BEST WILD TURKEY RECIPE EVER?
THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDPA’S SMOKED TURKEY… Smoked wild turkey never looked like this. In this video, I take a wild turkey from the woods to the smoker and use a crazy, non‑conventional seasoning trick that’ll have you saying, “What in the world did he just put on that turkey?”
Florida turkey season was wild in 2026 as Kevin Knighton and the Backwoods Life family stacked up four hard-gobbling Osceolas in just a couple of days.
Rio turkey hunting got wild in Texas! Michael Lee and Jordan Brake headed West to turkey hunt with Jason Jeffrey and visit Harrell’s Whitetail Ranch near Austin, Texas. Rio turkey hunting is always fun as these gobblers stayed fired up all day long! Nothing like spring in the mesquite hills of Texas.
Florida Afternoon Gobbler Comes In Close: Mike Lee Sr. is turkey hunting in Florida with Jeremy Noegel of Xtreme Osceolas and Backwoods Life host Michael Lee. An afternoon gobbler gets fired up and comes in CLOSE! But is it too close??
There’s a reason we keep coming back to Florida every spring — and this hunt is exactly it. Michael Lee heads to Florida on opening day of turkey season with good friend Jeremy Noegel of Xtreme Osceolas.
Michael Lee and Jeremy Noegel of Xtreme Osceolas drop in on fired-up Osceola gobblers on opening day of North Florida’s spring turkey season — and these birds do not disappoint.
From thundering gobbles at first light to heart-pounding 10-yard encounters, these are our TOP TEN turkey hunts of the 2025 season — and every single one will get your blood pumping for Spring 2026!
KENTUCKY SHOW OFF: Michael Lee hits the woods of Kentucky with Ryan Whitaker to hunt at 3S Outfitters for some spring turkey hunting to fill his second Kentucky tag of the season on a stud gobbler. This long beard comes in and puts on a show right off the roost for the guys!
Backwoods Life’s Michael Lee is hunting in South Dakota with 2B Outdoors hoping to fill the 100th turkey tag of his life and complete another single season Grand Slam! This one gets wild as these Merriam’s gobblers get CLOSE!
Spring turkey hunting action as we call in a pair of fired-up gobblers into close range during the spring turkey season. Spring turkey season is finally here, and this hunt with Kevin and Kyler Knighton turns into an unforgettable encounter with a fired-up gobbler! After locating a couple of birds that are ready to play the game, we set up and work them with some calling until they finally commit and come into range. If you love spring turkey hunting, calling gobblers, and real hunting action, this is a hunt you don’t want to miss. Watch as the strategy, patience, and perfect setup all come together in the turkey woods.