I’m really good at it.” Animal stars in the Animal Planet series, Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters - Photo courtesy of Animal PlanetĪnimal said he’s not afraid of the suspected criminals he’s tasked with finding. It stuns them a little bit and also makes them kind of calm down, and then they hear our story, we hear their story, we take them to jail, and a lot of times we end up maybe not friends but not enemies. I can talk to just about anybody, and a lot of times the only time some of these people have ever had any common courtesy or respect is from us because they just haven’t had that in their normal life. “I stun people because I never shut up when I start talking,” Animal said with a laugh. It was during this experience that he started working with Rob, his colleague on Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters, which airs new episodes 10 p.m. And from there, I had so much fun doing it that I started doing it, off and on, just kind of a backup thing.”Īnimal said that in 2000 he met a bondsman who needed some extra help, someone he could trust. And we drove a little ways, and he reconsidered his decision. He ended up getting a ride in the trunk because he was so unruly. “We went out and picked this guy up, and he was one of those ones that I laughingly called a problem child.
“Back in the ‘70s, a friend of mine was working for a bail bonds company, picking people up, and he called me one night and asked me if I’d like to go help him,” Animal said recently during a phone interview. On the Montana part of the show, Rob and “Animal” walk the line between seriousness and humorous, often talking down suspects from making any regretful decisions.įor Animal, this line of work began in the 1970s after a phone call from a friend.
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Animal and Rob, stars of Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters, track down suspects in Montana - Photo courtesy of Animal PlanetĪnimal Planet recently began the second season of Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters, its successful reality series about two teams of bounty hunters looking for suspected criminals in the Montana and Colorado wilderness.