Birdshot Podcast

A closer look at the vintage shotgun restoration process with Doug Turnbull of Turnbull Restoration Co. LISTEN on | Apple Podcast | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher Doug Turnbull has been in the gun business for decades. His shop specializes in restoring classic American firearms. From muzzle to buttstock, they can reproduce accurate and… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look into breeding and developing wild bird dogs with Jerry Kolter of Northwoods Bird Dogs. LISTEN on | Apple Podcast | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher You shouldn’t have to be a great dog trainer to have a good bird dog, but you do need to have access to birds, wild birds in… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wingshooting course instructor Keith Coyle joins the show to talk about his recently launched virtual courses, Only Perfect Practice Makes Perfect. LISTEN on | Apple Podcast | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher Former guest of the Project Upland Podcast (Episode #28), Keith Coyle recently launched a series of virtual courses, Only Perfect Practice Makes… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host of the UpChukar Podcast joins the show to talk bird dogs and chukar chasing. Host and creator of the UpChukar Podcast, Travis Warren joins the show to talk about his recent addition to the Project Upland Listen collective. Travis was a previous guest of the Project Upland Podcast on episode #30. For me, it… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crowd-sourced shotgun design with Project Upland and CZ-USA LISTEN on | Apple Podcast | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher If you’re anything like us at Project Upland, you’ve likely pondered what it would be like to acquire your dream upland bird gun, or better yet, design it from the ground up. Well with the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Training and developing wild bird dogs in the western states with Ryan Mulcahy of Born To Run Kennels LISTEN on | Apple Podcast | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher A calm mind and a clear mind going into a situation goes a long way. Ryan Mulcahy – Born To Run Kennels Ryan Mulcahy, owner… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Puppy talk, grouse hunting and October day dreaming with Kellen Crow. Michigan native, grouse hunter and expectant puppy owner Kellen Crow joins the show to discuss expectations for summer training and the fall hunting season. With puppies on the way this summer for both of us, Kellen and I discuss the ups and downs of… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

D.C. Whitman Custom Gunsmithing joins us on Instagram live to answer your questions regarding shotgun fit, function, care and repair. Del Whitman of D.C. Whitman Custom Gunsmithing joined us on Instagram live to catch up and answer viewer questions regarding their shotguns. We learn about color case hardening, bespoke pump guns and shotgun cleaning techniques.… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrating 100 episodes of the Project Upland Podcast, we reflect on the 99 episodes that have made the podcast what it is today. On this special edition of the Project Upland Podcast, we take some time to look back on the first 99 episodes of the podcast. We highlight ten segments from ten different episodes… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussing the birds that have helped define his life with Tim Flanigan on the Project Upland Podcast. Joined by Tim Flanigan, we discuss his recently released book, Grouse & Woodcock: The Birds of My Life. Equal parts work of art and treasure trove of knowledge, Tim’s stunning photography paired with his extensive experience pursuing and… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chasing Chukar with the Chukar Chasers on the Project Upland Podcast. Joined by Alec Garcia and Damon Booth of Chukar Chasers, we discuss the Nevada chukar hunting captured in the latest Project Upland original film, Chukar Chasers. Born out of passion for the pursuit and respect for the chase, Chukar Chasers has developed into more… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking upland hunting vest design and a new product release with Hunt Redi. Joined by Heath Seiner and Jerrod Stewart of Hunt Redi, we discuss the story of how a couple of inspired upland bird hunters decided to design an upland vest to suit their needs in the field. Ultimately they developed a modular platform… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation about wingshooting, wildlife biology and three women that share a passion for both. In a long overdue episode of the Project Upland Podcast we are joined by our friends Meadow Kouffeld, Bailey Petersen and Heather Shaw. The three wildlife biologists and wingshooters possess a wealth of knowledge when it comes to understanding upland… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking southeastern grouse hunting and Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. John Culclasure is the southeastern states assistant director for Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF). He’s also an upland bird hunter, a setter guy and holds degrees in law and forestry. Naturally, John found his way into a position that allows him to draw on his education and his… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking public lands, upland birds and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. In our second of two podcasts recorded while at Pheasant Fest in Minneapolis, we sat down with Jason Meekhof, Matthew Lee and Mike Neiduski. All representatives of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) in one way or another. Our conversation focused heavily on public lands, the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking ruffed grouse, timberdoodles and timber markets with the Ruffed Grouse Society. During a recent trip to Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin for a Wildlife Society meeting we caught up with some friends from the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society (RGS/AWS) after an all day symposium focused on ruffed grouse. So the idea is working… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever and CZ-USA shotguns with Matt Hardinge and Zach Hein. Fresh off our trip to Pheasant Fest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the next couple episodes of the Project Upland Podcast will feature conversation that occurred during our time there. On this episode we talk with Matt Hardinge of Pheasants Forever as well… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking shotguns with Wes Lang and Giorgio Guerini. We’re always making our guns better. The last thing on the table that we discuss is cost. We start with the premise of what makes the gun better first. Wes Lang – President, Caesar Guerini USA With a name like Caesar Guerini, one might mistakenly assume that… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exploring field trials, bird dogs and The Gun Dog Notebook Podcast with Durrell Smith. I want him to get out there and stay out there. If I can get him over 250 yards consistently in front of the horse. At that point in time it’s between God, the birds and the dog, I’ve got nothing… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wyoming upland hunting and traveling wingshooting with Garhart Stephenson. Wyoming upland hunting, unconventional bird dogs and vintage side-by-side shotguns are just a few things that Garhart Stephenson enjoys, however they happen to be some of his very favorite. The Wyoming resident joins me on this episode of the Project Upland Podcast. God took pity on… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reviewing 2019 and looking ahead to 2020 on the Project Upland Podcast. The final hours and minutes of 2019 are ticking away and with it comes the airing of the final 2019 episode of the Project Upland Podcast. 2019 brought with it a slate of new shows, guests, and destinations for the podcast and we… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exploring New Jersey upland hunting and Griffin & Howe on the Project Upland Podcast. Joel Penkala was raised on New Jersey upland hunting. While perhaps not the first state that comes to mind when you think of a multi-species upland bird hunt, Joel draws on his past and that of his father to tell the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Dive Into the World of the Gordon Setter and Grouse Hunting For over 40 years, Stephen Faust has pursued upland bird hunting and the training of bird dogs with a passion. His passion and excitement are clear as day in any conversation with him including this episode of the Project Upland Podcast. Stephen recently… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dive into the world of forest conservation, ruffed grouse, and woodcock with the Ruffed Grouse Society. On a cold November day, the Project Upland Podcast traveled to Northern Wisconsin to spend some time afield with a pair of wildlife and ruffed grouse habitat professionals from the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society. Joined by… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In September, the Project Upland Podcast traveled to North Dakota during the course of filming one leg of the upcoming feature film, Public Grouse. After a few days spent walking the prairie in search of public land sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge, we sat down with our host, Tyler Webster of the Birds Booze and… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Interview with NAVHDA President Dave Trahan David Trahan is a New Hampshire native and owner of On-Point Kennels in Deerfield, New Hampshire. He has harnessed his passion for bird dogs by becoming a professional gun dog trainer and eventually breeder of Deutsch Kurzhaars. Trahan is also the current president of the North American Versatile… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking bird dog training, the American Brittany, and the NAVHDA Invitational Rick Affuso is a New York native whose passion in life above all is the Brittany which he joins the Project Upland Podcast to chat with us about. With his office and home wallpapered with American Brittany paraphernalia and the awards his dogs have… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Cronkhite, founder and owner of Dakota 283 Kennels joins the Project Upland Podcast to talk all things upland hunting and bird dogs. Growing up a dogless bird hunter like myself, Greg and I have more in common than we even realized–including one of our favorite hockey teams. Greg’s background in bird hunting eventually found… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So we were beginning to ask the question about quail habitat, we’re doing the best that we can to manage quail on these traditional sites, and then by accident essentially, on these grassland areas that are being managed with fire and grazing, quail are doing quite well. Perhaps what we’ve been doing is not the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered what parallels there might be between shooting clay targets and wingshooting upland birds? Do you shoot sporting clays, trap or skeet in the off-season? Ever wonder what a world class shooter thinks about when he or she is hunting upland birds? It’s time to explore those ideas, wingshooting and more with… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“As you get into the second and third week of October, you need to start looking for dense shrub components that could be the under-story of a canopy . . . a lot of younger cuts don’t have it.” Ann Jandernoa – Northwind Enterprises Where are the best places to look for grouse during midday… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know if your shotgun fits you? Do you know how to decipher the common measurements and dimensions of your shotgun? Joined by Del Whitman of D.C. Whitman Custom Gunsmithing, we discuss basic and advanced gun fitting concepts. Del walks us through the gun fit process and compares and contrasts the fit of my… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What flushing dogs and pointing breeds do you recommend? How does one decipher the pedigree of a hunting dog? Can you walk me through your process for training steadiness? Squeaky toys, yay or nay? What are the toughest things about running a kennel? What is the best way to get my pup excited about retrieving?… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Get to know the habitat where sharptails exist here in Wisconsin because it’s very unique . . . this is about more than sharp-tailed grouse. These barrens habitats in Wisconsin are of global significance.” | Mark Witecha – Wisconsin DNR Although the sharp-tailed grouse may not be the first grouse species that comes to mind… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We always have an eye on the end game which is to have a grouse dog that wants to be with you, listens and complies when given a command, and attacks the cover with gusto in search of birds.” | Craig Doherty – Wild Apple Kennel In his latest book Building A Grouse Dog, Craig… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forester, conservationist, and upland hunter, Kevin Sheppard of the American Bird Conservancy lives and breathes a conservation lifestyle. While many of us upland hunters are conservation-minded and do our best to appreciate what is necessary to sustain habitat and wildlife, there are those who take it a step further. Kevin Sheppard, Golden-winged Warbler Private Lands… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long before there was Project Upland, there was Bird Dogs Afield. Today the upland hunting scene is rich and ever-expanding with quality bird hunting and bird dog content. A mosaic, if you will, of different perspectives and different characters, all of which help to make up a small part of the upland hunting community as… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could this latest iteration of Fox shotguns live up to the name of the A.H. Fox Company? When Savage Arms released the Fox A Grade in 2017 they released a gun from a long line of guns that some might argue was broken a long time ago. Still, the new gun bears the Fox name… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sharp tailed grouse once inhabited the mountain valley ranges of western Montana. Today it does not, but that could change in the near future. Thanks to recent forensic findings, the reintroduction of sharp-tailed grouse to western Montana has become a much more realistic possibility, and Ben Deeble, of the Big Sky Upland Bird Association… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get an inside look at the future of the Ruffed Grouse Society with the new President and CEO Ben Jones. How well do you know the leader of the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society? Ben Jones, President and CEO of the Ruffed Grouse Society, joins the Project Upland Podcast to tell his story… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A jump-off point to some of the finest upland bird hunting in Wyoming, Lander was recently the epicenter of bird hunting enthusiasm as it played host to the inaugural Films of the Feathered event. The Project Upland Podcast heads to Lander Wyoming and meets up with the Wyoming Wildlife Federation (WWF). Joined by Sam Stein,… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What might you learn from an 86-year-old upland bird hunting icon? Tune in to find out! Ben Williams is a revered bird hunting author, columnist and photographer. His writing and photography have been featured in countless publications for decades. Ben is about as knowledgeable as they come on upland bird hunting. A Montana resident for… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Kendall Jr. of QuailSafe shares his experience with the bobwhite quail and brings us up to speed on what we know about this threat and what individuals and organizations are doing about it. How could a native bird so adept at survival fall into peril so quickly? Wild fluctuations and severe drops in overall… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We explore the world of shot shell technology and more with Federal Ammunition on this episode of the Project Upland Podcast. Do you know how gauge, velocity and shot size affect your shotgun’s patterning efficiency? What about how manufacturers test for pattern efficiency and develop new shotshell loads? Joined by Ryan Bronson (director of conservation… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by Andy Duffy, champion competitive shooter and world renowned shooting instructor, we discuss the mechanics of and necessary components to better shooting. Want to improve your wingshooting? Can you answer these questions: How important is gun fit, really? What role does your vision play in the shooting process? How can you program your subconscious… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learning to use an e-collar to train your bird dog? This is a must listen before you get started. How well do you truly know how to use remote training collars? How to select the correct stimulation level, for example? What about when to use stimulation and when not to? Better yet, do you actually… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From quail and pheasant in Kansas, all the way to chukar and Hungarian partridge in Montana, Morgan Mason walks us through his journey to becoming an upland bird hunter and an associate editor at MeatEater, Inc. From the GSPs of his younger days to his now 1-year-old wirehaired pointing griffon, Morgan shares with us the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Bird Dogs For Habitat campaign challenges upland hunters to cast a vote and make a donation on behalf of their favorite bird dog breed. What’s your favorite bird dog breed? All tax-deductible donations support Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s wildlife habitat conservation mission – and the places where bird dogs… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dustin is a veterinarian, upland bird hunter and passionate educator when it comes to field first aid for our bird dogs. Do you know what to do if your dog gets cut on a barbed-wire fence? What if your dog is showing signs of hypoglycemia, hypothermia or overheating? These are just a couple of the… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to setters, Kyle Warren, owner of Paint River Llewellins, has loads to share. Do you know the difference between a Llewellin setter and an English setter? Or the difference between a tracking dog and a true dog? He’s been training dogs and hunting upland birds for decades. Through his breeding program he… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices