The Boonies

I've had a real calling to move to the mountains and I have. I don't live totally off the grid as you can see I have the internet but much like Doc and Jeanny My wife and I live in a Forest on our own piece of Heaven. We have chickens and goats right now & looking to get some pigs "maybe". The altitude we live at is around 7500'. I get some of my best ideas from this show and Live Free or Die. Living away from society has not been a burden at all. Please bring this show back it is Great!

I see a lot of reviews here saying this is boring and "lame" television. however, joe's story is unlike any other. i've never heard of anyone in the modern day living in a cave, of all things. and it's really fascinating how he lives. it's worth the watch for him alone, as well as bear claw. he's living an authentic 1800s pioneer lifestyle, and i most definitely think it's true. for a look into off the grid living and survival, this is the series to watch. it's short, i really want there to be another season- whether it revisits the previous boonie dwellers, or all new ones!

This is an entertaining show. But literally the only reason I'm leaving this review is to ask/exclaim: Why do these people seem to think they own the land that they occupy?! No one is "trespassing" due to the fact that YOU DO NOT OWN THIS LAND. Merely using and occupying an area does not make it yours. That's one of the differences in living off of the grid and participating in the rat race. If you want to be able to keep "trespassers" away, you'll need to purchase that land buddy. That is all.

Disregard all the armchair survival experts who are slamming this program. It never claimed to be an educational program on how to survive in the wilderness.

Like almost every other program on TV, it's entertainment, and it does a dang good job of it. Watch it, if this is your kind of thing, you'll enjoy getting to know the interesting characters who you'd expect to be living in The Boonies.

If they are just eating what the kill and find, how come they are not skinny? In fact, one of them is rather hefty. If all I had to eat was veggies and meat, I'd be a size two. So, I'm not buying it. A lot of it is just to far fetch. It doesn't look like anyone is hungry, have problems feeding themselves and their animals. I assume none of them go to the hospital. The only one I can believe is the guy with the boat. I get that. Anyway, it is fun to watch but just not believable.