Aug 21, 2026 · 39 min · 10 segments
This week on the show we chat with Josh Hogan and Ramsey Checkett who are two parts of the Blindbook Hunting App that we have decided to implement into our hunt club for 2026. Blindbook is the…
Josh HoganGuest
Marc LapierreHost
Ramsey CheckettGuest
So when we talk about your business, we're obviously talking about Blind Book, but tell me a little bit about how it became, uh, you know, how did you get into ne- you know, the idea of it, a- and then of course we'll get into what is it actually, the, the product itself.
So, um, do you work as a guide, or do you work in waterfowl hunting industry, or?
Yeah, no. Um, you know, I'll let, Ramsey can back up the credentials of her, of her experience at DU and some other things.
I'm really from the technology world, and, um, you know, I think there's a lot of hobbyists out there that can make, you know, technology things but are really better duck hunters than technology people.
I would be the first to admit to you I'm better at writing lines of code than blowing a duck call, uh, even after 20 years of hunting.
You know, our business Keep track of what we're doing, what days have worked well, what happened, um, who, who's gonna be there.
So we made a little spreadsheet, and I realized, you know, wait a second, I've, I've spent a lot of my career making, you know, apps for large companies.
What if we could do this for the, the waterfowl industry? It allows people to, um, really to be more intelligent, um, more thoughtful on how they hunt, um, give people more of a conservation mindset, people, um, I think more of their time back.
We waste a lot of time, um, doing things that maybe, you know, seem instinctive, but not informed.
You know, we kinda became the egghead data kind of digital people in the duck world and created this app, um, really originally for my kids who I could not get off the couch 'cause they wanted to play Pokemon Go, and I said, "Okay, guys, like, let's get out here." I have four kids.
Two, two don't like to pull the trigger, but they love to go out there and sort of do some of the things our app has, like take pictures of birds and, uh, you've got a little stamp collection in our trophy room.
You know, and I'm, and I'll, and I'll shut up and let Ramsey talk a little bit about her background, but it evolved, Mark, very quickly into there, uh, this sport is so precious, and I want it to last.
And the people who keep it running are outfitters, guide services, club managers, club and property, uh, owners, um, the conservation, uh, uh, departments, things like that.
There's just a lack of, of technology and tool sets in any kind of sophisticated way for this industry.
So we built something that makes outfitters, guide services, club managers' lives better, easier, more informed, uh, and it's, it's what we call the world's first hunting management system.
So when we talk about your business, we're obviously talking about Blind Book, but tell me a little bit about how it became, uh, you know, how did you get into ne- you know, the idea of it, a- and then of course we'll get into what is it actually, the, the product itself.
So, um, do you work as a guide, or do you work in waterfowl hunting industry, or?
Yeah, no. Um, you know, I'll let, Ramsey can back up the credentials of her, of her experience at DU and some other things.
I'm really from the technology world, and, um, you know, I think there's a lot of hobbyists out there that can make, you know, technology things but are really better duck hunters than technology people.
I would be the first to admit to you I'm better at writing lines of code than blowing a duck call, uh, even after 20 years of hunting.
You know, our business Keep track of what we're doing, what days have worked well, what happened, um, who, who's gonna be there.
So we made a little spreadsheet, and I realized, you know, wait a second, I've, I've spent a lot of my career making, you know, apps for large companies.
What if we could do this for the, the waterfowl industry? It allows people to, um, really to be more intelligent, um, more thoughtful on how they hunt, um, give people more of a conservation mindset, people, um, I think more of their time back.
We waste a lot of time, um, doing things that maybe, you know, seem instinctive, but not informed.
You know, we kinda became the egghead data kind of digital people in the duck world and created this app, um, really originally for my kids who I could not get off the couch 'cause they wanted to play Pokemon Go, and I said, "Okay, guys, like, let's get out here." I have four kids.
Two, two don't like to pull the trigger, but they love to go out there and sort of do some of the things our app has, like take pictures of birds and, uh, you've got a little stamp collection in our trophy room.
You know, and I'm, and I'll, and I'll shut up and let Ramsey talk a little bit about her background, but it evolved, Mark, very quickly into there, uh, this sport is so precious, and I want it to last.
And the people who keep it running are outfitters, guide services, club managers, club and property, uh, owners, um, the conservation, uh, uh, departments, things like that.
There's just a lack of, of technology and tool sets in any kind of sophisticated way for this industry.
So we built something that makes outfitters, guide services, club managers' lives better, easier, more informed, uh, and it's, it's what we call the world's first hunting management system.
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