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Tom Oar's Secrets From the Wild
s14e13 · 2025-11-27
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Mountain Men
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What it is
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live your life off the grid? Have you wished you could shed the complications of modern society and live in the wilderness, using only the things nature has provided? Meet Eustace Conway, Tom Oar and Marty Meierotto of the new History series Mountain Men, three men who have devoted their lives to survival in its simplest form. But how simple is it really for the Mountain Men?From the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to the seven-month-long winters on the Yaak River in Montana to the frigid northern range of Alaska, the country is full of some very unforgiving terrain. Watch as these men face off against mudslides, falling trees, ravaging weather and even hungry animals, to make sure they obtain the food and supplies they will need to make it through the brutal winter months ahead.
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16 this season · 197 totals09e01 Hunt or Be Hunted 2020-06-05 01:00
Hunt or Be Hunted
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.
s09e02 Bloody Harvest 2020-06-05 02:00
Bloody Harvest
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.
s09e03 Fire and Ice 2020-06-12 01:00
Fire and Ice
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.
s09e04 Beasts of Burden 2020-06-19 01:00
Beasts of Burden
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.
s09e05 Call to Arms 2020-06-26 01:00
Call to Arms
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.
s09e06 Turf War 2020-07-03 01:00
Turf War
Back in the Ruby Valley, Jake tracks a dangerous mother lion and her young; Tom hand carves a traditional dugout canoe worth thousands; Kidd and Harry go on the offensive against a pack of coyotes that are targeting their cattle; and Eustace and Raleigh track a rogue black bear that's been raiding a neighbor's home.
s09e07 Carnage 2020-07-10 01:00
Carnage
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 of five; Kidd & Harry blow up a beaver dam to save their water supply; and Josh goes on the offensive against the rising wolf threat.
s09e08 Sink or Swim 2020-07-17 01:00
Sink or Swim
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 on his shop.
s09e09 Bloody Knuckles 2020-07-24 01:00
Bloody Knuckles
Jake's latest mountain lion chase leads him straight to an angry bear; Tom and Jack take on a high-dollar commission to build an ancient atlatl; Jason builds a steel trap to keep the area's wild hogs in check; and Kidd transforms a large wooden boat into a remote summer cabin.
s09e10 Tom's Big Day 2020-07-31 01:00
Tom's Big Day
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; and Jason salvages farming equipment to keep his bladesmithing operation afloat.
s09e11 Strike It Rich 2020-08-07 01:00
Strike It Rich
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; Jake battles steep terrain, and his dogs clash for alpha status within the pack; Kidd and Harry risk getting crushed on a hazardous lumber salvage mission.
s09e12 The Big Reckoning 2020-08-14 01:00
The Big Reckoning
Season Finale; On the hunt for gold, 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 fulfill a lifelong ambition to secure their future in the mountains.
s09e13 Meltdown: Tornado Alley 2021-01-08 03:03
Meltdown: Tornado Alley
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.
s09e14 Meltdown: Loaded for Bear 2021-01-15 03:03
Meltdown: Loaded for Bear
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.
s09e15 Meltdown: Trial by Fire 2021-01-22 03:03
Meltdown: Trial by Fire
Kidd and Harry go toe to toe with a one-ton bull; Eustace and Raleigh dig deep 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.
s09e16 Meltdown: No Man's Land 2021-01-29 03:00
Meltdown: No Man's Land
In the Meltdown finale, Mike escapes the bear-ridden Kodiak interior on foot; Jake runs a lion on foreign ground; Josh does battle with a prairie dog colony; Jason takes his kids' outdoor survival lessons to new extremes; and Kidd and Harry sacrifice one of their cattle for the greater good of the herd.