Started watching this on Netflix.....despite the awful 'scripting' and the repetitive use of the same footage over and over again (really noticeable with the guy in Wiseman who hunts) it's a pretty interesting show.

But seriously.....the crew with that hunter dude needs to go back to the UK or whatever. One minute he's using an AR to shoot a wolf (which is supposedly 600-700m away), the next shot, he's got some bolt action.

I also see the guy who lives 'old school' in Chandalar has a suppressor on his bolt gun.

I think one of those dudes used to post on TFL.

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Originally posted by cslinger:
I think one of those dudes used to post on TFL.

Chip Hailstone. He used to post to Gunboards as well, in the Mosin-Nagant section. He and his wife frequently hunt with a Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagant.

Chip just got his black powder rights back this last season. My wife and I love this show.

is this the guy that goes by Caribou?

I like it as well. I kind of have a unhealthy addiction to survival and Alaska shows. But I have been able to swear off the last frontier and Alaska Bush people .

now watching life below zero and alone

Beautiful country, but screw those temps! LOL

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Originally posted by Ronin101:
I like it as well. I kind of have a unhealthy addiction to survival and Alaska shows. But I have been able to swear off the last frontier and Alaska Bush people .

Me too on both counts. My wife laughs at me because it's not as if I'll ever find myself in a wilderness situation.

I've watched the show for a long time now, mostly only for Glenn nowadays, though.

It does get a bet repetitive, but I enjoy the lengths that some people go to to live in their own way.

That said, Sue is a walking disaster and I don't know how many of her 9 lives she's got left between what she's been through (being mauled by a bear, snowmobile accident, etc.) and the risks she takes in her daily routine around camp.

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
I've watched the show for a long time now, mostly only for Glenn nowadays, though.

It does get a bet repetitive, but I enjoy the lengths that some people go to to live in their own way.

That said, Sue is a walking disaster and I don't know how many of her 9 lives she's got left between what she's been through (being mauled by a bear, snowmobile accident, etc.) and the risks she takes in her daily routine around camp.

Sue sparked our interest when starring in Flying Wild Alaska. About the Tweto famiy that owned Ravn Alaska (commuter airline.)

She's a drama queen of epic proportions. I admire her grit, but geez. Enough with the "I'm a porkchop" schtick.

Glenn has some god-mode survival skills, but am I understanding correctly he basically leaves his family for months at a time so he can reconnect to nature?

Jessie seems like a relative noob bum. Like he's emulating Andy, but lacks the skill set. His fishwheel looked like he'd either had a kid build it or scavenged someone's castoff.

The Hailstones and Eric/Martha seem like the most well-adjusted of all of them, but even they have their repetitive messages.

Still.....they would all kick my ass if I had to live out there. LOL

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That said, Sue is a walking disaster and I don't know how many of her 9 lives she's got left between what she's been through (being mauled by a bear, snowmobile accident, etc.) and the risks she takes in her daily routine around camp.

What I don't get is she lives in what seems to be a canvas covered structure which was easily penetrated by bears and she lives in constant fear of another surprise attack. Additionally, she's always worried that she will run out of fuel and freeze to death. Why not set up house keeping in one of those steel shipping containers which have been converted to guest housing? Or at least work on getting something more secure and better insulated than the flimsy "tent" she lives in.

Wonder where her camera crew sleeps?

It's pretty funny when their snow machine breaks down and they have to walk 10 miles back home . Why not hitch a ride with the film crew ? Probably another two or three snow machines following them . Yes I'm being sarcastic .

The "Last Alaskan's" is about the closest thing you will see on the tube about living truly remote in AK. And even some it of is a bit iffy for tv. The rest of them are pretty much a reality tv show with very small tidbits of interesting facts of life in Ak.

It is like everything else in our society. Those truly living a lifestyle of their choice other than what is considered mainstream for the most part may still journal their lives, maybe. But certainly do not put it out on the www or over the air for the world to see and for their own financial gain.

I believe Chip Hailstone posts as"Caribou" on Gunboards.

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Originally posted by msfzoe:
I believe Chip Hailstone posts as"Caribou" on Gunboards.

thanks,

I thought so but was not sure,

he has some very good posts there