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Any time you feel like racing around

try something like that.

I wouldn't mind trying a little of that.

No. That's kid stuff.

Silly to sit there driving around in circles.

Where's it get you, man? It's a big waste of time.

Cleve! Cleve!

Whoo-hoo! I think I got him. I think I got him!

Beautiful!

Now you know why I use a crossbow.

200 feet, not a sound!

Let's go. Let's get him in the car before anybody catches us.

Who's going to find us here?

Look at this.

What is this?

- Come on. - Go.

'Go.'

Well, Davey, I don't think they'll be bothering us anymore.

Hey, what's he doin' on the fire road?

Breakin' the law.

Take the next exit. He'll be coming off of Mulholland.

Oh, no. We got trouble. Arnie, we got trouble. Cops.

Oh, no, no!

They must have seen us on the fire road.

Come on. Come on! Go, Cleve. Go!

Arnie, we're not gonna lose 'em.

I'm tellin' you, we're not gonna lose 'em.

Keep goin' till I get rid of this crossbow.

Okay, crossbow's gone.

We'll come back for it. Pull over.

Cleve! Cleve!

We're not gonna cause any trouble, I swear it.

Easy, alright?

I'm okay. I'm okay.

We're just people. God, we were scared.

Some crazy guy started shooting at us back there!

You don't believe it? Look at the door.

'Jon?'

It's an arrow.

That's a fire road built by the county that you were on.

'For emergency vehicles only. What were you doing on it?'

Just hiking like I always do.

I wanted to show my friend all that wildlife out there.

Yeah, I'm gonna book you on reckless driving

and failure to yield.

You're lucky you didn't kill somebody.

I'm gonna call a tow truck.

What about this maniac, though?

I mean, we were driving down the road

out of nowhere an arrow hits the car.

I mean, I.. I don't mind telling you, I panicked.

Alright. We'll check it out. Come on.

Grandpa, didn't our people used to always hunt deer?

Yep. They were good at it, too.

I know it's wrong for the guys in the truck, but why?

Well, Davey, it's the way they do it, using a crossbow.

Besides, they got no permits.

How can you tell they got no permit?

Well..

...there's not enough grazing land left, you see.

'Herd has to be thinned out.'

Otherwise a lot of the deer would starve.

So, there comes a certain time of the year

we call a hunting season

the government gives out huntin' permits

and I know this just ain't the season.

What kind of bird is that?

'A Blue Jay.'

'Uh-uh. Scrub-Jay.'

You see, there are many different kinds of jays, Davey.

Did our people have a hunting season?

Our people.

They know when to hunt and when not to hunt.

There were many thousands of deer in those days.

They needed what they killed.

They didn't have any stores to buy anything.

They needed the meat for food, the antlers for tools

the bones for needles

the sinews for bow strings

and the hides for clothes.

They used every part of the animal, Davey.

Nothing in nature should ever be wasted.

There's another one.

- Scrub-Jay. - Right.

You know they like peanuts?

Whatever you got, bring it in.

Bad news, daddy-o.

No delivery.

No deer? What is this?

'Well, you're gonna say, Arnie, I don't believe you.'

But some guy out there started shooting at us with arrows.

Arrows?

You guys got to be kidding me.

You want me to drive the car up, you can take a look at it?

No, I don't want you to bring the car over

so I can take a look at it.

'I want fresh venison!'

I got customers lined up for it.

I got to truss it, hang it, age it.

Look, Mr. Daniels, we almost got killed, okay?

I am talking to my protege

'to my wonderful godson who promised me three fresh bucks!'

I can get bear meat from Alaska.

I can get tiger meat from Nepal.

From you? I can't get deer meat from your own back yard.

I brought you one, daddy-o!

Well, you owe me two!

And please, with the daddy-o..

'...tomorrow, Arnie.'

Tomorrow, without fail.

I Gotcha.

Have a nice day.

Somebody made a U-turn right here.

Yeah. That'd be the car.

Hey, Jon, their footprints are right here.

They said they were walkin'.

Place across the road where it looks like

somebody came down the bank

but I don't see any walking footprints.

What's that?

Yeah, it's-it's a missile from an airgun or a crossbow.

We got the address on that pickup.

Let's have another go at those guys.

Alright. I'll run it by fish and game.

I think we may have some poachers out here.

That pot belonged to your great grandmother's sister.

Why don't we tell those cops what we know about the hunters?

All we know is they came and killed a deer

came back and tried again.

Davey..

When something dies for nothing

its cry is heard throughout the forest

'every tree, bird, grass.'

The spirit lives in everything and in all men

and the spirit hears that cry.

I want you to hear it. Listen and hear.

'That's the important thing, Davey.'

'That's why we're here.'

Is it in the cops, the spirit?

I said all men, didn't I?

I bet they could stop those hunters, if we helped them.

'They don't need our help'

and I don't want them to interfere with us.

How do we know they would?

I know, I lived out in that world all of my life

and I mean to teach you something about this one

while I still got time.

People out there just don't understand.

- No!

While I'm fixing supper, why don't you go take a bath?

Oh, grandpa!

Our people have always been clean, Davey.

I'll bring you a towel. Here's the soap.

You said they used to use bear grease.

Now, you use soap. Go on. Get.

My wife won't let me work in the house.

So I do it all out here.

But, boy, when I start selling things

she'll come around.

- This pistol looks authentic. - Yeah.

Oh, that's-that's carved just out of one piece of wood.

You ever model a wooden weapon

'like a war club, a crossbow, blowgun?'

Uh, no. Only what you see there.

You know, a crossbow's a dangerous weapon

at close range, like a solid .357 Magnum.

Fires a missile, a bolt.

'It's deadly.'

'It's illegal for hunting.'

Yeah, but that was a regular arrow that maniac

or whoever he was, shot at my car.

That's right. Yeah.

- Thank you both. - Alright.

Oh, uh, by the way..

...you made a U-turn in your car just off the road back there.

At 30 feet or so, we found a missile stuck in a tree.

We think it came from a crossbow.

That's why the guy ran us off.

With a regular arrow from the other direction?

It's a hard one to figure.

Oh, say, officer, you know, you seem to really appreciate this.

And it's not gonna sell, so I'd like to give it to you.

You can stain it, lacquer it, whatever.

Thanks, but no thanks.

It may sound funny coming from a cop

but I hate deadly weapons.

The sheriff of Nottingham is alive and well

and riding his motorcycle.

According to the Fish and Game

this is a bolt used for hunting deer.

You can get a permit in season

for a bow and arrow, but not for this.

This is a homemade arrow? I mean an Indian arrow?

Well, if you study the arrowhead, the shaft

the feathers, the way they're set

you can tell what tribe it belongs to.

How did you learn all this? Back in Wyoming?

John Wayne movie.

I must have missed that one.

What did you come up with?

Well, no evidence

'and I didn't want to get into any illegal search'

but this guy Arnold Keith, he ought to be watched.

This is definitely from a crossbow.

Is he into huntin', archery?

He says no, but I tell you this, partner

if he wanted a crossbow, he could make one.

Okay, Fish and Game is responsible for wildlife

but that area is in our jurisdiction.

I don't want any poachers' wars going on

so check it out tomorrow, okay?

Hey, we're off tomorrow.

Then if you do check it out tomorrow

don't put in for overtime.

Maybe real Indians live up there.

Sure, they're always finding lost tribes

in the Santa Monica mountains

every time they start a new housing development.

Of course, it was mostly the Chumash who lived around there.

And they weren't really your

typical bow and arrow type hunter.

Grossie, this happened a mile away from two freeways

the San Diego and Ventura.

How about a deaf lost Indian tribe?

- Jon! - Hey, fellas.

Hola. It's gonna be an hour before we can get on the track.

This thing's really popular.

Listen, Ponch, if you're really serious

about goin' after this so-called crazy man

maybe we'd be better off not wearing a uniform.

Jon, bows and arrows? People shooting deadly crossbows?

Well, if I'm not back by sundown, circle the wagons.

- Oh, brother! - Wagons, ho!

Okay, expert, track me down a nice, fat deer.

Wait a minute, Arnie. What about that crazy Indian?

I don't want Indians shooting arrows around here.

Hey, hey. We got the firepower, you know?

If he gives us any trouble, he won't stand a chance.

- No. It's the policemen.

Go back to camp and wait there until I come.

We're not against the cops, are we?

I don't want them to see you.

Do as I say. We'll talk about it later.

Hey, Ponch.

Let's go on up the road and see what's shaking.

Hey, come here, little kid!

Yeah, we just wanna talk to you.

You okay?

- I'm okay.

What's your name?

Davey McAllister.

I'm Ponch. This is Jon.

I know. I mean, I know who you are.

'I mean, I saw you before.'

What happened, Davey? How did you fall?

Uh, I just fell.

Uh, I was following this deer.

That's a nice little outfit.

That help you follow deer?

Yeah, um, I'm playing.

I'm supposed to be an Indian.

You live around here, Davey?

Yeah. Right around here. Close.

Well, then, come on. We'll take you home.

Oh, it's not far. I can walk. Honest.

No, no. Come on. In the truck. Come on.

David? Davey.

McAllister. Okay, I've got that.

'If he's only 12 years old'

'he can't qualify as your crazy man.'

Maybe that's who he's covering for.

He won't give us any straight answers

about his family or where he lives

and he should be in school someplace.

Okay, well, I'll get in touch with

missing persons and county juvenile.

You stay in touch.

See, there's our friend Grossman.

'There goes Jed Turner.'

- Yeah, sure.

'You have to be old enough for a driver's license.'

Man, those are so neat, those cars!

I wish my grandpa could see them.

Davey, you live with your grandpa, right?

What about your mother and father?

My dad is on a tanker, oil tanker. He's an engineer.

Oh, yeah. What about your mom?

I don't have any.

Davey, I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Where do you go to school? Where do you live?

Okay, my man, if you don't wanna tell us

so we can't take you home

we're gonna have to take you to juvenile detention.

'Now you got the ball. What do you wanna do?'

Okay. It's back at Mulholland, where we were.

Alright. Come on.

Look, he's headed toward those houses.

I think people leave food out here.

Come on. Get a good shot.

Hey, Gypsy, come here, Come in.

Come on, Gypsy. Oh, Gypsy!

Okay, don't miss, pea brain.

Oh, that's clever. No chance.

Gypsy!

What happened?

Look!

Look! It hit her. This thing hit her.

'Yeah. This is it.'

Oh, baby.

Let's go.

Was that the boy in that car?

Break, break. Get me Smokey.

Off-duty CHP, Officer Poncherello

in a blue pickup pursuing a suspect eastbound Mulholland

from Sturgis toward the 405.

'Any units in position to assist, identify.'

10-4, Ponch. 7 Charles. I can back you up at the 405.

Don't you understand, he's got to go to a doctor.

Gypsy's in pain!

Cool it!

Panic has caused enough damage.

There are people hurt up there.

You're under arrest. Now, don't you move.

You need an ambulance?

Yes, two. Is there a boy in that wagon?

No.

15, 7 Charles.

I have a multiple TC northbound 405 Cruzan off ramp.

'The ramp is blocked. I need two tow trucks and two ambulances.'

Uh, S-4, 7 Charles.

Are you still in contact with Mary 3 and 4?

Affirmative, S-4. Stand by.

Must have started tumbling when it came through the fence.

It's a duplicate of the one we found in the tree.

Sarge wants one of you.

How are we gonna tell him we lost the boy?

Why don't you just say, Sarge, we lost the boy?

- S-4, Mary 3 and 4. - About the boy.

He's listed in Ventura county as a kidnap victim.

They're trying to reach his father. Bring him in.

Uh, sarge, uh..

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Davey.

Davey. Davey!

Grandpa!

Hey, Ponch

you should have come back to the grand prix yesterday.

Missed a lot of real excitement.

You guys are living too fast.

- See you later, Bear. - Yeah.

Here's the plan, Ponch.

We're gonna break the grand prix track record.

Another star in the CHP central crown, huh?

- That sounds great.

What's it gonna cost me?

I'm the designated driver and you support me as a team.

You want me to have experience, practice time, right?

Before the biggie?

What's it gonna cost me?

It's four laps for $5.

Four laps for $5.

And each backer's contributing 5 bucks.

Plan B, give me 5

and I'll break the record and bring you change.

Not to denigrate your prowess, Poncherello

but, uh, the advantage of my lesser size and weight

will be the reduction of the power-to-drag ratio.

I'll win quicker.

We'll have more excess money for the victory party.

Okay, I'm in.

After all, it's only 5 bucks.

He's in, Harlan. He already said it.

That's right. He did, didn't he?

Is he alright?

These two bolts put a crossbow up there two days running.

I say poaching for profit.

I know there are markets selling venison.

A lot of it comes in frozen. Fresh, it brings premium prices.

I'll check the meat markets.

Poncherello, Carruthers, Fish and Game.

Uh, would you give him those addresses, please?

Yeah, sure. These are the guys we think you want.

Arnold Keith is a wood carver.

Truck belongs to Cleveland Artell.

Same address. Has a back room there.

Thanks a lot. You've been a big help.

I'll check these out.

Okay. Frank Poncherello, Ed McAllister.

Davey's dad. He just drove down.

- Hi. - Howdy.

I understand you and your partner

were searching half the night.

Yes, we were. Jon's on his way. He went to change.

What's the story?

I think my father's flipped his wig, if you want to know.

It's Davey's grandfather.

Davey stays with him when Mr. McAllister's out to sea.

'He'll be the one who fired the arrow into the car.'

He kidnapped the boy?

He picked him up at school last week.

Some of the kids thought he was being kidnapped.

Well, you know, where to find him?

No.

My ship came in three days ago. I found this note at the house.

"Time for David to learn his heritage.

"Going to ancient tribal home."

Ancient tribal home! I don't know where that is.

- No.

I'm part Chumash, part Cahuilla.

My people were all over Southern California.

We have him zeroed in the Santa Monica mountains.

Well, then Davey will be safe if he's with a man

who knows how to live in the wild.

Are you kidding? My father was born in Burbank.

The wildest place he's ever seen is the San Diego Zoo.

He's a businessman. He owns three gasoline stations.

Cars, he knows about.

He's never even been camping before.

Okay. Okay. Hold it. Davey knew we were cops.

So there's only one place he could have seen us in uniform.

Maybe we can track him from there.

Jon?

Hey, don't change.

You're changed? Don't change back.

No. I've got Davey's father here with me.

Bring the truck and meet me

where we found the crossbow bolt.

Right. You got a car?

- Yeah. - Alright. Follow me.

Oh, if it's okay with you.

Oh, who me?

Come on.

First time we were here

we were on our motors in uniform.

We parked where we just now stopped

so he must have seen us from someplace around here.

Now, if we can..

Jon

Jon!

'Ponch! Over here.'

Ponch, watch your step.

Okay. Okay.

You find a trail?

No. I lost my contact lens.

I think I have a trail right over here.

Ah! Okay. I'll follow you guys.

I don't know these hills very well.

I don't see anything, Jon.

It's partly what you feel.

Tracking is pure instinct.

My father told me to look for the slightest clue

and expect the unexpected.

Look, footprints.

Ed? Ed McAllister!

Someone's been through here recently.

Looks like two guys, maybe three.

I think it was us.

Ed, where are you?

Let's let him lead for a while. Indians are good at this stuff.

Why don't you holler?

Because if they're trying to hide, they'll run.

Oh.

Uh, I'll go this way.

Hold it, Jon.

Oh. We're friendly.

I suppose you're lookin' for me.

Davey McAllister's grandpa?

- Nathan Littlecrow. - Dad!

Eddy! Eddy, what are you doing here, son?

Dad!

What happened to you?

I got lost.

I told you guys I'm not that kind of an Indian.

Neither is my father.

Dad, you can't just take a kid out of school.

You should have talked with the school board or something.

He's got to have his education.

I didn't take him out forever. He'll go back.

Don't you call this an education?

Learning the ways of his people. Learning how nature works.

Seeing the stars at night. Breathing the fresh air.

Why not wait for summer vacation?

Because I have hay fever in summer.

Besides, somebody had to teach him.

You never wanted to learn.

You never asked me what I wanted.

You sent me to college.

Are you gonna tell me that was wrong?

Dad, I'm telling you this is wrong. This!

I want you both back where you belong.

You can't cope with the dangers out here.

Dangers out here?

Tell me about that car that killed his mother, Ed.

'That stupid war that almost took your life.'

'Those kids in the street with knives!'

The peddlers who sell dope!

Look, this is paradise. That's a jungle.

That is where he has to survive.

And will, because I will teach him who he is and why he is

like my father taught me!

Your father taught you to be an auto mechanic!

These are for drying rabbit skins

but we love rabbits, so grandpa doesn't shoot 'em.

Who built your shelter, your grandpa?

Mostly. I helped some.

You guys go to the grand prix racetrack very often?

Sometimes, I can hear those cars up here at night.

Man, they are so neat!

We're gonna have a contest there.

Maybe you'd like to come and watch.

It's not very far.

My dad used to drive race cars.

Didn't you, dad?

Sports cars, once upon a time.

Davey, we've got to break camp.

Do we have to?

Grandpa's decision.

Davey, I brought you here for all the reasons I told you.

There was another reason, too.

I came looking for my own self

trying to find myself through you.

And I guess I went about it the wrong way.

When our people make a mistake, they admit it.

I admit it, Davey.

What we're gonna do is start all over again.

This time, the right way.

The three of us together.

'Goodbye!'

Davey, why don't you go up front and get the rope

and I'll tie this stuff down?

I'll go back and get some more.

Look at this!

This is a new suburb or something they're building.

Who is this?

Hello!

Hey, hey, hey.

Arnie, look at this.

What is this?

This must be the jerk who shot my car

put a whole in my brand new car, huh?

Look at this stuff!

Wait a minute, Arnie.

I'm gonna have to huff! I'm gonna have to puff!

And I'm gonna have to knock this hermit's thing down.

'Yahoo!'

Dad!

Grandpa!

Hey!

Come on!

Dad!

The poachers, dad, the guys who chased me.

- I'm okay. I'm not hurt. - I'll get the cops!

Davey, come back.

We followed their trail for 40 or 50 yards, then we lost them.

Dad said the big one had a crossbow.

We still got to catch them in the act.

- In the old days-- - Grandpa!

Grandpa's alright, Davey.

Two against one, Davey. It wasn't fair.

The Fish and Game guy's coming.

We don't have anything concrete, but--

Hold it, he started to say something about in the old days?

Yeah. You don't chase the poachers.

You bring them to you.

The deer will stay.

Alright. You take cover here.

Hold it! Police!

Come on! Come on!

Oh, great. I need that.

Turn around!

Come on, Cleve. Cleve.

Cleve! Cleve!

Try that. Try that. Over there! Over there!

Hold on.

Whoa! No! Cleve!

Cleve?

Yeah?

I think we're in bad trouble.

Offic.. Officers, we surrender.

No more. We surrender.

Hey, Grossie, give me a ticket.

- Yeah, give him a ticket. - No.

- Come on, man. Give it. - No!

- You got to give him a ticket. - You're so stingy.

- Give him a ticket. - Okay. Okay. Okay.

But Harlan's our driver.

- Oh, yeah.

I can't believe that Jon's getting hooked on this.

It's kid stuff. Kid stuff.

I don't even know why we contribute to the fund.

So you break the track record? So what?

They don't even give you a trophy.

No

Ponch, Harlan's our driver.

I got to get more tickets. I'll be right back.

Be right back.

Doing okay. Boy, if he could just stay on the track.

Yeah. He hit that turn real good.

I didn't do too well. How about you?

I was great in the infield not too good on the track.

Fast time in the half.

Go!

Go! Go! Go!

Yay!

Who is it?

Oh! Oh!

Kid stuff.