Birdshot Podcast

Ben Brettingen of onX Hunt joins the show to talk bird dogs, scouting for sharptails, onX Hunt updates and more. Show Highlights: Favorite month in Minnesota? A new English setter pup… Cover dogs and cover dog trials onX Hunt updates Scouting for sharptails and huns WATCH | How To Find Sharp-tailed Grouse & Hungarian Partridge - onX Hunt FOLLOW | @benbrettingen and @onxhunt CONTRIBUTE | patreon.co...

Ryan Doughty, host of the A Break in the Action Podcast, joins the show to talk shotguns, solo camping adventures and more. Show Highlights: A Break in the Action Podcast Uncle Bob’s L.C. Smith The Toyota Landcruiser returns! The pros (and cons) of rooftop tents Ryan’s favorite upland hunting shotgun LISTEN | What is the best shotgun for grouse hunting? - ABITA Podcast FOLLOW | @abreakintheaction...

Jordan Wilcher returns to the show to talk about a new bird dog addition and to continue our conversation fitness for upland hunting. Show Highlights: A new English setter Snakes and trail running Bird dog fitness The benefits of rucking What’s the deal with zone 2 heart rate training? FOLLOW | @thekidmule and @humanpredatorpackmule GET FIT | with Human Predator Packmule GIVE | Habitat & Harmony w...

Noah Davis, a Montana-based bird hunter, joins the show to discuss the basics of hunting Dusky aka “blue” grouse in the western mountains. Show Highlights: Did you say Earwig?! Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) Dusky, sooty, blue… what do we call these birds?! Where to find dusky grouse How to hunt dusky grouse FOLLOW | @n.davis21 GET FIT | with Human Predator Packmule GIVE | Habi...

Jeremy Moore of Dog Bone Hunter returns to the show for more setter talk along with his entry into the world of pointing dogs. Show Highlights: First pointing dog stuff GPS tracking your pointing dog The value of a bell beyond your GPS collar The setter’s first hunting season Some things we’ve learned from Jerry and Jerry! LEARN MORE | Dog Bone Hunter FOLLOW | @dogbonehunter WATCH | Dog Bone Hunte...

Jeremy Moore of Dog Bone Hunter returns to the show to talk about his shared passion for ruffed grouse hunting and his entry into the world of pointing dogs. Show Highlights: Swim conditioning your bird dog Partridge hunting… A pair of Browning Citori Upland Specials Stepping into the world of pointing dogs… Northwoods Bird Dogs LEARN MORE | Dog Bone Hunter FOLLOW | @dogbonehunter WATCH | Dog Bone...

In this excerpt from a recent Patreon exclusive bonus episode, we talk shotguns and an exceptionally thrilling ruffed grouse contact with Nick Adair. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: Adjusting length of pull with slip-on recoil pads Turkey guns and Larson’s first grouse gun The trail bird debacle Approaching points in the grouse woods The thrill of hunt...

Author and avid upland hunter Bret Wonnacott joins the show to discuss his novel A Millionaire’s Dream, English setters, shotguns and more. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: Fishing with English setters… More English setter talk Shotguns new and old Value in vintage 12 bores A Millionaire’s Dream READ | A Millionaire’s Dream FOLLOW | @bretwonnacott CONTR...

Steve Gould of the Target Focused Life YouTube channel joins the show to discuss shotguns, shooting and how we can all be more target focused. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: Native plants, pollinators and invasive species… “Where your focus goes, your energy flows” Living a Target Focused Life Steve’s shotgun fitting with Del Whitman Should I shoot a...

Jeremy Moore of Dog Bone Hunter joins the show to talk about his labrador retrievers and training flushing dogs for upland hunting. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: British and American Labrador retrievers “If I don’t F*** this up I won’t have to fix it” What Keith Richards taught us about dog training… Flushing dogs for upland hunting A flushing dog’s...

Professional Trainer Sonny Piekarz joins the show to answer listener questions and introduce The Method dog training system. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: The Method bird dog training system “Start with the end in mind.” Developing calm and composed bird dogs A dog with boundaries and structure is more content Listener Q&A LEARN MORE | The Method Dog...

Shooting instructor Keith Coyle returns to the show to talk simulated driven shooting, shotgun shooting fundamentals and more. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: Simulated driven shoots What length barrels should I use? “A clever idea by a simple man…” A proper gun mount Shotgun shooting fundamentals SAVE 15% | Only Perfect Practice Makes Perfect - Use co...

Bird hunter and freelance filmmaker, Kevin Erdvig joins the show to talk English setters, Scandinavian upland hunting and more. PLEASE FILL OUT | Take the Birdshot Podcast listener survey! Show Highlights: Turkey talk… First bird dog and English setters Spring training and light bulb moments for bird dogs Bird hunting video games Upland hunting in Sweden WATCH | Through The Trees - A Project Uplan...

Forest conservation coordinator with the Ruffed Grouse Society, Scott Johnson, joins the show to discuss current forest management projects, forest wildlife openings, pollinators and more. Show Highlights: Lots of grouse and lots of mosquitoes! Age class diversity in forests Forest stewardship agreements on national forests Log landings and forest wildlife openings Pollinator needs and habitat in...

Hall of fame clay shooter, Andy Duffy, returns to the show to discuss more shooting fundamentals, clays versus birds and much more. Show Highlights: The mental side of shotgun shooting Whiffing on the last pair… Action focus versus result focus What can we learn from rabbit style clay targets? Practice your shotgun mount! About | Andy Duffy “Andy began shooting sporting clays in 1983, like many ot...

Rehan Nana and Sean Hayes, media specialist and engineering developer respectively at Garmin, join the show to introduce the latest and greatest in GPS track and train technology in the Alpha 300i handheld and TT 25 collar. Show Highlights: The evolution of dog tracking and training collars Battery power for days! USB-C what? A new one-size-fits-all GPS collar Dynamic tracking, field replaceable f...

Jacob Myers and Andrew Maxwell of The Southern Outdoorsman Podcast join the show to share some of their insights and experiences from the turkey woods. Show Highlights: Wolves, hogs and snakes oh my! Turkeys and topography I found a strut zone, now what? He’s gobbling behind me, what should I do? Thoughts on calls and calling turkeys Follow | @thesouthern_outdoorsman Watch | The Southern Outdoorsm...

Justin Berkley returns to the show to recap his upland season on the road hunting in Montana, Michigan and Arizona. Show Highlights: Michigan turkey hunting Do U.P. sharptails have an accent? Truck life 2.0 Highlights and lowlights Wild birds make a bird dog. Follow | @northern_forest_gundogs Watch | Northern Forest Gun Dogs Listen | Justin Berkley on Birdshot Podcast - Episode #187 Become a Patre...

Author Keith Crowley joins the show to discuss The Story of an Old Duck Hunter, a biography on Gordon MacQuarrie. Show Highlights: Wisconsin sharptail grouse dancing on the lek Hybrid sharptail-prairie chicken The Story of an Old Duck Hunter “...and the stinging smell of nitro hanging in the hazelbrush” The life and adventures of Gordon MacQuarrie Read | Gordon MacQuarrie Books View | Keith Crowle...

The editor of Gun Dog Magazine, Kali Parmley, joins the show for plenty of bird dog talk and to preview a new show on The Outdoor Channel called Wild Upland. Show Highlights: Left handed girl living in a right handed world First pointing dogs… Starting with a flushing dog versus a pointing dog Caribou, ptarmigan, grizzly bears oh my! Wild Upland on The Outdoor Channel Listen | Kali Parmley on the...

Nick Adair joins the show to discuss shotguns and shooting along with an upcoming collaboration with Upland Gun Company. Show Highlights: Setters can swim? Gun fitting 101 Side by side or over/under? Gauge versus payload What to do about barrel length? Watch | Gun Dog It Yourself on Youtube Follow | @gundogityourself Become a Patreon Support | patreon.com/birdshot Follow us | @birdshot.podcast Use...

Idaho-based upland bird hunter, Levi Day, joins the show once again to cover a mix of topics ranging from blue grouse 101 to pellet counts and payloads. Show Highlights: Mental themes during the hunting season Who’s your king? 20-gauge and the ⅞ ounce payload Blue grouse hunting 101 Boots and gaiters Listen | Levi Day on the Birdshot Podcast episode #174 Follow | @backcountrylevi Become a Patreon...

Founder of Final Rise, Matt Davis, returns to the show to continue our conversation on new product launches, turkey vest updates and more… Show Highlights: Turkey vest updates and Mossy Oak Bottomland! TSS and sub gauges for turkeys The All Terrain Field Pant The Sonora Sun Hoodie Listener Q&A Buy | Limited Edition 40X Hat in support of Pheasants Forever Listen | Matt Davis on the Birdshot Podcast...

Founder of Final Rise, Matt Davis, returns to the show to recap his 2022 hunting season and provide an update on all things Final Rise. Show Highlights: Final Rise and onX Hunt 40X initiative 2022 season recap Matt’s new 410 pump shotgun Nickel plated 8’s for chukar! The new Summit XT vest from Final Rise Buy | Limited Edition 40X Hat in support of Pheasants Forever Listen | Matt Davis on the Bird...

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...