Livin' in port protection
is, is close to complete freedom
as a person can possibly ever have... anywhere on the planet.
It's basically a nautical community,
even though we're surrounded by forest.
The only way to get here is you gotta step off an airplane
or step off of a boat.
There's only a very small number
of people that live here.
And whether you like it or not, when it comes push to shove,
everybody's gotta kinda come together.
Port protection is kind of a crossroads,
not sure which way it's gonna go.
Just gonna go from bad to worse or from bad to good.
Newer generations comin' in here
that are willing to get their hands dirty.
That's what we need... Keep this village goin'.
These fish are a
- freshie, freshie. - Fresher than fresh!
There's a fierce will to survive here.
And... become a stronger family together.
I'm happy just seeing port protection
growing a little bit more than what it was,
and I'm happy to be a part of it.
Around here, it is pretty much self-sufficiency.
But we realize that, as individuals,
it's not just us doing it for us,
it's all of us doing it for us.
Success.
The goal for all of us is to build a thriving
micro-civilization out here on the wild frontier.
But first, we're all attempting
to build for the future and the future is now.
What the?
The weather sucks right now.
It's kinda hard to take.
Might want start workin' our way up the beach, I think.
Then get over here, we can get away from the wind
a little bit on this other side.
Hopefully, there's some bears out.
Make it worth the while anyway.
This weather we're havin' now, you know, I mean, the bears,
they don't mind the rain too much.
You just gotta keep at it and don't give up.
I've lived in port protection for 25 years.
I moved away to get away from the society,
and I think it was just a destined for me
and it's a little different life than,
jumpin' in your car and goin' to the grocery store.
But I Cherish the fact that I'm able to harvest my own food
and it makes you really appreciate it
whenever you do eat it.
A little nicer back here in this little bay.
We're just kinda outta the bite of it right now.
Well, I got a spot here nearby, pretty well-known bear trail,
comes down outta the beaver ponds
and then into the back bay and
I set up a trail camera and see if I can catch
any bears goin' by on it.
I chose this spot, specifically,
because I can't think of a year
that there wasn't a bear on this beach,
sometimes three or four.
See what... what we got goin' on here.
What do we got here?
I see a bear head and a nose.
I'm really likin' what I'm seein' here,
that's a beautiful bear.
He's perfect.
I think I'm gonna set up a camp...
Hopefully, catch him while he's comin' down the creek there
to the beach in the mornings to feed.
It's usually the best times to hunt 'em.
I just, put my time in, I'll get him.
Make some of the best sausage around.
Here in port protection...
It's a matter of all hands on deck.
Every man, woman, and child out here
knows that it's up to us
to make sure that we can thrive, not just survive.
Okay. You're... you're clear on the ports
we need to actually, take a good look at?
- I think so, yeah. - Yeah, makes, makes sense.
Then again, once we're under there,
could all change.
Well, if you're feelin' froggy, jump.
And we're off.
Out here, things can come apart in a hurry.
We do live along the ragged fringe.
I've got some pretty significant difficulties
going on with our float.
It's getting lower in the water
and it's startin' to rut out a little bit.
It doesn't have a whole lot of flotation left.
This is our first foot forward in trying to address 'em, you know?
Not only does this float hold part of our water resource
for runnin' the dock, it is butted right up
next to our current fuel dispensing float.
If it started to go south on us,
it could cause some serious ecological catastrophe.
Just really hoping we've got enough flat surface under here
that we'll be able to get something
cribbed up under there to...
To lift it where it actually, needs to be lifted.
Important to preserve this way of life in this village
'cause there's not much like it.
If that thing goes down...
That is an utter disaster for our bay.
That's thousands of gallons of fuel dumpin' in here.
Years and years and years, if ever, to... to come back from.
It's imperative that we're available
and, and willing to... to help out
the community and do these chores.
The more we put into it today, the better tomorrow's gonna be.
There's a couple holes where you can see
all of it through the wood, there's no foam at all.
I'm sure that floorboard's rotten.
We got our work cut out for us.
I've been here, basically, since I was
knee-high to a grasshopper.
The more years you spend out here, the tougher ya get.
And it's my job, basically, to pass on any knowledge I can.
I'm trying to smell for fish.
That's why I brought you along, Sam.
You can tell me where to set and if we do bad
then it's all your fault.
Let's drop it here, Sam.
It's kinda like
I love the smell of gun powder in the morning.
But, in this case, herring, squid, and salmon.
I've got a bunch of projects coming up,
so I need to go and make a few bucks.
My friend, Kevin, is a commercial fisherman
who I've known for, basically, close to 60 years,
and he's got some Halibut ifqs,
which are individual fishing quotas.
And I'm gonna crew for him, so with any luck,
we'll catch enough fish to make this operation profitable.
With the economy and, and people struggling the way they are,
I feel very fortunate that I can actually,
you know, step on board a boat, and go make a few bucks.
Fishing is pretty stable. Everybody likes to eat fish.
And I like catching 'em.
You could say that being a deckhand on a boat's a young guy's job,
but I've still got all the moves.
I've been crewing on long liners since I was a little boy,
so if there's one thing I know about,
it's actually how to catch a fish.
Think we're good.
Let's come up with a battle plan
and go splash a couple more hundred hooks in the water
- and just see what happens. - All righty.
Let's hope the fish cooperate.
My glorious vision of the future
was kinda what I grew up with as a kid.
You know, families doing well, kids runnin' around havin' fun.
That may take some time,
but anything I can do, I will do.
'Cause this is my life and this is my home.
That's probably good enough for now.
Well, let's go catch dinner then.
Hit the road, Jack.
This time of year, this is hooter season.
This is when they come out
and they find a big, nice, tall tree
and they puff up and they go.
I just heard one.
Do you know how that goes, right, Carl?
When you hear a hooter?
You walk for days lookin' for that hooter.
It sounds so close... But it could be a mile away.
Is that real deep?
It's doable.
The Hooters, they're a blue grouse
and they're not native on prince of wales,
so we have to actually traverse
some kinda uncharted territory to look for 'em.
It's a ways, it's across the muskeg
I'm hearin' somethin' out here.
I'm hearin' somethin' out there.
Yeah, I heard somethin' over that way, too.
Yeah, it's right over there in that timber.
You wanna just head for that timberline?
Yeah, and just kinda head generally, that direction,
and, right now, with this wind,
it's kinda hard to tell exactly where it is.
I grew up in Petersburg, Alaska
along with multiple logging camps
and kind of all around the place.
I met and fell in love with Carl
and moved to port protection.
He is the love of my life and my soulmate.
And living in port protection for two years,
I know it, in the very depths of my soul,
this is gonna be the place that I will forever be.
Might be in that next little clump of trees up.
Yeah... he's real close.
Let's kinda take it a little easy.
Move very gently.
I never hunted growing up.
And it is a whole new world, basically, for me to learn.
I love being sneaky, I love goin' out there,
I love the adrenaline rush.
I'm hopin' that I can get my first hooter
with the help of Don and Carl.
I think we're just about on top of him right now,
so... be a little stealthy.
He's right above us.
He's in one of these right here.
Yeah, it's this one all right, I think.
. Can't see up in there though.
I see him right there.
Come here.
Look right there.
That little hole in the branches right up there.
He's a big, fat one.
- That's massive. - Yeah.
- This big. - Yeah, he's plump.
Whenever you're ready to shoot him.
Go 'head and take him.
Try and pick his head off if you can.
Now I can't find him.
Damn!
He didn't drop.
Am I gonna have to climb up there and get him?
I dropped him, but he didn't fall.
No, he didn't fall.
Did he hang up on the limb?
I don't know if he's just hunkered down alive or
no, he's hooting again.
- He's alive. - What the?
Seriously? He's hootin' still?
And all those feathers, I thought you nailed him for sure.
I think I might've. Try that one more time.
You got a clear shot, I think.
Knock him out, knock him out
I'm lookin' for him. Gimme a second.
Did he come down?
He's catchin' these limbs on the way down.
He just ain't droppin'. Here.
He's dead.
Come on... stay here.
Shh. That's somethin' you gotta quit.
No crybabies... No whining allowed.
Typical kid... ya gotta have the last word in, don't ya?
Wanna flip the buoys out there, Sam?
Aye, aye skipper.
I've been actually doing this for 53 years.
Remember when my dad let us, actually, haul the gear.
Shoot, I was only in, sixth grade then,
so I think I was 11.
I think we caught, like, a thousand pounds
or somethin' like that.
Damn it... Why, is he sittin' there?
- I can't tell. - All right.
Yeah, he should be right out in the open for ya.
He's twitchin' a little bit.
There he goes.
Well, good lord, that was 'bout the hardest grouse
to knock out of a tree ever.
But we got him for dinner.
Yup.
Good shot.
Donkey Kong!
All right, well... The idea I've come up with...
Is using some plastic pallets and some 30-gallon poly drums,
sink them, float 'em under there,
and then, use some compressed air to refill 'em.
That oughta help, pick that
old fuel dispensing float right outta the water pretty easily.
So, I think first off, I'm gonna go ahead
and, fire up the skill saw
and try to put, like, a 45-degree angle cut...
Along the outsides there and that might be able to,
get the drums to sit down in there a little bit better.
Been up here for about little over a quarter century.
It's the only place I, actually, call home anymore.
I've always had a number of rough edges
when it comes to dealing with two-leggers.
Out here, I've got the room to, live life as I see fit,
and every neighbor is extended family, you know?
It's a totally different perspective when it comes
to, everyday living.
All right... Yeah, actually, I think that'll work out pretty well.
On to the next.
Even though it's a difficult life, quite often,
it's one I wouldn't trade for anything
and it's up to us...
To make sure that this is still a thriving, active community.
Jack of every damn trade...
Master of damn near none of 'em.
Sure, the hell don't stop me from tryin'.
So, I... so, I think we'll be able to
get them filled with water pretty easily and...
With luck...
They will stay where the hell they're supposed to.
Let's see what junior does when he... sees a bear.
You better be quiet.
Even though junior's not been on a bear hunt much,
in general, he's a really good huntin' dog.
He tells me if there's a bear in the area,
if there's wolves or whatever.
That's it right up there.
That's what I want in a huntin' dog.
To let me know what's goin' on in my surroundings.
Nice spot right here.
They feed on grass like cattle.
Junior! No, no, no, no!
It's a leaf flutterin' back and forth,
that's what he's seein'.
Get over here.
You're scarin' all the bears away.
Come on, quit takin' off.
Sit down there. Good boy.
You don't have the Patience to sit still, do ya?
I grew up down in Washington
and I've been huntin' pretty much all my life.
It started as a young kid goin' out with my father
before I was old enough to pack a gun.
You know, you change a lot as a hunter through the years.
It's somethin' you never quit learning.
Keep it simple and persistent and you'll be successful.
Been here about two to three hours and...
Doesn't seem to be anything movin' around.
Think why I'm not seein' this bear is my timing.
He's comin' in earlier than I am.
I don't know. Maybe I'll move down the beach a little ways.
Come on.
All right, man. Let's do it. I'm ready.
So, I'm, filling up the drums here.
First with water to get 'em sunk...
And we'll see how much fun we can have
gettin' 'em up under there and into place.
That's good.
Good luck!
Once in position.
I'm literally gonna be grabbin' this air hose
and stuffin' it down into the drum.
All that air goin' in there is gonna displace the water
that point as quickly as possible,
I will put in the bunghole back in there,
and then, rinse and repeat.
This is where we really need the... to lift the most.
We wanna get at least two of these pontoon
towards the back corner, which is lowest
and where most of the weight is contained in the float.
After we get that going,
we'll see how the rest of the float
is starting to orient itself and we'll adjust from there.
Hoo!
How warm are your paws?
God, are they still on there?
Ya all right?
Spring diving... Not for the faint of heart.
There we go. That's good.
On to the next.
The fuel dispensing float is really critical to...
Life here on the water and everybody uses it.
If it broke loose or started sinkin',
it could cause some pretty serious calamity.
So, it is a key piece of infrastructure
that we have to do our best to maintain.
Hoo!
That doesn't look like it came up.
Well, it looks like it came up some,
but I think we might have to even go three
on that back corner to get it to lift.
One more and we're done.
Well, I can tell I am running
a little low on some flat ground here.
So, I think from here on out,
we're gonna be testin' my Tetris game.
He's trying to see if
it's got enough of a footprint to lift
without shootin' one way or the other.
Between the bubbles and the, lack of light,
I really can't see what the heck's goin' on down there, so...
This is all on Troy.
Well, there's another one hootin' down there.
- Hear it? - I do.
- Yeah. - I guess we could pluck
- this one here, real quick. - Yeah.
And then just pack him.
The best time to pluck 'em
- is, like, right away. - Yeah.
Once they cool off, those feathers don't wanna
come out very easily at all.
- Can I do this? - Yeah, just grab and rip.
Hold 'em down, just rip chunks out.
Carl and Don have lived here their whole lives
and I am two years into this.
It's a, a new thing for me,
being able to, actually, take charge
and provide for myself and for my family.
That's pretty awesome.
My god.
It's got rocks in there.
- You feel it? - Needles.
- Needles?
Yeah.
So, this is interesting,
given the, habitat around here,
there are a lot of pine trees.
But, usually, they're eating spruce needles
and, maybe hemlock needles,
so... I'm curious to see if those are pine needles
do you wanna cut that out real quick and look?
Take a look, yeah. If you wanna take a look.
Nah, it's bull pine.
That's all bull pine, yup.
What in the world?
Yeah, I'll be dammed.
That's gonna taste really good.
The hooter meat, consistency-wise,
it's kind of like pork.
It's almost like a red meat, but not quite,
and, really tasty.
That is crazy.
Learn somethin' new every day.
Well, this is the moment of truth.
Gimme some slack. I'll run it through here.
This is our first pick,
first anchor of the year comin' up.
And we got about
two-thirds of a mile of gear goin' that direction,
so with any luck there was a seam of fish came along here,
we'll get a handful.
As self-sufficient as we are in this neck of the woods,
there are any number of things that
you cannot create yourself out here.
Occasionally, you needed to buy some nuts and bolts or some tools,
so, sometimes, you need some actual cash.
Just what we don't wanna see.
It's a sand shark.
Sand shark.
Still in good shape.
I think something's comin' here.
Bandon? Is that what they call it?
- Convict? - Convict?
Or something of that nature.
Call that an eatin' fish.
Dang.
Lots of stuff down there, just not... The correct stuff.
What do you call these guys? Dusky?
- Some kinda... - I've never seen one.
That's a big one.
Look at that, all shapes and sizes.
A wee little one.
We're 'bout done with this haul and we don't
we have very little to show for it besides a bunch of miscellaneous fin fish.
Last hook.
We got somethin', Sam.
Ho! Nice fish, the money fish.
There we go... That's what we're lookin' for.
We need to get into a school of those.
We won't be rushing back here.
Nope... well, that was a suck-ass set if you ask me.
One, 40-pound Halibut is not what we're lookin' for.
We should've got at least a half a dozen like that on that set.
Well, let's check that next set.
Yeah, that's about all we can do.
Yeah, I can already tell it's,
it's definitely brought up the building.
We'll see what this last barrel does for us.
We get this done and,
I'm pretty sure we're callin' it a day.
That's, that's a lotta time in the water for Troy in one sitting.
The temperature of the water
is about 37, 38 down there, is... is a guess.
It's very important that I keep my head straight.
It gets very easy, especially as you get cold,
to start rushing things.
Focus gets harder and harder the colder you get.
Trying to control my shivering, control my breathing.
And, just get the job done as safely as possible.
What happened?
I lost the tip.
That's the only one I got for a straight air blowing tip.
- So, is it in the barrel? - It must be.
Crap.
You got, like, a magnet or anything?
Might be a magnet.
We got this one.
Hopefully, that, nozzle's got some ferrous metal in it.
All right.
Good luck!
We put a lot of our tools and a lot of the equipment we play with through,
riggers that they were not designed for.
And often, what we get, is epic fail.
But... that's just part of... Workin' around
our unconventional circumstances, you know?
Keep rollin' with the punches, perseverance is key.
Junior, where's all the bears at?
Dang it.
I see somethin' right there.
Is that a bear?
We'll see how things go.
We got somethin' comin'!
We got a fish comin'.
- Bring him aboard. - Hallelujah.
Well, we, we got a profit fish here.
This is... Close to a $400 fish.
It looks good to me. We just need a handful more.
No.
Not a thing.
It sure looked like one standin' back in there just...
Just inside the trees.
Let's keep the luck goin'.
Could be in that batch of timber.
That's what I'm hearin'.
Standin' out in this wind, it's hard to hear as well.
- There's another one. - Could be over there.
- That sounds like there's two. - There's two of 'em.
I'm gettin' it real clear
- somewhere right in this. - Yeah.
Yeah, head that direction.
Yeah, go poke in there and see what we see.
- See somethin' comin'. - Yeah.
Big one, whoa.
Just like the last one.
Sixty, eighty pounder.
Ooh, he's doin' that number on me.
Lively.
Yeah, he's fresh.
Easy, big guy.
We're looking at... $800 worth of fish,
probably cover all the expenses right there.
Ooh, look at this, we got some geese and mallards.
That's a big deal. How come we ain't shootin' 'em?
Good boy. Good, you see, you see the moose, too?
The ducks. God.
What a nut.
Them ducks torturing you, junior?
Could you feel it rattlin' around in there or
no, there's still so much water in there I couldn't tell and
- damn it. - Can't get my fingers in there.
I can see if I can go hunt down a couple Crescent wrenches
and we can just straight pipe it in there.
And, maybe that'll work out for us.
Hold up here and listen for a second.
- I'm hearing two. - There's one over there,
- but one in here. - And there.
Not far at all. Real close.
She might be in that big hemlock right over there or somethin'.
Little further than that, I think.
- You think so? - Yeah.
- Sounds pretty clear. - We'll keep walkin'.
- Yeah. - If we hear him behind us,
then we know we've gone too far.
The hardest thing trying to find a hooter
is pickin' what tree they're in.
And when the wind's blowin', you know,
you kinda... sound carries weird and echoes through the trees.
So, trying to pinpoint that location can be hard.
There he is. I see him.
I got him. Right up in the top.
Right out on that limb.
Straight up. You see him?
He big.
He's a fatty, too.
You mind if I pop this one?
I mean, yeah, I wanna shoot it, but... you can.
- You'll let me shoot this one? - Yeah, you can shoot it.
I always wanna take the shot.
Find a little bit of a rest
to lean on here or somethin'.
Lean up against this.
I don't know if I can see him from there.
That's a little tight. Let's see.
I'll just freehand it.
That's fine.
He's runnin'.
He's fast. There he goes.
- Damn it! - Careful.
- You got him? - Yeah.
Nicely done, baby.
He was runnin'. Runnin' fast.
They do that.
Great success.
We should, let Don shoot the next one.
You're two for two,
so you can't complain too much.
Well, that one's just right over there.
- How many do we need for dinner? - Three.
You want three? Two or three?
I don't wanna take more than we need.
It's up to you. We have an opportunity,
but, you know, also don't wanna wipe out our population.
Yeah... we've kinda hit this little Ridge pretty hard.
So, let's leave one for mating purposes.
Good call. I be fine with that.
Pluck it and head back to the creek, I guess, right?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
I'll just get comfy and watch you.
When I first met Morgan and she moved out,
one of the first things I gave her
when she came out here was a little 10/22.
That was the first gun she'd ever had
and she's learnin' how to move through the woods really well.
You know, getting confident.
One of the reasons I love Morgan, you know?
She's down to go do this stuff,
and learn about it, and participate,
and she doesn't mind gettin' bloody,
so that's pretty cool.
- Okay, well. - Okay. Good sized dinner right there.
- We got dinner. - Hell yeah.
- Yeah. - Great success.
Well, I'm excited to try it.
- You'll love it. - They're delicious.
It'll be good for dinner.
Yeah.
Well...
Been huntin' all day long and I'm tired and hungry,
so... fresh fish would be pretty darn good.
I'll try it out anyway.
Haven't been successful today,
but this hunt isn't even close to bein' over.
What's that? Something's spinnin'.
I think the best thing to do now
is just give it a little bit of a break
and then we'll come back at it with the guns a'blazin'.
'Sup, greenling?
It'll work.
Not much on him, but... Let me get another one.
And I really wanna be successful.
Bears, it's the first red meat of the year that's available.
Squirrely guy here.
It's a long time away before we can shoot deer.
Bullseye... we got his buddy.
What do you think of that?
That... don't be bitin' 'em.
That hook will bite you back, buddy.
This bear is frequentin' this area,
and I think I stand a pretty good chance of gettin' him.
Now I just gotta be patient, and...
Keep after it and it'll... it'll happen here real soon.
Get in here in the morning and then,
wait for him to come through on his way down to feed.
Not half bad.
Well, we caught enough fish today to cover our expenses,
which I've been on boats
where we actually went in the hole, so.
We got one more set up here.
Keep our fingers crossed for a couple big ones.
Make all the difference in the world.
Let's get two big fish and we'll be right back in the money.
It accumulates really quick when you get 80-pound fish.
It's like your bank account automatically changes.
Well, somethin' down there eatin' the bait.
Cleaned the hooks off.
Here comes somethin'.
That's a shape of a Halibut.
This is not our target species.
We call these skates.
And I'm gonna release him back into the wild.
Well, we definitely have not found a seam of fish here.
There's somethin'.
I don't see him.
Wanna feel it?
Ooh, yeah.
Next hook.
Yeah, baby.
Yes, he's a nice fish.
Kinda nice to catch $500 fish.
I'll whack him first here.
Is he, is he gotten torn out?
Let's get his head near the water here.
Yeah, we need to get him aboard. He's just hangin' by his lip.
Come on, we're gonna lose him here.!
Okay, just, keep him on the gaff.
Yeah, rock-a-roll a.
Some of 'em don't get hooked as good as others.
He was just barely hangin' by his skin there.
Just barely. He's got a little lip, lip skin goin' on there.
Another one comin'!
Yeah, that's a fish.
Would you look at that?
That's a keeper.
Commercial fishing is, basically, the heartbeat of Alaska.
Oop, there's a fish.
Some of my earliest memories when I was a little boy,
the dock just lined up with commercial fishing boats.
I'd say we're kickin' some ass and takin' some names here.
You could hear a lot of whoopin'
and partyin' going on in the old tavern.
And it was pretty active spot.
Things change.
Feels like somethin' comin' here.
Okay, I see him.
In the last 20 years, that has changed.
There we go. Perfect.
You can catch the fish here, but the closest fish buyer,
it's a three-hour run in a fast boat.
In the future, I'm hopin' that some
of the commercial fishing infrastructure gets restored
and a fish buyer actually moves back into this area.
We're in the chips, we're rich.
Why'd we set so deep?
They're all up here in the shallows.
Good deal.
It was a great success.
Every nickel I just made on this little fishing trip's
gonna go into a bunch of projects that I've been wanting to do.
That's the end of the line.
We're done for this trip and it was a good one.
Yeah, a new honey hole.
Now, we need to beat feet down to Craig
and put the money in the bank.
Fasten your seat belt, we're outta here.
So... the quick-connect failed
and it blew off our, our straight pipe,
so now it's just gonna be truly straight pipe.
All right, bud.
Go stuff it in there
and I'll, I'll plug it in here in a second.
You know, we're on the one-yard line here,
but we still have couple inches to go.
Sweet. Nice job, Troy.
Let's get you the hell out of this cold-ass water.
This mask first here.
- Okay, got a hand on. - Hoo! Can you tell?
Does it look like it came up at all?
Yeah, it's definitely come up, man.
Sixteen, eighteen inches.
It almost looks like it's,
where it started from 30 years plus back.
I think we... We managed to win.
Yeah.
For many years, I was a senior financing consultant.
I came to port protection because this is what we did
for tens of thousands of years.
We were hunter-gatherers.
And I think getting back to that,
I think, is good for the mind, body, and soul.
All right. Shall we,
get you headed for some warmth?
Yeah.
The saying, "it takes a village,"
didn't make a whole lotta sense to me
or really get driven home until I moved up here.
This community has done so much for me...
So it really feels good to, to give back.
Feels good to have my skills come in handy.
You may not be a carpenter,
but you know how to blow bubbles.
That's right, bubbles brockway.
He left us a little surprise.
Junior smells him. Look at him.
That bear is here.
Best time of the fishin' trip when you get your paycheck.
Start of another season.
In port protection,
we're, essentially, cash poor and resource rich.
Sixty-three pounder.
I've been able to,
live a pretty damn good life on a bare minimum of cash.
Sixty-one.
But I absolutely consider myself a wealthy man.
Money in the bank, cattle on the range.
A little somethin' I've been wantin' to do, we don't do enough of.
Yeah, I'm just happy I got to shoot something
and then come home and cook it.
- It's a good feeling. - This is what it's all about.
When I moved out to port protection,
I was definitely an open book.
I've done a lot more in the last few years
than a lotta people do in the lower 48.
I feel strong and confident,
and I feel like a badass woman out here.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
- I love the taste of that. - Cooked just right.
Give her the real test?
Hey! Look at that.
Not rolling... not rolling.
- Success. - There is no downhill.
Out here on the coastline and in the rainforest,
mother nature will reclaim whatever she can
and as quickly as she can.
This is a, a lifestyle that we absolutely love
and, the only way that it's gonna continue to go forward
is if we put in the effort to make sure it does.
Definitely gave her a helpin' hand.
Good job, Troy.
I got a really good feeling about today.
I just
only a hunter would understand.
Sometimes you get that feeling that...
Something's gonna happen and... nine times out of 10 it does.
Bear, bear.
There he is. There he is.
He's lookin' this way.
He's not givin' me the shot I need, though.
Come on down, bear.
Little bit more.
Here he comes... He's comin' down.
And a little bit more.