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 (11)
1. Long Shot
Aired 2 June 2016 • 42 min
Simmons, Parker and Robertson catch sportsmen who fired from inside their truck. Spahr leads the search for a missing elderly woman in York County. The dive team is mustered to search for two duck hunters presumed drowned in the Sebasticook River.
2. Antlers and Antics
Aired 9 June 2016 • 42 min
Sergeant Spahr and Warden Lounder chase down a fleeing ATV. Warden Pelkey sends his K9 in search of evidence over a suspiciously shot moose. Warden MacCabe wrangles a tangled great blue heron.
3. Weed it and Reap
Aired 16 June 2016 • 42 min
Harvest season is the game wardens' busiest time. Warden Dudley helps an Amish family save their corn crop from a bear. Wardens Carter and McBrine hunt for a man hiding out in a cabin. Sergeant Thrasher searches for an illegal marijuana crop grower.
4. Dead Moose Talking
Aired 23 June 2016 • 42 min
The wardens wage a large-scale investigation into a moose that's been shot and left in the woods. A camouflaged ATV leads Warden Richardson to a convicted felon. Warden MacCabe runs across a hunter unlike any other.
5. Excuses, Excuses
Aired 30 June 2016 • 42 min
Hunting season heats up. Warden Herring calls in the air wing to track illegal activity on a game preserve. Warden Blanchard catches an intentional violator red-handed. Wardens Carter and McBrine execute a search warrant on a known poacher.
6. The Big Bad Woods
Aired 7 July 2016 • 42 min
Anything can happen in Maine's 17 million acres of rugged wilderness. Angry hunters get loud with Warden Lounder over an illegal deer. Warden MacCabe enlists a 90-year-old local to help catch a deer baiter. A missing hunter sets off a full-scale search.
7. Baiters Beware
Aired 14 July 2016 • 42 min
Fair chase is the gold standard of hunting, and in Maine, it's the law. Sgt. Simmons and Warden McKenney pursue a pair of brothers with bait piles. Warden Carter hunts for a father who may be teaching his son to poach. Warden Cross snares a trap thief.
8. Crossed Wires
Aired 21 July 2016 • 42 min
McKenney and Robertson investigate a night hunting complaint. MacCabe tracks an illegal bear kill back to the source. K9 Tundra takes the lead in the harrowing search for a missing elderly man with dementia.
9. Shifting Gears
Aired 28 July 2016 • 42 min
A stolen ATV steers Parker through a maze of suspects. Carter races to a domestic violence dispute. Marquis and Fitzpatrick set up a sting for a suspected night hunter.
10. Buck Fever
Aired 4 August 2016 • 42 min
In the final week of Maine's deer season, some hunters are desperate to bag a buck. Warden Robertson confronts a felon with an illegal gun and a pile of bait. Warden Carter investigates teen hunters terrorizing a neighborhood.
11. Homecoming
Aired 11 August 2016 • 42 min
The game wardens bring closure at long last to one of the most confounding mysteries in Maine Warden Service history. They later reflect on their years of service.