Mantracker Show

have any of you seen the show 'mantracker' its on after survivorman i think. if you havnt seen it you can watch it on youtube. its site is http://www.mantracker.ca/index.html . i was thinking of applying for it but have no-one to sign up with. also id like to hear your opinions on the show, i think its as realistic as a show can be on tracking. i say they let the prey bring way too much stuff. i love the first episode of season 2 , the one with the city slickers, if the fat guy hadnt come the other one might of had a chance. well anyway i was wondering if someone here might be interested in signing up w/ me. i think the producers might bite on the idea of two random people from a forum signing up.

I dont think we get this show here in the US marcraft,sounds interesting though.

I saw two episodes of it quite some time back and on one of them the "Mantracker" was beaten by two city girls.(Guess he needed to be a "Woman Tracker", huh?:rolleyes:) I thought that made the show more believable that the expert could be beaten at his own game. Haven't seen it on since though.:cool:

I've never heard of it before but that looks like it would be so much fun if there werent camera men following you.

Never heard of it. If I was younger and my ego was as big as it use to be, yeh, I'd want to be the prey.

Now days, not so much.

Was watching this on YouTube. Different...

Dont the camera men following you make you easier to track?

i've asked the same question, no matter how careful the prey is ya gotta wonder about the camera man, watch the show all the time have taped most of the shows picked up lots of tips

I watched several episodes and thought it was okay. It was entertaining. Like WE, I picked up a few tips here and there. He walked a wire fence once so he wouldn't leave any tracks. I don't think I would have thought of that.

The latest one that's on is Special Forces Manhunt, which I thought was pretty lame. It wasn't even all that entertaining. It's on the Military Channel.

http://military.discovery.com/tv-sch...x.54581.9014.x

Holy crap!!! My friend and I just sent everything in for being prey on Mantracker. I think with both our skill sets we could give him a run for his money. Don't think we'll get picked though cause that's just our luck. The show is pretty good when I ain't got much to do, and being 40 (both of us) we believe this is a good test for us mentally and physically, and great for testing our skills against someone else in a hunted situation, being cops it will be a different end of the spectrum for us both.
I agree with Rick on SF Manhunt, lame show not much to it and not exciting at all and not much to learn.

PS. If I do get on I'll plug the site :D
Marcraft I say go for it bro!

That's pretty cool, Beo. Good luck! If by chance you don't get picked and still want to be tracked just let me know. I'll be happy to do it. I'll use rock salt in the shotgun just so I wing you.;)

Actually, it is cool and I do wish you luck on being picked!

theres one camera man following you , it talks about him on the sight , hes like elite...

Hmmm, where'd they go? Maybe over by the guy carrying the "Steady-Cam"...:rolleyes:

I wonder if this Mantracker can get past a couple of malaysian tiger traps and foot snares. They wouldn't disqualify you for that would they? ;^)

Be worth a try!:rolleyes:

Wondering if you can set a trap for the man tracker and leave him tied up as you finish the route, turn the hunter into the hunted. :D Problem is the rules are not posted on the mantracker site.

From what I've heard...you don't get to choose your own team-mate, you're stuck with the camera operator and who ever is assigned as your partner, and stopping overnight is mandatory. I've seen about 4 episodes, the guy's tracking skills are good, and he's offered good pointers a couple of times, but for the most part he catches people because they do things that are idiotic. I saw part of the episode with the two women that beat him and man...they kicked butt.

Almost every episode I saw the guy picked up where they were at the end of the first day by spotting their campfire (go ahead, throw on more wood!) I think what's of interest to us, here on the forum, is that the most common mistake I've seen is that the participants think they're ready, able and equipped to deal with a hard trek through the wilderness and invariably either one or both of them, aren't. I've seen him catch people based on their lack of preparation, lack of conditioning and lack of common sense planning. There was even one episode where the prey thought they could sweep over their footprints with a scrub tree, duh, just follow the sweep marks. (too many old western movies in their lives!)

No campfire, and can you find out the rules for me Trax, they are not on the site or at least I haven't found them. Maybe get a set if I get picked. What if he gets your partner and not you, do both have to finish. If he's coming can you hide, double back and loose him. Not much to go off of on the site.

Someone told me you both have to cross the line to win, I'll try to find the rules. When I first saw the show I thought about my old hunting partner....if I had him with me we could dance circles around the dude compared to the yo-yo's I saw competing anyway.

The girls thumbed a ride with some stranger. I thought that was pretty innovative.

Beo, I've seen folks cut right in front of the guys horse and scamper off into the woods. In one show they purposely went into a marsh because they knew his horse couldn't follow them. The tracker tried to circle around them instead.

Why don't you shoot them an email and ask them for a copy of the rules?

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The girls thumbed a ride with some stranger. I thought that was pretty innovative.

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Was that the same episode, Rick? There was one episode I heard of where he followed tracks up to the highway and basically knew he was beat, but there was one where these two women went up and down cliffsides and rode logs down whitewater rivers etc...I thought they were two different episodes, he hasn't been beaten very many times, maybe it was the same one.

Yeah, that's it. They were like three or four miles from the finish line and stumbled upon this guy at some cabin, lodge, resort, I don't remember what it was. Anyway, they convinced him to give them a ride to the finish line. They were convinced he was going to catch them and the tracker was moaning because he thought he was beaten.

He's like the US Marshalls. He generally gets his man.

Maybe Les Stroud and Bear Grylls could team up against the Mantracker.

Now that would be entertaining.

Won't work. Bear would try to eat one of Les's legs then jump off a waterfall to get to the Holiday Inn leaving Less playing the blues on his harmonica, which would get him caught. Nice thought, though.

Mantracker would pick Bear up in the Holiday Inn, and, like Rick said, Les would be found blowin' the blues.:rolleyes:

How 'bout Gilligan and Skipper ?

Hey.

Just wanted to let you all know that we are now accepting applications for the upcoming 4th season, to be filmed between March and September 2008.

We're also looking into the potential of filming a couple episodes in Southern California - around Big Bear - and are looking for prey from around that general area for those episodes. If you're from there (or know anyone from there) and think you've got what it takes to step up and challenge Mantracker head over to the website and apply!


And to answer some of the questions:

- If one person gets caught, the other can keep going and win as an individual. There's only one map and compass, though, so if your partner gets caught you hope they weren't carrying them!

- It's not mandatory to stop at night, but after filming 37 episodes to date, every set of prey has chosen to camp (even for a few hours). Due to a combination of physical exhaustion, terrain that is dangerous to travel at night and the risk of leaving obvious tracks the tracker will find in the morning then being too tired to run much if/when the tracker catches up (after both he and his horse have had a decent rest). The camera's have night vision, it would be possible.

- Season 1 was pairs of strangers. Seasons 2 and 3 (and, soon to be, 4) are sets of prey with previous relationships. Brothers, boyfriend/girlfriend, co-workers.

- As for rules, we have 4 main ones:
* Prey cannot have digital locating devices/GPS
* Prey cannot do anything to intentionally harm the tracker, sidekick or horses
* Mantracker cannot have a map or compass
* Mantracker must be on his horse in order for a capture to be valid

Hope that helps answer some of your questions!

Well, Bonterra, I for one appreciate you joining the forum and providing that information. I also like how you refer to the contestants as "prey" (evil laugh). Thanks!!!

Thank you very much, we sent our paperwork (application & video) off to you, but we heard that "Prey" cannot be former military or law enforcement or any persons having formal survival training or escape and evasion courses, if true why not? If not true then please disregard this question. Found that out on a forum about your show.

Thanks, Rick. :)
I always get weird looks when I start talking about prey to people who don't know about the show!

Beowulf - That's definitely not the case! We've had former marines and ex-special forces on the show. Season 3 has a pair of current Ontario tactical officers/snipers. The only reason we may not choose someone with that sort of background training would be because we don't think they have the personality to carry an hour-long show and keep it exciting. Though, that has nothing to do with their training!

Great, didn't think it would cause your trackers real good. Hope to get picked and thanks for coming on and giving all the great information on your show. And btw, they are prey so don't worry about that, anytime someone or something is being hunted, they or it is prey.

Hey Bonterra howd did the ex special forces do. Also what do you do on the show or behind the scenes. Also hope you dont just join to tell us this info, stay around and ennjoy!

Beowulf - Looking forward to getting your application!

Proud American - The ex special forces, Vlad & Nate, competed season 1 and were one of the two teams to win. (Liisa & Nicolina - the girls who jumped in the car at the end - were the other team). They were obviously in good shape, worked together and strategized really well and used their training to their advantage - including using hand signals etc to communicate silently.

I'm the production coordinator, so I basically help oversee the details of the show and make sure things are all happening smoothly. I don't have too much free time to spend on forums, but I like this one so I'll definitely be stopping by when I have a chance. :)

btw - What part of Cali are you in? As I mentioned in my first post, we're looking to shoot around Big Bear mid-March and are looking to find people from around there to participate on the show.

Bonterra,
I'd go anywhere (except the artic just hate the extreme cold) to try and escape the tracker, keep that in mind :D

Bonterra.....good earth? cool, hey...can you choose your own partner? Because the episodes that I saw, I was under the impression that you couldn't, these people were stuck together by the show's producers, no?

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Bonterra.....good earth? cool, hey...can you choose your own partner? Because the episodes that I saw, I was under the impression that you couldn't, these people were stuck together by the show's producers, no?

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Yes, you can choose your own partner. We actually prefer people applying in pairs. Season 1 was comprised of strangers, paired up by the producers. Season 2-4 (season 2 is currently airing, season 3 premieres in the spring and season 4 will be filming starting in May) are made up of pairs who have pre-existing relationships, for the most part. We maybe have 1 episode per season, since the first season, with "stranger" partners.

Beowulf - I'll be sure to keep that in mind! :)

I like both concepts by the way. Pairs and strangers. It gives an insight into human reaction in both scenarios and we never know when we might be thrust into a real life situation (tornado, snowstorm, hurricane) when we might be combined with someone we don't know and need to survive until the threat is over.

I really do appreciate you spending time on the forum. It gives us another dimension into the show we would not otherwise have.

As soon as you know the air dates for the new season, please post them on here.

Not wanting to sound arrogant here but...not a chance. If I did something like that, I want to know my partner way beforehand. The few episodes that I've seen, it's seemed like one of them was on the ball....not always the one the viewer would expect either, but that notwithstanding....the other one was a total idjit.

We have a thread currently running about best and worst skills. I know what I'm good at and not good at in the bush, I don't want to have to "carry" someone because of their lack of skills or common sense.

Now he went and called me an idjit, for crying out loud.

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