The Last Trapper
Come on, Nanook. Come on, boy!
Come on! Up! Come on!
My name is Norman.
I was born here in the Rockies in these wild valleys, and I couldn't live anywhere
else.
I've been breathing this air and
basking in this life for over 50 years.
Nanook is my partner, my most loyal companion.
I have a pack of seven dogs, and he's the leader.
I take him with me wherever I go.
Hey, Nanook, how are you?
Come here, come here!
Come on! Good boy, good fellow.
How did you get here ahead of me?
You're a champ, Nanook! Good boy!
You always know where I'm going, eh?
You want to get in?
You want to get in?
Come on. Come on!
Time to go home, eh?
Let's go see Nebraska and your friends.
Hey, Nebraska.
So?
It wasn't bad.
But it looks like they did more clear-cutting over there.
If they keep it up like this, there won't be any forest left.
It's really bad.
Did you find anything?
Well, I found some marten, and quite a few beaver.
Beaver doesn't pay much.
No. I know. But they're easier to catch!
I'll just probably have to go further on west over there.
And if you don't find anything?
Then I'll have to quite.
I'll have to move to town.
You'll never quit.
You know, there's not much choice.
Maybe I'll have to get a job in town.
In town? You?
Yeah, me.
So how are things here?
Oh, pretty quiet. The dogs missed you.
I missed you.
Are you going to take the horses next time?
No, I'm going to take the canoe, but I have to fix it first.
It got pretty beat up in the rapids.
Here my dogs. How are you?
What are you doing, eh?
What are you doing, eh?
What are you doing, Minnick?
Hey Minnic.
Are you hungry?
Are you hungry, boy, eh?
Here you go.
Nebraska and I have been together for 15 years, and she likes this way of life as
much as I do.
Both of us are in harmony with the wild.
We can identify every sound, and interpret every sign, every movement.
And some people think this is a hostile environment.
But I like it here because it's pure and simple, and I can live life at my own pace.
But we have to leave this paradise.
Forestry companies are moving deeper and deeper into the region.
They cut down hundreds of acres at a time, without leaving a single tree standing,
even though they could easily do things differently.
They've already taken up most of our trap line
and built lots of roads.
The animals are leaving, and we'll soon have to as well.
Nanook, you want to help, eh?
You want to help me, eh?
It looks like there are a lot of tracks.
Yeah. I think it's my fault; I probably let it dry out too much.
That's okay, I'll patch it up and it should work anyway.
I've decided to go explore another valley.
It's getting too hard to find forbearing animals around here.
And since the price of skins keeps going down, I can't make ends meet.
Now I don't mind exploring, but it can be dangerous, and I don't have much time.
Fall is coming and we have to find a new trap line
and move there before winter, or else I'll miss trapping season.
Nanook. Come on.
All right, Nanook.
Shut up!
Hey. Come on.
Come on. Hey, boy.
Hey.
Come on.
It's not so bad here, eh? Eh, Nanook? What do you think?
Come here. Good boy.
I think I found our new trap line.
It's full of animals, and there are no signs of logging.
From here, it'll take me a good five days to get to Dawson, and that's the town I
go to from time to time, to sell my skins and pick up whatever I can't find in nature.
I can't waste anymore time.
Tomorrow I'll make the first trip with the horses, and Nebraska can pack the rest
of our things.
Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
Good boy.
Good boy. Good boy!
Good boy. Good boy!
Come on.
Good boy, eh, good boy.
I could have picked a better place to cross the river, couldn't I!
My happiness has a lot to do with how I relate to the land around me.
I don't just admire it, I'm a part of it.
People should never have lost contact with nature.
We need to share with the environment.
If humankind is to survive, we have to start living with nature, not against it.
Hey, buddy. Good boy.
Easy.
It's okay. It's okay.
- It's okay. - Easy.
Good boy. Eh?
Yeah. Probably going to do one or two more and that's it for today.
He's been working hard, the poor thing.
Yeah, he has been.
Here we go. And bull's eye!
Here. I got it.
We have a really nice view out these windows.
Yeah, it'll be kind of nice sitting over here in the wintertime.
Maybe nine more logs to go up, until we put on the roof.
Once that's done, we can manage to move in.
It won't be bad.
Actually I got to go to Dawson to get some stuff for the winter anyway, so I'd rather
see you in a cabin than in a tent by the time I leave, eh.
So you're leaving for Dawson tomorrow?
Yeah. I want to take the horses there before there's too much snow.
You shouldn't have too much to worry about the grizzlies, though, leaving the dogs
here with you.
Well, I think I got everything pretty well.
Oh. I think you forgot this.
Oh. Okay, yeah. Right.
And you take care, we'll see you in about a week.
Okay.
So you're gone for that long?
Yeah. You know it'll take about two days longer
to get to Dawson from here than it used to.
Anyways.
All right. See you later.
Okay. Stay safe.
Eh?
Stay safe.
Yeah. Come on.
Come on Nanook.
Come on, Nanook!
"By the river's dark"
"I wondered on"
"I lived my life"
"in Babylon"
"And I didn't forget"
"My holy song;"
"And I had no strength"
"In Babylon."
It's a good life. Yeah?
You think it's a good life?
"By the river's dark"
"Where I could not see"
"Who was waiting there"
"Who was hunting me"
"And he cut my lip"
"And he cut my heart"
"So I could not drink"
"From the river's dark."
"And he covered me"
"And I saw within"
"My lawless heart"
"And my wedding ring."
So, where'd you leave those horses? Here's for the weekend.
I left them up at the nicest place there.
Dennis?
You know, the French guy.
Oh, the French man, oh, yeah.
Ah, they'll be all right.
We didn't get through the pass there before the snow.
We're going to end up keeping the horses for the winter, and I didn't want that, eh.
Hey, Nanook.
Hey, good boy. You wait right here, okay. Come on. Eh, buddy. Eh?
Wait right here for me. Wait.
Eh. You wait.
Yeah, this'll do the trick, Norm.
Take good care of Leo, there, Martin.
Sure will.
Got everything you need, George?
Thanks, Kim. Catch again.
Yeah, I thought I had some of this down there some place.
Ah, it'll work for all sorts of things:
Chest, head cold or ear ache.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
How much for a box like this?
Ah, forget it.
Ah, it's nice of you. I appreciate it.
Well, I envy you, you know.
I always wished I'd done some trapping.
Ah. Yeah?
Well, let's see about the window glass, eh?
Five and a half. Right there.
So you're still over in the John's liquor, eh, Norm?
No, the loggers were coming in there anyways. Cutting everything.
So where are you going to be now?
Well I went right over the pass, I'm over on the fish lake area now.
Oh, yeah, well that's nice country.
Yeah.
Okay, here it goes.
Sorry.
What happened?
He just came out of nowhere!
No way I could stop in all this snow.
It'll be all right.
Nanook died at the shop.
There was nothing we can do, it was already too late.
Yeah, we better hurry up, load it up, Norm.
Clouds are dropping down pretty good here.
And those passes are going to close up in the mountains pretty soon.
Well, he's just bringing the windows down now so, that's pretty much the last of it,
I think.
Morning.
- Morning. - I brought your windows.
Oh, right on!
Graded them up, see?
Ah, good. They'll be good that way.
Brought you something else.
Oh yeah?
She's 10 months old. She loves to run.
Her mother was Duty; you must have heard of her?
No.
She won the Iditarod race one year.
Well, don't really need a racing dog...
Come on, girl. Pretty scared and skittish.
Oh, she's just a little shy; she doesn't know you yet.
You'll get used to each other.
That's a girl.
Come on, girl.
Come on.
I think she'll be really good in a team, once she gets used to you. Ah.
That's a girl. Come on.
Where you going? You go with Norm.
Come on. Come on.
- That's a girl. - All right, come on. Here she is.
You have a good winter, eh, Norm?
Yeah. I hope to anyway, yeah.
So Norm, what do you think?
About what?
About the dog.
Oh, I don't know. I need a heavier pulling dog.
I'm not into racing dogs.
That store owner is such a nice guy, it's hard to say, no, eh.
I don't know what I'm going to do with her.
I can't even leave her tied up with the others.
Well it's just because she's never been around most of them before.
By the way, what dog are you taking hunting with you?
Not her, that's for sure.
You're not taking any other dog?
Which one?
How about Voulk?
He was never trained for that. I'll just go by myself.
Where are you going?
I'm going down where there's no snow. That's where the moose'll be.
I have to hunt, or trap.
It's my livelihood. But it's more than that, too.
I don't think any species is necessarily harmful to nature.
I'm convinced that man has a role to play.
We also help maintain the balance of the eco-system, as they say, as long as we take
only what we need, just like animals do.
Take away, but don't endanger;
that's the trapper's motto.
Apache. Apache. Apache!
Dumb dog.
You got to find her for me now.
Come on. Go find her.
Go find her.
There you go. There you go.
There. That's it.
When I kill an animal, I tell it why.
I explain what I'm going to do with its skin and its meat.
I don't ask it for forgiveness. No, I thank it.
I learned that from the Naskapi.
Hey Norm.
Hi.
So did you find one?
Yeah. I had to go all the way the social marsh.
There isn't even snow there yet.
Well, I don't quite know how to tell you this, but earlier today, Apache kind of got
loose.
I know, because she found me.
She found me at a very bad time, too.
What happened?
Anyways, I cut all the meat up, grabbed in the tarp, put it in the cache.
Probably 600 pounds of meat.
Should last us and the dogs over January.
By that time the caribou will be moving.
I'll go up on the high plateau and hunt them.
Then I'll go back with the sled and get the meat after the snow comes.
Well if you want, what I could do is I could always go get it.
I'll take the sled, and I wouldn't mind running Apache.
All right. I'll get going on that trap line.
I've wasted enough time waiting for winter to come.
Eh, Norm?
Look, it's all white up there.
Come on Nabuko. Come on Minute.
Where did she go?
Apache?
Apache!
It's okay. It's okay.
Come here.
Meet Voulk. Apache.
Would you mind hanging onto Voulk for a little bit?
I just want to run the team with Apache to see how it'll go.
It's not going to work anyways.
It'll be all right.
Okay you're ready? Go!
Okay, hang on a minute!
I told you, it's not going to work.
You're just going to waste our whole day.
Well that's all right; I've got all day.
Well you go ahead, then. I don't.
Yeah.
Oh, you're ready to go. You're ready to go.
You take care of Apache.
"By the river's dark"
"I wandered on;"
"I live my life in Babylon"
"And I didn't forget my holy song;"
"And I had no strength"
Go, Apache, go.
A. Come on, come on. Good girl! Go!
Good girl!
Come on, that's it, Apache.
Yup Voulk.
Whoa.
Hey, Apache. Good girl. Good girl.
You're fine. Good girl!
Hey, you too, boy.
Hey, Apache. Good girl. Good girl.
Good girl.
You're starting to get used to the rest of the team! That's great!
Oh, you too, Nabuko. Good boy.
Norman!
Trapping season's finally begun, and I don't know what I'm actually going to find
on my new trap line.
I have to get to know the area, and I have to enter into a conversation with it, and
with everything that lives in it.
I have to turn this new land into an ally.
And the first trap is my first encounter with it.
Laying traps takes time, patience, and concentration.
Good girl. Good girl. Good girl.
Good Apache.
Yup, Voulk, yup!
Good girl!
Good Apache. Go.
Go, come on, Voulk, go!
Okay, Voulk. Okay!
Yup, Voulk, Yup.
Gee, Gee Voulk.
Whoa. Whoa!
How was she?
Why?
Apache?
You know, she just follows alongside Voulk, you know.
You know, if we didn't have her at all, it'd be the same thing.
Oh, come on, just give her a bit of time. She'll be all right.
I don't think time's going to make anything, you know.
You'll be okay, girl. You'll be all right.
Eh, Voulk? She'll be fine.
The problem in the far north today is that
animal populations are decreasing, because there are fewer and fewer trappers.
That might seem like a contradiction, but without us, the wildlife wouldn't do as
well.
Trappers help control populations by
taking small numbers of animals from their land.
They eliminate weaker individuals and
prevent species from multiplying at the expense of others, which encourages growth.
I'm one of the last trappers here, and I feel like I'm the guardian of this land.
But I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.
Lord knows, I love this life, though.
You want one?
You don't want one.
Maybe I'll keep some for myself. Now what do you think?
You know, with it being this cold out, I'll be able to cross the lake tomorrow and
have a look at the rest of the line.
- So early? - Yeah.
Well, it's 40 below.
It's going to get colder.
Everything's going to be frozen.
Are you going to take the shortcut through the canyon, or go straight on?
No, no, I'll go through the canyon and
at this time of year, if the dogs can
make a few kilometres a day, it'll be good.
Also break the beginning of the trail with Alex.
Well, it's one nice thing, a good thing.
I can go visit Alex.
It's been a long time since I've seen him;
I wonder how he's doing all alone up there.
Are you taking Apache?
I can, but it's not going to help.
You should probably take her;
it'll do her some good to run with the rest of the team.
Who are you training as the new leader?
Voulk. Anyway he's too old.
He'll never be as good as Nanook, not by far.
He's almost 12 years old, but - and it's probably her last year anyways.
When you see Alex, you can talk with him about that.
Yeah, I'll go see him after I finish checking out the line.
Now what?
Oh, she's just got a little cut on her foot.
I'm just putting a little bootie on her leg.
I told you those racing dogs were no good.
She'll be all right.
By the time you get that boot on, she'll lose it right down the hill;
it'll just be gone. No sense.
She'll be all right.
Well you go ahead and put it on, but it has nothing to do with me.
She's the only one on the team, you know. You worry too much.
Anyways, I gotta go.
O.K. Voulk.
Yup. Yup. Voulk, yup.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
Gee! Gee, Voulk!
Gee! Gee, Voulk! No! Gee!
No! Yup. Yup.
Yup, Voulk!
Voulk!
Yup!
Yup! Voulk!
Nooooo! Noooooo! Noooooo! Nooooo!
Voulk!
Voulk! Voulk!
Voulk!
Voulk! Voulk!
Voulk! Vooooulk!
Voulk! Voulk! Vooooulk!
Apache! Come Apache, yeah! Apache!
Come on Apache, come on!
Apache! Apache!
Come on, Apache!
That's it! Yes! Come!
Come, Apache!
Apache! Come Apache!
Come on, Apache. Come on!
Come on, Apache.
Come on.
Good girl. Come on. Come on.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Can you warm up my hands?
You came back, you saved my life! Huh?
What a good girl.
Yeah! You came back for me. I'll never forget that!
My fingers are starting to warm up.
I got to get a fire going before they freeze up again.
Okay, Apache. Good girl! Good girl!
Come on Nabuko!
Okay, Apache, go Apache!
Come on, Apache. Come on!
That's it, girl.
All right Apache.
Come on, girl, come on.
Hey. Watch your nose.
You got to watch your nose little girl, hm?
Very sharp knife, you're going to get your nose cut.
Yeah. Yes.
Hey, Voulk! Eh?
It looks like you got a thing for Apache, eh?
You like her, eh?
You're right, Voulk.
She's not bad at all, eh?
She's a good girl, right?
Nope. No, Voulk. You stay.
Voulk. No!
No, Pussy.
Nabuko, no. No.
No, Minute. No.
Go.
Yeah, Apache, yeah. Good girl!
Whoa. Whoa.
Whoa! Whoa. No.
Whoa. You have to listen to Voulk.
Yes. You have to listen to Voulk.
You're going to go down there.
I know you haven't been on the ice much before, but you have to trust Voulk. You have
to go there.
We have to go that way, right there.
No matter what. We have to.
Yeah, you'll learn. But you have to as Voulk.
I know we might find open water, but it won't be dangerous this time. You'll learn.
Okay. Okay.
That's it, Apache.
Good girl, that's it.
That's it Apache, that's it, good girl! Good!
Yup, yup, yup.
Yup! Yup!
Yup! Yup!
Good! Okay, good girl!
That's it! That's a good girl.
Go. Go.
Yeah, that's it, Apache, that's it!
Good girl!
Okay, Voulk.
Okay, Apache.
Good! Good!
Keep going, it's good!
Good girl, okay! Okay.
Whoa.
Whoa!
Good boy, yeah!
That's it, good boy, huh?
Eh? All right.
Hey, Voulk. Good boy. Huh? Come on.
You're a good girl, you know. Hm?
You're going to be a good lead dog, yeah, you know?
Hmmm? Yeah? You know what, Apache, eh?
You know what? I think Voulk's in love with you. Hm?
I really do.
Hey.
Hello, Alex. Hello
Alex, can you hear me? Over.
Alex, Alex, can you hear me?
Alex. Alex, can you hear me? Over.
Alex, Alex, can you hear me?
Who is it? Who is it?
It's me, Norm. Norman.
Oh, it's you Norman? Yes, you coming in loud and clear.
How are you doing over there Norm?
Fine. Very good. And you?
Fine. Fine. I'm going okay.
Just a little Ionesome is all, Norm.
What about I come over and visit with you in a few days?
Oh, that'd be fine, Norm. I'll be looking for you.
Okay, then. I'll see you in a few days. Over and out.
Didn't you say last time that
it was too far and too dangerous to be going again this time of year?
Well, with that cold weather we've had, it shouldn't be too bad.
The ice should be good and thick.
It shouldn't be too bad traveling.
So are you going to talk to him?
About what?
About quitting?
That's not what I want.
Know what I mean.
Yeah. Yeah, I'll talk to him.
Okay. Good.
Can you pass me the map, please?
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Push! Push! Push!
Good, that's it. That's it.
Come on. Let's go.
Good. Good!
Push! Push!
Okay, Voulk.
Okay.
Okay, Voulk. Okay, Voulk.
Okay. Apache.
Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Gee! Gee!
Gee! Come on! Gee!
Come on! Move!
Come on! Come on!
Come on, come on!
Pull!
Pull!
Your paw still hurt Apache?
Hey, let's have a look. Hey?
Oh, oh, oh, it's going to be all right.
Yeah, it's going to be better.
Good girl.
Okay, come on!
Okay. Move! Come on.
Okay. Hey!
You know, many years ago, Alex lost all 10 of his dogs, because he went too far away
from them one night.
Wolves hate dogs, and without a man around, they'll kill them in no time.
That story really taught me a lesson, and I never leave my dogs alone anymore.
Wolves never attack people, though; that only happens in books.
Okay, Apache.
The natives say that
the northern lights shimmer more when you whistle.
I find the wolves howl more
when the sky is full all those colors.
It must inspire them.
Okay. Voulk. Okay.
Okay.
Whoa!
Hi Norm! Hey, watch it! Whoa!
How are you?
Fine. Fine!
Nice to see you. How was the trip?
Would have been a lot of harder if it hadn't been for that lead dog.
He's even training that young female, see, the young one beside him?
Hm. Well anyway, come on in and have some tea.
Sounds good. Sounds good, buddy.
Have another cup of tea Norm?
I'd love one.
You know my dogs there, they saved my life a while back, eh.
You're not worried being out there
with no dogs, just a snow machine?
Well, I can't handle a dog team very good anymore, you know.
It boils down to, it seems, the snow machine, or I'd have to quit altogether.
Yeah, it's just the way it goes, that's the way it goes, you know.
You get older and can't handle the dogs;
you have to - can't handle them after you get a little older, you know, and Norm,
you used to do good, you used to
bring a bunch of - I remember you coming into Dawson City
with a whole bunch of fur.
When you're prospecting or trapping, it's not so much finding it, it's just being
there to look for it.
Norm, the healthy outdoor life, that's what it's all about.
That's why you and me, back on the trap line every winter.
Yeah!
You ready?
- Yes, I'm okay. - Okay.
I don't know what to do.
I keep telling myself I got to stop.
It's just getting too hard with all this new legislation.
You know, with all the trap lines
they're reclaiming so they can cut the wood.
You know, some of the animal population's going to go up.
Others' just going to disappear, if there's nobody left to regulate it, you know.
Well, that's why we have to stay.
Otherwise, who's going to look after all this land?
Norm, I'm glad you dropped over, it's nice to see you.
Yeah, I was thinking, on the way back I think I'm going to go through the ravine;
it'll be a lot shorter.
Even with a new machine I wouldn't go that way.
Yeah. You know the dogs, eh.
They'll go where that snow machine won't, hm?
That's right, you know.
That machine's - yeah, poor company, too.
It's not like having dogs around.
Yeah, the only company I got is there, this whisky jack.
Well take care, Norm, because it's dangerous, you know, very dangerous.
Next time you're in Dawson City, you should come by and see my new place. It'd be
nice.
Okay. Okay.
Whoa! Whoa!
We should have listened to Alex, eh? Huh?
I should have listened to Alex.
He's always right, you know.
He told me that was pretty steep, but I wouldn't believe him.
Yeah. What are you doing?
Don't you have enough trouble? You're going to start fighting again too?
Good. Be good.
Look at you. Don't you look comfy.
Go, go, go, go!
Come on! Come on! Go! Go!
We have to go. We have to go.
We have to do it.
If we don't do it, we're going to die.
We're gonna go. If you don't listen to me, we're going to die out here, do you
understand?
What's wrong with her?
Tired. Very tired.
And you?
I'm very tired too.
How about Alex, how was he when you saw him?
He's okay. You know him, he never changes much.
How was the team on your way out?
Great. You know what? Apache is totally in love with Voulk.
I thought we had four.
No. These are it.
It's pretty good. Not too bad, really.
But you know, there's still not even 5,000 dollars' worth here.
Well, some people say the price of fur will go up again.
They've been saying that for five years but it hasn't, you know.
You know the price.
Hm?
Aaahhhh!
So you still haven't lost your touch, eh, Alex?
Eh, look at that, huh? Got a nice one!
With spring coming on, I use fat.
Yeah, it seems to work better than using meat.
Wow, I'll have to try that.
Yeah.
That's right.
Hey, it's for you. Hey, Rocks, you want some?
Ah, he won't quit.
Don't worry, Nebraska.
You know, I never told you this before
but one day he'll have my trap line.
And it's the best.
Norman is just like a son to me.
It's his to have. I'm kind of old, you know, to continue trapping.
And Norm, he'll keep it.
But then what?
And then... and then that'll be it.
This vast north land will just turn into a desert.
It's nature that'll lose out, you know.
Yeah.
Man is indispensable.
We're responsible for keeping things in balance.
Anyways, I think it might be a quick trip, because I'm going to go over the pass.
And Alex went around a few days ago.
I should hit his trail on the other side.
So?
Anyways. I should go.
Okay. You've got everything?
Yeah, I think so now.
Okay. Okay.
Okay. See you when I get back.
- Okay. - Okay!
Have a good trip. No drinking in Dawson!
Yeah-ha!
Okay!
Keep going, it's good! Good girl!
Go, that's right, Rocks!
Yeah, Nabuko.
Go, Pussy!
Yeah, Rocks, that's good, that's good Minnick.
Go, Apache, yes, pull!
Gee! Apache.
That's right, that's right, good little lead dog, eh, Voulk?
Okay, Voulk, okay.
Okay, Voulk. Okay.
- Hi. - Hey.
Don's not around?
No. No. Don went to Vancouver for the week.
Ah, I've got a bag of fur, here, you want to see them?
Sure. Bring 'em here.
It's going to be different, a white man selling fur to an Indian!
Yeah. Yeah, well, you know, nowadays...
Nice little lynx here, eh?
Yeah.
Hm'm. Yeah, that's not bad color, eh?
Hm'm. Pretty big, too, eh?
Fur's rising a little bit here.
Eh, I don't think it'll ever go high enough, though.
You know that
Don does the price and I just do the receipts, eh.
Oh, here I was hoping
I could deal you down, deal you up, to bargain!
Heard that Alex came to see you.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, he's been there, come over.
Came over a while back. We did some fishing, eh.
Oh, yeah?
- Stayed there long? - Oh, a few days.
He's such a good trapper, though, you know, 60 years in the bush, he's he got more than I'll ever know, you know.
Yeah.
Good people, Alex.
Hey, Norm!
- How are you? - How you doing?
Good. Good. How you been?
- Pretty good. - Right on.
Norman. Good to see you.
- How you doing? - How was your season?
Oh, not too bad, you know.
A little warm, not very long, but... - Well, you're looking good. - You're looking good.
How's that new dog working out?
Well at first she wasn't all that good, but you know, I put her up with the old lead
dog there.
She's picking up pretty quick.
Good. It's not a bad little dog, then.
Not too bad, not too bad at all. She's going to be good, you know.
She's going to be pretty fair.
- Well I'm glad to hear that. - Right on.
- Good. What do you call her by the way? - Apache.
- And why is that? - Oh, I don't know, just, you know, got to call 'em something,
and a name's a name.
Yeah. Yeah. Have a good season, though?
Yeah. Not too bad, but... right around 150.
Out of marten?
Yeah. Got a couple of lynx and a couple of wolverine, and other stuff, but the marten's
a cash crop, eh.
Yeah. But what are the prices like this year?
I heard they came up a little bit, but I don't know.
I don't think we're going to get very good average.
Hey Norm, you know the price within a few bucks anyway.
Yeah, but now, like I say, I still got to figure out
what I'm going to get for my, you know, for my fur.
I want to go home.
Go back 'till the morning comes...
...You'll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away...
If I don't come back on spring, well then, good.
Yeah? Should we go and look for you?
- No. - No?
Just leave you out there?
Well you can look for Nebraska and my dogs.
Yeah. Oh, sure, yeah, we'll do that.
- Not for me. - Not for you.
- Nope. - No.
Nope. It means I am dead, I'm gone.
And you know what? You know what death is?
Death is a continuation of the life.
Yeah?
With everything that dies, you got five animals who'll live.
Yeah.
- Uh-huh. - And I'm an animal.
So? We're cutting it all?
Yeah, except the moustache.
Yeah, the big spring shearing.
Most animals just shed in the spring; us, we got to pay somebody to cut it off.
Apache, bring your puppies here, eh.
No, no. No, no. No, no.
No, no. No, no. No, no.
Norm, if they're only hunting for one more season, why did you spend so much effort
on the cabin this time?
I don't know.