Mountain Men

20123 series
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Most people enjoy the modern technologies and conveniences of today -- smartphones, tablets, cable and satellite TV among them -- but there are people who choose to live off the grid and in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all parts of life. `Mountain Men' profiles three such people. Eustace Conway, who has lived at the western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina for more than 25 years, teaches interns about the old ways of living with nature. Tom Oar needs an entire year to prepare for the seven-month-long winter on Montana's Yaak River. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto must gather enough wood to survive, in complete isolation, winters that can have temperatures drop to as low as 60 degrees below zero. It's not an easy life but for these mountain men, it's life as they know it.

Unbreakable: Episode Image
Episode 1Unbreakable

Eustace hunts for his winter meat in the pre-dawn hours, Jake harvests a deer with bow and arrow and Tom helps his friend Paul prepare for trapping season. (S12, ep 1)

First Kill: Episode Image
Episode 2First Kill

Tom instructs young Hank on some essential Mountain Man skills, Newlyweds Jake and Anika hunt elk and Paul takes on an infestation of nuisance badgers. (S12, ep 2)

Gunpowder and Lead: Episode Image
Episode 3Gunpowder and Lead

On a deer hunt with Sean and Hank, Tom brings a classic muzzleloader. Meanwhile, Jake and Anika finish their successful elk hunt with a gruelling pack out. (S12, ep 3)

Breaking Wild: Episode Image
Episode 4Breaking Wild

Eustace and his neighbour train a stubborn stallion as Jake and his dog team successfully chase away the season's first mountain lion. (S12, ep 4)

Lion Alley: Episode Image
Episode 5Lion Alley

Hank receives a buckskin vest from Tom, Jake's snowmobile breaks down while he's at Lion Alley and Paul helps a neighbour with his beaver and muskrat issues. (S12, ep 5)

Ice Cold: Episode Image
Episode 6Ice Cold

Jake spends the night in the mountains after his snowmobile breaks down and Paul traps for mink and pine marten. (S12, ep 6)

Mountain Marathon: Episode Image
Episode 7Mountain Marathon

Tom begins the countdown to his 80th birthday as Jake and Anika tow a broken snowmobile down the mountain but run into fresh lion tracks. (S12, ep 7)

Backcountry Battle: Episode Image
Episode 8Backcountry Battle

Kidd and Harry navigate turbulent white-water to reach steelhead trout breeding grounds. Meanwhile, Jake and his dogs become separated. (S12, ep 8)

Untethered: Episode Image
Episode 9Untethered

Jake and his dogs tree three cats in one day, while Paul prepares his haul of winter fur for market and explores a new piece of land to call his own. (S12, ep 9)

King of the Mountain: Episode Image
Episode 10King of the Mountain

Tom builds a tent for his 80th birthday, while Nancy prepares a surprise party for him. During calving season, Jake runs a mountain lion off the road. (S12, ep 10)

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