<P> The primitive individuals in the series were selected based on a self - reliant criteria as to who could demonstrate a "do more with less" philosophy . The woods furnish the individuals' rugged lifestyle, as they are faced with natural obstacles like brutal weather and depleted food sources . According to the creed of the show, nature "fuels their desire to remain on the modern - day frontier ." </P> <P> The cast includes: </P> <Ul> <Li> Colbert Sturgeon, of Moultire, Georgia </Li> <Li> Thorn, who lives deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains </Li> <Li> Tony and Amelia Stevens, who also live in the Blue Ridge Mountains </Li> <Li> Derik Stevens, a mountain man living off - the - grid, twenty miles from Boulder, Colorado </Li> <Li> Tobias Corwin, a desert primitive survival skills expert living outside of Prescott, Arizona </Li> <Li> Matt Graham </Li> </Ul> <Li> Colbert Sturgeon, of Moultire, Georgia </Li>

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