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The Flush Podcast - Stories from the field
The Flush Podcast hunts down the greatest upland bird hunting stories ever told.
Award-winning television host & producer, Travis Frank, goes behind the camera lens of the bird hunting
TV show, The Flush, to share stories from inspiring characters, incredible hunting adventures, and
lovable bird dogs. This is an open mic experience to talk about life through the eyes of a bird hunter.
We’ll discuss wild birds, guns, hunting gear, dogs, conservation, hunting secrets, and the ones that got
away.
Episodes
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldMixing Business with Bird Hunting
Brett Walton is President & CEO of Walton’s Inc. He’s also a big-time bird hunter. Brett & Travis talk about Kansas quail & pheasant hunting today vs 40 years…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldQuail Explosions
Tyler Webster from the Birds, Booze & Buds Podcast joins the show to help Travis break down a week in Arizona’s quail country. Travis and Tyler chat from the…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldLive with our Listeners
We take bird hunting stories from the field to a whole new level on this special episode of The Flush podcast. Our podcast listeners from around the country…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldHank’s Hunt
Scott Fransen just returned from hosting a special “Hank Hunt” at Brown’s Hunting Lodge in central South Dakota. Scott explains why he chose to host this hunt…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldDakota Dream Hunts
Hunter Schwind joins the show along with Renee Tomala & Emily Spolyar from Pheasants Forever during a 3-day upland bird hunting road trip in western North…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldFirst Time Flushers
Tony Jones “The Reverend Hunter” and Brandon Morton join the show to talk about bird hunts gone right & wrong. We break down a failed pheasant hunt, hunting in…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldUpland Road Trips & Hunting Lessons
Bob St. Pierre from Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever joins the show to discuss his mid-season review and look ahead to late-season hunting. Bob & Travis talk…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldIowa, South Dakota & Minnesota Pheasants
Tim Brown “The Bearded Uplander” lives in western Iowa. Tim joins Travis on the first two legs of a 3-state pheasant hunting road trip. Tim and Travis talk…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldThat Dog Will Hunt
Scott Fransen joins the show to discuss back to back successful upland bird hunts in North Dakota. Scott and Travis also talk about hunting with young bird…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldUpland Ammunition
Brian Kelvington works for Federal Ammunition. Brian and Travis take a break from pheasant hunting to talk about America’s current ammunition supply, millions…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldUpland Adventures & North Shore Grouse
Bill Sherck joins the show to recap his recent ruffed grouse hunt on Minnesota’s North Shore. Plus, Bill and Travis talk about life in outdoor television, wild…
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Upland Cowboys
Matt Fruge & Aaron Martin join the show to help us break down our prairie chicken and sharptailed grouse hunt in the Sandhills of Nebraska. We discuss the ups…
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America’s 2021 Quail Hunting Forecast
Tim Caughran & Andy Edwards from Quail Forever join the show to help us break down the 2021 quail hunting forecast across America. Drought, fires, & arctic…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldMayhem in the Mountains
Dylan Waller joins Travis Frank to break down their ptarmigan and dusky grouse hunt in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Blizzard conditions in the high…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldAmerica’s 2021 Pheasant Hunting Forecast
Tom Carpenter from Pheasants Forever joins the show to help us break down a state-by-state outlook for the 2021 pheasant hunting season. How bad did the…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldNorth Dakota’s 2021 Upland Forecast
Mike Jensen works for the state of North Dakota. Mike joins the show to break down North Dakota’s updated 2021 bird counts and their upland bird hunting…
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The Flush Pheasant Hunt Invitation
Scott Fransen joins this week’s show to invite listeners on a wild bird pheasant hunt this fall at Browns Hunting Ranch in South Dakota. Scott will host a…
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Montana’s Upland Opener
We’re back in the field, celebrating Montana’s upland opener. George Lyall joins the show to help us relive our opening week successes and failures. We’ll talk…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldOpening Day Countdown
Ben Brettingen from OnX Hunt joins the show to help us count down the last remaining hours before America’s first upland openers kick-off. We’ll discuss new…
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Pass it On!
Brittany French works for Pass it On – Outdoor Mentors. Brittany explains how the organization began, their mission, and how they successfully take hundreds of…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldGun Care, Mountain Birds, Family Road Trip
Fred Bohm is a diehard upland bird hunter that owns the company Sage & Braker. Fred joins the show to talk about the importance of gun cleaning and…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldNoDak Birds & Planning a Dream Season
Tyler Webster joins the show to give us his up-to-date view from the prairie in North Dakota. We talk about current pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse, & hungarian…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldIdaho Grouse
Andrew Wayment is the author of the book Idaho Ruffed Grouse Hunting: The heartbeat of the Woods. We talk about grouse hunting in Idaho, chasing 9 different…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldGoodbye Hank
Scott Fransen joins the show to help us say goodbye to Hank, his beloved Labrador retriever. Hank unexpectedly died from cancer at the age of 5 years old…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldNebraska’s Upland Hotbed
Andy Houser is a Senior Wildlife Biologist at Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever. Andy gives us his view of Nebraska’s upland bird populations and habitat…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldOutdoor Obsessions
Erik Vrbas operates a year-round outfitting business called Outdoor Obsessions based out of Downs, Kansas. We dig into Erik’s life as a full-time hunting and…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldTerry Ides the Grouse Guide
Terry Ides operates Ides Guides in the Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World - Park Falls, Wisconsin. Terry shares a wealth of grouse hunting knowledge from his…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldGuns. Guns. Guns.
Tim Joseph is the Vice President of Marketing for Benelli USA. Tim gives us an inside perspective into America’s surge in firearm demands & explains how…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldFlushing 1,000 Wild Pheasants
Eric Johannsen operates Johannsen Farms near Aberdeen, South Dakota. Eric’s passion revolves around proper land, habitat & wildlife management, farming his…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldA New Season
Scott Fransen joins host Travis Frank to discuss the launch of a new season of The Flush television show. They also discuss a new bird dog joining the team…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldThe Hunting & Fishing Comedian
Daren Bulow is “The Hunting & Fishing Comedian.” His comedy is about hunters, fishermen, crazy dog people, and the spouses who put up with them. Daren shares…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldUpland Institute
Ron Boehme is a NAVHDA judge and host of The Hunting Dog Podcast. Ron joins Travis Frank to discuss his new online dog training program called the Upland…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldNoDak Field Rep
Renee Tomala is a Pheasants Forever Field Representative in North Dakota. Renee explains her love for bird hunting, why she chooses to hunt when her sisters…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldChief Upland
Jake Lindemann is a driven hunter and a driven business owner that launched his own line of upland gear called Chief Upland. Jake explains his entrepreneurial…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldDevelop a Positive Foundation for Your Hunting Dog
Sonny Piekarz has more than 20 years of dog training experience as the lead guide and owner of Hay Creek Kennel in Gilman, Wisconsin. Sonny trains bird dogs to…
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Preserving a Trophy of a Lifetime
Jim Manuel is a full-time taxidermist, operating Jim’s Lakeland Taxidermy since 1981. Jim specializes in North American & African mammals, birds & fish…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldField to Fork Tips & Tools
Jonathon Tremblay joins the show to talk in-depth about wild game cooking and the equipment that can take your meals from average to extraordinary. Jon is in…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldRuffed Grouse & Woodcock Banding & Biology
Bailey Petersen is a wildlife biologist for Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources. Bailey shares fascinating ruffed grouse and woodcock biology, her role…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldFlush Roundup for Habitat
Flush television hosts, Ron Schara, Bill Sherck & Scott Fransen join Travis Frank for an upland bird hunting roundup. We answer listener questions, discuss…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldUpland Bird Hunting in Hawaii
Dean Snelling is a lifelong resident of Hawaii and a diehard upland bird hunter. He joins host Travis Frank to discuss upland bird hunting opportunities that…
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North Country Grouse
North Country guide, Matt Breuer joins the show to share about his life growing up in Minnesota’s sharp-tailed grouse country and how witnessing their…
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Upland Clubhouse
Keng Yang is an anti-hunter turned hunting mentor. Keng joins the show to discuss how he’s using social media to find and recruit new hunters, plus he shares…
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The Flush: Ep 56 – Goshawks, Gundogs & Quail
Tyler Sladen joins host, Travis Frank, to discuss his bird hunting passion, hunting quail with a goshawk, the art of falconry, quail hunting with dogs and…
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Call of the Uplands
Andrew Vavra & Joe Long join the show to discuss Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever’s massive new campaign “Call of the Uplands.” We discuss how they plan to…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldHow to Gain More Hunting Land Access
Ben Brettingen joins the show to recap his hunting season and explain his methods for finding productive public hunting grounds. Then we discuss proven tactics…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldBuying Hunting Land with Buddies
It’s the age-old question- “What would it be like to have my own hunting land?” Jeff Striker and Rob Beyer have asked and answered that question for…
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Robert Jones
Robert Jones is a dedicated upland bird hunter that’s driven by good dog work. Robert hunts upland birds from California’s mountains to North Dakota’s prairies…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldDeep South Quail
Keith Pass operates Deep South Guide Service & Kennels. He guides upland bird hunters on public lands in North Carolina and America’s deep southern quail…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldOne-legged Bird Hunter
Randy Herlein grew up hunting in the forests and fields of Michigan. He walked miles each hunting season following his bird dog, until the day he could no…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldIowa’s Bird Chaser
Nick Martin hunts birds on public lands in Iowa. He’s on a personal mission to bag a rooster pheasant in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. We’ll find out why this…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldCelebrating a Year of Flush Podcasts
Travis Frank celebrates the first year of The Flush podcasts with a look back at where we’ve been and a look ahead to where we’re going. We remember some of…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldDIY South Dakota Late Season Public Land Pheasants
Simon Tiedge joins the show to discuss DIY late season public land hunting in South Dakota and across the pheasant belt after returning from an epic hunt…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldBuilding a Wildlife Paradise
Darwin Weeldreyer has turned his family farm into a wildlife paradise. He shares his story growing up on the farm, his evolution as a hunter, learning how to…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldKAMO
Trent Leichleiter is a trick shooting dog trainer that operates Pheasant Bonanza Hunt Club in Nebraska. He also founded an organization called KAMO Inc…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldHow to Become a Better Shot
Expert shotgunner, Scott Carlson, from Carlson’s Choke Tubes joins the show to talk about becoming a better shot in the field. Scott gives candid & simple…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldHunting Dog Nutrition
Matt King from NutriSource Pet Foods joins the show to talk about hunting dog nutrition. Matt provides sound wisdom to help hunters get the most out of their…
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Tips to Fool Pheasants
Tom Carpenter is the editor for the Pheasants Forever Journal. When he’s not writing about upland birds, he’s in the field hunting them. Tom shares his life…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the field2020 Quail Hunting Forecast
Tim Caughran is the Director of Field Operations for Quail Forever. We break down America’s quail hunting forecast heading into the start of 2020 hunting…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldThe Reverend Hunter
Tony Jones is an outdoorsman, hunter, writer, podcaster and theologian that finds meaning in life through experiences in the outdoor world. Tony joins the show…
The Flush Podcast - Stories from the fieldRooster Road Trippin’
Bob St. Pierre from Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever joins the show to break down the impressive pheasant numbers across America’s bird country. We highlight…