The BEST episodes of Mountain Men season 9

Every episode of Mountain Men season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mountain Men season 9!

Most people enjoy the modern technologies and conveniences of today -- smartphones, tablets, cable and satellite TV among them -- but there are people who choose to live off the grid and in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all parts of life. ``Mountain Men'' profiles three such people. Eustace Conway, who has lived at the western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina for more than 25 years, teaches interns about the old ways of living with nature. Tom Oar needs an entire year to prepare for the seven-month-long winter on Montana's Yaak River. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto must gather enough wood to survive, in complete isolation, winters that can have temperatures drop to as low as 60 degrees below zero. It's not an easy life but for these mountain men, it's life as they know it.

Last Updated: 3/14/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Continuing
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The Big Reckoning
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7.99
104 votes

#1 - The Big Reckoning

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/2020

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 secure their future in the mountains.

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Meltdown: Tornado Alley
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7.97
68 votes

#2 - Meltdown: Tornado Alley

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2021

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.

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Meltdown: Loaded for Bear
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7.86
71 votes

#3 - Meltdown: Loaded for Bear

Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/2021

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.

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Bloody Knuckles
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7.83
95 votes

#4 - Bloody Knuckles

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/23/2020

Jake's latest mountain lion chase leads him to an angry bear; Tom and Jack take on a commission to build an ancient atlatl; Jason builds a steel trap to keep the area's wild hogs in check; Kidd transforms a large wooden boat into a summer cabin.

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Strike it Rich
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7.83
98 votes

#5 - Strike it Rich

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/6/2020

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.

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Sink or Swim
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7.82
96 votes

#6 - Sink or Swim

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/16/2020

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.

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Tom's Big Day
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7.82
94 votes

#7 - Tom's Big Day

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/30/2020

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.

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Bloody Harvest
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7.79
101 votes

#8 - Bloody Harvest

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/4/2020

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.

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Beasts of Burden
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7.77
94 votes

#9 - Beasts of Burden

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/2020

Jason's bladesmith business suffers a setback when his hand is cut badly on the job. Meanwhile, Jake's latest lion hunt turns into a rescue mission. Kidd and Harry break a colt and Josh salvages all he can from a bison that was killed by wolves.

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Turf War
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7.76
106 votes

#10 - Turf War

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/2/2020

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.

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Carnage
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7.71
101 votes

#11 - Carnage

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/9/2020

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; Kidd and Harry blow up a beaver dam to save their water supply; Josh goes on the offensive against wolves.

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Call to Arms
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7.71
92 votes

#12 - Call to Arms

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/25/2020

Mike's bear scout turns into an alpine goat hunt, while Jake brings in the big dogs to settle an old score and Jason faces a looming deadline. Tom and Sean check beaver sets to see if their new trapping grounds will pay off.

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Meltdown: Trial by Fire
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7.67
72 votes

#13 - Meltdown: Trial by Fire

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/2021

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.

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Hunt or be Hunted
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7.66
115 votes

#14 - Hunt or be Hunted

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/4/2020

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.

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Meltdown: No Man's Land
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7.63
81 votes

#15 - Meltdown: No Man's Land

Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2021

Mike escapes the bear-ridden Kodiak interior on foot; Josh does battle with a prairie dog colony; Jason takes his kids' outdoor survival lessons to new extremes; Kidd and Harry sacrifice one of their cattle for the greater good of the herd.

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Fire and Ice
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7.62
95 votes

#16 - Fire and Ice

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/11/2020

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.

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