Scott & Hannah Fransen join the show to provide an update to Hannah’s journey into hunting. Hannah shares the steps she took to finally harvest her first bird, the struggles she overcame, the mental game a first-time hunter must endure, missing birds, breaking through, learning how to read habitat, becoming one with her bird dog, appreciating wild places, and future goals as a hunter that’s hooked. Plus, Scott gives a father’s perspective of this journey, pheasant updates from the last week of hunting in South Dakota, The Flush Podcast now has video, and we begin sharing hunting stories from our listeners.

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Nick Martin is known as the Iowa Bird Chaser.  Nick is on a mission to harvest a wild pheasant on public land in every county in Iowa.  We discuss the goal Nick set for himself and the value of setting goals, the struggles that have come trying to find birds on some public properties, what he’s learned about himself, grading Iowa’s public lands, celebrating success, breaking down a property, the ones that get away, achieving goals, finding a hunting balance in life, and so much more...@iowa_birdchaser

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Steve Hall is a farmer, bird hunter, dog breeder, family man, and volunteer PF chapter member from central Iowa.  Steve and Travis discuss life on the farm, balancing agriculture farming with wildlife habitat, breeding bird dogs, checking the boxes to breed dogs, falling in love with a dog breed, experiences & lessons learned raising puppies, finding the right homes for bird dogs, hunting accidents, grading this hunting season, upland bird hunting in Iowa, balancing family time with hunting, positive attitude in life, laughing off a scary hunting accident, and more @castironkennels

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David Thionnet is a lifelong quail hunter from Oklahoma.  David and Travis share stories from their action-packed bobwhite quail hunt, David explains the quail hunting tradition that hooked him as a young child and his love of the covey rise, why numbers are up this year, habitat that helps and hurts quail populations, hunting with 6 bird dogs at one time, OLAP public access program, Quail Coalition, sharing in the hunting traditions, more stories from Beadie the blind bird hunter, and plenty more!

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Beadie Brown is a blind bird hunter that lost his eyesight during a tragic hunting accident at the age of 12.  Beadie relives the story when he was shot in the field and then explains how he continues to hunt today with the help of his nephew Kaleb Curry.  Beadie discusses how he navigates terrain in the field, training and hunting with his own bird dogs, experiencing the power of the flush, holding each bird in hand, learning patience, the importance of hunting safety, overcoming your own obstacles to reach your goals, attitude is everything, helping others leads to greater rewards, fishing solo without eyesight, never let anything stop you in life, and so much more.

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Kurt Swenson is a North Dakota landowner and hunter that makes his working land work for wildlife.  Kurt helps us understand what it’s like to be a landowner on the other side of the door when hunters stop and ask permission to hunt his land.  He explains when and why he lets people hunt, sharing the land program, building relationships, how to ruin private access for others, what landowners think about out-of-state hunters, what goes into building habitat, pheasant tattoos spark conservation conversations, all habitat is not created equal, working with ND state agencies, culling roosters, role playing hunter and landowner conversations, and so much more.

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Darwin Weeldreyer is a dedicated South Dakota pheasant hunter, Pheasants Forever volunteer, and habitat champion.  We discuss pheasant populations in South Dakota, late season hunting tactics, enjoying the big flush during the late season, creating habitat, growing the upland bird hunting community, working together to make the land better, enjoying hunts with friends and strangers, and culling roosters before nasty winter weather hits and hurts the birds.  We also share a list of Christmas wishes from our bird hunting listeners.

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Are there wild pheasants and bobwhite quail in Indiana?  We join a passionate crew of upland bird hunters in the Hoosier State that can prove there are a lot of them.  Craig Standish and his buddies explain why Indiana’s fertile soil grows wild pheasants and quail, how their efforts to create more wildlife habitat is working, their proof is in the flush, the power of good dogs, the return of bobwhite quail, farming practices that can work for wildlife, a little grass goes a long way, their roles as PF volunteers, and success stories from the hunt.  Plus, Dave Gerts shares his experiences training bomb dogs to save soldiers during the war in Iraq.

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Tyler Webster & Wess Larabee from the Western Wingshooter Podcast join us to break down late season tactics to outsmart wild pheasants.  We discuss how to approach habitat on solo hunts & with groups, the art of blocking, late season food sources, when to hunt, slowing down, don’t get caught up in the big flush, walking backwards and repeating a walk, double tapping, Tyler goes down, where is the real pheasant capital of America, and so much more.  @the.westernwingshooter.podcast

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Scott Fransen & Bill Sherck join the show to help Travis give thanks for another unpredictable season of bird hunting, time spent in the field with friends & family, and a whole lot of heckling before your Thanksgiving meal.  We share important moments from hunts with our kids, lessons learned as fathers and mentors, views from recent hunt, reports from pheasant country, and more heckling the boss.

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