so let's go walk up and set a marten trap TIG My trap line's thirty-six miles (57 kilometers) long TIG The trail goes through a lot of different types of country A lot of different types of area where a lot of different types of animals are gonna be moving Marten, see? EVAN STRASSBURG Huh How long you think that was ago? TIG Maybe a few days TIG Evan when he was about six or seven years old, I did take him out once and it was about thirty, thirty-five below His snow pants came up, had some of his skin was showing He got a pretty bad frost bite around his leg and after that I was kinda scared of bringing the kids out in the colder weather I freaked myself out having his leg frost bit that bad Got the ott? EVAN STRASSBURG Yup TIG It was just a few years ago that I'd started taking him back out and showing him how to set the sets again Just like that, take this wire, wrap it around You don't want to twist this one on too much You just want it enough to hold it on there So, when the marten get caught, this one's gonna fall off, he's gonna dangle down here And then when he dangle like that, he's gonna die a lot faster We just gotta let this guy sit and do his thing All right, my boy We got this one set Let's keep clearing the trail and see if we see any more tracks If we see any more marten tracks, we'll set another one DANIEL APASSINGOK It's a very harsh weather out here Very unpredictable Takes a lot of time and effort to have everything ready for the winter DANIEL APASSINGOK Ready? CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK Well pull up maybe, uh, pull the side out first, this way DANIEL APASSINGOK Go on this side, and I'll go on this side CHASE APASSINGOK This is the sled I'm going to be working on, so we can have something to carry all our equipment and stuff down to the beach CHASE APASSINGOK I've been working on it for a while since my last school year CHASE APASSINGOK I just graduated last year and it's really good to have these things ready before winter comes It would be really hard without this DANIEL APASSINGOK Okay, uh, get the Skil saw see if we can cut out the, uh, three inches (7 centimeters), huh? CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK Try to get two on each side, that way it'll be thick enough to use throughout the winter DANIEL APASSINGOK I'd seen sewer pipe laying around, and DANIEL APASSINGOK Looked like it was gonna be good for sled runners CHASE APASSINGOK They just lay around for years after being replaced DANIEL APASSINGOK Everything is hard to get out here You know, we're in a remote village Whatever we can get a hold of, we try to hold onto Try not to waste anything Let's see, huh? See if it works Tried to even it out and, uh, looks good, huh? CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK How much, uh, sticking out? CHASE APASSINGOK Got about an inch (2 centimeters), uh, to work with DANIEL APASSINGOK That's good CHASE APASSINGOK Right after this garage was built, I put in my wood stove that I made at school last year I've been working on a lot of things in here Growing up, my dad taught me how to make things DANIEL APASSINGOK We're gonna, uh, put bolts on the front end there to secure the sled Move back a little ways and kind of go at an angle this way CHASE APASSINGOK This way? DANIEL APASSINGOK Ah! DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, you hit a screw and tried in here, I think Ahh DANIEL APASSINGOK Maybe flip it up and then DANIEL APASSINGOK You can drill it down Hey, we're in business Man, I can't wait to see this, uh, brand new sled in use CHASE APASSINGOK I know DANIEL APASSINGOK These sleds are hard to come by DANIEL APASSINGOK Okay, time for a tow bar, huh? CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK You know, wintertime is just around the corner, getting colder and windier It's a little bit harder to hunt from land DANIEL APASSINGOK Towards under there We're gonna have a sled Looking for the game Walrus, whales, and all the other marine mammals that come along with the ice They're gonna be plentiful Hey Gotta use different part of the house to bend it and provide and adapt Hey, we're done DANIEL APASSINGOK [speaking Yup'ik] Haa taawa [speaking English] We're in business The weather has been a big factor and we've had a full season this past year We gotta prepare for it You gotta take what life gives you Try to make adjustments, basically go with the weather Shouldn't be too long to finish it now CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah JOEL JACKO Being out here, you have to rely on yourself You have to rely on your talents You rely on your skills set and I like that JOEL JACKO No, you stay here JOEL JACKO Stay Today's the last day of moose hunting Still have like eighteen hours to try to find a moose No Tracker, go Go home JOEL JACKO Go home There he goes So sad, gotta leave my best friend here So, I'm gonna run back up to that lake that I was, that was at the end of Long Bay That's the only place that I've only seen like moose signs so far I know there's a moose around here somewhere Oh (bleep) There's like super fresh moose crap right here That looks like todays Hmm Interesting JOEL JACKO Almost looks like something over there When I first got out of the marines, I went hunting with my brother We were like side hilling on this mountain, and we saw this moose There's like fresh moose tracks I had like barley been out of war So, I just starting shooting and running like, locate close with and destroy the enemy I had like a lever-action thirty-thirty, so I'm like shooting and running down this mountain like as fast as I can You know, we killed it I, but I thought it was fine and like my buddies come over and were like, "Man, it sounded like World War III was going on" Being in combat for long periods of time, definitely messes with your mind a little bit Definitely changes ya That's what's so supple about berries this year cause there's no moose around JOEL JACKO Well, I came up empty-handed again We have to call it a day The wind's starting to pick up now I'm kinda running out of daylight anyways so, I guess I'll head home and, uh, open a can of beans Where's my jacket at? Think it blew outta the boat Crap! My buddy actually sent it to me from the Marine Corp So, it's like Marine Corp issue gore-tex Which is not something that you can just like buy It's gonna be pretty hard to find this jacket Trying to cover this huge area and the jacket is actually camouflage It's gonna be like finding a needle in a haystack out here It will be waiting for me in Valhalla Ha-hah! There it is Yeah! All right Ha-ha Sweet Well, it's not a total loss today At least I'm going home with everything I started with, except my dignity TIG The more work we put in right now, the easier the winter's gonna be TIG About three nights ago we gotten snow TIG Ah, no marten TIG But, you can see his tracks right up to the set TIG And birds took our bait See his tracks, it's looking a little more promising I got this fish had forgotten I had in the porch from last fall Ha And it got a little ripe Perfect for marten Your late Grandpa Lawrence said, knock the snow off of the trees around it Make it look different, marten will come and investigate EVAN STRASSBURG Dad? TIG Huh? EVAN STRASSBURG Martens are curious animals? TIG Yeah Pretty sure this one's gonna do the trick right there As long as that trap works like it should EVAN STRASSBURG Pretty suspenseful TIG Hey Evan, check it out TIG I can see that this marten's caught by a few toes And so, we're gonna have to get this done quick before he pulls his foot out of the trap and I end up watching this marten run off into the woods See what I'm doing? EVAN STRASSBURG Oh, yeah TIG Feel his heart right here TIG Hold him around the neck If he come back to life, you want to have him squeezed right around the neck right there EVAN STRASSBURG Okay TIG He can't come back and bite you First time I ever grabbed a marten, I grabbed him like this And he sunk his teeth right into this finger EVAN STRASSBURG Uh-huh TIG See those big ass teeth Woo, it didn't feel good getting bit by a marten TIG [speaking Denaakk'e] Enaa Baasee� EVAN STRASSBURG [speaking Denaakk'e] Enaa Baasee� TIG Is this your first one, Evan? EVAN STRASSBURG I'm pretty sure TIG Good job buddy EVAN STRASSBURG Thank you I'll hold it by the neck TIG Ha-ha, yeah You gonna be able to do that now? EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah TIG This is Evan's first time getting a marten I see in his face that, you know, he's pretty excited Last winter he caught a wolverine This year's he's got a marten and a rabbit Yeah, he's coming along good TIG You're going to step up and start doing it on your own here soon EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK It's a long winter Gets darker and days are shorter How you're gonna survive out here is being with family members in the village CHASE APASSINGOK You like my sled? NALU You did really good DANIEL APASSINGOK Can you lift up the bar a little bit? It's good to, uh, prepare for the winter DANIEL APASSINGOK You know, we gotta get the motor off our boat uh, put it away for the season DANIEL APASSINGOK And that motor on that boat is pretty heavy so we gotta use a sled DANIEL APASSINGOK Pull that tight Ready to rock NALU Flip it! DANIEL APASSINGOK It will go with the sled now, huh? CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK You're gonna be the first one to sit on? NALU Puwiima He made it Puwiima yee-haw DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah! For winter, it takes a lot of time and, uh, energy and, uh, working with family members and basically everybody else in the village Let's put the motor away, huh? CHASE APASSINGOK We're getting ready for, uh, this upcoming season There's a lot of hunting to do, I mean it's just about that time NALU Thank you, Jon, for coming over NALU You sure it's coming off? CHASE APASSINGOK Uh-hmm DANIEL APASSINGOK Cold huh, hun? NALU Little bit DANIEL APASSINGOK Anytime soon whales are gonna be here, walrus Somebody's gonna catch a walrus soon CHASE APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK Okay, that side up Lay it down slow Son, go help Grab it anywhere there We gotta go this way more CHASE APASSINGOK Wait Hold on DANIEL APASSINGOK Haa Taawa DANIEL APASSINGOK Good DANIEL APASSINGOK Good thing you made your sled there Puwiim! We're gonna need it for the winter NALU I'm proud of you, you did a really good job DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, you did a really good job Puwiim Ready? Ready for winter JODY Our community is getting stronger and I'm just really proud of the fact that our people are still here and we're still fighting JODY Time to evict squirrels, huh? JAMEY JOSEPH You guys are evicted JODY Now that we got the balcony secured, it's sturdy, it's strong We need to peel off some of the siding and just kinda check the insulation situation JODY We definitely have a squirrel problem We always hear them scurrying around They get our dog riled up Really concerned about them messing up our insulation situation there So, we're gonna give those squirrels an eviction notice, seal everything up and hopefully we won't have that issue anymore JAMEY JOSEPH Looks okay to me JODY Yeah JAMEY JOSEPH Holy, look at that Squirrel mansion in here JAMEY JOSEPH Boy, there's one hole after another I got some work cut out ahead of me Looks like the squirrels were worse up above where they can get into, so I'm going to have to box that in JODY Put this new siding on It'll make it look nicer, it definitely be warmer too JAMEY JOSEPH It will keep the squirrels out Birds, squirrels, what not And just look better from other kind of insulation JODY This house has been sitting empty for like twelve years It's been a lot of work but definitely worth it Perfect! It'll be nice to be able to sit in this space and enjoy the warmth of the house and read, and drink tea Hang out with the family JAMEY JOSEPH Looking a lot better JODY Sure is JAMEY JOSEPH Looking more like home? JODY Definitely I was single for a long time Busy with my career and my kids Dating was not even in my radar And then Jamey came along We camped out on the banks of the Yukon We went swimming in the Dell River with our kids For me, that's when I fell in love I was just like, "Ah, this is what I want for the rest of my life" I really like our life together Don't miss the wood behind it JAMEY JOSEPH You're holding the wood, you let go of it It's done JODY Yeah, it looks good babe JAMEY JOSEPH Okay JODY Huge improvement It's solid, looks better JAMEY JOSEPH It'll work Every body's gonna be fighting over that spot now JODY Nah, that's my spot JAMEY JOSEPH Your spot is down room Downstairs Oh, come here JODY Saw dust? Ow JAMEY JOSEPH Let's go inside, check it out huh? JODY Warm up, do a test of the sturdiness JAMEY JOSEPH You gonna be the inspector? JODY It's good JAMEY JOSEPH Yeah JODY Solid JAMEY JOSEPH Yep JODY Good job babe JAMEY JOSEPH A lot better It's not making any noises so Maybe we jump up and down and really test it JODY Yeah, it's solid JAMEY JOSEPH Good job Sike JODY Oh, don't, you're so dumb Ahh JAMEY JOSEPH I know Come here JODY Always just been alone doing things, and so it's just really cool to have a really awesome partner with good ideas Jamey and I plan to live out our years here I'm thrilled to be home and have my husband and just really looking forward to everything we're gonna create here as a family on this land The memories we're gonna make, just fills my heart This place, this is our home JOEL JACKO Tracker dog! Living alone in Pedro Bay, it's definitely a challenge to see some people sometimes Hey, you Come here You know, that's also why I like it Good dog, yeah, good dog It's nice when you pull up on the beach, like your dog comes running up to greet you and he's all happy to see ya It's nice Yeah Let's go EVAN STRASSBURG Does it have to be old wood? TIG Yeah, dead wood EVAN STRASSBURG We got dead branches right here TIG I'm pretty excited to see that my son is, he's growing Uh-oh You got 'em Good boy Uh-oh He's been out there enough He's tried hard enough These animals are starting to find their way to his traps now All right TIG I hope someday when I'm dead and gone, my boy, he'll know how to come out here and do all this types of stuff by himself because we're putting in the work right now DANIEL APASSINGOK It can be pretty, uh, hard out here It's a lot of hard work but you're not gonna be alone in this world There's people that love you, no matter who you are Everybody has to work together to survive out here JOEL JACKO This is Riddler Bay There was a big bull hanging out there couple years ago so maybe, maybe it's like the spot You kinda have to trust your intuition You can kinda tell places you think have moose in 'em JOEL JACKO I don't see any moose I'm already seeing like bear scat so I mean there's bears everywhere here I'm not like super worried about the bears Bears aren't like the stealthy thing You can hear 'em coming And most of them smell super bad so you can like smell 'em before you can even see 'em Hey look, bears have been scratching their claws on here You can hear 'em breathing, you can smell 'em coming, so They're not like this vicious, killing machine that, you know, movies portray that they are So, I think moose are more dangerous than bears are I think I've been charged by more moose than I have bears There's a couple of these little swampy lakes back here, hope maybe get lucky and I'd see something I just think there's way too many bears around There's just fresh bear sign all over the place There's probably still a couple fish in here so the bears are still really hanging out Super nice to be out Even though there's no moose and the bears are probably watching me from the bushes Lots of bears No moose Sad Joel