Tom instructs young Hank on some essential Mountain Man skills. See more in this scene from Season 12, "First Kill."

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Winter is loosening its grip on the mountains of North America. But that doesn’t mean life here is getting any easier. As the thaw begins and rivers start to swell with raging runoff, new opportunities open up for the mountain men to stockpile supplies, grow their own food and fortify their homesteads. But this spring… They’re digging deep like never before. The mountain men and their families are masters of independence and living off the land. But even they are preparing for a changing world one where the ultimate test may be who can brace for the worst in America’s wilderness.

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