In my opinion, there’s definitely depicted cases where those rules are most certainly not being honoured or respected. As humans we know what humane hunting is, and we’ve got a responsibility to treat animals with decency and respect and show them the kindness of not having to suffer in pain or being panicked. Now THAT is not alright! And those killings should definitely have been reported to wildlife services in my opinion. These are the very same reasons why I also have and had a problem with the whole hunting of a porcupine, where it flees up into a tree, the tree is being knocked over with the usage of an axe, and then he uses the freaking tree trunk to bash the animal to death, and again, we’re spared seeing too much of it, but the shots still shows that it took him more than one bashing.
It’s your responsibility as a hunter to make a killing quick and free from pain, stress and terror for the animal in question. Now THAT situation I had and have several issues with for multiple reasons! First and foremost, don’t go bloody hunting if you only have 5 bullets on you. It tries to flee into the wilderness but buckles a few metres in, and them, still being out of bullets, have to get up close and personal and finish the killing with a hunting knife….which we thank goodness is spared the documentation off. Wanna talk about something that can be referred to as so-called unfair and unethical? Then I’d most definitely say this particular incident is not included, however, one episode Martha and her husband is out hunting, and I’m pretty sure that it’s a Karibu, and then they run out of bullets. Is it more fair for someone to shoot an animal from a distance, sometimes missing and having to take multiple shots, and the animal sometimes being allowed a certain amount of time to be terrified and in pain? How is it unfair to get as close as possible to the animal, delivering a fatal shot to the brain of the animal, which kills it instantly?
Agnes is one of the main focuses of the show, though all the family also appear regularly. Hailstone’s wife is the one shown with family ties that extend back thousands of years, so having intimate knowledge of surviving in Alaska taught by her family throughout the generations. The family reside near the Kobuk River in Nordic which is 19 miles (30kms) north of the Arctic Circle in a very cold area of Alaska. The family along with numerous other cast members are shown in their everyday struggles, depending on what they need to survive. The title of the show is a reference to the fact that Alaska is mostly wrapped in below zero conditions for most of the year.
The series aims to showcase the daily and seasonal activities of hunters who have made their living in remote places of Alaska, and is aired on the National Geographic Channel, but produced by BBC Worldwide. Hailstone and his family’s life were mainly out of the spotlight until their lifestyle caught the attention of television show producers, who invited them to become a part of an upcoming documentary television series entitled “ Life Below Zero”. His eldest daughter would later have a child, making Chip a grandfather. Two of their children were active athletes in their respective schools, while one has moved away to attend college. Despite the active participation of their children in the hunting lifestyle, the parents have made it a point that they complete their education. The two started a family, and they now have five children together, all of whom would grow in a lifestyle of survival amidst the largely cold harsh temperatures of the region. While the details of their marriage have not been shared, many speculate that they tied the knot during the 1990s. The two’s friendship would grow into a romance and they eventually married. He stayed there for the next few years, during which time he met a fellow hunter named Agnes, three years younger than him, who was born and raised in Alaska.
During his late teens in 1988, he visited Alaska on a trip and the visit would become a permanent stay in the small town of Noorvik, where there are only around 700 in the population. Chip grew up in Kalispell, and during his time there started learning to both fish and hunt.