Mantracker Show

[marberry]

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.

[nell67]

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

[Sarge47]

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?) 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.

[owl_girl]

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

[FVR]

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.

[mbarnatl]

Was watching this on YouTube. Different...

[owl_girl]

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

[wareagle69]

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

[Rick]

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

[Beo]

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
Marcraft I say go for it bro!

[Rick]

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!

[marberry]

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

[Sarge47]

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

[Last Mohican]

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? ;^)

[Sarge47]

Be worth a try!

[Beo]

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. Problem is the rules are not posted on the mantracker site.

[trax]

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!)

[Beo]

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.

[trax]

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.

[Rick]

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?