Clays and Birds

I make my return to the podcast game and am joined by Creative Director Tyler Sharp of the up and coming publication Modern Huntsman

Today John Gosselin joins the program to discuss his 20 years publishing the famous magazine known to hunters everywhere. I talk about the recent news of the Savage Fox as well as the decision to send my German Shorthair to a one month bootcamp with Minutemen Gun Dogs.

Today we cover shotguns from the U.K. Gregg Elliot from Dogs and Doubles joins us again to discuss the history of shotguns from the U.K. and what makes them worth the premium price point. Also joining us is Jonathan Carney from La Flor Dominicana cigars where we discuss their recent winning of cigar of the year as well as cigars ideal for smoking when shooting clays and after the hunt.

Today artist Uplandish joins us to talk about grouse hunting in western Washington behind a labrador on public lands. He has spent the majority of his life hunting public lands and, as a result, has become an outspoken advocate for saving public lands. We debate federal government control vs state control of public lands. 

Today Gregg Elliot from Dogs and Doubles joins us to discuss buying, selling, and collecting vintage guns. We dive into his past and what brought about the idea for Dogs and Doubles. Also making her first appearance this episode is my wife Grace. She joins us to discuss our recent acquisition of a 9 week old Bracco Italiano. We also ask the hard hitting questions of why she hasn't divorced me yet despite me bringing home another dog and even more shotguns.

Today the Hipster Woodsman Joseph Edwards joins us to discuss working with companies like Gunner Kennels, Garmin, Orca Coolers, and Tanglefree decoys doing photography. We also discuss Weimaraners and Upland Hunting vs Duck Hunting. Also on the docket is my recent acquisition of multiple shotguns.

Today Krieghoff Pro Staff Instructor Mike Blaisdell joins us to discuss the current state of trap shooting in the US and his history of the sport. We also get talk about his time as the commissioner of New Hampshire Fish & Game. Later in the episode in Clays and Birds Tobacconist Corner we talked about humidors.

On this episode Shawn Wayment joins us to discuss gun dogs and common ailments seen in the field. We discuss hunting Quail out west. I also do the first ever Clays and Birds tobacconists corner where we discuss cigars and pipe tobacco.

The Grousefather and I discuss bridging the generational gap in grouse hunters and the new standard vs. the old one. We discuss grouse hunting in New York as well as surviving the urban jungle known as New York City.

We take a look at the recent news in the shotgun shooting world and Mike Adams from Copper Upland Supply joins us to discuss everything from locator bells to how he became a hunter. We discuss German Shorthaired Pointers, Pennsylvania pheasant, vegetarian to hunter, and even tattoos.

Anthony Ferro of Fetching Feathers joins us for an interview. We cover topics from HR 621 and HR622 to how Anthony created Fetching Feathers and his long term goals.

This episode acts as an introduction into the podcast as well as the host Andrew Schatz. I give a synopsis of my background and how I became interested in both competition shotgun shooting as well as bird hunting.