Yield to the call of the wild and the grandeur of
the natural world with expert outdoorsman Mike
Settino as he hunts game—and the good life—in BIG
WOODS, a half hour HD series that takes a unique
and exciting angle on the outdoor sportsman genre.
Incorporating the esthetics of Nature, Martha
Stewart and Cigar Aficionado, Mike and his friends
hunt, fish and cook their way around the country,
and the world, in extraordinarily scenic, and
sometimes remote, locations where the thrill of the
hunt also finds pause to contemplate our complex
and complicated relationship with nature and
technology. In BIG WOODS, the outdoor life really
has never been so good, or so green.
In the cinematic pilot episode of BIG WOODS: Maine we join Mike on the hunt for the elusive North Maine Whitetail on more than 3 1/2 million beautiful and remote acres of prime hunting ground. From their base camp on the shores of magnificent Lake Munsungan—a favorite retreat of former President Theodore Roosevelt more than a century ago—Mike employs wilderness survival techniques such as backwoods orienteering and viewers learn why most GPSs are useless when on foot in the deep forest. At the end of the day, observations on nature, hunting and life itself serve as prelude to a truly gourmet lakeside cookout. Over delicious fresh venison basted and paired with a bold Italian Tuscan blend from Sonoma, our adventurers and their hosts celebrate the BIG WOODS as the sun sets on the gleaming waters of Lake Munsungan.
There are no boundaries in BIG WOODS, only rigors and rules imposed by Mother Nature. Up close and personal, Mike, his companions—and the viewer—explore how to survive nature’s challenges. Magnificently shot, each and every episode of BIG WOODS is an intimate portrayal of the collusion and collision of the very interpretation of sportsmanship. BIG WOODS shows how each individual measures up to what the natural world demands from them, what they expect from themselves, and how each change as a result of their individual experiences.
So, join us for a series that goes far beyond how-to, fostering a greater appreciation for nature—whose integrity and preservation is key to the sportsmans’ philosophy. Whether it’s Dorado fishing off moonscape-like Tenerife Island, the land of the eternal spring, and learning more about its exotic 500-year-old Drago tree; or the Black Dirt fields of upstate New York for Whitetail hunting and a visit to master butcher Bobby Matuszewski to sample his legendary sausages; or into the radioactive wilds of Chernobyl, now Europe’s largest wildlife sanctuary, for a wolf hunt, celebrated with a Mossandra port wine from the Crimea, BIG WOODS explores the often fragile ecosystems threatened by industry, agriculture and climate change like no other program—and without a footprint to be found.
In the cinematic pilot episode of BIG WOODS: Maine we join Mike on the hunt for the elusive North Maine Whitetail on more than 3 1/2 million beautiful and remote acres of prime hunting ground. From their base camp on the shores of magnificent Lake Munsungan—a favorite retreat of former President Theodore Roosevelt more than a century ago—Mike employs wilderness survival techniques such as backwoods orienteering and viewers learn why most GPSs are useless when on foot in the deep forest. At the end of the day, observations on nature, hunting and life itself serve as prelude to a truly gourmet lakeside cookout. Over delicious fresh venison basted and paired with a bold Italian Tuscan blend from Sonoma, our adventurers and their hosts celebrate the BIG WOODS as the sun sets on the gleaming waters of Lake Munsungan.
There are no boundaries in BIG WOODS, only rigors and rules imposed by Mother Nature. Up close and personal, Mike, his companions—and the viewer—explore how to survive nature’s challenges. Magnificently shot, each and every episode of BIG WOODS is an intimate portrayal of the collusion and collision of the very interpretation of sportsmanship. BIG WOODS shows how each individual measures up to what the natural world demands from them, what they expect from themselves, and how each change as a result of their individual experiences.
So, join us for a series that goes far beyond how-to, fostering a greater appreciation for nature—whose integrity and preservation is key to the sportsmans’ philosophy. Whether it’s Dorado fishing off moonscape-like Tenerife Island, the land of the eternal spring, and learning more about its exotic 500-year-old Drago tree; or the Black Dirt fields of upstate New York for Whitetail hunting and a visit to master butcher Bobby Matuszewski to sample his legendary sausages; or into the radioactive wilds of Chernobyl, now Europe’s largest wildlife sanctuary, for a wolf hunt, celebrated with a Mossandra port wine from the Crimea, BIG WOODS explores the often fragile ecosystems threatened by industry, agriculture and climate change like no other program—and without a footprint to be found.
