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(owl hooting)

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(adventurous music)
- [Narrator] As Autumn

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gives way to Winter, brothers
Chris and Casey Keefer

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are drawn to the wild
places on a live-to-hunt,

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hunt-to-live mission.

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Dropped with very little
to rely on but each other.

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Each new season brings with it

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a new arena and new challenges.

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Together, the Keefer brothers
have faced angry predators,

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extreme hunger,
impassable terrain

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and volatile shifting
weather patterns.

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They've explored
hundreds of miles

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of desolate mountain
ranges, unsettled tundras,

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raging rivers and
unpredictable perils

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of territories where
few are willing to go.

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All for the love of the hunt,

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to test themselves,
to test each other.

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Not to prove to
anything to anyone

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but to feed the fire inside.

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This is Dropped.

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(gritty country music)

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(yelling)

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(crow caws)

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(gunshot)

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(yelling)

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(crow caws)

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(adventurous music)
Northern Saskatchewan,

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the Land of Living Skies.

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Land-locked and sparsely
populated, this diverse province

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has a reputation of being equal
parts beautiful and brutal.

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The grasslands of Southern
and Central Saskatchewan

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surrender to the thick
boreal forests of the North.

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Where Black Bears,
Wolves and Moose

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patrol towering thickets
of spruce and pine.

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This is where the Keefer
brothers will carve out

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a living for then next 30 days.

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With a change in arena
comes a change in the rules.

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The brothers have access
to thousands of acres

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of Canadian wilderness
by way of a remote lake.

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They have been afforded
a motorized fishing boat,

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just big enough to
transport their gear

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and a limited supply
of fuel reserves.

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For the duration
of this journey,

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this boat will be
their life-line.

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Allowing for them to
search for the lake trout,

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northern pike and
walleye that soar

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through the depths beneath them.

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(animal call)
While providing the

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opportunity to scout and
hunt the vast expanses

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of the game rich
northern timber.

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The Keefer brothers
hold tags for a Moose

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and a Black Bear, but a tag
is far from a guarantee.

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("Coming Along" by Forest Sun)

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♪ Where do I call home 

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♪ Where do these bones belong 

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♪ Anywhere I lay my head 

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♪ Anywhere I sing my song 

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Another cold morning has
arrived in Northern Saskatchewan

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and the Keefer brothers are just

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one week away from extraction.

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A fresh skiff of snow blankets
the unforgiving landscape,

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while the clock keeps
ticking on one of the

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toughest tests the
brothers have ever faced.

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They're heading out
in search of moose

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with hopes of finishing
what they started.

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("Coming Along" by Forest Sun)

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(branches snapping)

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(animal call)

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- The fire looks good,
warming up the feet.

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- What's that?

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- I said, warming up your feet?

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- Yeah.

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- Getting her going.

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- I don't know what
else we can do man,

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it's just a patience game
at this point, I mean...

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We gotta just keep (sniffles)

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we gotta just keep
hittin' our spots.

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Just hit our spots,
there's no other method

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to moose hunt other
than (chuckles)...

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You know what I mean?
- Hit and call.

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Yeah sure we could hike
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but what the hell are
we doing for ourselves.

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I mean we have definitely
proven in the past,

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that it can be done
smarter, that's for sure.

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- No doubt, I'm just glad
the weather broke right now.

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I mean, I see some blue skies,

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I see just a hair of sunshine.

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Maybe that's what we needed,
that front to get out of here.

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- I don't know
I don't know, I'm just,

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the anticipation of
a grunt right now

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is like, like I'm just
waiting to hear it.

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- It's so funny because,

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every time I build a
fire and moose hunt

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I think back to,
like seven years ago

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when the idea of having a fire

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in the middle of a
hunt was like "what?!"

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that was insane.
- Completely foreign to us.

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- Yeah it was crazy.

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- Well it goes
back to the grunt,

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I mean that first time
hearing that deep (grunts)

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and sitting in camp, that
adrenaline rush that hits you?

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And that surge, that's where
I'm at right now is like...

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That surge, I'm just...

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Patience is there but
it's like, "c'mon"

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like where are they?

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They've gotta be here somewhere.

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- Yup
- But there's only so many

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spots they can be you know?

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- Yeah, so you think
about it, I mean

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we went 18 days between
maniac and that first grunt

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without seeing anything.

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Blew through 16
miles of whitewater

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and we pop out at Prayer Point

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and in the blink of an
eye everything changes.

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Everything changed
like (snaps fingers)

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and it all started
with one grunt.

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(ethereal music)

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(heavy booming)

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(somber music)
- [Narrator] It's mid-day

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in the wilds of Saskatchewan,
and the late Autumn sunshine

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has managed to wash
away most of the snow

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that fell over night.

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The slight warming is a
welcome change of pace,

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but tensions and
tempers around camp

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are reaching a fever pitch.

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- Gear check?

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- Yeah I'm just
going through it,

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I figure if we're gonna
be back here gettin' warm

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we might as well have
somethin' warm to drink.

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- What do you think the
plan is for this afternoon?

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I got nice and warm in there
but, what do you want to do?

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- Well, we got plenty
of daylight so lets
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lets get warm and then...

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I wanna go back in
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back in to that bog right there.

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I wanna get in there and see
if we can get after them,

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we've been calling
in there for days,

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so we might as well get
back in there and just...

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I don't know what else to do.

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- No I know, I'm
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patience is running
thin and I'd rather

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divide and conquer and see if
we can't find some animals.

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I mean, we're just
at that point.

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- Yeah but if we divide and
conquer, I mean I get it,

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you have a bear tag I
know you wanna hunt bears

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but it's not like
you're not hunting.

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You're still hunting
but you're just with me.

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I mean moose hunting
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So, aside from runnin'
all over hell's creation

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and frickin' burning
another tank of fuel...

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- Well it's not like I burned
a tank of fuel on purpose.

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I burned a tank of fuel
trying to find a hunting spot.

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- [Casey] I get it.

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- I mean I'm
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I mean that's why I have fuel.

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We've burned it and I know we're
burning more but it's like,

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I dunno I'm just at a
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with this weather change,
I mean I'm gonna have,

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before too long bears are
gonna be in hibernation.

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- Listen I completely
understand it, I get it.

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I don't know what else to do,

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you know how this game is
played, it's a frickin'...

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I don't know if what
we're doing's right.

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It's what we've done on every
trip that we've ever done,

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is have patience, call and call

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from the same spot,
remain consistent.

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If we can do that, if you
can give me one more day

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to do that then go
do whatever you want.

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Burn as much fuel as
you feel like burning.

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- [Chris] Well I don't
that it's burnin' fuel

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as much as it is hunting.

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I understand, I'm with
you and I'm hunting

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but at the same time...

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I mean listen, alright we're
gettin' to the point right now

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it's cold, patience is wearin'
thin I'm just at that point.

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I'm at a point right now where

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somethin's gotta give,
somethin's gotta happen.

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I'll give you one more
day, we'll work together,

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we'll see if we
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We didn't try
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who knows what's gonna happen.

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But at the same time,
once that's done

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I wanna talk about a plan
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or explore more
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- [Casey] That's fine.
- That's where

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I'm at with it.
- That's fine,

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give me one more day, after
that I don't give a *beep*.

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- [Chris] Fine, I'll
give you one day.

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- [Narrator] The recent shift
to colder weather patterns

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has inspired a drastic
change in the habits

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of Chris and Casey's
potential food sources.

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The fish have halted their
feeding, and resident bears

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have begun their transition
to hibernation mode.

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Completely disappearing from the

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Keefer brothers'
hunting grounds.

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Food options are scarce, and
meals are few and far between

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but the brothers are still
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energy in there efforts
searching for food.

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This leaves them in a
dangerous caloric deficit,

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weakening their bodies and
dampening their spirits.

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As time wears on,
the elusive moose

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is becoming their only
viable option for food.

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- (sighs) Well I mean, I
just gotta blow some steam.

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Just time, it happens, you
got two brothers out here

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for this long, temperatures
dropping, cold weather.

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Everything starts to get to me.

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- Starting to feel the pressure,
we're getting down on days.

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Weather's movin' in,
weather's beating

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the hell out of us to be honest.

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It's probably the coldest
drop that I've ever had,

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from start to finish.

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And it wears on ya, I can
always tell when it wears on us

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when we start gettin' on each
others case more and more.

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As is the case right now.

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- I mean I wanna go bear
hunting, it's what I wanna do

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and I get it, I get where
he wants to go with it.

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But I wanna go bear
hunting and the

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older brother in me
doesn't want to give in.

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The smart person in me realizes
that he's probably right.

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- You know he's a hard
headed son of a bitch.

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Which is what makes him
good a&t what he does%

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but at the same time you can't

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have a motor that
doesn't stop 24-7.

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The guy's got a motor
that just never shuts off.

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Which is awesome, but it gets
us into trouble at times.

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- We have this
argument, it happens.

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You get frustrated, out here

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and things happen,
no doubt about it.

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But then...

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it's like...

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for some reason...

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I don't know, mom knows
and I tell you why, because

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I'm getting ready
to leave the tent,

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I'm blowing out of here to do it

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and I get a text on the
inReach, I haven't heard

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from my mom, I let
her know we're alive

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when we landed, but that's it.

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But I get this thing
on the inReach,

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this is what it says,
you've gotta see this.

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It says right here,

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"Hey guys, I'm not sure
if you'll even get this

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but I'm thinking of you both.

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Today is the day to
hunt and succeed.

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There is a big moose
waiting for you.

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Knock him down and
have a feast of joy.

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Love, love, love you. Mom".

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What are we talking about here?

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My mom from hundreds
and thousands of

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miles away (laughs), she knows.

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- I don't have a
better plan aside from

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continue to call from the
spots that we've been calling.

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Go to the most likely areas
and give it your best shot.

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If I had another plan
we'd be doing it.

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If we could split up
every day and go hunt, and

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just do our own thing and come
back and meet up together.

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We'd be doing it,
I'd be fine with that

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but we don't have that luxury.

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We're limited on fuel, we're
limited on where we can go.

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We just, we gotta stay together,

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we gotta keep working together.

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Sometimes gettin'
that message across

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is not nearly as
easy as it sounds.

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- I'm gonna follow
mom's intuition on this

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and I'm gonna let him
do what he's gonna do

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and I'm gonna cave.

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But I'm gonna tell
you this right now,

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if it doesn't work out tonight

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I'm gonna do what I wanna
do, and that is go bear hunt.

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(sighs) Mom, I
hope you're right.

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- [Narrator] With the help of
his surprise message from mom,

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Chris has decided to put his
disagreements with Casey aside.

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Motherly love strengthens
the bonds between brothers,

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and today it's just what
he needed to re-focus.

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In Saskatchewan, a hunter's luck

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can change as quickly
as the weather.

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The brothers have
spotted a bull on shore,

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in the same area they've been

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calling for the past five days.

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It's time to execute the plan.

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- Casey and I have
just saw a bull.

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We were drivin', been
callin' here, we're

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coming back to hunt and
there's a bull standin' there.

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We're gonna try and put a spot
and stalk on him right now,

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gonna try and cut him off.

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Get up?

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Okay, we're gonna get up
in here and we're gonna

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get on top, see if we
can't get around him.

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We finally got a bull.

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It's action go time baby.

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(suspenseful music)

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- I don't think he's gonna come

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through this burn.

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I think he's gonna come right
around the bottom, right here.

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- If you can get
where you can see it,

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I can be behind you.
- Yes.

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So I'm thinking if
I get to that point,

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you're gonna have to
right there in the bottom.

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That way if he's comin',
'cause if he comes around there

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we risk him catching up.
- And if he does come up

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we can shoot.
- If he does come up

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I can shoot then.

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- [Narrator] The stalk
begins by putting distance

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between Chris and Casey.

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Casey gains ground,
Chris hangs back to call,

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(moose calls)
with hopes to lure

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the moose into
Casey's shot range.

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(moose calls)
(gentle electronic music)

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- Chris and I saw a
bull coming in here.

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We were able to get behind him,

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get back in here behind him .

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He's got the lake
to that side of him,

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I got Chris down in
the bottom callin'.

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I'm set up on this little
rocky point right here.

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(gentle electronic music)

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- I got the bull back
in here behind us,

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but he's on the other
side of this knob.

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He's down in there
and I can't see him.

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(low electronic roar)

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- Blood and adrenaline is
pumping so hard right now,

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after this long in
the bush, and finally

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we see a moose coming back
(pants), you gotta love it.

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Oh man hearts pumping, he's
not a giant it doesn't matter.

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I don't care if he's a spike
horn, this is a meat bull,

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this is gonna feed our
family, this is amazing.

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This is why I do it baby, this
is our "be alive" right here.

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(deep electronic roar)

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- [Casey] We got him baby.

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He's walkin' this
way, we got him.

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- We're positioned
perfectly, our wind is good.

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He can't walk by
Casey on the right

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unless he cuts all along
the bank of the lake,

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were we just came from.

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We could get screwed, but
at any moment he could just

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pop up right on top of him.

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(deep electronic roar)

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(heavy booming)
(moose calls)

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- [Narrator] Patience
is beginning to pay off

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for the Keefer brothers.

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After five days of
hunting hard, a bull moose

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has finally answered
their calls .

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Casey's moving in to position,

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while Chris calls
from a distance

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to keep the bull's attention
off of his brother.

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(gentle music)

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(gunshot)

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- (whispering) Downed him!

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(laughing) Yes, yes!

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00:17:15.734 --> 00:17:18.237
- Yes, yes baby, yes!

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- [Casey] He's down!

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- I see it, wooo!

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- (laughs) (sighs)
Persistence pays off.

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- [Narrator] As
abruptly as it began

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the hunt for Saskatchewan's
finest is over.

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The brothers worked
through the challenges

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of hunting to live
in the North country.

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They butted heads,
and exchanged words

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when passion took over.

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But they never lost
sight of the mission

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and came together like true
brothers when it mattered most.

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- [Casey] That is a long
time coming right there

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on this trip, man.
- Holy (laughs).

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He died six steps
from where we called

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for three days.
- [Casey] For days

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- Right there is where

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we were standing
- [Casey] For days

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- And it's been,

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how many days?
- Yep.

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- So many.

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- Yep.
- Sitting there calling

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and here we come back
and as we're coming in,

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there's a bull.
- We make it happen

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- Just like that, that's
moose huntin' for ya.

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- It's hurry up and wait.

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It's maddening at times.
- Argh!

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00:18:16.962 --> 00:18:20.032
It feels so good, like, the
relief is just unbelievable.

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- [Casey] I Gotta
Sit, for a minute.

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- [Chris] Be alive
baby, be alive!

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- We're just picking
our way through here,

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trying to get up to this bull.

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He wasn't more than 70
yards when I shot him.

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Walkin' through this
burn I was shocked,

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there he is right there.

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- Where?
- right there.

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- Oh yes.
- I was shocked he actually

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came through this burn.

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(laughs) There he is.

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- (sigh) It's so good to
see him on the ground man.

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00:18:50.829 --> 00:18:52.331
(sighing)

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- I'm not kiddin' ya, I was
panickin', heart attack city,

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I love it.
- That's a long time coming

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right there.

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[Chris] There he is.
- [Casey] Laying right

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down there.
- [Chris] Yep.

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- Let's get up there.

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- Persistence pays off man.

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- That's it.
- Highs and lows.

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- Just gotta keep
after it, keep on him.

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Day number five in here
- Yup.

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- Somethin' like that.

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(footsteps crunching)

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00:19:19.791 --> 00:19:22.294
- Whoa, Goin' down.
- Goin' Down.

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00:19:22.294 --> 00:19:23.529
Heads up.
- Yep.

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00:19:23.529 --> 00:19:26.064
Broken knee on the way,
but that's alright.

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00:19:26.064 --> 00:19:27.366
- [Casey] You gonna make
it? You made it this far.

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00:19:27.366 --> 00:19:29.601
- I'm just flustered,
I'm excited about it.

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00:19:29.601 --> 00:19:32.137
I get excited, I
get really excited.

407
00:19:33.205 --> 00:19:35.007
- That's the best part.

408
00:19:35.007 --> 00:19:37.409
that's the story of
Dropped, highs and lows.

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00:19:38.844 --> 00:19:41.213
There he is buddy, right there.

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00:19:41.213 --> 00:19:44.783
- Oh what a
beautiful animal man.

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- [Casey] There he is.

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(leaves crunching)

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00:19:51.990 --> 00:19:53.492
What a beautiful
animal right there,

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he is gonna do wonders
in our freezer.

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00:19:57.596 --> 00:19:58.764
- I cannot tell you,

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I can't even begin to tell you,

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00:20:03.001 --> 00:20:05.604
the ups and downs that
you go through out here,

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for an extended
period of time, eh?

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00:20:08.607 --> 00:20:09.508
What do you think?

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00:20:10.842 --> 00:20:13.545
- I don't know, it's
like the adrenaline rush

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00:20:13.545 --> 00:20:15.581
is wearing off right
now and you realize,

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we set out to
challenge ourselves.

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Every year we try to do this.

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And we go up and we go
all the way to the bottom

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and then something like this,

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this unbelievably
majestic animal like this,

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comes out and all the reward
and we're able to take home

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and provide for our
families, I love it.

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- (panting) And that right
there, is all that matters.

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00:20:40.405 --> 00:20:42.975
We do this as family,
we get to go home

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and provide for our families.

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(camera shutter clicks)
(gentle music)