Highballs & BS

In this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors we discuss...gundogs! Dr. Matt Ryan joins the podcast to talk his journey becoming a sporting dog veterinarian, memorable duck hunts, and tips to take care of your gundog in the cold weather and through the offseason.

Dr. Matt Ryan with the Animal Clinic of Oxford
Ramsey Russell Duck Season Somewhere episode with Dave Smith of DSD
The Rolling Thunder Podcast with Forbes Biological Station
Wildfowl magazine article about the Ward brothers decoy carvers.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Two native Long Islanders join this Christmas episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Max Finazzo, Ducks Unlimited Board member, and Ryan Preuss, owner of EZ Dekes, talk all things waterfowling on Long Island. From fishing, learning the marshes, favorite ducks and first members hunting, we cover it all.

Find some of the latest projects undertaken by Ducks Unlimited and join!
If you're curious about the rigging discussed, check out EZ Dekes.
Want to learn more about the Chesapeake Bay and hunting the area, listen to Chesapeake Dirt here.
Flip Pallot joined the Mossy Oak Companions podcast. 

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Chef John Fearrington of Arkansas' Strait Lake Lodge joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. He shares his journey to some of the best camps across the country, what his 'go-to' is after those cold & rainy hunts, how prepares some of the his favorite proteins, plus more stories from the lodge.

Hear John's interview with Ramsey Russell.
A wingshooter's gift guide on the AnyCreek Academy.
Ramsey Russell's two-part interview with author Worth Mathewson.
Phil Kahnke's gear recommendations.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

The second annual "Thanksgiving Week" episode guest is artist, writer, fly fisher, and wing shooter Bob White. Growing up in southern Illinois, Bob's adventures have taken him from the wilds of Alaska, to the remoteness of Argentina, and back to his home in Minnesota. Highballs & BS is presented by Gundog Outdoors, who is also doing a big giveaway with the grand prize of hunting with the team in California.

Bob has a collection of his artwork, stories behind the locations and methods, along with other short stories in The Classic Sporting Art of Bob White.
Learn more about the Copper Bob Bourbon here.
Grab the latest issue of Garden & Gun with the article from Worth Park on his goose trip on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Jessi Cole Walters, editorial content lead for Mossy Oak, and Amy Hall of Her Wild Outdoors joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss our different paths to outdoors, the state of women hunters in the marsh or turkey woods, pink camo, and how to retain women partaking in the past time.

You can connect with Amy on Instagram here.
You can also connect with Jessi at [email protected]
Learn more about wildHERness. 

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Bobby Hayes of Duck Lander Call Co. joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Bobby just returned from his annual free-lance trip to Canada and reports back on successes, the changing pressures on hunting north of the border, along with hunting in his area of Kansas, and the frustrating fun of making duck and goose calls.

Tom Beckbe & Ducks Unlimited
Duck Lander Call Co. Canadian Potholes
Duck Lander Call Co. Podcast videos

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Mike Callian of Dave Smith Decoys (DSD) and Kelly Warren, regional biologist for Ducks Unlimited in western Oregon, join this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We talk everything about hunting the Willamette Valley, changes in goose population dynamics, ongoing Ducks Unlimited research, conservation efforts DSD is supporting through the limited run decoys, and more.

Oregon Ducks Unlimited https://www.ducks.org/oregon

If you are interested in participating in DU habitat efforts, you can contact Kelly: [email protected]

DU Podcast with Ramsey Russell and Dr. Phil Lavresky discuss Duck DNA Project Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrNSwzpRFA
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6UdMrNvblbIoXKFzg1ScaR?si=iZVvI-KOTXiZPsO0tSF1Vw

Ducks Unlimited Conservation for a Continent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxM_qK5VkFI

Goose Identification Field Guide, second edition: https://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/waterfowl/goose-permits/docs/Goosefieldguide_2ndEdition_final.pdf

Garden & Gun resources to support Hurricane Helene victims: https://gardenandgun.com/articles/how-to-help-those-affected-by-hurricane-helene/?utm_source=soldsie&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=240927_howtohelpthoseaffectedbyhurricanehelene

Support Western North Carolina fly shops via Southern Culture on the Fly: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-wnc-fly-shops-after-helene?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp8_t2&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=instagram_story

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Welcome back to Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors, with the first episode of the second season! Videographer and waterfowler Grant Sinclair along with Alex Johns of Brown Water Leather Lanyards joins me to discuss what we are looking forward to this season, what it is like freelancing in Canada, hunting in Arkansas, and more.

Ramsey Russell Duck Season Somewhere podcast with guest Jody Pagan.
Where to order and read the annual Greenhead Magazine.
The Standard Sportsman podcast talking duck numbers.
Ramsey Russell Duck Season Somewhere podcast with guest Shawn Swearingen.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

On the final episode in season one of Highballs & BS, I'm joined by Dr. Ryan Askren of Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center and Alex Langbell, founder and owner of Gundog Outdoors. Between outdoor industry trade shows, Alex and I talk about his professional background as a first responder and training, the days behind the camera and producing outdoor shows, and how both those experiences came together in Gundog Outdoors. Dr. Askren discusses the importance of waterfowl research, duck habitat, banding and tracking data, and helping the waterfowl biologists of tomorrow!

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors! 

Call maker Josh Raggio and friend Chase Williams join this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. The native Mississippians and I discuss waterfowling in the Magnolia State area, hunting with our dads and kids, the big freeze and thaw of this season, wood vs acrylic calls, and more!

Josh's Raggio Mercantile located in Raymon, MS
The Pappy Van Winkle - Raggio calls in Garden & Gun supporting Ducks Unlimited
CWA's Save it for the Blind podcast episode on the Klamath Basin
Klamath Basin Water & Habitat article published by Mossy Oak

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!