The Hunting Dog Podcast features interviews with friends, family and industry professionals all related to the world of hunting with dogs. Depending upon the time of day, background noises of beers opening and ice clinking may be evident. please grab a drink and join us!!!
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Bridget and I judged for a NAVHDA test this spring in Utah. Within a few minutes I had the feeling that she was the real deal when it comes to hunting, conservation, dogs, specifically Vizsla's. We have a great talk about her start into the hunting world, then dogs and training, and her work with Ducks Unlimited and habitat work. You will love this episode!!!
What a great conversation with Barton Ramsey. Southern Oak retrievers and his new venture, Cornerstone Gundog Academy. Besides having a great line of British Labs, Barton started an online training program that help folks get their dog ready and possibly finished for the upcoming duck season. After my short introduction to clicker training last month, I got a really good base of knowledge about what we should be doing with that new pup, and the dog we might have .... skipped a few things with!!
Great conversation with Chris,after we shot at a few hundred clay targets. Still not sure if Chris was sandbagging me by missing a few targets, or if old men rule. We shot great while playing with five different Beretta scatterguns. This new sponsorship might get me in trouble. That trouble would be selling some other guns to get some new ones, or buying another gun safe. Oh well it challenge that I'm up to.
Ben O'Williams is still swinging on birds and training new pups, In his mid eighties, he shows no signs of slowing down. I am changing my traveling wingshooting schedule to include at least 3 trips to hunt the Hungarian Partridge. Even though it's and introduced species. The Hun is a survivor of the western prairie. Listen and learn from the expert.
I spent 3 days in Bozeman with George Hickox. Attending his class without my dogs was a real eye opener. George's methods are rooted in positive reinforcement and timing. All things I preach to the choir,but rarely remember to implement. It was kind of like going back to high school English class. Only to find out that I forgot how to punctuate a sentence!!!
Dr. Thomas is a life long bird hunter. From his first duck hunt on his Dads shoulders, to hunting upland birds everywhere you could imagine. Don has a deep background with wingshooting, So deep in fact that all of his life choices revolve around living in some of the best bird county in North America. Don is a true traveling wingshooter.
Craig is an hunter, author, and artist. His book about the pursuit of birds with his English Setters, is a collection of short stories, each very descriptive in every detail of the days hunt. Craig steps into the past every time he hunts. Using old guns, old trucks, and even putting on a tie for the opener. You can find this book and others from Craig at http://www.rckulchak.com/
George Bird Evans authored 20 books and hundreds of articles on a subject that flowed from his heart, to his fingertips. From the keys of of his old Remington typewriter, he wrote of upland hunting,his love of Setters, grouse and woodcock. I was invited to "Old Hemlock" to live, if even for a brief hour, in the 200 year old home that George and his wife Kay called home for five decades. George passed away in 1998 and Kay in 2007. Old Hemlock remains there through the Old Hemlock foundation. Lejay Graffious is the estate administrator. and year round caretaker of this piece of upland hunting history. We talk about George's dogs,guns, and his many talents. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpZVsJ5xKNZFB4lTWwk90SA
This is from Jan 1 2015. most of you have never heard this one. and I liked it so much, I want to you to hear how it all started. Jeff and I go way back, the stories of old hunts and old dogs is what this podcast was all started on, and what it will always be.
Al and his family run Krystal Creek Kennels in Cedar Grove Wisconsin. I have know Al for almost 20 years. Not only has he helped me with my dogs, he mentored me in my journey as a NAVHDA judge, and worked with me on the road in my construction firm. Al shares some experiences of his life with dogs. From his first bird with a bolt action shotgun, to what he has learned from his dogs and applied that to training for customers dogs.
