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Got my stuff packed.

North to Alaska! Here I come!

On this episode of
Alaskans Bush People.

Guys, here we are!

It's been so long!

It feels great
to be back in Alaska.

They're all ground-bound.

- Hey, guys!
- Hey!

What are you, lost?

You know,
it's definitely nice to see an old bush friend.

I whipped out my pliers and
if you need a doctor at home.

Is he giggling in there?

The most urgent thing
is fixing the roads.

It took a long time
to get one load of gravel.

Turning the farm truck
into a dump truck, pretty sound logic.

There's not much to look at.

I want to prove to myself that
I can still survive in Alaska.

I can smell it. I can hear it.
It's definitely there.

One of the biggest battles
that I have, is answering that do I want to move back?

The boy scout motto is
to always be prepared.

So, it's one thing I want
to be, is prepared.

Paper towels are handy for,
like, fire starter, stuff like that, you know.

So, it's always good to have.

There we go!

It's early fall on the Brown's Mountain homestead.

Siblings, Bird and Rain,
with the late edition of brother Bear,

gear up
for their long-awaited return

to the place
they once called home.

North to Alaska!

Here I come!

All my wildness,
my extremeness, really began in Alaska.

It just really has made me
want to go back

and to, like, just go
to where, like, I was when I was a kid,

and to discover
something new about myself.

Alaska, to me,
will always be home,

and it holds a special place
in my heart.

I am going to take
this with me.

It was my late hamster's
best friend.

Practicality is a big thing
for me.

I'm definitely
an under-packer.

I'll get somewhere
and have to buy things

just to be able to live.

I think I'm done.

Being that I'm almost 18,

I am looking forward to going
to Alaska with, kind of, a new perspective,

because when we were there,
I was a kid.

No!

You know,
my childhood was free,

but it wasn't quite free
in the way that everybody else was.

I wish I could take you,
honey bunny.

I could just take
your hair instead.

So, I'm going to take this.

It's not as much as
I would like, but it is from all of you.

Get a little wet, fold it up,

then a nice
little kitty-hair ball.

So, you all can come.

Oh, it does smell
like you all.

Now, you have everything
packed, right?

- Everything you're gonna need.
- I think so, yeah.

I want to take
some glass jars,

so we can bring back dirt,
pressed flowers...

- Shells.
- ...shells.

Although the Browns have high hopes for their voyage...

heading to the remote
Alaskan bush this time of year is a risk.

Unpredictable storms
threaten to devastate the south-eastern coast,

and can even shut down
small towns for weeks.

It is a horrible time of year
to be doing this.

Alaska weather,
it can come out of nowhere.

Especially just before winter,
the temperatures are changing,

and I'm really not a worrier,

but it can be
very dangerous up there.

I'm a little nervous to go.

Why is that?
Because of the plane, or--

Yeah, that's one of
the reasons, yes.

And, like, I don't know.

Like, I'm nervous
to leave here,

and to leave
mom and dad and all.

The way that we grew up is,
you never know,

when you see someone, if
that's gonna be the last time.

So, going back to Alaska,

there is that weighing the
option of something could happen when we were gone.

Dad hasn't been feeling good,
and that's one of the main reasons

that I don't know if I should
go, even though I want to.

But dad definitely knows
how it feels to be lost.

Because when he was 16,
is when he lost his family,

and he walked
just trying to find himself.

We call it, like,
a walk-about,

and it helps you think,

and it helps you get back
to feeling yourself.

And I think dad sees that.

There's just something magical
about the Alaskan mountains,

and the breeze, and the smell,
and just all of it.

I'm hoping I come back with,
like, an idea of what I wanna do.

I'm hoping going to Alaska
it will just--

- Click.
- You know?

Yeah.

Hopefully.

As far as Washington, it's
great, it's a great place,

but that feeling that I have
when I'm in Alaska

isn't necessarily there
for Washington.

What?

I'd drag you, I'd drag
you up here.

If you...?

"Forget me" is what I said.

I feel like this trip will
help answer some questions,

and honestly, a lot of the
Alaska questions are hard.

And I think that's one of the
biggest battles that I have with myself,

is answering
that do I want to move back?

I don't think Bear and Rain
fully know how much is riding on this trip.

I'm thinking about Alaska
for more a long-term thing.

- Pick or a shovel.
- So, I start off with a shovel.

You know, I thought you
were going to get that.

What was that, even man?

I thought you were ready to
catch it, then you started.

No, we're way too close to
throw something to each other.

Back on North Star Ranch,

Bam and Gabe attempt to solve
an urgent problem

created by
last month's wildfire.

Look at this, man.
It's will be washout central.

Becomes bad in the winter,

and everything that
was holding it together, which wasn't much.

Is gone now.

The root burn didn't just
hit around the trees,

it also hit several spots
on our road.

Now that's dangerous
for two reasons,

it makes it harder to
drive over or where you can't, until you repair it.

And also, when winter hits,
and then all that snow melts,

it's just going to destroy
everything,

because there won't be
anything to hold it together.

So, the idea will be
to put a couple culverts, if we can find them somewhere.

I'm thinking, you have
a couple culverts going across the road here,

and then you build up on top
of that with the gravel?

- Right.
- So, what we need to do

roll this log,

and maybe that log over there.

That gives us at least
the marker starting point

of what will be
the retaining wall.

A culvert is basically
just a tube

that the water flows through
instead of flowing on top of the road.

That stops it
from having wash out.

It gives the water
somewhere to go,

instead of trying to dig
ditches on the other side,

because the water is basically
going to do what it wants to do.

You want to do the driving or
you want me to do the driving?

- Pull the truck up.
- Yeah?

It's necessary to reinforce
the side before really putting in the culvert,

because anything you put to
give added stability for the force coming against it,

is going to help
hold it together.

Alright! You ready?

Do I have to wear my seatbelt?

Always.

Hit it!

Slowly! Slowly!

A little surprised
Bam's giving me the keys.

Definitely hoping to get
everything done this time,

without sending the truck
through his mountain,

or a tree, through him,
or anything like that.

Slowly! Slowly!

I have to make it up the hill.

This way! This way!
We want to pull it out.

Doing good! Doing good!

Just keep it coming.

And stop.

Alright.

That was just about perfect.

It's definitely refreshing
to be back on the mountain.

Even if it's
a little bit charred,

you just have to take it
one day at a time,

one wave at a time.

Yeah!

Bad, bad, bad!

You know what helps
with that? - Bam?

Gloves.

I'll get my first aid kit.

Gaby's not just the most
clumsy of all my siblings,

he's the most clumsy person
I think I've ever met, seen, or heard of.

You know, there are easier
ways to get out of work.

He tries not to be, and that's
what makes it kind of funny,

because he will try so hard,

and then just trip
on his own two feet.

Will I be able to play piano?

Could you before?

- How's that feel?
- Good. Let's get back to work.

Stop! You're going to go back
and do the exact same thing?

What, what are you missing?

A little bit of flesh.

Besides that.

- A pair of gloves!
- Oh, I knew that.

After a 14-hour
journey from North Star Ranch,

and more than three years
since they last left,

the Brown siblings
take to the sea in Alaska.

Surrounded by mountains
again, we've got the ocean.

Yup.

My dad coordinated
with Trapper,

to get some of his
friends to give us a lift,

from Juneau to Hoonah.

Yeah, thanks.
We're just about there, guys.

Yeah, we are. That is Hoonah!

I haven't been on this dock
since I was 13 years old.

It's nice to be back.

It feels good to be back,

but it definitely feels weird
that it's only three of us.

I definitely wish everybody
could have come,

but I'll hold them
in my heart,

and I'll enjoy it for them.

Guys, here we are!

Hoonah town!

Oh, my God!

Kiss the ground.

- You guys excited?
- I'm excited.

Bring it.

- Oh, you already got a shell.
- You got the first shell!

I had to find one.

I was the first one
to kiss the dock.

I saw that.

Gosh, this place!

We're back!

Coming up.

Hey, guys! What are you, lost?

The siblings re-unite
with old friends in the bush.

Check this bad chicken out!

And later...

- Are we there yet?
- Almost.

...their emotional return
to Browntown.

Look how old it looks.

- Ready?
- Let's go home.

Welcome back to Hoonah, guys!
Welcome back!

It's the first time
in over three years

that members of the Brown
family have stepped foot in the Alaskan bush...

Yeah, this is it, for sure.

...and in the small
coastal town of Hoonah,

siblings Bear, Bird, and Rain,

are hoping to find a way back
to Browntown.

Our plan is to go
to Browntown,

and we're going to try and get
ahold of our old friend, Trapper.

Hopefully he has some sort of
mode of transportation that we can get to Browntown with.

- Hey! You remember us?
- Hey, guys!

- How's it going, man?
- Good! What are you, lost?

Not exactly. Not exactly.

We're pretty sure
your boat was named the Jamie.

We were hoping
you still owned it.

So far, so good.

It's definitely nice to see
a familiar face like Trapper.

Good to see you, man!

He's one of the oldest friends
we have from back long, long time ago in Alaska.

Trapper can always
help us out, and always will,

so it's really good
to see him again.

Dad actually wanted
us to tell you, "Hi!

Wish I could be here."

Yeah, well, I was,
I was hoping. I really was.

But, you know, I had heard
he was feeling poorly.

Yes, dad's been
a little under the weather, so it's only us guys.

- So, what do you need?
- We need a skiff.

We're trying to make it
back out to Browntown.

Well, I don't.
All I've got is my canoe.

But Kenny, I would
go hunt him up.

I think he's the, the house
across on Main Street.

You see all the,
all the gear out front.

Perfect!

Trapper gave us a lead
to track down Kenny.

- Roger down here. Over!
- Over, over!

Kenny is an old friend
of the family,

and he's helped us in the past
with quite a few things.

Oh, yeah!

He's helped us
with some destruction jobs.

He's actually came
out to Browntown.

What's up Sabrina girl?

This is the right house?

You tell me, man.
I've never been here.

So, we're really hoping
that he has a way for us to get back to Browntown.

We don't really have
a backup plan.

I hear something.

- Hey!
- Yeah, we found it!

- Yeah!
- Hey!

How you doin', man?
How you doin'?

You guys are still alive
and kicking?

We are! We are!

You know, I heard you
guys almost burnt out.

Yeah. You heard that, eh?
Yeah, it was pretty bad.

We had a massive wildfire.
We lost almost everything.

What have you been up to, man?

Man, just sitting here,
surviving in the bush.

Working at the dump.
I'm just freelancing, do whatever I can.

There's nothing else,
you know, to do.

How's mom and pops doing?
Are they...

A couple of health issues,
but they're still okay.

They wanted to come up, too,
but they just couldn't make this trip.

As we say, that saltwater,
man, that's a cure-all.

- Keep your life forever.
- Literally!

We actually, we were just
talking with Trapper,

and we asked if he had a skiff
or something he might, could loan us,

something to get us
out to Browntown,

and he pointed us
in your direction.

Not to put you on the spot
or anything, I know we literally just showed up,

"Oh, can we
have a favor, man"?

That's, this is what
it's all about.

That's true! That's true!

You need something
and you came here, I'll make it happen.

- You help me, I help you.
- Yeah!

So, what would you need help
with?

I got some rounds sitting
over here in a wood splitter.

You help me cut up some wood,

you scratch my back,
I scratch yours.

Yeah, for sure!
We're definitely willing to help out.

Bush people are really
a special breed of people, like Trapper and Kenny.

Without them, this trip
wouldn't be possible.

They're always willing
to lend a hand,

because bush people
have bush hearts.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Make you work for it!

Heck, yeah man! I love it!

Yeah, yeah!
Something happened?

- Schmacko!
- Oh, man! Ouch!

You're in pain? You're good?

It's not there anymore.

- That's true.
- You know what I mean? Yeah.

It hurt me and I was, like,
oh!

I whipped out my pliers
and I'm the tooth fairy.

If you want to see it,
I'll go get it.

- I'm goin' into the house.
- Yeah, if it's no trouble.

I wouldn't mind seeing it.

That's not a problem.
I'll, I'll show.

- Yeah! Cool, man!
- Cool!

I don't know if seeing Kenny's
tooth specifically will help us get a skiff to Browntown,

but hopefully, just
entertaining him will help.

- Check this bad chicken out!
- Look at that thing.

Oh, man! You weren't kidding.

- That was a good tooth.
- Yeah, it was.

Oh, man!

Birdy, you want that
for your bone tree?

If you need a doctor at home.

Just so you know.

Gaby, what are you doing?

He's lucky I don't roll
him down the hill.

I can't do that.
I'll throw up.

- Bam, roll him down.
- I'll throw up.

Damn it!

Is he giggling in there?

The next morning,
after obtaining culverts from a local,

the Brown brothers work
to repair a crucial part of their mountain road.

That's comically high up.

First, they'll need to dig
a four-foot trench,

allowing the drainage system
to lie even with the terrain.

To make what we have work,

we're going to have to dig it
down a little bit.

Oh, yeah!

It's very, very big.

As long as we can
get the road to a point where we can drive over it,

we can fine-tune with as much
gravel as we want, as we go.

I want you to come in
with your backhoe and dig out a ditch.

You know, it's basically
this line I'm putting in.

Okay.

Doing it this way will make
the road more functional right away, is the idea.

Because with everything
we have to do,

with how far behind we are
because of the fire,

we don't have time to be,
like, really working on just this, and just this area.

Bam, you should get
alligators for your pond.

More a koi fish kind of guy.

I think we're about there?
You want to take a look?

I think we're good.

It's important
that we fix this road.

One, it's the entrance
to Bam's property

and he can't do anything
up there without it fixed.

Alright!

Two, this is the road
to our back exit,

and if this isn't open,
and another fire starts up, then we are stuck.

So, why don't you start
hauling gravel?

And we'll take care of
putting this culvert together.

Okay.

At least you guys have
a good day on the water.

Coming as late
in the season as we did,

I did expect worse weather.

Back in Alaska,

the Brown siblings have
finally procured their ticket to Browntown.

There she is.

Battle tank.

Check it out!

- Hey, nice! Oh, it's sealed!
- Yeah, pretty!

- Right?
- Fancy!

Cover on her. Love it!

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

You know where I'll be.

I don't know a lot of things,
but what I do know is,

in the bush, your friends,
your family need help,

and that's what you do.
You do what you can.

Without a boat,
you ain't walking, or hiking.

Take good care of her.
She'll take care of you.

People got to get out
and explore.

Breathe the good air.

- We're underway!
- Browntown!

Let's do this!

I'm definitely excited to go
back to Browntown.

That's not a secret.

But as far as weather
and bears, it's not the ideal time.

There are a lot of storms,
and all the bears are getting ready for winter,

so they're eating anything
they can.

Got to love the way the clouds

and the mists just inlay
on the mountains.

They move slowly
by the wind does that

- Yeah!
- It's magical!

Guys, we have a whale.

Welcome us back to Browntown.

Honestly feels unreal,

that we're in a skiff
headed to Browntown.

I didn't think it was going
to happen ever again.

Being on the water with Bear
and Rain definitely makes me nostalgic,

because a lot of my earliest
memories are on the water,

and it reminds me of when
we all first arrived there as a family.

It looks like a bear
on the shore.

Right! I think you're right.

Being back on the water, it
definitely makes me nostalgic,

just makes me think back
to all those times that I had childhood,

teen-hood, in my 20s,
it really just takes me back.

Feels like everyone's
going to be there.

It feels like
we're going home.

I'm so excited, though,
just to see it,

to walk the beach again, and
drink from the creeks again.

I'm who I am today, partially
because of Browntown.

You know, I definitely want to
just get back to nature completely.

To be honest,
it almost doesn't feel like we ever left.

The little voice inside,
calling me back to Alaska, has been there since we left.

It's always just something
that I push away,

but it'll never go away.

And a part of me
doesn't want it to.

One of the biggest battles
that I have with myself is,

do I belong in Washington?

And maybe this will,
you know, answer some of that for me.

Wow! Tiffany Rock!

And it's been a long time
since we've seen that.

I'm most nervous about going
back to Browntown is,

what if we get there
and it's not as magical as I remember it?

What has changed?
What is there?

I really don't want to cry.

There she blows, guys!
There she blows. Look at it.

It's beautiful!

It's been so long!

After days of travel, siblings Bear, Bird, and Rain,

are approaching their final
destination, Browntown.

So close to stepping on
Browntown now, guys.

Browntown, to me,
it says home,

it means family,
it means freedom.

The wind, the seagulls,
all of that,

it takes me right back
to childhood.

There are just so many
memories here, great, great, great memories.

- You smell that?
- Yeah.

It smells almost sweet.
Love it!

Good old ground hounds!

This was home to us
for so long.

And there's just so much
that we did.

Garden with mom, the swinging.

We've a lot of memories here,
a lot of good times.

Remember, we had that
big bench swing?

Dang!

Look at it.
Look how old it looks!

Ah, man! My tree house!

She still stands, guys.

I'm going to check
around the house.

I know first impressions
is hard...

because I'm just
thinking about all the things that we did.

It's definitely hard
to look around

and to see so many things
from, like, so long ago,

and imagine how it was,
and seeing how it is now.

And one of the hardest things
is knowing that we can,

and never even live here
if we wanted to.

A little piece of paradise.

It is.

There's just so many memories
around every corner,

every porch, every beam,
it's just a memory.

Every trail...

God dang it.

...all the things that we did,
and how much it felt like home, and...

how much it still does.

Look what we've done.

You know, we hauled
every piling up here, we dug every hole.

Brown way to do it!

it's good to have faith.

It's like everywhere I look,
there's a good memory.

Someday, we'll have grand
babies around this table.

- Oh, good Lord!
- Let's eat.

Man! Look at that, man!

How could you not appreciate
that view?

The same way that the forest
takes things over,

this is somebody else's home
now, not ours.

It feels good to be back.

It feels good
to be here again.

I've wanted to come back
since we left, and here we are.

Oh, it's so overgrown!
It's musty.

Oh, should we take
these nails?

No! No!

- Bird. I saw that.
- I know that.

I'm not going to take 'em.

Wow!

Ready?

Let's go home.

Oh, wow!

It looks so much the same.

Oh, the table!

Dad and I worked really
hard on this.

Main thing,
just keep it with the grain.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Bring it still back.

- A little bit more, though.
- Bring it in.

- A little further.
- Perfect!

What do you think, kiddo?

You've helped me on this one,
you'd help on anything, I think.

First time walking into the
Browntown house is strange.

This wasn't the only one.
There were a bunch. - Mm-hm.

Everywhere you look,

there's a memory,
and there's a story behind it.

I don't remember when we put
the wood stove in

because we came back
that one was just here.

You're right, because the
guys surprised mom.

Yeah!

The main thing
that makes me emotional is

every one of those stories has
to do with my mom and dad.

My dad's not sitting at the
table and my mom isn't upstairs,

and that's, it's more painful
than I thought it would be.

This seems so much smaller
than it did before.

Yeah.

First, we should probably
buckle this guy together.

Ohh!

- What?
- Snug as a bug in a rug!

In Washington,
the Brown brothers are ready to bury the culvert

with its first load of gravel.

With how much Bam
wants to build up the road over the culvert,

it's going to be quite a job.

We're gonna need
a lot of gravel.

That's a lot of trips, which
means it's a lot of time.

- Oh, Noah's coming back.
- Yeah.

It took him a long time
just to get that one load of gravel.

Well, not when you factor
in how far he's going.

Seems to be a slow go.

You know, even with Noah
helping us with the tractor,

we don't have time to spend
a week on any project.

You know there's so much
we have to do.

We're spreading ourselves
so thin.

It's a little time consuming.

So, the faster we can do it,
the better.

We might have to make
a thousand trips.

Professionals do not haul
a bucket load at a time,

regardless of the size
of the bucket.

So, if we had some way to move
more of the material at a time say, the farm truck?

If it has the,
the hook-ups for it,

we could just throw some
plywood, and some two-by-fours together

and build a box on the back
of it to fill with gravel.

It does have a spot
for two by fours.

You know, turning the farm
truck into a dump truck is pretty sound logic in my mind.

You know,
utilize a lot more space.

You know, this is definitely
Bam channeling his inner Noah.

Because it's,
it's pretty smart.

Y'all can be
offloading shovels while I take more trips.

Then, when you all run out,
you just drive down,

I'll fill it again
and continue doing that.

Just getting moved as much as
we can, as fast as we can.

Why don't you start making
gravel loads,

Gabey and I will
see about turning the flatbed

into more of a large pickup
or maybe a dump truck.

Okay.
I'll go get the farm truck.

Can I get a "whoa", team?

No.

Coming up.

You go left here,
I'll go right.

Bear and Bird
stalk on dangerous ground.

There's been a bear here. A big bear.

There is something
moving around up there.

I'm gonna brush my teeth.

Normally, you think you have
your morning routine, oh, boy,

you know, I have to do some
laundry, this and that.

But in Alaska,
you get to go to the creek.

You know, it's something
to look forward to.

It's the first
morning in Browntown

as Bear, Bird and Rain
start the day, reliving old routines.

Right now, I'm checking
out my tree house.

This was my dwelling in
Browntown. It's where I lived.

I used to have a ladder
that was nailed up there.

It seems to have been,
since, taken down,

so I'm just going to see
if I can't skim me up the back side of it.

See that view again.

It feels really great to be
back in my tree house.

Whoo!

It's been a while since
I've been in cold water so, here goes nothing!

Oh, my gosh! It's so cold!

What does Bear say?
If your hands aren't numb, you're not having fun?

I'm definitely there so.

Look at me now, mom!

Now that we're in Browntown,
the real work begins.

We have so much we want to do.

We're just going to set
a game plan,

make a list of all the
things we want to make sure we get done, and then go.

The mud just helps exfoliate
the pores,

just like, like
those soaps that have the little tiny things in it.

Except that
it's super natural,

and tastes good,
if you get it in your teeth.

You know, honestly, not many
places have felt like home like Browntown, Alaska has.

The mornings like this,
they make it hard to not want to stay.

A part of me definitely
just wants to, like, give myself to the wild,

you know, just jump back in.

I want to hunt,
I want to fish,

I want to, you know,
do all those things.

There are an awfully
lot of deer.

I was going to, say,
go out for an afternoon.

I think that that would be
a very good idea, Bird.

I'm trying to remember
the last time I went on a hunt in Alaska.

I don't remember.

I feel like that's just more
reason to do another one.

I can't remember the last one.

If I get a deer,
which I'm hoping I do,

the plan is definitely we want
to eat a little bit in Browntown.

But we want to bring some
back to everybody else.

I haven't seen you all
so excited and your smiles seem a lot bigger.

For sure, you all, kind of,
have that twinkle in your eye.

So many times, in Browntown,
I came back with a deer.

And now I want to do
the same thing in Washington with an Alaska deer.

Let's get on it, guys!
Let's go waste some time!

We're burning daylight.

Okay, let's start doin' it.

So, we got two-by-fours,
some plywood.

Bring all the material
you can find to the truck and we'll go from there.

Fifteen hundred miles away, brothers Bam and Gabe,

rig up a makeshift dump-truck
to save time hauling gravel.

What height?

Whatever height this comes to,
unless that's really short.

Let's see how quickly
we can build this thing.

Well, we don't need to make it
exactly perfect,

wonderful, and varnish it,
and carve our initials.

Is that the only sheet
of plywood you have?

Nope, I have another
one back there.

Alright, go get it.

We just need it
to hold gravel,

so it just makes sense
to just use whatever scrap is lying around.

Actually, no, let's put the
angle at the back, I think, right?

But for aerodynamics,
let's go ahead and turn around the other way.

We're not shooting
for the land speed record,

but if we happen to get it,
we will be happy.

You know, when you grow up
in the middle of nowhere

with pretty much nothing, you
learn how to use what you got.

We never had the, the luxury,

or very rarely, of having
like fresh, new lumber.

Make sure the wall's pulled in

and the 4x4 is flush against
the bed of the truck.

Let's get that plywood
up here.

On it.

We're just nailing boards on
there as fast as we can,

because we don't want to take
time away from the project.

It's only held together with
like goodwill, bubble gum,

and, and very old lumber.

Alright!

It's a box,
on the back of the truck.

It's not very pretty,
but it will work.

You're gonna hunt in that?

That's all I have, actually.

I have this and my
really loud coat.

Well, just so happened, Birdy,

I happened to bring along
one of my nice black sweaters.

Later in the day,

Bear and Bird suit up
for their first Alaskan deer hunt in four years.

I, kind of, feel like
I want to, like, climb a tree.

Yeah? Yeah? You're making that
bear transition?

- I feel like I slowly am.
- It finally happened.

I love your style, Bird.
That is pretty awesome.

Bird, you look pretty
extreme today.

I think a good hunt is
definitely a way to, like,

show myself
that I could still survive even in the wild of Alaska.

I'm trying to not take,
like, any shortcuts while we're here.

And so, if I don't get a deer,
I don't want to eat tonight.

We don't even need a gun,
Birdie.

Yeah.

Yeah, let's try to stay
out of the water.

So, you go left here,
I'll go right.

- Okay?
- Meet in the middle. Good!

- Let's do it!
- Yes!

It was like,
hunting is definitely

one of the most important
things to surviving in the bush.

Dad's the one that taught me
that.

He is where I learned
you can be with your thoughts

when you're hunting.

It doesn't just have to be
about getting the animal.

Right here's where the beaver
that, actually, has flooded where this creek used to be.

I, kind of, wish I'd see him.

And dad has worked through
a lot of his things,

especially when he was
younger, with hunting.

This time of year,
in Browntown,

you know,
the bears are hungry.

And they are also trying
to hunt to get all that fat before a winter.

They seem to be hunting
on the path I'm hunting,

which is never good.

Chichagof Island
is home to the densest bear population per square mile,

of any place on Earth.

And with Browntown
uninhabited for years,

the bears have had
full reign of the land.

Found some deer bones.

This guy was killed
quite a while ago,

most likely from a bear.

Essentially the forest
and the bears have re-taken over this area.

They're not used to seeing any
humans, they're not used to smelling humans.

The wind is right on our back,
technically.

So, it's blowing directly
in that direction.

So, he may smell us,
if there's one up there.

I just heard a, like, a smash.

You don't really want to run
into a hungry bear out there.

All I have on me is a darn
deer rifle, that doesn't do anything to a bear.

I can smell it. I can hear it,
it's definitely there.

Howdy!

Come on in.

Pardon the mess.

I, I've just been doing some
clean-up, trying to get ready for the winter.

But yeah,
this is the living area.

I got this new stove.

It's a real nice stainless
steel propane stove.

And these are my,
my wine-making barrels.

The thing I've discovered
about my alcohol-making is

it lubricates
social interactions.

It's a great barter material.

This is going
to be the workshop.

It's also my guest room.

This is a queen-size bed
right here on top of these things.

This is what was
the old bait shed,

when this was a trawler,
and that will be the hot tub.

Because I have found, when you
do the kind of stuff I do,

if you can get a couple hours
in a hot tub at the end of the day, you recover a lot faster.

Plus, it's a great place
to drink.

There's something moving
around up there.

I can smell it, I can hear it.
It's definitely there.

Bear and Bird are
on a long-awaited Alaskan deer hunt.

There's been a bear here.

A big bear.

But Chichigof Island's most dangerous predators

are too close for comfort.

Mamma mia!

There is some heavy
bear activity right here,

where they've been searching
for grubs.

So, I'm going to go back
just a little ways,

and cut to the side, and just
let the bear have this area.

With the amount of bear sign
that I'm finding,

I'm not even sure if there
any deer out here anymore.

Either they've run away,
or the bear ate them.

I don't think we're going
to get anything.

The last few weeks have
definitely not been ideal.

And so, I was hoping that this
hunt would kind of be the turnaround for all of that.

But didn't get a deer.

Everything I, kind of,
wanted for this trip,

I just feel like it won't
necessarily happen,

if I don't get a deer,

because I'm trying to prove
to myself that I can.

If I don't get one, I don't
know. What was the point?

But you never,
you never give up.

If you want something,
you go for it.

So, I want to try again.

It's been, kind of, slow doing
this bucket-load by bucket-load.

So, if their truck thing
worked out well enough,

it'll definitely be a reprieve
to get more done at one time.

The Brown brothers
are working to fix a vital section of their access road,

and with months of mountain
restoration still ahead,

they're hoping they've found
a way to speed up the process.

I was under the impression
they'd be here by now.

Wait.

What do you think?

Nicely done.

Is it sturdy enough
to hold up to everything?

- We'll find out.
- Okay.

Gabe and Bam, did really well
on the flatbed dump-truck,

but the dump-truck bed
looks a little rickety.

- Ready?
- Go for it.

Gabe, don't let me
hit the truck.

Yeah, I know.

The one concern, of course,
is overloading the truck,

because I don't know what all
she can handle,

or how much she can handle.

I'd rather take smaller trips
and get all the gravel over there in a few trips,

than break the truck,
trying to overload it.

How does the suspension look?

That's the thing we
need to worry about.

Hasn't moved much.

I think we should go ahead and
take it with what's in there,

see how she does, and if it
handles this really easily,

then we can come back and
pack her up a little bit more.

Okay. That works.

I'll grab a bucket
and meet you up there?

Alright, we'll see you there.

Every time we've brought in
this old truck,

I have definitely been
pleasantly surprised at what she could do.

I mean, you can haul quite
a bit more gravel in the truck

than you could if Noah was
just doing it with his bucket.

I think it's definitely safe
to say this truck is saving us some time.

How much is left?

Quite a bit.

Keep goin'! Keep goin'!
Keep goin'! Keep goin'!

And stop!

Now this is definitely a good
start to all the rebuilding we have to do ahead of us.

It definitely gets us, kind
of, planned and pointed in the right direction.

You know, if we just have
every project go as smoothly as this one,

I think we'll be
sitting pretty in no time.

Alright, a few more loads
and we'll have the culvert anchored,

and then we can
focus on just building it up.

Let's just keep it rolling.

- Okay!
- Sure!

It's actually sometimes harder
to start a fire inside a stove, I've found.

- You set it just right.
- Yeah!

Temperatures are rapidly dropping in southeast Alaska,

and as night begins to fall
on Browntown,

the siblings
prepare for an incoming storm.

Weather in Alaska
can totally turn in a moment.

It can be sunny one second,
and then all of a sudden,

it could be wind, and then it
can be snow, literally.

We weren't expecting
to have a super bad storm and it's a bit of a concern,

because it's just the girls
and I.

So, it is best if we just stay
inside all together right now.

I'm hoping it's not that bad.

Bedtime?

I have your sleeping bag. Take it away.

Stormy night in Browntown.

It's time to get
some shut-eye.

Even when there's a storm in
front of you that's predicted to be bad,

you can't help but think about
the ones you've had before.

And we've had some doozies.

The weather in Alaska,
it was tough. It could get downright nasty.

It can get life-threatening.

It is bad out there.

On the next episode
of Alaskan Bush People.

The Integrity is in town.

- Yes, it's her, guy!
- She's red?

My fingers are just crossed
she drives straight and isn't broken.

Oh, man!

One of the big concerns with
Bird going to Alaska is all the cats that she has here.

Feel it in the eyes.

This guy is my war horse.

It's not going as smooth
as Noah wanted.

Wild stallion!

Everybody's on?

I've never run the Integrity
by myself.

There's quite a bit
of reef.

Hold on!

There you are!

I need to do this for myself,
to finish what I came to do.