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8 Episodes 2012 - 2013
Episode 1
Sun, May 19, 201344 mins
MIDSEASON PREMIERE: Late fall. Half the herd returns early from the summer grazing grounds so the Kilchers drive the rest home across icy rivers. The family rushes to finish other winter prep work but still makes time for a beach-scavenged gourmet picnic.
Episode 2
Tue, Oct 9, 201244 mins
Spring finally arrives on the homestead. Eivin mills lumber, builds a large chicken house from scratch and helps wife Eve take out a rogue cannibal hen. Desperate for food, Jane goes fishing for king salmon solo while husband Atz Lee hunts for black bear.
Episode 3
Tue, Oct 16, 201244 mins
Otto and family battle the elements and predators to drive their cattle to the summer pasture. A missing calf causes Otto and Eivin to head off for a dangerous late night rescue mission. Atz Lee and Jane build a makeshift greenhouse from cast off supplies
Episode 4
Tue, Oct 23, 201244 mins
Atz begins his summer range riding season to protect Otto's cattle herd. A bear menaces from the edge; a wolf invades the herd. Otto and family race the clock and the elements to gather in winter's hay crop. Eivin and Eve's cannibal hen strikes again.
Episode 5
Sat, Jun 15, 201343 mins
SEASON FINALE:In this special the Kilchers share never-before-seen family footage and stories about patriarch Yule. Otto and Atz share stories of their own parental style, with sons chiming in. Looking forward, the Kilchers pan gold in a secret icy place.
Episode 12
Wed, May 1, 201344 mins
Otto gets creative to beat the frozen soil when he realizes he must move the outhouse, now. Eivin takes Eve on her first deerhunt on Afognak Island, which is teeming with wild animals including awake bears. Atz and sons gather trees for a big new project.
Episode 13
Sun, Jun 2, 201344 mins
Otto pulls porcupine quills out of a colt's face. With Eivin's legal quota met, it's up to Eve to bring home more deer meat from their hunting trip, but she's conflicted about the kill. Atz and Atz Lee snare rabbits; Jane gets a lesson in rabbit skinning.

Episode 14
Sun, Jun 9, 201344 mins
The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter finally hits, prep the hunter and cattleman cabins, winterize the bee hive, sorting the root cellar, bottling the raspberry mead, and creating a new field with an excavator and barge.