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NARRATOR: BORN OF THE MOUNTAINS.

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[ROAR]

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BLOOD OF THE INDIAN.

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HE LIVES BY THE WAY HE HUNTS.

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HE REKINDLES THE FIRES OF THE

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PAST AND ROAMS IN BUCKSKIN.

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HE SURVIVES BY HAWKEN

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AND LONG BOW.

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HE'S FORGED BY THE ELEMENTS.

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JOURNEY WITH THE LAST

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OF A BREED,

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"SASQUATCH MOUNTAIN MAN."

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MAN: ♪ BLESS ME LORD

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I'VE LIVED A LIFE OF SIN

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FORGIVE ME FOR THE THINGS

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I'VE DONE AGAIN ♪

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LARAMIE: THIS IS REAL HUNTING.

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I'M NOT OUT HERE SITTING IN A

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TREESTAND WAITING FOR AN ANIMAL

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TO WALK UNDERNEATH ME.

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I'M HUNTING.

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MAN: ♪ I'VE BEEN TO HELL

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AND BACK A DOZEN TIMES

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I'VE TRIED TO CHANGE

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BUT COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT ♪

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LARAMIE: IT AIN'T EASY.

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THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THIS LIFE

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THAT'S EASY. AND SOMETIMES YOU

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WIN...AND SOMETIMES YOU LOSE.

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NARRATOR: UP HERE, ON THE

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OUTSKIRTS OF THE CLOUDS, WHERE

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THE AIR LIES THIN, IS WHERE YOU

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FIND MOUNTAIN DEER

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AND MOUNTAIN MEN.

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LARAMIE: HERE I AM, I GOT A MULE

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DEER TAG IN POCKET, CHASING SOME

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OF THEM BIG OLD MULE DEER DOWN

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HERE.

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE TAIL END

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OF THE FULL MOON. WHEN I GOT UP

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THIS MORNING, YOU COULD SEE

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OUTSIDE PRETTY GOOD 'CAUSE THE

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MOON WAS STILL UP.

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WELL, WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT

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MEANS THAT THEM ANIMALS WERE

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FEEDING ALL NIGHT LONG LAST

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NIGHT. WHEN THAT MOON IS UP,

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THEM ANIMALS ARE FEEDING.

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SO THEY PROBABLY BEDDED DOWN

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RIGHT AT DAYLIGHT. AND THE BEST

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TIME TO CATCH THEM IS GONNA BE

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THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. WHEN YOU

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GOT A FULL MOON LIKE THAT, A LOT

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OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY HATE

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THE FULL MOON, THEY HATE HUNTING

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DURING THE FULL MOON AND

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WHATNOT. BUT I'M JUST THE

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OPPOSITE. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE

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IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE, IT CAN

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ACTUALLY WORK REAL WELL. LIKE I

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SAY, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE FROM

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10:00 TO 2:00 ON A FULL MOON,

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MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE GONNA

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SEE CRITTERS UP MOVING AROUND.

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NARRATOR: LARAMIE KNOWS WELL THE

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SIGN OF A MULE DEER. IT LEAVES

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A STOUT TRACK ON THE SLOPES

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NEAR AS BIG AS AN ELK'S, AND

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ITS TRACKS NOT FAR SMALLER

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EITHER.

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IT WAS THE INDIANS THAT TAUGHT

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THE MOUNTAIN MEN TO HUNT MULE

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DEER WHEN THEY FETCHED UP IN THE

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ROCKIES.

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[MUSIC]

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THE CALLED HIM WASICHU.

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FOR THE INDIAN, IT MEANT SOMEONE

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NOT LIKE THEM.

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FIRST THING THE MOUNTAIN MAN HAD

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TO LEARN, THOUGH, WAS HOW TO

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HUNT AND TRAP LIKE THE INDIAN.

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IN THE FUR TRADE, FROM THE

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INDIANS, MOUNTAIN MEN LEARNED

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WHERE AND WHEN TO TRAP PRIME

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PELTS AND FIND FOOD FOR WINTER.

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THEY COUNTED ON INDIANS TO SHOW

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THE WAY WHERE NO MAPS EXISTED,

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AND OFTEN BARTERED FOR KNOWLEDGE

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WITH IRON TRAPS AND STEEL TOOLS.

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IN TIME, IN THE FUR TRADE,

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IT BECAME HARD TO SAY WHERE

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WASICHU ENDED AND THE INDIAN

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BEGAN.

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LARAMIE: THE ANIMALS ARE UP AND

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MOVING. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET

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SOMETHING WALK BY US.

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NARRATOR: TO GET SOMETHING TO

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WALK BY HIM, OR AT LEAST IN

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FRONT OF HIM, LARAMIE NEEDS TO

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BE UP AND MOVING.

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LARAMIE: THERE IN THERE, RIGHT

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THERE.

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YOU SEE AN ANIMAL OVER THERE,

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ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS FOR THEM

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TO PICK YOU OUT IS THE LATERAL

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MOVEMENT. THEY CAN SEE REALLY

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GOOD SIDE TO SIDE, BUT THEIR

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DEPTH PERCEPTION IS A LITTLE

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OFF. SO IF YOU WALK STRAIGHT AT

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THEM AND KEEP SOMETHING IN

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BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, I MEAN,

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A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN WALK

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RIGHT UP ON AN ANIMAL.

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[MUSIC]

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NARRATOR: THIS IS A BUCK THAT

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AIN'T QUITE CERTAIN IF IT'S

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SEEING A STUMP OR A SASQUATCH.

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LARAMIE: THAT WAS FREAKIN'

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AWESOME.

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[FIRES]

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NARRATOR: LARAMIE MILLER'S

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RUNNING THE RIDGES, ON THE TRAIL

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OF THE MOUNTAIN MULE DEER.

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THE DEER FED UNDER THE FULL

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MOON, AND LARAMIE KNOWS THEY'LL

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BE OUT AT MIDDAY. HE JUST NEEDS

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ONE CLEAN SHOT.

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LARAMIE: GOT A PRETTY GOOD BUCK

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DOWN HERE. ONLY TWO ESCAPE

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ROUTES--TO THE LEFT OR TO THE

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RIGHT.

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NARRATOR: AFTER SOME RUMINATIN',

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LARAMIE DECIDES TO GIVE IT A GO.

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[MUSIC]

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NOW IT'S DOWN TO ONE SLOW

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SQUEEZE...

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[FIRES]

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OOH. OR MAYBE NOT.

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LARAMIE: MAN. IT WAS A HANGFIRE.

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I THINK I PROBABLY SHOT RIGHT

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OVER THAT BUCK'S BACK.

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[FIRES]

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NARRATOR: NO QUESTION.

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LARAMIE: DANG HANGFIRE. I FELT

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MYSELF PULL UP.

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NARRATOR: HANGFIRE. IT'S ONE OF

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THE MOST LOWDOWN CUSS WORDS IN

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THE MOUNTAIN MAN'S VOCABULARY.

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LARAMIE: OH, MAN.

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OHH...AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE

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HUNTING WITH A MUZZLELOADER,

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ESPECIALLY AN OLD HAWKEN LIKE

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THIS. IT ALWAYS KEEPS IT

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INTERESTING.

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WOW. [LAUGHS]

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NARRATOR: A MULE DEER'S A

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CONTRARY CRITTER.

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THIS ONE MAY HAVE JUST TOPPED

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OVER THE RIDGE AND SETTLED BACK

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DOWN.

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ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD HAVE

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CLEARED CLEAN OFF THE MAP.

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LARAMIE: I MADE A HELLACIOUS

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WALK DOWN SOME STEEP, NASTY

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CRAP, UP SOME STEEP, NASTY CRAP.

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GOT OVER HERE, AND I THOUGHT I

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WAS GONNA GET LUCKY, I WAS GONNA

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FIND THAT BUCK BEDDED ON THAT

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HILLSIDE, BUT...

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THERE'S A REASON THEM BIG BUCKS

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GET BIG. [CHUCKLES]

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HE OUTSMARTED OLD SASQUATCH

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TODAY.

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THAT WAS A LONG HIKE

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FOR NOTHING. [CHUCKLES]

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PRETTY COUNTRY, THOUGH.

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NARRATOR: THE SUN SNUFFS OUT IN

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THE SKY AND LARAMIE HEADS FOR

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THE BARN. HE HAS SOME THINKIN'

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TO DO ABOUT THE WAYS OF MULE

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DEER.

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LARAMIE: WHEN YOU'RE UP HIGH

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LIKE THIS, IF THEY'RE IN THE

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TIMBER, THEY'RE TOUGH TO FIND.

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SO I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE

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TO DO IS I'M GONNA HAVE TO HEAD

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DOWN TO WHERE IT'S A LITTLE MORE

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OPEN AND I HAVE A BETTER CHANCE

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OF SEEING A DEER BEFORE

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HE SEES ME.

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YOU ALWAYS GOTTA ADAPT. THAT'S

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THE ONE THING ABOUT HUNTING THAT

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I'VE LEARNED.

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NARRATOR: BEFORE HEADING FOR THE

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LOW COUNTRY, LARAMIE RUSTLES UP

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A HOT BREAKFAST, MOUNTAIN MAN

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STYLE.

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LARAMIE: YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN MEN,

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BACK IN THE DAY, THEY HAD TO BE

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SKILLED, IN ALL KINDS OF

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WOODSMANSHIP. WHETHER IT'S

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MAKING YOUR OWN BULLETS,

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SHOOTING A GUN,

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SHOOTING A BOW.

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IF SOMETHING WAS BROKE, FIX IT

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THEMSELVES.

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THROWING A KNIFE,

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THROWING A HATCHET. YOU NEVER

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KNEW WHEN YOU WERE GONNA BE

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CHALLENGED.

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THEY HAD TO ALWAYS BE READY FOR

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SOMETHING AROUND THE CORNER THAT

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WANTED TO KILL THEM, WHETHER IT

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WAS A HOSTILE PERSON, A BEAR,

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A PACK OF WOLVES.

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THEY NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS AROUND

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THAT CORNER.

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SO THEY HAD TO CONSTANTLY BE

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READY FOR EVERYTHING.

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NARRATOR: MANY'S THE TIME

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A POUCH OF BULLETS WAS WORTH

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MORE THAN A POKE OF GOLD.

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LARAMIE JUST HOPES HE SPENDS

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ONE OF THEM SHINY NEW BULLETS

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SOMETIME SOON.

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LARAMIE: THERE IS A TON OF DEER

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IN THIS AREA. I'VE GOT A SCRAPE

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LINE WORKING UP AND DOWN THIS

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RIDGE, FOLLOWING ALL THESE RUBS

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THROUGH HERE AND SEEING IF I

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CAN'T GET LUCKY AND COME UP ON

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A DEER.

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NARRATOR: SHIFTING DOWN TO LOWER

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GROUND SEEMS TO BE PUTTING

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LARAMIE INTO GOOD COUNTRY.

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NOW IT'S UP TO THE DEER TO SEE

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IF THEY'LL GIVE HIM HIS CHANCE.

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LARAMIE: THAT WAS FREAKIN'

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AWESOME.

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[FIRES]

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[LARAMIE LAUGHS]

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NARRATOR: MULE DEER COUNTRY.

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LARAMIE MILLER'S STRATEGY'S

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FOUND DEER.

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BUT A CUSSED HANGFIRE'S GONE

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HIGH.

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AND LARAMIE'S GOT TO DO SOME

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HARD HIKING IF HE HOPES TO CATCH

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UP TO A BUCK.

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LARAMIE: I'VE GOT THESE DEER

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RIGHT HERE, AND THERE'S NO SHOT

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AT GETTING ANY CLOSER AND

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GETTING A SHOT AT THEM.

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AND I KNOW THERE'S TWO BUCKS

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RIGHT DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOM.

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THAT'S WHAT I WAS STALKING

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IN ON.

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SO MY DILEMMA IS TO SIT HERE AND

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TRY TO WAIT THESE DEER OUT THAT

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ALREADY KNOW I'M HERE, OR TO GO

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AFTER THAT BIG BUCK IN THE

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BOTTOM. WELL, IT'S KIND OF A

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A NO-BRAINER FOR ME. I'M GONNA

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SPOOK THESE DEER OUT OF HERE,

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GO SEE IF I CAN'T GET ON THAT

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BIG BUCK.

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NARRATOR: FOR LARAMIE, IT AIN'T

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A BET UNLESS IT'S ALL IN.

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BUT NO DEER IS JUST GONNA STAND

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AROUND AND LET HIM MEANDER UP.

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HE'S GOT A GOOD HAWKEN RIFLE TO

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REACH OUT WITH, BUT HE'S STILL

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GOT TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE.

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LARAMIE: THIS IS AN ACTUAL TRUE

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HAWKEN. THERE WAS ONLY LESS THAN

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300 OF THEM MADE ORIGINALLY.

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YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU HEAR

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ABOUT MOUNTAIN MEN OR YOU THINK

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ABOUT MOUNTAIN MEN, WHAT DO

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PEOPLE THINK ABOUT? JEREMIAH

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JOHNSON AND THE HAWKEN RIFLE.

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IT'S LIKE THE STAPLE OF THE

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MOUNTAIN MEN.

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LET'S SEE WHAT IT DOES TO THIS

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CANTALOUPE.

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NARRATOR: FEEDING A CHARCOAL

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BURNER IS AS MUCH CHEMISTRY

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EXPERIMENT AS IT IS HUNTING

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EXPERIENCE.

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YOU GOTTA KNOW THE RIGHT FORMULA

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OR YOU END UP WITH A HEAP OF

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SMOKE AND NO FIRE.

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THE HAWKEN RIFLE.

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[FIRES]

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LARAMIE: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT

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ROUNDBALL HITS, IT STAYS

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TOGETHER A LITTLE BETTER AND

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JUST MUSHROOMS OUT AND DESTROYS

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EVERYTHING.

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LARAMIE: WHAT I GOT NOW IS I'M

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GONNA SHOOT AT 100 YARDS.

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WE'LL SEE.

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[FIRES]

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THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

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DEAD ON.

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THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT

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THESE ROUNDBALLS.

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THEY'LL DESTROY ANYTHING IN

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THEIR PATH.

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NARRATOR: NOW, LARAMIE'S GONNA

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SEE IF HE CAN STRETCH THAT

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HAWKEN BARREL ALL THE WAY OUT

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TO 200 YARDS.

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LARAMIE: I DO BELIEVE I SHOT

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RIGHT OVER IT. WELL, AS YOU CAN

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TELL, 150 YARDS IS ABOUT MY MAX.

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WHEN I CAN'T CONSISTENTLY HIT A

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WATERMELON AT THAT DISTANCE,

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I HAVE NO BUSINESS SHOOTING AT

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AN ANIMAL AT THAT DISTANCE. SO,

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I'M 150 YARDS AND IN. THAT'S THE

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WAY IT GOES. GIVES YOU A LITTLE

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MORE RESPECT FOR THE MOUNTAIN

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MEN BACK IN THE DAY.

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NARRATOR: LARAMIE SHOOED OFF THE

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SMALLER DEER. NOW HE'S TRYING TO

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WORK HIS WAY INTO RANGE OF THE

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BIG BUCK HE SAW BEHIND HIM.

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LARAMIE: THERE'S FRESH SIGN

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EVERYWHERE IN THROUGH HERE.

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JUMPED BIG HERD RIGHT UP HERE

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ON TOP OF THIS HILL.

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I'M JUST GONNA EASE REAL SLOW UP

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THIS HILL AND SEE.

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NARRATOR: THAT'S WHEN, BELOW

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HIM, LIKE A GHOST, THE BUCK

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MATERIALIZES.

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LARAMIE: THAT WAS FREAKIN'

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AWESOME.

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ONLY MOUNTAIN MEN AND MULE DEER

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CLIMB THIS HIGH. A HANGFIRE'S

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JUST ONE OF THE TRIALS OF

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HUNTING WITH A HAWKEN.

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LUCKILY, THERE'S MORE BUCKS

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WHERE THAT ONE CAME FROM.

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LARAMIE: THEY CAN SEE YOU JUST

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AS GOOD AS YOU CAN SEE THEM.

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MAKES IT TOUGH.

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NARRATOR: HE'S DEFINITELY

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SPORTING HEADGEAR, BUT IS HE

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WHAT LARAMIE WANTS TO TAKE?

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LARAMIE: DANG.

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IT'S NOT THAT 4 /12,

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5 1/2-YEAR-OLD BUCK I'M LOOKING

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FOR.

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LIVE TO HUNT ANOTHER DAY, I

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GUESS. THAT'LL JUST MAKE HIM A

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LITTLE SMARTER FOR NEXT TIME I

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GO AFTER HIM. I'M ALWAYS UP FOR

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A CHALLENGE.

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[MUSIC]

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NARRATOR: YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE A

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DEER FROM A STAND AT THE EDGE OF

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A CORNFIELD OR OVER A FOOD PLOT

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YOU SOWED LAST SPRING. BUT TO

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HUNT A TRUE WILDERNESS MULE

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DEER, YOU GOTTA SCALE A PEAK

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OR TWO, SMELL THE WIND IN YOUR

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NOSE, FEEL THE COLOR OF THE SNOW

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IN YOUR BONES, AND SEE WHAT LIES

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BACK OF BEYOND.

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LARAMIE: THE RUT IS DEFINITELY

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ON. THERE IS DEER TRACKS,

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RUNNING DEER TRACKS ALL UP AND

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DOWN THIS RIDGE. THERE'S A BIG

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SCRAPE LINE ABOUT 100 YARDS OFF

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THE EDGE OF THIS RIDGE.

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YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE AT

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FINDING SOME DEER TODAY.

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[MUSIC]

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[MUSIC]

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NARRATOR: THIS TIME THE SHOT

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BREAKS CLEAN AS DRY KINDLING.

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LARAMIE: THAT WAS FREAKIN'

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AWESOME. I--

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OH, BOY.

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NOW, THAT'S PRETTY NEAT RIGHT

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THERE. NICE PRETTY BACK.

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THIS OLD BOY, OH, HE'S GONNA

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TASTE GOOD.

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NOW THE WORK STARTS.

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NARRATOR: IT'S WORK LARAMIE

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HANKERS FOR.

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LARAMIE: I JUST GOT BACK TO CAMP

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WITH MY MULE DEER AND ALL THE

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MEAT. I'M GONNA GET SOME OF

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THAT FLESH OFF THAT HIDE SO IT

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WILL BE EASIER TO FLESH AT THE

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END. TAKE THAT HIDE HOME AND

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TAN IT.

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THEN I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND COOK

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UP SOME OF THESE RIBS.

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I'M ONE HUNGRY SASQUATCH.

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IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING WEEK.

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HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

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ANOTHER GREAT WEEK IN THE ROCKY

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MOUNTAINS FOR THE OLD SASQUATCH.

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NARRATOR: OH, THIS IS ABOUT MORE

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THAN RIBS OVER A FIRE OR HIDE

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FOR BUCKSKIN OR EVEN AMBERS THAT

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WILL HAVE A STORY TO TELL FOR

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YEARS TO COME. IT'S ABOUT WHERE

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A MAN FITS INTO THESE MOUNTAINS

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AND THE TRACKS HE MAKES,

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ALONG TRAILS BOTH OLD AND NEW.

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[CLOSED CAPTIONING PRESENTED BY

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OUTDOOR CHANNEL]

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[MUSIC]