bird hunting

Scaled quail are perhaps the quail that runs the most, making them especially challenging to hunt. Ryan knows these birds as well as anyone, and we go deep into how to chase them, what makes them tick and how to cook them.

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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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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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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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Jorge and Owen are avid dove hunters, and together they’ll dive deep into dove hunting: habitat, tips, necessary gear, food habits and the ecology of North American doves, from the common mourning dove to the elusive white-tipped dove.

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Dwayne Elmore is the Wildlife Extension Specialist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University. In this episode, Hank goes over all kinds of things surrounding the Bobwhite Quail, from folklore and the biology of these small, round birds, to hunting technique, gear, dogs—sprinkled with a couple of delicious recipes and preparations of these upland fowl.

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Tyler Webster hosts the podcast Birds, Booze and Buds, dedicated to giving advice and telling stories about bird hunting. In this episode Hank goes over all kinds of things surrounding these wily birds, from folklore, and the biology of Hungarian partridges, to hunting technique, gear, dogs—as well as plenty of delicious recipes and preparations of these upland fowl.

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Scott Lindars runs Marshdoodle, a blog dedicated to the passion and pursuit of hunting snipe. In this episode Hank goes over all kinds of things surrounding these mysterious birds, from folklore, the word “sniper”, and an all-important guide to identifying the birds, to hunting technique, gear, dogs—as well as how to pluck, prep and cook your birds.

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Jim Millensifer runs the Kansas Ringneck Classic, focusing attention on the fantastic upland hunting in western Kansas. In this episode Hank covers everything surrounding these hard-to-get birds, from being physically fit enough to hike all the way up to 10,000 feet (and higher!), to gear, guns, biology, the history of the snowcock’s introduction into the United States—and of course how to pluck, prep and cook the birds.

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