The Boonies

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.

Having just discovered this program, I am truly enjoying a window into those featured persons lives! I get the impression that they are truly down to earth and are genuinely good people! I'd love to hang out with any one of them! Especially, because they don't kill anything as a trophy, they consume their hunted animals. Can only respect that! It's an awesome show! I only dream of living off the land!

Watched The Boonies the other night on NatGeo and was pleasantly surprised, though I probably shouldn't have been being that it is a National Geographic production. The photography and the scenery were simply beautiful.

The series follows the lives of four people who live off the grid and away from society in general. Bear Claw lives the life of a mountain nomad in northern Idaho. Dan Burton and his family live on an island in the middle of Lake Michigan. Doc and Jeannie Leverett live in north-eastern Washington State above the ground in a tree house. And Joe Ray lives in the underground caves in northern Arkansas. Each of the parties, unique in their own way, weave a story of true American spirit and survival against the odds.

The first episode established the living arrangements and a brief back story for each of the series' regulars, setting the stage for the development of an interesting and exciting storyline.

Looking forward to following the series to see how successful these folks are living off, under, above and beyond the grid!

So far this show is awesome after 4 episodes! I believe you can learn a bunch after watching this show.

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.