Network Outdoors

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoors women, coach, state champion, nationally ranked professional sporting clays shooter, Amber Brown!  Amber shares her story of how she was raised doing outdoor activities, how she got started in shooting sports and where it's taken her today. She digs into the different trap, skeet, 5-sta...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoorsman, woodsman, forager, Chris Thalman!  Over the past 25+ years Chris has dedicated every April and May to hunting for morel mushrooms and then continues into the remainder of the year being what he refers to as a Mushroomer. As a student of the woods and mushroom foraging in general, Chris s...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with turkey hunting guide, network pro-field staff member, owner of Last Light Guide Service, Gary Berger!  Gary hunts multiple states himself and takes several clients out each year to harvest long beard wild turkeys. He shares successful strategies when using a compound bow, recurve bow, shotgun, decoy setup...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoors women, NWTF Hunting & Fishing R3 Coordinator of Michigan, Jen Davis!  Jen shares her story of how she went from not hunting and being intimidated by firearms to now dedicating her career working full time with the National Wild Turkey Federation heading Hunting & Fishing R3 (Recruitm...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with charter fishing captain and owner of Karen Ann Charters, Vinnie Calabro!  Captain Vinnie has been fishing Jamaica Bay, Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Eastern Shores of New York for decades. Every single day he and his crew go out to scout or catch bait hours before clients show up to make their charter exper...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoorsman, professional angler, and Bassmaster Elite Series Champion, Brock Mosley!  Brock has spent a number of years coming up the ranks as a professional bass angler, qualified for the Elite Series in 2015 and in 2023 was Bassmaster Elite Series Champion! He shares what it's like to be on t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Outdoor Channel host of Man Eats Wild, Mario Kalpou! Mario takes everything he does to the next level and has a deep passion for promoting people to experience the outdoors. Mario travels the world hunting, fishing, foraging, and exploring some of the most remote places possible, but takes the time to lea...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoor adventurer, emergency room physician, educator, and owner of Wild Med Adventures, Dr. Ben Mattingly, MD! Ben and his wife, Jenni, started this company based on their passion for traveling the world and the great outdoors. From mountain climbing, scuba diving, duck hunting, biking, off roading...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Professional Angler, Major Thornton!  Major has come up fishing from the banks to crushing tournaments all over the United States targeting many species in both salt and fresh water. Major LOVES fishing, passionate about getting others out on the water, creates awesome entertaining online content and on t...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Professional Angler and Owner of Bros Guide Service, Brian Brosdahl!  Brian is dialed in when it comes to fishing walleye all over the country. Whether it's summer or winter you can find him on the water in northern Minnesota on Cass Lake and Lake Winnibigoshish. Brian shares with us his strategy of...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Wild Turkey Researcher, Author, Hunter, Mike Chamberlain!  Mike is an unbelievable wealth of knowledge coming at us from both a scientific and hunting perspective. He has dedicated his life's work to studying wild turkey populations across the United States. He works out of the University of Georgia...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Bravo Top Chef Finalist, Michelin Guide Stars, MeatEater Resident Chef, Hunter, and Avid Outdoorsman, Kevin Gillespie!  Kevin takes food and restaurant experience to the next level. He is the owner of Red Beard Restaurant Group which has multiple restaurants listed on the Michelin Guide in the greater Atl...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with public land hunting professional, Shane Simpson!  Shane dedicates his time traveling around the United States hunting public land and hunts almost every single day of the spring turkey hunting season starting off in Florida. His "spring turkey tour" hunting schedule is dead serious and he shares...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid river angler and owner of Chrome City Guide Service, Trevor Torppa!  Trevor is dialed in to the migratory fishing scene and spends most of his time "chasing chrome" on the rivers of Washington state. He shares how he got into becoming a fishing guide, his college baseball playing days, digs...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Outdoor Channel host of WildFed, Daniel Vitalis!  Daniel has the outdoor lifestyle dialed in and dedicates his life to turning wild ingredients into delicious meals by hunting, fishing, and foraging. Daniel shares his journey from trying many different diets over the years and even being vegan for 10 year...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with fly fishing angler, fly tyer, owner of Maine Fly Guys, Greg LaBonte! Greg has been fishing his whole life and has turned a lovely hobby into a successful business. He digs deep on this conversation discussing how he successfully targets and catches large muskie, different fly patterns to use depending on...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoorsman, DIY waterfowl hunter, Michael McNeal!  Michael hunts different states all year depending on the season and where the birds are. He discusses the art of finding hunting spots and how he has a very high success rate getting permission from landowners, leaving a good impression with landown...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with avid outdoors women and host of Winchester Deadly Passion, Melissa Bachman! Melissa shares the thrill of filming hunts, how she got into the TV business, challenges that come along with capturing the perfect shot, getting the whole family involved, youth hunting, deer hunting, doe management, moose huntin...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Founder of the Ultimate Waterfowlers Challenge, Dan Wennerlind! Dan is a life long waterfowl hunter from Minnesota and has built up a membership community of hunters across the world who are all in pursuit to harvest all 41 waterfowl species that can legally be hunted. He shares the names of all 41 specie...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with destination fishing concierge and lodge owner, John Hunt! John fishes all over the world each year and runs a business helping other individuals and groups do the same! We took a handful of destinations inside the U.S. and outside, broke down how the planning process goes for each trip, estimated costs, w...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with hunting advocate, biologist, and founder of Hunt Michigan Collaborative, Bryan Farmer! Bryan has built a career in parks and recreation serving the community of southeast Michigan. He has worked with many non-profits and public study groups advocating for deer management programs, new hunter programs, arc...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with wild game cook, youth hunting advocate, and owner of WildGameCook.com, John Wallace! John is a self taught wild game cook, teacher, hunting camp guest, and creates amazing meals from everything he and his family hunts or catches. His website provides incredible content to inspire people to spend more time...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with competitive kayak angler, Luis Delgado! Luis is a wealth of knowledge and shares his story of how he started out from very humble beginnings. Fishing from the bank to buying a starter kayak to now running several fully outfitted high-end fishing kayaks with 11 different rods - he has come a long way. Luis...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Tucson, Arizona Chapter Member, Investment Analyst and Outdoorsman, Chris Burwell! Chris shares his story of how he got into deer hunting while growing up in the midwest Illinois and Missouri, how different his experience has been now hunting in the southern desert regions, challenges he's faced gett...

Send us Fan Mail On this 100th episode of ‘Network Outdoors The Podcast’ Brandon Malson speaks with Photographer, Content Creator, and Professional Hunter, Blake Garrett. After college Blake wanted to figure out how to be hunting full time. Through serious hustle, networking, and pushing to get his high quality content in front of the right people years ago he broke the code and now spends over 20...