Linda Hinz is a turkey hunting enthusiast that has been pursing gobblers for over 20 years. She is heavily involved with the National Wild Turkey Federation's Women In The Outdoors Program in Wisconsin, where she's hosted an annual 3-day education event for the past 20 years. We discuss the event, prep for spring turkey, shotgun patterning, calling, gear and more!

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8:00 Getting started in turkey hunting

9:05 GSP's

9:40 NWTF WITO

16:15 2021 WI WITO Event

18:20 Learn To Hunt Turkey Program

22:15 Mission to mentor

22:50 Changes since start of WITO event

28:20 NWTF Programs

30:10 Prep for turkey season

32:00 Shotgun patterning

37:10 Decoy setup

38:55 Early season vs late season

41:00 Calling

43:00 Turkey sounds

49:40 How often to call

56:00 Boss Hens

1:01:40 Turkey gear

1:04:40 Turkey Recipe

1:05:25 Annie Oakley Award

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Bird Dog eAcademy - New Online Training Courses teaching you how to train your bird dog. In this episode we discuss the first course available, 'The Reliable Retrieve'. An 8 week course with a positive approach, of little to no pressure. A new module is dropped every week, and full support is provided with live videos to help you and your dog through the entire process. 

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Ashley Peters is the Director of Communications and Marketing for the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society. She's a conservationist, newer hunter and carries some deep envy for anyone that owns a bird dog. We discuss the current state of Ruffed Grouse, American Woodcock and forest habitat. Along with the importance and best approach of mentoring, hunting essentials on a budget, and more!

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7:15 Living in Minnesota

9:50 Growing up with conservation mindset

12:30 Bird Nerd Enthusiasts Unite

15:00 Getting started in hunting

25:45 Bird dog dreamin'

31:00 Role at Ruffed Grouse Society

36:10 Importance of public lands and forest management

38:45 Current state of Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock

41:15 West Nile Virus in Ruffed Grouse

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42:30 Success of The Great American Outdoors Act

44:00 Restoring Americas Wildlife Act

45:00 Replant Act

46:00 Wildfire forest management

48:30 Who are RGS members

51:10 How to become a member

53:50 What can we do to help

57:30 Montana Grouse

1:02:30 Mentoring

1:05:50 Essentials to hunt on a budget

1:13:50 Favorite gamebird recipe

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Jordan Horak is known as the 'dog whisperer' of Cocker Spaniels and he's the maker of the Cato Board, a training place board for all breeds of dogs. Jordan discusses the training differences between Pointers and Spaniels, males vs females, and why that extra x chromosome is superior, eh I mean creative.  Jordan shares some great insight on training, hunting, and living with different types of bird dogs. This episode is a must listen!

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6:42 Cato Outdoors

9:25 Cocker Spaniels

12:30 Boykin vs Cockers

16:35 Difference between Pointers and Spaniels

26:00 Training for dogs that want to work with you

34:15 Training dogs after they've been allowed bad habits

45:40 Positive reinforcement with pigeons

49:56 Wild bird dogs vs Highly obedient dogs, male vs female

1:02:50 Hunting pointers and flushers together

1:07:20 Cato Board for the retrieve

1:15:15 Connect with Jordan

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Elsa Gallagher is a biologist for The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund and an avid bird hunter and field trailer. She's down from an even dozen hunting dogs to a mere 9 these days. We discuss her Vizsla named Hatch, and his recent placement at the AKC National Champion, along with her lifelong dedication to quail, as well as her most recent project with The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund and how you can qualify for free seed mix with their Seed A Legacy Program.

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6:50 AKC National Championship

10:50 Training with Perfection Kennels

15:50 He's a bird dog before a field trial dog

18:00 Life's dedication to quail

20:00 First bird dog and those after

27:15 Current string

30:50 Making the transition into horseback field trials

34:00 Getting started hunting

36:00 For the love of quail

38:25 Ideal quail habitat

40:50 Quail Biologist and not for profit habitat projects

47:10 What is a pollinator

51:30 Lifecycle of the butterfly

55:15 Honeybees

57:00 Seed mix diversity

58:40 Seed A Legacy Program

1:00:30 Minimum acreage for program

1:01:50 Site prep

1:04:00 When to apply

1:05:10 Habitat upkeep

1:07:10 Grasses in seed mix

1:09:30 Ideal acreage for program

1:15:50 The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund

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1:16:20 Favorite game bird and rabbit recipes

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Lauren and her family self-sustain year round with their harvested wild game and produce. She joins me in this episode to discuss how she shares her passion for the outdoors and bird hunting with her son, gear and safety tips for hunting with a toddler, as well as her experience this past season as a first time bird dog owner. 

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7:30 Growing up in a non-hunting home

9:00 Obsessed with the hunt

13:30 Drought affecting bird numbers

20:45 Covey shooting

24:10 First bird dog

22:00 Hunting with toddler

28:40 Safety tips for hunting with kids

38:55 Onx

40:30 Garmin InReach

41:00 Garmin Alpha 200i

41:30 Garmin 550

42:10 Getting kids use to wearing ear protection

47:30 Hunting while pregnant

52:00 Future plans with growing child

58:00 Being a first time bird dog owner

1:01:00 Claddagh Online Training Courses

1:02:50 NAVHDA

1:09:30 Lauren's favorite recipes

1:22:30 Focus for next season

1:23:10 Connect with Lauren

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Robin MacFarlane is the owner and training director of That's My Dog and also heads the TMD E-academy, a continuing ed program for dog training professionals. Robin's ability to read and understand dogs is unlike any I've ever seen. In this episode she discusses the importance of a choosing a breed that's right for your lifestyle and how that relates to dogs bred for a purpose. In addition, she gives tips on how we can better understand our dogs, help them overcome situations, and breaks down the proper use of remote collar training.

Watch for details this week for your chance to win the training videos mentioned in this episode from Gun Dog Supply, in addition to a training consultation with Robin herself!

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7:00 That's My Dog

9:20 Choosing a breed ideal for your lifestyle

13:15 Owning a dog bred to hunt that will never hunt

19:00 Physically and mentally exercising dogs

22:48 Biggest problem owners have with dogs

25:05 How to better understand and read our dogs

29:20 Being 'alpha'

31:30 Type of dog that's difficult

35:00 Importance of body language to our dogs

39:50 Manners when running in braced dog events

44:10 Helping dog overcome a bad situation during event

45:30 Aggression

48:05 What average person is doing wrong with remote collar training

53:05 Guide to remote collar training

55:28 When/how to use the different remote collar options

1:01:20 Collar-wise dogs

1:04:20 Are remote training collars for all types of dogs

1:06:50 Services Robin offers

1:07:50 Cato Boards and 'Place' command

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Barbara Baird is the publisher of the Women's Outdoor News, also known as The WON. The WON is a one stop shop for resources, news, stories and reviews for everything regarding women outdoors. From shooting tips to guns and gear, hunting, fishing, archery, birding, survival and even how to pee in the woods. If you want to know about it, Barbara and her team at The WON have it covered!

4:00 Meet Barbara from The Won

9:10 About The Won

12:18 Barbara's background

17:28 The Won content

18:25 The Won Resource Page

20:45 All things women outdoors, not just hunting and shooting

24:15 Gear reviews

28:35 Rising trend of women in the outdoors

35:00 Media hunts

37:10 Shotgun/shooting clinics

38:55 Syren shotguns

41:29 Most popular topics women are searching for

43:39 How to pee in the woods

46:45 New content and stories

48:15 #wonphoto

50:05 Barbara's books in the works

54:38 What's new at The Won

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My 6 yr old son Burke joins me for an impromptu and unedited recording that may provide be some of the best bird dog training and hunting advice you'll ever hear.

This episode is a complement to last weeks, so if you haven't listened to Episode 45 with the girls, be sure to listen to that next! Today my husband, William Bastian, has taken over the mic for Guy's Night. He is joined with Jason Marzolf of Marzolf X Kennel, Tate Martinsen or Martinsen's Red Point Kennel, and Ethan Pippitt of Standing Stones Kennels. This is a great episode about their perspective as Dads, husbands, business owners, reputable breeders, and some of the best damn bird dog trainers I know.

5:00 Meet Jason Marzolf of MarzolfX Kennel

5:15 Meet Tate Martisen of Martinsen's Red Point Kennel

5:35 Meet Ethan Pippitt of Standing Stones Kennels

6:08 Hunting season

11:35 Hunting with wives

16:20 His and Her dogs

18:55 Hunting with Kids and growing up hunting

27:05 Balancing work and family

34:35 Training dogs with kids

45:15 Importance of time for work and family

47:35 Separating business from home life

54:20 Finding your 'me time'

1:00:00 Advice for family and living the life of a dog trainer

1:07:00 Steps to becoming a dog trainer

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