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Dino Hunters

Dino Hunters

Cowboys and ranchers rely on their deep knowledge of the land to search for prehistoric dinosaur fossils.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • Dinosaur fossil season has begun, and Montana rancher Clayton Phipps finds what might be an extremely rare and valuable fossil on his family's property.

  • Clayton Phipps continues his excavation of a rare carnivorous dinosaur on his Montana ranch; Mike Harris and son Jake prepare to sell their prized Tyrannosaurus rex fossil; Aaron Bolan hunts for an Ankylosaurus.

  • Clayton Phipps and his team prepare to flip a 20,000-pound carnivore fossil out of the earth and onto a flatbed to get it to the lab for analysis; Mike Harris hunts for a duckbill skull; Jared Hudson uncovers an ancient reptile.

  • Clayton must haul his 20,000-pound dinosaur fossil over 200 miles to a lab where it will finally be identified; the Harris/Bolan clan chases poachers off of their land; Jared makes a last-ditch effort to bring in some money this season.

  • Clayton returns to his ranch in Montana to hunt for quick finds at Old Faithful. In Wyoming, Mike Harris and his team continue excavating their triceratops site hoping to uncover the valuable horns.

  • In Montana, Clayton Phipps prepares to learn if his carnivore skeleton belongs to a Tyrannosaurus rex or the controversial Nanotyrannus; in Wyoming, Mike Harris and Aaron Bolan race against the impending winter digging at a promising new site.

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14 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Duckbill Buffet
    Monster Ceratopsian
    Rex Revealed
    Doubling Down on Dinos
    Dinosaur Cowboys
    Million-Dollar Dino
    Curse of the Carnivore
    Shots Fired
    We Got Skull
    The Verdict Is In: Nano or T-Rex
  • Duckbill Buffet

    Clayton and Luke begin to excavate the deep overburden that covers the Tyrannosaurus rex site; while Mike Harris travels to Utah to prep the Cowboy Rex skull, Aaron, Jake and Tori think they're on a bucket-list discovery at the Duckbill site.
    Upcoming
  • Monster Ceratopsian

    Clayton Phipps makes a shocking discovery at the Trike site; the Harris-Bolan crew unearths what it believes might be an extremely rare ceratopsian; on the Abercrombie ranch, Andre Lujan digs up an enormous ice age mammoth tusk.
    Upcoming
  • Rex Revealed

    When a valuable fossil is trapped in a precarious location, Clayton brings in a team of horses and a helicopter to help extract it; Mike comes face to face with Cowboy Rex; Andre makes a difficult decision to save the Abercrombie mammoth.
    Upcoming
  • Doubling Down on Dinos

    Clayton Phipps and his son Luke put it all on the line for a risky raptor fossil buried under 30 feet of earth. And the Harrises decide to go for broke to prep their multi-million dollar T. rex skull.
    Upcoming
  • Dinosaur Cowboys

    Dinosaur fossil season has begun, and Montana rancher Clayton Phipps finds what might be an extremely rare and valuable fossil on his family's property.
    Upcoming
  • Million-Dollar Dino

    Clayton Phipps continues his excavation of a rare carnivorous dinosaur on his Montana ranch; Mike Harris and son Jake prepare to sell their prized Tyrannosaurus rex fossil; Aaron Bolan hunts for an Ankylosaurus.
    Upcoming
Dino Hunters

More about Dino Hunters

Cowboys and ranchers rely on their deep knowledge of the land to search for prehistoric dinosaur fossils.

Starring

Andy Barnett, Clayton Phipps, Mike Harris, Jake Harris, Aaron Bolan, Jared Hudson

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