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Brian Koch

Brian Koch

Brian founded Ultimate Upland in 2010 to be the most comprehensive resource for upland hunting enthusiasts. Since then it has grown into a community where bird hunters congregate and share their love for the sport. Brian strives to be the hardest working bird hunter in the country and aims to reach hunters and new members with detailed accounts of Ultimate Upland adventures. Koch is joined afield by hunting partners Wyatt the hard-headed lab, Rio the setter often referred to as the Wild One, and Ida the newest flushing pupil.

Zenbivy Light
Camping, Gift Guide for Bird Hunters 2019

Zenbivy Light Bed – 10°

I have a difficult time sleeping in traditional sleeping bags and mummy bags are out of the question. Most mornings after a bagged night…

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Garmin inReach
Accessories, Gift Guide for Bird Hunters 2019

Garmin inReach Mini

For those of you who followed along (literally) during our early upland season, you were able to track all our hunts in real-time thanks…

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Kit Carson
Accessories, Gift Guide for Bird Hunters 2019

Blood and Thunder

When I saw that one of the peaks I planned to climb this fall was named for the legendary scout and soldier Kit Carson,…

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Popper Ingredients
Recipe

Ultimate Game Bird Poppers

Poppers seem to top the culinary charts for many hunters. Most recipes combine pepper, cheese and game wrapped in a strip of bacon. Though…

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pheasant salad ingredients
Recipe

Smoked Pheasant Salad Sliders

I’ve been experimenting with smoking birds to find the best ways to keep the meat from drying out. Wild birds just don’t have the…

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Upland hunter outreach
Days Afield, Ptarmigan Hunting

Way Upland

It’s the second day of the upland season and I am in a pre-dawn traffic jam. I’m following a string of crimson taillights up…

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Hunting Singularity
Bird Hunting Gear, Days Afield

The Hunting Singularity

The Singularity is a hypothetical future point where self-aware machines run improvement cycles resulting in super-intelligence that is uncontrollable. Basically, humans create machines that…

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Comparing 16 and 20 gauges
Bird Hunting Shotguns, Shooting, Shotgun Shells

16 versus 20

In recent years there’s been a resurgence in popularity of 16 gauge shotguns. It’s tough to say exactly how much impact it has had…

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Lab with Meatball
Bird Hunting Dogs

Bird Dog Dealing with Lar Par

I’m not sure I can say “Laryngeal Paralysis” once correctly, let alone three times quickly — it’s a tongue twister. It has also been…

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Porcupine in tree
Days Afield

Unspoken Alliances

A number of years ago I was riding shotgun pre-dawn on opening day in Kansas. My buddy was behind the wheel as we chugged…

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