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The first week of the 2010 spring turkey season has been like no other for the Backwoods Life crew.  Things kicked off in Georgia and spread all the way to Texas in a matter of days with tags being filled all along the way.  Michael Lee, Kevin Knighton, and Trey Wetherington started things off in Georgia for the state Ducks Unlimited Turkey hunt.  With only two days to hunt there, the guys knew they had to go for broke the entire time.  With several encounters over the two days, Trey was finally able to help DU hunt winner, Mr. Dan, to connect on a GA long beard.  Ironically it was the same bird that Michael and Trey almost called in for Mr. Dan on the previous day.

Stop two was with the crowd at the annual Country Goes Huntin' event in southwest Georgia.  Michael was paired up with country legend Aaron Tippin and helped Aaron tag a nice long beard on camera during the two day hunt.  Kevin also helped country star Rhett Akins tag a stud Georgia gobbler.  Kevin also spent time hunting with country newcomer Josh Thompson during the hunt.  The guys made new friends and left with some great video for the 2011 episodes.

Next, Trey, Kevin, Jeremy Johnson, and others headed to the lone star state of Texas to hit the woods after some Rio Grande turkeys.  It didn't take long for the guys to fill some tags as Jeremy dropped two gobblers in one shot on the first morning while Trey and his son Treb also both tagged a nice tom on the first day.  After a couple swings and misses with his bow, Kevin tagged himself a Rio on the last morning to complete his grand slam.

While part of the team was in Texas, Michael, his wife Beth Lee, and father Mike Lee joined Zach Thwaite in Georgia for some more gobbler chasin'.  Mike dropped a GA bird on the first afternoon as Beth tagged her first gobbler on the first morning as a stud long beard came to the Jake Intimidator decoy for a shot.  Mike then smoked another gobbler on the second afternoon and Michael finished things up with filling one of his tags on the last morning of the hunt with a nice gobbler as well.


Talk about a strong start to the spring!  The guys are heading to Florida next for the annual Rollin' for Gobblers turkey hunt for disabled kids.  There will for sure be more good times, memories made, and hopefully tags filled in the days to come!

God bless and good hunting,

The Backwoods Life crew!

When many people think of the South and the outdoors, different things pop in their heads. You think of whitetail deer, wild turkey, maybe even a lake, pond, or even a beach or two. When I think of the South, the first things that come to mind are giant, open pine trees filled with wire grass and other thick cover that has always been native to the Georgia. The next thing that I think of are coveys of quail, top notch bird dogs on point, and the fellowship involved in a good ol’ southern style quail hunt. This past Friday, my fellow show hosts, Kevin, Trey, and I had the privileged of traveling to Shadow Oak Plantation and spending the day in the woods with our friends from Johnson Distributing, Mr. Joe and Lynn Johnson.

We arrived a bit before 9AM where we were greeted by our guide, Caleb. The morning was cool and crisp as the sun began to rise over the pines and warm the 30 degree temperatures. It was a perfect day to be in the woods.

We were glad to be able to document the hunt with some great photos from our Nikon cameras throughout the day, one that will for sure be in our memories for a long time to come.

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!