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Lake Pickle, waterfowl marketing manager for OnX, joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how he started hunting and then working in the outdoor industry, the evolution of OnX as a digital resource for hunters and land managers, plus some of the favorite trials and errors (i.e., the steep learning curve) of hunting.    Educational Articles via the OnX Blog Delta Waterfowl’s Wood Duck Box Program in Louisiana Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Matt Ferry, Ducks Unlimited volunteer with the Pentagon chapter, joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how he started working the wood duck nesting box program in Virginia, variables in location selection and usage, what to consider if you place nesting boxes, and some of the crazy things he’s seen over the years.   Ducks Unlimited Wood Duck Box Plans Lee Kjos on the Standard Sportsman Podcast ‘A Quest for Cacklers’ in the latest DU Magazine  Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Lifelong outdoorsman, 2006 World Duck Calling Champion, and a great mentor, Jim Ronquest of Drake Waterfowl joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how the season is going, differences in duck calls, what is involved with being the Vice-President of Development for Drake, what he loves about the timber, and a lot more!  This Is The Mallard  World Cutdown Calling Championship  The Standard Sportsman episode w/Brad Cohen & Doug Osborne Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Competitive calling champions and best friends Forrest Carpenter and Kile Jones episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss calling competitions with Kile coming off winning his third World Goose title a few months ago, mentors in calling and the hunting world, raising the next generation of hunters and outdoorsmen, plus mallard migrations and Senator Kennedy’s letter to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.  Forrest Carpenter’s Faithful Migration Outdoors Youtube Series The Standard Sportsman Podcast Forrest and Kile in the pit for Front Range Guide Service   Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Award-winning decoy carver Luke Costilow joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss all things decoys and carving, the multi-generational projects in the shop, managing their hunting property, and the places decoy carving has taken them.  Coffee Creek Cork  Maggie Williams for OnX “The Woods Remember: The Life & Legacy of Gail Camp”  MeatEater Sheds: Dave Smith  The Standard Sportsman Podcast Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Nicole Belke joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. She is a professional photographer, mother, wife, hunter, and lover of good dogs. We discuss a recent memorable hunt on a refuge draw, her travels hunting from the north slope of Alaska to axis deer in Hawaii, the fun in getting their son outdoors, and of course, dogs.   APEX Ammunition Zee Short Film Freedom Hunters Foundation God Bless Gun Dogs™  Chene Gear Presents: Get Down, Cover Up Hunt41 Episode 13: Maryland Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Companion gundog trainer Grayson Guyer of Lost Highway Kennels and award-winning writer Worth Parker join the Thanksgiving week episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We talk about our shared love of good dogs, the challenging pleasure of working and training our four-legged companions, and the unexpected way connections in the outdoor world happen. Enjoy and happy Thanksgiving! Garden & Gun Article on Grayson by Worth DU Podcast #718 on DuckDNA Project w/ Dr. Lavretsky Tom Beckbe 10th Anniversary Andy Quattlebaum Warrior Hunt 2026 Information Garden & Gun Article on Bobwhite Quail by Worth Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Chefs Jesse Griffiths and Wade Truong join this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how difficult it is to select your favorite ‘go-to’ recipe (but what makes great ones at camp), handling and processing wild game, sausage making, differences in curing and aging meat, and memorable hunts.  Jesse’s The Pedernal Project Wade’s Curing Chamber Tutorial Blind Safety and Etiquette Talk by Kile Jones Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

The first episode of season three of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors starts with guests, eastern shore taxidermist Billy Hardesty and Brett Shaffer of Grumpy Duck Co. Brett and Billy discuss how they met each other and how their friendship has taken them on waterfowling adventures along the DelMarVa peninsula over the years. We also talk gun dogs, handling birds for taxidermy, upcoming projects of Grump Duck, and the Atlantic Flyway.  Tom Beckbe DU Collection Standard Sportsman Podcast on Imprinting Ducks Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Call maker, RNT Owner, duck calling 3x World Champion and Champion of Champions John Stephens along with waterfowling historian and collector Ryan Graves joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Ryan and John talk about how they got into call collecting, the history, along with some of the places it has taken them, plus how their seasons went, memorable hunts, and events we should be looking forward to.  The Standard Sportsmen's Podcast Duck Survey Ramsey Russell's Duck Season Somewhere Punt Gun Part 1 and Part 2 RNT's Callapalooza is May 29 through 31 Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

In this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors we discuss...gundogs! Dr. Matt Ryan joins the podcast to talk his journey becoming a sporting dog veterinarian, memorable duck hunts, and tips to take care of your gundog in the cold weather and through the offseason. Dr. Matt Ryan with the Animal Clinic of Oxford Ramsey Russell Duck Season Somewhere episode with Dave Smith of DSD The Rolling Thunder Podcast with Forbes Biological Station Wildfowl magazine article about the Ward brothers decoy carvers. Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Two native Long Islanders join this Christmas episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Max Finazzo, Ducks Unlimited Board member, and Ryan Preuss, owner of EZ Dekes, talk all things waterfowling on Long Island. From fishing, learning the marshes, favorite ducks and first members hunting, we cover it all. Find some of the latest projects undertaken by Ducks Unlimited and join! If you're curious about the rigging discussed, check out EZ Dekes. Want to learn more about the Chesapeake Bay and hunting the area, listen to Chesapeake Dirt here. Flip Pallot joined the Mossy Oak Companions podcast.  Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Chef John Fearrington of Arkansas' Strait Lake Lodge joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. He shares his journey to some of the best camps across the country, what his 'go-to' is after those cold & rainy hunts, how prepares some of the his favorite proteins, plus more stories from the lodge. Hear John's interview with Ramsey Russell. A wingshooter's gift guide on the AnyCreek Academy. Ramsey Russell's two-part interview with author Worth Mathewson. Phil Kahnke's gear recommendations. Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

The second annual "Thanksgiving Week" episode guest is artist, writer, fly fisher, and wing shooter Bob White. Growing up in southern Illinois, Bob's adventures have taken him from the wilds of Alaska, to the remoteness of Argentina, and back to his home in Minnesota. Highballs & BS is presented by Gundog Outdoors, who is also doing a big giveaway with the grand prize of hunting with the team in California. Bob has a collection of his artwork, stories behind the locations and methods, along with other short stories in The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White. Learn more about the Copper Bob Bourbon here. Grab the latest issue of Garden & Gun with the article from Worth Park on his goose trip on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Jessi Cole Walters, editorial content lead for Mossy Oak, and Amy Hall of Her Wild Outdoors joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss our different paths to outdoors, the state of women hunters in the marsh or turkey woods, pink camo, and how to retain women partaking in the past time. You can connect with Amy on Instagram here. You can also connect with Jessi at [email protected] Learn more about wildHERness.  Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls. Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!