Join Courtney Bastian as she explores all things Bird Dogs; hunting, training, competing, testing, breeding, nutrition, and health. This podcast also focuses on conservation efforts for birds and public land, ethical and responsible hunting, gear options, and getting more women and children involved in the outdoors. Courtney's intense curiosity drives her to take a vulnerable, honest approach with her guests to provide educational and inspirational content in each episode.
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Welcome to HerUpland, the podcast dedicated to exploring the diverse world of upland hunting and the experiences of women in this exhilarating pursuit. Join us as we delve into the captivating stories, insights, and adventures of female upland hunters from all walks of life. In each episode, we bring you engaging conversations with passionate women who have embraced the call of the wild and developed a profound connection with upland hunting. From beginners to seasoned veterans, we highlight ...
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#32|From Research to Reality: Shelby Isensee on Women in Hunting
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Join us in this captivating episode of the HerUpland podcast as Courtney Bastian sits down with the remarkable Shelby Isensee. From their first meeting at Pheasant Fest to Shelby’s recent accomplishments and new role as Midwest Regional CoordinatHer for HerUpland, this episode dives deep into Shelby’s journey, research, and passion for upland hunti…
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#31| Unleashing Adventure: Jessie's Journey with HerUpland
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Join us on this captivating episode of the HerUpland Podcast as we journey with Jessie Janowski from the snow-covered landscapes of Alaska to the heart of HerUpland's community and events. Hosted by Amanda Ponti, a member of the HerUpland Board of Directors and the co-director of the Regional Coordinator program, this episode delves into the empowe…
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#30| Embracing The Great Outdoors: Toyota's Roles and Innovations
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In this insightful episode of our podcast, we delve into the fascinating world of outdoor adventures, focusing on Toyota's impactful contributions. We're thrilled to welcome Curt McAllister, the Midwest Public Relations Manager for Toyota, who oversees national outdoor communications responsibilities. Our conversation kicks off with a reflection on…
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#29| Take Aim At Conservation with Boss Shotshells
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In this insightful episode, we explore Boss Shotshells' remarkable innovation in sustainable ammunition with their limited edition Warchief paper shells. This groundbreaking initiative not only showcases the company's commitment to environmental stewardship but also supports vital conservation efforts through partnerships with HerUpland and Sportin…
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Welcome to another exciting episode of HerUpland Podcast! Today, we're thrilled to have Gina Deem, our Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator and the passionate force behind Paws to Peaks Rescue, at the helm. Gina, an expert in German Shorthaired Pointers (GSPs) and other pointing dog breeds, brings her wealth of experience from Montana right to ou…
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#27| Quail Slam & Tackle w/ Donna Cameron
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Donna Cameron's story is one of resilience, accomplishment, and mentorship. From her historic achievement as the second woman to officially complete the Arizona Quail Slam to her unwavering commitment to fostering a welcoming community of hunters, Donna embodies the spirit of HerUpland. Her presence inspires, her guidance empowers, and her heart br…
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#26| The Bird Hunter Diaries w/ Sabrina Serna
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Sabrina Serna joins me to talk about the launch of her new podcast, The Bird Hunter Diaries. Sabrina has played an integral part in HerUpland as the Pacific West Regional Coordinator, as she works to connect women in the uplands. Sabrina’s journey into the uplands is pretty cool, as her means of take are with both gun and falconry. She is also host…
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#25| HerUpland Pointing Dog Training Camp
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A women's bird dog training camp? Absolutely! Four days were spent training for field, water, tracking, retrieving, obedience, and brace work. This camp was designed for the female upland hunter to prepare for hunting season and testing venues. They learn about field first aid, bird planting, and gamebird processing. Each night we gather around the…
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Are You 𝗨𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬?! Join us for a 12-week strength training, conditioning, and general preparation program for you 𝘼𝙉𝘿 your dog to get ready for this hunting season! Head Coach of Team Early AF, Bill Koepke, has incorporated exercise equipment and our upland gear for at-home workouts specific to our upland endeavors. Dr. Kristina Mott , Veterina…
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Caroline Saylors and Stacy Horst join Suzann Novak, The Southeast Regional Coordinator to talk about how to support and connect with other like minded woman. We hear from Caroline about how she connected with Suzann through the HerUpland Community and how Stacy has impacted her and her future goals. ---- This Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt "The …
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#22| Falconry & Eagles in the US w/ Lauren McGough
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Have you ever noticed that weird, extended season on the hunting regulations titled “Falconry”? You may be closer to knowing a falconer than you realize! This ancient sport is still alive and well in the world today. Join Lauren McGough, eagle falconer and anthropologist, interviewed by our own Sabrina Serna, the Pacific West Coordinator and a falc…
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#21| HerUpland Mountain Grouse Camp
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Considering joining us for our flagship hunting camp, the Mountain Grouse Camp in MT? Listen in as Sabrina, our Pacific West Coordinator and first time grouse camp attendee, and Teri, a future camp mentor and two time attendee, break down the experiences and learnings from our 2022 grouse camp. If you are wondering about the dove statistic mentione…
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In this episode, HerUpland board member and newsletter editor, Page Sorensen, talks with Hannah Hayes about living with baby bird dogs. They get into their expectations for young dogs in the house, the benefits and drawbacks of having bird dogs in the house full time, and Hannah’s take on some old trainers’ tales. You can get in touch with Page on …
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#19| 2023 Pheasant Fest/Quail Classic Preview
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In today’s episode I’m joined by Marissa Jensen, the Education and Outreach Program Manager for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. There are so many things happening at Pheasant Fest/Quail Classic this year, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have Marissa walk us through all the offerings and attractions. Join the HerUpland Community…
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Welcome back to the Podcast! HerUpland has been movin and shakin this past year and we’re excited to reactivate this platform and get the HerUpland community involved! In this episode Sam Tillman, HerUpland’s midwest Regional Coordinator and Board Member joins me to discuss where we started, what’s happening, and what’s to come. Join the HerUpland …
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Episode 099: When One Chapter Ends, Another Begins
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I created this podcast three years ago to find and connect with other women interested in upland hunting and all things bird dogs. I was, and continue to be, eager to learn and be inspired. In the process, I've been listening and understanding what women want. My goals and mission are now focused on that; making opportunities available for like-min…
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Episode 098: Service, Leadership, and Proven Performance w/Andy & Amanda Doak
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Andy and Amanda Doak live and love all things bird dogs, hunting, conservation, and NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association). For those that have experienced the friendships made through your involvement in NAVHDA, you can relate to this conversation about the personal gain that comes not only from those relationships with other pe…
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In this episode guests Sam 'the slayer' Snyder, Katie Willis, Stephanie Walton Filicipzak, and Chloe Nostrant join me to discuss our hunt with 4 senior bird dogs in the sea of sage this past September. This episode, and this hunt, is a tribute to my dearly beloved, late Bisto, whom we lost this past spring. The Bird Dog Babe Podcast is Presented By…
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Episode 096: Ready To Slay All Day!
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Rachel Willard and her husband, Andrew, rely on wild game meat to fill their freezer and feast on year-round. This year they acquired two bearded baby bird dogs and their active lifestyle has led them to become active volunteers for their local NAVHDA Chapter and avid upland hunters. Rachel shares her story of getting into big game and upland hunti…
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In this episode my good friend, and frequent guest of the podcast, Katie Willis, joins me as we discuss a crazy summer, all things building HerUpland, future plans, and just some dang good conversation. The Bird Dog Babe Podcast is Presented By: Purina Pro Plan Boss Shotshells OnX Hunt 10:00 All the puppies 16:00 Training and testing first NAVHDA U…
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Episode 094: AKC's 200th Breed, The Bracco Italiano w/Dr Amanda Inman
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Dr Amanda Inman joins me to discuss one of my favorite bird dog breeds, and the 200th breed to gain AKC recognition, the Bracco Italiano! Amanda is a long time Bracco enthusiast, President of the Bracco Italiano Club of America and a Veterinarian that has made the major health concerns of the breed her personal passion project with research being r…
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Episode 093: Are You 'Upland Ready?'
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Register for 12 week 'Upland Ready Program Dr Kristina Mott and Bill Koepke join me to share our collaborating efforts that created a 12 week program for both people and their dogs, designed specifically to prepare for your hunting adventures this season. A portion of the proceeds from this program will be donated to Access Ability Wisconsin The Bi…
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Episode 092: Pheasant Fest 2022 - Fun, Friends, and Festivities
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In this episode I am joined by 4 awesome ladies throughout the country. For different reasons, each of them traveled to Omaha, NE for Pheasant Fest/Quail Classic March 11-13, an annual convention that is often described as the Super Bowl of Upland Hunting. Whether you’re a hunter, landowner, bird dog lover, wild game cooking enthusiast, or wildlife…
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Episode 091: Lessons Learned w/Amanda Ponti
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Amanda Ponti shares her story of how her German Shorthaired Pointer and German Wirehaired Pointer, along with some welcoming men started her on a journey into upland hunting. She shares some hard lessons learned on that journey, what she’s doing now to help other women get started, and how conservation efforts have become an integral part of the jo…
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Bonus - Whiskey & Wildhairs: If It Doesn't Get You Arrested, It Might Get You Killed
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Katie Willis joins us for a bonus episode to share some great stories of her crazy adventures with her Wildhair, Bird Dog! Pour yourself a glass of Whiskey and share a good laugh with us! www.thebirddogbabe.comBy Courtney Bastian
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Episode 090: Elevate Your Hunt w/Everett Headley
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Everett Headley is an outdoor writer and educator who grew up hunting and fishing in Montana. He is the host of Venery and Veritas Podcast which focuses on the peripherals of hunting; elevating your hunt, wild game, cooking, ethics, conservation, philosophy, controversy and education. In this episode we discuss his choice of bird dogs, falconry, an…
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Episode 089: Tips For Rearing Your Own Gamebirds
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It’s that time of year when many of us are planning out the amount of gamebirds for this dog training and testing season. Unless you raise and keep your own birds, chances are you’re at the mercy of the bird availability of your club or organization. If you have the time and space, rearing chicks on your own is a helpful option. April, a manager at…
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Bonus - Whiskey & Wildhairs: The Great Raccoon Wars of 2010
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Katie Willis joins us for a bonus episode to share the story about 'The Great Raccoon Wars of 2010'. Pour yourself a glass of Whiskey and share a good laugh with us! www.thebirddogbabe.comBy Courtney Bastian
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Episode 88: Paying Attention To Your Body Pre and Post Hunt w/Michelle Dunn
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Michelle Dunn is a massage therapist and owner of True North Massage in Seeley Lake and Missooula, MT. She is also an adult onset hunter and recent graduate of the Montana Master Hunter Program. She joins me today to discuss the benefits of being outdoors and how massage therapy will increase the quality of your hunt and your performance. The Bird …
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Episode 087: Making A Plan Of Action For The New Year w/Kat Pippitt
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Kat Pippitt leads a busy, yet organized schedule while she and her husband Ethan, continue to growth their business, raise toddlers and focus on personal health. As we kick off the new year, we consider what we have planned for our resolutions. Research shows that 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail within the first month. Kat explains how making go…
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Episode 086: Social Media Sway on Dog Decisions w/Kelly Schur
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Social media has become the most common place to buy and sell a puppy, choose a stud dog, breeder, and trainer. Are the marketing skills of breeders and owners taking precedence over pedigree, achievements, temperament, and health screenings? Kelly Schur, a second-generation breeder of merit and bird dog enthusiast, provides insight on this topic a…
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Bonus - Whiskey and Wildhairs: The Soft-Sided Wildhair
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Katie Willis joins us for a bonus episode to share the soft side of Bird Dog, in addition to a couple extra epic short stories. Pour yourself a glass of Whiskey and share a good laugh with us! www.thebirddogbabe.comBy Courtney Bastian
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William and I discuss late season hunting. The weather has changed and the birds have been getting pressured and educated for months. We discuss travel considerations, gear, chokes and shot size, ideal dogs, as well as the cover, diet and behavior different upland species. To share their expertise insight, biologists and avid hunters Bailey Peterse…
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Episode 084: Defying The Odds - On Winning The National Field Championship w/ Jaelee Schwartz
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Jaelee Schwartz is the owner of Green Gable Gundogs and winner of the 2021 US Open Cocker National Championship. She has been training and competing with Spaniels since she was 8 years old alongside her father, Jeff Schwartz, a professional trainer at Rock River Kennels. Jaelee placed in her first licensed AKC Springer trial at 10 years old, and no…
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Episode 083: Gear and Gift Guide To Help Enhance Your Hunt
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It’s that time of year when we are all thinking about Christmas ideas and what would be nice to add to our gear list to enhance next year’s hunting season. Since 40% of the listeners of this podcast are men, I wanted to get some input from the guys. So I sit down with my husband William Bastian and our friend Jeff Quigley to discuss the hunting gea…
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Bonus - Whiskey and Wildhairs: How To Gain Respect From A Wildhair
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Katie Willis joins us for a bonus episode to share how she finally overcame the barrier to make Bird Dog realize they need to work together as a team. Pour yourself a glass of Whiskey and share a good laugh with us! www.thebirddogbabe.comBy Courtney Bastian
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Episode 082: The Promise To Bird Dog w/Katie Willis
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Katie Willis grew up big game hunting in Montana, then found herself in the wetlands and uplands with the addition of her first bird dog 13 years ago, a German Wirehaired Pointer, affectionately referred to as Bird Dog. BD was there by her side through undergrad and PA school, and during those long nights studying, Katie continued to remind Bird Do…
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#17| Cooking Ruffed Grouse w/ Julia Schrenkler
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In this episode we join Julia Schrenkler in the kitchen for a delicious Ruffed Grouse recipe, she dubs ‘Grouse a la Julia’, which is derived from Hank Shaw’s Grouse Northwoods. To watch the video of the episode, head over to our Instagram page @heruplandpodcast Grouse a la Julia Derived from Hank Shaw’s ‘Grouse Northwoods’ Recipe Cook Wild Rice 1:3…
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Episode 081: Grouse Camp? 'Oh Hell No!' w/Lauren Dirkschneider
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Lauren Dirkschneider is an avid marathon runner that sought out a dog breed to be her running partner. She quickly learned her dog needed more than a run, it needed a job. She found herself on an unexpected path into the uplands. This is one of the most raw and detailed discussions I’ve ever heard from a perspective of a novice learning to hunt. La…
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#16| Hunting Multiple Dogs: Chaos or Bliss?
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Hunting multiple dogs together can be an enjoyable experience, or it could be a train wreck. Several factors to determine which dogs to hunt together include each dog’s age, sex, temperament, and experience, in addition to the type of terrain and weather conditions. We hear from Tom Healy, Jay Lowry and Sarah Conyngham on their perspectives of hunt…
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Episode 080: Training With A Purpose w/ Tamara Champagne
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Tamara Champagne has trained dogs for over 20 years for obedience, protection work, tracking, scent detection, IGP, conformation and service dogs.. and six months ago she got her first bird dog, a German Shorthaired Pointer. Her commitment to allowing her dogs to do what they were bred to do, has got her diving deep into the bird dog World! Tamara …
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Episode 079: Sporting Lead-Free w/ Hannah Leonard
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Hannah Leonard is the outreach coordinator for Sporting Lead-Free, a collaborative initiative to nationally reduce lead consumed inadvertently by wildlife and people. Hannah is an avid fly fisher and hunter. Her personal encounter with a leaded golden eagle ignited her desire to educate others in the use of non-lead alternatives not only for the be…
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Episode 078: The Hungarian Wirehaired Vizsla w/ Zsofia Miczek
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Zsofia Miczek is the breeder of the World known Zoldmali Wirehaired Vizslas. She is an FCI judge and arguably the most accomplished female dog trainer in Hungary. We discuss her journey in the breed for the past 22 years, training, hunting and testing her dogs in several different countries, breed characteristics and the growing popularity of Wireh…
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#15|Field Injuries and First Aid for Hunters
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We dog-people often have impressive first-aid kits for our dogs, but if we get injured we aren’t much use to our hunting companions. In this Roundtable Session, Naomi Coates - a registered nurse with experience in emergency medicine and cardiovascular surgery - talks about a few common bird hunting injuries people get from mild to extreme, how to t…
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Episode 077: Creating Ethical, Educated and Effective Hunters w/Sarah Tilt
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Sarah Tilt is the Executive Director of One Montana, an organization that works to create a sustainable and resilient Montana by connecting rural and urban communities.The MT Master Hunter Program provides advanced hunter education that increases skills, competence, ethical behavior and knowledge of agriculture and stewardship. Applications are now…
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Episode 076: Pass or Fail, You Have The Best Dog w/Bridget Nielsen
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Bridget Nielsen is a professional trainer for all versatile pointing breeds, and is a breeder, owner, trainer and handler of some of the top Vizslas in the country. She expects the Vizsla to have natural pointing instinct, a natural desire to retrieve, and a love of water. Bridget tested three dogs at the NAVHDA Invitational last month, and discuss…
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In this Roundtable Session episode we are talking with Ashley Peters with the Ruffed Grouse Society where she is their Communications and Marketing Director. Our topic is conservation and hunting advocacy, how it works, why it’s important, and what you need to know to get started. Gear Tip: Hannah - Neutrogena Ultrasheer Sunscreen Ashley - Dovetail…
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Expert Session: The largest of the grouse species, the Greater Sage-grouse, is a bucket-list quarry for many. In this episode Sage Grouse Biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Leslie Schreiber, shares key facts about this bird’s super unique diet, habitat requirements, and behavior that might help an ambitious bird hunter. Hank Shaw S…
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Episode 075: Hunt, Point, Retrieve... Field Trialing and Hunting on the Grouse Moors w/Una Russell
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Una Russell joins us from Scotland to discuss the differences between hunting, training and testing in Scotland vs what we do here in the US. Una recently achieved the esteemed title of a Field Champion on her young German Wirehaired Pointer, Tetley. She describes the characteristics she prefers in a working dog, the discipline and manners required…
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Episode 074: The Mental Games of Shooting and Hunting w/ Dawn Grant
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Dawn Grant is a mental trainer and hypnotherapist that focuses on the mental games specifically with shooting and hunting. Dawn discusses the importance of being more mindful, calming your mind, body and turning off all of the outside noises to be present when you hunt. The mind games that happen when we’re out there isn’t something to overlook. Ha…
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