The Western Wingshooter Podcast

A show to give advice and tell stories about bird hunting and other things.

Sharptail Camp! with Bob and Scottie!

On this weeks episode we are joined by a couple of repeat guests to Sharptail Camp. Bob and Scottie were up here last year also and we break down how last season compares to this season. We also talk about their friendship and hunting trips planned for the rest of the season.

10-06
01:07:36

The Lost Episode! with Tim Brown!

This is the episode that I recorded with Tim all the way back in early October! Seems like years ago at this point. We talk about sharptail hunting with a couple of old school pheasant hunters and share some laughs about them and us. 

11-24
01:15:55

The Mid-Season Recap Podcast!

Wess and George from The Prairie Tails Podcast join me to chat about our late October and November hunting. We talk about my first two flush episodes as a host. We talk about a couple of Mallard hunts and lots of pheasants!

11-20
01:35:05

Boss Shotshells COPPER! with Dirk and Duane

After a few days of hunting everything that North Dakota has to offer we sat down with Dirk and Duane to talk about the new Copper Shot from Boss! Spoiler alert....Its NASTY!  We also talk about the Boss unleaded shells and some of our favorite parts of the week hunting. 

10-26
01:23:23

Habitat One with Greg Cronkhite

Greg is a passionate bird hunter and conservationist. His passions have lead him from designing dakota 283 kennels to owning a farm in South Dakota with some of the most pristine habitat that I have ever seen. Now his new venture is Habitat One. Habitat One is there to help make conections between landowners and programs that they can use to help put more habitat on the ground.

10-20
01:07:28

Birds Dogs Keep Us Humble with Final Rise and Gun Dog Grind

This week I am joined by Matt Davis from Final Rise and Jake and Nick from Gun Dog Grind. We chat about some of our highs and lows from a few days of hunting. Tough bird numbers. Elk Hunting and how it compares to Turkey Hunting and much more!

09-26
01:02:42

Montana Opener with Lars Anderson and Crispi USA

Lars Anderson from Crispi USA and his buddies were kind enough to invite me along on their trip to Montana for the opener for Sharptails and Huns. We had a great time even though the bird numbers werent what we had hoped for. We talk about our hunt and the new Upland Pro boots from Crispi USA, which were a passion project for Lars.

09-10
01:14:53

Talking Gear and Hunting with Bird Hunter Supply!

Joe Palmer is the Owner of Bird Hunter Supply Company. He joins us on the podcast to talk about how and why he started his business. We also talk about hunting in his home state of Idaho, his dogs, and more!

09-03
01:10:31

Waterfowl Production Area Distruction!

Wess and George join me to chat about the Waterfowl Production Areas right here in our neighborhood that are being drained by oil companies to frac their wells. After contacting the Game and fish and the state water commission we decided this was a matter that the hunting public should know about.

08-20
55:10

Borderlands with Hank Shaw

Hank Shaw is one of the most interesting people I know. Hes a hunter, fisherman, forager, oh yeah.... and a hell of a cook!  While I was in Minneapolis we met up for a few drinks and a podcast about his new book, Borderlands: Recipes and Stories from the Rio Grande to the Pacific. We also talk about our time up in Alaska a few years ago and have some laughs.

08-12
01:40:29

Trust Your Instincts with Jim Shockey

Jim Shockey is a LEGEND in the Outdoor world! He is a world traveler, Big game hunter, Author and Outfitter.  He has taken over 360 different wild game species and has been in some of the most dangerous counties in the world.   

08-05
01:17:19

Mearns Quail Masterclass

On this weeks episode we continue our Masterclass series on the Quail of Arizona! We dig deep into the Mearns Quail. From habitat to tips and tricks to help you find more of these little birds and hopefully put some in your Final Rise vest at the end of the day.

07-28
01:19:49

Gambles and Scaled Quail Master Class

South West Quail Master Class! In this episode we talk about different tips and techniques for chasing these notorious little birds. Also check out the Patreon page at Patreon.com/b3podcast to watch the full video with hunting clips.

07-17
01:07:21

Upland Community and Public Lands with Ben Proctor and Tim Brown

Since this episode was recorded we won. After hundreds of thousands of phone calls, emails, and letters written by sportsmen and women Mike Lee from Utah finally admidded defeat for now and ppulled the public land sale out of the budget bill.

06-29
01:30:20

Its all About that Gravy, Baby! with Kevin Bauer and Katie Willis

In this epiosde we talk about the little things that we can do to help insure that our bird dogs can stay running at a higher level! Kevin Bauer is the owner and man that created Furvor. Furvor is a bone broth supplement that help keep our dogs motors running at a high level.  

06-19
01:50:50

Public Lands Fight Round 2! with BHA President Patrick Berry

The United States Senate has included in the "Big Beautiful Bill" a land sale of YOUR Public Lands. The time to fight is right now! They are planning on voting on this bill in the next few weeks. Now its not the 1.5 million acres that was included in the House version of this bill, now its 3.5 million acres of BLM land and forest service land. Call your Senator TODAY! 202-224-3121

06-14
46:05

Mountain Grouse Master Class

On this episode we continue our species specific series. Mountian Grouse in Montana is this weeks focus.  Primarily we talk about Blue Grouse but we do talk about both Spruce and Ruffed grouse also. George hasnt hunted them before but is very interested in them, so he asked Wess and Myself the questions that he was curious about and Wess and I did our best to answer.

06-04
01:38:08

Public Lands VICTORY!

About 7pm last night they removed the Public Land sale from the reconsiliation bill! This is a big win for those of us that enjoy hunting on this land. A HUGE thanks goes out to everyone that did their part in this fight. OnX Hunt deserves a huge thanks for putting their post out yesterday where they discovered it wasnt 500,000 acres set to be sold, but 1.5 million acres.   

05-22
15:25

ATTENTION! Public Land Owners with Randy Newberg

Randy Newberg is a life long Hunter, trapper, and fisherman. He also has a long history of being one of the most outsporken public land advocates that we have. We talk about the history of public land and previous attempts to sell it off. We spend alot of time talking about the polititians that are pushing this agenda aswell as their previous voting records on this topic. We also talk about fishing on Fort Peck in Montana. 

05-21
01:43:20

Pitchin' Jigs with Roger Schumann

Roger is one of the best fisherman I know! Hes the Owner of Schumann Fishing Guide Service based out of Minot North Dakota. When he called me and asked if I wanted to jump in the boat with him to go pitch jigs and place with his forward facing sonar I jumoed at the chance. Sadly, the fish werent as cooperative as they were the previous day. Fun was had anyway! The walleyes werent active but we caught enough Northern Pike and Smallmouth Bass tp keep us entertained. 

05-19
01:18:34

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