Four generations of Kilchers live off the land outside Homer, Alaska.
With winter approaching, the Kilchers pin all their hopes on one hunt.
The entire homestead rushes to prepare for the first storm of the winter.
Family members search for a newborn calf and its mother during a snowstorm.
Desperate for food, the Kilchers struggle to get through a harsh winter.
Spring arrives and the family deals with a rogue hen and hunts for food.
The family battles danger to drive their cattle to the summer pasture.
Atz begins range riding to protect Otto's cattle herd from predators.
The Kilchers call in favors to help build a fence before the high tide.
The Kilchers fish for the hundreds of pounds needed over the winter.
Atz Lee and Eiven travel to "Terrible Island" to hunt deer.
Fall arrives and the Kilchers scramble to finish their winter preparations.
The Kilchers rush to finish winter prep work and Otto drives his herd home.
Otto gets creative in beating the frozen soil when moving the outhouse.
Eivin's deer quota is met and it's up to Eve to bring home enough meat.
The Kilchers race through the last few days of fall before winter hits.
Otto fights for his life after being trampled by a cow in a snowstorm.
Eivin and August bear the burden of Otto's injury while he recovers.
Atz Sr. joins a group of veterans to bring water to a local homesteader.
Eivin considers expanding the Kilchers' reach by becoming a bush pilot.
Eivin helps August with a mind-clearing trip to Red Mountain.
Etienne endures a homestead right of passage in the wilderness.
As winter ends, the Kilchers begin preparing the homestead for spring.
Otto checks his rusting barge while Eivin and Eve clear land for a cellar.
The family looks for signs of bear before the spring cattle drive.
Eivin and Eve search for survivors after finding a capsized boat on the beach.
Atz Sr. and Atz Lee head to Perl Island to begin plans for new pasture.
The Kilchers build a line shack and Otto has a surprise for Charlotte.
The Kilchers expand a road with detonation expert Desmond Duffy.
As Thanksgiving approaches, the Kilchers prepare for a holiday feast.
Eivin and August construct a hay baler that will save their backs.
The Kilchers rally when warm weather brings holiday rain to the homestead.
The Kilchers take on a risky river cleanup and a solo moose hunt.
The Kilchers kick off a complete homestead overhaul.
The Kilcher family bands together on a mission to rescue a tractor.
Otto is forced to the edge after a fire threatens to destroy his cabin.
Otto enlists the aid of Eivin for an ambitious task: moving wild buffalo.
Tensions flare when Otto and Jane journey to rescue a herd of wild buffalo.
Otto and Jane continue their mission to relocate a herd of wild buffalo.
A fishing trip turns deadly when Otto and his sons must outrun a glacier.
The Kilchers tour the new additions to the homestead during Thanksgiving.
Otto and August make a risky attempt to acquire a massive crane.
Jewel returns to the homestead for her son's first cattle drive.
The Kilchers take on some of the biggest jobs in the homestead's history.
The Kilchers play secret Santa at Christmas.
Eve butchers chickens with her kids to teach them about the circle of life.
An earthquake hits Alaska and the Kilcher family scrambles to recover.
Natural disasters continue their onslaught on the Kilcher homestead.
The Kilchers rush to make headway on time-sensitive projects.
With Otto's surgery looming, the rush to complete projects becomes urgent.
Otto makes the decision to have potentially life-threatening surgery.
Otto's son Levi comes to Alaska to help lead the cattle drive.
The Kilchers gather for Thanksgiving dinner at the old family barn.
Atz Sr. prepares for a visit from his daughter, singer-songwriter Jewel.
Otto enlists the help of a helicopter to move a massive greenhouse.
The Kilchers celebrate their most unforgettable Christmas ever.
Tensions flare between Otto and August before August leaves for college.
The Kilchers feel the pressure to get jobs done before winter arrives.
After paying for his hernia surgery, Otto ends up with gold fever.
Atz Sr. passes on vital knowledge, while Atz Lee goes on a risky hunt.
Atz Lee and Jane come to a decision about his remote cabin.
The Kilchers confront the realities of the changing Alaskan climate.
After a warm winter, the Kilchers team up to tame the land.
At the head of the bay, Atz and Atz Lee attempt to tame wild stallions.
There's no shortage of needs on the homestead in spring.
Atz Lee treks to Perl Island for a crash course in wilderness survival.
Otto and August dig into a plumbing project, and Eivin attempts to help.
Life on the remote and rugged Kilcher homestead is sometimes unforgiving.
The Kilchers prepare a feast using strictly old-fashioned methods.
A hot summer, following a dry spring, threatens the Kilcher cattle.
Atz Lee takes a fateful step, leading to catastrophe.
Family and friends help Atz Lee as he begins the painful journey home.
The Kilchers create homemade Christmas gifts for their significant others.
The Kilchers say goodbye to a friend as Eivin and Eve welcome new life.
Atz Lee confronts the reality of recovering from his accident.
Eivin and Eve welcome the newest member of the Kilcher family.
The Kilchers find themselves unprepared for winter.
The family joins forces to protect Shane's cabin from winter's fury.
The Kilchers face a fallout from the warmest Alaskan winter in decades.
Atz Sr., Bonnie, Atz Lee and Shane struggle to move a two-ton bridge.
The Kilchers work to protect their livelihood on and off the homestead.
Tensions reach a breaking point on the annual Kilcher cattle drive.
Atz Lee and Jane hunt for black bear, but instead find a massive grizzly.
The Kilchers race to finish a year's worth of work in just four months.
The Kilchers harvest a sterile cow for meat and re-purpose its byproducts.
The Kilcher family celebrates Thanksgiving with friends.
Atz Sr. divulges the secrets of the range rider to Atz Lee and Eivin.
Otto, Jane and Shane help transport a cabin to an uninhabited island.
The Kilchers put their own spin on a secret Santa gift exchange.
The Kilchers claim steel, stockpile salmon and break ground on a cabin.
Changing weather forces the Kilchers to venture miles in search of food.
The Kilchers pay tribute to a fallen friend.
Jane and Atz Lee set out for their last bear hunt of the year.
Otto and Charlotte face disaster with their herd on the journey home.
The Kilchers prepare for winter, while some discuss leaving the homestead.
Winter has kept the Kilchers indoors, so Eivin and Atz Lee get out to hunt.
The family completes projects before the spring thaw floods the area.
Spring arrives and the family hunt and take care of problems close to home.
Atz Lee and Jane hunt octopus, Otto keeps a calf alive and Eve has news.
Eivin and a pregnant Eve decide to add running water to their home.
It's midsummer and the Kilchers make the most of 22 hours of sunlight.
Atz Sr., Atz Lee and Jane travel to the highest peaks to hunt for goat.
The Kilchers enjoy the fruits of their labor on Thanksgiving.
A porcupine nails several of the Kilchers' animals with quills.
Atz and Atz Lee swim their horses across a lake to go moose hunting.
During the holidays, Otto decides to gift his Yak and Atz Lee gathers coal.
Threats to the Kilchers' food supplies come in many shapes and sizes.
With winter on the way, the Kilchers race to finish their summer projects.
Otto and Eivin use a duck hunt for some last-minute, father-son time.
Atz Lee and Eivin hunt, while a pregnant Eve struggles with chores.
The Kilchers take care of projects before the winter, and the baby, arrive.
The Kilchers' lifestyle is dictated by the seasons, so they adapt.
Atz Lee and Jane head to remote Adak Island in search of Caribou.
Otto and Charlotte defend against the homestead's first predator attacks.
Atz Sr. finds a spot to anchor his floating homestead on the Yuletide.
Otto and Eivin fight to douse a raging coal seam fire on Kilcher beach.
Otto protects his newborn calves as predators begin closing in.
Atz Lee encounters a predator while building a bridge in the backcountry.
The Kilchers gather on the Yuletide for a special Thanksgiving celebration.
Atz Lee heads to Perl Island to build a homestead for a friend.
Jewel throws her son a coming-of-age birthday celebration on the Yuletide.
The Kilchers finish Grady's cabin build despite an approaching typhoon.
Eivin takes son Findlay on his first-ever coming-of-age hunt.
The Kilchers host a Couples Secret Santa with homemade gifts and more!
Atz Lee, Atz Sr. and Jane go on an epic hunt on horseback in the foothills.
Otto and Levi build a wind turbine to generate power at their remote cabin.
Atz Sr. takes Bonnie on an adventurous hunting date.
Otto and August have mechanical issues while out to sea.
Otto and his crew scramble to save the Constructor.
