All language subtitles for Naked.and.Afraid.S17E01.1080p.HEVC.x265-MeGusta

Oh, I see him.

He's over here at the
end of this little island.

Right there.

I wanna try and
handfish this croc.

I'm fixing to get in the
water and go after him.

Oh, my God.

Man, I'm excited.

I can see tons of animals.

It looks like the
game is plentiful

and it just makes me hungry.

I'm a general
contractor for money,

but I'm a hunter for life.

I'm just not sure
anybody can survive here

for 21 days.

All right, guys.

Two strangers... Ha!
Run, go, go, go, go.

Oh, God.

no food...

no water.

Twenty-one days.

Don't tap.

Die first.

Naked and Afraid.

I'm excited to
be here in Africa.

This is definitely a
very harsh environment,

but I've been studying
a lot of the plant life here

and I'm planning on
harvesting food for us.

I grew up on a homestead

and we were on fruits
and vegetables year-round

and it's always been
a passion of mine.

I'm definitely more of a
gatherer than a hunter.

I'm just ready to dive right in.

Man, the terrain is super crazy.

It's a lot like Texas.

It's dry, it's arid.

But at the same time,

you know, we don't
have big game animals

runnin' around
that could hurt you.

Hunter Cole and Gatherer Shell

will attempt to survive 21 days

deep in the South
African bushveld,

a rugged terrain
where dense brush

provides cover to leopards
and venomous snakes.

The region's freshwater sources

are home to aggressive
Nile crocodiles,

who's jaws deliver a
bite force of 5,000 pounds

per square inch
during an attack.

I'm excited to meet my
partner and I look forward

to bonding with my
local environment here

and just becoming
one with Africa.

I'm here really for
the spiritual journey

to experience extreme
hunger, extreme thirst,

extreme everything, and
to see what lies deep down.

I won't mind being
naked with a stranger,

but it's not 'cause I'm
some kind of floozy.

Here we go.

Oh, I'm super excited

just because I get to
put all my skills to the test

and I really think

that I'm gonna be
able to crush it out here.

Time to get naked.

You gotta do me a favor.

Give me a big blur, please.

It's like a grub worm
wearing a turtleneck, man.

I've always dreamed of
comin' and huntin' in Africa,

big game with my bow

and I finally get
the opportunity.

I prefer to bow hunt,
really test my skills.

Hunting, trapping,
tracking, I love it.

He's down.

Yes, 100%, I am a killer.

But me being the killer means

I know that animal died humanely

and I have the utmost
respect for these animals.

It's about 2 inches of snow,

2, 3 inches of
snow on the ground.

I love extreme hunts.

Pretty cool.

Anything that puts me
out in the wild places.

Here to do some spear fishing.

I want my family
to be proud of me.

I wanna come
out here and thrive.

I wanna kill it.

This is where I
believe I belong.

There's scat, there's
tracks, I'm super excited.

Cole's formidable
bow hunting, tracking,

trapping, and extreme
survival skills match up well

against the brutal
South African terrain.

While a lack of experience
working with a partner

could prove challenging.

He begins with a
primitive survival rating

or PSR of 7.2.

You know, it's gonna
be real tough out here.

It's gonna have
a lot of challenges

and lots of struggles

and you can hear
some of the wildlife.

Feels a lot like my
farm back home.

We got more.

I'm an egg and poultry farmer.

We have a regenerative
farm that works together

with the land
and not against it.

This is a bountiful
harvest of carrots.

Been foraging
for most of my life.

I have plant
identification skills.

This is the start
of beautyberry.

And expert snake handling.

I'm Puerto Rican which
consists of Native Taino

from the Caribbean
region, African, and Spanish.

Definitely gonna be
funneling my ancestral roots

while I'm out here and I'm
a doer and I'm a workhorse.

But out here, survival
is the long game,

more of the tortoise,
less of the hare.

So I have no intention
of making Africa my bitch.

Shell is experienced
in gathering,

foraging, and
living off the land.

But she's unfamiliar
with African flora,

and has less
experience with hunting.

Shell begins the challenge

with a primitive survival
rating or PSR of 6.7.

- Hey.
- Hi.

-Hi, I'm Shell.
-I'm Cole.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

-Bring it in for a hug, bud.
-Good to meet you.

- Yeah. Great to meet you.
-Twenty-one days, right?

- Oh, absolutely.
- 100%.

- Totally.
- You nervous?

- Um, I'm actually not, no.
- No?

I'm not either.
I'm super excited.

Yeah. Me too. High-five.

-Woo.
-I can't wait.

What are your skills?

- Um, I'm big time
hunter, um-- - Okay.

- Oh, thank God.
- Yeah.

Let's do this.

- I'll do some trapping, fishing.
- -Perfect.

I mean, I've grown
up doing it all.

All right. Great.

-Awesome.
-Yeah.

I'm great with
plant identification,

shelter building, fire starting.

- I'm actually a farmer...
- Oh, cool.

so I'm very experienced
with animal processing...

- Yeah. Good. Good.
- so I can help with those things as well.

-That's super exciting.
-It is. Yeah.

- Um, I think our bags are right over here.
- -Okay.

- You wanna go check 'em out?
- Yeah.

- Let's go get 'em.
- Let's see what we got.

- I brought a bow.
- Woo.

- Uh, that way, hopefully...
- Yes.

- we can be eating good.
- Good.

Um, yeah, I specifically
made these arrows

- and everything for big game.
- Okay. Got you. Wow.

-That's awesome.
-Yeah.

I brought a
traditional tomahawk.

Oh, sweet.

Super sharp.

- Looks like it.
- And, yeah,

so we're gonna be able to
cut that hardwood real good.

In addition to their
personal survival items,

Cole and Shell are
provided with a pot

for boiling water
and a fire starter.

-All right. So, here's where we are.
-Uh-huh.

Looks like this whole drainage
ought to hold plenty of water.

- Looks like a good water source here.
- -Oh, yeah.

-That's a great water source.
-Yeah.

- That's definitely our extraction.
- Yeah. Right there.

- Gotta keep that in mind for day 21.
- -Okay.

I think it's probably
gonna be best

if we follow some
of these game trails

and, uh, just work
our way towards water.

Okay. Seems like the trails
are gonna be that direction.

Yeah. Kind of head northeast.

All right. Sounds great.

-Cool.
-Let's do it.

Let's go.

Shell and Cole must
undertake a 4-mile hike

through jagged, uneven terrain,

and thorn-filled brush.

Just let me know if I'm
going, uh... No, you're not.

I actually prefer
like a faster pace.

In search of a
suitable water source,

where they can make
camp before the sun sets

and the area's apex
predators come out to hunt.

So where in Texas are you from?

Uh, just north of Austin.

Okay. Great.

I'm in Mims, Florida.

It's like a small town,

just east of Orlando
on the coast.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Shell seems really cool,
level-headed, down-to-earth.

She works on a farm,

so I know that her work
ethic is gotta be strong.

But she's definitely
on the thin side

and it worries me
because, uh, fatigue,

I think, is gonna come for her

a lot sooner than it will for me

which means I need to try
to keep her fed and healthy.

I've been barefooted
probably most of my life.

Uh, me too. Great.

See, look, this is perfect.

I've hit the jackpot.

I was hoping my partner
would be a bow hunter

and he is and he's
very experienced

and we can definitely complement
each other's strengths and weaknesses,

which is exactly what I wanted.

Are you married?

- I am married.
- Okay.

Yup. We have two kids.

I have a 18-year-old
boy and a 15-year-old girl.

- Boy and a girl.
- Yup.

It's pretty hot. I'm sweating.

Pretty dehydrated.

Ah, water. Yay.

Good. Oh, it looks fresh.

And it's actually flowing.

-There's lots of it over here too.
-Nice and cool.

-Nice and cool.
-This is huge.

Good game trails.

They definitely come
over here to drink.

Yeah.

You can see, like, the
trails are just beat up

-coming across back and forth.
-Mmm-hmm.

Minnows, there's a
big brim right there.

-You see him?
-Oh, yeah, I see him.

Oh.

We can make a fish trap.

- Oh, absolutely.
- Several, you know.

Absolutely. Yeah.

That's a bushpig.

- Right there? Okay.
- Yeah.

- Those little tracks.
-Yeah. I see them right here.

-A baboon.
-Oh, yeah. Wow.

Looks like it.

Looks like a little hand.

Okay. So baboons in the area.

- Good to know.
- Yeah.

- It's incredible, the amount of track.
- -Mmm-hmm.

Yes, it really is.

You can see the lake up ahead.

Oh, yes, you can.
Hey, look, there it is.

Oh, yeah, this is a perfect
little whole water, it looks like.

Oh, yeah.

Pretty good looking spot.

I definitely think we should
probably put our shelter

kind of further away from
water, but close enough.

I'm super happy that it's
not just a little mud hole,

that we have some running water,

and that it's a large
body of water with fish

and a lot of different
animals and resources.

You stop me if you
see something you like.

All right.

There's a great
flat spot right here.

- Okay. Yeah.
- It looks like

we'll be covered with shade.

Yeah.

It's got a good breeze.

Definitely high and dry.

Yeah.

You know, just kind of
build a perimeter right here.

-Yeah.
-Trim some of this...

Yup. Trim kind
of this crap back...

-stuff. Yeah.
-and maybe get rid

some of this grass and stuff.

Yeah. Definitely.
We can use that

-for bedding and stuff too...
-Yeah.

so that would be good.

Okay. Yeah. We can do this.

-Good work. High-five.
-Right on.

-Teamwork.
-Yeah.

I can get started on the fire.

Okay.

We chose this location

because we're a little bit
elevated, we have a vantage,

we can kind of scope
out all the way around us,

and we don't wanna
be set up just directly

on top of the water.

The animals are coming in,
this puts us away from that

and potentially leaves
that for hunting and fishing.

Let's see if Africa
is kind to us here

and allows us to
get a pretty quick fire.

So excited.

Every one of these little limbs

are just covered
with little briars,

some of the plants I've
been getting are hooked.

This is nasty, nasty stuff.

You can see that.

This is what's gonna
detour the predators

and keep us safe tonight.

I just have to be
careful approaching.

Uh-oh.

Croc.

I'm just gonna try to
keep an eye out for him,

make sure he stays over there.

Yeah.

Break time?

You, my lady, are a badass.

-So are you.
-Thank you.

- It is hot.
- Yeah.

I've got a little
ways down there.

We could maybe
dig a well tomorrow.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah.

I've actually dug
several hand dug wells.

-Yeah.
-I've drank right out of it,

- not having problems.
- Yeah. Good.

I think maybe a
walk is in order.

Yeah. Just like a jaunt.

Little hunt.

Your feet tendered?

Yeah. Definitely.

Oh, crap.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, man.

It's a wildebeest.

Fresh.

Oh, crap.

It's a wildebeest.

They definitely winded us.

- They're not there?
- No.

That sucks.

Most of the times when
they wind us like that,

- they're gone.
- Yeah.

I think just one of
them caught our scent

and then they all kind of
jumped up and scattered.

Man, it was chaos there for
a second but so awesome.

Well, now we know where
the wildebeests are, right?

Yeah. That was a
pretty good herd too.

Sick.

There we go.

- Okay.
- There we go.

Y'all, we're here.

Night one, the beginning.

Got us a fire.

We're out here in our boma.

And so you can see
all that behind me.

It's pretty good.

- And, um...
- The surrounding.

Yeah. We're surrounded
by thorns and thistles.

We're thriving so far in Africa.

Do you have anything to add?

No, I think that's pretty good.

All right.

Go team.

I don't know what
it was, but-- Scary.

Right back near behind us.

And start this
fire up a little bit

and I'm probably gonna
spend most of the day

down there at that pond.

And it's time to go hunting.

I didn't get a
whole lot of rest,

maybe 10 to 30 minutes of sleep.

I'm a bow hunter.

I took on this challenge

because I wanted to
show those skills off.

Yeah. We've been
seeing these ducks

every time we come
down and get water.

If I can get snuck over,
maybe I can get a shot off.

Feeling tired and dehydrated.

I'm fairly certain we both

overworked our self yesterday.

Oh.

Seriously?

This morning, I got
to go on a little hunt,

but bow hunting is
a game of inches,

so we'll try again tomorrow.

I'm gonna make a coyote well,

which is basically
a hand dug well.

I don't wanna have
to spend so much time

going through the process
of building our fire up,

boiling, and waiting
for our water to cool.

This looks like a
pretty decent spot.

Once I hit that water
table of the pond,

then it'll basically
filter in to that point.

We can drink, you know,
until we run the well dry

and then it'll seep back in

and it's just gonna
be readily available

like you walking
up to the refrigerator

and, you know,
grabbing a bottle of water.

I'm so tired.

I fumbled the water,
which is typical.

At least my partner right
now is digging us a well,

which hopefully
works pretty well for us.

No pun intended.

What I like is it's not
just immediate water.

It's really having to
work to fill this hole up.

Yeah, it tastes good.

I've been working
on removing the bark

in order to do some cordage.

Trying to do a
trotline to get fish.

Shells, the well,
it is super clean.

Thank god.

I know.

I'm gonna say
many prayers tonight

that that well is A-Okay for us.

I'll be the guinea pig

but I think it's
pretty damn clean.

- Okay.
- Definitely heating up.

Yeah.

So I have all of our cordage.

Yeah. Pass me some of that.

Got something going on.

Cool.

- This stuff is stout.
- Okay.

If I catch a catfish with
this, it's gonna be badass.

I'm telling you.

Yeah, I agree.

And I'm gonna have to
make a little gorge hook.

Yeah.

I'm gonna go on a
little search real quick.

I'm looking for a gorge
hook or something

to make into a gorge hook.

I wanted a very stout material,

something that's real
hard and this is perfect.

Can whittle a nice probably
inch and a half long hook

with a hole right in the middle.

And then I'm gonna
force some bait

on either side of it.

Hopefully a catfish inhales it.

And that, ladies and
gentlemen, is how it's done.

Money, dude.

We'll go on a little hunt.

Yeah. Let's find a bait now.

Ah, I see a really large skink.

See if you could whop him.

There you go.

Oh. Damn.

- That thing's quick.
- He's gone. Yeah.

That was my catfish bait.

Yeah.

See all these little
fish right here?

Yeah. I can see 'em.

Oh, I got him.

Oh, you got him?

-Look at that.
-Whoa. Oh, my gosh.

Look at that.

Gorge hook size.

That's a perfect bait.

Wonder where all
the big ones went.

They must have
a good hiding spot.

Yeah. They probably do.

Hopefully this hook
will lodge into his throat

and we can eat.

You see that?

Totally disguised.

Ready to go.

Now I just gotta
jam this in the water.

Cool.

Line's all set.

We should be able to
see if anything gets it.

Look at the geese.

They can't even smell

and they're one of the
harder things to kill out here.

Did they go down there and land?

There's a bunch of 'em.

I'm going hunting.

Yeah, right there.

Damn.

That didn't work.

Another failed
attempt at the ducks.

Their eyesight is just so good

and they blend in so good.

I was right on top of 'em
and I couldn't see 'em.

The damn duck spooked out.

Dang.

Cole made it all night.

So we're pretty confident

that the well is just
good and it's clean.

So I'm very happy
and excited about that.

Yeah, that water tastes
so good and it's cool.

And clearer water.

So do you want to
check the trotline?

Yeah.

Cool.

Hold up.

Look at the bubbles right here.

-Look at the bubbles.
-Yeah, I see the bubbles.

Crocodile.

Stay.

Stay still.

Oh, yeah, he's right here.

Okay.

-Oh.
-Oh, my God.

Hold up.

Look at the bubbles.

Yeah, I see the bubbles.

Oh, yeah, he's right here.

- Okay.
- Crocodile.

Stay still.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

-Oh, my God.
-Yes.

Woo-hoo!

Oh, my God.

Wow. Is he dead?

Yeah. It's a juvenile.

Yeah. Man.

Oh, I'm so stoked.

That thing is gonna be so tasty.

Oh, my God.

The trotline worked.

So beautiful.

Thank you.

-Thank you, croc.
-Yes. Thank you for your life,

for sure.

Super proud of the harvest.

I mean, that's what
I came here to do.

It's definitely tough.

Here it is day three and
I've got something for me

and my partner to munch
on for the next couple days.

For the record, this
was my number one thing

I wanted to eat coming out here.

-Really?
-Oh, yeah.

Because gator's one
of my favorite meat,

so it's like, "Well, now
you gotta have croc."

I'm here to please.

With the croc, I
feel really good.

Really good right now.

But anyways, just wanted
to give a little update.

I want to tell my wife,
Casey, I love you so much.

Thank you so much
for letting me do this.

Madison, I hope you're
proud of your daddy.

Hope y'all both are.

Oh, yeah.

Here we are after
our wonderful croc kill,

which we are stoked about,

and we have legs
directly on the coals

and we're cooking
this big juicy croc tail.

That's gonna be so delicious.

That's so good.

-Tastes like gator.
-Mmm-hmm.

Very mild.

It's like chicken, everybody.

You think?

I mean, parts of a chicken.

Super thankful.

- Not bad for day three.
- Mmm-hmm.

Not bad.

Super loud thunder.

I might've even
been listening to it for,

like, the last hour maybe.

Yeah, an hour.

We're just really concerned

'cause we're not
set up for rain yet.

We're staying hopeful
that this is not gonna be

coming down on us.

I guess we're thinking
working on our lean-to shelter,

so we don't get caught

naked and shelterless
out in another storm.

Right.

Last night, we kind of got
caught with our pants down.

Quite literally.

And had a thunderstorm

that just barely
missed our camp.

We would've just been miserable.

Everything would've been soaked.

We would've been screwed.

So we need to
be prepared for it,

if we plan to last.

Man, should be it here.

- That's good.
- Yeah.

Croc jerky.

Delish.

I couldn't recommend it more.

All right. Snack time is over.

I'm ready to go make a blind.

I need to make a good stew.

The croc meat, we'll
probably be done with it today.

I'm definitely amped up
to get another harvest.

Keeping an eye out for basil.

Basils are gonna have,
like, really good nutrients.

I've been looking
for this everywhere.

African basil is divine.

There's a lot of minerals
and stuff that our body

needs that's gonna
naturally be in this basil.

We're gonna go up to
where I see the freshest sign

and set up a blind,

potentially have somewhere
to go sit in the upcoming days

to make a big harvest.

The base for this stew
is croc tail bone broth.

We're going to add our
seasoned carcass meat

and we'll finish
this meat tonight.

And I've got very tasty basil.

Yeah, that's good
stuff right there.

Starting to get hungry.

It looks like

there was an animal
that traveled through here

fairly recently.

I mean, honestly, I think
this is kind of the best spot.

Either have to come from my left

and come to the water here

or come way out in front of me

to my right and come
down in front of me.

I think this is gonna be a
good spot tomorrow for sure.

How's it going?

Good.

Good scouting mission.

I plan to go there
tomorrow for sure.

- Okay.
- The soup looks good.

It's got a few of the rib bones

with like lots of good
cartilage and stuff

with the collagen.

And that's why I put it in there

is 'cause all that collagen...

-Yeah.
-is really great for you.

-Nice.
-And then a basil.

Yeah.

- Delicious?
- Yeah.

Oh, my gosh. I'm so excited.

Hmm. Broth is good.

And it's fatty too.

It's just like
dripping off of it.

Hmm.

Yeah, that's good.

Are you okay?

Cold. It's like crazy.

It's super cold right now.

I'm thinking low 50s.

I think maybe I just
took that fire up a little.

It's been cold all night.

Oh, my God.

My ass keeps hitting the cold.

I'm gonna hunt for as
long as I can stand it.

Sitting is not my specialty.

Good luck, dude.

Cole, he just is like...
He's a hunting machine.

He really is all about
hunting, which is fine.

He can function as he needs to

as long as he doesn't overdo it.

That son of a bitch croc,

he just keeps snagging
my bait off of the trotline

like taunting me now.

In Africa, they will
allow you to harvest croc

with archery equipment.

That's the rules.

So I gotta find another
way to kill this one soon.

Not sleeping for 12 hours
in a freezing cold night.

I don't think either of
us have much energy.

So today I'm gonna actually
work on a sleeping mat for Cole

and a blanket for me.

It's all made out of grass,

which has got really
great insulated properties.

Cole, I just really do
have utmost confidence

in his skills and abilities.

We've already gotten the croc

and I know we're gonna get more,

so I'm just gonna try to
keep an eye out for him,

make sure he stays hydrated
and well taken care of.

Okay. We're set up in the pond.

Hopefully, something comes in.

When we finish the croc meat

and, man, Shell's
definitely gotten thinner.

I can see her ribs
and, yeah, it just...

You know, that
worries me right there.

But it also, you know,
kind of motivates me.

Hopefully, I can get
her something to eat.

It was real quiet.

Nothing really going on.

I can't stand to just sit there.

And not be productive
or do something.

So I'm fixing to head
down to the pond

and see where the damn croc is

so that I can get ready
to harvest that dude,

uh, 'cause it's
time to eat again.

Oh, I see him.

He's over here at the
end of this little island

right there

and he's just
sunbathing right now.

I wanna try and
hand fish this croc.

I'm fixing to get in the
water and go after him.

Oh, my God.

I wanna hand fish this croc.

I made a sleeping mat for
Cole and a blanket for me.

How's it goin'?

How does it look?

Looks good.

I got in the water with it.

Wait, what?

Yeah.

Okay. How did it go?

It was ridiculous.

I crawled right up to it,
and honestly, I was, like...

8 to 10 inches, I'm
guessin', like, my reach.

And then when he started...

He finally got too uncomfortable,
he ended up spookin'

and I tried to
grab him real quick

but it didn't work out.

But it was damn close.

-Crazy.
-Uh, yeah.

- That is crazy.
- Yeah.

Cole getting in water, it
was definitely a mixture

of extreme bravery
and stupidity.

Definitely brave
but a huge risk.

You're having fun or what?

No.

We know that
there, at this point,

aren't any massively
large crocs in that pond.

But even if the smaller
crocs had bitten him

in certain places like an artery

and it could
definitely take him out

of the challenge or worse.

Ready to go for the night.

My bed even raised
me up a little bit

to where the fire
is gonna get to me

- in a little time.
- Yeah.

Hell, yeah.

Is that nice?

Yeah. This is good.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

I'm actually gonna
go on that side.

Yeah. Sounds good.

I'll try to pop a fish maybe.

Cole, like, he goes
and he really is...

Expansively hunts and stuff,

and so his body's
able to take that

but I doubt that mine
could take that for very long

in the current
condition that it's in.

I'm starting to get thin,

so I'm trying to
conserve my energy.

Oh, there a fish.

If we didn't get any big game,

he'd be really upset,
I think, with himself.

And he is, like, dead
serious about getting me food

because he knows I'll
get, like, super emaciated.

That was close.

I see you, boy.

I freakin' see you.

I've got a captive
audience with the croc

and I got close yesterday,

and I feel like his
days are numbered.

Round two with this little croc.

I'm gonna try to creep up there

and, really, I'm just gonna
give him a good whopping

with this stick and
hopefully it does the job.

I bet you that croc
is scared less of you

at this point.

- Nice.
- That didn't work.

Did it get you?

Is it gone?

Yeah.

I feel like if I had a spear,

I think I could've got him.

Damn.

No dinner tonight.

I plan on making a spear
for hunting the crocodile.

The croc is just, uh... I
think it's my easiest route

for feedin' us the
quickest, you know?

So I wanna take
advantage of that.

And plus, we love croc.

My goal is to start
on a big catfish trap.

- Does that sound good?
- Yeah.

Thinking of putting
the trap here

if I did a little channel
and like a holding area.

I'm curious to see.

- If it works, that'd be badass.
- -Yeah.

Different way of catfishin'.

- Yeah.
- We're talking about a

10 to 20-pound catfish.

- My God.
- That's, uh...

That's gonna have to be
a pretty good-sized hole.

These catfish are
ridiculously large here

and they walk on land.

Can't catch one of
those in a small fish trap,

so you gotta dig it big.

Shell will create a catfish trap

by digging a large
hole in the ground

that connects to the
water source via canal,

which allows water
and fish to flow in.

Next, the trap is baited
and fenced in with sticks,

and a one-way door to
prevent the fish from escaping.

It's a lot of effort,

especially since
this trap's so big.

But looking forward to
having passive ways of fishing,

see that it can kind
of take some of that

hunting pressure off of him.

I'm always concerned about Cole

because he works so hard

and I just don't want
him to burn himself out.

I don't I get somethin'
to eat in a couple days,

she's not gonna be doing good.

I've been worried
about her since day one.

The risk would be me,
like, exhausting myself

but, um, the reward is

that we get, like, really
giant catfish and stuff.

That would feed us for days.

Yeah, I think Shell came
into this kinda on a deficit.

And, uh, like, I've got
enough fat still on me,

I can handle to do the work,

so I'll probably go
help her knock that out.

How's it goin', Shell?

I'm feelin' tired.

Did you wanna
help me knock it out?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

I'll go grab the bait.

Hopefully they like
stinky croc guts.

Ooh, that's right.

The massive
African catfish trap.

There's a lot of
effort, took a long time,

but it's done.

You have the bait on the
stick right here, a long stick,

and its own little cage
that doesn't get stolen,

and you've got our canal

out to the greater
body of water.

The hope is to get
a catfish overnight.

Okay.

Let's see what she does.

Day nine.

Yo, it's freezing cold.

The mornings are
getting colder and colder.

Sleeping is actually the
suckiest part of all of this.

It doesn't matter
what you lie down on,

it's sandpaper to your ass.

Like, baking on one
side, freezing on the other.

is what matters.

That's what it equates to is.

Yesterday was rough.

I'll probably take
it easy today,

just let my body
rest a little bit,

hoping to have fish today
while we rest and recover.

You okay?

You okay?

Yeah.

Huh?

You all right?

Yeah, I just passed
out, I'm okay.

Okay, let's sit back
down over there.

Just bring that, all right?

We're gonna bring the body cam.

Yeah.

You hit your face, Shell?

Yeah.

- What's up?
- I just stood up too fast.

Then you're very dizzy?

Yeah.

Okay. So what I think it is

is your blood
pressure is a bit low.

- Okay? Obviously...
- Yeah.

drink your water...
-Yeah. -as you can,

um, then, obviously,

it comes down to
proteins and things.

But we're gonna have to monitor

your blood pressure now

very closely if
you keep dropping.

Okay.

Thanks.

Thanks.

I'm sitting here,
having a pity party

this morning about not
being able to sleep last night

and then she passes out
like that, like, hardcore,

scared the out of me.

I can see her ribs and, really,

just kind of motivates me

to go try to get
somethin' to eat.

You know, my body's
not doin' great right now.

I expected the
starvation aspect of this,

it's hard on the body for sure.

It's just a matter of
just honestly grittin'

and bearin' it, and
just suffering through it.

But I'm just gonna
be takin' it easy,

I'm gonna hydrate today.

I feel like I'm in this
amazing headspace,

honestly, still.

Cole's not in a great headspace

because of the hunting
situation out here.

This is, uh, some
of the croc gut.

I plan on going croc hunting,
just sit there in the shade,

wait till he comes
up to try to get it.

See if that gets his attention.

There he is.

All the way up
against that other bank.

Uh, the good thing is the
wind is blowing right to him.

Here crocky, crocky,
crocky, crocky.

No fish in that fish trap.

Just a matter of time.

I missed it.

The crocodile's
sticking to the deep end

of the pond today.

Not a whole lot
going on right now,

I'm just kind of waiting.

I haven't seen
the croc in a while.

Okay, I'm fixing it
and head to camp,

I'm gonna go get water
before it gets too hot.

I'm gonna get a
fish on my way back.

I hate everything
about this freakin' pond.

It's a new day,
I'm feeling better.

Goddang, I'm hungry.

Something has
to die for us to live,

so unfortunately, today,
something must die.

I know. Looking forward to meat,

it's really gonna nourish us.

I tend to come back
empty-handed every time.

No. That's not true.

Don't get crazy on me now.

Uh, today is a
different day, folks.

Get somethin' to eat.

I wanted to come
in here as a hunter

and I'm pretty damn aggravated.

I just have to feed
myself and my partner.

I'm trying to get my head back

and, uh, along into the game.

I'mma go in here
and try to get it done,

try to bring back some meat.

So we're gonna
go sit in the blind,

I think the conditions
are perfect and, uh, I think

there's a good opportunity
something's gonna come in.

I knew that was gonna happen.

As soon as he head my
way and he was gone.

I wasn't gonna take
a run and shot though,

he was on the move
to get to that water.

Man.

This is like the cold
front coming in for sure.

Come on.

Like, the wind is enough.

Just sitting here,
enjoying the rain,

it doesn't happen
during the dry season.

55 degrees and rainin'.

Did I tell you it was rainin'?

Yeah. It's just crazy out there.

Ridiculous.

No sleep again,

just flip-floppin' until...

I don't know what time it
was that the rain started.

A little bit of a struggle by...

A lot of bit of a struggle
by stress last night.

My body is just so weak.

Like I told you, deep
down, without the sleep,

it's really just kinda
shifted my mood

and I'm just aggravated with,
you know, the whole situation.

I'm sick of not sleepin'.

I'm over it.

Goin' huntin'.

Sounds good.

I go for my morning walk.

I'm just gonna
creep through here.

Get my eyes open to look
for one of these little birds.

Man.

These damn birds, man.

These fish are so
difficult to see, it's insane.

Sucker.

Damn.

Pretty damn tired,
aggravated or annoyed,

or, uh, probably
a list of things.

Just huntin' has been
pretty much a no-go.

The croc just took
off from right there.

There he is over there.

Look how close
he is right there.

That had to have been close.

I think one of these times

I'll get lucky or somethin'.

I wanted to try to, you know,

feed myself and my partner

and that's just totally
not been the case.

Cole's been in a
really bad mood.

He is desperate
to get a kill for us

and I think because he
hasn't in a while since the croc,

I think he is just hard on
himself, really frustrated.

These damn birds, man.

It's so annoying.

Check out these
primitive high fashion plugs

I got going on here.

Made them myself
from bush pig tusks.

They look rad.

Love them.

All right, time to go
check that fish trap.

Today I'm struggling
with feeling weak and tired.

My spirit's still
super strong and, um,

just battling with my body

kind of needing a lot more sleep

and, you know, of
course lack of nutrients.

We're on a week of
pretty much no food.

And so, hoping that we can catch

some big old catfish,
which would really help us.

Where are you, fish?

Ooh! Okay, there's
a little one in here.

I'm certain it's a catfish.

Where are you fish?

My God. It's right here.

Where is that thing?

Come on.

How the hell am I
supposed to catch

a teeny tiny little
freakin'... Oh, God.

It's like slippery.

Oh, I almost had it.

Oh, I had it.

Okay.

I'm gonna get it though.

I'm ready.

Oh, oh, there you go.

Yeah, yeah.

Yes.

There you go.

Yeah, yeah.

Yes.

Yes.

Oh, my gosh.

Well, that's one. I don't
know if there's another one.

Let me try this.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

There's another one.

I'm gonna pin him.

Yeah, I got it. I got it.

I got it.

I kind of trapped it.

There we go.

Hey, look, this one's
bigger than that one.

I'll give that one to Cole.

Today we caught catfish.

Yay!

I was able to get two,
unfortunately smaller,

but, you know, I'll
take anything here.

One for me and
one for my partner.

-Guess what I got?
-Sweet.

Yeah. Two catfish,
one for me and for you.

Yeah. Aren't they beautiful?

They are.

Yeah.

Good little meal for us.

Oh, yeah.

Looks real nice and ready.

It could be good.

Good.

Delish.

Oh, didn't mean
to take that much.

Uh-uh.

You're eating all of it.

Hmm?

You're not gonna help me eat it?

Nope. It's all you,
girl. You need--

You're seriously not
gonna help me eat it?

You need it way worse than I do.

No, I don't.

I want you to eat it all, Shell.

You worked so hard
on that trap and the door.

I let Shell have the fish just
because seeing the shape

that she was in and
having her passed out

a couple days before,

she needs the fish
way more than I do.

This is your piece.

I want you to eat them both.

You could easily
eat both of those.

Of course I can.

But we're a team and...

I'll eat something
else this evening.

Thanks for caring.

Are you seriously
not gonna have any?

No, for real.

I want you to have it all.

I think you need it
much more than I do.

That way you can make it to 21.

I did my best to convince
my partner to partake.

Um, he chose not to
because he wanted me

to have all of the nutrients,
which I do appreciate.

But I also wish that
he would've shared

the meal with me since it's...

This is all a team effort.

Ow.

Oh.

What?

-Ah.
-Okay.

Where do you think it is?

Bastard.

Night of day, whatever it is.

And I got stung by a scorpion.

It stung my elbow after I like
brushed it off or something.

I don't... I'm not fully
certain, I was sleeping.

I tell you, it hurts real bad.

It's not a joke.

Dude, where is this thing?

How am I supposed to sleep here?

They're hurting?

Yeah, it hurts.

It hurts.

So things I don't tell
you about scorpion bites,

the stinging in the
bite feels as fresh

as when it just stung
you four hours later.

And six to seven hours later,

which is where we're at now,

it still hurts, but not dead.

There's positive to everything.

-Oh, yeah.
-Yeah.

Yup.

Man, Shell is a super
mind strong individual.

She got stung last
night and just kept going.

I mean, how badass is that?

Really just kinda
motivates me to get up,

grab my bow, and go try
to get something to eat.

Getting painted up.

Something's gonna
go into a hunt.

Nice.

Something's gonna happen today.

I feel it.

It's time to go huntin' y'all.

My goal is to have us
something to eat every day.

And unfortunately,
I haven't been able

to get it done and it's
been frustrating and difficult,

but hunting does
take a lot of time.

I'm just gonna keep pushing.

How's the look?

Looking leopardy.

I'm outta here, going huntin'.

All right. Good luck.

I'm on a mission.

I came here for a
reason, you know?

I'm not somebody
that's gonna sit back

and let something
just get fed to me.

That's not my style.

I want to go out there
and make it happen,

and then be able to look
back and say, "Damn right.

I made it happen."
I didn't let it happen.

It's a decent wind.

Oh, my God.

She's freaking huge.

Holy.

So I just shot a eland cow.

She was about 30 yards.

I felt good with the shot,
but she spun a little bit

and when she was running away,

I could see her
holding her offside leg,

so I'm just praying
that I made a good shot

and she goes down.

I'm freaking pumped right now.

When I recovered the arrow,

it had good blood on
it, but unfortunately,

the penetration was
only about four inches.

So, when the shot hit her,

I think it came into her brisket

and then hit that offside leg,

which is not a
totally fatal shot,

but there is a
blood trail to follow.

For the safety of
the cast and crew,

Cole must return to camp

and resume his
search in the morning.

Taking up the trail
as long as I think

it's safe to do.

It's definitely not a good idea

to be out here
after it gets dark.

I mean, there's lions,

there's leopards,
there's hyenas.

There's other big game
that if you stumble across

at night, it's not gonna
be a good situation,

so just gonna back out
and leave it for the night,

and get back on
it in the mornin'.

- You awake?
- Yeah. What's up?

I shot a eland cow.

Oh,.

Yeah.

Um, unfortunately
with the fading light,

I decided to come back to camp.

But her leg is definitely broke

and the good news is that

she can't move around very good.

So, we'll have to
pray about it tonight

-and...
-For sure. Yeah.

you know, hopefully,
hopefully we end up

recovering her tomorrow.

Yeah.

Crazy.

We need to get on the move.

We can get up
on this blood trail

and go find this cow.

Yeah. Sounds good.

Finding the eland would be
a huge win for us morale-wise

and our bodies could really
use somethin' substantial.

The last thing I want
is somethin' to find it

before we do.

Look, there's vultures,
like, circling up there.

You see 'em?

Oh yeah, I see 'em.

Anytime that I'm elk hunting,

you always look for,
like, ravens or birds

'cause they're the
first ones to find it.

I think we just keep
heading that way.

Okay.

We're on a mission
to recover this animal.

Anything and everything
is looking for an easy meal

and me getting that
animal wounded,

it just makes for a
dangerous situation

for us going into the track

and I'm not only
worried for our safety,

but I'm worried for our meat

that could potentially
carry us to the end.

You can see something
crash through here.

See all this broke stuff.

It's not a real beat
down defined trail,

but somethin's definitely
come through here.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. You see her tracks here?

Another track right there.

There's a piece of
blood right here. See it?

Yeah, I see it right here.

Okay.

And that's good blood.

Yeah, there's more
blood right here.

See it?

Oh yeah, I see it.

I think we just continue
this same direction.

Okay.

Just follow these
tracks and all the blood.

Shell and I are just
movin' slow and steady,

picking up every little
sign, track, blood drop.

More here.

Every little thing that we can,

just makin' our way to
hopefully a good recovery.

It's getting hot too, man.
I hope we find her soon.

Yeah, it's getting real hot.

Really tears me
up inside to think

that I cause harm to an animal
and not be able to recover it.

I do everything I
can as a good hunter

and an ethical hunter
to put forth my best effort

into recovering that animal

and making sure it's a
quick humane harvest.

Look, we've got to find her.

Do you think the hyenas
might have gotten her?

I'm not super worried
about the hyenas, but,

like, if we stumble on her

and there's a pack
of lions on her,

I don't think that's
gonna be very good.

No.

Holy there she is
right there, Shell.

-Whoa. What?
-Oh, my God, man.

Oh, my God.

Been looking all day.

Oh, wow.

Oh, man.

Look at her. She's so beautiful.

Oh, my God, man.

- Thank you so much.
- Yeah.

I've been running to supper.

Yeah.

She is very large.

Oh, thank you so
much for your life.

My girl.

We appreciate it so much.

Yeah. Thank you so much.

You will not go to waste.

You know, hunting
is a hard thing.

Unfortunately, a
life has to be ended

for our lives to continue
and I do the killing myself.

So, the flood of
emotions hit me,

not just because of
the death of the animal,

but because I know
that she's gonna...

she's gonna help us cross
the finish line for day 21.

-So beautiful.
-She's so gorgeous.

Oh, my God. She's huge.

Yeah.

How heavy do you think she is?

Probably 600 or 700 pounds.

Oh.

And these hooves, oof.

Insane.

I probably ought to get to work.

All right.

There we go.

Yeah. Okay.

-There. Just like that.
-Yeah. Yeah.

We're gonna take
as much as we can.

We wanna take her heart
and her backstraps, for sure.

You know, with
just the two of us,

we will take the really
choice cuts of meat.

That's about all that we
can carry and manage.

There will be some left behind,

but that's gonna go to, uh,

to feeding some other animals.

With the circle of
life out here in Africa,

you know, it doesn't
break my heart

to have some of
that meat go to them.

-Whoa.
-There we go.

Wow.

That's beautiful.
That's massive.

That's gonna be
such good eating.

Yeah.

- Yum.
- All right.

We're gonna eat good tonight.

- Yeah. Wow.
- Heart and liver.

Yummy.

How many Y sticks
do you need? Four?

Yeah, let's get four of 'em.

Okay.

I'm gonna make a smoke
rack to save this meat.

We'll have four good Y
sticks that we can shove

in the ground surround by rocks.

Just to kinda sturdy 'em up.

We'll have a Y
stick and a Y stick

with another stick
going between.

And then we'll just
have a bunch of these

little straight
ones to lay across.

That way we can just
make a grill, basically.

Like, we can just kinda
set it up there, really,

and cook it over the fire.

I think we're in pretty
good shape here.

Okay.

Welcome to Cooking
with Cole everyone.

Tonight, we're preparing
for you eland heart,

eland liver, eland backstrap,
and eland tenderloins.

I just remembered, I'm
sitting our dinner table.

Yeah, I was gonna
say something...

-Man, relax.
-as soon as you sat on it.

Wow. Look at that.

That's a massive
tenderloin right there.

That's the good stuff.

Yeah. That's what
I'm talking about.

We are fixing the chow down.

Looks delicious.

Oh, it's gonna be.

I'm hungry.

This eland is like
everything for our challenge.

We've been getting weaker
and weaker by the day

and all of the nutrients

packed into all this organ meat.

It's just insanity
for our bodies.

We can finish strong and we're
stronger than we are already.

Yeah, for sure.

How is it?

Good.

Super tender.

Hmm.

Delicious.

So good.

- I'm a bow hunter.
- I took on this challenge

because I wanted to
show those skills off.

It's been frustrating
and difficult,

but with this eland behind me,

I think my momentum is building

and it's just kind
of feeding the fire

and I plan to push to the end.

I mean, we could
last to day 30 with this,

which is freaking awesome,

you know, thanks to this eland.

Oh, absolutely.

Huge gift.

Yeah.

What was that?

Somethin' outside the boma.

- Really?
- Yeah.

You see it?

No.

Check that one out.

Ooh.

Nice.

The days here are long,
so while you're sitting there,

you kinda want something
to occupy your mind.

And so, I've been
creating a line of jewelry

for Cole and I to
wear for extraction.

And we're calling it
primitive high fashion.

There's sinew on this tooth.

But you can see
there's a little loop to,

like, use it as like a
pendant or whatever earring.

We're calling this
bush pig tusk necklace.

So you see this expertly twisted

cordage from Mopane bark.

And it also has a
native bird feather

and a bush pig tusk,
which is the centerpiece

to this primitive high fashion.

One of a kind.

You can buy these
on Shell's page.

They run about 4.50 apiece.

USD.

And there was something
outside of our boma.

I could hear it
walking over here.

Like, right next
to our boma or...

- Yeah.
- out in the... Well, sure.

Yeah, not far, 10 yards.

It's just walking and
going through the brush.

Some hyena, celebrating with us.

Last night, we had
some good animal activity

outside of our boma.

Might be lions, there might be

other dangerous creatures,
maybe hyenas, unfortunately.

There's a variety of
different scavengers

who will come up and
try to eat all of our meat.

So, we just definitely
need to be very alert

and make sure that
we're protecting it.

I'm gonna smoke some meat.

We're gonna make jerky.

I'll just basically
hang the meat

and then I'll just strip it off.

So since this meat's been out,

you can already
tell that the smoke

is already starting
to do a job on it.

It's developing
this protective skin.

As soon as it
gets the skin on it,

the blow flies
cannot penetrate it

and potentially
contaminate our meat.

So, I'm just gonna
take and process it down

into thin little small pieces

and then we'll lay
it on the smoker

and let it go to work.

When you're making jerky,

you just want small, thin pieces

to where the smoke can
kinda cover every bit of it.

Let that smoke really billow
out amongst everything,

'cause I need smoke
in there, but no fire.

Whenever you harvest
an animal like this,

the work never stops.

You keep going
until everything is safe

and cured and processed.

I've been working all day,

getting everything
cut into smokable sizes

so that none of it perishes

and everything we
have there is consumable

for not just today,
but for days to come.

That looks delicious.

It's a lot of meat.

My first go at bush jerky,

I think it turned
out pretty decent.

It's delicious.

I mean, we're basically
gonna coast through

until day 21 now,
thanks to this eland.

Day 20.

Feels good.

It feels real good.

I can't wait to be extracted.

I'm freaking pumped.

Woo. Day 20.

Pretty much our final day,

minus obviously, extraction day.

Gonna live today out strong
by resting and napping,

and just devouring this jerky

that is indescribably good.

Mmm-hmm.

And we've got plenty of
meat left for extraction.

Mmm-hmm.

It's a cool wind.

It is crazy.

Night of day 20.

Ah.

We're just here in
front of our final fire.

Trying to stay warm.

- Yeah.
- It's gotta below 50.

Yeah, it's 40 somethin'.

Guess it's 45 to 47
degrees this mornin'.

Yeah.

My bones hurt.

It's brutal.

Yeah. Last hour or so,

we've been listenin'
to, uh, the lion's so,

out in the distance.

All right.

Woo!

Day 21.

We've been up with
the lions this morning

and, uh, yeah,

we're about to pack it up
and we're about to head out.

You ready?

- Totally ready.
- Day 21.

Stoked.

Yeah, I know.

This morning, I'm
feeling a bit tired.

I maybe got half hour of sleep.

It looks like in the 40s

is a no-go for sleeping for me.

It's gonna be a very hot
day, so we need to definitely

be aware of
dehydration, heat stroke.

This has been a awesome,
awesome experience for sure,

but I'm ready to go.

Me too.

Final drink.

Get us some hydrationals.

It's gonna be a hot one.

The extraction hike's
gonna be brutal.

We're both pretty damn tired.

All right. Here's
us over here...

- Yeah.
- at our awesome pond.

- Yeah.
- And we need to make it

over here to the river.

Nice. Okay.

Let's do it.

After 21 days with little sleep,

Cole and Shell must
now take on an 8-mile trek

across the blistering
South African bush belt,

facing triple-digit
temperatures.

Before reaching
their extraction point,

they'll first need to navigate

a treacherous stretch of
thorn-scrubbed grasslands.

Teeming with predators
and venomous snakes

like the deadly Cape cobra.

Yeah, it's definitely
getting hot.

Definitely wanna
keep our eye out

for snakes and
stuff in this area.

Gotta fix my stuff now. Oh.

Okay.

Okay.

- Getting bushy.
- Yeah, it is.

It's just crazy. You can't
see 20 yards off the trail.

Yeah, you really can't.

Sand's getting hot.

Yeah.

Feet are tender.

There, I got one of
those sands spurs.

You okay?

- They hurt.
- Yeah.

Sands spurs are
deceptively small,

yet merciless landmines
strewn across the grassland,

poised to punish
unsuspecting travelers

and native wildlife.

Ah, sands spur.
Ow, ow, ow, ow. Ooh.

Oh yeah, tons of spurs.

Ooh. That was a patch.

Yikes.

They picked up like a
bunch of 'em just then.

Yikes.

Oh, be careful there are thorns.

Yeah.

I'm about to get hooked.

Extraction hike is brutal.

I'm climbing over crap.

I'm getting thorns in my feet.

I'm going through
briars and bushes.

- Ow.
- Oh, good trail.

Oh, yeah, watch
out for these ants.

Yeah, it's just brutal.

The sun's beating
down, my mouth is dry,

and I just keep trudging on.

You know, I know
what's at the end

of the tunnel, so
it... I just keep goin'.

Brutal on the feet.

Been walking for a good while.

Yeah.

We're just gonna
follow this dry river wash.

Follow these animals
tracks that are all in the road.

Yeah, down to water, right?

Terrain's changed.

Uh, seems like
it's, uh, softer sand.

The sand's a little bit wet.

Yeah. We gotta be
getting close to the water.

Yeah. The smell even changes.

I kind of just now notice that.

I hear the geese too.

Oh, yeah.

- Oh, yeah. This is it.
- Yeah, we're here.

Oh. Oh, my gosh.

Wow.

This is huge.

- Yeah.
- Huge water.

Where's the extraction vehicle?

I hear somethin'.

Woo, over here!

Woo.

-Yes, ma'am.
-Woo.

Oh, my God.

It's been a really awesome
experience for sure.

It's really cool

being able to complete
this with Shell, thank you.

Sorry.

And, uh, yeah,

I'll remember this
for the rest of my life.

-Woo.
-Ah.

Twenty-one in Africa, baby!

-Woo!
-Woo!

I feel so excited
and very emotional,

and just happy of
having done the 21 days

with my partner here.

Cole and I have such
different survival strategies,

but we did great
together as a partnership.

We enhanced each other's journey

and helped each other out
and I learned a ton from him

and I loved seeing how
good of a teamwork we had.

We did it.

So grateful that
Shell was my partner

and couldn't ask
for a better partner.

She definitely kept my head
in the game and, you know,

that's what a good
partner's there to do.

I wanted to learn out here.

I'm a learner. I love
learning, and I learned a lot.

It was rough at times
for sure, hard on the body,

but learned that
my body and mind

are both very strong,

probably stronger than
even what I even thought.

Shell's mental toughness

powered her through the finish.

15 pounds lighter,

her primitive survival
rating rises from 6.7

to 7.1.

The biggest takeaway
from this challenge

is just never give up.

Mentally, you've gotta be ready

to buckle down and
roll with the punches.

And I learned that my mind's

probably not as
strong as my body,

but I'm working on
that and it's definitely

become a lot stronger
since I've been out here.

Bent, but not broken, Cole
completes the challenge,

shedding 23 pounds
in the process.

His PSR rises from 7.2 to 7.7.

- Woo!
- We did it!

Yeah, 21 days.