Nick Larson is the host and creator of the Birdshot Podcast. He and his family, which includes a pair of English setters, reside in Minnesota where he grew up and fell in love with the outdoors. Naturally, his favorite pursuit is upland bird hunting dating back 25+ years from his humble beginnings as a “partridge” hunter. Today, he chases adventure across the uplands wherever his bird dogs and the people he connects with inspire him to go.
Justin Berkley returns to the show to recap his upland season on the road hunting in Montana, Michigan and Arizona. Show Highlights: Michigan turkey hunting Do U.P. sharptails have an accent? Truck life 2.0 Highlights and lowlights Wild birds make a...
Author Keith Crowley joins the show to discuss The Story of an Old Duck Hunter, a biography on Gordon MacQuarrie. Show Highlights: Wisconsin sharptail grouse dancing on the lek Hybrid sharptail-prairie chicken The Story of an Old Duck Hunter...
The editor of Gun Dog Magazine, Kali Parmley, joins the show for plenty of bird dog talk and to preview a new show on The Outdoor Channel called Wild Upland. Show Highlights: Left handed girl living in a right handed world First pointing dogs…...
Nick Adair joins the show to discuss shotguns and shooting along with an upcoming collaboration with Upland Gun Company. Show Highlights: Setters can swim? Gun fitting 101 Side by side or over/under? Gauge versus payload What to do about barrel...
Idaho-based upland bird hunter, Levi Day, joins the show once again to cover a mix of topics ranging from blue grouse 101 to pellet counts and payloads. Show Highlights: Mental themes during the hunting season Who’s your king? 20-gauge and the ⅞...
Founder of Final Rise, Matt Davis, returns to the show to continue our conversation on new product launches, turkey vest updates and more… Show Highlights: Turkey vest updates and Mossy Oak Bottomland! TSS and sub gauges for turkeys The All Terrain...
Founder of Final Rise, Matt Davis, returns to the show to recap his 2022 hunting season and provide an update on all things Final Rise. Show Highlights: Final Rise and onX Hunt 40X initiative 2022 season recap Matt’s new 410 pump shotgun Nickel...
Author Doug Stewart returns to the show for listener Q & A on side by side shotguns and upland bird hunting. Show Highlights: R.F.M. Shotguns How heavy should my upland gun be? New guns versus vintage guns? Thoughts on instinctive wingshooting...
A conversation with chukar hunter Jordan Wilcher about bird dogs and the legs feeding the wolf for upland hunters. Show Highlights: Shooting pointed birds versus bumped or ripped birds More regarding a pointing dog’s first season The legs feed the...
Joined by Jimmy Lewis, of X Overland, in part two of our conversation we dive deeper into the vehicle and gear specific setups useful in overlanding adventures. Show Highlights: But wait, I don’t have a Toyota Land Cruiser! Overlanding essentials...