Lack of snow is making trails impassable. Joey sets a new trap line that brings him face to face with a vicious predator. Charlie trusts Bob to run his traps, but Bob might not be up to the challenge. James struggles with a wood shortage.

The Moores gamble on catching eels as a new source of food for their dogs; Stan and Joe hunt moose in their last chance to get meat before the dead of winter; Charlie and Bob work around the clock to save their dismal season.

The dead of winter is here and Stan has been on the hunt for over a week without results. Charlie's freezer is empty but a town crisis prevents him from hunting. Courtney is missing in action and Francis destroys James' snow machine.