Call of the Wildman
TV-PG2011•30m•6.3/10
Action & AdventureDocumentaryReality
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.3/10(3)
Call of the Wildman is an American reality television following the exploits of Kentucky woodsman Ernie Brown, Jr., nicknamed "The Turtleman". Aided by his friend, Neal James, and his dog, Lolly, Brown operates a nuisance animal removal business, catching the animals without harming them and releasing them back into the wild. The series is primarily filmed near Brown's Lebanon, Kentucky, home.
Production
Sharp Entertainment
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
November 6, 2011
Last Aired
August 24, 2014
Networks
Animal Planet
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Dirty Jobs
Air date: 2011-11-06
In the series premiere, a farmers cows are getting attacked in a nearby cooling pond and emerge with missing udders; the culprits: snapping turtles. Ernie is happy to jump in but the pond is overflowing with manure.
E2
Groundhog Day
Air date: 2011-11-06
The turtle man meets his match against his bare hand tactics- a skunk. Hiding under layers upon layers of clothes is his only defense.
E3
Possum Poltergeist
Air date: 2011-11-13
When a local radio host challenges Turtleman to venture deep into the haunted woods of Kentucky and evict a school of venomous reptiles and rabid rodents, he is sent on a wild adventure to protect his Blue Grass name and legend.
E4
The Turtles of Alcatraz Pond
Air date: 2011-11-13
Turtleman receives news that one of his top rescue ponds is scheduled to be bulldozed in a matter of hours. But this isn't just any rescue pond. Nicknamed "Alcatraz," it's where he has released the 12 most ferocious snapping turtles he's ever encountered.
E5
Fort Rattlesnake
Air date: 2011-11-20
Turtleman spots a vicious raccoon at an old trading post and must remove the creature without damaging the historic structure. It's man vs. beast and whoever makes the first mistake will decide the future of one of the last standing stores of its kind.
E6
Turtle Boot Camp
Air date: 2011-11-20
A farmer's hens are mysteriously disappearing from his chicken coop, and Turtleman's called in to catch the mysterious predator.
E7
Trapped Underground
Air date: 2011-11-27
Turtleman races against the clock to save a calf that's fallen down a deep sinkhole and is in distress. Something is lurking in the Wilkins family pond — an animal so big, it broke the line Mrs. Wilkins set to trap it.
E8
The Snake Pit
Air date: 2011-12-04
Turtleman hears of a job in North Carolina — a man's duck pond is being terrorized by turtles. Just a routine job until he finds out this call has come from David Ragan, one of the biggest stars of Turtleman's favorite sport: NASCAR.
E9
Nightmare at Poachers Pond
Air date: 2011-12-11
Turtleman and his crew stage a daring night rescue to save turtles threatened by a band of poachers. Things don't get much brighter when a nuisance call requires Turtleman to descend 30 feet into an underground spring to remove a mysterious animal.
E10
The Bayou Beast
Air date: 2011-12-18
Backwoods meets the bayou when Turtleman and Neal take a road trip down to Louisiana to investigate a mysterious predator locals call the "Beast of the Bayou." Armadillos burrows are destroying the foundation of a family's home.
E11
Danger in the Distillery
Air date: 2011-12-25
A family of possums invades a historic Kentucky bourbon distillery and Ernie might be in danger. Later, turkeys create chaos in a corn maze by attacking kids.
E12
Dilapidated Death Trap
Air date: 2011-12-25
Ernie and his team are asked to clear a wide variety of critters out of an abandon house; a families house is overrun with more rats then they thought.
