Birdshot Podcast

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.f...

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/a...

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 ch...

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/a...

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/adchoic...

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 meg...

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...

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