Katie Willis joins us for a bonus episode to share how she finally overcame the barrier to make Bird Dog realize they need to work together as a team.

Pour yourself a glass of Whiskey and share a good laugh with us!

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Katie Willis grew up big game hunting in Montana, then found herself in the wetlands and uplands with the addition of her first bird dog 13 years ago, a German Wirehaired Pointer, affectionately referred to as Bird Dog. BD was there by her side through undergrad and PA school, and during those long nights studying, Katie continued to remind Bird Dog of her promise to take him rooster hunting in North Dakota. A four week trip with a loyal best bird dog and two exuberant puppies, made some unforgettable memories for Katie and her crew.

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5:45 Meet The Northern Brown-Haired Wanderer

13:30 Growing up Montana

20:05 Start in bird hunting

22:30 First Bird Dog

32:00 Puppy's first day

34:00 Training Bird Dog

40:35 NA Test

41:30 Getting a handle on independence

45:45 UT Test

47:00 Embrace the wildness

53:50 The Muppets

58:10 Senior dog adjusting to puppy addition

100:00:13 Promise for North Dakota Roosters

1:09:15 Road kill appreciation

1:11:00 North Dakota Hunt

1:16:00 Montana Hunt

1:26:20 Idaho Hunt

1:45:20 Bucket list hunt

1:50:00 Aspirations to be a crazy cocker lady

1:50:30 Chukar Pot Pie

1:56:00 Connect with Katie

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Lauren Dirkschneider is an avid marathon runner that sought out a dog breed to be her running partner. She quickly learned her dog needed more than a run, it needed a job. She found herself on an unexpected path into the uplands. This is one of the most raw and detailed discussions I've ever heard from a perspective of a novice learning to hunt. Lauren shares her fears, doubts, and what motivates her to overcome them. These are things many of us have struggled with but don't talk about often enough.

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5:15 Meet Lauren

11:15 GWP Running Buddy

13:30 Choosing a breeder

16:10 Unintentional opportunity

21:05 NAVHDA experience

23:45 Overcoming 'killing' and handling birds

25:00 Getting started

26:45 'Oh Hell No!'

29:00 Learning all the things

34:00 How women's discussions around hunting are different

37:00 Exchanging stories and experiences with all levels

40:00 First solo hunt

45:30 Putting newly acquired knowledge to the test

47:45 Becoming a team

49:00 Future plans

52:30 Bird dog addict

55:20 Advice for a novice

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Tamara Champagne has trained dogs for over 20 years for obedience, protection work, tracking, scent detection, IGP, conformation and service dogs.. and six months ago she got her first bird dog, a German Shorthaired Pointer. Her commitment to allowing her dogs to do what they were bred to do, has got her diving deep into the bird dog World! Tamara recently published 'Training With A Purpose Journal' to help dog trainers and owners outline and follow their goals.

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5:45 Meet Tamara

8:28 First bird dog and hunt testing experiences

9:23 GSP's

12:08 NAVHDA experience

17:13 Adult-onset hunter

21:08 Training dogs to do it all

25:08 Tamara's crew

26:58 Canine Development and Testing

29:03 Training with a Purpose Journal

33:48 Dream, Plan, Train, Succeed

43:08 Writing goals

45:23 SMART

45:08 Celebrating your success

52:08 Review

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Hannah Leonard is the outreach coordinator for Sporting Lead-Free, a collaborative initiative to nationally reduce lead consumed inadvertently by wildlife and people. Hannah is an avid fly fisher and hunter. Her personal encounter with a leaded golden eagle ignited her desire to educate others in the use of non-lead alternatives not only for the benefit of wildlife and human health, but for the continuation of our hunting heritage.

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7:45 Hannah's new puppy

11:15 Meet Hannah Leonard

14:00 Start in hunting

26:00 Shotgun patterning

27:00 Hannah's 'why' to choosing non-lead

34:00 Education is key

37:00 Non-toxic options

38:00 Federally mandated in waterfowl

40:00 Lead danger with Game birds

45:45 Lead fragments in game meat

51:30 Why is lead still allowed

56:00 Making the decision to change

59:00 Talking to Dad about lead

1:02:45 Cost of non-lead options

1:04:00 Shooting demos

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Zsofia Miczek is the breeder of the World known Zoldmali Wirehaired Vizslas. She is an FCI judge and arguably the most accomplished female dog trainer in Hungary. We discuss her journey in the breed for the past 22 years, training, hunting and testing her dogs in several different countries, breed characteristics and the growing popularity of Wirehaired Vizlas.

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6:15 Meet Zsofi

7:00 Start in bird dogs

17:30 Testing dogs in Hungary, Germany, US

21:40 Hunting, training and testing with a baby

24:45 Bringing dogs to the US for NAVHDA testing

30:00 Versatile Hungarian Wirehaired Vislas

35:40 Training and testing in the US

38:50 Zoldmali NAVHDA VC's

44:35 AKC recognition

50:20 Size of male vs female

53:50 Temperament

1:03:15 Coat

1:07:40 Field and Trainability

1:20:00 Duck Search

1:26:00 Health considerations

1:30:00 Popularity concerns

1:33:50 Importing

1:35:30 Breeding dog with proven field ability

1:41:00 Wirehaired Dachshunds

1:42:00 Slovakian Wirehair

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Sarah Tilt is the Executive Director of One Montana, an organization that works to create a sustainable and resilient Montana by connecting rural and urban communities.The MT Master Hunter Program provides advanced hunter education that increases skills, competence, ethical behavior and knowledge of agriculture and stewardship. Applications are now open until Nov 30. Sarah shares more information on the program, and shares some of her, and my favorite recipes, from her Cookbook Game On: A Bird Hunters Table, Reloaded.

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5:35 Meet Sarah Tilt

6:30 Bird Dogs

8:45 Early season Montana hunting

10:55 One Montana

14:45 Montana Master Hunter

22:00 Implementing in more States

22:50 Applying for MT Master Hunter

23:55 Class Statistics and Info

30:10 After graduation

38:45 Wingshooting Continuing Ed

41:00 Game On: A Bird Hunter's Table, Reloaded

43:30 Hungarian Partridge

45:15 Sharptail and Ducks

50:15 Interchanging white and dark meat recipes

51:20 Pheasant Sous vide

52:15 Care for the birds and they'll reward you when you eat them

56:00 Sage Grouse

59:35 Snipe

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Bridget Nielsen is a professional trainer for all versatile pointing breeds, and is a breeder, owner, trainer and handler of some of the top Vizslas in the country. She expects the Vizsla to have natural pointing instinct, a natural desire to retrieve, and a love of water. Bridget tested three dogs at the NAVHDA Invitational last month, and discusses her journey with those great dogs!

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10:30 Bridget's training and hunting plans

13:50 Wall Canyon Vizslas

18:40 Strengths of a Vizsla

2040 Different lines of Vizsla

23:45 Looking beyond a dog's titles

27:15 Priorities when breeding versatile Vizslas

29:40 Considerations of NAVHDA titles

31:45 Are some dogs not cutout for testing

38:15 Running 3 Invitational dogs

40:35 Preparing for and running in the Invitational

44:15 Benefits and Rewards of Volunteering

50:25 The emotions in testing

56:43 Sharptailed Grouse and Fall Hunting

1:04:15 Bridge's bucket list hunt

1:05:15 Gamebird recipes

1:09:25 Appreciating the ranchers and sage grouse habitat

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Una Russell joins us from Scotland to discuss the differences between hunting, training and testing in Scotland vs what we do here in the US. Una recently achieved the esteemed title of a Field Champion on her young German Wirehaired Pointer, Tetley. She describes the characteristics she prefers in a working dog, the discipline and manners required of them, along with the importance of tradition and honoring game. 

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9:10 Differences in hunting pointing dogs in the US and UK

15:30 Hunting and Trialing season

18:30 Bird manners and wind

20:25 HPR Field Trials

41:30 Requirements to become a Field Champion

42:30 Popular pointing breeds

44:35 GWP Field Trial Champions

45:45 Explanation of FC, Sh Ch, Ch, DC

47:15 UK's only Dual Champion GWP

50:20 Tetley Tea Bag, UK's newest Field Champion

1:02:30 Characteristics of a UK Field Trial prospect

1:15:15 Whistle training

1:20:00 Tetley's mannerisms and future plans

1:25:00 HPR Championships

1:30:30 Training and testing with the same manners

1:30:30 Una's start to hunting

1:39:15 Owners for fast, hard going dogs

1:45:25 Pheasant and Red Grouse meal prep

1:48:30 Traditional hunting and testing attire

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Dawn Grant is a mental trainer and hypnotherapist that focuses on the mental games specifically with shooting and hunting. Dawn discusses the importance of being more mindful, calming your mind, body and turning off all of the outside noises to be present when you hunt. The mind games that happen when we're out there isn't something to overlook. Have a listen to this episode and learn how we can overcome struggles we may not realize are present.

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6:00 Meet Dawn Grant

9:15 Training Olympian Shooter Kayle Browning

12:00 Helping through hypnosis

18:00 21 Day Program options

20:15 Shooting Course description

25:10 Building confidence with hesitations to hunt/shoot

30:50 Turning off all the noise

35:30 Hunters vs Clay target shooters

42:00 Hunting for our dogs

46:20 Calming your mind and body

47:45 Anticipation

53:45 Mental vs physical

58:10 Dawn's course options

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