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Saturday, June 6, 2020

Mountain Men Season 9



Dale Matson

Episode One

Hour One

Hour one had Jason Hawke, who lives in the Ozark's, hunting a black bear with his son. The bear had gotten into his chickens and killed and ate them all. He went out with his son and both had crossbows to kill the bear with. After successfully tracking it, as it turned out, it was a female bear with three cubs. Jason decided to rig up some alarms to warn them about the bear and not kill it.
Jake Harek was in the Tobacco Root Mountains after a mountain lion with his Walker Hounds and a new 6-month-old dog. He also added a veterinarian lady friend named Anika. She accompanied him and came in handy by treating one of his dogs that had an injured paw. I am continually amazed at how fit Jake is to run up those slopes carrying lots of gear. It is easy to see why an older  Rich quit the series.
I believe Josh Kirk is new to the series. He and his wife homestead in the Wind River Range of Wyoming. In this episode he stalked a herd of Elk and was able to shoot one for his winter meat supply. He packed out about 100 pounds of meat which he put in the smoker to cure.
Tom Oar and his wife Nancy live in Montana in the northern Rockies and are still with the series. They are currently overrun with an “abundance” of coyotes. They are stealing the game out of his traps so he has decided to trap them also. One coyote hide will bring $100.00. He is an expert skinner and he and his wife made coyote hats for themselves. She is helping him with his trapping. He has an old backpack made of wicker that he puts his game in.
Mike Horstman lives on Kodiak Island in Eagle Harbor, 50 miles from the nearest town. He was collecting salmon from his nets and had to contend with a seal that was taking the salmon out of his nets. He was smoking the salmon and a bear got into the smoker and ate quite a few. Bears are a constant danger for him but also how he makes his living as a guide.

Note: Mountain Men comes on after I go to bed so I record it and watch it the following day. I have still not seen the second hour but will report on it as soon as I have a chance to see it.

Hour Two


         In Idaho’s Sawtooth Range Harry and Kid Youren have been rounding up about 200 head of cattle for a rancher. Yet…there are still 3 missing head (at $4,000.00 per head). They are still missing three head of cattle though. They are able to locate and get the last two into their trailer with some difficulty but there is a carcass that may be the third one. They are excellent riders and ropers.
         Mike Horstman is still trying to get in enough salmon for winter when his outboard motor sheers a prop pin. He improvises by cutting the head off a roofing nail which allows him to get to his nets. In the meantime, his alarm flare goes off and he heads back to shore to check on his smoker. He looks around and sees a brown bear heading up hill but no damage to his salmon. He got ninety pounds of salmon in all.
         Jake is out again but he is hunting for bull elk this time. He is able to shoot his elk but has to track the elk into the night. He also comes across another dead elk killed by a mountain lion.
         Eustace is in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina at his Turtle Island home. He is hard pressed to make the next payment on some additional land he has purchased and is looking through his “inventory” of things he owns to perhaps sell to help him with the payment. Raleigh his hired hand and apprentice, helps him restore a portable logging saw for which he finds a buyer.
         Tom Oar and a friend set about cutting down a large diameter tree. He was contracted by a museum to build a dug-out canoe. He dropped the tree and cut it to a 12’ length. He then did some fancy chainsaw work and ripped the top and bottom off the log to lighten the log. He then used a hand winch to raise the end enough to get smaller logs under the big log in order to roll it. Cutting it down was one thing but he had to get it out of the woods. This was a slow process but he eventually got it close enough to the truck trailer to load it up. He did some pretty hard work for a man my age. Where does he find the time?

14 comments:

  1. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 2
    Jake went after the mountain lion that injured his dog to push it further up the mountain. He again had his 6-month-old Trixie and Marlene with him. They were in the “Hell’s Gate” area. Jake came across an elk kill and began tracking the cat. Marlene treed a female lion (based on the black spot below her tail, which is characteristic of females). It was not the male lion Jake was initially tracking and he continued on. Trixie is catching on! There is drone footage in this episode.
    Josh Kirk (introduced last week) is watching over 200 head of bison. Each bison is worth $6,000.00. As he begins the difficult job of counting, He comes up one short. The bison graze on 3,000 acres, enclosed by an electric fence. Josh has to fix the fence where the bison broke through and then go look for the bison. Unfortunately, by itself the bison didn’t stand a chance against predators, probably a lone wolf or a pack of wolves. Josh attempted to save the hide and some meat. It got late so he used the hide as a blanket for warmth overnight with a gun close at hand. In the morning he packed out some of the meat with his horse using a travois.
    Eustace and his apprentice Raleigh Avery cut some firewood to sell to go toward the $50,000.00 balloon loan payment. The problem was getting his ‘mature’ Ford one ton across the dilapidated bridge that provides access to Turtle Island. They attempted to cross the bridge but one of the logs was sagging badly and the “earth roadbed” was eroded. They improvised by cutting a 30’ Popular Tree to use as a lever to raise the bridge and put supports under the bridge. They also cut a large log and placed it on the side of the bridge deck and put more dirt on the surface. This allowed them to safely cross the bridge. Better than new? I think not.
    Tom Oar and his apprentice Shannon MacAfee were attempting to get in some successful beaver trapping before the ice formed over the river. They were focusing on spring fed ponds that resist icing over. They can still trap beaver in frozen ponds but it is more difficult. They then took snow mobiles and crossed the Yak River to get to higher trapping. After setting some traps they prepared to spend the night in a trapper’s cabin. Shannon may be a rookie trapper but he is a seasoned guide and hunter. https://www.facebook.com/heclamontana/videos/sean-mcafee-a-libby-outfitter-and-guide-shares-his-thoughts-on-mining-water-qual/1648073738640187/
    Mary Hawk took a course in blacksmithing and is planning on helping Jason with his business. Her first attempt at creating a blade resulted in a bent blade. Jason helped her to straighten it without using a hammer. She has to keep the blade temperature at 1,500 degrees. She then heated the blade one last time and quenched it in oil to make it hard. She made a really nice knife and Jason was proud of her.

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  2. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 3
    Josh spent the night in the wilderness kept warm in the sub-freezing weather by the bison hide. “I was covered in blood, smelling like a dead bison”. He constructed a travois to haul the two hind quarters. He put the hundred pound hide on his horse and walked the 8 miles back to his ranch. It took him over eleven hours. When he got back, he had to prepare the hide which would fetch about $1,800.00. His wife, who is experienced in tanning hides, helped him. Their young daughter helped in the meat preparation also. The meat will bring $2,500.00. As he was wearing leather gloves to spread the salt on the hide, I thought, “That’s the end of those gloves.” The salt will take the moisture out of his gloves too.
    Kidd and Henry set out to break a three-year-old quarter horse. They did it in stages beginning with the horse getting the feeling of the rope. Next is the saddle and then riding it in the corral… “Let him know I’m up there”. Out in the open, the horse bolted but Harry hung on and calmed the horse down. “If you’re calm, the horse will be calm too.” They shoed the horse and prepared it as a pack animal. “You’re a real horse now”. The final test was riding the horse across a frozen stream. They plan on selling him for $2,000.00 to go toward their ranch.
    Jake was working the “Hell’s Gate” area which serves as an avenue for predators coming down from the mountains. Haven’t seen much of Anika his girlfriend, since the first episode. He spotted wolf tracks and they were headed toward his two dogs Marline and Trixie. In this episode He drove the lions back up into the mountains, treeing two different lions with his dogs. Trixie got into a place she couldn’t get out of and Jake had to get her out. He is able to keep tabs on his dogs using a GPS. It is exhausting watching him trying to keep up with his dogs. He slipped and slid all over the mountain. The man is a human version of a pack mule!
    Jason was putting out two blades a day with his wife helping him. She was working on a small sheath knife and he was working on a brush blade. He had some problems with too small a tang for the handle and had to reheat the knife after he had already hardened it. Things were going well until the blade slipped as he was using the belt sander. He really cut himself badly and had quite a bandage. His wife Mary said they normally take care of their own first aid because they live so far from a hospital but I believe that’s where they were headed. It poses a problem when the master of metallurgy can’t do his work.




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  3. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 4
    Mike Horstman was scouting the Kodiak Island coastline for bear signs and noticed some mountain goats down low. This unusual occurrence had him decide to take Adele up the mountain with him to go after winter meat. He had to climb above the goats and got a shot at one, bringing it down into a huge gully. He was faced with a difficult situation of trying to descend down a steep snowy hill with 100 lbs. of meat or leave it for morning. It was getting too late. He left the meat with the hope that a bear would not discover it in the meantime. Mike is 64 years old and as impressive as the other mountain men with his stamina and strength. One slip could mean death in his isolated world.
    Tom Oar and Shannon had made a good decision to go higher where the stream was spring fed which kept is from freezing over. They had trapped two beavers and stayed overnight in the trapper’s cabin. They reset the traps and headed to prepare the skins of the beavers they had trapped. It’s good to see Tom’s skills being handed down to Shannon.
    Kidd and Henry set out with their freshly broken horse and supplies. They intended to sell both the supplies and horse to a trapper when they arrived with a resupply. The area they traveled was essentially cross country with treacherous slippery hills. They also had to improvise a raft to carry the supplies across an icy, fast and deep river crossing. They talked about the thousands of dollars they could make with this one resupply. “I like being a ‘thousandaire’.” They were able to help locate the trapper by the smoke from his campfire. They dropped of the supplies and sold the horse. He gave them to pelts as down payment. A handshake sealed the deal. They earned every cent they made on that effort!
    Jake was still at “Hell’s Gate” where he had been camped for two weeks. His Girl Friend arrived with Henry his 5-year-old hound. Henry was healed from his lion wounds and ready to go. Anika took Marlene back home with her to give her a rest and Jake took off on some fresh lion tracks. He intended to stay until he didn’t see any fresh tracks near the pass. His dogs chased and treed a female lion. Jake felt like his job was done there for the time being. I continue to be impressed with his stamina running uphill in fresh snow with all that gear.
    Jason’s son was helping him with the knife making business because Jason had hurt himself grinding on a bush knife in the last episode. Jason’s wife was also working on a knife. When Jason went back to the bush blade, he again lost control of the blade and hurt himself again. He also ruined the blade. He decided it was time to drive down to the doctor and have the doctor look at his hand.
    These men are willing to make the effort and take the risks that would kill most of us.

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  4. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 5
    In this episode, Tom Oar and his brother Jack take on the task of turning a log (cut from a tree in a previous episode) into a dug-out canoe. Tom was commissioned by a museum for a price to do this. Tom and Jack used a chainsaw and an adze to carve out the inside of the log. At one point Tom carved too deep and created a hole in the bottom. He mixed together and used the kind of pitch to patch the hole that would have been used by native Americans. The dug out was authentic.
    Eustace and his apprentice Raleigh Avery answered a “…neighbor’s distress call” regarding a black bear that has been raiding his neighbor’s yard and was also a threat to his family. Eustace and Raleigh headed out with rifles to track and shoot the bear. His neighbor had promised payment if Eustace killed the bear. Eustace shot the bear but had to track it via a blood trail. His concern was that the bear may only have been wounded. As it turned out, when they discovered the bear, it had died. Eustace skinned the bear for the hide and butchered it for the meat also.
    Jake found a recently killed mature bull elk killed by mountain lions and sets his dogs out to push the lions further into the mountains. He discovered that it was a female with kittens. They pushed the lions back up into the mountains about 10 miles and away from two cattle ranches down below. One of Jake’s dogs climbed high up into a tree and Jake had to climb up after it, attach a leash and lower the dog back to the ground. They headed back down the hill before the female jumped from the tree.
    In Idaho, Henry and Kidd have been hired to protect a 1,000 head herd of cattle. It is also calving season and they needed to feed the orphans and protect the other calves. Each calf is worth $2,000.00. Doing a good job means keeping their job. They are protecting the herd against the elements and predators like coyotes. “Coyotes are notorious for killing baby calves the moment they hit the ground.” On patrol they spotted two different coyotes. Kidd shot one and Henry shot the other. They skinned the coyotes and would be able to sell the hides.

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  5. Mountain men season 9 Episode 6

    Mike Horstman went back to retrieve his mountain goat killed in a previous episode and left behind because of steep terrain and approaching darkness. He started out again from a remote campsite on the north end of the island for the five mile climb back to the goat. This time he took a rope with him to lower himself and his goat down a difficult and slippery cliff. I cannot begin to imagine the level of effort he went to, to get that goat back to camp. His dog Adele had to fend for herself. He was all the while concerned about a hungry bear that could have gotten to the goat first and also after he began heading back to camp with it. It looked like he spent one more night out with a dinner of goat meat.
    Jason Hawk was told by his doctor to lay off the hammer for the next six weeks. He still needs to feel like he can still contribute with his injured left hand. He set off to kill one of the many feral pigs that have taken over the countryside. Jason missed one opportunity to shoot one so he sat and later called the hogs making a distress call with his voice. “It’s a little bit dangerous in that I’m the bait.” Jason shot a pig and then had to track it. He later discovered it dead. This pig will feed Jason’s family of five for eight weeks. He had to drag the animal that weighed 150 lbs. a half mile back to the truck.
    Harry and Kidd are beginning to realize their dream of having a ranch of their own. They purchased a small herd of cattle to raise and breed. In this episode they mended the fence in several places that would enclose their cattle. They also killed a beaver and blew up the beaver dam that was holding back a small stream that went through their land. This is water needed for drinking by their cattle. They put a couple of sticks of high explosives and a jar of something and then shot it from a distance to set off the explosives. They set up traps for additional beavers. Beavers live in colonies as big as eight.
    Meanwhile in the Wind River Range of Wyoming, Josh Kirk has been tracking a group of wolves that are killing the buffalos he was hired to protect. Calving season is just around the corner. He set traps and located the wolf den. There was evidence of prey remains around the den. He used his own urine to discourage the wolves from using the den. He also found one dead in one of his traps. Josh and Bonnie his wife processed the hide for a prospective $1,200.00. They also saved the claws for jewelry. “The only way to survive out here is to eat nails for breakfast and fight daily.”
    Even though I miss not seeing Marty Meierotto and Morgan Beasley on Mountain Men but This is a fine cast. I found an interesting tidbit. Morgan trained with Eustace Conway.

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  6. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 7
    Jason Hawke had a series of severe storms come through. The rain made the ground wet and the wind blew a tree over on his work shed. The tree not only went partially through the roof, it destroyed his forge. He tried using his chainsaw to cut up the tree but his tendon damage in his hand did not allow him to use the saw. He tried pulling the limb down with his quad runner but it tore off the gutter. Jason called his friend Patrick Franz a local contractor to help. They put things back together and Mary redid the forge using local mud. People helping their neighbors is important when you live far from civilization.
    Eustace and Raleigh decided to make knives out of surplus railroad spikes to help earn enough money to make the final payment deadline on the land Eustace bought. As a side note, Raleigh Avery has a knife making business. https://www.averyknifeworks.com/
    The problem is that the spikes are not hard enough to hold an edge. They determined this by testing them on a grinder. The sparks told them that they would have to fuse in carbon steel by splitting the spike and inserting pieces of files. The technique is called “forge welding”. They needed to keep the steel between 1,500 and 2,000 degrees. I noted that neither Raleigh or Eustace used safety glasses while working on the blades.
    Kidd Youren took on a job to build a cabin on the banks of the Salmon River. He had help from his friend and carpenter Wyatt Meyers. They built a scow to float 20 miles downriver and then planned on repurposing the scow boards into a cabin. Harry was not involved in this project. “Harry can’t swim. I think Wyatt can.” His goal is to buy more cows with the money he makes from this venture. The boat was not made to be water tight and they planned on bailing as they went downstream. Of course, you knew they would have problems with boulders in the river. Kidd is experienced at floating the Salmon but not with a scow. He used two giant sweep oars. At one point the water was coming in faster than they could bail. They got to shore and bailed out the boat to finish the last three miles and rapids.
    Jake was chasing a female lion with two cubs not far from two cattle ranches. He has Marlene and Trixie on the trail of fresh tracks. He is an excellent tracker. Trixie and Marlene split up. Trixie was on another false trail. Jake had to lower Marlene down from a spot where she couldn’t get out of. The area was “A hotbed of activity.” This is the second female with kittens he encountered this past week. “Today’s job is done but tomorrow’s job isn’t for sure.”

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  7. Mountain Men Season 9 episode 8
    This episode began with Kidd and Wyatt disassembling the scow that they had just floated down the Salmon River. All of the components of the small cabin they built came from the boat. I remember seeing a documentary once of some young men in Alaska doing the same thing with a log raft. They built a cabin with it and overwintered in it. Kidd used a chainsaw to crosscut and rip the boards with the sweep oars serving as ridge beams. “It’s a cabin that looks like a boat.” I am impressed with the amount of work they could do in a single day. They brought along a raft to float out with when they were done. They covered the roof and door area with a waterproof canvas material known as Duck impregnated with paraffin. It reminds me of when I used a waterproof membrane on the roof of my underground home called Melnar.
    Jason Hawke is not able to do blacksmithing because of tendon damage to his hand so he took on a welding project for his friend Ron. Ron was invaded by a group of feral hogs and needed to have Jason weld together a trap to capture the hogs before they got into his farm field. Once again, I am amazed at Jason’s skills and the quality of his work. He built a trap but needed to reinforce the corners with some rebar that was laying around. and soon thereafter caught to hogs. Ron dispatched the hogs by shooting them in the trap. He gave Jason one of the hogs and money for building the trap. Jason needs to feel like he can still contribute to his family even though he can’t work at his trade.
    Jake and his girlfriend Annika drove as far as possible in the snow and then Jake unloaded a snow mobile. He is running out of time since there is a limited season on chasing mountain lions. 15-year-old Maggie would have to sit this hunt out since he only had room for 4 dogs on his sled trailer that he pulled with his snow mobile. He was after a big Tomcat but ran into a bear first. His dogs chased the bear into a cave and Jake had to crawl in after his dogs to get them away from the bear…a tense time. That took guts to go in there.
    Tom and Jack were commissioned to build a spear-thrower (Atlatl) which gives greater velocity to the spear (dart). They also built the arrows and the spear itself. He crafted the arrow tips from obsidian but they broke so they used antler material for the arrow tip. His glue consisted of pine sap, buffalo dung, ground egg shells and bees wax, “…better than many modern glues”. They were both able to hit a deer target using the Atlatl.
    Great episode!

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  8. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 9
    Jake is taking more direct action as a ranch hand to protect the newborn calves. While looking over the herd, he spotted a calf that was starving and dehydrated. He used a tube to put the nutrients directly into the calf’s stomach. He then saw a cow in distress calling for her calf. The young calf had gotten outside the fence and was down by the river when Jake found it. He is pretty good with a lasso. He is also good at reading the body language of the cows. He returned the calf to the mother.
    Jason Hawk was given permission to recover a piece of farm machinery from a pond that could be worth lots of money if the item is blade quality steel. His hand is still healing so he has to be careful. He had to get in the pond to attach a tow strap to the implement (corn planter). Jason had to cut the plow blades off to be able to tow it back home. He did not know what the quality of the steel would be until he got it home. Using the spark test, he determined that the springs and plow blades were high carbon and the wheels were wrought iron which is getting hard to find. He had several thousand dollars’ worth of material.
    The Youren brothers were fixing the fence on their property before the cattle arrive. The unthinkable happened as the four-wheeler took off on its own down a steep slope. Fortunately, it started up again. Unfortunately, it took off with Kidd on it with no brakes and crashed once again. No one was hurt. They were able to get the 4-wheeler on the trailer to get it back home.
    Josh Kirk was on a special mission to retrieve a 10-year-old horse that has been in the wild for two years. The horse was reluctant to be recaptured. Josh was attempting to lasso the feral horse. He was finally able to get a rope around the horse’s neck and lead it into a trailer. He expected to trade the horse for 40 bales of hay and $3,500.00. When he returned, he had bison to feed. Work, work and more work!
    Tom Oar was still looking for beaver on the last day of trapping season. He was being helped by Shawn, who has taken over much of the trapping for Tom. Meanwhile Tom’s wife was preparing a 77th birthday meal for Tom who had forgotten that today was his birthday. One beaver trapped equals another fur hat worth $400.00. Tom returned home to his birthday party with friends and family. “Most people my age are not doing stuff like this.” No, Tom they aren’t! his brother Jack gave him a shotgun.

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  9. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 10
    Josh had time off from his job tending bison and went gold panning in an area that had previous mining activity. He initially used a pan but found little gold. He moved on and put together a sluice box so he could process more dirt. This was his first effort with a sluice box. In particular, he was looking for black sand near turns in the creek. This time of year, it was possible to work the creek but in Spring, the water would be too great. He was looking for gold to augment his family income but also for the fun he got from it. He was using a mule to pack in his gear and walking. The episode ended with him having one more day to look for gold.
    Jake began this episode breaking up a fight between his Walker Hounds. They are fighting for dominance. Jake is the alpha male in that bunch. He was informed by the rancher that one of his newborn calves went missing. His one dog climbed up the tree that they had a lion in and then couldn’t get down without Jake’s help.
    Kidd and Harry are still trying to raise the cash for cattle purchases. They have access to an old barn and can sell the lumber if they salvage it. Initially, they ran into poor rotten lumber which discouraged them. A single 6X20’ board can be worth $25.00. Once they got all the siding off, they cut the structure down for safety. I think the producers wanted to make us think that it was an accident in the preview. They hoped to make $3,000.
    Jason has healed enough to go back to making knives. I especially like the detail he went into to discuss the hardening, normalizing and heating process. He was able to use his hand again to hammer and form the blade. He made the handle of wood and specially treated the blade with acid to make it an authentic looking Frontiersman’s Knife. I held my breath as he put the blade on the grinder belt. I would love to have one of his knives. They are made with great care and precision. “The big push right now is to get the money to pay the bills”.
    Eustace is still trying bit by bit to raise the money for the final land payment to keep it from a developers (and to keep it for Eustace!). In this episode he refurbished a 1920’s cart He could make $1,500.00 for the cart and pony. His intent was to sell both to the buyer. And he did sell it to a man with a 10-year-old daughter. Eustace gave the girl a “driver training” lesson with the pony.
    I believe next week is the final episode of the season.


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  10. Mountain Men Season 9 Episode 11
    Harry and Kidd selected and purchased their 200 head of cattle “Mama Cows” and calves. They are the seventh generation of family in that area. They drove them slowly and carefully to their enclosed land and begin to brand them. A breeding bull would double the size of the herd in a year. It is a boyhood dream realized for both. “We’re cattle barons.” They fashioned a brand for their cattle they had imagined as young boys. “Flying Y quarter circle”. Kidd said, “I work in the mountains because that’s where I was born, that’s where I love it and I’m not leaving it.” Well said!
    Josh had one more day on the creek to find gold. He went further up the creek to find more “color”. His sluice box broke and he had to repair it before he was able to look for more gold. He used two elk ribs as a gutter to guide the water in the sluice box. Much to his surprise, he ran into quite a bit of gold in this spot. “I’m not believing this. This is the most gold I have ever seen.” He had about an ounce worth about $1,500.00. He will definitely be back. “Let’s go home mule”.
    Jake has had the busiest season of his career. He only had one more day to push a big tom cat up the hill and away from a herd of cattle. It appears that the big tom cat was servicing two females that each had two cubs. His dogs chased the big cat into a tree and it jumped and took them further. He raced downhill at breakneck speed! The second time the cat was treed, it was too high to jump and Jake decided his work was done for the season.
    Tom and Will struggled to get the dugout canoe out of the shop and on to a trailer. They used logs underneath to roll the 300 lb. canoe. There was concern that the pitch patch might leak as they maneuvered the canoe into the stream for the acid test. Tom took it out initially then Will also got in. No leaks, no problems.
    Eustace and Raleigh were trying to raise an additional $5,000.00 for his land payment. As he looked around, he spotted an old rock crusher. They were able to free up the wheel but he needed an engine. He found an old 18 hp. engine and was able to start and mount it to the crusher. He also needed to put a new drive belt on the machine. The buyer was due to arrive and the loan would come due the following day. All went well until the machine caught on fire and was destroyed. We were left with Eustace throwing up his hands and walking away. Who knows what will happen next but there is always next season when we will find out!
    Note: Final Episode of the season. This is some of the best TV I have watched this year. I think these men reflect my values and the traditional values of our country. Thank you History Channel.

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  11. What happened to Mike Horstman after his fall while retrieving the mountain goat meat? I have not seen him on the show since that slip/fall on the mountain.

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  12. I think he is OK. They showed him traveling back to his place. He seemed OK. The season ended so he didn't get included in the final episode. Jason Hawk did not get included either.

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  13. What happened to Henry the dog. Season 9 episode 15

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  14. I think Henry was young and his death was unexpected. Jake said something like, "You can't prepare for an unexpected death.

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