TalkHunting Staff Writer Joey "Bogo" Bogus started hunting as soon as he was able to put on his on boots. He started tagging along with his dad hunting squirrels and rabbits at the age of 6 with a .410 single shot shot gun, that he still has now 24 years later. He was introduced to hunting whitetail deer as a teenager and he has been hunting and studying them ever since. He gradually worked his way up to what is now his passion......Bow hunting whitetails. In the past five years he has picked up his second passion turkey hunting. But when the seasons don't allow him bow hunt whitetails or chase long beards he is back to his roots, of hunting squirrels with his Jack Russel's that he and his dad still raise and train themselves.

Joey has been hunting gritters in the hills and swamps of North Alabama and Southern Tennessee for 25 years. Although he has just started hunting turkey in Alabama and Tennessee in the past 5 years he has already called in a number of gobblers for fellow hunters and him self. He plans to head to South Alabama and to Missouri this spring to try his luck in new territory.

When Joey can not be in the woods he enjoys traveling with his wife Laura were ever the road takes them. He also enjoys camping, fishing, spending time with friends and training his squirrel dogs with his dad. "pretty much anything outside and he is there". Joey and his wife are also HUGE Alabama Crimson Tide Football fans. They enjoy going to the games and cheering on the Tide. Joey is a active member of the NRA and the NWTF. He also volunteers to teach the hunter safety course and takes children hunting through out the hunting season. But when it comes to reality Joey is the General Mananger for Crystal Mountain Water in the Birmingham Region.