Highballs & BS

Lake Pickle, waterfowl marketing manager for OnX, joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how he started hunting and then working in the outdoor industry, the evolution of OnX as a digital resource for hunters and land managers, plus some of the favorite trials and errors (i.e., the steep learning curve) of hunting.   

Educational Articles via the OnX Blog

Delta Waterfowl’s Wood Duck Box Program in Louisiana

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Matt Ferry, Ducks Unlimited volunteer with the Pentagon chapter, joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how he started working the wood duck nesting box program in Virginia, variables in location selection and usage, what to consider if you place nesting boxes, and some of the crazy things he’s seen over the years.  

Ducks Unlimited Wood Duck Box Plans

Lee Kjos on the Standard Sportsman Podcast

‘A Quest for Cacklers’ in the latest DU Magazine 

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Lifelong outdoorsman, 2006 World Duck Calling Champion, and a great mentor, Jim Ronquest of Drake Waterfowl joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how the season is going, differences in duck calls, what is involved with being the Vice-President of Development for Drake, what he loves about the timber, and a lot more!

 This Is The Mallard

 World Cutdown Calling Championship

 The Standard Sportsman episode w/Brad Cohen & Doug Osborne

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Competitive calling champions and best friends Forrest Carpenter and Kile Jones episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss calling competitions with Kile coming off winning his third World Goose title a few months ago, mentors in calling and the hunting world, raising the next generation of hunters and outdoorsmen, plus mallard migrations and Senator Kennedy’s letter to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 

Forrest Carpenter’s Faithful Migration Outdoors Youtube Series

The Standard Sportsman Podcast

Forrest and Kile in the pit for Front Range Guide Service

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Award-winning decoy carver Luke Costilow joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss all things decoys and carving, the multi-generational projects in the shop, managing their hunting property, and the places decoy carving has taken them.

 Coffee Creek Cork

 Maggie Williams for OnX “The Woods Remember: The Life & Legacy of Gail Camp”

 MeatEater Sheds: Dave Smith

 The Standard Sportsman Podcast

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Nicole Belke joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. She is a professional photographer, mother, wife, hunter, and lover of good dogs. We discuss a recent memorable hunt on a refuge draw, her travels hunting from the north slope of Alaska to axis deer in Hawaii, the fun in getting their son outdoors, and of course, dogs.  

APEX Ammunition Zee Short Film

Freedom Hunters Foundation

God Bless Gun Dogs™ 

Chene Gear Presents: Get Down, Cover Up

Hunt41 Episode 13: Maryland

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Companion gundog trainer Grayson Guyer of Lost Highway Kennels and award-winning writer Worth Parker join the Thanksgiving week episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We talk about our shared love of good dogs, the challenging pleasure of working and training our four-legged companions, and the unexpected way connections in the outdoor world happen. Enjoy and happy Thanksgiving!

Garden & Gun Article on Grayson by Worth

DU Podcast #718 on DuckDNA Project w/ Dr. Lavretsky

Tom Beckbe 10th Anniversary

Andy Quattlebaum Warrior Hunt 2026 Information

Garden & Gun Article on Bobwhite Quail by Worth

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Chefs Jesse Griffiths and Wade Truong join this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how difficult it is to select your favorite ‘go-to’ recipe (but what makes great ones at camp), handling and processing wild game, sausage making, differences in curing and aging meat, and memorable hunts. 

Jesse’s The Pedernal Project

Wade’s Curing Chamber Tutorial

Blind Safety and Etiquette Talk by Kile Jones

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The first episode of season three of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors starts with guests, eastern shore taxidermist Billy Hardesty and Brett Shaffer of Grumpy Duck Co. Brett and Billy discuss how they met each other and how their friendship has taken them on waterfowling adventures along the DelMarVa peninsula over the years. We also talk gun dogs, handling birds for taxidermy, upcoming projects of Grump Duck, and the Atlantic Flyway. 

Tom Beckbe DU Collection

Standard Sportsman Podcast on Imprinting Ducks

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Call maker, RNT Owner, duck calling 3x World Champion and Champion of Champions John Stephens along with waterfowling historian and collector Ryan Graves joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Ryan and John talk about how they got into call collecting, the history, along with some of the places it has taken them, plus how their seasons went, memorable hunts, and events we should be looking forward to. 

The Standard Sportsmen's Podcast Duck Survey

Ramsey Russell's Duck Season Somewhere Punt Gun Part 1 and Part 2

RNT's Callapalooza is May 29 through 31

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