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Birdshot Podcast

Nick Larson

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/9j. Total Éps: 356

Birdshot Podcast, presented by onX Hunt and hosted by Nick Larson, is where upland hunters come together. Each week we share conversations that connect the people, stories, and traditions of wingshooting—from bird dogs and shotguns to the birds and landscapes that bring us back season after season.

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#354 | TFL Shotgun Fest 2026: Learn From Hall of Fame Pros

Épisode 354

vendredi 10 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:00:17

TFL Shotgun Fest 2026 is coming to central Minnesota this July, and this year two shotgun Hall of Famers are teaching the clinics. Steve Gould joins Nick to walk through the whole weekend.

On this episode, host Nick Larson brings back Steve Gould, creator of the Target Focused Life YouTube channel and part-owner of the Alexandria Shooting Park, to preview the second annual TFL Shotgun Fest. The event runs Friday, July 24 (development day plus VIP night) and Saturday, July 25 (the main shooting day) at the Alexandria Shooting Park in central Minnesota.

The headline this year is the talent. Corey Cruz, a two-time national champion, world champion, and National Sporting Clays Hall of Fame inductee, is running sporting clays clinics. Richard Marshall Jr., a 35-time All-American and multiple Grand American winner on the trap side, is running trap clinics. Both are kept small on purpose: five shooters per session, half a day, real range time and real feedback. Del Whitman is on-site doing gun fittings.

Beyond the clinics there are manufacturer demos where you can get hands-on and actually shoot a rack of different shotguns, an Upland Gun Company booth with a new RFM shotgun to see, and over $10,000 in prizes, including a custom 250th-anniversary shotgun for high overall. Then there's the unconventional stuff Steve's crew is known for: the Can Cannon Challenge, the Benelli AI Challenge, and the Wheel of Shotgun Fortune. The day closes with an Annie Oakley tournament and a social hangout.

There's a thread running under all of it that matters more than the prize wall. Steve talks about how people are starved for in-person connection, and how an event like this is really about getting folks who love shotguns in the same place for a weekend.

We also get into Steve's first trip to Italy and the Benelli and Perazzi factories, the Minnesota high school trap tournament that ran 7,700 kids through the range, a good stretch on barrel length and gun fit, and the ShotTracker training tool that might one day track a flushing grouse. Clinics, camping, and tickets are limited, so check the website for current availability.

Chapters:
0:00 - Meet the Hall of Fame Clinic Pros
2:00 - Welcome Back: Steve Gould, Target Focused Life
2:35 - MN High School Trap and 7,700 Young Shooters
7:00 - A New Sporting Clays Course at Alexandria
8:15 - Inside Steve's Italy Trip: Benelli and Perazzi
17:15 - Shotgun Fest 2026: The Big Vision
18:30 - Clinics With Corey Cruz and Richard Marshall Jr.
19:15 - Del Whitman Gun Fittings and VIP Night
20:15 - Prizes, the 250th-Anniversary Gun, and Challenges
23:20 - Why People Are Craving In-Person Again
26:50 - How the Weekend Works: Friday and Saturday
27:50 - Manufacturer Demos: Get Hands-On With the Guns
30:20 - The RFM Venus 20ga Grouse Gun
31:30 - Barrel Length, Balance, and Gun Fit
37:00 - A New RFM Sporting Clays Shotgun (First Look)
40:40 - Year One to Year Two: What Changed
44:50 - Small-Group Clinics and How They Work
48:10 - Annie Oakley Tournament and Awards
50:10 - Camping and Lodging in Alexandria
52:20 - Shotgun Find 2.0 and the ShotTracker Tool

Resources & Links:
Target Focused Life on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TargetFocusedLife
TFL Shotgun Fest tickets & clinic registration: https://www.targetfocused.life/shotgunfest
Alexandria Shooting Park (camping & booking): https://shootasp.com
Shotgun Find (Steve's shotgun research tool): https://shotgunfind.com

Support the show:
The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By onX Hunt.
Use code BSP20 to save 20% on your onX Hunt subscription.
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/birdshot (from $5/month, and you get Birdshot can coolers and stickers as a thank-you).

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Instagram: @birdshot.podcast
Website: https://BirdshotPodcast.com

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/birdshot-podcast/id1288308609
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#353 | Why 95% of Quail Broods Need Disturbed Ground

Épisode 353

vendredi 26 juin 2026 • Durée 01:10:24

Quail habitat is the whole story. Kyle Hedges and Frank Loncarich spent five years following bobwhite quail across the Midwest, and the data pointed at one thing over and over: disturbed ground grows birds.

On this episode, host Nick Larson brings back Kyle Hedges and Frank Loncarich, two biologists who helped run one of the largest quail habitat studies in the region. From 2014 to 2018 they monitored 500 nests, radio-collared chicks, and even collared raccoons to see how predators move through cover. What came out of it is a genuinely hopeful finding: you can grow quail if you're deliberate about it.

The number that anchors the conversation: 95% of their brood locations were in habitat that had been burned, grazed, or otherwise disturbed within the previous 12 months. Grassland managed with fire and cattle beat the old broken-up dairy-farm model on nest success, on survival, and on eggs per nest. The thick, idle CRP field that looks so birdy in January? The chicks can't get through it.

Before the quail talk, Nick and the guys swap turkey-season stories and take on the old myth that turkeys are eating quail and grouse into decline. The short version: the timing doesn't add up, and it never did. It's a habitat problem wearing a predator's costume.

Chapters:
0:00 - 95% of Broods: The Stat That Reframes Everything
2:19 - Turkey Season Recap and a Mid-Morning Tom
15:14 - Are Turkeys to Blame for Quail and Grouse?
21:57 - Inside the 5-Year Quail Study
25:40 - Usable Space and the Numbers on Nest Success
28:23 - Why Broods Live in Recently Disturbed Cover
31:18 - Prescribed Fire and Grazing at Landscape Scale
34:37 - Why Change Is Hard on Working Farms
36:35 - The Idle CRP Problem
38:40 - How Often to Disturb: Every 1, 2, or 3 Years
41:17 - One Farm for Quail, Turkeys, and Deer
42:10 - Cost Share and the Real Price of a Burn
45:26 - Building a Fire Culture and Burn Associations
46:52 - Native Grass Restoration Goes Mainstream
48:11 - Pollinator Plantings as Quail Habitat 50:08 - What Good Quail Cover Actually Looks Like 53:02 - Shrubby Escape Cover and the 10-20% Rule 54:16 - Eastern Red Cedar and When Woody Cover Helps 59:36 - Predators, Raccoons, and Why Grasslands Win

#345 | Hearing the Flush Without Losing Your Hearing with Marc Musselman

Épisode 344

vendredi 23 janvier 2026 • Durée 01:25:25

In this episode of the Birdshot Podcast, host Nick Larson is joined by Marc Musselman, CEO at Alclair Audio, to discuss the intersection of bird hunting and hearing protection. From nostalgic stories of Nebraska pheasant hunts to embracing Minnesota winters and late-season grouse excursions, the conversation evolves into a deep dive on the science and user experience behind custom digital hearing protection. Marc shares his journey through the hearing industry, the challenges of adoption among upland hunters, and why hearing protection should be as common as boots and a bird vest.

Marc Musselman is a lifelong upland hunter and audio innovator based in Minnesota. Originally from Nebraska, his passion for bird hunting, especially grouse and woodcock, runs deep. Through Alclair, Marc has made it his mission to help hunters protect their hearing while staying tuned into the natural world, combining decades of engineering expertise with a hunter’s instinct.

Expect to Learn:

How Marc’s childhood pheasant hunts shaped his upland hunting journey
What goes into making custom digital hearing protection for hunters
The difference between hearing enhancement and noise suppression in the field
How to properly acclimate to digital hearing protection for upland hunting
What’s next for hearing protection innovation and Alclair’s mission

Episode Breakdown with Timestamps

[00:00:00] - Introduction and recent hunts in snowy Minnesota
[00:08:30] - The joys and trials of late-season grouse and woodcock hunting
[00:18:00] - Dog talk: Oscar’s progress and the next setter
[00:25:00] - From Nebraska to Minnesota: Marc’s hunting roots and evolution

#261 | Utah Forest Grouse Research with Logan Clark

Épisode 261

vendredi 1 mars 2024 • Durée 01:09:50

Joined by Utah State grad student and upland hunter Logan Clark, we discuss an ongoing forest grouse research project.

Show Highlights:

Logan’s grouse hunting grandmother
An interest and passion for birds
A brief stint with bobwhite quail
VHF versus GPS technology for gamebird research
Forest Grouse Project at Utah State
Dusky and sooty grouse
Building a grouse trap
Reverse migration of the dusky grouse
Food sources for dusky grouse

CONTACT | Logan Clark - clarklog95@gmail.com - @clark_log

READ | Utah Forest Grouse in the Fall

LEARN MORE | “Dusky Grouse Population Ecology and Thermal Landscape Ecology in the Great Basin Ecosystem” - Stephanie Landry PhD

LEARN MORE | "Forest Grouse Ecology and Management in the Bear River Range Northern Utah" - Skyler Farnsworth

CONTRIBUTE | patreon.com/birdshot

#260 | Part Two of Grouse and Grouse Hunting with Mark Parman

Épisode 260

vendredi 23 février 2024 • Durée 54:48

Joined by author and avid upland hunter Mark Parman, we continue our conversation on grouse, upland literature, shotguns and more.

Show Highlights:

Did you say “Bong Bridge” and “High Bridge” ?
The amazing capabilities of feller bunchers
What about the grouse cycle?
A third book from Parman in the works…
New England Grouse Shooting audio book from Project Upland
What’s the current state of your gun lust?
Admiration for the iconic white pine tree

LISTEN | Episode #45 with Mark Parman

READ | Among the Aspen and A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac

CONTRIBUTE | patreon.com/birdshot

Follow us | @birdshot.podcast

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#259 | Grouse and Grouse Hunting with Mark Parman Part 1

Épisode 259

vendredi 16 février 2024 • Durée 56:03

Joined by author and avid upland hunter Mark Parman, we discuss unusual winter conditions, late season grouse hunting and more.

Show Highlights:

El nino conditions in the grouse woods
When the grouse woods fight back
Do you ever remember a late season like that?
Scouting with onX Hunt
Smart ass tendencies
Cross country skiing and biathlon

LISTEN | Episode #45 with Mark Parman

READ | Among the Aspen and A Grouse Hunter’s Almanac

CONTRIBUTE | patreon.com/birdshot

Follow us | @birdshot.podcast

Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt

The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: ,

#258 | Quail Hunting, Bird Dogs and more with Mike Sheffer

Épisode 258

vendredi 9 février 2024 • Durée 01:18:01

Joined by vagabond upland hunter Mike Sheffer, we discuss his history as a bird hunter, bobwhite quail, bird dogs and more.

Show Highlights:

Rattlesnakes and snake avoidance
The Northern Bobwhite quail
Quail hunting
Shooting the covey rise versus singles
A Brittany man for life
Jack the dog of a lifetime
Turkeys over pointing dogs!
On Bobwhite - Fred S. Guthery
Bobs, Brush, and Brittanies - Joel Vance
Single shot hammer gun + hacksaw = quail gun

ENTER to WIN | onX Hunt Pheasant Fest Giveaway

SAVE 20% | Use code “birdshot” | Lone Duck Force Fetch

CONTRIBUTE | patreon.com/birdshot

Follow us | @birdshot.podcast

#257 | Lone Duck Outfitters & Kennels with Bob Owens

Épisode 257

vendredi 2 février 2024 • Durée 01:25:34

Joined by Bob Owens of Lone Duck Outfitters, we discuss Bob’s journey into the world of gun dogs, training techniques, grouse hunting and more.

Show Highlights:

Lone Duck Outfitters & Kennels
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!
Bob’s love for gun dogs
Common stumbling blocks for bird dog owners
Setters and grouse
Range, GPS, bells and more
Southeastern Wildlife Expo

FOLLOW | @loneduck

WATCH | Lone Duck Outfitters & Kennels on YouTube

ENTER to WIN | onX Hunt Pheasant Fest Giveaway

SAVE 20% | Use code “birdshot” | Lone Duck Force Fetch

CONTRIBUTE | patreon.com/birdshot

Follow us | @birdshot.podcast

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#256 | Vintage Doubles and Side by Side Shotguns with Doug Stewart

Épisode 256

vendredi 26 janvier 2024 • Durée 58:42

Joined once again by author Doug Stewart, we recap hunting seasons and dive into side by side shotgun conversation.

Show Highlights:

Hunting a variety of upland species
What about damascus barrels?
A perfect upland shotgun varies by individual
Vintage Doubles - Kirby Hoyt
What makes a Churchill side by side unique?
Ammo availability for vintage guns
Doug’s thoughts on various rib styles

CONTRIBUTE | patreon.com/birdshot

Follow us | @birdshot.podcast

Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% with onX Hunt

The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: onX Hunt, Final Rise and Upland Gun Company

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#255 | Winter Reading and the Birdshot Podcast Inbox with Nick Larson

Épisode 255

vendredi 19 janvier 2024 • Durée 47:52

A solo episode with host Nick Larson answers some listener questions from the Birdshot Podcast inbox along with pondering winter conditions for ruffed grouse and more.

Show Highlights:

Pondering snow roosting conditions in sub zero temps
Grouse of the North Shore - Gordon Gullion
Do sharp-tailed grouse snow roost?
Hunting grouse without dogs
New England Grouse Shooting - William Harnden Foster
Grouse & Woodcock: A Gunner's Guide - Don Johnson
Grouse and Grouse Hunting - Frank Woolner
Grouse Hunter’s Guide - Dennis Walrod

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