【＃１４】「師匠！私を弟子にしてください」美唄のハンターに１日弟子入り！（2月9日10日11日放送）

In this project, you'll become an apprentice for a day to professionals in various professions who support Hokkaido! It's a "work experience documentary" that explores their work styles and dedication. Azuma: "Good morning! It's just after 9 AM. I'm in Bibai City today. It feels a lot colder than Sapporo!" The setting is... Bibai City, a town rich in nature, located almost in the center of the Sorachi region! This time, our master is Yamamoto Shunya, a hunter with 10 years of experience. Azuma, in his second year with the company, will be becoming an apprentice! Master Yamamoto: "Today, I'm going deer hunting!" Yamamoto: "Deer hunting! That sounds tough..." Master Yamamoto is also the father of a 5-year-old son, Fumoto. Master Yamamoto: "I'm going to go catch a deer. Let's play again after I catch one." Program Staff: "Do you know what your dad does for a living?" Fumoto: "He hunts bears. At the meat factory behind the house! Over there! Either a bear or a deer is there right now." Master Yamamoto is actually more than just a hunter! He runs a factory that butchers freshly caught deer while they're still fresh. The deer meat Master catches is renowned for being rich in flavor and tender! First, he prepares it at his home! He even makes his own bullets for his hunting rifle. Master Yamamoto: "This gunpowder is in pellets." Azuma: "Like sesame seeds." Master Yamamoto: "Even one pellet off can make it go a little off." Master Yamamoto: "This is a gun. A rifle. The gun in the bag right now is a gun that must not be removed from its jacket." Next, he prepares the snowmobile. Master Yamamoto: "You pull this to start the engine." Azuma: "You have to pull it with all your might. Hmm, hmm! It's too heavy." Master Yamamoto: "In the winter mountains, even the smallest things can mean the difference between life and death. The first principle of hunting is how well you prepare and how well you can return home without getting hurt." Now we're all set! We head to the foot of the mountain, about a 10-minute drive away. Azuma: "Are there lots of deer around this time of year?" Master Yamamoto: "Yes! It's sunny now, so I think they'll come out." This time, we'll be heading into the mountains in pairs. We'll be preparing our snowmobiles right away! However... Master Yamamoto: "It was turning, right?" Fujishima: "No, it wasn't." Master Yamamoto: "It wasn't turning?" Fujishima: "It's slipping." Announcer Azumamine: "What's going on?" Master Yamamoto: "The belt isn't turning. We're not sure what the cause is. It was working yesterday." Perhaps the cold is to blame... The snowmobile broke down and stopped working. Master Yamamoto: "We're changing our strategy. We're in a situation where we can't do anything right now..." Originally, we had planned to head to the scene in two snowmobiles, but we decided to go in two separate trips using just one. We traveled up the mountain path by snowmobile for about 15 minutes, or about 3 kilometers. From there, we started looking for deer on foot. (We filmed under the guidance of a hunter, taking safety precautions.) Azuma: "There are quite a few bumpy spots. Maybe they're footprints? It looks like deer are around here. We've reached a high enough elevation to see the town." Master Yamamoto: "There it is! There it is! I'll shoot when it comes out." The deer is over 100 meters away. It seems it hasn't noticed us yet... Azuma: "Master, I'm ready." Master Yamamoto: "It's still in the bushes. I'll shoot when it comes out. Where is it? Come out." Master Yamamoto: "It hasn't come out. We were all watching, but wild animals are amazing. They're probably walking around somewhere, but they just disappear." Deer hunting is open from sunrise to sunset... There are about two hours until sunset. The time limit is fast approaching. Master Yamamoto: "Can you see it?" Azuma: "I can see it." Master Yamamoto: "Between the trees." The distance is over a hundred meters. We can see two deer watching us. Master Yamamoto: "You got it. You got it." Announcer Higashimine: "Can't you see it from here?" Master Yamamoto: "It's a little hard to see from here. I'm going to go retrieve our prey." We head down the snowy slope to retrieve the deer. Master Yamamoto: "There's a deer over there. It's still alive." Azuma: "What are you going to do?" Master Yamamoto: "I'm going to shoot it. It hit it a little badly, so I feel bad for it. You don't have to look." Azuma: "I thought, 'Why did he shoot it?' But Master said, 'To end the painful time,' and I thought that was what it meant to face life." Azuma: "It's now completely stopped moving." Azuma: "Master, what do you do next?" Master Yamamoto: "From here, we're going to 'bleed it out.' We're going to drain the blood while there's still blood in the body so that the meat will taste delicious. This blood removal will result in delicious meat." Master Yamamoto: "It may be a very painful time, but someone has taken a life like this—a pig,...