On this week's episode of the Project Upland Podcast, Scott Johnson joins the show to talk about living in a van and upland bird hunting his was across the country!! Scott Johnson is an upland bird hunter from Duluth, Minnesota. This year, Scott decided that he and Watson would take their favorite pasttime to the next level. Naturally, Scott left his job, bought a van, gutted the van, customized the van, and began laying plans for the ultimate 2017 upland hunting road trip. Scott and Watson's journey began in September and they are well underway now. I caught up with Scott just before he pointed the "Bird Van" south and left the northwoods of Minnesota. 

You can follow their journey online by visiting the blog Scott set up: www.scottandwatson.wordpress.com

Here's an excerpt from the blog and more from Scott about his epic 2017 upland bird hunting adventure:

"Oh Hi there, I see you you’ve found your way to my blog! I’ll try and keep everyone up to date on Watson and I’s travels here, as this is sure to be one heck of a journey! If you don’t know what I’m referring too, I’m days away from setting out on a 6 month bird hunting trip across the US with my super cool bird dog Watson. We’ll be starting in Montana for almost 2 weeks chasing sharp tailed grouse, then it’s back to north east Minnesota for the Ruffed Grouse opener. We’ll be in Minnesota somewhere until about mid November, soaking up every minute of Ruffed Grouse hunting and waterfowling that we can. From there it’s an open ended adventure, we’ve got some ideas as to how it will go, but the BirdVan is prepared to go wherever it needs to! So stay tuned and follow along, and don’t be shy about asking to join us if we’re in your neck of the woods."