Plot Synopsis

Author and outdoorsman Steven Rinella travels across America, exploring the country's diverse subcultures that cherish and maintain their hunting, fishing and gathering traditions. Steven explores crabbing in Alaska, searches for wild ingredients to make traditional pa'ina in Hawaii, gathers snails and other edibles in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and re-creates Lewis & Clark's original trek through the Missouri Breaks. During his treks, he stays true to the tradition of sustenance hunting -- nothing that he harvests goes to waste, and he only pursues abundant species that are properly managed in order to protect their long-term ecological sustainability. Travel Channel aired a sneak peek of the program on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 10pm, the night before its official series premiere.