About this season
Follow Maine's elite Game Wardens as they navigate the Pine Tree State's rugged terrain and twisted back roads. Each Autumn brings the hunting season, the Warden's busiest and most dangerous time of year. These 'State Police of the Woods' never know what to expect from one moment to the next.
Episodes (10)
1. Ice Out
Aired 3 October 2013 • 42 min
In the Season 3 premiere, the wardens search under the ice of a frozen lake for the victims of a snowmobile accident; and the spring thaw comes with encounters with skunks and bears.
2. Turkey Dogs
Aired 10 October 2013 • 42 min
Turkey season in the spring keeps the wardens on the lookout for poachers; a porcupine is returned to its natural habitat; a suspicious kennel is investigated and found to contain illegal timber wolf hybrids.
3. 24 Hours on the Job
Aired 17 October 2013 • 42 min
A look at 24 hours of work by Maine wardens includes patrolling for smelt poachers at night; tagging bears with radio collars; and searching for a home invader with a K9 team.
4. Running Cold and Fast
Aired 24 October 2013 • 42 min
A Jet Ski hit-and-run accident sends the wardens on a search for a suspect with an arrest warrant; a man arrives in Maine after the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013 and leaves a suicide note.
5. Mud Season
Aired 7 November 2013 • 42 min
A child on an ATV is trapped by a flash flood; and a teen flips his four-wheeler and must go to the hospital. Meanwhile, the wardens face their New Hampshire counterparts in an endurance competition; and two women who are wanted by the law are found during an investigation of suspicious activity.
6. Crabs and a Crack Pipe
Aired 28 September 2016 • 42 min
7. Mysteries in the Moose State
Aired 21 November 2013 • 42 min
The annual Moose Lottery Festival to win a hunting permit for the fall attracts wardens in civilian clothes. Meanwhile, a warden goes undercover to infiltrate a marijuana-growing operation; a farmer claims a mountain lion is stalking his livestock; and a man with dementia wanders off into the woods, prompting a desperate all-night search.
8. Life on the Border
Aired 28 November 2013 • 42 min
Wardens patrol Maine's border with Canada in Aroostook County, where a search for smugglers yields a drunk driver with a gun; and a man abandons his pickup truck and enters the woods with a loaded shotgun.
9. Lost and Found
Aired 5 December 2013 • 42 min
A woman from Tennessee goes missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail, which tests the wardens' search-and-rescue skills on land and from the air for more than a week.
10. Uncuffed 2
Aired 12 December 2013 • 42 min
A look at memorable rescues and investigations from the show's first two seasons. Also: The wardens are the honored guests at a baseball game in Portland, Maine.