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Highballs & BS
by Shawn Swearingen
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.
Episodes
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Going Digital with Lake Pickle
Lake Pickle, waterfowl marketing manager for OnX, joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how he started hunting and then working in the outdoor industry, the evolution of OnX as a digital resource for hunters and land managers, plus some of the favorite…
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Wood Ducks & Nesting Boxes with Matt Ferry
Matt Ferry, Ducks Unlimited volunteer with the Pentagon chapter, joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how he started working the wood duck nesting box program in Virginia, variables in location selection and usage, what to consider if you place nesting...
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Timber Talk with Jim Ronquest
Lifelong outdoorsman, 2006 World Duck Calling Champion, and a great mentor, Jim Ronquest of Drake Waterfowl joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how the season is going, differences in duck calls, what is involved with being the Vice-President of...
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Mentors & Mallards w/Forrest Carpenter & Kile Jones
Competitive calling champions and best friends Forrest Carpenter and Kile Jones episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss calling competitions with Kile coming off winning his third World Goose title a few months ago, mentors in calling and the hunting world, raising the...
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Christmas Week with Luke Costilow
Award-winning decoy carver Luke Costilow joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss all things decoys and carving, the multi-generational projects in the shop, managing their hunting property, and the places decoy carving has taken them. Coffee Creek Cork…
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Behind the Lens with Nicole Belke
Nicole Belke joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. She is a professional photographer, mother, wife, hunter, and lover of good dogs. We discuss a recent memorable hunt on a refuge draw, her travels hunting from the north slope of Alaska to axis deer in Hawaii, the…
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Thanksgiving Week w/Grayson Guyer & Worth Parker
Companion gundog trainer Grayson Guyer of Lost Highway Kennels and award-winning writer Worth Parker join the Thanksgiving week episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. We talk about our shared love of good dogs, the challenging pleasure of working and training our four-legged...
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Butcher Blocks & Kitchen Talk with Jesse Griffiths and Wade Truong
Chefs Jesse Griffiths and Wade Truong join this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss how difficult it is to select your favorite ‘go-to’ recipe (but what makes great ones at camp), handling and processing wild game, sausage making, differences in curing and aging…
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Back East with Brett Shaffer & Billy Hardesty
The first episode of season three of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors starts with guests, eastern shore taxidermist Billy Hardesty and Brett Shaffer of Grumpy Duck Co. Brett and Billy discuss how they met each other and how their friendship has taken them on waterfowling adventures…
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Call Collectors Anonymous with John Stephens & Ryan Graves
Call maker, RNT Owner, duck calling 3x World Champion and Champion of Champions John Stephens along with waterfowling historian and collector Ryan Graves joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Ryan and John talk about how they got into call collecting, the history,...
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Duck Dogs with Dr. Matt Ryan
In this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors we discuss...gundogs! Dr. Matt Ryan joins the podcast to talk his journey becoming a sporting dog veterinarian, memorable duck hunts, and tips to take care of your gundog in the cold weather and through the offseason. Dr. Matt Ryan...
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New York State of Mind with Max Finazzo & Ryan Preuss
Two native Long Islanders join this Christmas episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Max Finazzo, Ducks Unlimited Board member, and Ryan Preuss, owner of EZ Dekes, talk all things waterfowling on Long Island. From fishing, learning the marshes, favorite ducks and first members...
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Around the Kitchen with Chef John Fearrington
Chef John Fearrington of Arkansas' Strait Lake Lodge joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. He shares his journey to some of the best camps across the country, what his 'go-to' is after those cold & rainy hunts, how prepares some of the his favorite proteins, plus…
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Thanksgiving Week with Bob White
The second annual "Thanksgiving Week" episode guest is artist, writer, fly fisher, and wing shooter Bob White. Growing up in southern Illinois, Bob's adventures have taken him from the wilds of Alaska, to the remoteness of Argentina, and back to his home in Minnesota. Highballs & BS is presented…
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In The Blind with Amy Hall & Jessi Cole Walters
Jessi Cole Walters, editorial content lead for Mossy Oak, and Amy Hall of Her Wild Outdoors joins this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We discuss our different paths to outdoors, the state of women hunters in the marsh or turkey woods, pink camo, and how to retain women...
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Shop Talk+ with Bobby Hayes
Bobby Hayes of Duck Lander Call Co. joins this episode of Highballs & BS, presented by Gundog Outdoors. Bobby just returned from his annual free-lance trip to Canada and reports back on successes, the changing pressures on hunting north of the border, along with hunting in his area of Kansas, and...
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Way West with Kelly Warren & Mike Callian
Mike Callian of Dave Smith Decoys (DSD) and Kelly Warren, regional biologist for Ducks Unlimited in western Oregon, join this episode of Highballs & BS presented by Gundog Outdoors. We talk everything about hunting the Willamette Valley, changes in goose population dynamics, ongoing Ducks…
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On the Road Again with Alex Johns & Grant Sinclair
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…
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The Offseason with Dr. Ryan Askren & Alex Langbell
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…
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Down in the Delta with Josh Raggio and Chase Williams
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...
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Great Basin Birds with Ryan Barnes
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...
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The Promised Land with Brent Birch & Cloud Jacobs
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…
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Big River with Travis Ward and Bill Cooksey
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…
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Going to Carolina with Stump and Joey D'Amico
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…
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Thanksgiving Week with Ryan Graves & Phil Kahnke
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…
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Roots in the PNW with Kile Jones, Jordan Rash, and Travis Millsap
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…
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The PPR [Prairie Pothole Region] with Dr. Nicolai & Corey Mulhair
With seasons underway in Canada and the Dakotas, join me in talking with Dr. Chris Nicolai of Delta Waterfowl Foundation and Corey Mulhair with Split Reed. We discuss the current conditions of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR), the ongoing work and research of Delta Waterfowl, the status of…
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Getting the Podcast Feet Wet with Wade & Worth
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:...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
HOSTED BY
Shawn Swearingen
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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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Highballs & BS is created and hosted by Shawn Swearingen.
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