Go Flush Yourself

Jared and Matt talk labs with Taylor Esvelt and Dennis Harding!

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In this episode, Matt chats with Charlie Thorburn of Mordor Gundogs. Charlie is a world-renowned breeder and trainer of springers, cockers, and labradors from Scotland. Check out his YouTube channel, Mordor Gundogs, and his podcast, The Dogfather.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hu...

Matt and Jared sit down with Ron Boehme of The Hunting Dog Podcast! Ron is also known for The Upland Institute and his appearances on MeatEater. We talk about his cocker, pointers versus flushers, and have an all around good time.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing do...

In this episode, Matt and Jared talk with Idaho hunter and springer enthusiast, Michaela Maupin! On top of her springer, Michaela hunts ducks with her husband over their two labs, hunts cats and bears with their hounds, and has taken up falconry with a red-tailed hawk!

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

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In this episode Matt sits down with Benton Franklin Pheasants Forever chapter Vice President, Matt Staudenmaier, and Clays for Conservation's 2025 champion, Dennin Harding.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, an...

In this episode Matt takes you through the history of the pump shotgun in the uplands.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear mo...

This episode is our first book review! We peel back the cover of Wingshooting the Palouse: Pursuing American Upland Tradition from Eastern Washington by fellow Washingtonian, Bradley A. Trumbo. Let us know how you liked this format and if you want more book reviews in the future.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

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Jared and Matt talk to fellow Eastern Washington bird hunter, James Harter! James is best known as the creator and moderator for EWUBH. He is an avid upland hunter, chasing birds over his three labs in Washington and South Dakota. James hosted Jared on a tribal reservation earlier in the season. We go through that hunt and more on this episode.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Gr...

Join Jared and Matt as they recap the biggest end-of-season hunt they've ever been on with more flushing dogs on the ground than you can shake a stick at. They also talk about some other late season hunts they've had, Jared's new side by side shotgun, slingshots, upland hunting in Montana logistics with the new regulations there, and invite you to a Pheasants Forever Clays for Conservation event that they'll both be at!

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs...

In this episode, we look into the history of the English Cocker Spaniel. 

While we did our best to make this as accurate as possible, but it’s for entertainment purposes only and there’s no guarantees it’s 100% accurate. If you do notice an error, let us know (contact information is below) and if warranted we’ll issue a retraction or correction.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasant...

In this episode, Jared and Matt sit down with Chris Luis of the YouTube channel, taters_flyway! Chris and his cocker, Tater, hunt the many species available in Oregon from ducks on the green and wet west side of the state to chukar in the canyons and dry uplands in the east. You can find Chris on his aforementioned YouTube channel and on his Instagram.

Go Flush Yourself is brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of...

In this episode, Jared and Matt put together a 2025 gift guide! Links to our recommendations are below.

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Matt and Jared about the highs and lows of this bird-hunting season so far — great days with the dogs, the constant juggle of work and family, gear that actually delivered, a perfect morning that hooked a brand-new hunter for life, and the surprising story of using AI to diagnose and treat one of his springers.

Brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

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Matt brings you the history of the Duck Stamp! 

Brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flu...

In this episode, Jared and Matt talk about their exploits in the field as upland seasons open in Washington. They also got to interview some Pheasants Forever members about their opening days and plans for the season.

Brought to you by Bird Hunter Supply! Visit birdhuntersupply.com for all your upland, waterfowl, hunting dog, and training needs. All purchases give back to the customer’s choice of Pheasants Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, or Delta Waterfowl at no extra expense to the customer.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing do...

In this episode, we look into the history of the Browning Superposed and Citori over-under shotguns. 

While we did our best to make this as accurate as possible, it’s for entertainment purposes only and there’s no guarantees it’s 100% accurate. If you do notice an error, let us know (contact information is below) and if warranted we’ll issue a retraction or correction.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general...

In this episode, Jared and Matt talk about their 2025 dove season openers, a first youth hunt for pheasants, forest grouse hopes, a potential live podcast, and a Bird Dog Portrait auction for a good cause.

To view or bid on the Bird Dog Portraits auction, click here. It ends on Sep. 30th!

The potential live podcast will be on October 18th at Wheat Head Brewing Co. in Kennewick, WA, at around 7:00pm. This will be at a PF pint night on the evening of pheasant opener. Pay attention to our social media for more info.<...

In this episode, we look into the history of the Labrador Retriever. 

While we did our best to make this as accurate as possible, but it’s for entertainment purposes only and there’s no guarantees it’s 100% accurate. If you do notice an error, let us know (contact information is below) and if warranted we’ll issue a retraction or correction.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you wa...

Jared and Matt are joined by Jon Nguyen and have a preseason discussion that covers hunting season plans, AI chatbots, professional dog training, cheatgrass, and our ideas for next dog breeds.

You can find Jon on his YouTube channel, Jon Hoan and on Instagram.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds c...

Jared and Matt talk about their springers, boots, shotguns, dove hunting, and more as they get closer to the 2025-26 hunting season.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! If you want to help support us, please consider becoming a Patreon member.

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Public lands are at risk again! Here's another quick update on public lands and the Senate's current plans to liquidate them. Please call your Senator at (202) 224-3121. It's easy and takes less than a minute! 

Jared and Matt talked with Jordan Horak and went deep into bird dog training focusing on Jordan's unique approach to training.

Check out Jordan's Cato Boards and follow along on Instagram. You can also follow Jordan onJuggernaut Gundog's Facebook and Instagram pages.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us...

Matt interviewed Patrick Berry about his experience with and passion for English springer spaniels. You may know Patrick best from his role as President and CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and we do get into public lands at the end of episode, but we spend most of the time chatting about our springers.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers...

Matt hops on the show for a quick minute to ask you to please reach out to your representatives in Washington D.C. and ask them to save our public lands from being sold off! You can use the Pheasants Forever link below or call (202) 224-3121. It's easy and takes less than a minute!

pheasantsforever.quorum.us/campaign/standforpubliclands2025

In this episode, Jared and Matt chat with Chris Midgette. Chris is a lifelong Boykin Spaniel guy. He gets the most out of the breed, hunting waterfowl and upland birds over his Boykins. Chris is an outdoor writer who has been published in a variety of publications including Gun Dog and Wildfowl. You can find more about Chris on his website, The Hunting Traveller, and on Instagram.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in...

In this episode, Jared and Matt are joined by Jeff Lusk! Jeff runs his cocker spaniels in field trials and hunts them mostly the Pacific Northwest. Jeff has his own podcast, Cocker Chronicles, where he talks all things field bred English Cocker Spaniels with guests from the cocker community.  

You can find Cocker Chronicles wherever you find podcasts including on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, a...

Jared and Matt sit back down with Josh Riddle of Rockey's Kennels.  They discuss hunting grouse with spaniels, upcoming cocker and springer litters, pheasant release programs, thinking about your place in the food web, and more.

Josh was first on Go Flush Yourself in October 2024 on Episode 17.  If you want to hear more about Josh's background and Rockey's Kennels, you may want to go back to that episode before you listen to this one.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living wi...

Jared and Matt are joined by Rex Sherburn.  Rex is the Habitat Coordinator for the Benton Franklin Pheasants Forever Chapter and an avid upland hunter in Eastern Washington over his Bringer (Sprittney?).

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely by o...

In this episode, Jared and Matt discuss what they have been doing the off season so far, their favorite pieces of gear, and more.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely by our listeners. If you want to help support...

Jared and Matt sit back down with Jon Nguyen!

You can find Jon on:

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free p...

Jared and Matt discuss their 2024-25 upland seasons and their plans for the off season. They also discuss Matt's distaste of side-by-sides, Jared's new vest, and drones.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely by our listeners. If you want...

Jared and Matt learn talk with Chris Maurer and learn about Boykin Spaniels.

For more information on Boykin Spaniels, check out the Boykin Spaniel Society at http://boykinspaniel.org.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds (including Boykins!) check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely...

Jared and Matt sat down with Hannah Hayes from Prairie Fauna Kennels and got some spaniel talk in. We talked about training house dogs that go hunting, cockers versus springers, cockers and their big personalities, and more!

You can find Hannah and Prairie Fauna Kennels on Instagram at @prairiefaunakennels and on Facebook.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens...

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are supported purely by our listeners. If you want to help support us, please consider becoming a Patreon member.

Hosted by Jared Kirk and Matt Millbauer

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Jared and Matt discuss their recent hunts, grouse hunting in the Pacific Northwest, gun weights, and rescuing bird dogs.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely by our listeners. If you want to help support us, please consider becoming a...

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely by our listeners. If you want to help support us, please consider becoming a Patreon member.

Hosted by Jared Kirk and Matt Millbauer

Browse and purchase Go Flush Yourself merch.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported purely by our listeners. If you want to help support us, please consider becoming a Patreon member.

Hosted by Jared Kirk and Matt Millbauer

Browse and purchase Go Flush Yourself merch.

In this episode, Jared and Matt discuss their recent upland hunts and some thoughts that emanated from them. They get into the role nostalgia plays in upland hunt and eventually veer into hunting vehicles that results in a lot of Subaru talk.

Go Flush Yourself is hosted by Jared Kirk and Matt Millbauer

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers...

In this episode of Go Flush Yourself, Jared and Matt sit down with Josh Riddle. Josh is of Rockey’s Kennels in northern Utah where he and his dad breed and train cocker and springer spaniels.  Their spaniels have various titles and championships and, as Jared and I can personally attest, produce some great bird dogs.

Go Flush Yourself is hosted by Jared Kirk and Matt Millbauer

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hun...

Matt and Jared's pheasant opener led to some scenarios that needed some discussion.  Listen to them recap their hunt which covers shotgun and shell selection, wild birds versus pen-raised birds, dog management, and more.

Go Flush Yourself is an upland hunting podcast focusing on hunting with flushing dogs. On top of hunting, training, and living with flushers, we also discuss shotguns, upland hunting in general, and gear. If you want to hear more about labradors, cockers, goldens, springers, and the rest of the flushing breeds check us out! We are also an ad-free podcast and are supported p...