- The sixth mud turtle of the day, you see it?
Right up on that rock there?
All right, Miles is gonna drift us in.
(pumped up, triumpant music)
Yes!
(everyone cheers)
(adventurous music)
What's goin' on guys?
It is another day off for the Brave Wilderness team.
- What's up Coyote Pack?
- Doot, doot, doot, doot!
That's right we're going rafting today!
Man go to river!
I've only been rafting once before in my life
and never out in the desert.
Today we're heading out with an outfitter
called Mild to Wild Rafting Tours.
This is going to be epic!
Now, they say that the Salt River is like
the little Grand Canyon, so,
this should be pretty exciting, pretty extreme,
and hopefully none of us will fall out of the raft.
- [Guide] Lean backwards!
- Lean backwards?
- [Guide] Heads up.
- We almost ran right into that rock!
Oh, bald eagle!
(men shouting)
(intense music)
(whooping)
Paddleboat or die!
(laughing and whooping)
That was awesome!
I love how it goes from like, a moment of extreme to a
moment of calm so you hit the white water and then you
just have this glide down the river where you have a chance
to collect and compose yourself.
You kind of reminisce on what you just went through
and prepare for the next rapid.
(guitar music)
Aww man, this one looks bumpy, you guys see this?
(laughing)
Hold on, hold on!
Big splash!
Whoo!
Got soaked on that one!
- [Miles] That was awesome!
(whooping)
(laughing)
(whooping)
- I'm getting soaked!
That got a little scary.
The sixth mud turtle of the day, do you see it?
Right up on that rock there?
Right, Miles is gonna drift us in.
See if I can catch it.
(soft, dramatic music)
Oh, we were so close!
- [Miles] He's still there, he's still there!
He's still there...
- Yes, we got him, yes!
(all cheering)
Can you guys believe it?!
That is the Sonoran mud turtle, right there!
The sixth turtle of the day and sure enough, every time we
do an episode, even if it's our day off and it's an on
location, we manage to catch an animal and...
Oh, can you guys smell that?
He is musking me right now.
Woo!
Wow, I cannot believe we caught a Sonoran mud turtle.
Look at that turtle!
Hi!
You are absolutely gorgeous!
Now, kind of like a snapping turtle, they have a pretty good
hooked beak.
They can give you a pretty good nip, let's see.
(pained shouting)
Ooh, yeah, didn't break skin, but I still respect that bite.
And this is a male.
The way that I can tell is it's much larger and look at the
indentation in the plastron.
Look at the carapace!
Look at the ridges on the carapace.
That is so distinct looking.
Now this is one of the only native aquatic turtle species
here in Arizona.
Whoa!
What an awesome turtle!
I can't believe it!
Every time, I'm always after the turtles and this was going
to be a challenge and I actually didn't even have to get
into the water.
I actually almost jumped out of the boat to catch it when
I could see its shadow, but it was actually coming back up
towards the rock.
Reach my hand in and managed to make the catch.
Alright, we're gonna put this little guy right back
in his little territory.
Awesome!
Let's hit some more rapids!
(quiet, airy music)
(cheering and whooping)
Wow, look at that!
Alright guys, we made it!
- [Miles] What a day, dude.
- [Coyote] That...
- [Miles] That was awesome.
- [Coyote] Was so cool!
Aww, man.
Now that's what I call a good day off.
Rafting down the Salt River and hitting some of those
class three rapids.
We even saw some cool animals!
Big thanks to Miles and Don for safely guiding us down
the river, and I would definitely say that we went from
mild to wild.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be brave and stay wild.
We'll see you on the next location!
Whoo!
If you thought rafting in Arizona looked like fun, make sure
to go back and watch the episode where the crew and I
rafted the freezing waters of Alaska in search
of bald eagles.
And don't forget, subscribe!
So you can join me and the crew on our next location.
(wild animal noises)
(distant howling)