Bird Camp

By Joe SchwenkeSports Wilderness

Bird Camp episodes

September 16, 2025 Sept 15 opening day and a reminder about being a good neighbor.
A small episode about being safe and courteous this hunting season.
29 min
August 21, 2025 John Paige, RGS habitat volunteer.
John and I kept this conversation short and informative about projects and progress in Michigans grouse woods.
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Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
Prairie ridge Farms prairieridgefarms.com
1 hr 3 min
August 15, 2025 Michigan RGS update with Zach Evans and Gabe Stone

There is a new hire this year at RGS and its Zach Evans filling a FCD position for the eastern Great Lakes. We keep it pretty well focused on RGS and the progress made on the large Federal forest systems here in Michigan.
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Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
Prairie ridge Farms prairieridgefarms.com
1 hr 8 min
August 13, 2025 Tom Rockwell, Prairie Ridge Farm
Tom is one of the new owner operators at Prairie Ridge Farm.
We talk about the experiences of hunting the farm and also the lessons learned from the first year of running a preserve.
Thank you to our sponsors
Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
Prairie ridge Farms prairieridgefarms.com
55 min
July 16, 2025 Field Armor, a new and improved dog vest, and camp talk with Jeff
Jeff wanted to get the word out about the new V3 dog vest and catch up on this falls plans. Of course there was plenty of BirdCamp shop talk as well.
The GoFundMe link mentioned is here. https://www.gofundme.com/f/7zmz6-support-rachels-battle-against-breast-cancer/cl/s?attribution_id=sl:71e0677b-3f2b-4b3f-884e-c3adb3d17873&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_t2-amp15_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_t2
Thank you to our sponsors
Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Field Armor fieldarmorusa.com
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
Prairie ridge Farms prairieridgefarms.com
1 hr
June 25, 2025 Nate Roseveld, Michigan Wild Podcast.
Nate and I eventually get into the topic I wanted to focus on with him, habitat crossover. The things he looks for when scouting for deer are many of the same things we upland hunters take note of. Brushy edges, concealment, and food sources, are in the same value to the grouse as it is to the whitetail. It's no wonder we cross paths with hunters of other disciplines while pursuing game. This is a good birdcamp conversation and I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you to our sponsors
Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Field Armor fieldarmorusa.com
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
Prairie Ridge Farms prairieridgefarms.com
1 hr 28 min
June 07, 2025 Andrew Frank, thoughts on upland hunting and SxS shotguns
I finally had Andrew on the podcast. He's one of the regulars that travel around Michigan shooting the SxS events. We mostly stayed on task.
Thank you to our sponsors
Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Field Armor fieldarmorusa.com
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
1 hr 17 min
May 13, 2025 Matt Gay, a variety conversation.
Matt and I almost kept to the notes but as many conversations around the fire go we wandered off into other topics a few times. a few highlights were Wing & Clay Life magazine and The Upland Habitat Conservancy.
Thank you to our sponsors
Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Field Armor fieldarmorusa.com
Collar Clinic collarclinic.com
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
1 hr 31 min
May 09, 2025 Stories with Swanky 15
Number 15 Stories with Swanky. enjoy!
31 min
April 10, 2025 Ryan Burnett, Pattern Pros LLC and shotgun patterns.
Ryan and I start out by ignoring the show notes and talking about hunting with our kids. We eventually get into shotgun patterns and Pattern Pros LLC. Pattern Pros offers variety boxes of shotgun shells for pattern testing your shotgun without the large price commitment.
Thank you to our sponsors
Aspen Thicket Grouse Dogs aspenthicketgrousedogs.com
Pine Hill Gun Dogs [email protected]
Second Chance Bird dogs
Field Armor fieldarmorusa.com
Collar Clinic collarclinic.com
Wild Card Outfitters and Guide Service wildcardoutdoors.com
1 hr 29 min

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Upland Bird Hunting in Michigan focusing on Ruffed Grouse and woodcock. The goal of this podcast is to have a conversation that is genuine and relevant while having the feeling of sitting around the…