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Western Bird Biologist

Dec 5, 2018

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...


Dec 5, 2018

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...


Jul 31, 2018

Mikal Cline has worked all over the west and even studied quail movements in relation to bird dogs at Ames plantation! Mikal gives us a unique view of managing habitat for turkeys in the PNW while working for the NWTF and managing waterfowl in Washington. She recently took a position as the upland game coordinator for...


Jul 31, 2018

Josh Vest is the science coordinator for the Intermountain West Joint Venture. He has done some awesome waterfowl research in Utah and the south and is doing some exciting work all over the west. Josh has wirehairs and hunts them on upland birds and waterfowl in Montana.


Jul 12, 2018

Season 1 Episode 5 George Decosta talks about his "farm" a place he is turning into the ultimate wildlife and dog training property. George is an apprentice NAVHDA Judge, a Griffon breeder and a guy who has worked really hard to get to a cool spot in life. I am pretty dang jealous of his setup and trying to talk him...