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The Last Alaskans
« on: January 16, 2019, 08:19:43 PM »
The way you know this reality TV show is super fake is that they somehow survive hunting and fishing in Alaska without any KUIU, Sitka, First Lite, Kifaru etc.

Other than that its pretty great
what in the wild wild world of sports???

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2019, 08:31:06 PM »
The way you know this reality TV show is super fake is that they somehow survive hunting and fishing in Alaska without any KUIU, Sitka, First Lite, Kifaru etc.

Other than that its pretty great

I use to like it, then the whiney old guy Bob Hart? The one that kept crashing his plain, just started driving me nuts  :bash:
I can't even hear that guys voice without wanting to turn the channel now.

The younger (newer) characters are interesting. I thought it odd, that in the early shows they would wait to the last day of moose season to hunt moose, when they food source for the year depended on getting a moose.
Call me food motivated, getting food would be my highest priority.  :dunno:
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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2019, 09:06:05 PM »
The way you know this reality TV show is super fake is that they somehow survive hunting and fishing in Alaska without any KUIU, Sitka, First Lite, Kifaru etc.

Other than that its pretty great

I use to like it, then the whiney old guy Bob Hart? The one that kept crashing his plain, just started driving me nuts  :bash:
I can't even hear that guys voice without wanting to turn the channel now.

The younger (newer) characters are interesting. I thought it odd, that in the early shows they would wait to the last day of moose season to hunt moose, when they food source for the year depended on getting a moose.
Call me food motivated, getting food would be my highest priority.  :dunno:

Bob Hart died of cancer about a year and a half ago, so you won’t be hearing him on the show anymore. As I’ve made some friends in Fairbanks in recent years I’ve heard locals talk about Bob Hart and Heimo Korth as they are the real deal.

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2019, 09:57:23 PM »
The real deal for sure, I have met Daniel, he works as a part time pilot for Wright Air out of Fairbanks. We flew over his cabin and he told me about how he and his sister grew up there and Heimo was his closest neighbor. Very, very cool experiences up there. In my opinion its the only REAL reality show on TV.

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2019, 05:24:13 AM »
Love the show. Miss Bob Harte, hated to see him pass on. Most people could never make it on their own in those conditions. Bit long in the advertisements but they have to make their money some way.
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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2019, 05:28:43 AM »
The show is great ! Heimo and Edna are super good people and Charlie is a hell of a kid  !

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2019, 06:12:08 AM »
I enjoy this show as it doesnt seem to be staged as much as others.
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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2019, 08:23:51 AM »
Of all the shows I get, it is by far the best out there. :tup:   One thing it does show, our government should be told to BUT OUT!  They do more to destroy the environment, then they will ever protect!!

Seattle's homeless would probably fair better there then in Seattle! :chuckle: Bill Gates to the rescue!

 
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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2019, 08:46:57 AM »
I enjoy this show as it doesnt seem to be staged as much as others.

Thats my thoughts too.

The wife and I watched the first season recently on Hulu as we do not have cable/dish. We did not know there were more seasons. We'll have to watch for Hulu to load more.

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2019, 10:34:29 AM »
One of my favorites!
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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2019, 10:39:09 AM »
This is my favorite - but like all reality shows it's starting to wear thin. Too much introduced stuff now. Lots of new gear, boats, etc. But I will recommend reading the Last Frontiersman. About Heimo, written in 2005. I read it in 2 nights. Dude was/is legit.

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2019, 12:07:56 PM »
A bit off subject, but concerning Heimo.  When working in Elfin Cove one of the clients was a pilot who lived in Fairbanks and knew Heimo from flying him/supplies into ANWR.  At the end of the fishing season the lodge owner, myself, and the pilot flew into ANWR on the Coleen River for a caribou bow hunt.  We happened to hit the migration in full force.  It was a matter of picking out a bull and trying to get in front of him. 
The pilot was not too ambitious nor picky in his quest.  He tied a plastic fence, which was just a couple feet high, to his airplane and strung it down the gravel bar landing strip.  He then set up under a wing in a comfortable camp chair.  Their curiously and perceived fear of jumping the low fence pulled them in the trap.
Anyway, at the end of the hunt the lodge owner and myself donated our meat to Heimo.  On the last flight out the plane was so loaded with meat for Heimo and camp gear that the passenger seat was taken out and my job was twofold.  One, pull stumps and debris out on the landing strip so no one else could land at "the pilot's spot".  Two, put the seat on my back and wade across the Coleen and trek to another landing spot.  He then picked me up after delivering to Heimo.
Always regret not meeting him, but later he did send me a wolverine pelt and 4 autographed books for my boys. 
You bet, I relive all the fond memories of that hunt when watching the tv episodes.  If I may say, I think it is an absolute travesty that the feds are doing away with such a unique lifestyle.

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2019, 12:15:58 PM »
Very cool story!
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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2019, 03:39:41 PM »
One of the wife and mine's favorite shows.  There are so many people in our society that have no concept of the harsh realities of nature.  This show puts those realities front and center.
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

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Re: The Last Alaskans
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2019, 04:08:53 PM »
I remember reading about Heimo in Field and Stream or some magazine like that over 30 years ago.  It was a very interesting story.

 


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