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[English]

-Up in the Tobacco Root Mountains,

the sun's finally caught up to Jake and his pack

and they're ready to roll.

-All right, so I found this

track early this morning in the dark,

and I wasn't able to turn up another one,

which is a good thing.

So we've only got one job to do today.

We'll see if the dogs can't get this kitty pushed

back up on the mountain.

Marlene.

Here it is. Here it is. Here it is.

Good dog! Good dog!

[ Dog barks ]

Good dog.

Well, just like that, we're off to the races.

-On the cat's scent and kicking off the first hunt of the season

are Marlene, Mardel, and Blue,

three of Jake's most seasoned trackers.

-Coming into the season this year is a little different

than all the ones in the past.

We don't have any pups anymore.

Everybody's fully trained.

Everybody I would consider to be a veteran this year,

so I'm hoping that this year I can put out less dogs.

I'm going to do two to three

at a time instead of letting go half the pack.

I rely on these dogs each and every day,

so it's going to be nice to run smaller packs

and be able to have extra dogs at home

that are ready to go for the next day.

♪♪

All right.

Let's see where these dogs are.

Oh, they're covering some country.

-At top speed, the dogs are running as fast as

15 miles per hour, leaving Jake in the dust.

-They went over top of this ridge and they're dropping down.

So I need to get up to the top here

and see if I can't catch up to them.

-He'll track them on GPS while he closes the gap,

a trek that can take hours in this treacherous terrain.

♪♪

-Can't quite hear these dogs yet.

I should be getting close enough to

where I should be hearing them.

They're across the canyon here in a patch of timber,

and it looks like they're -- Yeah.

They're just a little over a half mile right now,

so I should start hearing them here pretty soon.

It's definitely nice to have snow on the ground,

but, uh, tough, tough snow conditions.

I'm slipping and sliding, and I'm using a lot more energy,

but, uh, either way, I've got to keep pushing.

-The dogs are trained to stay on target

until Jake arrives, no matter how long it takes.

♪♪

[ Dogs barking ]

-All right. I can really hear those dogs now.

They can't be far.

Oh [bleep]

Well, that's not good.

I've definitely got something funky going on here.

The dogs were peeling up the creek here,

and Marlene just took --

went about 100 yards and pulled up, treed.

I think she's down here treeing by herself.

I'm going to get up here and see what the heck I got going on.

[ Barking continues ]

♪♪

What do you got here?

-Holy cow!

You got it pushed way up in that tree.

-...Jake's first shot on target...

-You ain't supposed to be chasing a bobcat.

-...is a misfire.

-It's definitely a big old bobcat,

but it's not what we're after.

And I've got Blue and Mardel

heading up the drainage here on the creek.

So I'm just going to pull Marlene off

and get her lined back out with those other two.

And hopefully she catches up to the rest of the pack

and catches that lion.

Good girl, Marlene!

I'm not going to tell Marlene she did a bad job.

She caught a cat. Good girl! Marlene!

Let's go! Mama! Here. Come on, let's go.

You did good.

Catch you up with the rest of them.

♪♪

-The detour puts Jake even farther behind.

But making up time on the steep cliffs

is a tall order with fresh powder on the ground.

-Holy crap.

The snow is really starting to pick up.

Um, kind of let up there for a minute,

and now it's really starting to come down again.

All right.

I've got dogs starting to tree way down here below me.

Looks like they're all barking pretty good right now

and they're staying put. So I think they got it treed.

Um, I just got to cover about three quarters

of a mile to get to them.

Hopefully they got me a cat caught.

♪♪

[ Dog barking ]

♪♪

Mardel.

Mardel decided to climb the tree, so I got to get up there

and help her down as quickly as I can.

We've got a cat on the top of the tree,

and Mardel is about halfway up.

Mardel climbing a tree, it's a disastrous deal

because if that mountain lion decides it wants to attack her,

she's going to be pretty well helpless up there.

[ Barking continues ]

Come on. Good girl.

That cat only knows two ways down the tree,

and that's to climb down it or jump out of it.

Good girl, good girl. Good girl.

One of those options is going to be

right over top of me and the dog.

So if this cat comes down right now,

me and the cat are going to end up in hand-to-hand combat,

which is the last thing I need.

Good girl. Come on.

♪♪

♪♪

Come on, deli. [ Barking continues ]

♪♪

You good? [ Barking continues ]

Got it?

You got it, baby girl.

[ Barking continues ]

You're good, you're good.

[ Barking continues ]

♪♪

[ Barking continues ]

All right. Holy crap. [ Dogs barking ]

[ Barking continues ]

We got this mountain lion pushed back,

and it's time to get my butt off the mountain

and get these dogs fed,

and we'll be right back at it again tomorrow.

Here. Good dogs! Good dogs!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mountains /ˈmaʊntɪnz/ B1	noun - large landforms that rise prominently above surrounding terrain
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star that provides light and warmth to Earth
pack /pæk/ B1	noun - a group of animals traveling together verb - to fill tightly with items
track /træk/ B1	noun - a mark or series of marks left by a person or animal verb - to follow the trail of
season /ˈsiːzən/ B1	noun - a period of the year characterized by particular weather conditions
trained /treɪnd/ B2	adjective - having been taught a particular skill or type of behavior
veteran /ˈvetərən/ B2	noun - a person who has had long experience in a particular field
rely /rɪˈlaɪ/ B1	verb - to depend on someone or something
speed /spiːd/ B1	noun - how fast something is moving
terrain /təˈreɪn/ B2	noun - the surface features of a region
energy /ˈenərdʒi/ B1	noun - the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity
target /ˈtɑːrɡɪt/ B1	noun - something that is aimed at
cliffs /klɪfs/ B2	noun - steep rock faces
powder /ˈpaʊdər/ B1	noun - fine, dry particles
combat /ˈkɒmbæt/ C1	noun - fighting or struggle
treed /triːd/ B2	verb - having driven an animal up a tree
drainage /ˈdreɪnɪdʒ/ B2	noun - the process of removing water
disastrous /dɪˈzæstərəs/ C1	adjective - causing great damage or suffering