Mountain Men (TV series)

Mountain Men
Genre	Reality
Starring	Eustace Conway Kidd Youren Harry Youren Jake Herak Josh Kirk Martha Tansy Mike Horstman Tom Oar
Narrated by	D. B. Sweeney[1]
Theme music composer	Nick Nolan[2]
Opening theme	"Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (seasons 1–6) None (seasons 7–9)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	135 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Chris Richardson Marc Pierce Russ McCarroll Jake Laufer
Running time	42 minutes
Production company	Warm Springs Productions
Release
Original network	History
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	May 31, 2012 (2012-05-31) – present (present)
External links
Website

Mountain Men is an American reality television series on the History channel that premiered on May 31, 2012.^[3]

Synopsis[]

Eustace Conway resides on a parcel of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina that he calls Turtle Island. There, he hosts people to whom he teaches basic wilderness survival skills. Additionally, he earns an income using ancient techniques to harvest firewood. Threatened by a lien against his land, Conway fights to maintain ownership.^[4] His friend Preston Roberts would frequently appear on the show.

Marty Meierotto resides in the small Alaskan town of Two Rivers with his wife Dominique and daughter Noah. Once a month Marty flies his Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub aircraft with tundra tires to his cabin on the Draanjik River in the Alaska North Slope. While there, he uses a snowmobile to tend to his animal traps that he uses to collect furs.

Tom Oar, a former rodeo cowboy, resides near the Yaak River in northwestern Montana with his wife Nancy and their dog Ellie. Facing a seven-month winter season, the pair work hard, with the help of their neighbors, to prepare.

Rich Lewis, a mountain lion hunter, resides in Montana's Ruby Valley with his wife Diane. He pursues his passion for tracking mountain lions there with the help of a team of hounds. During season 6 he said he was getting too old to be doing this. He did not return for season 7.^[5]

George Michaud, a fur trapper, camps along the Snake River and Teton Range in Idaho.^[6]

Charlie Tucker, a fur trapper, resides near Great North Woods in Ashland, Maine. He often partners with Jim Dumond.^[7]

Kyle Bell, a game hunter and outfitter by trade, runs his hunts over 45,000 acres of rugged landscape and resides in New Mexico's Cimarron Valley with his ten-year-old son, Ben.^[8]

Morgan Beasley resides in the Alaska Range.

Jason Hawk lives near The Ozarks in Arkansas.

Preston died from complications due to cancer at age 60 on July 24, 2017.^[9]

Jake Herak, a mountain lion hunter, resides in Montana's Tobacco Root Mountains.^[10]

Mike Horstman, a bear hunting guide, resides on Kodiak Island in Alaska with his dog Adele.^[11][12]

Josh Kirk, a ranch manager and game hunter, resides in Wyoming's Wind River Range with his wife Bonnie and their daughter, Eden.^[13]

The Youren Brothers, Kidd and Harry, professionally serve as cattle ranchers and game hunters in Idaho's Sawtooth Wilderness. ^[14][15]

Cast[]

• Eustace Conway^[16] (season 1–present)
• Marty Meierotto^[17] (seasons 1–8)
• Tom Oar^[18] (seasons 1–present)
• Charlie Tucker (seasons 2–3)
• George Michaud (season 2)
• Rich Lewis (seasons 2–6)
• Kyle Bell (seasons 3–4)
• Morgan Beasley^[19] (seasons 4–8)
• Jason Hawk^[20] (seasons 5–9)
• Brent Jameson (season 6)
• Margaret Stern ^[21] (seasons 6–8)
• Jake Herak^[22] (season 7–present)
• Mike Horstman ^[23] (season 7–present)
• Harry Youren (season 8–present)
• Kidd Youren (season 8–present)
• Josh Kirk (season 9–present)
• Martha Tansy (season 10-present)

Episodes[]

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