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Call of the Wildman
2011 - 2014 7.5 (2 votes) 4 Seasons
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Genres
Action & Adventure Documentary Reality
Networks
Animal Planet

Call of the Wildman

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Seth Margolin

Top Cast

Ernie Brown Jr.

Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

No overview available.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Dirty Jobs
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Groundhog Day
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Possum Poltergeist
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Turtles of Alcatraz Pond
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Fort Rattlesnake
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Turtle Boot Camp
2011-11-20

A farmer's hens are mysteriously disappearing from his chicken coop, and Turtleman's called in to catch the mysterious predator.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Trapped Underground
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: The Snake Pit
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Nightmare at Poachers Pond
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Bayou Beast
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Danger in the Distillery
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Dilapidated Death Trap
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.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 (2012)

No overview available.

17 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Miner Threat
2012-06-03

Turtleman's got a date with a country critter that's got a taste for chewing the wooden support beams of a rural coalmine. Then, Turtleman must save the day after a tornado tears through the countryside, releasing lethal chemicals into a turtle pond.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Killer at Shaker Village
2012-06-03

Kentucky's Shaker Village is home to a bird sanctuary, but this church has got a new mystery member, and it's practicing blood sacrifice! Then, signs of a home invasion are becoming too much for one family to ignore, and Turtleman is their only hope.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Santa Claws
2012-06-10

A hedgehog at a local petting zoo turns up dead, with only a pair of tooth marks left as evidence. Then, local realtors are planning an open house for a historic Kentucky mansion when a critter with a taste for pastries undermines their selling attempts.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Beehive Massacre
2012-06-10

A bachelor auction has a treat for its bidders when Turtleman shows up as the prize of the party. Three ladies pool their money to win a date with the Turtleman, and he meets them for a date at one of his favorite haunts: a pond full of snapping turtles!

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Speedway Demons
2012-06-17

Turtleman and his team go to Kentucky's Ponderosa Speedway, where they round up raccoons, groundhogs and an opossum. Later, an escaped boa constrictor requires Turtleman's immediate attention.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Hell Hog
2012-06-24

Turtleman's back in New Orleans and teaming up with John "Hogman" Schmidt. Wild hogs are posing a direct threat to a real estate developer's property. Then, shrimper Big Sexy's livelihood is at stake when a pack of muskrats prevent him from setting sail.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: French Quarter Coyote
2012-07-01

Turtleman heads south to New Orleans to help innocent civilians in danger where a coyote is on the loose. He's then out to stop an invasive species destroying the Louisiana swampland in Baton Rouge.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Baby Mama Drama
2012-07-08

Turtleman must capture a critter he's never seen before! At a community pool, unwanted swimmers are keeping kids from cooling off on a hot summer day, and it's up to Turtleman to snatch these slithering swimmers!

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Jaws of Hell
2012-07-15

The Turtle Team is going back to college to clean up a host of gnarly critters that have moved into a frat house. A snapping turtle attacks a local preacher's congregants during a baptism in a pond, and the ceremony can't resume without Turtleman's help.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Trailer Park Stink Bomb
2012-07-22

A beaver dam threatens erosion and flooding to a farm, while a pesky beaver drags the Turtle team through the mud. Local trailer park residents flee after a putrid odor persists for several days. The source is the vermin Turtleman hates most -- a skunk!

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Night of the Digging Dead
2012-07-29

A local cemetery is being disrespected by a canine whose cunning is matched only by its beauty. An emu farmer has lost one of his prized birds and despite no experience with these exotic animals, Turtleman agrees to find it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Sawmill Slasher
2012-08-05

Turtle Team Jake's wood-supplier is forced to shut down after a mysterious critter chews through the sawmill's wiring. Turtleman makes a last-ditch effort to clear the studio of snakes before a Kentucky bluegrass legend arrives for his instrument.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Tee'd Off Turtles
2012-08-19

A winery needs Turtleman's help with invasive pests before its business withers on the vine; menacing snapping turtles are keeping golfers from retrieving their balls from a pond.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Pig Wallow Predator
2012-08-26

Turtleman shows some Kentucky pride when he's called to rescue a stable of horses from a potentially venomous snake. At a local swine farmer's watering hole, a drift of hogs and a pair of snapping turtles are careening on a mutual path toward destruction.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Killer in the Cavern
2012-09-03

Rabbits are being killed on a farm by a nocturnal predator; a drive-in theater is threatened by an unidentified animal.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: Fairground Fiasco
2012-09-03

A carnival's infestation problems could jeopardize the traveling show; an unseen critter is digging up a family's yard, not far from a children's playground.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: Holler Day Cheer
2012-12-16

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 (2013)

No overview available.

30 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Mama Llama Drama
2013-06-02

In the season premiere, a critter is an uninvited guest at a community swimming pool, and the local kids are afraid to go in the water.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: All Skunked Up
2013-06-02

An unknown threat slaughters calves on a cattle ranch; a skunk lets a local sculptor know what it thinks about his art.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Hook, Line and Snapper
2013-06-09

A feed store is being robbed by a hungry critter; Turtleman helps his mom relocate snapping turtles from her pond.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Cat Killer
2013-06-09

Turtleman helps a local lady whose cats are disappearing. He must wrangle and relocate the cats, except for one to lure in the predator! Then, Turtleman is asked to capture foul smelling critters before they spray more kids at a local playground.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Deer Destruction
2013-06-16

After a consignment-store window is broken, Turtleman must safely remove the furry culprit from inside. Meanwhile, a critter that's been living in a hot tub has to go before the owner's party can begin.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Freddy Critter's Revenge
2013-06-23

A woman's cats are disappearing, so Turtleman must catch and relocate them but also find a way to lure the predator out in the open. Meanwhile, foul-smelling critters are spoiling the fun for kids at a playground.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: 12 Angry Pigeons
2013-06-30

Turtleman must remove the flock from a jobsite where workers are cleaning up bird feces. Then, a caretaker finds a critter living under her log cabin, and Turtleman must relocate it before the foundation collapses!

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Savage Stowaways
2013-07-07

Critters on a houseboat must be removed before it's closed for the winter; snapping turtles have to be relocated from a distillery before they force production to be stalled.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Major League Menace
2013-07-14

A critter in a baseball park must be removed before the season begins; a furry freeloader is an uninvited guest at a bed-and-breakfast.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Lured into Danger
2013-07-21

The team go fishing for a break from work, but first must deal with a critter that's lurking near a home.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Best Little Boar House in Texas
2013-07-28

The team go to Texas, where a rattlesnake must be relocated before it takes over a business; and a barbecue restaurant is plagued by a critter that keeps getting into the garbage cans.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Bat Hair Day
2013-08-04

Turtleman and Neal risk their lives to save a critter trapped in a cave; unwanted animals find a new home in a hair salon.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Wild Receiver
2013-08-11

A stolen mascot from a rival football team must be tamed; Team Turtle works to relocate an alligator that wandered into a residential area.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 14: Ernie le'Pew
2013-08-18

A farmer's losing his goats to a ferocious critter that Turtleman suspects is a large cat; show dogs are plagued by a skunk.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 15: Lone Stars and Stripes
2013-08-25

A film set is being damaged by a critter that's digging holes, so Turtleman must remove it before production begins; a zebra goes missing from a farm.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 16: River Monster Mystery
2013-09-08

A critter that digs holes is keeping a farmer from training his bull; snapping turtles are preventing people from tubing down a river, so Turtleman sets out to relocate them so the fun can resume.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 17: The Bull and the Beautiful
2013-09-15

A farmer's bull gets loose, and Turtleman must find it before it scares her neighbor's cattle. Meanwhile, critters disrupt a nightly paranormal tour at a former sanatorium in Louisville.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 18: Fur for the Course
2013-09-22

A pet wallaby disappears, so Turtleman must find it and return it to safety; a miniature golf course is plagued by critters that are leaving their droppings all over the place.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 19: Don't Leave It to Beaver
2013-09-29

A critter in a warehouse must be relocated so work can resume; an animal is taking down Christmas trees and must be caught.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 20: Get Otter My Pond
2013-10-06

A prized peacock goes missing from a Renaissance fair; an unseen critter is eating fish at a lake.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 21: Apocalypse Meow
2013-10-13

A vicious critter is terrorizing horses at a farm, so Turtleman sets a trap to catch it; Jake's race cars need protection from a troublesome animal.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 22: Mudzilla Attacks
2013-10-20

Goats are being attacked by a vicious animal on a woman's farm; a critter is stuck in the mud in a park for off-road vehicles.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 23: Halloween Spooktacular
2013-11-03

Turtleman's friend gets lost in the woods while looking for Bigfoot on the night before Halloween; a haunted-forest attraction is plagued by a pair of menacing critters.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 24: Smokey and the Bandit
2013-11-03

A cigar warehouse is plagued by an animal that's munching on an expensive product; the owner of a storage facility keeps hearing a critter in one of his units.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 25: Unarmed and Dangerous
2013-11-17

A critter at a paintball park has Team Turtle dodging colored projectiles to catch it; a fireworks store has some unwelcome intruders.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 26: The Crittersburg Address
2013-11-24

Newlyweds need help when they hear a menacing rattle in their RV; Turtleman responds to a critter call at a historic manor that was once visited by Abraham Lincoln.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 27: Snake Town Shakedown
2013-12-01

A worm farm is threatened by a hungry critter; Neal's grandfather's house has a snake problem in the basement.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 28: Chaos in Critter Cavern
2013-12-08

A 12-foot Burmese python has been slithering around a woman's home for years; Turtleman and Neal investigate reports of a critter inside the walls of a man's house.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 29: Swine Dining
2013-12-15

A farmer's piglet is missing, so Turtleman sets a trap to catch a carnivorous critter; the owner of a bowling alley thinks there's a dead animal on the premises, but an investigation reveals it's still very much alive.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 30: Turtleman Takes Manhattan
2013-12-22

Turtleman and Neal go to New York City, where they stay in a swanky hotel, meet the cast of Broadway's "Annie," visit an art gallery and eat at Katz's Deli, but their most important mission is to buy a Christmas present for Turtleman's mother.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 (2014)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Phantom Menace
2014-06-08

Turtleman ventures into the woods with "Finding Bigfoot" team members Bobo and Ranae. Meanwhile, a man needs a hand with a burrowing creature; and a 6-year-old boy keeps hearing an animal in his room at night.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Snap 'n' Splash
2014-06-15

Critters are gnawing on expensive items in an antique store; an animal is trapped in a water park's filtration system.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Bear Necessities
2014-06-22

The rest of the team has to help out a realtor who has a critter preventing him from selling a house, because Turtleman is down for the count with the flu.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Headless Horror
2014-06-29

Neither the chickens nor the eggs are safe from a predator that's been helping itself to the residents of Lindsey's chicken coop. Then, Turtleman must catch a tree-chomping critter that's wreaking havoc on a vacation community by the Red River Gorge.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Kneel Before Sod
2014-07-06

Turtleman's former teacher calls about a critter that's digging tunnels under his barn. Later, Turtleman enters a dance contest at the Daniel Boone Festival.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Troll in the Coal
2014-07-13

Turtleman goes to Montana, where he searches for a bison calf that was scared by a wildfire. Also: A charcoal manufacturer complains about an animal that's ruining his product.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Ghost Town Gold Rush
2014-07-20

More adventures in Montana include ridding a couple's campgrounds of nocturnal nuisances that are wreaking havoc on the properties.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Fang Nabbit!
2014-08-10

Squirrel arrives in Montana just in time to help out at a woman's ranch, where a critter has been digging tunnels all over her land and under her stables. Meanwhile, Turtleman confronts a ferocious animal that's been eating a woman's rabbits.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Tough Cookies
2014-08-17

Turtleman must catch a critter that’s threatening a water source on Gary’s farm. Then, Cole’s new backwoods skills are put to the test when she joins Team Turtle on a call. Will the team gain a new member?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Trail Blazers
2014-08-24

Turtleman hears the 'call of the wild' and heads deep into the woods with Neal James. They take on gnarly gar, a hive of honeybees, and a narrow cavern passage to find a Forgotten Valley deep in the way-backwoods Turtleman hasn’t seen in years.

Runtime: 30 min

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