About this season
Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.
Episodes (16)
1. Hunt or be Hunted
Aired 4 June 2020 • 42 min
As winter descends in the mountains, Jake's first lion hunt ends in a near-deadly dust up; Tom and Nancy face a surge in the local coyote population; Jason comes face to face with a marauding black bear; Mike fights predators on land and sea to secure some fish for the winter; and Josh Kirk hunts down a deer for the larder.
2. Bloody Harvest
Aired 4 June 2020 • 42 min
Eustace and Raleigh try to restore an antique buzz saw; Tom takes on a massive new dugout canoe project; Jake's quest for winter meat takes him on a dangerous high-altitude hunt; Kidd and Harry race against a winter storm to round up rogue cattle; and Mike competes with a giant Kodiak bear to score his salmon supply for winter.
3. Fire and Ice
Aired 11 June 2020 • 42 min
Tom and Sean brave the bitter cold in search of better trapping grounds; Jake seeks revenge on the lion that injured his hound; Eustace and Raleigh struggle to fix a storm-damaged bridge that connects Turtle Island to the world outside; Mary forges her first Ozark blade; and Josh loses a bison to a pack of hungry wolves.
4. Beasts of Burden
Aired 18 June 2020 • 42 min
Jason's bladesmithing business suffers a critical setback when his hand is badly cut on the job; Jake's latest lion hunt turns into a rescue mission when he discovers his dogs are on a collision course with a pack of wolves; Kidd and Harry break a colt for a backcountry client; and Josh salvages all he can from a bison that was killed by wolves.
5. Call to Arms
Aired 25 June 2020 • 42 min
Mike's bear scout turns into an alpine goat hunt; Jake brings in the big dogs to settle an old score with a problem lion; Tom and Sean check beaver sets to see if their new trapping grounds will pay off; Jason leans on the family to overcome a looming deadline and a broken hand; and Kidd and Harry run a backcountry gauntlet to deliver a young horse to a remote buyer.
6. Turf war
Aired 2 July 2020 • 42 min
Jake tracks a dangerous mother lion and her young; Kidd and Harry go on the offensive against a pack of coyotes that is targeting their cattle; Eustace and Raleigh track a rogue black bear that's been raiding a neighbor's home.
7. Carnage
Aired 9 July 2020 • 42 min
Mike returns to the bear-infested crags of Kodiak to reclaim his mountain goat kill; Jason hunts down a wild hog to feed his family; Kidd and Harry blow up a beaver dam to save their water supply; Josh goes on the offensive against wolves.
8. Sink or Swim
Aired 16 July 2020 • 42 min
Jake's second mountain lion chase in the Ruby Valley leaves him cliffed out; Eustace and Raleigh turn scrap steel into pure profit; Kidd sets off on a whitewater excursion unlike any other; and Jason picks up the pieces after a storm drops a tree.
9. Bloody Knuckles
Aired 23 July 2020 • 42 min
Jake's latest mountain lion chase leads him to an angry bear; Tom and Jack take on a commission to build an ancient atlatl; Jason builds a steel trap to keep the area's wild hogs in check; Kidd transforms a large wooden boat into a summer cabin.
10. Tom's Big Day
Aired 30 July 2020 • 42 min
Kidd and Harry are sent into a dangerous free fall by a freak ATV accident; Jake goes on ranch patrol to protect newborn calves; Nancy gives Tom the surprise of a lifetime; Josh attempts to wrangle a feral horse.
11. Strike it Rich
Aired 6 August 2020 • 42 min
Josh goes panning for gold in a quest to unearth the West's greatest treasure; Eustace fights to save his land, but must say goodbye to an old friend; Jason returns to the forge, putting his injured hand to the test.
12. The Big Reckoning
Aired 13 August 2020 • 42 min
Josh hits the jackpot; Tom puts his handmade dugout canoe to the test; Jake makes his last stand against a massive predator; Eustace sees his dream of keeping his new land go up in flames; Kidd and Harry secure their future in the mountains.
13. Meltdown: Tornado Alley
Aired 7 January 2021 • 42 min
As the spring melt sweeps the mountains, Jake sets his sights on bagging a black bear for the larder; Eustace and Raleigh race against time and weather to plant crops; Mike sets out to harvest a bounty from the Gulf of Alaska; Kidd and Harry drop and haul lumber for their ranch; and Jason puts his homestead expansion on hold when a tornado comes crashing through.
14. Meltdown: Loaded for Bear
Aired 14 January 2021 • 42 min
Mike flies into the Kodiak backcountry in search of rich bear hunting grounds; Jason rushes to complete a barn before his new herd of goats arrive; Kidd and Harry hunt down the bear that attacked their cattle; Josh creates a water supply for his growing herd of bison; and Jake turns his bear kill into food stores and profit.
15. Meltdown: Trial by Fire
Aired 21 January 2021 • 42 min
Kidd and Harry go toe-to-toe with a one-ton bull; Eustace and Raleigh dig for Turtle Island's food stores; Mike braves the Kodiak interior on a bear scouting mission; Jason schools his two oldest kids on fishing and survival in the Ozarks; and Jake leads his hounds through a pulse-pounding training day.
16. Meltdown: No Man's Land
Aired 28 January 2021 • 42 min
Mike escapes the bear-ridden Kodiak interior on foot, as Jake runs a lion on foreign ground. Meanwhile, Josh battles a prairie dog colony.