Yeah they were surely chasin there tails with the gun sight in/huntin/misfire stuff, i never knew missin a deer or should i say wounding it could be classed as a "Misfire" :hmmmm: :flute: Learn somethin new everyday!!! :shot:
I do like watchin it though, trouble is just when im getting into it, its over... :ahhhhh:

BG4570

As far as the Alaska guy, i know i would be shootin that sled and gettin a pack of dogs and a sled, they dont need sparkplugs, and you dont need to be carrying engines 10 miles back to a busted sled to haul my butt around :tee:

 

There is NO WAY that guy slogged 10 miles in -50F weather...if he is that dumb, he would not have survived this long

Wonder what did the camera crew do...walk behind him with their 40 lb cameras?

 

I cancelled my cable shortly after we invaded Iraq, and haven't experienced this type of disappointment since.

 

I haven't had cable since 2003 and I can't say that I miss it..... I gave up on Hollyweird a long time ago... too much scripted BS.... heck, I can't even stand to watch ESPN these days. It's all over dramatized:ahhhhh:

 

I take that back...I once watched most of an episode of "Sons of Guns" on recommendations from a bunch of guys I work with. Terrible. Completely scripted and contrived. They could have just as easily made it more of a documentary showcasing their work, with interviews of the smiths, but no, they had to make it a super transperent, kitschy, and poorly scripted 'reality' show. Booo:shot:

 

Must be a liberal mountain man, bad shot = mis fire. Liberal lies = mis spoke.

Watched some of them episodes and came to the same conclusion, the camera crew brought him that 50 miles. If it was not for the media he would not have been that dumb to go that far from home in that weather.

 

I laughed when they were building the deer stand. I wondered why they didn't pull the boards up into the tree instead of putting it on their shoulder and walking it up the rungs. He build it so high up in the tree that I would not like to climb all those rungs to get up there. He did say that the reason he built it so high was because it might keep other people out of it.

 

I watch the show. I agree, the whole rifle sighting in scenario was a joke. What mountain man doesn't have his rifle sighted in and lets a guy he hardly knows sigh in his rifle. And the use of of the word misfire was making me cringe. Its a decent show and I'll pretty much watch anything that has to do with outdoors and such, so I'll keep watching. But I'm sorry the Eustace guy looks more like a hippie living in the mountains, than a mountain man. I don't live in the mountains, so this just my opinion.

 

But I'm sorry the Eustace guy looks more like a hippie living in the mountains, than a mountain man.

I think you nailed it right there.

 

I'm also wondering about the guy out looking for his long overdue friend, who was setting beaver traps. The searcher was carrying what looked like an over/under shotgun, muzzle forward over his shoulder, in bear country, when it was snowing like crazy, with the gun broken open. How realistic is that?

Also, the mountain hippie was startled to discover the roof of his equipment shed had completely rotted away on one side. He must have been busy doing something besides looking after his tools for the past five years.

I suspect these characters are real mountain people who are acting out plots dreamed up by city folks that don't have a clue about wilderness living.

 

Yep I wondered about that pheasant gun in grizzly country. Maybe it was an African Safari double.....??

 

Thats a dumb show no one has any outdoors SKILLS on the show USLESS in the south is one DUMB ASS!.

 

The show is interesting if your into contrived BS. Doing things for script or photo opts is fine if it is realistic most of what I've seen is a joke. You don't have to be a mountain man to know what "misfire means" Stupid just stupid.

 

After the first few minutes, I just kicked back and had a good laugh. I always liked a good comedy.

 

I'm with you guys who think Eustice is just a hippie who happens to live in the mountains. I can tolerate the other two guys but the whole thing is obviously scripted. It sure aint no Swamp People.
wally

 

It been posted on other forums by people that know them that the guy in Alaska and Eustice are the real thing don't know any thing about the other guy.I think the directors or whoever ruin it. Quess they try to make it interesting for townies.Swamp peoples about as bad pay attention and you see them shoot the same gator with a couple differant guns or drag a fresh killed one in the boat with the tag already in it

 

I saw the title so I tuned in.....for about 5 minutes. That's enough, like all reality TV, it sucks. I'd rather read stuff on here.

 

SwampDude - I suspect you called it right. If so I hope they are laughing all the way to the bank. They have to come across to the "city folk" as being so dumb you wonder how they ever saw 18 years of age. At least Eustace should now have enough money to pay the taxes for a couple of years. He can now leave the bug infested firewood for another "emergency". Good show, but dislike the script writer. I'd of rode out with the cameraman on his sled up in Alaska, not pretend to walk out. Shenandoah

 

Marty is the onley one that has some useful skills,Tom better retire before a GRIZZ get him!.

 

Tom better retire before a GRIZZ get him!.

That'll be the season finale. I'll bet he didn't read that part of the script yet

 

The hippie no skill wanna be mountain man!

 

Seriously, Eustace is supposedly a survival instructor ???? I quess he's got somebody fooled, LOL

 

The show is a major disappointment. For us guys who live in the city, but long for and love our time in the field, the show is a bust. I chalked it up as bogus as soon as I saw the following: Marty in Alaska shown with a carbine slung over his shoulder while checking his lynx trap. A short time later while still out on the same trap line run, at the cue of the howling wolf pack that was " closing in or something", the narrator says that Marty left his rifle home that day and he's shown without it over his shoulder!?!?! Whatever! Just an attempt to add danger and drama to this contrived mess.

The "misfire" sequence was downright painful. He "misfired" with a wood stocked Ruger No. 1 because his helper didn't properly sight in his black, synthetic stocked Winchester 94. Makes all the sense in the world. The shed Reshingling was a joke too. That shed looked like it hadn't seen a new shingle in 20 years and "suddenly" it was in need of urgent repair.

The constant snarling bear videos are also annoying.. Seems to be pretty obviously a trained grizz.

 

When I saw the add for the show I thought I'd watch but was planning on it being a crock. It was the dumbest one yet that I've seen. For a guy that just loves hammers that hippie sure don't know much about using one.

 

Eustace does'nt seem to understand property taxes, saying they are picking on him, LOL, heck all landowners have to pay taxes, thats something you can't escape so why does he think he's special ?? I think he's a wee bit slow myself. LOL

 

Eustace, I nicknamed him Useless. To much made up drama for me.

 

Kinda why I hardly ever watch TV any more... too much manufactured drama. About the only thing I watch are The Falcons games during football season. Even then I turn on the mute button and listen to the radio broadcast

 

Poor'ol Useless is getting beatup bad here, Poor feller :biggrin:, better watch it or he might come'a lookin fer ya with a couple of his "mis firing" rifles or one of his 200 hammers that he loves sooo much.... :marchmellow:hehehehheee

 

Eustace is a wimp!
If n hes a MT Man Im a blame astronaut!!
Gunrunner,,

 

But Marty was on the front cover of either outdoor life or field and stream awhile back.Been lookin for that mag to reread.
maybe one of you guys saw it?
Remember the title was(The Toughest man in Alaska)Said he carried a 358 norma mag,had a nickname for it but cant remember it.And something about he used to be a power lifter.
Gunrunner,,,