This Life Ain't For Everybody

A passion for the great outdoors courses through Laura Schara’s veins. Quite truly, it’s in her blood. She got it from her dad, consummate outdoorsman and Minnesota Bound host Ron Schara. Laura has hosted and appeared in numerous shows like Survival Science and Minnesota Bound, Fox Sports Network Due North Outdoors and Wild In The Kitchen. After college Laura worked her way into the world of high fashion with companies like Marshall Field’s then Macy’s. But her roots kept her coming back to the outdoor industry. Now Laura is combining the world of fashion with the outdoors in her new Wildly Living Lifestyle Branding Company http://wildlyliving.com/

The unique habitat, amount of waterfowl and wild pheasants in North Dakota and South Dakota offers some of the most challenging and enjoyable game bird hunts. Now here is Chris Green, with his hunting lodge and knowledge of the area, has been delivering unreal hunting experiences for over 25 years. Chris shares some of his experiences and perceptions on the hunting guide industry.

Joey Gilbert, a professional boxer, and Matt Pendola, a professional fitness coach, combine their experiences as athlete and coach to give the listener valuable information on reaching fitness goals and improve nutrition.

Joey Gilbert is a retired professional boxer out of Reno, Nevada. As a collegiate boxer, Joey was a 3-time National Champion, 4-time Regional Champion and 4-time All American. He won the Nevada State Golden-Gloves Super-Middleweight Champion in 2000. In 2004, Joey was cast in NBC’s The Contender, working alongside Sylvester Stallone, Sugar Ray Leonard and other talented boxers. Joey’s love of prizefighting ultimately led him to become ranked #3 in the world by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and #7 in the world by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Joey was formerly both WBO-NABO and WBC-USNBC Middleweight Champion—2006 & 2007.

While competing as a professional fighter, Joey was asked, and volunteered for 3 “USO-Tours” to visit our troops serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq.

Argentina is truly a high volume duck hunting destination, a place all duck hunters need to visit. The team is on final day 3 of hunting with Argentina Duck Hunting Adventures Outfitter. Chad and the guys talk about the challenges of hunting the Rossy-bill duck and the other topics to consider when hunting in Argentina.

On day 2 the guys realize how good Argentina duck hunting really is, as they recall the day's hunt. We've got George Thompson and JP Fischer from Benelli, Roc Merlo from California Waterfowl Association and Clay Belding from Team Banded sharing their thoughts on Argentina Duck hunting and the food Monty and his team have been serving at Argentina Duck Hunting Adventures camp.

We are live from Argentina with George Thompson and JP Fischer from Benelli, Roc Merlo from CWA, and Clay Belding from Team Banded. They all sit down with Chad to discuss their trip so far as well as topics ranging from shotguns to duck camp. Stay with us throughout the week for more episodes from Argentina!

Clay Charlton owns and operates Take Em Outfitters in Alberta, Canada. He makes his living in the woods and he is good at it. He sits down with Chad to discuss their friendship and past hunts, the migration, as well as upcoming hunts. Join us as we talk to our brother from the Great White North!

Chad gives us some duck calling tips to practice during this off season. He goes into detail explaining the science and the inner workings of creating realistic duck sounds. Definitely a good podcast if you're wanting to improve your duck calling skills!

Fellow Outdoor Channel TV host, Randy Birdsong of Head Hunters TV joins Chad to discuss the hunting industry and more.