Birdshot Podcast

Author Doug Stewart returns to the show for listener Q & A on side by side shotguns and upland bird hunting. Show Highlights: R.F.M. Shotguns How heavy should my upland gun be? New guns versus vintage guns? Thoughts on instinctive wingshooting What’s the appeal for side by side shotguns? Read | dougstewartauthor.com Listen | Doug Stewart on the Birdshot Podcast episodes #39, #149 and #202 Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with chukar hunter Jordan Wilcher about bird dogs and the legs feeding the wolf for upland hunters. Show Highlights: Shooting pointed birds versus bumped or ripped birds More regarding a pointing dog’s first season The legs feed the wolf Strength, mobility and endurance Do cardio you enjoy! Follow | @thekidmule and @humanpredatorpackmule Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by Jimmy Lewis, of X Overland, in part two of our conversation we dive deeper into the vehicle and gear specific setups useful in overlanding adventures. Show Highlights: But wait, I don’t have a Toyota Land Cruiser! Overlanding essentials Truck or SUV? Campers, rooftop tents and more Solar panels, heat sources and cooking setups Follow | @jlewmt and @xoverland Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by Jimmy Lewis of X Overland, we set the stage for a conversation about overlanding rigs and upland truck setups. Show Highlights: Jimmy’s western migration and upland origins X Overland Embracing winter conditions Blue grouse cast and blast What is overlanding? Follow | @jlewmt and @xoverland Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by regional rep for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, David Gutierrez, we discuss upland hunting the southwest, Pheasant Fest 2023 and more. Show Highlights: David’s intro to upland birds and bird dogs Hunting quail and chukar in the southwest and west Bird dog breed variety is the spice of life! National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic 2023 Bird Dog Trauma Training Follow | @pheasants_forever Contact | [email protected] Become a Patreon Supporter | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethan Pippitt of Standing Stone Kennels joins the show to discuss raising, developing and training bird dogs. Show Highlights: Ethan’s intro to upland birds and bird dogs Fur trading rendezvous and muzzle loading shotgunning Developing bird dogs amidst everyday life Should I bring my dog to Pheasant Fest? Developing a calm disposition in your bird dog Follow | @standingstonekennels Watch | Standing Stone Kennels Shop | Standing Stone Supply Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy Schultz joins the show to share his thoughts on upland bird hunting, bird dogs, shotguns and more. Show Highlights: Randy’s intro upland birds and bird dogs National Shoot To Retrieve Association (NSTRA) A new shotgun from Upland Gun Company A shared liking of the LL Bean Scotch Plaid Flannel Shirt Thoughts on the 28-gauge Watch | A Bird Hunter’s Thoughts Read | Endless October and Endless October Season 2 Listen | A Bird Hunter’s Thoughts Podcast Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bird hunter and photographer, Rich Wong, joins the show to talk about hunting with his new pup, his season recap and more. Show Highlights: Hockey talk… How Rich got into photography (more hockey talk) Introducing Rich’s new pup, Trigger The 2022 upland season Differences training and developing bird dog #1 versus #2 Follow | @wisc_me_nord Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Lessard, creator of the Under Forty Yards YouTube channel joins the show to talk about forest and prairie grouse hunting along with filming his hunts. Show Highlights: Dave’s upland origin story Partridge hunting roots Learning how to hunt prairie birds The Under Forty Yards channel Tips and tricks for filming your hunts Follow | @underfortyyards Watch | Under Forty Yards on YouTube Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Martin aka the Iowa Bird Chaser joins the show to talk about pheasant hunting and his mission to bag a rooster in all 99 counties in Iowa. Show Highlights: Who is the Iowa Bird Chaser? The mission to bag a rooster in 99 counties The highs and lows of upland bird hunting E-scouting with onX Hunt for pheasant hunting Identifying pheasant cover essentials Follow | @iowa_birdchaser Watch | Iowa Bird Chaser on YouTube Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author of The Traditional Side by Side Part 1 and 2, Doug Stewart joins the show to talk side by side shotguns and answer listener questions Show Highlights: A brief spotlight on Parker shotguns What is good balance in a side by side shotgun? What’s the deal with different SxS ribs? How can I shoot double triggers? What about chokes? Listen | Doug Stewart on the Birdshot Podcast episodes #39 and #149 Read | The Traditional Side by Side Part 1 and 2 Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Highlights: Know where you stand with onX Hunt Final Rise Vests Upland Gun Company Venus side by side from R.F.M. Winchester AA Garmin Alpha and Fenix First Lite Sawbucks and more Ranger Phantom 2.0 Gumleaf USA Vikings Crispi Laponia II Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pro trainer and co-producer of the Upland Institute video series, Justin McGrail, joins the show for listener Q & A part 2. Show Highlights: What to do about ticks? Should I hunt rabbits or hares with my bird dog? Thoughts on bark collars Pointing dogs creeping in and bumping birds Get a bird dog and never buy chicken again! Train with Justin | Upland Institute Listen | #151 - Bird Dog Training and the Upland Institute with Justin McGrail Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pro trainer and co-producer of the Upland Institute video series, Justin McGrail, joins the show for listener Q & A. Show Highlights: Justin’s season recap so far What Justin looks for in early bird dog development and natural ability When a dog hunts for itself versus hunting for the hunter What to do when the desire to chase outweighs the desire to point… My dog won’t retrieve dead birds? Train with Justin | Upland Institute Listen | #151 - Bird Dog Training and the Upland Institute with Justin McGrail Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Highlights: Weathercast - late season transition An out of state trip and November grouse hunting Digital hearing protection Grouse and woodcock overlap To hunt the trails or not…? Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Sheley, gun shop manager at the Corner Store in Backus Minnesota joins the show to recap a trip to Alaska and talk about prairie upland birds. Show Highlights: Dave’s beginnings in the outdoors Hunting Hungarian partridge, sage grouse and sharp-tailed grouse A friend of Ben O’Williams An upland hunting trip to Alaska Double guns with Dave Follow | @dsheley63 Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Adair of the Gun Dog It Yourself Podcast and Andrew Maxwell and Jacob Myers of the Southern Outdoorsmen Podcast join the show to recap a few days of bird hunting in the Wisconsin northwoods. Show Highlights: Is it “sowna” or “sahna” ?! Does the ruffed grouse live up to the hype? Andrew and Jacob’s first ruffed grouse! The Wisconsin northwoods Hunt stories and high fives Listen | Gun Dog It Yourself Podcast Listen | The Southern Outdoorsmen Podcast Follow | @gundogityourself and @thesouthern_outdoorsmen Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fritz Heller joins the show to celebrate the best time of year and share some of his thoughts and insights on grouse hunting. Show Highlights: A life changing purchase recommendation from Fritz 2021 recap and 2022 grouse season lead-up An unusually slow start to the year Identifying and hunting patterns Grouse hunting Q & A Watch | “Flushing Grouse” with Fritz Heller Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show Highlights: Pineridge Grouse Camp trip winner John Prescott John’s bird dogs and upland pursuits My first shot with a Dickson Round Action Getting shots off in the grouse woods Soil type and its impacts on vegetation and bird distribution Watch | Woodcock Hunting with Gordon Setters Hunt with Stephen | stoneybrookgordonsetters.com Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener Brady Martin joins the show for a grouse and woodcock hunting question and answer session with the host. Show Highlights: E-scouting with onX hunt and how it translates to “boots on the ground” Woodcock and ruffed grouse habitat overlap What the heck is hazel brush? Should you walk trails or bust brush? What kinds of edges should I focus on? Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Ausman joins the show on his way to the World Skeet Championship to talk about bird hunting with his spaniels and competition skeet shooting. Show Highlights: How many Basset hounds to a pack? Running rabbits and scent theory Ron’s first bird dog, Robbie the wonder dog! 100,000 registered skeet targets Skeet World Championship WATCH | Re-loading .410 shells with Ron Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ted Sommer joins the show to recap and reflect on our annual September prairie hunting trip for sharp-tailed grouse. Show Highlights: Ted’s opening day in the ruffed grouse woods Sharp-tailed grouse cover and what we saw this year Hunting the topography Shooting slumps Pointing on the edge of the world Instagram | @ted.the.surveyor Episode #119 | DIY Trip Planning and Sharp-tailed Grouse Hunting with Ted Sommer Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ann Jandernoa joins the show for our 6th annual preseason grouse and woodcock habitat and hunting conversation. Show Highlights: Ann’s weather and conditional observations Listener Q & A Comparing and contrasting sand and clay soils What are the grouse eating? What’s the deal with hazel brush? What does escape cover look like Ann’s resource list for additional reading and analysis: The Ruffed Grouse, its Life Story, Ecology and Management - Edminster The Ruffed Grouse Life History, Propagation and Management Bump, Garner, Darrow, Edminster, Crissey Grouse of the North Shore - Gordon Gullion Appalachian Region Study of the Ruffed grouse population ecology Precipitation Analysis Binge listen to Ann on grouse and woodcock: 2017 - Episode #7 2018 - Episode #42 2019 - Episode #76 2020 - Episode #115 2021 - Episode #150 MAP | with Scout N Hunt Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim McCann, author of Upland Hunting in Alaska, joins the show to talk about his Alaskan adventures including plenty of sharp-tailed grouse hunting. Show Highlights: Jim’s 2018 appearance on the podcast When Jim blew out his knee hunting grouse in New York… Shotguns for upland hunting and the irrelevance of gauge? Sharp-tailed grouse hunting and habitat in Alaska Can you still find a copy of Jim’s book? READ | Upland Hunting in Alaska - Jim McCann SHOP | Birdshot Podcast Store (Limited time until September 12th) Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Wayment, author of Idaho Upland Days, joins the show to talk about Idaho upland hunting and share a bonus sharptail grouse focused reading list. Show Highlights: Upland hunting in Idaho Early season blue grouse tips and tactics Sharp-tailed grouse hunting and habitat Hungarian Partridge “birds of the void” Andy’s sharp-tailed grouse reading list: Randy Schultz, Endless October Ben O. Williams, Western Wings Dan Holland, Upland Game Hunter's Bible Tom Huggler, Grouse of North America Jim Fergus, A Hunter's Road George Bird Grinnell, American Game Bird Shooting Robert Holthouser, A High Lonesome Call Charley Waterman, Hunting Upland Birds John Holt, Kicking Up Trouble Ted Nelson Lundrigan, A Bird in Hand H.L. Betten, Upland Game Shooting Ray P. Holland, Scattergunning Dave Books, Wing Beats & Heartbeats John Barsness, Western Skies E. Donnall Thomas, Fool Hen Blues Worth Matheson, Best Birds Upland and Shore E Donnall Thomas, To All Things a Season Jim McCann, Upland Hunting in Alaska READ | Idaho Upland Days SHOP | Birdshot Podcast Store (Limited time until September 12th) Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Berkley aka @northern_forest_gundogs joins the show to talk about life on the prairie and his plans for a season-long upland adventure this fall. Show Highlights: First dogs and upland origins in Michigan Truck Life - Upland Style Grouse and woodcock hunting A poor attempt at prairie vegetation identification - snowberry Scouting for sharptails and Hungarian partridge FOLLOW | @northern_forest_gundogs SUBSCRIBE | Northern Forest Gun Dogs WATCH | Bird Talk with Cliff Enzor and Justin Berkley Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices