28. Ryan Sparks - Chasing Quail Out the Back Door, A Lifetime of Pointers, Celebrating 20 Years of Quail Forever, and Wild Game Cooking
10/24/24 • 103 min
Ryan Sparks is the Editor of the Quail Forever Journal and a life-long quail hunter. In this episode he shares about his upbringing bird hunting the family farm in Nebraska, why pheasant hunting deserves more credit than Mike gives it, and why he is and always will be a Pointer guy.
Ryan also shares his tips for writing from an editor's perspective and takes a dive into why cooking your wild game closes the circle on the point of hunting in the first place.
This episode is brought to you by Ugly Dog Hunting Co. Shop now at UglyDogHunting.com.
Music used under Creative Commons -Two Step Daisy Duke by Mr. Smith is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.
Ryan Sparks is the Editor of the Quail Forever Journal and a life-long quail hunter. In this episode he shares about his upbringing bird hunting the family farm in Nebraska, why pheasant hunting deserves more credit than Mike gives it, and why he is and always will be a Pointer guy.
Ryan also shares his tips for writing from an editor's perspective and takes a dive into why cooking your wild game closes the circle on the point of hunting in the first place.
This episode is brought to you by Ugly Dog Hunting Co. Shop now at UglyDogHunting.com.
Music used under Creative Commons -Two Step Daisy Duke by Mr. Smith is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Music used under Creative Commons -Two Step Daisy Duke by Mr. Smith is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.
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