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Birdshot Podcast

#345 | Hearing the Flush Without Losing Your Hearing with Marc Musselman

Birdshot Podcast

Nick Larson

Leisure, Science, Sports, Nature, Hobbies, Wilderness

4.8 • 971 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Birdshot Podcast, host Nick Larson is joined by Marc Musselman, CEO at Alclair Audio, to discuss the intersection of bird hunting and hearing protection. From nostalgic stories of Nebraska pheasant hunts to embracing Minnesota winters and late-season grouse excursions, the conversation evolves into a deep dive on the science and user experience behind custom digital hearing protection. Marc shares his journey through the hearing industry, the challenges of adoption among upland hunters, and why hearing protection should be as common as boots and a bird vest. Marc Musselman is a lifelong upland hunter and audio innovator based in Minnesota. Originally from Nebraska, his passion for bird hunting, especially grouse and woodcock, runs deep. Through Alclair, Marc has made it his mission to help hunters protect their hearing while staying tuned into the natural world, combining decades of engineering expertise with a hunter’s instinct. Expect to Learn: How Marc’s childhood pheasant hunts shaped his upland hunting journey What goes into making custom digital hearing protection for hunters The difference between hearing enhancement and noise suppression in the field How to properly acclimate to digital hearing protection for upland hunting What’s next for hearing protection innovation and Alclair’s mission Episode Breakdown with Timestamps [00:00:00] - Introduction and recent hunts in snowy Minnesota [00:08:30] - The joys and trials of late-season grouse and woodcock hunting [00:18:00] - Dog talk: Oscar’s progress and the next setter [00:25:00] - From Nebraska to Minnesota: Marc’s hunting roots and evolution [00:37:00] - Camper life and cross-country bird hunting dreams [00:46:42] - How Alclair got started in music and moved into hearing protection [00:50:52] - Understanding digital hearing protection: features and challenges [01:08:00] - Tips for adjusting to and maximizing Alclair EXP Pro [01:21:00] - Final Thoughts  Follow the Guest, Marc Musselman Marc Musselman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-musselman-b733a68/  Alclair LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alclair-audio/  Aclair’s Website: https://alclair.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcmusselman/?hl=en  Follow the Host Nick: Instagram: @birdshot.podcast Website: www.birdshotpodcast.com Listening Links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/17EVUDJPwR2iJggzhLYil7 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/birdshot-podcast/id1288308609 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@birdshot.podcast SUPPORT | http://www.patreon.com/birdshot Use Promo Code | BSP20 to save 20% on https://www.onxmaps.com/hunt/app Use Promo Code | BS10 to save 10% on https://trulockchokes.com/ The Birdshot Podcast is Presented By: https://www.onxmaps.com/

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If you have a hearing loss, then you're not getting those signals to your brain.

0:03.0

And they don't come back. Once you lose it, so far you've lost it. You have to put a hearing instrument in or something. I just want people to wear hearing protection, whether they buy it from us or buy it from someone else. I think our quest is to try and make these things part of people's kit. I always say your future self will thank you because, like you said, you don't get it back. So that's our big deal. Everybody tends to put them, turn them up too much because you put them in and then you think you can't hear anything. And then you turn them up and you're hearing too much. You're not weird. It doesn't come to everybody easy and it's not the most normal thing. And it takes a lot of time. This hearing protection thing, it's not something for me that just clicked. It's been like a learning curve,

0:38.1

and honestly, I've learned more about it today just talking to you. So hopefully this conversation

0:42.1

moves to the needle for some folks, myself included.

0:57.0

Come here, me. Good girl, sweetie.

1:12.0

That's a big bird.

1:14.2

That's a big bird.

1:18.1

Wow.

1:20.9

Hey, everyone.

1:21.9

Nick Larson here, host of the Birdshot podcast, the show that brings you conversations,

1:26.4

stories, and traditions from all across the uplands. The Birdshot podcast is the show that brings you conversations, stories, and traditions from all across

1:28.5

the uplands. The Birdshot podcast is presented by Onyx Hunt and supported by folks just like you

1:33.7

via our Patreon and community. If you want to stay up to date and not miss any of our upcoming

1:37.9

episodes, be sure to subscribe and follow the show in your podcast player or on YouTube, wherever

1:42.5

you're listening or watching today tap that

1:44.3

button for me thank you for doing so and with that said let's get into today's conversation on the

1:49.0

birdshot podcast presented by

2:19.1

Onex Hunt. We are joined today by CEO of Alquare Outdoors, Mark Musselman, goes by Mark, as he just informed me. Mark, it's great to see you again. Thanks for joining us today. Great to see you. It's been a little while since I've seen you in person, so I've seen you on a lot of these, but I imagine so, yeah, but that was

2:34.4

that was two Septembers

2:36.3

ago, right, when I came down and you gave me a tour of the shop, me and Kevin, and Rich was there. And yeah. That's crazy. It's been that long. Yeah, time flies, that's for sure. Yep. What's going on in your world? It is December here and for two Minnesota guys. What do you've been up to lately?

2:51.6

Man, well, since it's been absolutely snowing and freezing for the last four weeks,

2:58.1

I've been spending a lot of time here, unfortunately, just working on projects and working on new

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