Western Bird Biologist

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I got to sit around and chat with two Washington Department of Wildlife biologists in the hotel room after we assisted with an upland hunting workshop. We cover a bunch of topics from AZ quail and Utah sage grouse and what type of experiences it takes to become a biologist. We cover just about everything WA game birds and bird hunting. Anis Aoude is the game program manager for WDFW and supervises pretty much everything related to game management in Washington. Chris White oversees the raising and release of 43 thousand pheasants and also happens to own the sister to one of my wirehairs.

After a day of dog training I was lucky enough to get a chance to sit down with Jason and talk about his career as a law enforcement officer and his time hunting over wirehairs and Drahthaars in Washington. This guy is the real deal! Give it a listen!

Dr. Jared Duquette is a wildlife biologist, hunter and all around great dude who is working hard to influence the decline of hunter numbers through recruitment, retention and reactivation or R3. Jared is Based in Illinois but came out to eastern Washington to hunt upland birds with me and the wirehairs. Hopefully, you all enjoy this chat we had. We all need to do our part to help recruit new hunters and keep old ones out in the field. Do your part everybody!

I met Kaylee at the NWTF National Staff meeting in Augusta, Georgia and after sitting next to her on the bar stool for five minutes I knew I had to talk her into being on the show! She has a cool path to becoming a biologist, becoming a hunter and is a heck of a great story teller!! YOU WILL LOVE HER! I cant believe how good her mouth calling is under pressure in the corner of a bar this girl has some serious moves!

Opening day and the glory of what September represents to a bird hunter. A mostly Solo podcast about my first hunt with a bonus Cameo from the lovely Julie Unfried a bird biologist on her first Montana Sage Grouse hunt. I talk a little about my past and how fun it is to keep a hunting journal. Our first recording from the "lions den" ultimate bird hunting trailer.

Val Bachman was an influential wildlife biologist and habitat manager in Utah for over four decades. We talk about his history and experiences as a biologist. Utah, the great salt lake and the great basin are such incredible places! Learn about the birds and the ecosystem from the perspective of man who dedicated much of his life to Utah bird habitat.

George Wilson was an early hero of mine and I was very lucky to get this opportunity to talk with him over the phone. George was an upland game bird habitat biologist in northern Utah he has long since retired. We talk a lot about Utah habitat management. George has had an incredible amount of fine bird dogs and has lived the dream life as a bird biologist, traveling bird hunter, dog trial guy and heck of a good shot. George also was part of the shenanigans that got me my first ride in the back seat of a cop car....

Kelly Jobes Gives a colorful history of breeding some awesome wirehairs. We talk about some of the big name dogs and breeders that have come and gone and some hunting stories involving wirehairs in Oregon and PNW. As a wirehair breeder and NAVHDA Judge this stuff interests me even though we didn't delve into bird biology as much in this episode.

In this interesting conversation Meadow and I discuss some old times and talk about the future of bird hunting. Meadow was actually interviewing me for her podcast which never got going so I published our conversation here! Meadow created some of the first super successful women's hunting programs and really helped jump start the R3 movement. We talk about her drahthaars, her work on ruffed grouse and a lot of our adventures hunting in Northwestern California. Meadow is the real deal an awesome mother, a well grounded biologist, an outdoorswoman, a dog breeder and heck of a good bird hunter. If you want to find out more about the extreme huntress competition you really should consider going to the website and voting for somebody that is a bird hunter and bird biologist!

Ken tells us about the bird hunting prospects for Montana and how some of the access programs work. Ken is an expert on bird habitat and how to create it on private lands. We talk a lot about Sharptail, huns, and pheasant hunting tactics. Ken is an Avid hunter and his German wirehair pointer Pixie lives the doggy dream life! Ken is an incredible photographer, biologist, Wirehair owner and a Fantastic human!