Original subtitles

[WIND BLOWING]

LUKE: I'M TRYING TO SNEAK UP

ON THESE GOATS ONE LAST TIME.

SO I'M ABOUT 280-YARDS FROM THESE TWO GOATS.

MARTY: CAN YOU WAIT FOR THOSE GUYS TO

COME BACK FROM THE BACKSIDE OF YONDER,

OR DO WE GO AFTER THIS ONE?

LUKE: YOU JUST WRAP THE WHOLE THING AROUND.

[WIND BLOWING]

MAYBE JUST DO IT LATER WHEN I'M...

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AND YOUR WAY A LITTLE BIT.

JUST LOOKING AT WHERE THAT SPIDER IS INSIDE.

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LUKE: WELL, WE JUST ARRIVED IN KODIAK, AND

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE LOST ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF --

OUR BAGS ARE STILL IN ANCHORAGE, SO, INCLUDING

OUR GUNS WHICH IS KIND OF CRITICAL.

SO... WE'RE GOING TO GO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE

GOING TO DO FOR US AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

SO... ALL KINDS OF FUN.

[CHUCKLES]

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BECCA: SO I DIDN'T GROW UP HUNTING AT ALL.

IN FACT, I HADN'T EVEN REALLY DONE A WHOLE LOT OUTDOORS.

WHEN I MET LUKE IN 2006, HE HAD A REAL

PASSION FOR HUNTING AND THE OUTDOORS AND

WAS EXCITED TO INTRODUCE ME TO THAT.

AND I WAS, I GUESS, BRAVE ENOUGH TO TRY.

AND SO WE STARTED DOING MORE AND MORE

HUNTING AND BACKPACKING TRIPS TOGETHER.

LUKE GREW UP HUNTING, AND LIVED, YOU KNOW,

KIND OF A SUBSISTENCE LIFESTYLE.

THEY PRIMARILY ATE GAME MEAT WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP.

BUT HE HADN'T DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

OF BACKPACK HUNTING BEFORE WE MET.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE SORT OF MOVED INTO TOGETHER.

WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, HUNTING OUT OF A BACKPACK,

CARRYING EVERYTHING YOU NEED WITH YOU ALL THE TIME.

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LUKE HAD A RARE KODIAK BROWN BEAR TAG.

LUKE'S FALL TAG ALSO OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEER.

AND WHEN HIS DAD, MARTY, DECIDED TO JOIN US,

I THINK DEER TOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FOCUS.

OF COURSE, LUKE WOULD HAVE TAKEN A BEAR IF THE OPPORTUNITY

HAD PRESENTED ITSELF, BUT WE CHOSE OUR HUNT

LOCATION BASED ON THE GOOD ACCESS FOR DEER HUNTING.

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IN THE REST OF MY LIFE I'M A REGISTERED NURSE

AND I WORK IN CARDIAC CARE.

BESIDES THE FOLKS I WORK WITH,

ALSO MOST OF MY FEMALE FRIENDS DON'T HUNT,

SO I DIDN'T REALLY GROW UP IN A HUNTING SORT OF

ENVIRONMENT AND REALLY KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN WHO HUNTED,

BUT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT BECAME A PASSION OF MINE,

I REALLY HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO ENCOURAGE

OTHER WOMEN TO THINK THAT THEY CAN DO IT.

AND I WAS NOT EVER MUCH OF AN ATHLETE GROWING UP.

I HAD NEVER FIRED A GUN UNTIL I WAS,

YOU KNOW, 22, 23 YEARS OLD.

IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IT'S BECOME A REAL PASSION FOR ME,

HUNTING IN THE OUTDOORS, AND SO,

I REALLY LIKE TO TRY TO DO WHAT I CAN

TO ENCOURAGE OTHER WOMEN TO REALIZE THAT

THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND THEY CAN DO THIS.

AND IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT AND ARE INTERESTED

AND WANT TO LEARN, YOU CAN REALLY GET OUT THERE AND

DO A LOT OF COOL THINGS HERE IN ALASKA.

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[ENGINE REVVING]

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WE HAD A CHANCE TO TEST OUT A NEW TENT ON THIS TRIP.

WE PICKED UP A 12X12 EXTREME WEATHER TENT

OR XWT FOR THIS TRIP, AND WE ALWAYS BRING MORE

THAN ONE SHELTER WITH US TO KODIAK.

SO WE BROUGHT THE 12X12 XWT AND THEN WE ALSO

BROUGHT A SMALLER SLEEPING TENT THAT LUKE AND I SHARED.

SO THE 12X12 XWT SERVES AS OUR COOKING AND

HANG OUT TENT, AND THEN MARTY AND TIM SLEPT IN THERE.

AND LUKE AND I SLEPT IN THE SMALLER SHELTER TO THE SIDE.

WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE AMOUNT

OF FLOOR SPACE IT PROVIDES ALREADY.

AS YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A COUPLE

OF COTS STACKED UP IN HERE.

AND SHOULD PROVIDE MORE THAN ENOUGH ROOM

FOR TWO PEOPLE TO SLEEP IN HERE AND THE FOUR

OF US TO HANG OUT, COOK, WEATHER OUT

A STORM IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

THE VESTIBULE ALONE IS PLENTY OF SPACE TO THROW GEAR.

WE GOT LUCKY IN THAT IT'S NOT

RAINING TODAY WHEN WE LANDED HERE.

WE HAD NICE WEATHER TO SET EVERYTHING UP,

BUT THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.

AND IT SURE WOULD HAVE BEEN HANDY

TO BE SETTING THINGS UP FROM IN HERE AND

THEN SHUTTLING THEM OUT AS WE NEEDED THEM.

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LUKE: SO WE GOT MOST OF THE CAMP SET UP WITH THE TENTS

AND SLEEPING BAGS AND TAGS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

AND GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZING FOR DEER AND

THEN WE MIGHT GO FOR A WALK ABOUT, GET UP ON TOP

OF THIS HILL TO SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THREE DEER ACROSS THE WAY OVER THERE.

SO THAT'S ENCOURAGING.

WE COULD ACTUALLY -- IT'S REALLY THE ONLY BIG GAME

ANIMAL I'M AWARE OF IN ALASKA THAT YOU CAN

SAME-DAY AIRBORNE HUNT THEM, SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL.

WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED, BECAUSE, IN MY OPINION,

IT'S THE BEST TASTING MEAT IN ALASKA.

GOT SOME TASTY LOOKING STEAKS

OVER THERE WALKING AROUND.

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BECCA: WHEN WE FIRST GOT TO OUR HUNT LOCATION,

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS GO AHEAD

AND HIKE UP TO THE NEAREST RIDGE LINE

SO WE COULD GET A BETTER LAY OF THE LAND.

AND WE WERE DEFINITELY SEEING

DEER ON THE FAR SIDE OF THAT RIDGE LINE.

ALTHOUGH ONCE WE GOT UP THERE AND

STARTED LOOKING, WE WERE ACTUALLY ALSO

SEEING SOME DEER CLOSER TO CAMP AS WELL.

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LUKE: IT'S BIGGER THAN THE ONE I SAW EARLIER.

BECCA: BUT WE WERE DEFINITELY SEEING MORE

DEER AND BIGGER DEER ON THE FAR SIDE OF THAT HILL.

[DEER CALLS]

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IN A PREVIOUS SEASON WE HAD UNSUCCESSFULLY

HUNTED BROWN BEAR WITH MARTY.

AND SO HE WAS GAME TO COME ALONG

FOR A REPEAT TRY AT BROWN BEAR.

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WE HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE TRIP AND WE SAW A LOT OF

BEARS, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CONNECT ON BEARS

ON THE PREVIOUS TRIP MARTY HAD JOINED US FOR.

LUKE: IT WAS PARTLY THE POINT, BECAUSE ANOTHER

BEAR LIKE 800-YARDS UP ON THE HILL, BUT AH --

OH, HE'S ALREADY COMING OUT OVER THE ROCKS.

MARTY: SEE HIM WAY UP THERE.

LUKE: YEAH.

NOW HE'S UP IN THE ROCKS CLIMBING UP.

BECCA: WOW.

SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ON THAT TRIP WERE WIND.

WE'D JUST ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF WIND AND

THE WIND WAS BLOWING OUR SCENT FROM OUR

CAMP FROM ONE END OF THE LAKE WHERE WE WERE

CAMPED, THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE LAKE.

AND IT MADE IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET ON BEARS.

WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE DIFFICULTY, WE COULD SEE A

BEAR, BUT THEY'D BE AT THE FAR END OF THE LAKE AND

WE'D HAVE TO RUN THE BOAT ALL OF THE WAY DOWN THERE.

AND BY THE TIME WE'D GET THERE

THEY'D EITHER HEAR US OR WIND US AND BE GONE.

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WE DEFINITELY HAD SOME CHALLENGES

HUNTING BEARS ON THAT TRIP.

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FOR THIS TRIP WE WERE LARGELY ON FOOT AS

OPPOSED TO HUNTING FROM A MOTORIZED BOAT.

AND IT WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SEASON SO

THE HOURS TO HUNT WERE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.

WE WERE ONLY WORKING WITH DAYLIGHT FROM ABOUT

9:00 A.M. TO ABOUT 7:00 P.M. COMPARED TO A

SEPTEMBER KIND OF A TRIP WHERE IT'S,

YOU KNOW, LIGHT UNTIL NINE OR 10:00 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

WE NEEDED TO BE BACK TO CAMP BY LIKE 7:00 P.M.

IF WE WANTED TO AVOID COMING BACK IN THE DARK.

[RATTLING SOUNDS]

LUKE: LOOK AT HOW GOOD THAT LOOKS, OH MY GOODNESS.

[POURING]

OH MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SO DRY.

MY GOODNESS.

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BECCA: PREPPING FOOD FOR HUNTS, WHETHER WE'RE GOING

THE DEHYDRATED ROUTE, OR WHETHER I AM FORTUNATE

ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO BRING REAL FOOD FROM HOME,

I SPEND A PRETTY GOOD DEAL OF MY TIME PLANNING THAT

BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF TRIPS THAT LUKE AND I TAKE.

AND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU

BRING ALL OF THE FOOD YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FOR

ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF YOUR PARTY FOR AS LONG AS

YOU MIGHT STAY, AND AT THE SAME TIME

BE MINDFUL OF WEIGHT CONSIDERATION.

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[WIND BLOWING]

[ZIPPING SOUNDS]

[GIGGLING]

BECCA: GOOD MORNING.

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LEARNING TO HUNT AND STARTING TO EXPLORE THE

OUTDOORS HAS OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW ALASKA FOR ME.

I GREW UP HERE BUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD

IN ALASKA SINCE I STARTED DOING THINGS OUTDOORS IS

TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING THAT I HAD

EXPERIENCED BEFORE I STARTED DOING THOSE THINGS.

THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS YOU CAN HUNT,

THE NUMBER OF PLACES YOU CAN GO AND EXPLORE IN ALASKA.

I MEAN THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH TIME

TO EXPLORE THEM ALL AND HUNT THEM ALL.

AND SO ALASKA JUST REALLY OFFERS A LOT OF INCREDIBLE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUNTING AND OUTDOOR EXPLORATION.

LUKE HAD PREVIOUSLY HUNTED THIS SPOT WITH A FRIEND

WHO HAD A BEAR TAG IN 2011, AND THEY DID A

COMBO TRIP FOR BEARS AND DEER AT THAT TIME.

I THINK LUKE WAS INTRIGUED BY THE ACCESS TO THE AREA.

YOU CAN REALLY SEE A LOT OF AREA AND

YOU CAN REALLY GET IN TO A LOT OF AREA.

WE HAD ALSO HEARD THAT THE DEER POPULATION

AT THAT LOCATION HAD BEEN INCREASING.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MILD WINTERS AND THAT REALLY,

YOU KNOW, REALLY HELPED THE DEER POPULATION GROW.

SO WE WERE HOPEFUL WE COULD GET SOME DEER

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HUNTING FOR BEAR.

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LUKE: WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR WAY UP

TO THE ALPINE FOR LIKE THAT.

BE A GOOD LITTLE JAUNT, BUT IF THE PEAKS WERE MOVING,

WE'LL JUST KEEP DOING THE STOP AND THE GLASS EVERY

HUNDRED YARDS OR SO, IT WOULD BE EASY GOING.

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BECCA: IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THESE DEER

HAD DEFINITELY BEEN HUNTED AND BEEN

PUSHED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

AND IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THEY WERE INACCESSIBLE,

BUT IT DID MEAN THAT WE HAD TO KIND OF PLAN HOW WE

WERE GOING TO GO AFTER THEM.

YOU KNOW THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE SKITTISH.

YOU DEFINITELY HAD TO LEARN TO SEE THEM.

GLASSING FOR DEER IS DIFFERENT THAN GLASSING

FOR OTHER BIG GAME ANIMALS.

THEY BLEND IN VERY WELL WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS,

AND THEY CAN BE DIFFICULT TO SEE.

AND THEN THEY ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO LET US GET A LOT

CLOSER THAN MAYBE THREE OR 400-YARDS FROM THEM.

SO THAT PRESENTED A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

IT WAS NOT AN INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE,

BUT WE DEFINITELY HAD TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL WITH OUR

STALKING SKILLS TO GET WITHIN RANGE.

LUKE: NO SHORTAGE OF DEER IN HERE.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN INTO THE VALLEY YET.

I THINK WE'VE SEEN PROBABLY CLOSE TO ALMOST 10 ALREADY.

SO AT LEAST TWO BUCKS.

WE'VE GOT TWO MORE FURTHER UP THE HILL.

YEAH, IF WE LOOK FOR IT -- OH THERE'S ANOTHER DEER.

JUST LIKE A HUNDRED YARDS OUT.

HE'S WORKING HIS WAY DOWN THE HILL.

SO WE'LL GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE END OF THIS

AND STOP AND GLASS A LITTLE MORE SERIOUSLY.

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WE LEFT CAMP ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO AND KIND

OF SLOW HUNTED OUR WAY UP HERE, STOPPING

EVERY HUNDRED YARDS TO LOOK AROUND.

SAW QUITE A FEW DEER, BUT NOW WE'RE ON TOP

AND IT'S REALLY EASY WALKING.

WE KNOW WE HAVE DEER IN THE VALLEY THAT WE WALKED UP.

WE SAW PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 15 OR SO, AND THEN

WE JUST ARE ON A RIDGE BETWEEN TWO VALLEYS.

AND WE SEEN THREE MORE DEER IN HERE, TWO OF THEM

ARE FOR SURE BUCKS, THEY JUST BLEND IN SO WELL.

BUT THE GOOD THING IS ALL THE BRUSH IS OUT OF OUR

WAY UNTIL WE DECIDE TO COME OFF OF HERE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EASY WALKING AND COVER

SOME COUNTRY LOOKING FOR SOME DEER.

BECCA: ALL OF US WENT UP TO THE RIDGE

TOGETHER AND STARTED SEEING DEER.

AND FIGURED OUT PRETTY QUICK THAT BECAUSE THESE

DEER WERE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SKITTISH SIDE IT WAS

GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR A PARTY OF FOUR

TO GET ON A DEER ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

AND IT BECAME PRETTY CLEAR TO US THAT IT MIGHT BE

EASIER TO HUNT DEER IN SMALLER GROUPS OF TWO AS

OPPOSED TO FOUR OF US TRYING TO SNEAK UP ON

THESE SKITTISH DEER ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

LUKE: UP AND OVER THE MOUNTAIN.

THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT TO DO, AND THEN BACK WITH A DEER.

BECCA: OR MORE. LUKE: OR MORE.

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I HAVE A FEELING I'M GOING TO BE LOSING

THIS SWEATSHIRT ON THE WAY UP.

IT'S SO WARM OUT.

BECCA: DEPENDS ON HOW BREEZY IT IS.

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LUKE: ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT A GPS SO IF WE NEED TO CONTACT,

IF YOU GUYS RUN INTO TROUBLE -- WHAT'S THAT?

BECCA: THEY'RE NOT ON RIGHT NOW.

LUKE: I KNOW.

BECCA: DO WE WANT TO MAKE A PLAN OR?

MARTY: I WON'T TURN MY RADIO ON

FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO.

LUKE: WELL, I WOULDN'T EVEN TURN IT ON UNTIL

MAYBE THIS EVENING LIKE AROUND 4:00 O'CLOCK IF YOU

HAVEN'T SEEN US BY THEN OR SOMETHING.

MARTY: OKAY.

IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, OKAY.

BECCA: SO 4:00 O'CLOCK WE'LL TURN THEM ON

IF WE HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER.

MARTY: OKAY.

BECCA: GOOD LUCK. MARTY: ALL RIGHT.

BECCA: WHACK AND STACK.

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BECCA: LUKE AND I WERE NOT AT ALL UNHAPPY ABOUT THE

IDEA OF CONTINUING TO CLIMB UP THAT BIG HILL

AND I THINK MARTY AND OUR OTHER PARTNER, TIM,

WERE CONTENT TO LOOK FOR DEER A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME.

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[GUNSHOT]

[RUSTLING SOUNDS]

[WIND BLOWING]

MARTY: OH YEAH, THE DOE'S LAYING DOWN.

THE BUCK'S BEHIND HER, BUT HE'S A LITTLE

BIT OUT OF SIGHT RIGHT NOW.

DO WE WAIT FOR THOSE GUYS TO COME BACK FROM THE

BACKSIDE OF YONDER OR DO WE GO AFTER THIS ONE?

THAT'S THE QUESTION.

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[GUNSHOT]

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[GUNSHOT]

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MARTY: WELL, WE'VE GOT TWO DEER TO MESS WITH NOW.

I FIGURED, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, RIGHT?

TIM: YEAH.

MARTY: I SAW THE DOE STANDING THERE.

TIM: PLAN OF ATTACK WENT DOWN ACCORDINGLY.

MARTY: PERFECT.

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MARTY: SO IT'S THE OLD GEEZERS, BEING PATIENT,

STAYING CLOSE, INSTEAD OF RUNNING UP

AND OVER THE HILLS, AND A LITTLE BIT

OF LUCK AND A LITTLE BIT OF PRAYER.

A LOT OF THAT REALLY.

BODY IS CONSIDERABLY BIGGER, ISN'T IT?

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TIM: 2X2. MARTY: 2X2.

THIS ONE DOESN'T COUNT FOR ANYTHING,

BECAUSE IT'S TOO SMALL.

TIM: AH, TWO AND A HALF BY TWO.

[LAUGHING]

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