Mantracker
The last post I wrote, Addicted to Reality TV, got me thinking of a reality show that I figure most people don’t know about. It’s called Mantracker and it’s on the Outdoor Life Network. Set in remote areas of Canada two contestants, the prey, will be hunted by Mantracker and have 36 hours to travel 40 kilometers without being caught. They are given a map, a compass and have a head start on Mantracker. Mantracker has a horse, that he must stay on, an assistant and years of experience tracking prey.
No two shows are ever the same because the locations are different and the hunted contestants have different strategies as to how to cross the finish line before time runs out and without getting caught. I’ve seen episodes where people have hitched a ride to get across the line in time and others where they simply run day and night. It’s truly amazing how good this Mantracker is. He can spot partial boot prints in the mud and notices things like how his horse keeps looking back down the trail, maybe the prey have double backed on him.
Here is the shows website http://www.mantracker.ca/ check it out and maybe even sign up to see if you can out whit the Mantracker!
That sounds soooo cool!! I’d love to have a crack at that. Can you get that show in the UK?
uk is a fag country, mantracker is gay
Cool show! It reminds me of an old Jean-Claude Van Damme movie, I think it’s Hot Target or Moving Target where bunch of rich people hunt people for fun.
Since the tracker knows where the prey is going, it’s not that hard IMO. It would be better to have mutiple goal sites in various directions and a better strategy for the prey would be to split up.
he doesn’t know where the goal area is or where the prey starts from.
at least that is what the show tells you.
whrever the flare sets off thats where they are theyll no were they r after a bit
I watch the show regularly as I am in Canada….what I can not figure out though is if there is a film crew iwth the prey how do they stay out of the way? I mean they don’t miss a thing so how can they not be spotted by Mantracker?
easy they are spread out and are at various places that way if he sees one it does not nessicarlaliy mean that is where the prey is. and there are remote cameras on trees and on the roads that can capture the prey and mantracker at the swame time with out giving away the prey. Also Mantracker is told to ignore the camera men becauswe there are muptiple cameramen just wandering around ther assigned area.
There is actually an episode where a guy is running from Mantracker and you can see the camera man running to follow him, so this may or may not be true.
replying to james’s comments. no kidding about the camera men. its obviously set up. would mantracker not see the black camera with his binoculars. how many horses does he have anyway? why do they not issue them camoflage clothing……pink head bands, colorful jackets, shiny sunglasses, and the list goes on. how about athletic people with non athletic people running away from a horse? at night, who lights the fires, and would mantracker not be able to see it from a distance? are the teams allowed to carry matches or a knife? what if a mother bear with cubs is disturbed by two people in close range? the camera men would be the ultimate prey since they can pack camera equipment and run just as fast as the team players. its funny how it all fits correctly into a half hour time slot with the results ending in the last four minutes. does mantracker have to look so serious? every show, movie, or real life situations that i have seen, horses usually aren’t afraid of belly deep water. im not in the best physical shape but i would love to give it a run. how about a show that lets the prey have a 5km head start with no camera men to lag around. give them their compass, map, clothing of choice, and a few other survival items and send them on their way. if they make it to the finnish without being caught…..fine. if mantracker can’t find them in the 36 hours, then the real tracking skills come into play. a typical reality show interested in feelings, behaviors and personal weakness. yes i am canadian. sorry for the small caps and poor punctuation.
Wow! Whiskey you really don’t like the show.
Here’s a little information that might answer some of your questions. I know this because a friend’s co-worker got on the show and gave him the inside scoop. The parts you see with the camera man are a reenactment of what actually happened. So the players and Mantracker actually do this twice. The first time is the real game without camera men and the second is filming the reenactment for the show because, as you suggest Mantracker would easily see the cameramen. Obviously all this footage is edited for the one hour time slot.
Players are allowed to wear and bring whatever they want. Again obviously the more you bring the more difficult your journey will be, but yes they are allowed a knife and matches. I saw a show where one of the players used to be in the military and he brought some camoflauge to wear on his back that made him look like a bush.
From what I understand Mantracker doesn’t look for them at night because it is too dangerous for the horses. I also saw an episode in Newfoundland where the players broke into a cottage and stayed there for the night so there would be no fire to see.
Anyway take what you want from it and thanks for the comments.
thankyou everydayweekender. i guess i should of researched more but the internet doesn’t show much actual info on mantracker. i have a clearer view now and show greater respect for the show. maybe now i will pursue being prey for an episode. thanks again.
I asked (I believe one of the producers/someone who works on the show) how it all works and I was told that the camera crews are made up of adventure racers and experienced outdoor people and that they do their best to stay under cover… I actually expected to hear that it was a reenactment because I don’t care how experienced these camera men are they are not going to jump across a trail with a bunch of camera equipment. Now I don’t know what to believe… Oh well, I still like watching the show it’s quite entertaining.
Discovery Communications (The company that ownes all those awesome channels) employs some of the worlds best camera men. These people come from all over the world and are among the most physically fit people you’d ever meet. The guy that you spoke to was most likely speaking the truth. If you can’t believe that a cameraman could trek through all that, watch some of the behind the scenes episodes for Man vs. Wild. Their cameraman is just as ballsy as Bear Grills. Moreso, if you consider the weight of equipment he carries, and the things he does to get the shot.
Um…Yeah ok they do it twice!!What do you work for the show or something??
I’m watching it right now and as soon as i “actually” came to the fact that so called “Mantracker” is tracking 2 people with probably another 3 following them around, i realized that this show has to be the dumbest reality show on tv…sorry…
Reality TV is coming to the point that it has NOTHING REAL about it!!
Keep watching these fake shows people and let these half-ass producers offend what little intelligence we have left!!!
Just watched this series. I am amazed! In the first place Manquacker knows where the finish line is. The only tracking going on is along the easy roads and trails. Manquacker couldn’t cut it without a guide, horse and the directors pointing him in the right direction. I understand this show is for the mindless city drones that don’t know up from down. The producer should move back 3 seats on the special bus.
actually man tracker does NOT know where the finish line is he has a guide that knows the area that is it he does do all the tracking hints how he looks for clues and until you are on the show maybe you should not be running your mouth on the show because you do not actually know either. and by the way there are people out there that can track that is how if people get lost they can be found
Not sure why you felt the need to comment about his skills in a negative way considering you have no basis to make this statement. He IS in fact a tracker and has been doing this for the RCMP in search and rescue for many years prior to the show. Like any reality show they choose the most dramatic footage to air, but the game is real. Anyways, if you want to watch a fun show about real people trying to beat out a professional tracker then this is a great option. Enjoy!!
Yes, thank you. The second take makes sense as, clearly, any fool would see the cameramen, not to mention the tracks left by the cameramen. That was my pet peeve and I am really happy to learn its not another fake ‘reality’ show
border patrol tracks at night with horses because the horses can see well at night. Night time is not dangerous for horses
why cant kids be in the show like teenagers. they can do the same stuff and i bet me and my brother can beat mantracker .
Anyway, its a nice show.
I am located in eastern North Carolina and have watched several episodes. I rarely make comments like this but I have had similar thoughts about camera crews, etc. I do believe they would absolutely (no matter how experienced they are) inadvertantly get in the way or leave some kind of sign for Mantracker to find. I am also amazed at the choices made by the prey. Bright colored and inappropriate attire (ever hear of camouflage and boots), walking across open fields in tall grass, talking loudly (the man is on a horse that can hear many times better that we can), showing up obviously out of shape, carrying huge/heavy packs, going to bed early and getting up late, and the list goes on and on. Here are some thoughts for potential contestants. Why stop for the night – its only 25 miles. Travel light, fast and QUIET. Stay in the areas too harsh for the horses. If you think you may be seen – stay still and quiet – movement draws attention. This comment could easily wind up a book vice a paragraph. Oh well 22 years in the U.S. Marine Corps ruined me.
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I think some of you guys need to calm down. The show’s primary purpose is to entertain, and I’ve been watching it for a while and think it does that. The prey are obviously still being chased, and are still experiencing the thrill of the hunt, so really it’s a win-win situation. Obviously some scenes the cameramen will not be able to shoot because of geographical and circumstantial inconveniences…like being spotted by Mantracker. Would you rather these scenes be omitted entirely then? Or would you rather see an reenactment with cameras in proper positions that actually lets you know what went on.
I think the show is fine as it is, and personally I prefer watching city dwellers like me getting chased and making mistakes. If every participant was a trained Marine that ran through the night so that no one could see him or her, it wouldn’t make great television.
@Whiskeyspill: if they ‘made a show’ where people just ran without cameras or prey cams I don’t think it would be much of a show, do you?
And no, Mantracker has no idea where the finish line is…because that too wouldn’t make good television if he camped out there.
HOW CAN I BECOME A CONTESTANT ON THIS T.V SHOW I WOULD SCHOOL THE MAN TRACKER! I WOULD BE AT THE FINISH LINE AND HE WOULD BE IN THE WOODS/TRAILS LOOKING FOR ME FOR DAYS!………………………….any info send email to jaredmacdonald1@hotmail.com please and thank you…….IM WANTING TO BE WAITING AT THE FINISH LINE FOR THE TRACKER
http://www.mantracker.ca/apply.html
hope you get caught because you are very cinfident
good luck
ohhh im from Canada/Mulgrave Nova Scotia!! bring it on BOY TRACKER
I really enjoy the show. We are taping all the episodes just because we enjoy them so much. I too have wondered about the camermen and so my curiousity got the better of me and I googled Mantracker to death. lol.
I finally found this on a ‘cop’ website. Hope you enjoy this bit of info.
I saw Terry Grant (Mantracker) speak at this year’s SARSCENE in St. John’s, and he spoke a fair bit about how they put the show together. I always wondered how with the cameraman following the prey they managed to stay hidden desipite Mantracker being near by. Turns out, they film an episode over about 4 days.
The first day is getting all the scenery and filler shots while Mantracker meets his local guide and gets geared up. The second and third days are the actual “contest” with a camera crew following Mantracker and the prey having their own cameras to film what they can.
The last day, they go back with a film crew following both parties and re-inact key events to get good quality shots of things like the prey hiding while Mantracker’s horses go by 10 feet away and get multi-angles for the chase scenes etc.
It was kind of neat hearing how they put the show together, but his presentation was rather weak on imparting the skills of “mantracking.”
I could track idiots in the bushes. There’s trails everywhere which only benefits the old man. If he was running in the actual bush and not on trails he wouldn’t track shi*. Its all set up and am not sure why i wasted my time watching it. Plus he has people guide him that know the area? Yeah that’s really man track like. Look the guys a bum and if there wasn’t trails that led him wherever he wanted to go he wouldn’t track anything. If it were actual criminals he was chasing the marine would have killed him. Hero man tracker got stalked the entire episode. All im saying is there is no skill to follow a trail and watch your horses senses pick up noises. Anyone can do that. ANYONE.
I totally agree with you. This show should be called Trailwatcher. I don’t see the challenge for mantracker.
i wish they would get some real athletes on here. i try to stay in shape and just did an adventure race where we biked 68 miles on mtbs with 2.25 nobby tires, swam a mile, canoed about 3 miles, and hiked 14 miles in state forrest, off trails all in 15 hours. we didnt do the full 24 hours due to an injury. my point is im not in the best shape and covered that much distance, so y can these people go 22 miles in under 30+ hours? ya u need to stay hidden, but jog and just go, u shouldnt need to sleep, maybe rest for 10 mins every couple hours and u should be able to get through this in 14 hours. i wish i knew how to get on this show. if i did, im sure i would train harder than some of these guys did.
Sappers have to jog 21 miles in 3 hours with full gear on. They usually pick people with athletic skill and no outdoor skill, or outdoor skill with little athletics. Every time its no common sense, and no sense of being quiet when being followed.
http://www.mantracker.ca/apply.html
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For one, The contestants are carrying heavy backpacks full of all the stuff they need like sleeping bags and water and slickers and food. And they have to go over trunks and that kind of stuff in their path when they are bush wacking. You can’t jog forever! And if you stick to the trail, Mantracker will find you so easily. It’s sometimes very hot or very cold and they can barely stop to rest. Excuse them for being a bit slow and tired. They are trying to go as fast as they can. And Mantracker is on a horse, so they always have to watch their backs.
I’m from antigonish nova scotia… Catch me if you can !!!!!!!!!
I sense a lot of frustration with some of you guys-not understanding the camera men angle. I’ve always questioned how it was possible, but eventually I quit wallowing in curiosity. I enjoy the show none the less. It’s entertainment and I just like the looks on the faces on some of the contestants when they are chased…..No matter what props and skills they use, it’s make for good entertainment and that beats a boring hour of ” birth stories” and “i didn’t know I was pregnant” etc..those are rality shows that needs to get canned in my opinion. So lighten up guys, they work hard to privide entertainment, lets milk it for all it’s worth.
Yeah, he is good at his job and it’s fun to watch and thats all that matters.
That’s ghetto bud.
@Ryan – All I’m trying to say is to use a little common sense. For instance don’t wear bright orange clothes while you are trying to elude someone or wear sandals in the winter. I don’t think I would agree with some of folks stipulating that Mantracker doesn’t have tracking skills – I have relearned a few things watching him. I do think that using someone who knows the terrain is stacking the deck though. Most terrain has natural funneling points that tend to push people traveling in the area toward a specific point. For instance ridges to steep to traverse that people have to follow vice go over, swamps and marshes, river crossing points and other things not obvious unless you have walked the ground. Someone familiar with the terrain would know about these and as we have seen on TV they can skip the tracking, head for that area, and wait for the prey to show up. That is why it is important to not give away your direction of travel hence my comment about staying in the areas to harsh for the horses to follow. Anyhow the point of the show is to have a some fun while still being competitive and I buy that BUT lets not give it away by not using our heads at least a little bit. A little common sense goes a long way and it makes Mantracker really use those tracking skills. Instead of letting the guide lead Mantracker on the long, although faster because of the horses, line of travel around the “bad” ground so he can wait for the prey to come to him. The gent that pointed out that if Mantracker was following bad guys using the methods we see on TV he would have been killed is right. When you are going after folks that can do you harm the dynamic changes but Mantracker works with law enforcement regularly and would no doubt change his methods to fit the siutation. Helicopters with infared and night vision technology go a long way. (Am I starting to get boring). Jason reiterated another point I was trying to make – show up in some semblance of physical condition, keep moving and your at the finish line before Mantracker knows what happened. If I was a decade or so younger I would be putting my name in the hat. It looks like my idea of fun.
Wow, some of you guys should learn how to search. I was just wondering the same thing about the cameras in the show so I did a bit of research and found this interview with Terry, who is the Mantracker.
Five or six cameramen film all of the sequences, divided up between the prey and Mantracker. With all of the activity going on, you’d think the cameraman following the prey would give them up. “Oh God no,” sighs Terry. “The cameramen.. the first year, um.. we had the same cameraman for the whole prey thing every show. He was awesome.. he was the best.. he was.. umm.. he learned very quickly that when I show up, the prey leave. They leave at a high rate of speed and he learned very quickly that he can’t run with them through the bush and film them.. they bolt. He films them leaving, and then he films me coming.”
The cameramen also play a joke or two on Terry, making things that much harder on him. “I know what type of boots the cameramen are wearing.. but quite often they’ll change just to bugger me up. So it’s like ‘Okay, this is not a prey boot but it’s not the cameramen either so this is an outside track.. somebody hiking or somebody walking their dog’ which happens a lot, so umm.. they don’t give me very much help.”
Here’s the link to the article: http://www.hcha.ca/mantracker.htm
Apparently he doesnt have to stay on his horse. I just got done watching an episode where he got off and climbed a big rocky hill his horse couldnt get up and used binoculars to spot the prey after which he scrambled for his horse and went after them.
As far as cameras go theres no way its filmed during the chase, rather the next day in a reenactment. This seems evident because I noticed the camera men filming the mantracker and his sidekick are on foot. Theres no way they could tag along without slowing the trackers down. Also many times you see the cameraman following the prey in which often times he will pop out of cover to get a shot of how far the trackers are away, yet the trackers are looking right at the guy. Seems very invasive to me. One shot showed a prey rolling his ankle, theres no way the cameraman knew exactly when to look at the guys foot to catch him rolling it on a bad step.
Also some events happen that are fairly scetchy. Another episode I saw shows the prey climbing a barbed wire fence. The trackers came to the fence later, followed it to try and find a break in it and came to a gate that was chained shut. Yet later in the show, they are magically right behind the prey again with no explanation of how they got past this obstacle.
Last time I checked the shows called “mantracker”, not “second guess where the guys might be going” or “hey lets block every freshwater area so they either come to us or give up from dehydration”. Overall I’d say the show isnt all as original or realistic as they make it out to be. I’d like to see prey who actually take it seriously and dont joke around and make loud noise, a tracker who actually tracks and doesnt just take wild guesses and magically find them, and perhaps a few episodes where the tracker is prey. I bet he isnt such a hotshot off his horse and on foot.
can anyone find a reason to have such manquacking skills in this day in age anyway? Why in the hell would someone like this get thier own show when they dont even show the REAL EVENTS that happened the “first” time…and what does this guy do in his spare time to keep his skills in “top shape”? why dont we give a hobo looking man a fake pirate ship and some actors with a couple of cameras?
obviously…this guy would see the camera crew…therefor the only reasoning i can see for why they tape it a second time is the same reason why these type of shows should not be advertised as REALITY SHOWS.
how do i get on the show?
http://www.mantracker.ca/apply.html
there ya go
Hey yall! I am nine yrs old and I love Mantracker me and my dad, Tim Sweat are wanting to be on the show so bad but, I don’t know if I am aloud to because of my age. How do you sign up?
http://www.mantracker.ca/apply.html
u have to be 18 or older
How difficult is it for Mantracker to follow the cameraman?
How about the van with the satellite dish on top?
Honestly, how is this anything but a totally fictional production?
your dumb nuff said.
It would be harder if there were multiple goal sites in various directions, The Tracker knows where they’re going DUH. How hard is that? Also, the prey should split up.
They DO NOT do a re-enactment. The prey are totally BEAT and no way are they going back over the course again even the next week, let alone day. Not to mention that they are NOT actors… re-enactment, what a joke. The interview with Terry makes it clear that the cameramen just follow along PART of the time and they know how to get down and out-of-site… that, and as he said in the interview, he knows what their boot prints look like (cameramen), so if they wander around a bit as well as hang with the prey, then seeing cameraman tracks is not something he is supposed to follow are use in tracking. Just one fact here — as he said in the interview, the cameramen film in REALTIME, which is obvious because those average folks who are the prey are not actors – that they could portray that kind of emotion (fear, adrenalin, running up and down hills etc…)… it’s real – that much I am certain of. Not to mention that most of those folks would not be able to walk one more mile, let alone 20 or so to do a re-enactment. What a JOKE… why make something so stupid up anyway? Sheeesh… better to believe that the film crew know how to hide and are only filming a few minutes of every couple of hours of actual pursuit. Doh…
More info from the MT site — guess they chopper people to a couple locations after the chase is over and do re-shoot some things, like MT going right past but not seeing them, or a couple of the sprint chases when MT surprises the prey in to the bush. This way, they get shots of prey running crazily through bush in frantic escape mode but are not giving away their position (as it is, yes, a re-enactment). There is one camerman with them during the chase accding to the website, and that does seem a little bogus, as it is one more person’s tracks for MT to spot, etc… and the line “he’s supposed to ignore the camerman’s tracks” does not fly…. if he KNOWS, then he’s going to alter his tracking obviously — looking for prey tracks by virtue of where the camerman’s are. And it says nothing about having cameramen all over the place… hell, those guys are pretty expensive, and as it stated on the site — one particular guy, an orienteering/racing athlete is the “prey cameraman”… so he’s the one to look for. It’s not ALL bogus, but clearly the observers do,in fact, have an effect upon that which they are observing — no way that they would not. It robs the show of some of it’s allure, definitely.
sorry to lurk, but sometimes you are the last one to the party and it’s already over… ;-/
PEOPLE READ THE WHOLE THREAD BEFORE COMENTING!!!!!!
All that doubt can apply and prove it is a hoax! If you are not that committed then you shold be ignored. If you believe it is fake, there should be plenty of people coming out of the woodwork for cash just to damage the show. Where are they?
hey mantracker iv watched alot of your shows and your pretty good but not as good as me and my best friend. you no what we will let u pick the most comfertable place for you. we hope to here from u becayse were intrested in your challange. have a great day
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the show is legit the guy does this kind of thing for a living you downbreed fucks….
I do have to laugh at all of the punks that post saying they would pwn the man tracker without even knowing the score. I would love to see you on the show, there are many on it just like you, some get through… most get caught.
As for the camera men… The way I heard it went was that they staged the camera men on the obvious trails and coordinate through communication. The prey had transponders to give thier location away to the production crew and the prey had thier own cams. As the chase was on, a camera man followed the tracker on horse, as the tracker does not need to be stealthy usually, and the camera man needs only have a modicum of stealth in order to hide when he needs to… setting up ambush, etc… The camera men have the same tracks on thier boots to identify them, they are trained not to cover prey tracks, and the guys staged in the bush wear bright vests to identify them. Prey and Man Tracker are instructed to ignore the camera men.
Also from what little I have read and heard, the camera men can only catch key staged shots and need to return on a following day in order to get the action shots staged and recreated. Being a show with real contestants, not professionals, and insurance, they are not allowed to compete at night. It would be easier for the Man Tracker to come up on his sleeping quarry than the quarry to run through the dark. Horses dont mind the dark, and Man Tracker is horseback enough to not get too fatigued riding, unlike the prey on foot all day.
Laugh at Terry’s skills all you want, you will be thanking him when you decide to try and prove him wrong and get your ass lost in the woods and he tracks you down to save your ass. Not only that he does go after fugitives and trains millitary and other professionals the tools of the trade. Look up his resume one day. The stage is set with the odds placed in order to tell the tale. If you were a fugitive with no better than average outdoor or athletics skills, running from him, he would have a giude… why wouldn’t he?
Where does Mantracker sleep???
while his prey are freezing
stupidest show on earth
Hey!
I’ve been watching the show and i really like it. For my eye it seems to be very real. Some thoughts:
1. I think that Mantracker is not allowed to catch the prey on the first day. I would think that some teams would be catched before the second day but all the teams are catched int the last 10km usually between 7 and 2 km from the finish. I think the show would really win from showing the bad prey being catched really quick.
2. The prey is not allowed to move during the night. This really sucks btw. If I would be the chased one i would for sure move during the night using roads for quick movement and when you are on the run you dont need to sleep the first night.
3. Before commenting U should read the interview on http://www.hcha.ca/mantracker.htm
It answers a lot of quetions like horses, camera crews, re-enactment etc. There is re-enactment after the real chase. There are multiple camera teams, it think 6 was mentioned somewhere.
4. U should not be concerned by guessing. When you have hunted an animal in your life then u know that the most important part is the guessing or knowing – how the animal will act, which route it will use, how it thinks, where it feeds, sleeps and so on. Human is just another animal. Even police works with guessing when trying to find out patterns on murderers and such criminals.
5. Mantracker does not know the finish location. I think he should be given a map for more analysis.
6. You cannot outrun a horse! Bushwhacking is ok because the horses cannot go there. But on the road or open ground you cannot beat a horse. In my opinion the smart use of guide and his knowledge is ok and interesting. ALso looking what your horse is doing or crows or other animals in the wild. (this point was for the jogging guy
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7. You should not confuse the show with tracking a armed criminal. In the criminal case you would have dogs, armed policemen, helicopters and so on. Here mantracker basically has to touch the prey before it’s a catch. Ithink the tracker would be used only to lead the dogs to the tracks after that there is no chance for the criminal. I have a close friend who is a borderguard with a german shepard and i have been running the tracks for him couple of times and it is almost impossible to loose the dog in the forest . Only way is to use a rivers, creeks or a big road with lots of traffic on it.
The point is when the dog looses the track the borderguard will bring the dog back on the tracks by circling or logical guessing.
8. It is about catching the prey not following 100% their tracks in the bush.The show is about finding some tracks and then guessing to where they are headed and then catch them. Catching should be made easier for the mantracker bevcause its really stupid when you see some guy 10m in the bush smiling at the mantracker.
9. Logic. Show uses a lot of logic wehn you look at the maps you will see that most of the times there are some mountains, lakes opposite side like north and south and a valley leading from east to west so it is very easy to guess where the prey is heading (general direction). Thats because mantracker should be able to follow them. It would not make sense to put the goal area behind some mountains to where only prey would have access
10. Prey. The prey is never 100%. Even when they use military they put some older guy to prey. Mantracker would loose every time if they would use rogaining or orientation athletes. I have done 72 hour challenges and rogaining and this is amazing how fast and efficient the professionals are. This is a show to entertain!
And sorry about my english but im not a native speaker.
One more thing:
11. I think the camera team is actually supporting the prey. Otherwise the teams with no knowledge of how to use a compass or a map would be lost in the wild very quickly but this doesnt happen almot never. Orientation without gps is really really hard.
U SUCK!!!!!!!!!!Mantracker is amazing and far more straight then u could ever dream of u faggy fag gay stupid awful persoN
All I have to say is I love mantracker, finally a show that a family can watch. Like really don’t you get a little tiered of sex drugs and crap! If u don’t like the show change the channel! I’m Canadian and I proud to say I love the show enough I’ve applied for it. As for is it real or not I’ll let u alllllll know!!!!
the prey obvouly arent that smart derrr
My question is what is what does the prey win if they win????
Bet it’s hard to track 2 idiots and a camera team across the back forty. So why don’t the producers throw in a little urban tracking rather than the easy tracking across the country side? Could it be quacker can’t walk? Chasing a team of yo-yo’s under a time constraint in unsettled country is a tad bit different than chasing someone who doesn’t want to be caught, (escaped convicts, felons, etc..) Throw in runners with a rifle and see how long it takes quacker to get knocked off his donkey. It’s a fun show to watch though. I like these non-reality shows.
wow, just another uncreative person who just has to post the most offensive thing he can imagine on every spot he can
going to big bird
Yes, but I see his point. Having been on a tactical tracking team for 12 years with the department of corrections and following nuts with rifles, weapons, etc., night and day, whom do not want to be apprehended adds a level of stress not easily duplicated on a tv series. The difference between tracking lost or hurt hikers and following escaped convicts are 2 entirely different scenarios. Both can be desperate but in different ways. One wants to be found but the other will kill you.
This is my biggest question. Otherwise this is just another fake reality program like the dozens of other fake reality programs on the airwaves.
even with you tactical training, i doubt u could beat him. tracking is age old…. u dont do at night a a few ppl have mentions cause u cant SEE everything… there have been cops, adventure races, army personal that have tried (and a few got across the line!) but really…. ur arrogant to think u could win, cause oh wow! you chased snot nosed thugs across a feild and got them? heres ur friggin medal!!! the difference is, he is trained to find sign…. and he finds it. and many of the “prey” ARE athletic, HAVE bush expeirence! when you just “jog” or bush wack… any broken limb, heal print gives u away… there are trackers that can tell if a woman is pregnant from her TRACKS! (walks more on her heel). take it or leave it… but most of u r ignorant.. ya.. JOG through the bush… muskeg…. haha moron
Beating him might be easier than you think. Just because you sleep with him doesn’t make him the king of pregnant woman trackers.
HA, HA! Who’s the moron? Night tracking is easy and Dayna … learn how to spell. Open your mouth and I’ll poop down your throat.
Tracking a man is the best hunting there is. I get a kick out of the show. Looks like lots of fun. Wish I were there.
Dunno why you would bother watching the show if you hate it so much. I personally find the show very entertaining, and if they actually are reenacting the entire thing, they are GREAT actors. Speaking of actors, the one in British Columbia with the 2 actors had GREAT scenery. It was probably my favorite episode. The worst one was those tai qwan do ppl (however its spelled) with the girl who was smoking, and the guy who pretty much did everything, including carrying her. She was somewhat of a “bitch”.
Hello. First time viewer. So … does he ever get off his horse? Or just ride along the easy trails?
i saw the mantracker in a float in the pride parade. he is a hit with us gays. glad to see such a rugged outdoors gay.
I didn’t realize he was a pole smoker. Does he double as a cattle guard?
I’d hate to be one of the runners when he decided to turn up the heat.
doesnt it make sense? he is a weirdo gay chasing dudes. super scary
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ur so mean
mantracker is great show i watch when ever i can
ya i know right its great but the camera people are doing there best
that so mean mantracker is great
mean
were u on his show cause thats not nice if u were and u got to meet him r u a prey and
DID U MAKE IT OUT!
THAT SO MEAN TO ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT ARE MEAN
SAME ROCK ON
i think that the show is great to watch and is lots of fun to see
there r camera men yes but they try to do there best
i really don’t think hes gay
he gets off his horse to help the horse across tuff turain and to look at tracks left by the prey and no he doesn’t always take the easy trail
I LOVE YOUR SHOW KEEP IT UP
SO MANY EMOTIONS
Mantracker is the BIGGEST waste of an hour of cable viewing ever. Give me a fucking break. Get real. Who the fuck thinks this dumbass can “in real life” ‘track’ people… get the fuck out of here. Im really pissed off that mantracker is taking up time from REALLY cool shows like Survivorman and the Bear Grylls slots.
Screw Mantracker. Its the networks way of say “I cant think of anything else to make a show about… so here.. take this sub-par show called ‘Mantracker’////
really?
I mean come on… the Repo show (I forget the name) has more pull than ‘Mantracker’…
GTFO …..
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mantacker was arrested 6 years ago in alberta for hitting his boyfriend. he went to jail
Man Whacker tracked a fish through water all the way back to when it was an egg. Man Whacker’s horse is stump broke.
whats that for
anon ee moose
what is with u u said fuck 3 times in ur comment i think that survivorman is a great show to but its not a waste of a hour for mantracker and he helped track down a missing teen with his skills
what is ur favorite part of mantracker
any new posts
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my favorite part is when mantracker rides his horse
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Nah, the flare is the start point, and he has to have that, or else he’d just be aimlessly wandering the woods. they usually have half and hour to an hour before he even finds the start point.
i know this is going to sound crude but where does mantracker or the prey for that matter take dumps? i assume its out in the bush?
I enjoy the show. I also liked his 2 movies, RAIDERS OF THE BUNGHOLE and ROMANCING HIS BLACK HOLE. Man Tracker is sure to win a Genie or at least he’ll get a carrot snapper award for reshaping turd tunnels!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU SOUND LIKE ALL THE OTHER IDIOTS THAT CALM THEY CAN BEAT HIM AND THEN END UP ON THEIR BACKS STARING UP AT HIM…… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That calm they can beat him. What is calm?
Here’s a tip for HAHAHAHA: Drive yourself to the nearest landfill – I will gladly pay the disposal fee!
Be nice to HAHAHAHA. Most people don’t know it but he’s a nine-ironed rump chump that enjoys puffing on chubs.
All you Canadians are full of shit! This show is a joke! What a bunch of crap! The runners are funneled down to the easy trails so dumb bastard can track them. Stump broke! Now that’s funny! All you Canadians have stump broke horses!
@ The Big L yeah its easy for you sit behind your computer and talk about the show be a joke. i have an idea, seeing that you know so much why dont you get off your couch potato ass and go on the show? BUt you wont, let me guess you are too fat and lazy.
A question for big L ame: are you washing his weener?
Aw, this was a very nice post. In idea I wish to put in writing like this additionally – taking time and precise effort to make a very good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and certainly not seem to get one thing done.
What a surprise! So Jigsaw, you win a one way trip to the garbage dump!
so sad to hear that the original mantracker has been forced to retire. hope the new mantracker is just as handsome and rugged.
I’ll miss the man tracker show ….. about as much as I’d miss a chapped ass. what a phony show.
mantracker is not phony. he is a bearded charmer of the outdoors
and the oscar goes to….mantracker
With a name like big bird I wouldn’t talk!
yes, but only on the extreme sports channel. and th UK is not a fag country… at least we can spell colour
Can you come to BC, whistler
man! i would LOVE to be the prey for an episode and be the first 15 year old to have his freind run from mantracker on his show… that would be sooooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!
also, you should try coming to luzurne, PA!!!! its nice where i live!
haha you think this show is phony? then why in the hell would you waste you’re time commenting on something you dont like and waste you’re “useful” time doing it? You are just plain stupid.
I actually have a hard time believing that they’re filming all of this stuff twice, but am more convinced that the camera men are placed at random intervals and strung in trees and things.
The reason i say this is that everyone on the Prey side would have to be a serious *actor* as well as people capable of running the course while chased. It would be easy enough to mark their actual paths and the milestones to “reenact” using GPS, but so many of them completely break down on camera, or all of their stuff gets soaking ringing wet…asking them to cry on camera, or freak out believably is fairly unbelievable, and i’m sure they don’t really want to get themselves and their gear wet for a second time in the cold.
I saw mantrackers penis in the first episode i watched. he was urinating in the bush. I can’t believe they showed that. I was disgusted and havnt watched since.
actually, i’m sorry for the last comment, I really like the uk, and I think mantracker has an awesome beard.
you have an awesome beard big bird
If you ever make it into the show, at the end when you are saying thank you to eveyone you know can you say the name Daniel?
I will make it on the show and say daniel eats pink cigars!
i love u i want 2 be on your show so so so so so so so so
much 
That is very nice man tracker device.
Mantracker is filmed twice.. The secod time is just to get wider shots of certain parts of the race like when they are close to each other.. The camera men are with them both times. The camera men are highly skilled outdoorsmen that know how to cover their tracks and be hidden also there is alot of cameramen in the woods that a way he doesn’t know exactly what ones are with the people.. One camera man doesn’t always stay with one person.. That’s what editing is for. Also cameramen don’t have to carry big cameras with them.. They have some smaller type cameras with mics now a days.. Jesus people do your research before critizing something.
I talked to Jesus this morning and he said he already did his research!
your a fag who calls them self big bird