In the frigid mountains of Wyoming, 14 cowboys lock horns in the first of many grueling challenges. Along with two expert judges, host Trace Adkins evaluates their performances and decides which cowboy will be the first to go home.
Thirteen cowboys attempt to wrangle 60 wild horses, drive them down a treacherous mountain, and load a select group into a trailer. With the help of expert judges, country music icon Trace Adkins decides which cowboy will be eliminated.
In the midst of a turbulent windstorm, a grueling ranch relay race tests the knowhow, grit, and stamina of the twelve remaining cowboys. With the help of two expert judges, country music icon Trace Adkins decides who will be sent packing.
In a city-slicker challenge, the remaining cowboys must teach former professional football players Vernon Davis and Glenn Gronkowski how to be cowhands on a cattle drive. Trace Adkins and expert judges decide which cowboy is eliminated.
After a lighthearted fireside talent show, the competition gets serious as the remaining cowboys tackle the dangerous task of breaking and riding wild horses in an open pasture. Host Trace Adkins and expert judges eliminate two cowboys.
The remaining cowboys prove they can handle rough conditions as they cook an outdoor cowboy meal and tend a herd of cattle overnight in the frigid mountains. Although one cowboy calls it quits, Trace Adkins decides to eliminate another.
It's all about reading cattle as the six remaining cowboys move cows around a giant tic-tac-toe board. Then, they sort a load of cattle that must weigh 15,000 pounds. With the help of expert judges, host Trace Adkins sends one cowboy home.
Five cowboys are left, and host Trace Adkins and his judges test the cowboys on their solo cattle-sorting skills and evaluate their abilities to work as a team extracting buffalo from a herd. In the end, another cowboy is sent home.
With only four remaining cowboys, host Trace Adkins and the judges test the competitors abilities to show off their own horses and complete a task on a horse they've never seen before. In the end, Trace sends a cowboy packing.
