Season 8 winner
Clay Hayes
- From
- Kendrick, Idaho
- Age on show
- 39
- Days lasted
- 74
A professional bowyer and traditional archery instructor who killed a deer with a self-made bow and ate its heart immediately after the kill; also faced down a grizzly bear and tracked a mountain lion during the season.
Clay's gear list
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Axe - Granfors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe
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Bow and arrows - Osage orange self bow
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Ferro rod - Bayite 1/2" x 5"
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Fishing kit - fluorocarbon line, 25 hooks
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Multitool - Leatherman Free P4
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Pot - GSI Outdoors anodized aluminum Dutch oven, 2 quart
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Paracord - 5col 550 MILSPEC, 80 meters, orange
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Saw - Silky Katanaboy 650
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Sleeping bag - Feathered Friends down sleeping bag, -40F rated
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