At first I thought "who are these hicks?" and why are they shooting at beautiful wild creatures! And why do they talk that way!!? But then as I've watched the episodes I see that this is a very intact, loving family, and sure even though they are homeschooled and probably wouldn't score super high S.A.T.s, they are emotionally intact and don't seem to suffer from the personality disorders that are showcased on so many reality shows! Think the housewives (narcissism and bi polar) and Kardashians (narcissism and illiteracy). These children are close, and supportive and helpful to each other, and it looks to me like the parents have doled out a lot of love and knowledge over the years.Okay, some of it might be fake as others have written, but who cares. For the most part these young men have not developed addictions to pornography during adolescence, which is a real danger these days! Neural pruning occurs during adolescence, and if boys are "doing their thing" to pornographic videos then that can lead to real trouble later on (just google it, okay? this is not new news). So in that way at least, these young men would be the rare healthy type of boyfriends and husbands to young women who are crying out for "real men" in today's world. Growing up running around in the woods and on a boat has made them healthy, in other words, not sitting in front of a computer or TV playing video games during their formative years.I do wish there could be some money for the teeth, especially for the older girl as she is naturally pretty, and would be very attractive with her teeth fixed.I hope very much that the mother recovers from her cancer, and it is heartwarming to see the family give her so much support during this time. Of course cancer does sometime force us to say goodbye to our loved ones, and if this is the case then Ami can go onto her next journey knowing that her family is VERY well adjusted, and supportive of each other. Really what more does a mother want than to know that her children are happy and will have joy in their lives. That said, I do hope she lives for decades!I think it's cool that the youngest wants to become a sheriff. Go young guy! We need all the good cops we can get! I hope the family doesn't shoot the bears in Colorado. The state is not that big....the bears are just trying to hang on, surrounded by people and loss of habitat....so please don't kill the bears.

They are so fake. Ami's cancer is probably a publicity stunt. Bear is the stupidest of them all.Beating a fish after it is caught is inhumane, but I guess growing up wild bear did not learn thatNone of the guys will find women who will live like that.Come on a necklace made from a shell and "dog" hair GROSS

The TV producer had a great idea; Find a sketchy family of irresponsible bums that the below average but truly exceptional, sovereign-codependent-American-citizen-couch dwellers could and would readily identify with. The pitch for the show went something like this; "here is your chance to share in a world of adventure; Bring along a tent and some bug spray, and prepare yourself" to live vicariously through the goofball antics of the least competent and reliable group of people to have ever inhabited spaceship earth. So it was written by the producers and so it was done; that the viewership of this show would enviously gawk through the rose colored glasses of "Alaskan Reality." "But herein—so according to one rose- colored surmise from Mad Men—lies the problem with fantasy—it was just a fantasy" and so goes this show.Reading the reviews people think the "Brown Family" are the "real deal," they must have "Bush's baked beans on the brain;" Hello? Hello? Anybody home? Huh? Think, McFly! Think!

At the start of the in 2014 I found it interesting because they said they only had 5k to their name. Once I read a little about The Brown's I find them a fraud. I cannot believe discovery still has their shows on. What a bunch of fakes. They act like they are so poor but each episode they have more stuff. Boats, ropes, chainsaws, nails, wood, guns and everything else they have costs. Most of the episodes show what a bunch of clowns they really are. Noah proclaims he is a scientist, Bam the strong quiet logical one, Matt the oldest and dumbest, Bear the tree climbing monkey, Gabe the muscle man that never wears a jacket in 30 degree temps, and the rest run around like the three stooges giving the real Alaskans and bad name. I guess anyone would be able to make it if they gave you $50,000 an episode. I am totally outraged and will never watch it again after learning about them. I want discovery to do a show on my life. at least it would be real.