The battle for McCarthy wages on as a team of experts works to locate the only known entrance into the Mother Lode mine. Meanwhile, locals fight to break free of Neil's stranglehold on the town by casting their own ammo.

Neil breaks through to the Mother Lode mine but locals are too busy defending against waking bears to stop him. Jeremy and his son setup a tree stand to protect their farm. Jenny goes on a solo hunt to track down the bear that's been stalking her cabin.

Neil defies both nature and locals by developing his mine tour, but when the town discovers his secret construction project planned for downtown, McCarthy draws a line in the sand; and tragedy forces one of McCarthy's best to fight for their life.