Jake Herak needs to make a successful bow hunt to secure his winter meat. Tom visits friend Paul Antczak to show him Pine Marten trapping, while Aron Toland rushes in supplies for his fishing camp before the winter cuts the roads.
Tom instructs young Hank on some essential Mountain Man Skills. Newlyweds Jake and Anita 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.
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.
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.
Jake's snowmobile breaks down in the middle of Lion Alley. Paul takes on a neighbour's beaver and muskrat problem. Tom and Nancy make a special buckskin vest for Hank
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.
Tom begins the countdown to his 80th birthday. Jake and Anika tow a broken snowmobile down the mountain but run into fresh lion tracks and are back on the hunt.
Harry and Kidd test out their new boat on the way to the fishing grounds. Aaron and Jennifer start chores that were delayed by winter and Paul gets a coyote in his trap.