Episode 14: Scaled Quail with Game Bird Biologist and Hunting Outfitter Ryan O’Shaughnessy

Ed Arnett is an expert on the science and conservation of this iconic sagebrush species. In this episode, Hank and Ed focus not only on what can be done to preserve the sage grouse, but also how to hunt it ethically. 

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Hank will be joined by Kevin Kossowan, host and creator of TV’s From the Wild, and Minnesota DNR biologist Bailey Petersen. They’ll talk about the spruce grouse — the odd member of the grouse family, which is largely taken for granted among American and Canadian hunters.

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Our last huntable native pigeon, the band-tailed pigeon is an obsession of Hank’s — he tries to hunt them every year. The limit is two per day and the season is only nine days long but hunting them puts you into the High Sierra in fall, a gorgeous time of year to hunt a gorgeous bird.

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