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In the gripping episode Pucket's New Year, we meet Ira Puckett, a proud buffalo hunter who finds himself at the mercy of a brutal blizzard. Left behind by his skinner, Jed Larner, Puckett suffers severe frostbite, resulting in the amputation of his foot by Doc. This traumatic event leaves him feeling less than a man, igniting a dangerous desire for revenge against Larner and a misguided plan to rob a bank to reclaim his lost pride.
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