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Highballs & BS

Shawn Swearingen

Sports

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/36d. Total Eps: 11

Follow the adventures of the BS Calls’ travel duck call around the four flyways. We’ll talk with guides, weekend warriors, photographers, and others that enjoy hunting ducks through eight episodes. Presented by Gundog Outdoors.

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🇨🇦 Canada - wilderness
26/09/2024
#74
🇺🇸 USA - wilderness
19/09/2024
#85
🇺🇸 USA - wilderness
18/09/2024
#72

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https://gundogoutdoors.com/
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https://www.bscalls.net/
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https://gundogoutdoors.com/?gad_source=1&amp
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https://www.instagram.com/b.s.calls

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On the Road Again with Alex Johns & Grant Sinclair

Season 2 · Episode 201

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 • Duration 01:12:50

Welcome back to Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors, with the first episode of the second season! Videographer and waterfowler Grant Sinclair along with Alex Johns of Brown Water Leather Lanyards joins me to discuss what we are looking forward to this season, what it is like freelancing in Canada, hunting in Arkansas, and more.

Ramsey Russell Duck Season Somewhere podcast with guest Jody Pagan.
Where to order and read the annual Greenhead Magazine.
The Standard Sportsman podcast talking duck numbers.
Ramsey Russell Duck Season Somewhere podcast with guest Shawn Swearingen.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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The Offseason with Dr. Ryan Askren & Alex Langbell

Season 1 · Episode 109

Friday, February 23, 2024 • Duration 01:06:40

On the final episode in season one of Highballs & BS, I'm joined by Dr. Ryan Askren of Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center and Alex Langbell, founder and owner of Gundog Outdoors. Between outdoor industry trade shows, Alex and I talk about his professional background as a first responder and training, the days behind the camera and producing outdoor shows, and how both those experiences came together in Gundog Outdoors. Dr. Askren discusses the importance of waterfowl research, duck habitat, banding and tracking data, and helping the waterfowl biologists of tomorrow!

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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Getting the Podcast Feet Wet with Wade & Worth

Season 1

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 • Duration 01:00:14

This inaugural episode, join my discussion with duck hunting friends Russell Worth Parker and Wade Truong. To get me used to podcasting, we discuss hunting the Atlantic Flyway, the magic of duck hunting, sciences behind cooking wild game, favorite recipes, and this year's travel duck call.

Links:
Worth, a retired Marine and writer, is the Editor in Chief for Tom Beckbe Field Journal.
Wade and his partner Rachel are behind Elevated Wild. Duck Bulgogi recipe.
Brent Birch's pre-season preparation article in the Field Journal.
Jordan Rash's get ready for the season article on Split Reed.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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Down in the Delta with Josh Raggio and Chase Williams

Season 1 · Episode 108

Thursday, February 8, 2024 • Duration 53:15

Call maker Josh Raggio and friend Chase Williams join this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. The native Mississippians and I discuss waterfowling in the Magnolia State area, hunting with our dads and kids, the big freeze and thaw of this season, wood vs acrylic calls, and more!

Josh's Raggio Mercantile located in Raymon, MS
The Pappy Van Winkle - Raggio calls in Garden & Gun supporting Ducks Unlimited
CWA's Save it for the Blind podcast episode on the Klamath Basin
Klamath Basin Water & Habitat article published by Mossy Oak

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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Great Basin Birds with Ryan Barnes

Season 1 · Episode 107

Friday, January 26, 2024 • Duration 39:05

In this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors, Wildfowl Magazine's Associate Editor, competition goose caller, and good friend Ryan Barnes joins the show to talk hunting in the Great Basin area of Utah, calling geese, favorite outdoor books and writing, along with what is the latest and greatest from SHOT Show 2024. Editor's Note: Dave Coleman is the correct name of the past calling champion, who we mistakenly called 'Gary Coleman', apologies Dave!

Past articles from Split Reed.
"A Sense of Sentiment" by Ryan Barnes for Tom Beckbe Field Journal.
Dave Coleman tube calls made by Sean Mann Outdoors.
Ducks Unlimited Podcast episode on waterfowl research.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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The Promised Land with Brent Birch & Cloud Jacobs

Season 1 · Episode 106

Thursday, January 11, 2024 • Duration 59:45

In “The Promised Land” episode, guests Brent Birch, Cloud Jacobs and I talk about what makes Arkansas so special to the waterfowling community and its history, why it’s called the “Grand Prairie” area, what got all of us into call making, and the hopes for the rest of the season.

Where to get your copy of the book The Grand Prairie.
Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine
Signs of hypothermia and how to treat cold weather emergencies by Gundog Outdoors.
You can find all of the Standard Sportsman podcast episodes here.
Magnet Designs lightweight polartech fleece and other base layers.
Monday Beers Podcast episode when Cloud Jacobs and John Stephens turn calls!
Thank you to Grumpy Duck for participating in the latest giveaway!

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

Big River with Travis Ward and Bill Cooksey

Season 1 · Episode 105

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 • Duration 01:04:55

In the ‘Big River’ episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors, I am joined by call maker Travis Ward (Makers Call Company) and Bill Cooksy (Vanishing Paradise). We talk about the unique area and history that is west Tennessee along the Mississippi River, the ecology and habitat of that region and the Mississippi River Delta, call making and calling the blind.

The Standard Sportsman Podcast interview with Jim Ronquist.

Coastal areas and marsh loss along Louisiana.

The Makers Podcast with Travis’ call making and contest background.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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Going to Carolina with Stump and Joey D'Amico

Season 1 · Episode 104

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 • Duration 51:42

In this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors, Stump of RM Custom Calls and Joey D'Amico of Tekton Game Calls join me to talk call making, hunting in Canada, the changing Atlantic Flyway landscape, cormorant seasons, and things that are "simple, not easy".

APEX Ammunition's short film The Archipelago.
Split Reed's short film DEACON.
Gundog Outdoors new dog rake brush.

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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Thanksgiving Week with Ryan Graves & Phil Kahnke

Season 1 · Episode 103

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 • Duration 59:58

In this Thanksgiving episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors, I’m joined by photographer Phil Kahnke and waterfowl historian Ryan Graves. We talk about everything from contest calling, waterfowling history and collecting, hunting the midwest and western Kentucky, how to take better photos while hunting, and how we feel about mud motors! A list below of some of the things we mentioned during our conversations.

You can find Phil’s photography for sale on his website here.

Here is a video from Ducks Unlimited on Ryan’s call collection on display at the Waterfowling Heritage Center.

Banded Brands

Tom Beckbe

Grumpy Duck

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor Gundog Outdoors!

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Roots in the PNW with Kile Jones, Jordan Rash, and Travis Millsap

Season 1 · Episode 102

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 • Duration 01:01:04

In this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors, I'm joined by longtime friends (going all the way back to high school!) Jordan Rash and Travis Millsap who live in Washington and Alaska, respectively, with their families. We discuss what it is like learning to waterfowl hunt in new areas, how it compares to when we started hunting together in Oregon, how we get our kids involved in the outdoors, as well as a few other tales of hunting karma.

Kile Jones is the third guest who has also lived in the Emerald state, and in addition to being an impressive 2-time World Goose Champion (amongst other calling titles), he is the Director of Marketing and Sales for APEX Ammunition. We talk the differences in shotgun shells, the importance of patterning and knowing your firearm before season starts and the magic of when it all comes together.

Episode References:
Cason and Brent at the Standard Sportsman with Adam Campbell

Kate Hunt of The Duck Huntress updated website!

Ducks Unlimited’s Duck DNA project with University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Laversky interview with Ramsey Russell on Mojo’s Duck Season Somewhere podcast.

Tom Beckbe Waterfowl Strap Vest

Check out B.S. Calls via Instagram and website for custom made hand turned duck and goose calls.

Thank you to the podcast series sponsor !

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