Name: Mountain Men
Released: 2012-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Eustace Conway, Tom Oar, Mike Horstman

TV Show · Reality

It's a race against the winter for men who make their living off the land. For Mountain Men, survival is predicated on using ancient skills perfected over hundreds of years. HISTORY follows the lives of four American men and their families as they strive for the sustenance they need to make it through the harshest season.

2012 · 40m

Starring Eustace Conway, Tom Oar, Mike Horstman

Director David Arabia

EPISODE 1

Unbreakable

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.
EPISODE 2

First Kill

Tom instructs young Hank on some essential 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.
EPISODE 3

Gunpowder and Lead

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.
EPISODE 4

Breaking Wild

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.
EPISODE 5

Lion Alley

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.
EPISODE 6

Ice Cold

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.