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(soft dramatic music)
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- My name is Laramy Miller
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Some of you guys
might recognize me
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as Sasquatch the Mountain Man,
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previously on the
Outdoor Channel.
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I'm a hunter.
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I'm a fisherman.
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I'm an outdoorsman.
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I'm a survivalist.
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But most of all, I am a
modern day mountain man.
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It's bred into me.
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I've got a long lineage
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and they've all grew
up in the mountains,
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living off the land.
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I'm just fortunate to be able
to follow in their footsteps.
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The whole reason
I do what I do is
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because my uncle, before
I was ever around,
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decided he was gonna start
filming his adventures
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in the mountains.
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And he used to produce VHS
tapes they sold in Walmart
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back in the seventies,
eighties, and early nineties.
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Tragically, he actually passed
away in a plane crash in '95,
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him and his younger
brother scouting for elk,
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but he was doing what he loved.
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You know, I asked my
mom and I'd drove her
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and my sisters crazy because
I'd run around the house,
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bugling like an
elk all the time,
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from the time I was a little kid
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and dreaming about being on
a horse in the mountains.
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You know, Sasquatch
Mountain Man,
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there were a lot of
great adventures.
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You know, there was eight
seasons of pure wilderness,
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back country, survival,
mountain man stuff.
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But what's next? While
I'm here to tell you.
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(country music)
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- [Presenter] Laramy "Sasquatch"
Miller is a throwback champ
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from another era, a
creature of the past.
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This hunter, father,
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figure of the West is
a man of the mountains
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with a calling to fulfill.
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Join him on The Trail,
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presented by Case Knives.
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(dramatic country music)
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(horse nickers)
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- You know, the mountain men
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have kind of become a
lost historical high point
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of our country's founding.
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They were the ones that
opened up this country.
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You think about that
back in the day,
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you think of how
tough they had to be.
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I wish I could go back
and just test myself,
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see where I would stack up.
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I'm not saying I could do it,
but I'd love to give it a try.
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So this right here,
this is Seven.
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I just picked him up.
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He's young. He's
only five years old,
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but he's got a good
personality, easy going.
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What?
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You look in a horse's eyes
and you can tell a lot.
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Kind of like looking
in a person's eyes.
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If they got real shifty eyes,
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you might not want
to trust them.
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But me and Seven are
gonna learn a lot of stuff
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over the next month. (chuckles)
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He's gonna come out a
completely different horse
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and I might come out a
completely different person.
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You know, most people
look at this and think,
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"Well, he's got a horse. That's
gonna make things easier."
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Well, no, it's actually not.
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It makes things harder.
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You know, the mountain
men back in the day,
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they relied on their horse
cause it was their lifeline.
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But you're not only looking
out for your safety,
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you're looking out
for the horse too
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because if you don't
have the horse,
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then you don't make it out.
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You know, not only do I
have to fend for myself
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and get food for myself, I
gotta make sure he's got food,
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I gotta make sure
he's got water,
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I gotta make sure he
don't get eaten by wolves,
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and I don't have a gun,
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but we'll do all
right, huh buddy?
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Huh buddy?
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I've been thinking about
this trip for a long time
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and I've been trying
to keep myself mentally
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and physically in
a good position
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because it's gonna be tough.
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You know, I've been
hiking the mountains,
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trying to stay in
shape, researching,
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doing a little smoothing
up my edibles game.
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I'm ready.
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You know, that's the one
thing about the mountains.
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It's like Murphy's Law.
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If something can go
wrong, it will go wrong.
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But the preparation
beforehand is the difference
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between living and/or dying
in a survival situation.
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So, you just wanna make
sure you cover your bases.
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And even if your
bases aren't covered
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you know what to do when
something does go wrong.
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You know the goal
for this, for me,
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is to test myself
and hone my skills
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and put myself in
that mountain man,
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200 year ago mind frame.
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You know I'm gonna go out there.
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I'm gonna travel down
the trail with my horse,
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just like the mountain men did.
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I'm gonna cover country.
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I'm gonna build shelters.
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I'm gonna catch fish,
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all primitively.
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And that is how I'm
gonna sustain myself
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over the next month or more.
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This right here,
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traveled a lot of miles
with this old long bow.
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(country music continues)
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My string's still in good shape.
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That could be a nightmare if
you cut or bust your string,
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luckily I know how
to build another one.
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I'll be counting on these guys
right here for sustenance.
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If I can take down
a big game animal,
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I'll be golden, especially a
bear, with the fat content.
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Or an elk.
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I'll come out fat and sassy.
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If that doesn't fly true,
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well, that's yet
to be determined.
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(fly buzzes)
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You know, a hatchet is
so key in so many ways.
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I mean, I'm gonna be splitting
wood, cutting branches
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building shelters,
hammering stuff with it
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I might throw it at a
bear if he comes in.
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You know, safety precautions
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I'm gonna use this thing
for a lot of different uses.
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It's gonna be my
main all around tool.
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You know, and then I
always have, if you look,
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I always have knives on my hip.
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I don't go anywhere
without a couple of knives.
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Well, on this trip, I've
got three different knives.
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Let's just hope I can
find some flint out there
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to keep 'em sharp.
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(country music)
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- I wouldn't be
able to do what I do
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and spend the time,
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I have a very loving,
caring family.
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I have three beautiful kids.
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I have a beautiful fiancee,
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that supports me and
all my craziness.
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I'm a lucky man.
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- Living with Laramy
is interesting.
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I mean, you come home to a
rattlesnake skin in the freezer
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or I mean, the things you
find laying around (laughs)
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are probably the most surreal
that kind of snaps me back to,
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wow, okay, this is my life,
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when you come downstairs to
buckskins laying on the counter,
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just things I never
thought would be there.
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My least favorite part about
living in the mountains.
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I've gotten a lot better
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because before I would
have just called Laramy.
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I mean, I'm a mountain girl
now, I can kill spiders.
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- She's changed so much
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'cause before, when we
first moved in there,
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she would just scream because
a little bit black spider
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or something, she would scream,
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(mimics wife
screaming) "Laramy!"
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Now she just steps on it.
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Like, last night she comes up,
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she tells me, she says,
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"I killed this giant
bug in the sink."
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I was like, "I think it's the
one that was flying around."
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"It's like this
big." Good job, babe.
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Before she would've screamed
and ran outta there and...
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- [Producer] She's turning
into a mountain lion girl.
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- I'm getting her trained up,
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she's turning into
a mountain girl.
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Slowly but surely.
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(Catarina gasps)
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- I think I got it,
but I can't see it.
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It's like it went under.
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Did I get it?
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Oh, I see it's guts!
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I can do hard things. (laughs)
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We just had our first
baby, baby girl, Faye.
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She's gonna turn six
months while Laramy's gone.
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- Yeah. Miss Selfie
on the mountain.
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Psst hey, this is
my life right here.
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This is what I deal
with all the time.
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Me, I barely know
how to use the phone.
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Her, she's over here,
Miss selfie and...
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But I'm thankful for it because
she does all my social media
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because if it was left up
to me, there would be none.
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- Hey, daddy's just
lucky in general.
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Huh? He's lucky to have us.
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- The hardest part
of this whole thing
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for me is gonna be
leaving my family behind
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because my family
means the world
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to me and I love showing them
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and teaching them what
I've been fortunate enough
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to learn at a very young age,
so that's going to be hard.
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(baby coos)
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What is it?
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- I really don't think they,
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they don't make him
like Laramy anymore
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(sentimental music)
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and I think that Fay is the
luckiest girl in the world
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to have him as her father.
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- Now don't get me wrong,
my family is my world.
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That's why I do what I do.
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But I can't change who I am.
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I'm still a mountain man.
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And I gotta be out there
in the high lonesome.
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- I mean as hard
as it's gonna be,
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and I didn't love
the idea at first,
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I did fall in love
with a mountain man.
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So who am I to stop him
from being who he is?
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Can you say bye to
daddy? Say bye bye.
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Say bye to daddy.
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- My entire life
I've always wondered,
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what was it like to
be a mountain man?
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To come into this
country with nothing
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and survive off the land,
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Just you and mother nature?
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Well, guess what? I'm
about to find out.
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(gentle inspirational music)
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So I'm starting right here
and I'm going a long ways.
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Getting picked up way
over on the other side,
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way down the mountain.
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I'm gonna camp where I see fit.
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I'm gonna live like
the mountain men.
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I'm just gonna fly by
the seat of my pants
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and wherever the wind
takes me, guess what?
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That's where I'm going.
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I'm out here for 30
days. That's a long time,
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but hey, I'm gonna be in the
high lonesome, chasing critters,
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hopefully living my best life.
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Hopefully I'm not
starving and miserable.
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See what the weather
has to bring.
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We will get snow,
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but what doesn't kill
you makes you stronger.
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(upbeat music)
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- [Presenter] Laramy
Miller and his horse Seven
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ride into the Rocky
Mountains of Western Montana
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to hunt and gather
food, construct shelter,
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and survive whatever situation
mother nature intends,
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seeking just enough necessities
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to sustain both the
body and the mind.
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- So I rode up the
trail here a few miles.
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I decided I'd better
start looking for camp.
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So I came on this
creek right here,
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which will be a
great water source.
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And then from there, just
gonna find a good place
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that has some shelter,
has some food for Seven,
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maybe the possibility of game,
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that creek gives
me fish, hopefully.
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All right, come on.
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(mellow music)
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Well, this right here is
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what made mountain
men mountain men.
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You look right down there,
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there's a nice
little beaver pond.
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That is why most of the mountain
men came to the mountains
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was to chase brown
gold, beaver plews.
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And it was very short lived
'cause then silk came in
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and people didn't want beaver
hide, beaver hats anymore
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- [Presenter] Beaver
plews, or pelts,
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were the driving force
that sent many fur traders
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and mountain men west, in
search of the brown gold.
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They became the first major
explorers of North America
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and ultimately American
Western expansion.
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In addition to the economic
benefits of the fur trade,
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mountain men were a major factor
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in determining the boundaries
of the United States,
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and especially the
Pacific Northwest.
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Fur traders not only
discovered the Oregon
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and California trails,
they provided the guides
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for America's Western expansion
to the far blue waters.
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- But man, it would've
been an amazing time.
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Pretty cool.
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I'm out here just working
along the edges of this creek,
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seeing what kind
of sign I can see,
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see if I can find any edibles.
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So I went and walked
all over tarnation,
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looking for mushrooms
and grasshoppers,
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dug a little bit for worms.
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This whole basin is just sand.
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So, probably not gonna
be very many worms.
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So I think what I'm gonna do is,
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I'm gonna take some of old
Seven's hair, his tail hair,
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and I'm gonna make me a
couple of homemade flies,
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(mellow music)
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see if I can't catch
some of them fish,
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not professional, but
hopefully it'll do.
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(mellow music)
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All right.
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I've been trying, trying
to fish with a fly,
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homemade fly hasn't worked.
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So I'm gonna try a spinner.
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I've got this hook.
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You look right
there, got that hook.
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And then I found an old
tobacco lid in my saddle bags.
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And what I'm gonna do
is I'm just gonna cut,
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just a little sea shell
shaped piece out of this lid,
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'cause it's shiny,
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and then I'm gonna thread
it through that hook.
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You know? So there you go.
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And hopefully that spins around
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and acts like a dying minnow.
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One way or another, I have
to figure these fish out,
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'cause from the looks
of it, without fish,
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this area doesn't
offer a whole lot more.
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Didn't find much on day one,
but got a good lay of the land.
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But first thing in the morning,
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I'm gonna have to
start focusing on food
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'cause I have none. (chuckles)
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All in all, it was
a good first day,
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but I am tuckered out.
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- My water's frozen in my cup.
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First night, I'm gonna have
to take some precautions.
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Didn't think it was gonna get
quite that cold last night.
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I slept fine, but
old Seven woke me up
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about four o'clock
this morning I think,
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'cause I think he was cold.
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Being the nice guy I was, I
just curled up my sleeping bag
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and went back to bed. (laughs)
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(mellow music)
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This afternoon, I've been
planning on making a shelter.
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I got a feeling we might
get some weather tonight.
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So I'm gonna build a
little just lean-to,
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just enough to keep
the rain off me.
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I'm not gonna do
anything extravagant,
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but I'd better get to it.
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I'll put four rails
along the middle
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that'll act these rafters
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and then I'll cut a
bunch of pine boughs,
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and lay those,
stack those on top,
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and then I'm gonna run probably
three more off the back,
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and then I can put
pine boughs on that.
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So I have a little
storage area back there
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and then I can sleep right
here without getting drenched.
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I mean, a little bit's
still gonna come through,
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but I don't mind a little bit.
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Something like this, if
I took another two hours,
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I mean, I could make that a
pretty good little living area,
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but I got food on my mind too.
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So I got me enough shelter to
where I'll be good for a week
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or more here.
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I need to go find me some food.
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(upbeat music)
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Here's my squirrel.
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Well, I'm gonna get
the fire started.
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I'm gonna skin me this squirrel,
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get a couple mushrooms, and
I'm gonna throw it in a soup.
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I'm gonna throw the
whole squirrel in there.
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I'm gonna take the guts out,
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I'm gonna use the
guts or fish bait.
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And then eat the whole squirrel.
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I'm just gonna boil it,
make you like a stew/soup,
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with a couple of
mushrooms I have
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and call it good.
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(mellow music)
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Let's see what we got here.
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Oh yeah.
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I'm gonna put this
up in a safe spot.
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Hopefully Mr. Bear
doesn't come by,
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think it's his dinner.
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All right, folks.
See you tomorrow.
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(wolves howling)
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So I dunno if you can hear that,
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but not not very far...wolves.
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(wolves continue howling)
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I'm not the only predator.
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Oh boy.
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That sounds like a pretty
big pack too. (sighs)
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I might have to start flinging
some arrows at wolves.
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They're getting
closer and closer.
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That's a pretty good sized pack.
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(wolves continue howling)
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It's one of the most
beautiful/eerie things
you'll ever hear
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in the woods, is
a pack of wolves,
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and them wolves weren't 200
yards to the timber right there.
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They were howling at me
'cause they know I'm here
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Pretty crazy.
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Gotta love it though.
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That's what it's all about.
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(gentle music)
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- [Presenter] The following
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is an Outdoor Channel
original production.
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(soft dramatic music)
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- My name is Laramy Miller
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Some of you guys
might recognize me
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as Sasquatch the Mountain Man,
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00:58:17.527 --> 00:58:19.762
previously on the
Outdoor Channel.
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I'm a hunter.
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I'm a fisherman.
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I'm an outdoorsman.
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I'm a survivalist.
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00:58:24.567 --> 00:58:27.871
But most of all, I am a
modern day mountain man.
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It's bred into me.
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I've got a long lineage
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and they've all grew
up in the mountains,
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living off the land.
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00:58:37.680 --> 00:58:40.450
I'm just fortunate to be able
to follow in their footsteps.
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00:58:41.985 --> 00:58:43.720
The whole reason
I do what I do is
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00:58:43.720 --> 00:58:46.756
because my uncle, before
I was ever around,
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00:58:46.756 --> 00:58:49.792
decided he was gonna start
filming his adventures
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00:58:49.792 --> 00:58:51.361
in the mountains.
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00:58:51.361 --> 00:58:55.331
And he used to produce VHS
tapes they sold in Walmart
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00:58:55.331 --> 00:58:58.601
back in the seventies,
eighties, and early nineties.
407
00:58:58.601 --> 00:59:02.305
Tragically, he actually passed
away in a plane crash in '95,
408
00:59:02.305 --> 00:59:05.041
him and his younger
brother scouting for elk,
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00:59:05.041 --> 00:59:07.277
but he was doing what he loved.
410
00:59:07.277 --> 00:59:08.878
You know, I asked my
mom and I'd drove her
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00:59:08.878 --> 00:59:10.947
and my sisters crazy because
I'd run around the house,
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00:59:10.947 --> 00:59:12.949
bugling like an
elk all the time,
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00:59:12.949 --> 00:59:14.817
from the time I was a little kid
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00:59:14.817 --> 00:59:18.288
and dreaming about being on
a horse in the mountains.
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00:59:18.288 --> 00:59:20.557
You know, Sasquatch
Mountain Man,
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there were a lot of
great adventures.
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00:59:22.959 --> 00:59:26.596
You know, there was eight
seasons of pure wilderness,
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00:59:26.596 --> 00:59:31.401
back country, survival,
mountain man stuff.
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00:59:31.401 --> 00:59:35.238
But what's next? While
I'm here to tell you.
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(country music)
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- [Presenter] Laramy "Sasquatch"
Miller is a throwback champ
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00:59:47.951 --> 00:59:52.021
from another era, a
creature of the past.
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00:59:52.021 --> 00:59:53.623
This hunter, father,
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00:59:53.623 --> 00:59:57.060
figure of the West is
a man of the mountains
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00:59:57.060 --> 00:59:59.429
with a calling to fulfill.
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00:59:59.429 --> 01:00:01.631
Join him on The Trail,
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01:00:01.631 --> 01:00:04.367
presented by Case Knives.
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01:00:06.269 --> 01:00:09.706
(dramatic country music)
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01:00:11.908 --> 01:00:14.210
(horse nickers)
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01:00:14.210 --> 01:00:16.012
- You know, the mountain men
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01:00:16.012 --> 01:00:20.984
have kind of become a
lost historical high point
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01:00:20.984 --> 01:00:23.419
of our country's founding.
433
01:00:23.419 --> 01:00:26.089
They were the ones that
opened up this country.
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01:00:26.089 --> 01:00:27.557
You think about that
back in the day,
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01:00:27.557 --> 01:00:30.259
you think of how
tough they had to be.
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01:00:30.259 --> 01:00:33.630
I wish I could go back
and just test myself,
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01:00:33.630 --> 01:00:36.366
see where I would stack up.
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01:00:36.366 --> 01:00:39.369
I'm not saying I could do it,
but I'd love to give it a try.
439
01:00:40.903 --> 01:00:42.705
So this right here,
this is Seven.
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01:00:43.539 --> 01:00:44.707
I just picked him up.
441
01:00:45.875 --> 01:00:48.444
He's young. He's
only five years old,
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01:00:48.444 --> 01:00:51.314
but he's got a good
personality, easy going.
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01:00:52.482 --> 01:00:53.282
What?
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01:00:54.751 --> 01:00:57.887
You look in a horse's eyes
and you can tell a lot.
445
01:00:57.887 --> 01:00:59.389
Kind of like looking
in a person's eyes.
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01:00:59.389 --> 01:01:00.890
If they got real shifty eyes,
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01:01:02.025 --> 01:01:03.693
you might not want
to trust them.
448
01:01:05.061 --> 01:01:09.465
But me and Seven are
gonna learn a lot of stuff
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01:01:09.465 --> 01:01:11.901
over the next month. (chuckles)
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01:01:11.901 --> 01:01:13.503
He's gonna come out a
completely different horse
451
01:01:13.503 --> 01:01:16.773
and I might come out a
completely different person.
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01:01:16.773 --> 01:01:18.307
You know, most people
look at this and think,
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01:01:18.307 --> 01:01:21.744
"Well, he's got a horse. That's
gonna make things easier."
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01:01:21.744 --> 01:01:23.346
Well, no, it's actually not.
455
01:01:23.346 --> 01:01:24.947
It makes things harder.
456
01:01:24.947 --> 01:01:26.449
You know, the mountain
men back in the day,
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01:01:26.449 --> 01:01:28.284
they relied on their horse
cause it was their lifeline.
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01:01:28.284 --> 01:01:31.354
But you're not only looking
out for your safety,
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01:01:31.354 --> 01:01:33.056
you're looking out
for the horse too
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01:01:33.056 --> 01:01:34.057
because if you don't
have the horse,
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01:01:34.057 --> 01:01:35.958
then you don't make it out.
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01:01:35.958 --> 01:01:38.294
You know, not only do I
have to fend for myself
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01:01:39.696 --> 01:01:41.731
and get food for myself, I
gotta make sure he's got food,
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01:01:41.731 --> 01:01:44.100
I gotta make sure
he's got water,
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01:01:44.100 --> 01:01:46.402
I gotta make sure he
don't get eaten by wolves,
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01:01:46.402 --> 01:01:47.537
and I don't have a gun,
467
01:01:51.007 --> 01:01:53.109
but we'll do all
right, huh buddy?
468
01:01:53.109 --> 01:01:53.943
Huh buddy?
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01:01:55.511 --> 01:01:58.414
I've been thinking about
this trip for a long time
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01:01:58.414 --> 01:02:01.050
and I've been trying
to keep myself mentally
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01:02:01.050 --> 01:02:04.854
and physically in
a good position
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01:02:04.854 --> 01:02:06.622
because it's gonna be tough.
473
01:02:08.191 --> 01:02:10.793
You know, I've been
hiking the mountains,
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01:02:10.793 --> 01:02:14.430
trying to stay in
shape, researching,
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01:02:14.430 --> 01:02:18.468
doing a little smoothing
up my edibles game.
476
01:02:19.702 --> 01:02:20.536
I'm ready.
477
01:02:21.971 --> 01:02:24.240
You know, that's the one
thing about the mountains.
478
01:02:24.240 --> 01:02:26.209
It's like Murphy's Law.
479
01:02:26.209 --> 01:02:28.845
If something can go
wrong, it will go wrong.
480
01:02:28.845 --> 01:02:31.848
But the preparation
beforehand is the difference
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01:02:31.848 --> 01:02:35.218
between living and/or dying
in a survival situation.
482
01:02:36.652 --> 01:02:40.490
So, you just wanna make
sure you cover your bases.
483
01:02:41.624 --> 01:02:42.892
And even if your
bases aren't covered
484
01:02:42.892 --> 01:02:45.228
you know what to do when
something does go wrong.
485
01:02:46.429 --> 01:02:49.565
You know the goal
for this, for me,
486
01:02:49.565 --> 01:02:53.870
is to test myself
and hone my skills
487
01:02:53.870 --> 01:02:56.439
and put myself in
that mountain man,
488
01:02:56.439 --> 01:02:59.709
200 year ago mind frame.
489
01:02:59.709 --> 01:03:01.778
You know I'm gonna go out there.
490
01:03:01.778 --> 01:03:04.180
I'm gonna travel down
the trail with my horse,
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01:03:04.180 --> 01:03:05.848
just like the mountain men did.
492
01:03:05.848 --> 01:03:06.916
I'm gonna cover country.
493
01:03:06.916 --> 01:03:08.451
I'm gonna build shelters.
494
01:03:08.451 --> 01:03:09.986
I'm gonna catch fish,
495
01:03:09.986 --> 01:03:10.820
all primitively.
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01:03:12.021 --> 01:03:14.524
And that is how I'm
gonna sustain myself
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01:03:14.524 --> 01:03:16.526
over the next month or more.
498
01:03:16.526 --> 01:03:17.527
This right here,
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01:03:18.895 --> 01:03:21.397
traveled a lot of miles
with this old long bow.
500
01:03:22.298 --> 01:03:23.866
(country music continues)
501
01:03:23.866 --> 01:03:25.501
My string's still in good shape.
502
01:03:26.969 --> 01:03:30.339
That could be a nightmare if
you cut or bust your string,
503
01:03:31.941 --> 01:03:35.411
luckily I know how
to build another one.
504
01:03:35.411 --> 01:03:39.916
I'll be counting on these guys
right here for sustenance.
505
01:03:41.384 --> 01:03:43.986
If I can take down
a big game animal,
506
01:03:43.986 --> 01:03:48.558
I'll be golden, especially a
bear, with the fat content.
507
01:03:48.558 --> 01:03:49.392
Or an elk.
508
01:03:50.960 --> 01:03:52.361
I'll come out fat and sassy.
509
01:03:53.329 --> 01:03:54.831
If that doesn't fly true,
510
01:03:57.834 --> 01:03:59.535
well, that's yet
to be determined.
511
01:04:01.537 --> 01:04:02.772
(fly buzzes)
512
01:04:02.772 --> 01:04:05.808
You know, a hatchet is
so key in so many ways.
513
01:04:05.808 --> 01:04:08.678
I mean, I'm gonna be splitting
wood, cutting branches
514
01:04:08.678 --> 01:04:11.480
building shelters,
hammering stuff with it
515
01:04:11.480 --> 01:04:14.450
I might throw it at a
bear if he comes in.
516
01:04:14.450 --> 01:04:16.352
You know, safety precautions
517
01:04:17.753 --> 01:04:20.623
I'm gonna use this thing
for a lot of different uses.
518
01:04:20.623 --> 01:04:22.525
It's gonna be my
main all around tool.
519
01:04:26.128 --> 01:04:28.064
You know, and then I
always have, if you look,
520
01:04:28.064 --> 01:04:30.266
I always have knives on my hip.
521
01:04:30.266 --> 01:04:33.336
I don't go anywhere
without a couple of knives.
522
01:04:33.336 --> 01:04:36.639
Well, on this trip, I've
got three different knives.
523
01:04:36.639 --> 01:04:40.376
Let's just hope I can
find some flint out there
524
01:04:40.376 --> 01:04:41.277
to keep 'em sharp.
525
01:05:02.932 --> 01:05:06.035
- [Presenter] The Trail is
presented by Case Knives.
526
01:05:06.035 --> 01:05:07.803
Keep your hands sharp.
527
01:05:07.803 --> 01:05:10.006
Also brought to you by Zippo,
528
01:05:10.006 --> 01:05:12.942
the trusted name
in heat and flame.
529
01:05:12.942 --> 01:05:14.310
(country music)
530
01:05:14.310 --> 01:05:15.912
- I wouldn't be
able to do what I do
531
01:05:15.912 --> 01:05:17.847
and spend the time,
532
01:05:17.847 --> 01:05:20.850
I have a very loving,
caring family.
533
01:05:20.850 --> 01:05:23.052
I have three beautiful kids.
534
01:05:23.052 --> 01:05:24.587
I have a beautiful fiancee,
535
01:05:24.587 --> 01:05:26.722
that supports me and
all my craziness.
536
01:05:28.858 --> 01:05:30.059
I'm a lucky man.
537
01:05:31.260 --> 01:05:35.531
- Living with Laramy
is interesting.
538
01:05:35.531 --> 01:05:39.802
I mean, you come home to a
rattlesnake skin in the freezer
539
01:05:39.802 --> 01:05:43.739
or I mean, the things you
find laying around (laughs)
540
01:05:43.739 --> 01:05:48.110
are probably the most surreal
that kind of snaps me back to,
541
01:05:48.110 --> 01:05:49.578
wow, okay, this is my life,
542
01:05:49.578 --> 01:05:51.814
when you come downstairs to
buckskins laying on the counter,
543
01:05:51.814 --> 01:05:55.484
just things I never
thought would be there.
544
01:05:55.484 --> 01:05:57.853
My least favorite part about
living in the mountains.
545
01:05:59.655 --> 01:06:01.123
I've gotten a lot better
546
01:06:01.123 --> 01:06:02.725
because before I would
have just called Laramy.
547
01:06:02.725 --> 01:06:05.895
I mean, I'm a mountain girl
now, I can kill spiders.
548
01:06:05.895 --> 01:06:07.396
- She's changed so much
549
01:06:07.396 --> 01:06:09.966
'cause before, when we
first moved in there,
550
01:06:09.966 --> 01:06:13.269
she would just scream because
a little bit black spider
551
01:06:13.269 --> 01:06:15.371
or something, she would scream,
552
01:06:15.371 --> 01:06:17.039
(mimics wife
screaming) "Laramy!"
553
01:06:17.039 --> 01:06:17.940
Now she just steps on it.
554
01:06:18.841 --> 01:06:20.142
Like, last night she comes up,
555
01:06:20.142 --> 01:06:21.377
she tells me, she says,
556
01:06:21.377 --> 01:06:23.512
"I killed this giant
bug in the sink."
557
01:06:23.512 --> 01:06:25.114
I was like, "I think it's the
one that was flying around."
558
01:06:25.114 --> 01:06:28.150
"It's like this
big." Good job, babe.
559
01:06:28.150 --> 01:06:30.886
Before she would've screamed
and ran outta there and...
560
01:06:32.355 --> 01:06:33.289
- [Producer] She's turning
into a mountain lion girl.
561
01:06:33.289 --> 01:06:34.991
- I'm getting her trained up,
562
01:06:34.991 --> 01:06:36.058
she's turning into
a mountain girl.
563
01:06:36.058 --> 01:06:36.959
Slowly but surely.
564
01:06:38.661 --> 01:06:40.162
(Catarina gasps)
565
01:06:40.162 --> 01:06:43.566
- I think I got it,
but I can't see it.
566
01:06:43.566 --> 01:06:45.735
It's like it went under.
567
01:06:45.735 --> 01:06:46.569
Did I get it?
568
01:06:47.503 --> 01:06:49.538
Oh, I see it's guts!
569
01:06:55.077 --> 01:06:58.481
I can do hard things. (laughs)
570
01:06:58.481 --> 01:07:02.251
We just had our first
baby, baby girl, Faye.
571
01:07:02.251 --> 01:07:06.155
She's gonna turn six
months while Laramy's gone.
572
01:07:06.155 --> 01:07:08.891
- Yeah. Miss Selfie
on the mountain.
573
01:07:08.891 --> 01:07:12.862
Psst hey, this is
my life right here.
574
01:07:12.862 --> 01:07:16.365
This is what I deal
with all the time.
575
01:07:16.365 --> 01:07:18.100
Me, I barely know
how to use the phone.
576
01:07:18.100 --> 01:07:21.504
Her, she's over here,
Miss selfie and...
577
01:07:21.504 --> 01:07:23.639
But I'm thankful for it because
she does all my social media
578
01:07:23.639 --> 01:07:27.777
because if it was left up
to me, there would be none.
579
01:07:30.346 --> 01:07:31.747
- Hey, daddy's just
lucky in general.
580
01:07:31.747 --> 01:07:35.051
Huh? He's lucky to have us.
581
01:07:37.286 --> 01:07:38.821
- The hardest part
of this whole thing
582
01:07:38.821 --> 01:07:42.925
for me is gonna be
leaving my family behind
583
01:07:42.925 --> 01:07:44.560
because my family
means the world
584
01:07:44.560 --> 01:07:47.263
to me and I love showing them
585
01:07:47.263 --> 01:07:50.366
and teaching them what
I've been fortunate enough
586
01:07:50.366 --> 01:07:54.804
to learn at a very young age,
so that's going to be hard.
587
01:07:56.405 --> 01:07:58.741
(baby coos)
588
01:08:02.111 --> 01:08:02.945
What is it?
589
01:08:04.880 --> 01:08:06.615
- I really don't think they,
590
01:08:06.615 --> 01:08:09.051
they don't make him
like Laramy anymore
591
01:08:09.051 --> 01:08:10.553
(sentimental music)
592
01:08:10.553 --> 01:08:13.189
and I think that Fay is the
luckiest girl in the world
593
01:08:13.189 --> 01:08:14.657
to have him as her father.
594
01:08:19.295 --> 01:08:22.398
- Now don't get me wrong,
my family is my world.
595
01:08:22.398 --> 01:08:24.934
That's why I do what I do.
596
01:08:24.934 --> 01:08:28.838
But I can't change who I am.
597
01:08:28.838 --> 01:08:30.940
I'm still a mountain man.
598
01:08:30.940 --> 01:08:32.842
And I gotta be out there
in the high lonesome.
599
01:08:34.710 --> 01:08:36.545
- I mean as hard
as it's gonna be,
600
01:08:36.545 --> 01:08:38.914
and I didn't love
the idea at first,
601
01:08:38.914 --> 01:08:41.016
I did fall in love
with a mountain man.
602
01:08:41.016 --> 01:08:43.853
So who am I to stop him
from being who he is?
603
01:08:49.458 --> 01:08:50.826
Can you say bye to
daddy? Say bye bye.
604
01:08:53.462 --> 01:08:54.864
Say bye to daddy.
605
01:08:57.600 --> 01:09:00.035
- My entire life
I've always wondered,
606
01:09:00.035 --> 01:09:03.172
what was it like to
be a mountain man?
607
01:09:03.172 --> 01:09:07.243
To come into this
country with nothing
608
01:09:07.243 --> 01:09:09.078
and survive off the land,
609
01:09:09.078 --> 01:09:10.679
Just you and mother nature?
610
01:09:11.814 --> 01:09:15.417
Well, guess what? I'm
about to find out.
611
01:09:33.302 --> 01:09:37.273
(gentle inspirational music)
612
01:09:37.273 --> 01:09:41.710
So I'm starting right here
and I'm going a long ways.
613
01:09:42.878 --> 01:09:45.014
Getting picked up way
over on the other side,
614
01:09:45.014 --> 01:09:46.115
way down the mountain.
615
01:09:47.716 --> 01:09:49.151
I'm gonna camp where I see fit.
616
01:09:49.151 --> 01:09:50.819
I'm gonna live like
the mountain men.
617
01:09:50.819 --> 01:09:52.721
I'm just gonna fly by
the seat of my pants
618
01:09:52.721 --> 01:09:54.557
and wherever the wind
takes me, guess what?
619
01:09:54.557 --> 01:09:56.025
That's where I'm going.
620
01:09:56.025 --> 01:09:59.328
I'm out here for 30
days. That's a long time,
621
01:10:00.763 --> 01:10:05.534
but hey, I'm gonna be in the
high lonesome, chasing critters,
622
01:10:06.435 --> 01:10:09.104
hopefully living my best life.
623
01:10:09.104 --> 01:10:12.174
Hopefully I'm not
starving and miserable.
624
01:10:12.174 --> 01:10:14.510
See what the weather
has to bring.
625
01:10:14.510 --> 01:10:15.978
We will get snow,
626
01:10:15.978 --> 01:10:19.081
but what doesn't kill
you makes you stronger.
627
01:10:19.949 --> 01:10:21.383
(upbeat music)
628
01:10:21.383 --> 01:10:23.485
- [Presenter] Laramy
Miller and his horse Seven
629
01:10:23.485 --> 01:10:27.089
ride into the Rocky
Mountains of Western Montana
630
01:10:27.089 --> 01:10:30.392
to hunt and gather
food, construct shelter,
631
01:10:30.392 --> 01:10:34.730
and survive whatever situation
mother nature intends,
632
01:10:34.730 --> 01:10:37.366
seeking just enough necessities
633
01:10:37.366 --> 01:10:40.803
to sustain both the
body and the mind.
634
01:10:46.008 --> 01:10:51.013
- So I rode up the
trail here a few miles.
635
01:10:52.147 --> 01:10:56.552
I decided I'd better
start looking for camp.
636
01:10:57.786 --> 01:10:59.688
So I came on this
creek right here,
637
01:10:59.688 --> 01:11:01.423
which will be a
great water source.
638
01:11:02.858 --> 01:11:06.295
And then from there, just
gonna find a good place
639
01:11:06.295 --> 01:11:09.431
that has some shelter,
has some food for Seven,
640
01:11:10.566 --> 01:11:12.968
maybe the possibility of game,
641
01:11:12.968 --> 01:11:15.471
that creek gives
me fish, hopefully.
642
01:11:18.340 --> 01:11:19.308
All right, come on.
643
01:11:20.709 --> 01:11:23.279
(mellow music)
644
01:11:37.359 --> 01:11:40.195
Well, this right here is
645
01:11:40.195 --> 01:11:43.999
what made mountain
men mountain men.
646
01:11:43.999 --> 01:11:45.367
You look right down there,
647
01:11:47.536 --> 01:11:49.204
there's a nice
little beaver pond.
648
01:11:50.572 --> 01:11:52.541
That is why most of the mountain
men came to the mountains
649
01:11:52.541 --> 01:11:55.978
was to chase brown
gold, beaver plews.
650
01:11:57.646 --> 01:12:01.583
And it was very short lived
'cause then silk came in
651
01:12:01.583 --> 01:12:04.420
and people didn't want beaver
hide, beaver hats anymore
652
01:12:05.554 --> 01:12:07.556
- [Presenter] Beaver
plews, or pelts,
653
01:12:07.556 --> 01:12:10.259
were the driving force
that sent many fur traders
654
01:12:10.259 --> 01:12:13.896
and mountain men west, in
search of the brown gold.
655
01:12:13.896 --> 01:12:17.099
They became the first major
explorers of North America
656
01:12:17.099 --> 01:12:20.502
and ultimately American
Western expansion.
657
01:12:20.502 --> 01:12:23.639
In addition to the economic
benefits of the fur trade,
658
01:12:23.639 --> 01:12:25.541
mountain men were a major factor
659
01:12:25.541 --> 01:12:28.477
in determining the boundaries
of the United States,
660
01:12:28.477 --> 01:12:31.513
and especially the
Pacific Northwest.
661
01:12:31.513 --> 01:12:34.116
Fur traders not only
discovered the Oregon
662
01:12:34.116 --> 01:12:36.752
and California trails,
they provided the guides
663
01:12:36.752 --> 01:12:41.757
for America's Western expansion
to the far blue waters.
664
01:12:43.926 --> 01:12:46.128
- But man, it would've
been an amazing time.
665
01:12:47.429 --> 01:12:49.198
Pretty cool.
666
01:12:49.198 --> 01:12:52.134
I'm out here just working
along the edges of this creek,
667
01:12:52.134 --> 01:12:53.669
seeing what kind
of sign I can see,
668
01:12:53.669 --> 01:12:55.337
see if I can find any edibles.
669
01:12:59.541 --> 01:13:02.177
So I went and walked
all over tarnation,
670
01:13:02.177 --> 01:13:05.247
looking for mushrooms
and grasshoppers,
671
01:13:05.247 --> 01:13:07.716
dug a little bit for worms.
672
01:13:07.716 --> 01:13:09.818
This whole basin is just sand.
673
01:13:09.818 --> 01:13:13.055
So, probably not gonna
be very many worms.
674
01:13:13.055 --> 01:13:15.457
So I think what I'm gonna do is,
675
01:13:15.457 --> 01:13:20.462
I'm gonna take some of old
Seven's hair, his tail hair,
676
01:13:22.164 --> 01:13:25.300
and I'm gonna make me a
couple of homemade flies,
677
01:13:26.435 --> 01:13:27.669
(mellow music)
678
01:13:27.669 --> 01:13:29.037
see if I can't catch
some of them fish,
679
01:13:30.706 --> 01:13:33.876
not professional, but
hopefully it'll do.
680
01:13:36.378 --> 01:13:38.981
(mellow music)
681
01:13:50.559 --> 01:13:51.760
All right.
682
01:13:51.760 --> 01:13:53.395
I've been trying, trying
to fish with a fly,
683
01:13:53.395 --> 01:13:55.597
homemade fly hasn't worked.
684
01:13:55.597 --> 01:13:57.499
So I'm gonna try a spinner.
685
01:13:57.499 --> 01:13:58.767
I've got this hook.
686
01:13:58.767 --> 01:14:01.904
You look right
there, got that hook.
687
01:14:01.904 --> 01:14:06.842
And then I found an old
tobacco lid in my saddle bags.
688
01:14:08.043 --> 01:14:10.045
And what I'm gonna do
is I'm just gonna cut,
689
01:14:10.045 --> 01:14:13.882
just a little sea shell
shaped piece out of this lid,
690
01:14:13.882 --> 01:14:14.850
'cause it's shiny,
691
01:14:16.251 --> 01:14:18.086
and then I'm gonna thread
it through that hook.
692
01:14:18.086 --> 01:14:20.155
You know? So there you go.
693
01:14:20.155 --> 01:14:22.224
And hopefully that spins around
694
01:14:22.224 --> 01:14:25.627
and acts like a dying minnow.
695
01:14:27.095 --> 01:14:29.198
One way or another, I have
to figure these fish out,
696
01:14:29.198 --> 01:14:31.967
'cause from the looks
of it, without fish,
697
01:14:31.967 --> 01:14:35.103
this area doesn't
offer a whole lot more.
698
01:14:37.206 --> 01:14:42.211
Didn't find much on day one,
but got a good lay of the land.
699
01:14:44.880 --> 01:14:46.281
But first thing in the morning,
700
01:14:46.281 --> 01:14:47.483
I'm gonna have to
start focusing on food
701
01:14:47.483 --> 01:14:51.520
'cause I have none. (chuckles)
702
01:14:51.520 --> 01:14:53.322
All in all, it was
a good first day,
703
01:14:54.356 --> 01:14:58.026
but I am tuckered out.
704
01:15:14.943 --> 01:15:18.046
- [Presenter] The Trail is
presented by Case Knives.
705
01:15:18.046 --> 01:15:19.781
Keep your hands sharp.
706
01:15:19.781 --> 01:15:21.984
Also brought to you by Zippo,
707
01:15:21.984 --> 01:15:24.686
the trusted name
in heat and flame.
708
01:15:30.392 --> 01:15:32.494
- My water's frozen in my cup.
709
01:15:32.494 --> 01:15:37.499
First night, I'm gonna have
to take some precautions.
710
01:15:39.234 --> 01:15:42.204
Didn't think it was gonna get
quite that cold last night.
711
01:15:42.204 --> 01:15:46.542
I slept fine, but
old Seven woke me up
712
01:15:46.542 --> 01:15:49.311
about four o'clock
this morning I think,
713
01:15:49.311 --> 01:15:50.746
'cause I think he was cold.
714
01:15:54.149 --> 01:15:56.785
Being the nice guy I was, I
just curled up my sleeping bag
715
01:15:56.785 --> 01:15:59.187
and went back to bed. (laughs)
716
01:16:02.024 --> 01:16:04.560
(mellow music)
717
01:16:05.961 --> 01:16:08.530
This afternoon, I've been
planning on making a shelter.
718
01:16:08.530 --> 01:16:10.332
I got a feeling we might
get some weather tonight.
719
01:16:10.332 --> 01:16:15.337
So I'm gonna build a
little just lean-to,
720
01:16:17.139 --> 01:16:19.741
just enough to keep
the rain off me.
721
01:16:19.741 --> 01:16:21.643
I'm not gonna do
anything extravagant,
722
01:16:22.844 --> 01:16:24.112
but I'd better get to it.
723
01:16:25.347 --> 01:16:28.350
I'll put four rails
along the middle
724
01:16:28.350 --> 01:16:29.618
that'll act these rafters
725
01:16:31.053 --> 01:16:33.455
and then I'll cut a
bunch of pine boughs,
726
01:16:33.455 --> 01:16:36.358
and lay those,
stack those on top,
727
01:16:36.358 --> 01:16:41.363
and then I'm gonna run probably
three more off the back,
728
01:16:42.531 --> 01:16:43.799
and then I can put
pine boughs on that.
729
01:16:43.799 --> 01:16:45.534
So I have a little
storage area back there
730
01:16:45.534 --> 01:16:48.370
and then I can sleep right
here without getting drenched.
731
01:16:50.238 --> 01:16:52.941
I mean, a little bit's
still gonna come through,
732
01:16:52.941 --> 01:16:53.942
but I don't mind a little bit.
733
01:16:57.379 --> 01:16:59.881
Something like this, if
I took another two hours,
734
01:16:59.881 --> 01:17:03.919
I mean, I could make that a
pretty good little living area,
735
01:17:03.919 --> 01:17:06.922
but I got food on my mind too.
736
01:17:06.922 --> 01:17:11.293
So I got me enough shelter to
where I'll be good for a week
737
01:17:11.293 --> 01:17:12.127
or more here.
738
01:17:13.028 --> 01:17:15.063
I need to go find me some food.
739
01:17:15.063 --> 01:17:17.666
(upbeat music)
740
01:17:35.684 --> 01:17:37.953
Here's my squirrel.
741
01:17:45.027 --> 01:17:47.229
Well, I'm gonna get
the fire started.
742
01:17:48.130 --> 01:17:50.032
I'm gonna skin me this squirrel,
743
01:17:51.667 --> 01:17:54.202
get a couple mushrooms, and
I'm gonna throw it in a soup.
744
01:17:54.202 --> 01:17:55.437
I'm gonna throw the
whole squirrel in there.
745
01:17:55.437 --> 01:17:57.139
I'm gonna take the guts out,
746
01:17:57.139 --> 01:17:59.174
I'm gonna use the
guts or fish bait.
747
01:17:59.174 --> 01:18:00.909
And then eat the whole squirrel.
748
01:18:02.344 --> 01:18:04.713
I'm just gonna boil it,
make you like a stew/soup,
749
01:18:04.713 --> 01:18:07.516
with a couple of
mushrooms I have
750
01:18:07.516 --> 01:18:09.384
and call it good.
751
01:18:10.719 --> 01:18:13.855
(mellow music)
752
01:18:13.855 --> 01:18:16.391
Let's see what we got here.
753
01:18:17.225 --> 01:18:18.060
Oh yeah.
754
01:18:30.405 --> 01:18:32.607
I'm gonna put this
up in a safe spot.
755
01:18:34.376 --> 01:18:36.378
Hopefully Mr. Bear
doesn't come by,
756
01:18:36.378 --> 01:18:38.213
think it's his dinner.
757
01:18:38.213 --> 01:18:41.550
All right, folks.
See you tomorrow.
758
01:18:47.756 --> 01:18:50.459
(wolves howling)
759
01:19:00.936 --> 01:19:02.704
So I dunno if you can hear that,
760
01:19:02.704 --> 01:19:05.974
but not not very far...wolves.
761
01:19:05.974 --> 01:19:09.144
(wolves continue howling)
762
01:19:09.144 --> 01:19:11.313
I'm not the only predator.
763
01:19:13.615 --> 01:19:14.449
Oh boy.
764
01:19:16.051 --> 01:19:21.056
That sounds like a pretty
big pack too. (sighs)
765
01:19:24.526 --> 01:19:28.497
I might have to start flinging
some arrows at wolves.
766
01:19:28.497 --> 01:19:29.431
They're getting
closer and closer.
767
01:19:29.431 --> 01:19:30.499
That's a pretty good sized pack.
768
01:19:32.234 --> 01:19:34.536
(wolves continue howling)
769
01:19:34.536 --> 01:19:37.239
It's one of the most
beautiful/eerie things
you'll ever hear
770
01:19:37.239 --> 01:19:39.441
in the woods, is
a pack of wolves,
771
01:19:39.441 --> 01:19:43.278
and them wolves weren't 200
yards to the timber right there.
772
01:19:44.980 --> 01:19:47.716
They were howling at me
'cause they know I'm here
773
01:19:49.551 --> 01:19:50.318
Pretty crazy.
774
01:19:53.555 --> 01:19:54.790
Gotta love it though.
775
01:19:57.559 --> 01:19:58.894
That's what it's all about.
776
01:20:00.796 --> 01:20:03.265
(gentle music)