Waterfowl talk with the edges left on.
The Big Honker Podcast runs on hunting-season urgency, loose-table banter, and blunt questions about ducks, geese, turkey gear, and public land. It can move from baiting rules in Kansas to resort trivia, hospice work, or a decoy sponsor without smoothing the turns.
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The Big Honker Podcast is hunting talk with mud on its boots and no strong interest in sounding polished. Its center of gravity is waterfowl, but the recent run also spends plenty of time on turkey season, calls, waders, goose hunts, public land, and the events that orbit that world. Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver are the recurring voices, and their rhythm is quick, blunt, and conversational. A sponsor read can turn into a joke before the actual topic even arrives. That looseness is part of the format. The show often starts with gear, dates, travel plans, or a hunt package, then wanders into the kind of questions hunters actually argue about after the coffee is gone. The public-land episodes give it a useful spine. In California, Tanner Castillo brings the conversation into gas prices, local frustration, and hunting from Sutter, California. In Kansas, Zac Lujano helps move the talk toward out-of-state hunters, baiting rules, flooded corn, migration shifts, and the problem of regulations that leave too much gray area. Those segments are not tidy policy panels. They are barstool field audits, full of strong reactions and practical complaints. The Did You Know? episodes add a different flavor, chasing odd facts about all-inclusive resorts, postmortem photos, old body-image practices, flat-earth claims, and famous mysteries. It gets strange fast. The show is also capable of dropping the jokes when the subject demands it, as in Mary Morgan Robinson's episode about pediatric hospice, quality of life, parents in denial, and donations to St. Jude's. That contrast gives the catalog more range than a straight tactics show. It can be crude, but its best moments are specific. The value is in hearing hunters talk through real logistics, real access problems, and real cultural baggage without sanding every edge smooth.
Made for: For waterfowl and turkey hunters who want practical field talk, public-land arguments, gear chatter, and unscripted banter. It also fits listeners who enjoy outdoor shows that wander into odd facts and hard life conversations.
What sets it apart: It stands apart by treating hunting logistics, sponsor gear, public-land regulation, and crude side banter as one continuous conversation. The show feels less like a produced interview and more like hunters talking through the problem in real time.
The Big Honker Podcast is your ultimate authority on all things waterfowl hunting!! The show's hosts are Jeff Stanfield, owner of Stanfield Hunting Outfitters and Andy Shaver, head guide at Stanfield Hunting Outfitters. You will not find a duo more knowledgeable about the hunting industry than these two! Join them as they give you an all access pass into what most hunters dream about, which is to hunt for a living! Not only will they be giving you a peek behind the curtain on what its like to run one of North America's largest outfitters but each episode will be filled with discussions on topics such as scouting, decoy spreads, migration and hatch reports, product reviews, retriever training…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Local hunting knowledge, blunt questions, and unruly banter make field conditions and public-land decisions vivid.
The Big Honker Podcast turns hunting knowledge into a loose, argumentative conversation between Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver. Their public-land discussions get unusually specific: Kansas raises questions about baiting rules and altered duck migration, while Delaware brings…
Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver can turn Kansas bait law into an argument you gladly inherit.
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A breezy opening gives way to a serious conversation about hospice care and a St. Jude appeal.
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A rough, useful Kansas duck-hunting talk about rules, weather, and public-hunting pressure.
This episode keeps Kansas duck hunting and public access at the center, with baiting rules, flooded corn, weather, and migration all in play. Jeff Stanfield, Andy Shaver, and Zach Lohano stay blunt and conversational as they move from what counts as influence to whether weather…
A Delaware public-land chat where black mud, a lost boot, and a bull shark all get their turn.
The Big Honker Podcast's Delaware stop turns public-land hunting talk into a tight, muddy run through Riley Hicks's part of the state. Hicks tells Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver he has not personally had trouble with anti-hunters, though people around him have, before the…
Kansas public hunting gets tangled in bait rules, feedlots, flooded corn, and weather that may be holding ducks around.
Kansas public hunting is framed here as a moving target, as Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver talk with Kansas fireman Zach Lohano from Walton about out-of-state hunters, feedlots, flooded corn, and the uneasy rules around waterfowl.
A Mexico vacation quiz turns into tapeworm lore, flat-earth questions, and God questions about JFK and OJ.
The Big Honker Podcast turns conversational whiplash into the point. Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver start with Mexico vacation totals and all-inclusive drinking habits, then slide into corsets, tapeworm pills, jewelry made from a dead relative's hair, and whether flat-earthers…
Outdoor talk from the camp table.
Trail miles, gear sense, and outdoor memory.
Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver host a rapid-fire episode sharing bizarre facts and historical lies.
The Big Honker Podcast hosts Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver interview Zac Lujano, a fireman and public land hunter from Walton, Kansas.
Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver trace the Mayflower’s November 1620 arrival at Cape Cod after a roughly 60-day Atlantic crossing.
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The Big Honker Podcast features Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver interviewing Tanner Castillo of Sutter, California, about public duck hunting in Northern California.
This episode promotes upcoming turkey hunting events and gear from sponsors Pacific Calls and Shin Gear, focusing on the spring turkey season and related activities.
This episode promotes upcoming turkey hunting events and gear from sponsors Pacific Calls and Shin Gear, focusing on the spring turkey season and the Turkey Rodeo event.
The hosts discuss upcoming turkey hunting season, promote Pacific Calls and Shin Gear sponsorships, and announce the third Turkey Rodeo event in the Pacific Northwest.
Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver combine travel trivia, body facts, and historical claims in The Big Honker Podcast segment “Did You Know?” and its “Lies that Rewrote History” theme.
It starts with turkey season.
Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver bring on Zach Lohano from Walton, Kansas, and the conversation stays centered on Kansas public hunting.
This episode discusses upcoming turkey hunting events, including the Turkey Rodeo, and promotes sponsors like Pacific Calls and Shin Gear for hunting gear.
Jeff Stanfield and Andy Shaver bring Riley Hicks from Delaware into a loose conversation about hunting public land there.
This episode promotes upcoming turkey hunting events and gear, including the Turkey Rodeo and products from Pacific Calls and Shin Gear.
This episode discusses upcoming turkey hunting season, promotes Pacific Calls' turkey rodeo event and Shin Gear's new turkey hunting apparel, and shares hunting plans and gear recommendations.
This episode shares random facts about human biology and cultural behaviors, such as the heart's energy output and how sneezing sounds are learned, while briefly touching on college football and Tupperware.
This episode promotes waterfowl hunting sponsors including Ducks Unlimited for conservation, Boss Shot Shells for ammunition, and Pacific Custom Calls for hunting calls with a discount code.