Alaska Experiment

[Omid]

Those two girls weren't smart...

Wasting the peanut butter like that!

And di you see how they yelled at each other

[crashdive123]

For those intereste, episode 3 is on tonight - Discovery Channel 10:00 pm eastern.

[nell67]

Trying to stay awake for it,LOL 2 was awfully early to get up this morning

[crashdive123]

I set up my recorder just in case I get sleepy. I think it airs a few times before the next new one.

[nell67]

Yea,but I'm a sucker for the first go round

[crashdive123]

Agreed...and by the time you watch it, it'll probably have been critiqued to death here.

[nell67]

Absolutely,and I would HAVE to read what everyone is saying,LOL.

[Ridge Wolf]

What is this, a new reality show? I haven't seen the first episode.. didn't know it was on.. and then, there is competition for the TV.. but I will be watching tonite.. it is on in about an hour.. Judging from the posts on this thread, this is a show about some city slickers that went to Alaska to see if they could survive? and carrying their home boy attitudes? Hmmm, Swivel head huh Rick? maybe I'll find myself taking the release off on mine tonite too..

Well, I watched tonites episode.. #2 I believe.. I can see the moose hunters surviving.. the others don't seem to have a clue yet... Of course, it helps when you have some modern equipment available.. that suddenly appears from off camera.

[Rick]

Let me get this straight. You hike umpteen miles to find water when there is snow all around you. "It's a lot more work". Than what? hiking umpteen miles?

And who in their right mind hunts a wolf......with a .22? Why? Because they left their goat outside and he might get it. Well, hello?

And am I wrong but don't you have to put bait in a crab pot or do the crabs just sacrifice themselves for you?

Where do they get these nimrods?

[Ridge Wolf]

Let me get this straight. You hike umpteen miles to find water when there is snow all around you. "It's a lot more work". Than what? hiking umpteen miles? Well, they needed water because powdered gatorade doesn't mix with snow..

And who in their right mind hunts a wolf......with a .22? Why? Because they left their goat outside and he might get it. Well, hello?

And am I wrong but don't you have to put bait in a crab pot or do the crabs just sacrifice themselves for you? 

Where do they get these nimrods?

They need to put the crab pot in the water... never mind the bait..

[crashdive123]

I think the funniest/saddest/dumbest (pick one, two or all three) was trying to take a buffalo with a 22 at what, 100 yards or so?

[Rick]

I think if you look up futile in the dictionary that picture of him firing at the buffalo just might be listed there.

[Sourdough]

I did not see it, but I sounds like some Hunting Laws were Violated........

[klkak]

I watched it Hopeak, He didn't fire at the Bison. They later showed real survivor instinct by scavenging from the carcass.

The couple with the goat are trying to protect their meat supply. I'd hunt that wolf to. and by the way, you might be surprised what a .22lr will kill. I've killed plenty of critters big and small with one, to include Hogs, Steers, Coyotes, Fox, Lynx and Mountain cats just to name a few.

The couple on the beach did have bait in the crab traps. When he was placing the rocks in the one you could see it hanging in the trap. (They need help real bad)

I cant formulate words to comment on the father/daughter group.

[canid]

no, no ridge. it's like old timers' halibut lures. you just have to carve charms on them and the crabs will gladly jump into the pots. not the crab pots, the cooking pots.

[Rick]

Missed the crab bait, Klak. My bad.

Instead of expending all that energy tracking the wolf wouldn't they have been much better off doing something different with the meat? I kept thinking they would be out tracking and come home to find a bear had raided their "freezer". They were burning like 4000 calories a day for no reason (you live there so tell me if I'm wrong).

I would think a .22 in your hands is just a tad bit different that a .22 in his hands. Just my opinion.

[Aurelius95]

Do you think the father/daughters group are not fighting as much, or do you think they just edited out? I feel it's the latter. Also, who makes a crapper inside your living quarters next to your cooking/food area? No wonder both the dad and elder daugher had GI issues!

I agree with you Rick, why wouldn't you melt snow instead of hiking 2 hours to break through the ice?

Ridge Wolf, here is the link to watch the episodes online (no commercials):
http://video.discovery.com/#

Last night's episode was the third.

[Rick]

Aurelius - I think you might be right about the editing. You don't have that kind of family dynamics unless it's been inherent for a long time. And that doesn't suddenly get much better under stress. Just the opposite.

[crashdive123]

I loved the "I'm against guns and killing things" stuff. Oh wait, this is real life. If we don't eat, we're gonna die. Blam, blam, blam.......

[Rick]

You put it so eloquently. "It's so slimy!" fade to kitchen scene where she's cooking rabbit.