Tyler Melchert and Nick Juran sit down with Christy Langston, a former small town Ag Teacher. Christy gives us some interesting stories from her teaching days, such as butchering chickens with the students. Christy also talks about the lessons learned she went through getting her first bird dog and how those lessons helped her open her own kennel, start running NAVHDA tests, and more! Be sure to tune in to hear about the opossum story, the farming industry and more! 

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In this episode, Tyler sits down with Jennifer Wapenski, owner and breeder of the Deutsch Langhaar's. Jennifer is also part of Hunting Dog Confidential and Project Upland.  

Jennifer and Tyler discuss the breed and go over what the difference is between German Long Haired Pointers and Deutsch Langhaar's, the requirements/testing set forth by the Germans for breeding, how Jennifer chose the Deutsch Langhaar and more!   The exciting part about the Deutsch Langhaar is that even in the U.S. we are still required to meet the German standards in order to continue breeding under the Deutsch Langhaar name. There are not many litters of pups in the U.S. each year but the nice part is that if you purchase a Deutsch Langhaar, you know it went through extensive testing and met the standards that have been set forth for many many years.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Jennifer and learned alot about the Deutsch Langhaar.

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Nick and Tyler sit down with Ruben Mata in this episode. Ruben lives in California and is a Vice President of the Quail Forever chapter in the county he lives in. Ruben is also active in the local NAVHDA chapter. With the thousands of acres of public access Ruben enjoys exploring new locations looking for upland birds but also saving those honey holes for his kids or other new hunters to enjoy a good bird hunt.

Rubens Quail Forever Chapter has been working hard this year to help the birds survive the droughts by keeping the guzzlers full and also fixing the broken ones.

Tune in to hear more from Ruben and his upland adventures.

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Nick and Tyler sit down with Conner, the owner of Great Lakes Guided Outdoors. After graduating college, Conner knew that a job in the outdoors was for him and he took the reins and made it happen. Growing up he would guide people on Turkey hunts. Those turkey hunts started growing into more turkey hunts, which then grew into guided waterfowl hunts. Conner's business is continuing to grow as he builds more relationships with farmers and provides his clients with great hunts. Lets just say that this past year, his turkey clients were 100% on bagging birds, now that is some good odds! 

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Nick and Tyler sit down with Andrea, a newer upland hunter to talk about her experiences in the field. Andrea has taken up Upland hunting in the recent years after getting her first pointing dog. After seeing the dogs desire to hunt birds, Andrea gave upland hunting a go and that was all she needed to get hooked. Since starting her upland hunting career she has taken on another pointer, hunted in multiple states and has bagged multiple species! Her favorite bird to chase is any form of quail. She talks about using the Try Upland App, taking shooting lessons and more! This is a great episode for a newer hunter and for all of us to remember what it was like getting started in our own upland journey

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Nick and Tyler talk with Doug Davis who is a passionate upland hunter and trains dogs as a hobby. Doug is based out of Arizona and brings a great perspective to learning to hunt public lands in Arizona and learning the landscape. Doug explains the crazy cactus that they have run into while hunting, snake training his dogs, dealing with the Arizona heat and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. 

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The art of Falconry is something we should all witness. This is as close as you can get to true predator vs prey when it comes to hunting. Jake has been around falconry since he was younger when a few falconers asked to hunt some chickens on his families ranch. Since that moment he has been enthralled with falconry and just this past year he finally took the step forward and trapped his first bird, a red tail hawk. Jake was able to hunt with Bird Reynolds (his hawk) this past season and has some great stories from just the first year. Listen in as we talk to Jake about becoming a falconer, training, hunting, future goals and more! Learn more about your ad choices. 

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Nick and Tyler are joined by Ted Koch, the executive director of the North American Grouse Partnership. Ted talks about the current state of lesser Prairie Chicken as it relates to the endangered species list, how it is has come to this point and more. As we know, habitat is everything and Ted explains how a 30 plus yr CRP field has been home to prairie chickens and have sustained them in Kansas. Ted explains the difference between endangered and threatened species and dives into what we can do as hunters to help recover the grasslands to allow us to have sustainable habitat and hunting opportunities in the future. At minimum, Please listen to the last 10 minutes of the episode to learn how we as hunters can help with moving the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA) and the North Americans Grasslands Conservation Act (NAGCA) forward! 

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We sit down with Ryan Lommen, also known as Upland Edge on Instagram, from Minnesota and a member of the HuntWise Team. Ryan hunts with a golden retriever and a brittany. Ryan is your everyday type hunter, like many of us including me, and enjoys being out in the uplands watching his dogs work and also spend time hunting with his family. Minnesota is a truly special state, and not on the minds of many upland hunters, when it comes to upland bird opportunities. If you are lucky enough, you could be selected to hunt prairie chickens and if you are willing to head north, you could hunt sharptail grouse. You can also hunt ruffed grouse and pheasant to name a couple more! Tune in as we talk with Ryan about these different species and his experiences hunting them.

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Matt is from the Sandhills of Nebraska and hunts differently than most of us. Matt hunts almost exclusively from horseback and to top that, hunts public lands in many different states. His favorite state to hunt is Wyoming and one of his favorite birds to hunt is the Sage Grouse. Matt has only been hunting from horseback for a few years and has had to learn a lot of things on the fly. Anything from knowing how to lead your horse, navigating the land to try and avoid fences, and more has helped bring him success in the field. His dogs are large running dogs and it is typical for them to put in 35-45 miles in a single day! This was a super interesting conversation and we are excited to hear your feedback!

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