Yep, we're still hitting the woods! I know the season is out in most of the country, but Alabama and Mississippi, among a few others, are still going strong with the rut even wide open!

We're still filling tags too! Michael Lee arrowed a nice Alabama buck at Rockbridge Lodge with his dad, Mike Lee, behind the camera and junior Bohnhead, Treb Wetherington, tagged a southern Alabama stud with his dad and show host, Trey Wetherington, running the camera for him!

Talk about more great father and son moments while living the Backwoods Life!

Only a few weeks left, and we're still in the woods!

God bless and good hunting,

The Backwoods Bohnheads!

Michael Lee and Kevin Knighton joined crew members Scott Cooper and Jimbo Yance for a great hunt in south Alabama. Michael started things off with a nice eight point the second afternoon of hunting and then filled another tag the next morning with a jacked up cull buck he was able to get an arrow through.

The afternoon hunted capped off a great trip of hunting when Kevin was able to fill one of his tags with a nice eight point as well.







The guys are off to Kentucky next with CCW Outfitters and then more from the great state of Alabama coming up to close the season off!

Happy Holidays from the Backwoods Life crew as well and we'll check in with you in 2010!

Up a tree,

The Backwoods Life Crew

We've been on the road for weeks now covering as many states as we can in search of the whitetail rut. So far we've had some close encounters with some giant whitetails and even filled a few tags along the way. We've covered Georgia, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, and Ohio so far filling several tags along the way. With a lot of hunting left to come, here are some pics from the past few weeks.










Sorry I can't write more but the rut is wide open! Gotta go!

Sitting in a Family Traditon lock on,

Michael

We've been wide open traveling and hunting all over for far this Fall. We covered the swamps of Florida all the way to the corn fields of Illinois so far and aren't slowing down at all!

We hunted swamp lizards with Mark Land from Muzzy and Bryan Hughes from Backwater Outdoors then with Switchgrass Outfitters and put nine nice gators in the boat!

Then to Illinois with Midwest Whitetail Adventures where we had some great close encounters with some GIANT Midwest bucks.

Most recently we spent some time here on our home turf and tagged a nice Georgia whitetail on video while some other members of the Backwoods crew tagged a stud in Alabama!

Wow, talk about covering some miles and having a great time living the Backwoods Life! More to come!

This week we are heading down to Titusville, Florida to hunt with our good friends of Switchgrass Outfitters. Nothing like bowhunting alligators at night from an air boat! Talk about an adrenaline rush! Kevin and I were lucky enough to fill our tags last year while hunting with Seth and Mike. This year Kevin took his brother Brent down already and he tagged his first gator. Now time to get after the big boys. We’ll be joined by Merrill Sport from the Pursuit Channel as we chase these big swamp lizards and hopefully bring home some fresh gator tail!

Check them out at www.SwitchgrassOutfitters.com

God bless and good hunting,

Michael Lee

It's been a while since we've posted a blog and we apologize for that. Call us lazy, crazy, or both :) Either way we're back in the saddle after a long summer of hitting trade shows and all kinds of other things for the show.

Finally we were able to hunt something! Well, sort of. Kevin Knighton and I hit the waters of Lake Eufaula with Mark Land of Muzzy, Bryan Hughes of Backwater Bowfishing, and our own Backwoods crew member Jeremy Johnson.

Anyone that hasn't been gator hunting before, be ready for an adrenaline rushing experience. Legal hours for Alabama were 8pm until 6am, so you're on the water pretty much all night (since we had 3 tags to fill). As darkness sets in, so do the gators. They hunt mostly as night for an easy meal. We loaded up in Mark's awesome bowfishing boat and headed out.

About midnight, we filled the first tag as Bryan arrowed a 12+ foot monster gator! It took 5 of us doing all we could to get the giant lizard in the boat. With two more tags to fill we had plenty of time to get it done and just before daylight we capped off a great night with two more 8+ foot gators in the boat.

Here's a few pics from the past month of trade shows and the gator hunting!













Now off to catch up on sleep!

Michael Lee
www.BackwoodsLife.com

We get asked a lot of times what we do during the summer. My best answer is get caught up on work! Honestly, we do take a week or two for spending time with the family any getting caught up on things we don't have a lot of free time to do around the house and such. Not to mention making the episodes that have to go to the networks for July - December airing.

We also attend a lot of outdoor shows during the summer, especially in July and August. We get fired up just like everyone else and like to be a these shows to help promote sponsors, outfitters, and to meet all the folks that enjoy what we do.

Here are a few events that we'll be at in the coming weeks:

July 30 - August 2nd: Bowcast At the Bird (Utah)
August 7 - 9: GON Outdoor Blast (Georgia)
August 14 - 16: Buckmasters Expo (Alabama)

And we have more to come after that but then it's time to hunt!

We'll post some pictures and maybe a video or two from our adventures on the road just living the Backwoods Life!

Don't forget to watch us on Mondays at 5:30pm and Tuesdays at 10:00pm EST on Pursuit Channel as well as listen to Backwoods Life Radio on Wednesdays at 6:00pm EST (www.BackwoodsRadio.com)

East bound and down,

Michael, Trey, and Kevin