WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.066 --> 00:00:01.935 - [Narrator] Hunters have always been the first 2 00:00:01.935 --> 00:00:03.670 to venture into the wilderness, 3 00:00:03.670 --> 00:00:07.107 whether driven by necessity or a thirst for adventure. 4 00:00:07.107 --> 00:00:09.042 Brothers Chris and Casey Keefer hit themselves 5 00:00:09.042 --> 00:00:11.811 as hunters and survivors in some of the world's 6 00:00:11.811 --> 00:00:15.482 most dangerous and unpredictable landscapes. 7 00:00:16.883 --> 00:00:20.620 Now, they face the punishing New Zealand wilderness. 8 00:00:20.620 --> 00:00:22.722 Dropped with only the clothes on their backs, 9 00:00:22.722 --> 00:00:24.524 the brothers' only chance of survival 10 00:00:24.524 --> 00:00:26.393 is to locate supply human caches 11 00:00:26.393 --> 00:00:29.029 placed by the producers throughout their journey. 12 00:00:29.029 --> 00:00:30.463 To acquire them, 13 00:00:30.463 --> 00:00:33.400 the brothers must beat the clock and survive the gauntlet, 14 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:37.570 that is the New Zealand wilderness with virtually nothing. 15 00:00:38.438 --> 00:00:41.107 ♪ Amazing grace 16 00:00:41.975 --> 00:00:44.911 ♪ What sweet aside 17 00:00:45.845 --> 00:00:49.382 ♪ See her dressed in white 18 00:00:51.985 --> 00:00:54.754 ♪ I once was lost 19 00:00:55.989 --> 00:00:59.159 ♪ But now I'm found 20 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:00.994 ♪ To amazing grace 21 00:01:00.994 --> 00:01:04.330 ♪ In a soft cotton lace 22 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:15.308 - [Narrator] Stalking wild animals on foot 23 00:01:15.308 --> 00:01:18.445 in New Zealand's Southern Alps is a daunting task. 24 00:01:18.445 --> 00:01:19.979 Searching the wide river flats 25 00:01:19.979 --> 00:01:21.881 is the usual starting point, 26 00:01:21.881 --> 00:01:24.250 but many animals are found at higher elevations 27 00:01:24.250 --> 00:01:27.187 where they can smell and hear danger coming. 28 00:01:27.187 --> 00:01:28.988 Finding fresh sign or tracks 29 00:01:28.988 --> 00:01:30.790 entering or exiting the clearing 30 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:32.525 prior to trekking up into the mountains 31 00:01:32.525 --> 00:01:34.828 is imperative to success. 32 00:01:34.828 --> 00:01:36.429 Brothers Chris and Casey Keefer 33 00:01:36.429 --> 00:01:38.598 must have strength of mind, body, 34 00:01:38.598 --> 00:01:41.568 and the patience to accurately survey their surroundings 35 00:01:41.568 --> 00:01:43.203 and hunt in this environment. 36 00:01:43.203 --> 00:01:44.904 Time spent climbing the wrong mountain 37 00:01:44.904 --> 00:01:46.406 could waste limited energy 38 00:01:46.406 --> 00:01:48.942 and opportunities the brothers have very little of 39 00:01:48.942 --> 00:01:50.376 as they attempt to survive 40 00:01:50.376 --> 00:01:53.646 in some of the world's toughest terrain. 41 00:01:58.284 --> 00:02:00.553 (chopping) 42 00:02:03.923 --> 00:02:06.159 (chopping) 43 00:02:07.594 --> 00:02:09.829 (cracking) 44 00:02:11.231 --> 00:02:12.065 Whew! 45 00:02:13.266 --> 00:02:14.100 Mornin'. 46 00:02:15.735 --> 00:02:17.403 Feelin' fresh and clean this morning or what? 47 00:02:17.403 --> 00:02:18.771 I'm feelin' so good. 48 00:02:18.771 --> 00:02:20.607 I've got a cup of java. 49 00:02:20.607 --> 00:02:23.009 I got coffee this morning. 50 00:02:23.009 --> 00:02:24.410 I'm feelin' good. 51 00:02:24.410 --> 00:02:26.012 Now do you wanna go do some huntin'? 52 00:02:26.012 --> 00:02:27.147 - [Casey] Yeah, we might as well. 53 00:02:27.147 --> 00:02:28.648 Yeah. 54 00:02:28.648 --> 00:02:29.582 I mean, I was just tryin' to kill some time doin' this, 55 00:02:29.582 --> 00:02:30.717 but yeah, we might as well. 56 00:02:30.717 --> 00:02:31.885 I'm down. It's early enough. 57 00:02:31.885 --> 00:02:32.886 Let's hit it. 58 00:02:32.886 --> 00:02:33.553 You wanna take a couple of these? 59 00:02:33.553 --> 00:02:35.021 - [Chris] Yeah. 60 00:02:35.021 --> 00:02:37.957 Maybe just pack up everything and just... 61 00:02:37.957 --> 00:02:40.360 I'm gonna have to regroup 'cause I am dryin', 62 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:41.661 like I just laid everything out. 63 00:02:41.661 --> 00:02:43.763 Yeah, alright. 64 00:02:43.763 --> 00:02:45.598 This stuff is so dry. 65 00:02:45.598 --> 00:02:47.100 It looks so nice. 66 00:02:47.100 --> 00:02:50.136 It's gonna burn good tonight. 67 00:02:50.136 --> 00:02:50.970 Ah! 68 00:02:54.207 --> 00:02:55.808 I have stuff everywhere. 69 00:02:55.808 --> 00:02:57.343 - [Chris] Yeah, I see that. 70 00:02:57.343 --> 00:03:00.346 Let's take what we need which is pretty much everything. 71 00:03:00.346 --> 00:03:01.514 Yeah, not that I have a lot. 72 00:03:01.514 --> 00:03:03.750 Now I have stuff scattered from dryin'. 73 00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:04.751 Do have the... 74 00:03:04.751 --> 00:03:05.585 Here. 75 00:03:05.585 --> 00:03:06.786 Here, keep this. 76 00:03:06.786 --> 00:03:08.288 You keep your stuff, I'll keep mine. 77 00:03:08.288 --> 00:03:09.956 That's the only way we can make sure nothing gets lost. 78 00:03:09.956 --> 00:03:11.224 Alright. 79 00:03:11.224 --> 00:03:13.226 Alright, we'll fill the canteen before we leave. 80 00:03:13.226 --> 00:03:14.060 (ringing) 81 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:15.295 Man, that was in there. 82 00:03:15.295 --> 00:03:16.396 Yeah, I've got the canteen right here. 83 00:03:16.396 --> 00:03:17.463 - [Casey] Really? 84 00:03:17.463 --> 00:03:18.565 - [Chris] Yep, there it is. 85 00:03:18.565 --> 00:03:20.433 I've been dreading 86 00:03:20.433 --> 00:03:22.035 this imminent trade here, 87 00:03:22.035 --> 00:03:23.503 'cause it's gonna tell us we have to leave. 88 00:03:23.503 --> 00:03:24.938 Alright. 89 00:03:24.938 --> 00:03:26.272 Well, I see one. 90 00:03:27.507 --> 00:03:29.242 - [Casey] Alrighty. 91 00:03:29.242 --> 00:03:30.310 Here we go. 92 00:03:30.310 --> 00:03:32.478 (beeping) 93 00:03:33.980 --> 00:03:35.281 Yep, we have to be 94 00:03:35.281 --> 00:03:38.985 at our extraction by Sunday morning. 95 00:03:38.985 --> 00:03:41.221 So not tomorrow, but the next day. 96 00:03:41.221 --> 00:03:44.123 But we still have time for one more last hunt? 97 00:03:44.123 --> 00:03:45.391 We gotta go hunt, 98 00:03:45.391 --> 00:03:46.826 'cause you know the minute we leave here 99 00:03:46.826 --> 00:03:49.562 makin' the push to get out. 100 00:03:49.562 --> 00:03:52.899 Then that means that we're gonna have a hunt today, 101 00:03:52.899 --> 00:03:54.634 and we gotta push. 102 00:03:54.634 --> 00:03:56.402 We're gonna have to move and groove. 103 00:03:56.402 --> 00:03:57.570 - [Chris] In the morning. 104 00:03:57.570 --> 00:03:58.404 Yep. 105 00:03:58.404 --> 00:03:59.239 I'm willin' to risk it. 106 00:03:59.239 --> 00:04:00.473 I wanna go hunt. 107 00:04:00.473 --> 00:04:01.941 I wanna get one last good hunt in. 108 00:04:01.941 --> 00:04:02.875 So do I. 109 00:04:02.875 --> 00:04:04.978 So let's just pack our stuff 110 00:04:04.978 --> 00:04:08.381 and bust up that creek and see what we see. 111 00:04:08.381 --> 00:04:09.415 Okay. 112 00:04:09.415 --> 00:04:10.683 I'll keep this with me. 113 00:04:10.683 --> 00:04:11.517 Alright. 114 00:04:12.885 --> 00:04:17.190 Well, at least we know it's comin' to an end. 115 00:04:17.190 --> 00:04:18.691 It's alright. 116 00:04:18.691 --> 00:04:21.761 All good things must come to an end at some point. 117 00:04:21.761 --> 00:04:23.196 - [Narrator] Throwing caution to the wind, 118 00:04:23.196 --> 00:04:25.765 the brothers opt to spend one more day hunting 119 00:04:25.765 --> 00:04:28.334 rather than make their way towards extraction. 120 00:04:28.334 --> 00:04:29.969 A successful hunt will reward them 121 00:04:29.969 --> 00:04:32.972 with the food necessary to make the final push. 122 00:04:32.972 --> 00:04:35.174 But coming back empty-handed once again 123 00:04:35.174 --> 00:04:36.542 means that they will have sacrificed 124 00:04:36.542 --> 00:04:39.012 their limited energy supply for nothing, 125 00:04:39.012 --> 00:04:42.515 and will be forced to make the long track on empty stomachs. 126 00:04:42.515 --> 00:04:44.217 - [Casey] Yep, I'm good. 127 00:04:44.217 --> 00:04:45.785 Ready? 128 00:04:45.785 --> 00:04:47.287 - [Chris] Alright. 129 00:04:48.254 --> 00:04:49.255 Hit this creek. 130 00:04:49.255 --> 00:04:50.256 - [Casey] Yeah. 131 00:04:50.256 --> 00:04:51.457 - [Chris] Go up the creek. 132 00:04:51.457 --> 00:04:52.959 - [Casey] Yeah, cut off the gut right there. 133 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:54.460 - [Chris] The creeks have been good to us before. 134 00:04:54.460 --> 00:04:57.130 Well, I think it'll be alright again. 135 00:04:58.598 --> 00:05:00.633 Brothers Chris and Casey Keefer 136 00:05:00.633 --> 00:05:02.568 are tracking through the New Zealand wilderness 137 00:05:02.568 --> 00:05:05.138 with limited gear and no food. 138 00:05:05.138 --> 00:05:07.140 With only a little more than 48 hours 139 00:05:07.140 --> 00:05:08.808 to reach their extraction site, 140 00:05:08.808 --> 00:05:11.678 the brothers need to capitalize on today's hunt, 141 00:05:11.678 --> 00:05:14.647 or tackle the grueling journey on empty stomachs. 142 00:05:14.647 --> 00:05:15.648 This is just barren ground. 143 00:05:15.648 --> 00:05:17.417 There's just nothin' right here. 144 00:05:17.417 --> 00:05:18.618 It looks like we're gonna get 145 00:05:18.618 --> 00:05:21.521 some serious terrain the further up we push. 146 00:05:21.521 --> 00:05:23.856 (splashing) 147 00:05:25.358 --> 00:05:28.127 It's actually startin' to come down pretty tight. 148 00:05:28.127 --> 00:05:28.961 Ah! 149 00:05:30.129 --> 00:05:32.765 Man, that wind is comin' in hard, huh? 150 00:05:32.765 --> 00:05:34.200 It just comes down through this valley 151 00:05:34.200 --> 00:05:37.704 and just skirts and hammers right through. 152 00:05:39.305 --> 00:05:41.774 Man, there's just not even a goat comin' up here. 153 00:05:41.774 --> 00:05:42.608 - [Chris] I know. 154 00:05:42.608 --> 00:05:43.843 There's like nothing. 155 00:05:43.843 --> 00:05:45.745 - [Chris] I didn't see anything at all. 156 00:05:45.745 --> 00:05:46.713 When you stop walkin', 157 00:05:46.713 --> 00:05:48.081 you start to get really sweaty. 158 00:05:48.081 --> 00:05:49.015 I know. 159 00:05:49.015 --> 00:05:50.950 I gotta start layerin' up here, 160 00:05:50.950 --> 00:05:52.852 and get this jacket on. 161 00:05:54.253 --> 00:05:56.322 You wanna put your ass on up there for a minute? 162 00:05:56.322 --> 00:05:59.425 - [Chris] I mean it dropped in temperature for sure. 163 00:05:59.425 --> 00:06:03.129 At least if feels like it with that wind cuttin' through ya. 164 00:06:03.129 --> 00:06:06.332 I could use a little bit of agua. 165 00:06:06.332 --> 00:06:07.800 - [Narrator] As the temperature drops, 166 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:10.036 our bodies redirect blood to the internal organs 167 00:06:10.036 --> 00:06:11.471 which increases pressure. 168 00:06:11.471 --> 00:06:13.206 The kidneys actively produce urine 169 00:06:13.206 --> 00:06:14.841 to relieve the excess pressure, 170 00:06:14.841 --> 00:06:18.277 but this expedited process can quickly lead to dehydration, 171 00:06:18.277 --> 00:06:19.512 which directly affects 172 00:06:19.512 --> 00:06:22.348 a hunter's cognitive and physical performance. 173 00:06:22.348 --> 00:06:24.417 It's tough country man. 174 00:06:25.451 --> 00:06:26.452 It's tough on how it looks. 175 00:06:26.452 --> 00:06:27.520 It's tough on how it lays. 176 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:29.522 It's tough on how it hunts. 177 00:06:29.522 --> 00:06:30.690 If you think about Alaska, 178 00:06:30.690 --> 00:06:32.592 at least all the places that we've hunted, 179 00:06:32.592 --> 00:06:35.895 you've got that solid like half-mile off the river 180 00:06:35.895 --> 00:06:38.398 before the faces start, you know? 181 00:06:38.398 --> 00:06:39.866 I mean this is just, 182 00:06:39.866 --> 00:06:42.135 some of the stuff you just can't even get up it. 183 00:06:42.135 --> 00:06:44.937 Seeing the animals is only half the battle. 184 00:06:44.937 --> 00:06:47.140 Gettin' to the animals is the other half of the battle. 185 00:06:47.140 --> 00:06:48.674 - [Casey] Yeah. 186 00:06:48.674 --> 00:06:52.478 So, and this at least has a creek that's still follows. 187 00:06:52.478 --> 00:06:53.679 We might be able to get up 188 00:06:53.679 --> 00:06:55.248 and check these back bowls and stuff. 189 00:06:55.248 --> 00:06:56.182 - [Casey] Yeah. 190 00:06:56.182 --> 00:06:57.383 - [Chris] Get off the creek. 191 00:06:57.383 --> 00:06:58.418 There's red deer tracks, 192 00:06:58.418 --> 00:06:59.852 I saw down in the bottom. 193 00:06:59.852 --> 00:07:02.321 But no animals to speak of. 194 00:07:02.321 --> 00:07:06.826 Well, it's nothin' for these animals to just, 195 00:07:06.826 --> 00:07:08.327 I mean they can be out on the face 196 00:07:08.327 --> 00:07:09.796 in the tuffs like a little bit, 197 00:07:09.796 --> 00:07:13.232 and then they scoot into that bush, and they're gone. 198 00:07:13.232 --> 00:07:14.734 Gone. 199 00:07:14.734 --> 00:07:16.068 Especially tryin' to come at 'em from underneath. 200 00:07:16.068 --> 00:07:17.303 - [Chris] Yeah. 201 00:07:17.303 --> 00:07:18.471 I mean they've got the advantage the whole way. 202 00:07:18.471 --> 00:07:19.872 I think today they're gonna be 203 00:07:19.872 --> 00:07:22.308 tucked off the backside of this wind. 204 00:07:22.308 --> 00:07:24.377 I just have to get after it. 205 00:07:24.377 --> 00:07:26.412 - [Narrator] As winter descends over New Zealand's 206 00:07:26.412 --> 00:07:29.282 Southern Alps, it brings sudden increases in wind, 207 00:07:29.282 --> 00:07:30.883 and colder temperatures. 208 00:07:30.883 --> 00:07:33.219 These drastic changes in weather have focused shift 209 00:07:33.219 --> 00:07:36.222 in the patterns and habitats of New Zealand's wildlife. 210 00:07:36.222 --> 00:07:38.024 Many high-elevation animals will migrate 211 00:07:38.024 --> 00:07:39.792 to lower terrain to escape 212 00:07:39.792 --> 00:07:42.395 the cold westerly winds and snow by taking shelter 213 00:07:42.395 --> 00:07:45.298 in the deep valleys where food is more plentiful. 214 00:07:45.298 --> 00:07:46.966 The high winds are a clear sign 215 00:07:46.966 --> 00:07:48.768 that change is on the horizon. 216 00:07:48.768 --> 00:07:50.269 The brothers will need to act quickly 217 00:07:50.269 --> 00:07:51.737 before this transition 218 00:07:51.737 --> 00:07:55.708 renders their current knowledge of animal habits irrelevant. 219 00:07:55.708 --> 00:07:59.212 Well, we can only go so far with the time we have left. 220 00:07:59.212 --> 00:08:00.413 Now that we know there's nothing 221 00:08:00.413 --> 00:08:02.315 on these ridges and nothing on these faces, 222 00:08:02.315 --> 00:08:03.149 you wanna push on? 223 00:08:03.149 --> 00:08:04.851 Yeah, let's go. 224 00:08:04.851 --> 00:08:07.854 Let's see what the creek provides. 225 00:08:09.655 --> 00:08:11.591 I can tell you this much, 226 00:08:11.591 --> 00:08:13.326 I am done walkin' through this. 227 00:08:13.326 --> 00:08:14.594 - [Casey] Oh, that's not even. 228 00:08:14.594 --> 00:08:15.895 - [Chris] 'Cause that broom and those thorns 229 00:08:15.895 --> 00:08:18.064 make it so difficult to walk through. 230 00:08:18.064 --> 00:08:19.098 I'm done with it. 231 00:08:19.098 --> 00:08:20.366 - [Casey] Yeah. 232 00:08:20.366 --> 00:08:22.902 So I'm side hillin' on this right here. 233 00:08:22.902 --> 00:08:24.370 - [Casey] I'm good with that. 234 00:08:24.370 --> 00:08:25.605 It looks like there's a little dope path 235 00:08:25.605 --> 00:08:26.839 that goes along there. 236 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:28.307 - [Chris] Yeah, I can see one right there. 237 00:08:28.307 --> 00:08:29.408 Alright, let's go. 238 00:08:29.408 --> 00:08:30.843 Okey, dokey. 239 00:08:30.843 --> 00:08:32.078 It's gonna get steep. 240 00:08:32.078 --> 00:08:32.879 - [Chris] Yeah, there's no doubt. 241 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:33.813 I mean, look at all 242 00:08:33.813 --> 00:08:35.381 this rock and this shale. 243 00:08:37.416 --> 00:08:38.551 - [Narrator] Chris and Casey Keefer 244 00:08:38.551 --> 00:08:40.620 are hunting New Zealand's Southern Alps. 245 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:42.054 The treacherously steep terrain 246 00:08:42.054 --> 00:08:43.789 continues to plague their efforts 247 00:08:43.789 --> 00:08:46.192 as they venture further and further into the wilderness. 248 00:08:46.192 --> 00:08:47.159 Whew! 249 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:48.928 I'm gonna have to side hill. 250 00:08:48.928 --> 00:08:49.762 Hold on. 251 00:08:49.762 --> 00:08:51.864 Let me get up here. 252 00:08:51.864 --> 00:08:54.033 (panting) 253 00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:01.474 Whoa! 254 00:09:03.643 --> 00:09:04.877 Case? 255 00:09:04.877 --> 00:09:07.613 - [Casey] I'll be right back. 256 00:09:07.613 --> 00:09:08.748 - [Chris] Come on. 257 00:09:08.748 --> 00:09:10.850 (panting) 258 00:09:13.819 --> 00:09:15.154 So, we started 259 00:09:16.622 --> 00:09:19.392 way back on that face over there. 260 00:09:20.826 --> 00:09:24.564 Chris boogied up ahead there somewhere and disappeared, so. 261 00:09:25.831 --> 00:09:26.666 Well, 262 00:09:27.867 --> 00:09:30.903 I made it to the top after side hillin'. 263 00:09:32.071 --> 00:09:33.573 Made sure Casey was across the side hill, 264 00:09:33.573 --> 00:09:34.974 just because you know, 265 00:09:34.974 --> 00:09:37.810 I never wanna leave a man behind. 266 00:09:37.810 --> 00:09:39.045 And now we're playin' 267 00:09:39.045 --> 00:09:41.447 the what's around the next ridge game. 268 00:09:41.447 --> 00:09:43.716 Just ridge, ridge, ridge, 269 00:09:45.017 --> 00:09:47.420 and I'm just checkin' down all in here, 270 00:09:47.420 --> 00:09:50.423 in all this stuff right in here. 271 00:09:50.423 --> 00:09:52.858 I've played that game one too many times. 272 00:09:52.858 --> 00:09:54.427 I know how it goes, 273 00:09:54.427 --> 00:09:56.462 and I'm not willin' to play it right now, so. 274 00:09:56.462 --> 00:09:59.632 I'll just sit up here at the top and wait for Casey. 275 00:09:59.632 --> 00:10:01.167 I'm gonna sit right here. 276 00:10:01.167 --> 00:10:02.702 I've got a great big valley in front of me right here. 277 00:10:02.702 --> 00:10:06.005 I got this bottom right here behind me that I can see. 278 00:10:06.005 --> 00:10:07.506 But all in all, 279 00:10:07.506 --> 00:10:08.908 I feel pretty good after that hike. 280 00:10:08.908 --> 00:10:09.742 A little lightheaded. 281 00:10:09.742 --> 00:10:11.310 I need some water. 282 00:10:11.310 --> 00:10:12.745 I don't know what we're gonna find up there 283 00:10:12.745 --> 00:10:13.846 that we can't find right here, 284 00:10:13.846 --> 00:10:16.649 so I'm gonna hold tight and hot. 285 00:10:16.649 --> 00:10:18.451 This is what I train for. 286 00:10:18.451 --> 00:10:19.952 This is what I live for. 287 00:10:19.952 --> 00:10:21.554 Adventure. 288 00:10:21.554 --> 00:10:23.389 The back country's of New Zealand. 289 00:10:23.389 --> 00:10:25.825 I'm about to go walk about just to go walk about. 290 00:10:25.825 --> 00:10:28.427 So we're gonna keep pushin'. 291 00:10:28.427 --> 00:10:31.197 I'm bustin' my track and I'm gonna keep pushin'. 292 00:10:31.197 --> 00:10:33.299 I better go check on him. 293 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.614 I just found a pig. 294 00:10:48.614 --> 00:10:49.982 Right in the center. 295 00:10:49.982 --> 00:10:50.816 - [Narrator] Casey just found a pig. 296 00:10:50.816 --> 00:10:52.051 - [Chris] Great. 297 00:10:52.051 --> 00:10:53.419 - [Narrator] But it's on the opposite mountain. 298 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:55.521 He must quickly and discreetly get Chris' attention 299 00:10:55.521 --> 00:10:57.123 without losing sight of the pig, 300 00:10:57.123 --> 00:10:58.524 which is a long ways off, 301 00:10:58.524 --> 00:11:01.527 and surrounded by dense scrub brush. 302 00:11:06.065 --> 00:11:07.667 I see somethin'. 303 00:11:07.667 --> 00:11:09.201 - [Chris] Okay. 304 00:11:09.201 --> 00:11:11.037 I don't know where they're at. 305 00:11:11.037 --> 00:11:12.338 I can't see 'em. 306 00:11:12.338 --> 00:11:13.906 He's got the binos. 307 00:11:17.543 --> 00:11:19.879 (whistling) 308 00:11:21.781 --> 00:11:23.282 Yeah, come down. 309 00:11:27.553 --> 00:11:29.355 He wants me to come down. 310 00:11:29.355 --> 00:11:30.322 He must have an eye out. 311 00:11:30.322 --> 00:11:31.757 I can't see him from this angle. 312 00:11:31.757 --> 00:11:33.059 I don't have binos. 313 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:34.060 So awesome. 314 00:11:34.060 --> 00:11:35.661 Down I go. 315 00:11:35.661 --> 00:11:36.495 Okay. 316 00:11:37.963 --> 00:11:40.900 Like what are the changes to get all the way up here 317 00:11:40.900 --> 00:11:43.569 and he sees 'em back down there? 318 00:11:44.770 --> 00:11:48.708 Oh, it just went in the gut that's like 319 00:11:48.708 --> 00:11:50.876 behind this ridge. 320 00:11:50.876 --> 00:11:52.845 So I can't see him. 321 00:11:52.845 --> 00:11:54.346 - [Chris] Where is he? 322 00:11:54.346 --> 00:11:56.082 - [Casey] What's that? 323 00:11:56.082 --> 00:11:57.016 - [Chris] Where is he? 324 00:11:57.016 --> 00:11:58.517 - [Casey] All the way up, 325 00:11:58.517 --> 00:12:00.319 if you follow the ridge down to that first patch of green. 326 00:12:00.319 --> 00:12:01.787 Yeah? 327 00:12:01.787 --> 00:12:02.621 Right in the center of that headgut right there. 328 00:12:02.621 --> 00:12:03.456 Yeah. 329 00:12:03.456 --> 00:12:04.590 Right in the center. 330 00:12:04.590 --> 00:12:05.891 It's gray. 331 00:12:05.891 --> 00:12:07.359 You should be able to see it rootin' around. 332 00:12:07.359 --> 00:12:08.894 - [Chris] Oh yeah, it is gray, isn't it? 333 00:12:08.894 --> 00:12:10.930 - [Casey] And there really is no good way to get there. 334 00:12:10.930 --> 00:12:12.264 There's really only one way to get there, 335 00:12:12.264 --> 00:12:14.500 and that's if we would drop back down 336 00:12:14.500 --> 00:12:18.838 in the bottom back here and come back, hit the ridge, 337 00:12:18.838 --> 00:12:21.574 follow the ridge up and follow it, you know what I mean? 338 00:12:21.574 --> 00:12:22.808 - [Chris] Yeah. 339 00:12:22.808 --> 00:12:23.743 - [Casey] That's the only way to get there. 340 00:12:23.743 --> 00:12:24.977 You can't go up the front. 341 00:12:24.977 --> 00:12:26.278 Just once we drop off here, 342 00:12:26.278 --> 00:12:27.313 we're gonna completely lose. 343 00:12:27.313 --> 00:12:29.315 Well that's my concern. 344 00:12:29.315 --> 00:12:31.684 Unless we pull the old 345 00:12:31.684 --> 00:12:34.053 (harmonica music) 346 00:12:34.053 --> 00:12:35.087 mystic high stuff. 347 00:12:35.087 --> 00:12:35.921 Was that the Bruce Lee? 348 00:12:35.921 --> 00:12:36.922 That's the Bruce Lee. 349 00:12:36.922 --> 00:12:38.691 I know, I'm just sayin'. 350 00:12:38.691 --> 00:12:40.593 - [Casey] You wanna do a little shake and bake? 351 00:12:40.593 --> 00:12:42.528 Yeah, I'll go. 352 00:12:42.528 --> 00:12:43.496 I don't care. 353 00:12:43.496 --> 00:12:44.196 I'll take-- You wanna go? 354 00:12:44.196 --> 00:12:45.131 Yeah. 355 00:12:45.131 --> 00:12:45.965 I'll take the gun and roll. 356 00:12:45.965 --> 00:12:47.833 There's another one. 357 00:12:47.833 --> 00:12:49.101 - [Chris] Is there? 358 00:12:49.101 --> 00:12:49.835 - [Casey] Yeah, just below the first one. 359 00:12:49.835 --> 00:12:50.770 - [Chris] Yep. 360 00:12:50.770 --> 00:12:51.570 - [Casey] Walkin' to the left. 361 00:12:51.570 --> 00:12:52.338 Gray as well. See it? 362 00:12:52.338 --> 00:12:53.172 - [Chris] Yeah. 363 00:12:53.172 --> 00:12:54.106 We're goin' after-- 364 00:12:54.106 --> 00:12:55.141 - [Chris] There's three pigs. 365 00:12:55.141 --> 00:12:56.208 So there's pigs. 366 00:12:56.208 --> 00:12:57.042 Three? 367 00:12:57.042 --> 00:12:57.877 - [Chris] There's three. 368 00:12:57.877 --> 00:12:58.711 There's a black one too. 369 00:12:58.711 --> 00:12:59.645 - [Casey] Oh boy. 370 00:12:59.645 --> 00:13:01.881 We need to go get some meat. 371 00:13:03.415 --> 00:13:04.850 - [Narrator] New Zealand's feral pigs 372 00:13:04.850 --> 00:13:07.019 stand at nearly 40 inches tall at the shoulder 373 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:09.155 and can weigh up to 250 pounds. 374 00:13:09.155 --> 00:13:10.589 Their tusks can protrude 375 00:13:10.589 --> 00:13:13.025 over five inches and be razor sharp. 376 00:13:13.025 --> 00:13:14.593 Their panoramic range of vision 377 00:13:14.593 --> 00:13:17.029 extends to nearly 310 degrees, 378 00:13:17.029 --> 00:13:19.498 but their ability to focus is limited. 379 00:13:19.498 --> 00:13:21.734 Superb hearing and a stellar sense of smell 380 00:13:21.734 --> 00:13:23.369 make up for their poor eyesight. 381 00:13:23.369 --> 00:13:24.870 Their color variances, height, 382 00:13:24.870 --> 00:13:27.206 and keen senses will prove more than challenging 383 00:13:27.206 --> 00:13:29.975 for the brothers in this mountain terrain. 384 00:13:29.975 --> 00:13:32.111 - [Casey] Okay, we went from no pigs to three pigs. 385 00:13:32.111 --> 00:13:32.945 Let's do it. 386 00:13:32.945 --> 00:13:34.146 Let's go get 'em. 387 00:13:34.146 --> 00:13:35.080 You glass. 388 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.017 I'll stay focused on the pigs 389 00:13:38.017 --> 00:13:39.552 long distance. 390 00:13:39.552 --> 00:13:40.619 My eagle eye. 391 00:13:42.388 --> 00:13:43.756 I had a feeling you were gettin' into the little 392 00:13:43.756 --> 00:13:45.457 what's over the next ridge up there? 393 00:13:45.457 --> 00:13:46.625 Oh, I totally was. 394 00:13:46.625 --> 00:13:47.860 That's why I sat here. 395 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:49.361 Like I know the glass from all my hiking. 396 00:13:49.361 --> 00:13:51.297 - [Casey] I think that first 397 00:13:51.297 --> 00:13:54.066 little like point right there's gonna be your best angle. 398 00:13:54.066 --> 00:13:54.900 - [Chris] Okay. 399 00:13:54.900 --> 00:13:55.734 Into their... 400 00:13:55.734 --> 00:13:56.669 But then again, 401 00:13:56.669 --> 00:13:57.403 it can be steeper than it looks. 402 00:13:57.403 --> 00:13:58.237 Who knows? 403 00:13:58.237 --> 00:13:59.471 Alright. 404 00:13:59.471 --> 00:14:01.340 But if you're goin' in with my empty pack, 405 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:03.843 so that when I shoot, 406 00:14:03.843 --> 00:14:06.378 I can bring back some pork. 407 00:14:06.378 --> 00:14:08.080 - [Narrator] The long hike, steep angles, 408 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.317 and thick brush require the brothers to divide and conquer. 409 00:14:11.317 --> 00:14:13.752 With no means of long-distance communication, 410 00:14:13.752 --> 00:14:16.555 the brothers will have to resort to a series of hand signals 411 00:14:16.555 --> 00:14:18.090 to broadcast the pigs' movements 412 00:14:18.090 --> 00:14:20.292 in relation to Chris as he ascends the mountain. 413 00:14:20.292 --> 00:14:21.126 Over here. 414 00:14:21.126 --> 00:14:22.695 (laughs) 415 00:14:22.695 --> 00:14:23.629 Over here. 416 00:14:23.629 --> 00:14:24.563 I'll just throw the speed. 417 00:14:24.563 --> 00:14:25.464 (laughs) 418 00:14:25.464 --> 00:14:26.332 I'll be back. 419 00:14:26.332 --> 00:14:27.266 I'll be this guy. 420 00:14:27.266 --> 00:14:29.068 The traffic guy. 421 00:14:29.068 --> 00:14:30.002 See some pretty country. 422 00:14:30.002 --> 00:14:31.170 - [Casey] True. 423 00:14:31.170 --> 00:14:32.304 - [Chris] Alright there. 424 00:14:32.304 --> 00:14:33.138 Alright, good luck. 425 00:14:33.138 --> 00:14:34.139 Hammer down. 426 00:14:36.709 --> 00:14:39.078 This is beautiful too. 427 00:14:39.078 --> 00:14:40.112 It's all beautiful. 428 00:14:40.112 --> 00:14:42.448 (whistling) 429 00:14:46.218 --> 00:14:48.287 Having spent the last two hours hiking, 430 00:14:48.287 --> 00:14:51.790 Chris Keefer is finally closing in on a band of feral pigs. 431 00:14:51.790 --> 00:14:53.359 The steep terrain and thick cover 432 00:14:53.359 --> 00:14:55.594 makes it nearly impossible to track the pigs 433 00:14:55.594 --> 00:14:57.596 without guidance from his brother Casey, 434 00:14:57.596 --> 00:14:59.331 who is perched on an adjacent mountain. 435 00:14:59.331 --> 00:15:02.234 Having spent large amounts of energy tracking this far 436 00:15:02.234 --> 00:15:03.969 into the New Zealand wilderness, 437 00:15:03.969 --> 00:15:08.140 the brothers desperately need this hunt to be successful. 438 00:15:09.775 --> 00:15:10.609 Good, good, good. 439 00:15:10.609 --> 00:15:11.710 He went left. 440 00:15:12.811 --> 00:15:15.447 At least he understood me. 441 00:15:15.447 --> 00:15:16.815 Chris is makin' pretty good time. 442 00:15:16.815 --> 00:15:19.051 He's pretty well even with us already. 443 00:15:19.051 --> 00:15:20.853 He's headin' up there 444 00:15:20.853 --> 00:15:23.856 and I can still see the pigs up there. 445 00:15:23.856 --> 00:15:26.225 They're back in the same spot, so, 446 00:15:26.225 --> 00:15:29.561 he's cruisin' up that ridge pretty good. 447 00:15:31.063 --> 00:15:32.264 (panting) 448 00:15:32.264 --> 00:15:34.099 They've gotta be over the next ridge. 449 00:15:34.099 --> 00:15:35.501 They're not here. 450 00:15:36.735 --> 00:15:38.504 Case, I'm ridge for ridge now. 451 00:15:38.504 --> 00:15:39.838 This is not fun. 452 00:15:41.473 --> 00:15:43.008 Okay, 453 00:15:43.008 --> 00:15:43.943 I gotta go. 454 00:15:44.910 --> 00:15:46.578 Okay, I can see 'em. 455 00:15:47.713 --> 00:15:48.948 They just moved. 456 00:15:48.948 --> 00:15:50.883 They just moved down to the left. 457 00:15:50.883 --> 00:15:55.020 I think I can make it to the next ridge. 458 00:15:55.020 --> 00:15:55.854 Okay. 459 00:15:57.089 --> 00:15:58.490 I'm goin' for it. 460 00:16:08.534 --> 00:16:11.403 He says they're straight down. 461 00:16:11.403 --> 00:16:14.306 They gotta be in this valley somewhere. 462 00:16:14.306 --> 00:16:16.642 I can get set up right here. 463 00:16:18.544 --> 00:16:19.845 Whew! 464 00:16:19.845 --> 00:16:22.014 I think they're somewhere. 465 00:16:23.282 --> 00:16:25.851 I just don't know exactly where 466 00:16:26.752 --> 00:16:28.754 they're up here. 467 00:16:28.754 --> 00:16:30.222 - [Casey] Chris is still sittin' back 468 00:16:30.222 --> 00:16:32.291 up on that rock right there 469 00:16:32.291 --> 00:16:34.126 glassin' down in there 470 00:16:35.260 --> 00:16:36.762 through the scope. 471 00:16:38.831 --> 00:16:41.233 I just don't think he can see him, 472 00:16:41.233 --> 00:16:42.735 and that's what it comes down to. 473 00:16:42.735 --> 00:16:45.471 I just don't think he can see through that stuff. 474 00:16:45.471 --> 00:16:46.772 I'm kinda left helpless, 475 00:16:46.772 --> 00:16:49.074 but to sit here and watch. 476 00:16:49.074 --> 00:16:50.709 With no real way to communicate, 477 00:16:50.709 --> 00:16:53.946 the two of three pigs have disappeared. 478 00:16:56.548 --> 00:16:59.385 I think they're somewhere. 479 00:16:59.385 --> 00:17:01.120 Right here, I see it. 480 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:02.054 Right here. 481 00:17:02.054 --> 00:17:04.857 Look at the trees right here. 482 00:17:04.857 --> 00:17:07.226 He's there in the bush. 483 00:17:07.226 --> 00:17:08.327 There he is. 484 00:17:08.327 --> 00:17:10.462 A big black one comin' out. 485 00:17:10.462 --> 00:17:11.997 Okay, ready? 486 00:17:11.997 --> 00:17:14.266 (clicking) 487 00:17:17.503 --> 00:17:19.004 What is goin' on? 488 00:17:19.004 --> 00:17:20.272 Are you kidding me? 489 00:17:20.272 --> 00:17:21.540 - [Narrator] Completely wrapped up in the hunt, 490 00:17:21.540 --> 00:17:24.676 Chris forgot to load a bullet into the chamber. 491 00:17:24.676 --> 00:17:25.511 Is he gone? 492 00:17:25.511 --> 00:17:26.945 He's gone! 493 00:17:26.945 --> 00:17:28.447 What the-- 494 00:17:28.447 --> 00:17:29.381 Oh my gosh! 495 00:17:30.315 --> 00:17:32.084 Why did I not load one? 496 00:17:32.084 --> 00:17:33.252 What? 497 00:17:33.252 --> 00:17:34.286 I think he just brushed out at the bottom. 498 00:17:34.286 --> 00:17:36.088 Are you kidding me right now? 499 00:17:36.088 --> 00:17:37.289 Oh my gosh! 500 00:17:37.289 --> 00:17:38.524 - [Narrator] As realization sets in, 501 00:17:38.524 --> 00:17:40.426 Casey can only watch as their last opportunity 502 00:17:40.426 --> 00:17:42.327 of food slips away. 503 00:17:42.327 --> 00:17:43.162 Come on! 504 00:17:49.835 --> 00:17:51.570 I never reloaded the gun. 505 00:17:51.570 --> 00:17:53.305 That's such a miserable fail. 506 00:17:53.305 --> 00:17:54.373 Unbelievable! 507 00:17:56.041 --> 00:17:56.875 Okay. 508 00:17:57.876 --> 00:17:59.244 I saw that grass movin'. 509 00:17:59.244 --> 00:18:00.245 I clicked back down, 510 00:18:00.245 --> 00:18:01.080 took the safety off, 511 00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:02.815 pulled the trigger, 512 00:18:02.815 --> 00:18:05.951 and I forgot to reload the gun. 513 00:18:05.951 --> 00:18:08.020 The hog took off to the left. 514 00:18:08.020 --> 00:18:10.089 I only got it for a second. 515 00:18:10.089 --> 00:18:11.857 And the other two skirted 516 00:18:11.857 --> 00:18:15.928 and went down off the cliff off the top right there. 517 00:18:15.928 --> 00:18:19.231 And we just came out of here with nothing. 518 00:18:19.231 --> 00:18:21.567 With absolutely nothing! 519 00:18:21.567 --> 00:18:23.435 And it's because 520 00:18:23.435 --> 00:18:24.670 I jacked it up! 521 00:18:26.004 --> 00:18:26.839 I failed 522 00:18:28.073 --> 00:18:29.441 miserably! 523 00:18:29.441 --> 00:18:31.009 That is unbelievable! 524 00:18:31.009 --> 00:18:32.411 I know better. 525 00:18:32.411 --> 00:18:34.179 It's gonna be the worst 526 00:18:34.179 --> 00:18:35.080 hike 527 00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:36.115 back 528 00:18:36.115 --> 00:18:36.949 to camp 529 00:18:37.850 --> 00:18:38.684 ever! 530 00:18:39.751 --> 00:18:42.421 (dramatic music) 531 00:18:45.824 --> 00:18:46.658 I had it, 532 00:18:46.658 --> 00:18:47.593 and I missed it! 533 00:18:47.593 --> 00:18:49.928 And I jacked it up by myself. 534 00:18:49.928 --> 00:18:51.163 I'm pissed off! 535 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.733 This sucks. 536 00:18:56.668 --> 00:18:58.837 (panting) 537 00:19:04.076 --> 00:19:06.311 What have you got? 538 00:19:06.311 --> 00:19:07.146 I, 539 00:19:07.146 --> 00:19:08.080 - [Casey] Huh? 540 00:19:08.080 --> 00:19:09.414 I couldn't see 'em. 541 00:19:09.414 --> 00:19:10.482 - [Casey] You couldn't see 'em? 542 00:19:10.482 --> 00:19:11.416 No. 543 00:19:11.416 --> 00:19:12.351 I figured you couldn't see 'em. 544 00:19:12.351 --> 00:19:13.385 I couldn't see 'em in the brush, 545 00:19:13.385 --> 00:19:14.186 and it was like playin' 546 00:19:14.186 --> 00:19:15.420 whack 'em all. 547 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.355 It was like brush and then brush, 548 00:19:16.355 --> 00:19:17.789 and I was kind of all over. 549 00:19:17.789 --> 00:19:19.024 Then all of a sudden, 550 00:19:19.024 --> 00:19:19.691 I just saw black move to the left. 551 00:19:19.691 --> 00:19:21.026 I came up on it, 552 00:19:21.026 --> 00:19:22.461 click, 553 00:19:22.461 --> 00:19:23.662 and I never loaded another shell. 554 00:19:23.662 --> 00:19:25.030 Oh! 555 00:19:25.030 --> 00:19:25.998 Oh! 556 00:19:25.998 --> 00:19:26.832 And then I just frazzled, 557 00:19:26.832 --> 00:19:28.066 and it took me a second 558 00:19:28.066 --> 00:19:29.067 to figure out like okay, 559 00:19:29.067 --> 00:19:30.335 what happened? 560 00:19:30.335 --> 00:19:32.304 And then by the time I beat on it 561 00:19:32.304 --> 00:19:34.673 and fumbled it and everything else, 562 00:19:34.673 --> 00:19:37.142 the black one was gone off to the left and... 563 00:19:37.142 --> 00:19:38.644 That gray one 564 00:19:38.644 --> 00:19:40.145 walked up on the right side 565 00:19:40.145 --> 00:19:42.381 when you were probably lookin' at the black one. 566 00:19:42.381 --> 00:19:43.315 Yeah? 567 00:19:43.315 --> 00:19:44.550 She walked up on the right side, 568 00:19:44.550 --> 00:19:46.051 stood in the jail for like 30 seconds. 569 00:19:46.051 --> 00:19:47.619 I mean just standin' there, 570 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:49.421 and then she kinda went down towards the bottom, 571 00:19:49.421 --> 00:19:50.789 went right out and around. Yeah? 572 00:19:50.789 --> 00:19:51.723 The big one. 573 00:19:51.723 --> 00:19:52.925 I never saw the light gray one. 574 00:19:52.925 --> 00:19:54.193 They started movin' out of nowhere. 575 00:19:54.193 --> 00:19:57.162 You got to the knob and it was like all at once, 576 00:19:57.162 --> 00:19:58.597 and it wasn't you. No. 577 00:19:58.597 --> 00:20:00.332 You just moved up and over there and went to the next one, 578 00:20:00.332 --> 00:20:01.533 and that's when I'm like, 579 00:20:01.533 --> 00:20:02.768 ah! 580 00:20:02.768 --> 00:20:03.869 'Cause I was expectin' you to walk up there 581 00:20:03.869 --> 00:20:04.836 and me go like this, 582 00:20:04.836 --> 00:20:05.871 and then bam and we're done. 583 00:20:05.871 --> 00:20:07.039 - [Chris] Yeah. 584 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:09.675 It shows you how quickly things can change. 585 00:20:09.675 --> 00:20:11.510 Nothin's a guarantee, 586 00:20:11.510 --> 00:20:13.278 ever. Nothin's ever a guarantee. 587 00:20:13.278 --> 00:20:14.713 Well, sorry man. 588 00:20:14.713 --> 00:20:15.847 Hey. 589 00:20:15.847 --> 00:20:17.816 I had the taste of sweet pork. 590 00:20:17.816 --> 00:20:19.084 Oh. 591 00:20:19.084 --> 00:20:20.986 That's twice they've eluded us. 592 00:20:20.986 --> 00:20:22.387 What are you gonna do? 593 00:20:22.387 --> 00:20:24.189 What are you gonna do? 594 00:20:26.525 --> 00:20:27.559 We should hunt our way back. 595 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.827 - [Chris] Yeah. 596 00:20:28.827 --> 00:20:30.128 Yeah, I mean we're still far from camp, 597 00:20:30.128 --> 00:20:31.196 so let's hunt our way back. 598 00:20:31.196 --> 00:20:32.164 - [Casey] Yeah. 599 00:20:32.164 --> 00:20:33.699 We got a lot of ground to cover. 600 00:20:33.699 --> 00:20:34.967 - [Chris] We're gettin' on evening, so that's good. 601 00:20:34.967 --> 00:20:35.734 - [Casey] There may be some more stuff out. 602 00:20:35.734 --> 00:20:36.702 - [Chris] Yeah. 603 00:20:36.702 --> 00:20:37.970 - [Casey] Let's just hunt back. 604 00:20:37.970 --> 00:20:39.438 - [Chris] And we gotta leave bright and early. 605 00:20:39.438 --> 00:20:44.042 We're gonna have any prayer to make an extraction. 606 00:20:44.042 --> 00:20:48.213 - [Casey] There's no tellin' if we're gonna make it on time.