Good morning guys from the Denali Highway! Well it's been a couple days
since we've made a video for you... Sunday is pouring down rain...We kind of felt like
taking a day off so... Kind of stuck around the Motorhome and edited.... Good news.. Beck
is feeling all better now! Yesterday Jim and I went out to our valley again and...
Didn't see any animals!... Brought the camera but really it just wasn't worth
recording! Because it's the same stuff I've shown you already...And I've tried
and.... I'm trying to like break it up and not show you too much of one thing in
one video. But last night we came up with this ingenious idea...We're at Mile Six
of the Denali Highway, let's head east and head down to the Richardson on the
ATV... And hit the pipeline and see what we find down there! So that's the plan and wish us luck....
Alright guys, we have made it to the AT&T towers! So kind of went down the
Denali Highway, onto like a trail in the ditch, crossed over to like a pullout... Hit
a trail up to the pipeline.... Which is also called like the Alaska Pipeline, the
Trans-Alaska pipeline, the Alyeska pipeline but it's the pipeline and ahh...
That's where all the oil from the North Slope heads on down to Valdez.... Very very
fascinating! But yeah! We've come up to the hill where the AT&T tower is because
the view up here is pretty freaking amazing!
The plan for today, since we're gonna use good judgement. We're by ourselves. One
wheeler not you know, with like a group of people where you can pull or
tow each other back to camp! So we're gonna be very conservative. But I kind of
hate to say it, we're just gonna be road hunting along the pipeline today! You
know, you have to make good decisions! And if you get stuck or broke down four
miles down these trails.... And there are countless trails guys that head off into
the wilderness. It's just not smart with only one wheeler! So we're gonna send the
drone up, for some really cool footage.... Put it away and then we'll start hunting again...
Alright guys! I hope you enjoyed that little drone flight and I'm gonna switch
over to the Alpha right now and... You know... We've already used the drone, we've
already used the GoPro... So yeah! Let's just go for a ride!
We are about six or seven miles down from that road by the ET&T tower just
working our way South. Still haven't seen any animals.... All these trails off to the
left are very, very tempting! But I don't know! Going down that stuff by yourself
is just not advisable!
We're gonna stop and take a little break but...I just have to send the drone up
because this stretch of the pipeline looks so awesome!
Alright guys! I hope you're enjoying this Alaska scenery that we've been offering
you the past handful of videos. Because we sure haven't been offering you too
much in the way of harvesting! Even though, that's just kind of the way it
goes... But we're up here, we're having fun! Getting a little antsy, getting a little
impatient ahh... Tad bit discouraged but that is all life and... We're just gonna stick
it out! Are you warm Jim?...I am now!.. You are?...Yeah, Jim brought the little Mr. heater today... So now
we are back on the move! Just panting down this pipeline road about eight to
ten miles an hour.... Looking left and looking right...Ahh seeing
whatever there is to see! Trucks do not have access to this
pipeline road also known as the Hall Road. And that could be misleading
because they also called the whole Dalton Highway the Hall Road but... There
are little trails to go around all these gates... Alaskans have used them for
decades to go hunting! But trucks just can't get around the gates so that's the
benefit of having a four-wheeler ATV type of machine!
Okay I think we're getting into an area where there's some animals because we're
seeing gut piles! So warning... I'm going to show you an image of a gut pile so... If
you have sensitive eyes or whatnot... Just kind of turn around! So this is
definitely a handful of days old but yeah! That's evidence that we are in the
right area! I'm going to take a guess that that's probably happened last night
or even early this morning... Alright! You can look again!...This is as far South as
we've been right now! But we started, we're camped on the Denali Highway!
Oh you are?....Yeah so we weren't seeing anything up there, so we came down here! So
basically you were just wondering in this area?... Yeah pretty much!... Alright! Okay
guys, so we met up with the Trans-alaska pipeline Denali security and I guess we
don't have all our paperwork in order. But that's not a big deal! They're very
friendly... We just need to get what's called a rug which is a Trans-Alaska
pipeline system right-of-way public access stuff like that! But you can get
it at any of the Alyeska pipeline offices or any of the pump stations and
it's no big deal! You know, we're not getting in trouble! It's just something
that we ought to have so I thought I'd share with you!... Do we have to get this
every year or is it ahh... Good for... it's good for one yea.....Okay....Once I give it
to you ahh... All you have to do is just call a pump station or corporate headquarters
or anybody like that...Okay... And then we'll just update it in our system!
And you can come to the pump station or anything like that... We'll reissue it!
Awesome! Thank you so very much!... I really love all our freedoms here in Alaska!
In other parts of the country, you wouldn't even be able to get near a pipeline
What's responsibilities for the pipeline... oh okay... So if something happens to the
pipeline, we're gonna depend on you guys.. Yeah....As legitimate hunters and
everything.... Yeah... Definitely!... That is in the pipeline to help us out so we can catch...
People that mess up our pipeline... We have a lot more eyes and ears than you
know, a few employees! We're kinda...Winning hearts and minds...Neighbourhood watch... Just like
in the military right? So when we go to Afghanistan, I served in the military...
That's why I'm good...Thank you for your service!... Thank you!... So what we did over
there... You guys probably just saw that we blew things up! But in the military, we
tried to win their hearts and minds to!.... Yeah...
So that way we knew where the Taliban was!.... Yep definitely!
We're, we've taken the same philosophy and applying it out here...Okay... Okay so I guess
this program has been around for a while but they are just now starting to
enforce it! So just a little FYI when you get up here!
There you go.... Thank you very much! And then whenever you see one of us or
if you see the chopper like I said just... Yeah.... If they hover over us just wave
this.... They'll see you coming and when they come down and then they'll point
their nose down at you.... Okay! And then when they point their nose down...
Just wave it like this....So they're not getting ready to shoot you.... No! They're not getting ready to shoot...
Alright!.... It's not the military!... Thank you very much! Have a good day!.... Thank you!
Alright! So this is what it looks like! And I guess we are all legit now!
And now we sit and wait! But we are just sitting here and there's this clearing
and we're waiting for animals to cross! We're also probably about a solid thirty
miles away from our camp! Well it's 2:20 in the afternoon...
Clearly this is the place where the animals are crossing... That security guy
just was giving permits to the next people further North on the pipeline. And
five mature Bulls crossed right behind them when they were talking and they....
Weren't able to get shots off because they were doing that paperwork stuff! But
we've come a long ways to get here! This is the best place we have seen to be
able to harvest animals! So we're just gonna sit it out! I'd say we've probably
been here at least an hour and a half! Maybe pushing two and we're gonna give
it another couple more hours or so because.... Like I said! This is the best
spot that we found!... Well guys it's four o'clock we're a long way from home! We're
gonna start patting our way back! I have no idea what's gonna happen...
This could be the end of the video and it probably is the end of the video if
we don't harvest anything on our way back so... Why don't you hit that SUBSCRIBE
button because we're not going to give up this easy we'll see you tomorrow!