In the Wild With "Lone Target" and "Bigfoot Bounty" It's time once again to ponder that age-old philosophical question: Do sasquatches have access to televisions? Because if they do, and they channel surf their way to a new Discovery show called "Lone Target," no one is going to win the $10 million. Spike TV Stacy Brown in the Northwest woods seeking his prey on "10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty," a show about sasquatch hunting coming to Spike on Friday. A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York region, selected by Times critics. But let's back up. Though it's early, the TV trend of 2014 apparently is going to be reality shows about people hunting things, including other people. On Jan. 1, Discovery introduced the moderately interesting "Lone Target," a series in which a hardy fellow named Joel Lambert is dropped into rugged spots around the globe and pursued by expert trackers: an anti-poaching unit in South Africa, a drug squad in Arizona, and so on. And, on Friday, Spike brings us "10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty," a competition series in which nine teams try to produce definitive proof that sasquatches exist, with the jackpot of the title as incentive. First, kudos to Spike for this public service. It would be worth $10 million to clear the airwaves of all the inane bigfoot-searching shows out there. Presumably, they'll disappear as soon as someone actually finds a bigfoot. The problem is that on "Lone Target," Mr. Lambert, who is identified as a former member of the Navy SEALs, is giving all sorts of tips on how to avoid detection and capture. Sasquatches are already elusive enough, thank you; now, assuming that they have satellite TV, we'll never find the danged things. In the "Lone Target" premiere, for example, Mr. Lambert was in a game reserve in South Africa, trying to reach a designated extraction point before being caught by an International Anti-Poaching Foundation team. He demonstrated how to use an expanse of rock to confuse pursuers following his trail through the bush, not to mention how to start a diversionary fire. Video by Discovery In Episode 2, on Wednesday night, while being chased by an Army unit in Arizona through an area used by drug smugglers and border crossers, he explains the thinking behind a booby trap he rigs, using a flash grenade. "In a real-world scenario, I'd be wanting to wound somebody, not kill," he says, "so I take him out of the game, I take the guy who has to take care of him medically, I take the guy who has to carry all of his gear out of the game. By wounding one, I've taken three players out. We do not, of course, know what kind of pursuit-thwarting weapons and supplies sasquatches carry, but we certainly don't want them schooled in how to use them with maximum efficiency. Happily, however, "Lone Target" is an old-school show in which the tracking mostly involves footprints and such. In the "Bigfoot Bounty" series, although the competing teams are invited to bring in an actual sasquatch, they will also be able to make their case with DNA evidence. Publicity for the show promises that a "state-of-the-art mobile DNA lab" will be available. By all accounts, sasquatches are rather hairy beasts, so it shouldn't be difficult to find a clump of fur in the prickly underbrush. Just watch out for the trip wire leading to the flash grenade.