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Any one watching the show. The hailstones are hunting for caribou and I feel so bad for her .she carries that old 10lbs bolt action rifle with open sight the darn gun is bigger then her. I just seen her shot into the herd 5 6 times and she got lucky and hit one. I would love to send her out a little model 7 in 308 or a ruger ultra light she would do so much better . It us hard to watch her lugging that old bolt around ...lol . Dutch
Got lucky and KILLED ONE.... More likely. Haven't seen the show but I assume there are wolves around....
Maybe she only uses that old gun when they are filming and has an AR15 under the covers - she and her husband seem like nice people - heck of a way to live though - I watch that and a couple other Alaskan shows - in another show - Yukon Men - the guys all have AR type rifles for hunting and trapping - I like watching those cold, snowy shows while in my nice warm den -
Wouldn't surprise me if it is just for show. My experience from living in the Canadian arctic most of the inuit have very nice rifles, skidoos and boat motors.
But everyone is different.
That's what I thought then she pulls out this old army bolt gun yhat must be ten pounds with open sights .the gun is bigger then her ..lol
Come on Dutch....it's television!!! All those north country survival shows,...are shows..there is no reality.
Wait till you see the show were the guy is showing his wife how to shoot. She lays on the ground and the butt ain't on the shoulder.
Bang. Black eye.
Well, they do manage to kill the odd caribou, bear, moose, or deer once in a while. Certainly some reality in that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
Thousands and thousands in boat motors and snowmobiles but an old Mosin for a hunting rifle and cannot even patch a hole in their tarp, I thought exactly the same thing. If you notice the younger guy, the trapper and his wife, they have really nice stuff and a really nice house but they are doing it living off the land.
I enjoy the show but that one family just throws me, they talk about how you need to treat the animals right but then they just blast away too far for their abilities and with poor angles on the game. Maybe they are staging how bad they are at shooting but it seems like every episode that they hunt they miss 75% of the time, if not more.
I was watching one of those shows last night - Yukon Men - the one guy cuts firewood to get extra cash - he has a son named Francis - boy this kid is really dense - I don't know if he just acts stupid for the TV show or he is really that stupid - when he starts thinking you can see the smoke coming out of his ears -
""If you notice the younger guy, the trapper and his wife, they have really nice stuff and a really nice house but they are doing it living off the land.""
Those two are not just living off the land (if its the two I am thinking of) he is a Outfitter/Guide and has 2 camps that they run.
Don't forget about the gov supplied boats, motors and Skidoos. Gives a warped sense of values when they pay $10 for eggs, potato chips etc.
He is living off the land, he is just doing a better job at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyObsessed
I have friends up in the Yukon, they have a 20 acre farm, he guides for moose and sheep and she has a big garden and sells a lot of stuff to the people around. They can drive to their house but they are living off the land, a lot more than anyone here could think of.
Some people make a life from hard work, some people choose to work to make their life hard.
I've been watching life below zero for a few seasons, I also wonder how much is for the cameras, or how little...
a while back the Hailstones oldest daughter was excited to get a semi-auto .223, not sure what make but it was well used,
she was spraying bullets into the herd like BA Baracus from the A-Team, so they do get a few more modern arms now and then
still a good show, the best is the guy who lives alone in the Brooks range on the lake, it SEEMS the most authentic
I think the only reality show that has any credibility is Highway Through Hell. I refuse to watch any of the others as they insult my intelligence and unfortunately, blasting away into a herd of caribou and hoping something drops would be reality.
I'm with you on that Sawbill. The rest are ridiculous and I have to scratch my head in wonder that anyone wastes their time to watch that sillyness?Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
Hey, some adults like to watch cartoons ! in this case they are using real people instead of cartoon characters. :silly::DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bushmoose
I watch a couple of these shows when I want to watch TV - they are better than all the other crap on TV - and the scenery is real nice - a lot of it is no doubt made up but the shows do give you an idea what life is like up in the north country -
One thing about most of the people on these shows - they probably don't smell too nice - doesn't look like they take many showers or change their clothes very often - probably a seasonal thing -
I see more of them folks going to AR type guns and every time thy try to use them thy freeze up. Lol the young guide was trying to get a shot at a herd of caraboo and his gun would not fire a single shot. Had trouble closing .lol to funny.
Joe, the life in the north is as depicted. What infuriates me is the incompetent citified boobs they've chosen to depict that life style.
I have been watching the last Alaskans and I find it to be closer to what reality is in the north. People that work in town during the summer and trap in the winter. The biggest event this season was when an old fellow crashed his plane and none of it was filmed.