The Documentary

The Last Line

Paul Padlesky has run a registered trapline in northeastern Alberta for thirty-five years — a Métis tradition passed down through generations, now one of the last working lines of its kind. This is his story, on camera, before it's gone.

The Pitch Winefred Lake Outfitters
Who He Is

Thirty-five years on the same line.

Paul runs Winefred Lake Outfitters — guided black bear hunts and authentic trapline experiences built on a Métis lineage with deep roots in the fur trade era. It's not a tourist re-enactment. It's the real, working tail end of a tradition most of the country has already lost.

Métis Trapper 35-Year Trapline Winefred Lake, Alberta Guided Black Bear Hunts
The Friendship

Forty years ago, this story started with a website.

~40
YRS

David met Paul roughly forty years ago and built him his very first website at age twenty-four. Decades later, the two reconnected — and what started as a favour between friends has become a full 50/50 partnership on the content, broadcast rights, and merchandising of Paul's story. The website that opened this chapter is the same one closing it.

Trapper Paul — The Last Line

A six-episode pitch, built for broadcast.

Currently in development and pitched to CBC, ABC Australia, and APTN, "The Last Line" follows Paul through a season on the trapline — the work, the weather, the wildlife, and a way of life that's running out of people who still know how to do it properly.

EP 01 · The Last Registered Line EP 02 · Running The Outfit EP 03 · Winter Travel EP 04 · The Hunt EP 05 · What's Passed Down EP 06 · The Last Line
Travelling the trapline by snowmobile in winter
LIFE ON THE LINE — winter travel across the trapline, the only way in once the lake freezes.
Winefred Lake Outfitters

Run by Paul.

Guided black bear hunts and genuine trapline experiences out of Winefred Lake — built on thirty-five years of working the same registered line. This is the operation the documentary is built around, and the place David stays for a week every trip north.

Visit trapperpaul.com
35Years On The Line
6Episode Series
40Years Of Friendship