What happened to Ax Men? Deaths and the true reason why it’s canceled

The reality-television series “Ax Men” gained millions of viewers as it focused on the logging operation of selected logging crews in the woodland forests in North America. The show depicted the extreme risks that loggers go through each time they enter the forest, along with their personal dramas. The danger they encountered wasn’t limited to human or machine errors, but also to the unforgiving forces of nature that easily disrupted an operation without warning. For nine seasons, the series entertained and educated people about the logging industry, until it was canceled in 2016. After three years, History Channel rebooted it with the new name, “Ax Men Reborn,” and its 10th season aired in 2019. However, no 11th season was announced, and most fans believe that it might be because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which made filming difficult to undertake.
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What is Ax Men?
Who is Ax Men cast?
What happened to Ax Men?
Who is Ax Men judges?
Is Ax Men canceled?
Where was Ax Men filmed?
Who is Ax Men host?
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[@Junkyard_Dog]

Rip Gabe. I met him in a United rentals in Port angles once. Nice guy

[@oldfart5063]

the producers clearly wanted people to act like morons on camera . most reality shows have the same formula . its no surprise professional logging crews don't want to be portrayed as idiots . its a shame because the logging industry is very interesting and a huge part of our culture and workforce across the nation

[@mattjewett4473]

My parents rented a trailer to a former "star/logger" on the show. Your assessment is correct that it was the producers seeking more dangerous situations that caused his team to back out of the show.

[@keithclark486]

@@mattjewett4473 Do you remember what her name was ?

[@billtmarchi4320]

I worked for a logging outfit for 10+ years and I found most of them to be drunk ignorant morons. Not highly educated. Not to insult. Many were good hard working people. But it is a different type of life. Small towns full of heavy drinkers . Buy was a great job and loved it but not the best paying gig. Ran loaders skidders and dozers. And ran saw.

[@justmeimgigi5629]

@@billtmarchi4320 I do not know where you are located so it may be a regional thing. Our family has owned a logging company for 30 years. There are no drinkers, drug taking or the like involved with anyone that works for us. Everyone on our job is highly educated and we work hard for our family and for our community. We are a cut and Bunch crew for a One of the largest companies in the world, global not America. We are not millionaires living in mansions but everyone from the owner to the skidder operator makes a fair and decent living. Like I said before maybe it’s a regional thing I don’t know but that is normally not what you have with successful professional loggers in our area.

[@billtmarchi4320]

@@justmeimgigi5629 pretty vague statement. Depends on your idea of what logging is, what you consider highly educated, what you think a decent wage is, and what you deem as hard working. And successful and professional? What does that mean. What your idea of those could mean anything also.

[@Slockem77]

Forgot to mention Shelby! He was the only reason I watched the show regularly.

[@ghengisdong6714]

“Oooooooo my begonias!!!”

[@Truckerraf]

Paw paw

[@veronicaferguson8548]

Me too! Shelby was awesome

[@Hammertime054]

Totally agree with that🤣👍👍🇬🇧here we go.

[@pjfoltz8810]

Who Didn't love Shelby?

[@dawsondethlefs7368]

Dwayne Dethlefs was my grandfather and his death was announced to us it was the saddest time i have ever seen my father(Dustin Dethlefs) and I remember going to the funeral and seeing hundreds of people there R.i.P Dwayne

[@Hankdontgiveafk]

I liked him on the show

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

They could have just filmed normal logging and I'd have watched forever, as soon as they jumped the shark and scripted ignorance I stopped watching.

[@Matt-mq1ep]

Same here. Drama BS. Ryguard crew drove me nuts, buncha crybaby b!tches

[@lukestrawwalker]

yeah, exactly... the last straw for me was when they tossed the skeleton log trailer off the side of the mountain... I was like "this is bullsh!t" and was done from then on... truly a "jump the shark" moment! It did spin off some other shows... Shelby the river logger got his own show for awhile (season or two?) and they went down to Florida and started following a couple other guys, after the guy that was always cussing his son out even though the son was doing about 90% of the work... Never could stand that guy. Yeah the kid made some goofy mistakes but that's why you have to TEACH them how to do it right, not scream and cuss at them incessantly! My favorite of all the logging shows was "Swamp Loggers" over in North Carolina... it was a copycat or spinoff of Axe Men but done with much more class and taste, the family was likeable and good hardworking folks, and they were doing some really incredible jobs going into swamps that you couldn't walk across without sinking to your waist in mud with machinery weighing many tens of thousands of pounds... BUT after a couple seasons, you could tell the producers or writers or channel was REALLY pushing them for "more drama" and you could also tell they didn't particularly like it, and the show abruptly ended... I figured they got called in and told "MORE DRAMA!" and they said, "NOPE! not our style" and so the channel just cancelled it and cut their losses. Shame because it was a really good show! I even watched the Canadian one for awhile, where they were topping the giant trees and then cutting them down... don't recall what happened to that one... another copycat show. Later! OL J R:)

[@user-fz6ds2cf6s]

I would Never have believed that Was Normal Logging. No way In Hell.

[@danclas5983]

Some of the cast members gave interviews after the show canceled and said they didn't even work for the logging companies they filmed with. they would fly in on a weekend film get paid and fly back home. I did enjoy the show mainly for the saws and being in the timber and I would say I saw every episode. But you had to take it for what it was, purely entertainment.

[@martin1234512345]

Just like everything else on TV. Does anyone really watch reality TV for its "realism"? No, we watch cause it's fun.

[@tonyburelle6633]

The biggest problem with the show was history wasn't happy just showing logging, they heavily scripted the episodes

[@jimmysapien9961]

Put In the Bigfoot’s -Ratings Will go Up !

[@jimnorthern9587]

i understand this is now a year old or so. i watched to the end. having said that, i also work in the woods. and yep, i'm 70 years old now. still out there cutting the wood. probably the most dangerous work a person can be involved in. why? basically because anyone with a saw can claim to be a logger. no training required, no oversight by knowledgeable people. trees are living beings. they are also unforgiving when you make a mistake and everyone WILL MAKE A MISTAKE!. i know a lot of people who worked in the wood industry and i know a lot of them that died in it. get the training before you even try to cut a little tree in the back yard, it will kill! and yes, i have had my times of "extreme learning" from the trees. you work with them long enough, you too will get "taught" a lesson or two by the trees. the only job i can think of that may be a bit more dangerous? dismantling trip mines in the bush. the vets will understand that one.

[@patrickmcglonejr8163]

Doing ANY kind of tree work requires very quick reflexes and having your head on a swivel constantly

[@makmak151515]

I was and still am a logger. Most of these guys were jokes. Most of the men I worked with although some were hard drinkers and cussers. Most were quite hard working family men Chasers and choker setters tend to be younger and were more likely to get in trouble most took the job to support a family. Luca

[@billtmarchi4320]

I wish they would have showed more cat logging and dozer and skidder logging on steep ground. Got tired of watching line machine logging. I worked logging for 10 years. Ran loaders and dozers. On some steep steep ground in rocks and bailing over steep edges and rock bluffs. Would have been interesting to watch people really outing skidders and dozers in hairy places. We had a guy who flopped his dozer once a week for a while. More interesting than line logging. To many stories to tell.

[@martinfoster280]

Damn you're a woman, that is rare to see in the industry, 3rd generation logger myself

[@villagelightsmith4375]

Back in the '50's, in study hall, I read the accident reports of Oregon. I realized "choker setter" was a job that would have opening forever. If the hard work didn't get them, the fatalities would. I worked in the woods for 15 years. The term "busted loggers" is no joke. A lot of old disabled loggers never win the fight for Workmen's Comp insurance benefits. And the odds are, you're going to get hurt. Though I've been out of it for years, I can say with certainty that Oregon's Workmen's Comp has NEEDED a top-to-bottom replacement. for decades. The State is crooked that way. As for "unsavory characters," it's cultural; get over it. It just keeps the culls out of the woods. You DO NOT WANT these people getting jobs in town; trust me! Stop by a loggers bar any time. But if you're going to the dance, grease your corks.

[@lakerdigital]

What?

[@TheAbele992]

incomprehensive boomer

[@MistaDontPlay34]

Dude, we have no clue wtf you're on about

[@livefreeordie3992]

Dwayne was the real deal, one my favorite choppers, I was saddened to learn he passed on.

[@kylecollins6835]

Rygaard was my favorite crew!

[@kennybyrd770]

No mention of Shelby! He was a hoot to watch.

[@freedomfan4272]

TURTLE SOUP TONIGHT!!!!!

[@seanmayo206]

He dead?

[@allenbo8234]

He was one crazy SOB.

[@supupandaway8138]

He is in jail or was anyway

[@AerialEscape]

RIP Gabe Rygaard This show failed because they were marketing it to the wrong crowd. The producers treated this show like the Kardashians, when the market was for men, not transmissions or homeowners.. Too much drama, over scripting, zero natural action.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

I work for a logging company in Washington state and all I can say is this is very very dramatic. Sure it is dangerous but the show makes it out to be much worse

[@robertsnyder5149]

Makes me cry to see pictures of Jimmy Smith again. He was my neighbor in Cle Elum. Jimmy died from cancer from a bullety wound he got during a bank robbery in earlier life. The bank robber shot him as he dove under a table in the bank and the surgeons never removed it. The bullet was lodged in his pelvis. We shared many happy times together. He had a heart of gold.

[@timhorne7461]

I loved watching until it ended, would like to see it restarted!

[@peytonrygaard903]

My dad is jason amd my uncle was gabe rygaard and my grandpa is Craig and even better yet my uncle is todd dewy from ice road truckers

[@pjfoltz8810]

So sorry for your loss

[@MistaDontPlay34]

Sure

[@deltadawn8746]

I'm so sorry for your family I really like watching rygaard I really hate how people make the comments about you all. But I really do feel so sorry for your family I really like Gabe and your papaw Craig oh he is really something if he don't like you you have had it. Tell them that Wva praying for you

[@brianbarnes4243]

Whats funny is how Shelby was the only 100% authentic person on this show and man was he a delite "HERE WE GO"

[@PenguinGooseGames]

This is exactly what my father did a few years back, it's extremely more than physically requiring

[@mikedegnan5252]

Damn dude. I work along side the rygaards a lot. Craig especially. And it's not cool showing pictures of the funeral or the car wreck. I'll never forget that day. Especially since it happened damn near in front of my driveway.

[@nikolas_schreck]

R.I.P.

[@lekeshaayers5561]

I can't imagine how that felt but I've been watching Ax Man for probably 2 years it's pretty new to me and I didn't know that Gabe passed away and when the new season aired and we found out me and my husband we cried and I legit cry every time I watch AX-Men I didn't know him but he was part of my life and I just pray for his family everyday and his friends and everyone who loves him

[@deltadawn8746]

What happened to DJ

[@deltadawn8746]

Gabe seemed to be a good man I feel so sorry for Craig and his family

[@johncouch8187]

Dangerous is what dangerous does and if you set the moral for the crew on the standards I saw in the show, it got what it deserved. Rotation of crews is a must in what is obviously a very fatigue job. Especially when you can expect no respect or understanding from the people around you.

[@jmonneyz4758]

Rygaurd was always my fav underdog

[@Grizzly406]

I worked with a guy that graduated with Coatsy. He said coats was a goofy class clown and a very nice guy.

[@ruffnready91]

Been awhile since I watched this show I knew Jimmy passed but didn't know about the others

[@paulwalsh548]

i think Gabe's father should be in jail what he did to Dave specially when he hit him with the tree. And didn't blame him one bit for giving the flog a flogging. And only watched it when the crazy man with the jet boat had his hot niece working for him.

[@jamesburton2212]

Rip to who all had lost their life on accident I love the show

[@joegilly1523]

Ok,comment #101. I did not know so many guys died . Gabe was a clean hard worker. Some of these guys were full of bull crap and you could see thru them ,still a lot of deaths from the cast.

[@chuckwhitson654]

I owned a commercial/residential tree service 23 years. Was one of the top climbing arborist in the southeast and I spotted very little that was too far fetched, and many years ago, my crew and myself could have been television superstars. Now I'm crippled, blind in one eye deaf in one ear, missing disks in my spine and have the body of an old man at 45

[@ciaranbyrne62]

Why? Were you in a car crash?

[@frenchonion4595]

@@ciaranbyrne62 Christmas tree fell on him

[@ciaranbyrne62]

@@frenchonion4595 No lol 😂

[@darinmcleod9110]

X man logging God bless you guys so much hope you guys are working safe out in the woods

[@usmcdrifter8759]

Mike Phil left because he was fighting filing bankruptcy. He sold most of his equipment to his brother Matt, who is not in the logging industry.

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

I watched for a couple of seasons, then stopped. It's just like the mining and fishing shows. The work is the same, season after season, so they start making it about father/son conflict and macho head-butting. Bye.

[@cassandratakemyhandwilson4630]

I Love you Paw paw!!! Shelby should have had his own show.

[@jusbamathy1355]

I loved this show 💙 I still watch episodes now on Tubi 😅

[@coobay4786]

It's hard to believe that anybody would think the logger profession would attract upstanding educated professionals. Most are probably likable good people but far from the cream of the crop. I guess the people who were shocked by these guys activities are way out of touch with reality.

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

Most are rough around the edges but true idiots don't last long in the woods.

[@BooRayWisco]

Educated comes in all forms........f your ignorance

[@k.thomasbarnes6455]

Not everyone is cut out to sit on their ass all day at a computer

[@user-fz6ds2cf6s]

Watching episodes." And how these guys Worked. All I got out of Watching was how fast can ya get injured or killed in a 8 hour or more Day. I NEVER Believed. " This Is Actually Logging. A Circus to be honest.

[@jedimaster197]

The 10th season seemed to be more Professional.. More logging and less drama.

[@moonshinefuel]

Go fast and break things, probably not a a good idea when when working on a hill, with cranes, and cables, and logs rolling downhill at you. It was entertaining for a while though, I did enjoy the series for a bit.

[@klausswartz3369]

I always cringed at the Jimmie Smith/ James Smith exchanges.

[@rewadena4371]

Ya poor kid! He tried tho.

[@jerrywilder9403]

Ac men is and was a outstanding show

[@mrmrsschumann1031]

I watched til the end

[@charlescopp3030]

I watched till the end and I still do logging and residential tree work!

[@dannyfelts1831]

Thank you for excellent and interesting shows most enjoyable

[@Colby_Knows]

I watched until the end. I used to love this show

[@mikeyboost4life69]

I miss this show!

[@onurbekar5891]

This is killer work :)

[@augustusshook2881]

loved the show

[@jimmydraganides153]

Loved this show

[@furkandinc3306]

Incredibly thought out! Everything feels nice.

[@selwyn500]

Workplace heath and safety would have a field day there 🇭🇲😁😟

[@erayakkus8964]

I think I'm crying. It's that good.

[@richardgivens1132]

It was a great show. Here we go

[@Brex806]

I wish logging didn't leave an ugly mess on the Olympic peninsula. Take a day trip up SR109 to see what I mean. The view across from my property went from green serene to bland land. Didn't expect a manicured finish, but this for the next five years?😡

[@danobrien155]

Loved that show 👏 ❤ Rip all .

[@likearockcm]

I really enjoyed the show ! for like 4 episodes

[@edwardbrowns8436]

Just figured they ran outta wood

[@jimmykessler3689]

Loved watching axe men

[@user-iu4se2ps7d]

Guess you could say this show is….History

[@bobbyarmijo3307]

What happened to Shelby!?

[@kennethmcmahon9979]

I watch it to the end

[@sneyderrodrigoamayarobles7571]

Hola porfavor dónde puedo ver los capítulos con audio en español

[@macozetleri421]

Really exquisite shot mate

[@Hammertime054]

Scripted or not, i loved it👍👍👍😎🇬🇧

[@A5M0D3U5]

I'm the first man in my dad's family that's never been a logger

[@penayin]

Hugely delightful!!

[@SerhatAykut]

This idea blew my mind.

[@shawnkliewer9987]

They destroyed mountains, and habitat, they should be prissoned

[@shawnkliewer9987]

Shelby is the only legit, guy

[@brandonharrington2398]

I watched till the end

[@tvkids9256]

This is engaging work m8

[@zerofox7347]

I used to record it then fwd to Shelbys parts.

[@Uppercut314]

I watched till the END.

[@donaldjohnson8944]

Watched until the end

[@metin2amego]

That's slick and clean mate

[@herseyburdaenesbaran4669]

This is cool work =)

[@Boost_Addict]

WRONG 10 seasons ... You cappin

[@aliassmithandjones9453]

judging from the many mispronounced names it's obvious the narrator of this video never watched the show

[@richardkitko949]

Computer generated narrative.

[@peytonrygaard903]

Well it said rygaard right and before you day how do you know i am a rygaard lol

[@EJ-74]

Dang didn't know about all the deaths 🙏

[@jimmierichards448]

RIP Gabe

[@candytv2715]

I was just wondering the exact same thing!!

[@joemc2529]

That's just a bunch of old footage and a bad robot voice I couldn't take it

[@jamesrobert782]

You left out one, black gold.oil rig drilling in west Texas.

[@barbarabrathwaite5401]

I love to watch the Ax men at work very good shows even though it dangerous work i also love to watch shelby the swamp man

[@dustinperez8633]

Only thing I can say about this show is Logs roll down hill. And I guarantee you every one of them know exactly what I'm talking about!

[@miracsahin5124]

It's admirable not just sublime!

[@evenfingers75]

These kind of shows are simply scripted dramas, just like any other dramas on tv… they contain the word real in “Reality TV” And some people believe it’s real tv.

[@matthewfaulkner4323]

I liked Ax Men. There was always somethin happening. With Ice Road Fuckers, it was "Is the ice gonna break" and it didnt.

[@anthonycaruso3061]

Do any of the riders from the discovery channel live in reality anymore everything they’ve come up with is either a remake of an old show or it’s so certain something so far-fetched that it’s completely stupid! This goes to the discovery channel you’re heading for a short road change your ways get better programming or you’re going down with the rest of the social media and main stream media!

[@FKTHESYSTEM063]

Silviculture is the True Forestry side of things.

[@cilginyusuf4321]

Can’t we all get along.

[@muhammetali5857]

Totally love and adore

[@sacvideolar5840]

Wow love it!

[@redneckwoman59]

I watched it till the end

'I watched till the end'

[@survivormertocalofficialfa6605]

Radiant work you have here.

[@scottlambert2949]

I watched to the end

[@charliecovert576]

I just saw the episode where old man rygard threatened DJ, then hit DJ with a log, I hope DJ sued his ass for threats and an attempt on his life with a log,,the old man is a menace to the people on his crew,,

[@jacobswenson5699]

I tune into this show once every few weeks and every time some one is fighting. Unreasonably scripted.

[@mancsakacarl]

vid starts , guy getting slapped by tree... yeah , fk being a woodman mummy lol.

[@weedeatnogreweo7574]

What about logger Wade