Mountain Men

The Mountains of North America haunt the imagination, masking a danger few are willing to confront. Despite the challenges, some choose to live this way, the last of their kind. Eustace Conway lives deep in the mountains of North Carolina. He moved here 33 years ago in search of a more "truthful" existence. In the years since, he's built a home, and survived by hunting, fishing and raising animals. Tom Oar lives with his wife on the Yaak River in Montana. He is 100 miles from the nearest town, a place he hasn't ventured to in 10 years. Marty Meierotto, his wife Dominique and their daughter Noah live in the small Alaskan town of Two Rivers. Every month, Marty pilots his bi-plane, traveling into the bush in search of the wolverine and lynx pelts he needs to make a living. While he's on the Black River, he must hunt moose and caribou to survive in the wilderness. Together, these men represent America's true MOUNTAIN MEN.

Tom Oar tries to save a friend's water supply and hunt his winter's meat surrounded by grizzlies. Eustace Conway deals with the threat of someone trying to take his land. Marty Meierotto combats life or death situations due to breakdowns.

A dispute between Eustace and Justice quickly escalates, leading to dramatic repercussions; Tom has difficulty navigating through the Rockies and gets lost; Marty must endure extreme conditions in his effort to reach home.

While survivalist Tom Oar is in the Yaak of Montana, he is confronted with a life-changing decision; Marty Meierotto must brave Alaska's extreme weather for months before returning to family; a sickly Eustace Conway must protect Turtle Island.

Tom must postpone his work in order to hunt for meat to sustain him during the winter months, but predators are looming; Eustace needs assistance in protecting Turtle Island's most valuable resource; Marty may not meet his fur deadline.

Tom Oar is forced to take matters into his own hands and push dangerous wolves away from his property. In North Carolina, the water runs out for Eustace, shutting down Turtle Island. And in Alaska, a simple mistake could cost Marty everything.

In the Yaak Valley of northwest Montana, the worst fire season in living memory threatens the home of Tom Oar. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto flies into the heart of a vicious storm on his annual journey to his remote winter trapline. Turtle Island, Eustace Conway's refuge in the Blue Ridge Mountains, comes under threat from developers. And a new mountain man, lion hunter Rich Lewis, leads his dog team through Montana's Ruby Valley in pursuit of a deadly puma.

Marty Meierotto arrives at his Alaska trapline, but the unseasonably warm weather is impeding his plans. In North Carolina, Eustace Conway discovers two headless chickens in his henhouse, and begins a hunt for the predator responsible. In northwest Montana, Tom Oar discovers a grizzly bear has been prowling his property, while in the southern corner of the state, Rich Lewis frantically searches for his missing hound, Turbo.

Desperate for food after a grizzly bear ravaged his garden, Tom Oar embarks on a last-ditch deer hunt. Marty Meierotto begins to establish his winter trapline, breaking fresh trail in the uncharted wild. In the Ruby Valley of Montana, Rich Lewis pursues a marauding wolf pack that has slaughtered a neighbor's cattle. And in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Eustace Conway must deal with Scout, a careless intern with "a dose of city boy in him.

After a successful deer hunt, Tom rushes to prepare the meat before it attracts hungry grizzly bears. In North Carolina, Eustace takes on a grueling job that he needs to complete in order to make his first loan payment. Marty's mechanical problems return and leave him stranded in the cold Alaskan night. In Montana's Ruby Valley, Rich postpones an elk hunt when he discovers evidence of a lion poacher. Rookie mountain man Charlie Tucker begins his trapping season in Maine's Great North Woods.

Rich and his hounds track Rich's nemesis, the killer mountain lion Three-Toes, across the length of Montana's Ruby Valley. In Alaska, a young prot g brings Marty the new snowmobile engine he's been waiting for. Eustace races the winter frost to seed his field in North Carolina and in Northwest Montana, Tom receives a commission from a neighbor to build a primitive bow, with a deadline that puts his endurance to the test.

Logger turned Mountain Man, Charlie Tucker's luck takes a turn for the worse in the sub-zero North Maine Woods as a rookie mistake nearly costs him everything. In Alaska, Marty and Andy split up to cover more ground with the plan to rendezvous at dusk. But as night falls, Marty is missing in action. In North Carolina, Eustace puts his life on the line to help a neighbor in need, and in Montana's Ruby Valley, Rich Lewis sets off after a bobcat which has been eating his livestock, and the cat draws first blood, injuring two of his dogs before Rich vows revenge.

This season opens as a polar vortex sweeps across the nation and plunges America into a brutal early winter. Tom Oar is behind on his winter preparations because he's spending time with family in Florida and facing a possibly life-changing decision. Will he sacrifice leaving the mountain man lifestyle behind to live closer to his family? In the Ruby Valley, a bloody encounter with a mountain lion leaves Rich Lewis's lead hunting dog Brandy in a life or death situation, and could end her career forever. Marty Meierotto takes advantage of a break in the harsh weather to embark on his annual trip to the Great Alaskan Range, but this year instead of leaving his wife, Dominique and their daughter Noah behind he's taking them with him. And in New Mexico's rugged and relentless High Desert, we meet Kyle Bell who is teaching his son Ben the dying ways of the mountain man lifestyle.

As winter tightens its grip on the nation, the mountain men fight the elements to stay alive. In New Mexico's Cimarron Valley, Kyle Bell and his son Ben scramble to save a herd of bison from a fast approaching winter storm. In North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Eustace Conway and his friend Preston brave the wettest winter in decades to stop a dangerous landslide from washing out a rural road. In Montana, Tom Oar prepares himself for the fight of a lifetime after a run in with a pack of wolves while Rich Lewis braves a blizzard to put meat on his table for the winter. And deep in Alaska's wilderness Marty Meierotto and his family settle into their new remote surroundings.

As the worst winter in decades rages across the nation, the Mountain Men must fight to stay on top of the food chain. In the Yaak Valley, the growing wolf population comes knocking on Tom Oar's door, and quickly turns into a blood feud. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto's traps are coming up empty, causing him and his family to regroup and figure out how they're going to survive the season. In the Ruby Valley of southwest Montana, Rich Lewis bags enough meat to survive the winter, but his battle has only begun as hungry predators catch the scent. In North Carolina, Eustace Conway struggles to bring a 100-year-old sawmill back to life to keep his property in the black. And in New Mexico's Cimarron Valley, Kyle Bell puts his 10-year-old son's mountain man skills to the test on his first hunting trip.

Marty makes a new start in some of Alaska's most unforgiving terrain, but his first solo flight into the Revelation Mountains becomes a dangerous ordeal. In the Cimarron Valley of New Mexico, Kyle Bell helps his son Ben break his first colt, but day one goes terribly wrong. Eustace Conway and his friend Preston set out to build an enormous lumber shed to shelter his newly milled wood from North Carolina's torrential rains, but it quickly proves to be a risky undertaking. And in the Yaak, Tom attempts to preserve a bison hide that can earn him big bucks if his gamble pays off.

An overflowing river of ice threatens to trap Marty Meierotto with no way out of Alaska's Revelation Mountains. In Montana, Tom Oar's experiment on a lucrative bison hide goes up in flames. And in North Carolina, Eustace Conway puts his ingenuity to the test to build a wood-burning truck from scratch.

Rich runs his hunting dogs through a gauntlet of tests to determine which will become the new leader of the pack. Marty sets out on foot to cut a new trap line and salvage his season. While Tom goes back to his roots to bow hunt a buck with hand-crafted arrows.

In the Season 4 premiere, unpredictable extreme conditions lead to the survivalists finding new ways to adapt.

Tom defends his home against the threat of a bear; Morgan makes a fatal miscalculation on thin ice.

Morgan gets stuck in the grips of an ice desert with no shelter in sight; Marty's return to Alaska's Revelation Mountains takes an unexpected turn.

Winter's uneven arrival creates mayhem in the mountains, placing Rich on the front lines of a new war against predators and pushing Tom to the brink.

Morgan climbs into the dangerous Alaska Range; Rich goes to war with the wolves.

Morgan walks into a death trap in the Alaska Range when a whiteout hits in an avalanche zone.

Morgan's land fails to provide, leaving him locked in a life or death battle with hunger. Tom's bad luck streak continues into a new season. Rich takes a bruising fall.

Rich deals with the aftermath of his accident. Morgan's search for food intensifies. Eustace gets a golden opportunity, but it may be more trouble than it's worth.

Morgan's surprise discovery could finally put food on the table. Tom's hard work doesn't pay off.

Tom calls in some help to bail him out; Morgan battles to survive in the deep freeze. A father pulls out all stops to secure his family's future.

Tom and Nancy divide and conquer to get ahead. Eustace makes a breakthrough with his lumber business, while Morgan's luck finally turns around.

A hard truth forces Tom to do the unthinkable. Morgan goes on a do or die hunt in the high peaks. Marty discovers competition on the line.

Winter descends on the mountains without mercy; Marty is trapped in 50-below weather; Morgan and Tom forge new alliances; Rich battles a rogue grizzly.

Morgan races the ice to gather critical supplies; Eustace digs out from a devastating tornado; Marty takes to the air in a bid to win the season.

Morgan fights to stay afloat on a treacherous river run; Jason loses everything; routine training turns to live combat for Rich's dog team.

Winter strikes and Morgan hunts for riches in the ruins; Jason tackles a river giant; and Eustace makes a breakthrough with black powder.

Marty's retreat leads to a surprise in his own backyard; Morgan builds to beat the dangers of the deep freeze; Tom hits the jackpot.

Morgan battles a bear-infested island for a critical head start on the season as winter approaches; Tom is caught in Montana’s deadly wildfires; Eustace wrestles with the aftermath of Preston’s death; and the Hawk clan prepares for a life-changing arrival.

The bears keep Morgan on the run as he tries to secure his catch and escape with his life; Eustace struggles to get back to work without Preston; Jason and Mary prepare for their due date; Tom scales treacherous terrain and Jake readies his team to face down the lions.

In a risky bid to get out of the red, Marty fights to reclaim his long-abandoned turf; Morgan races to build a shelter in the snow and ice of subzero Alaska; Eustace gets a boost in horsepower; Jason and Mary brace for a home birth; and Jake's lion hunt takes a dangerous detour.

Morgan gets a crash course in extreme winter flying; Marty battles a predator invasion; Tom faces a new wolf threat; Jake and his hounds hunt a rogue lion; and Jason steps in to bring a new life into the world.

Tom takes the fight to the wolves; a lion chase claims a casualty; Morgan builds bigger; and Eustace goes to battle to defend his land.

Marty brings in a record haul; Margaret's extreme flight training leaves her out in the cold; Tom puts his master craftsmen skills to work; and Jake chases his next meal.

As winter closes in, Morgan and Margaret fly North to track down the great caribou migration and secure meat; Marty preps his trapline for the arrival of his daughter, Noah; Jake starts his season tracking two lions. Eustace takes on an apprentice and uncovers some illicit activity on his new land; Kidd and Harry rescue horses from a pack of hungry wolves.

Eustace and Raleigh battle a polar vortex to get their lumber business back online; Mike braves a bear-infested landscape in search of fresh meat; Morgan and Margaret chase the migrating caribou, hoping to secure enough food for winter.

As night descends across the mountains, Mike treks through bear country with fresh meat on his back; Morgan battles dark and dangerous terrain in a last-ditch effort to fill his freezer; Jake's latest lion hunt takes him deep into wolf territory.

Jake will do anything to get his injured dog to the vet; Tom and his brother are left high and dry when the well on his ranch stops pumping; Mike has to go back on the hunt after bears pillage his provisions.

Jake sets off alone on the hunt for elk meat; Jason rolls the dice on an experimental smelter; Morgan and Margaret combat a critical water problem; Mike targets Kodiak Island's most dangerous quarry; and Marty bids a final farewell.

Eustace and Raleigh set out in search of a deer to replenish their food stores; Jason faces the moment of truth in his attempt to create his own steel; Jake hauls 400 pounds of fresh elk meat out of the mountains; Kidd and Harry pack supplies.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tom and Nancy face the challenges of isolation at the onset of winter; Jake hunts pronghorn antelope, and faces down a deadly rattlesnake; Eustace has new neighbors and begins teaching them his mountain man ways; Mike takes a perilous sea journey in search of better hunting grounds; and Martha puts her off road capability to the test while traversing Alaska's toughest terrain.

Jake clashes with a surging coyote population; Martha and Elli takedown a bull moose in rain-soaked Alaska; while Mike struggles to obtain meat for the winter; Tom catches his first fur of the season, while Nancy crafts a one-of-a-kind buffalo hide coat; and Kidd and Harry build a cabin size meat smoker into a hillside.

Kidd and Harry bring down an enormous bull bison; Eustace races the weather to provide his neighbors with heat; Martha and Elli battle nasty terrain while transporting their prized moose harvest back to civilization; Jake pursues mountain lions.

Martha and Elli stand their ground in a dangerous encounter with a bull moose; Mike sets off for uncharted territory; Tom resurrects a primitive recurve bow; Jake is hot on the trail of a mating pair of mountain lions.

Tom and Nancy create a masterpiece out of a raw wolf hide; Jake and his young dogs tangle with two mountain lion kittens; Eustace teaches his neighbours how to put food on the table; Mike goes full fur on Whale Island; Josh gets caught in an ice jam.

Jake carries his best dog off the mountain after a battle with a huge Mountain Lion; Mike flies to the end of the earth for the last round-up. Martha and Elli rescue a hunter stranded in sub-zero temperatures; and Josh exacts vengeance after wolves take out one of his bison.

In the Season Premiere, Montana's Tom and Nancy Oar prepare for the long winter ahead. Jake Herak battles dense fog and mountain terrain on foot in pursuit of elk. In Wyoming, Josh Kirk attempts to move a 150-year-old log cabin to the heart of his bison ranch, but the hazardous journey threatens to topple the historic structure. And in Alaska, Martha and Elli Tansy each harvest a caribou, sending them on an all-night off-road mission to extract their kills.

Tom Oar reunites with Sean McAfee to set his winter trap line, but miles of grueling terrain put the veteran trapper's endurance to the test; in Alaska, Martha and Elli Tansy embark on an off-road expedition to new hunting grounds.

In Idaho, Kidd and Harry Youren hunt a black bear that tore up their camp, but the chase leads them into a dangerous confrontation. In Alaska, Martha and Elli Tansy finally have a bull moose in their sights, and bring it down.

Tom Oar struggles with heart problems but refuses to give up his way of life; Jake Herak and Anika Ward have added five new puppies to their pack; Martha and Elli Tansy pack hundreds of pounds of meat; Mike Horstman hunts fox for their fur.

Tom receives a diagnosis for his heart condition; Jake hunts coyotes at night; Eustace rebuilds the road to Turtle Island; Mike hunts goats; Josh and Bonnie each harvest a deer; Kidd and Harry build a heavy-duty scow boat from scratch.

In Idaho, Kidd and Harry Youren navigate the raging rapids of the Snake River to deliver a scow boat to its new owner. In Montana, Tom Oar teaches 9-year-old Hank McAfee all about trapping. Jake Herak unleashes his young pups on the Mountain Lions of the Tobacco Roots but takes a nasty fall high in the backcountry. Eustace Conway uses all his backwoods skills to build the ultimate firepit for Turtle Island.

Eustace hunts for his winter meat in the pre-dawn hours. Jake harvests a deer with bow and arrow. Tom helps his friend Paul prepare for trapping season. Ray stalks elk through knee deep powder, and spends a frigid night on the mountain. Aron hauls his winter supplies over a treacherous off-road trail, but the final stretch of the mission proves most daunting.

Tom instructs young Hank on some essential Mountain Man skills. Newlyweds Jake and Anika hunt elk in the bone chilling cold; Paul takes on an infestation of nuisance badgers; Ray uses bushcraft technology to haul his elk meat out of the backcountry; Aron and Jen clash with a pack of wolves prowling the outskirts of their homestead.

Tom packs a traditional muzzleloader on a winter deer hunt with Sean and Hank; Jake and Anika complete a successful elk hunt with a backbreaking pack out; Aron and Jen cut down dead trees that threaten to destroy their cabin.

Eustace and his neighbor train a stubborn stallion; Jake and his team of dogs successfully run off their first mountain lion of the season; Paul tracks and kills a young buck; Aron hunts for moose, while Jen fishes for rainbow trout.

Tom and Nancy make a special buckskin vest for Hank; Jake's snowmobile breaks down in the heart of Lion Alley; Paul takes on a neighbor's beaver and muskrat problem; Kidd and Harry plow a backcountry airstrip so planes can land safely.

Jake spends the night in the mountains after his snowmobile breaks down; Paul traps for mink and pine marten; Eustace helps a friend buy and assemble an antique sawmill; Aron and Jen harvest 12,000 pounds of ice from the lake.

Marty installs floats on his bush plane and flies to a remote lake to hunt moose.

Marty searches for a bull moose that vanished in thick brush; Mike packs the meat from a bull elk.

Lauro travels north with his team of sled dogs to hunt caribou; Daniel rebuilds a cabin.

Lauro hunts caribou in white-out conditions on Alaska's North Slope.

Marty battles the brutal Alaskan winter while running his wildfire ravaged trapline in the Far North.

Lauro kicks Iditarod training into high gear with a 300-mile run on the Denali Highway and Bret.

Marty guides Noah through her first bush plane landing at a remote caribou camp while Mike hauls a 50-foot gangway across land and sea to his Kodiak homestead.

Marty flies to new hunting grounds in search of an elusive caribou herd and Lauro and Neil build a trapping and fishing camp to help feed their sled dogs.

Chance and Soraya slaughter a ram to provide meat for their growing family while Lauro begins preparation for this year's Iditarod by taking his team on a fall training run.

Bret and Ivy bust through sheets of lake ice to ferry critical equipment to their cabin by boat and Lauro and Virginia use the dog team to haul fresh cut timber from the forest for a log cabin build.

Lauro guides his dog team through frozen wilderness to reach Neil at a remote trapping camp. On his homestead, Mike digs a root cellar into the hillside. Ivy hunts grouse while Bret preps for the upcoming season by building and boiling his gear. Chance and Soraya begin building a log barn to shield their livestock from winter. In Montana, Jake makes a daring climb to save one of his stranded dogs.

While hunting for meat, Mike crosses paths with a prowling brown bear and her cub. Chance races the first snow to finish his livestock barn. Lauro and Neil smash through thick river ice to harvest beaver and fish. Bret and Ivy scale their cabin roof to install solar panels and power their homestead with clean energy. Meanwhile, Paul hits the jackpot on his coyote and beaver traplines.