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WHO ARE BOSSMEN

Mad scientists. Hopelessly obsessed waterfowlers with serious turkey problems. Honest, pro 2A, red-blooded Americans who don’t hunt for likes and followers, we hunt because that’s all we’ve ever known. That’s the #unmuzzled Bossmen, in a nutshell.

EXPERIENCE SUPERIOR SHOTSHELLS.

SHOP SHELLS

The latest addition to our growing list of ultra-high performing shotshells.

BOSS TOM strikes the perfect balance of pattern density, down range performance and value.

SHOP TOM

 

BOSS LIFE.

  • THE OTHER DOKKEN In the 80’s, there was a hair metal band named Dokken. But the Dokken pictured above is way more metal because she was writing the manual on how to be an ‘outdoor woman’ long before #girlswhohunt was some Instafamous lipstick hashtag. In a BOSSman duckblind, we don’t suffer fools and we don’t give a rat’s ass about gender, ‘cause skills, stoke and respect have always been what defines our kind. Evidence: A phenomenal 8th grade math teacher in Northfield, MN, @tinadokken is one of the good ones and recently among one of ten finalists for the Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award. She’s an absolute beast with her Franchi Affinity 3 and the last thing hundreds of wood ducks have seen before they locked up on a pond inside the pearly gates. Tina’s got a woodie hunt any BOSSman would die to get on. When she and her chocolate lab Sassy call with a midweek invite, you don’t disappoint the Teacher. You make sure you’re early, and with hot coffee. Yesterday morning, we sweated our way in with gear bags, set up the dog stand, pitched out a few decoys and were all hunkered down well before first light. Not sure the dekes even mattered, Tina and Sassy’s little timber hole is hella good and those woodies always want in. Shooting time was 6:57 am and it was only then Mrs. Dokken mentioned a small problem with only one solution. She had to leave for class by 7:20. Think about that for a hot-shit second: Who does all this for a 23-minute hunt? More to the point, how can you not get stoked being around someone who’s willing to suit up and get after it, even if it’s only for 1380 seconds? Three singles pile in high left to low right, class goes into session and in 17 minutes, the Teacher walks out with three woodies strapped like it’s no big deal. Except it is, ‘cause for as long as we can remember this is how the Teacher’s always been. No ego, all love and no identity built on an obvious need for attention. She’s a ripper who hunts for herself and her dog, not likes or comments. And for us, a true inspiration both in and out of the classroom. That’s a real BOSSman, right there. #bossmen
  • Opening Day ‘74 Look at that shit eatin’ grin. A sure sign of opening day. And the dagger? A camel or lucky straight for damn sure and you can bet your ass on that. Put all the seasons flight forecasts and habitat conditions in the rear view mirror. It’s opening weekend across much of the country and there’s much to celebrate. Duck huntin’ buddy’s, birds, great retrieves, good whiskey and non-stop bullshit. What we’d like is to hear back from all of you wherever you are. What’s the buzz? What’s the real in-the-field report? How are numbers? God forbid you got caught in that North Dakota historical weather event of the decade. Think about what that may do to the migration for a minute. Lets hear from all of you. It would be a blast to share hundreds of comments throughout the greatest community there is, the waterfowlers. What say you? #bossmen #leon
  • GO TIME No matter whether your Pop called it an Alberta Clipper, a Saskatchewan Screamer or just a plain old Nor’Wester, there’s only one feeling either of those three storm events give a waterfowler and it ain’t the chills. The good weather’s pushing down, and around the BOSS HQ, the stoke-o-meter is pegging 10 and about to blow out the top, friends. Word from one BOSSmen grinding up in the Northcountry says the duck diner’s closing early this season, with the fields starting to cover in a foot or more of snow as of this morning. Water’s getting tight and those of us to the south of our Canadian brethren know the birds are gonna ride that weather. They always do. Long before technology, I swear my old man could smell the migration when I was a kid. The old man was born with duck Jedi—he was always a purebred—and he just knew in his bones when the first real push of birds was inbound. He never said much, instead just burying himself in the shop a few days prior, sacking decoys, oiling guns and readying the station wagon. Mom knew we wouldn’t be at school that next week, this was Dad’s time to give us a real education. Nowadays, we’ve got all the fancy weather apps that predict our future, but they’re not the important stuff. Sick days are, so a word of advice from the BOSSmen: Start faking that cough immediately after you read this. Like, really hack up a lung or two. Bonus points for projectile throat cheese in front of a supervisor. Trust us on this, ‘cause come next week your waterfowl world’s gonna explode from North Dakota to Michigan and back to Washington State. You best have your priorities straight and the lies gotta be 100% believable. #bossmen
  • Happy Birthday BOSS. (swipe for whole vid) One year ago today half of the Bossman we’re hunkered down at The House of Boss in tiny blue-collar Bridgman, Michigan pounding out one massively diabolical 2-3/4” #5 after another. The other half were in Saskatchwan putting them to work on ducks, geese and cranes. Yes geese and cranes, that’s not a misprint. What followed in the next twelve months is what makes America the greatest place on earth. 🤘🏻🇺🇸
  • MEG KNOWS By now it’s massively clear at BOSS, customer service is as important as devastatingly hard-hitting, ultra-dense patterns, an end to crippled birds and calling your mom on Sundays. These things won’t change, because taking care of customers is as much of a mindset as it is just the right thing to do. As one of the head BOSSmen likes to say, ‘Customer service is basically just giving a shit.’ Amen. Enter Meg, our shop rockstar. That powerhouse gives so much of a shit about customer service, she gives like three hundred shits. When Meg came aboard over a year ago, you all figured out pretty quickly she was good. What we didn’t know is that she’d soon be schooling all of us BOSSmen in the art of taking care of a customer. Case in point, a while back @c.champagne1985 had ordered a case of shells right around the time we decided to bag paper boxes in favor of the reusable waxed-cotton MoneyBag. While @c.champagne1985 loved the MoneyBag, the #unmuzzled red boxes just fit his program better so he called the shop and asked for a bunch. No problem, happy to oblige. What he didn’t know was Meg was scribbling down mental notes in that giant brain of hers. When he called to reorder another case weeks later, the humble BOSSman didn’t wanna be a hassle and ask for more boxes. That’s when Meg’s huge brain kicked in. Somehow remembering he was a red box guy, she threw a wad of flat boxes into his bulk case without even being asked. None of us here even knew she did it, but that’s Meg and the kind of customer service that’s put her into a league of her own. Meg, we couldn’t be more proud of the job you’re doing. We suspect every BOSSman would agree, so let’s all do her a solid for all her hard work, deal? In the event you’re cracking a post-hunt coldie this weekend, raise up a toast to the girl who gets your shells to your door with an attitude that can’t be beat. Being a Midwest girl, she’d raise you one back. But that ain’t gonna be happening for another 9 months or so. And that’s a whole ‘nother story we’re also stoked about. #bossmen #customerservice
  • HUNT OR RIDE? Passing on this wickedly huge video contest to all you BOSSmen, ‘cause a win this big could make your season, if not your entire life. The prizes are mega, so make sure you check out the full packages at the link in our bio! Best part is, you don’t have to be a camera pro, ‘cause it’s a contest for us normal folks. Straight up, we’d love to see a BOSSman take the title and have a chance to make the big decision. Get on this and make us proud! The details: Win a mega-tricked out 2020 Polaris Ranger worth over $22,000. Or a fully outfitted, three-day Kansas Hurt Locker dream waterfowl hunt for two PLUS an obscene amount of gear worth over $20,000. That’s what’s on the line and you’re 90 short seconds away from winning the hardest decision of your life when you sign on for the Hunt or Ride Video Contest. The Hunt or Ride Contest works like this: 1.  Film a 30-90 second short of yourself telling us the reason you NEED to win this hunt or UTV package. Camera phones are fine and no need to be a pro shooter here, we’re looking for the most hilarious or most serious reasons you can come up with. And it’s definitely gotta be the most interesting video we’ve seen, so keep it PG-13 and make it something we’ll remember, folks. 2.  Upload your video to at http://www.kolpin.com/HuntOrRide 3.  That’s it. We’ll review your videos weekly and on November 17th, we’ll pick a winner. The winner will have a mere 5 days of complete stress trying to choose which massive prize package you want, so choose wisely. For a look at the massive amount of gear, a full list of all the Polaris Ranger mods with Polaris Engineered and Kolpin accessories and the contest rules, visit http://www.kolpin.com/HuntOrRide Sponsored by your friends at: @kolpinoutdoors @Benelli_usa @kansashurtlocker @bossshotshells @robrobertscustomgunworks @WildEar_Official @sitkagear @gunnerkennels @tanglefreewaterfowl @southerngrindknives @demerbox
  • OUT-OF-STOCK MEANS AT THE MOMENT With early goose and teal open across the Midwest and South, all-out go time in Canada, and full-on duck seasons weeks away nationwide, it’s been bananas at the BOSS HQ. Our massive staff of three dudes and Meg haven’t slept more than a few hours a night for weeks now. We’ll be transparent in saying we can’t make shells any faster, but know these three things: 1.  That’s 100% your fault, 2.  We can’t thank BOSSmen like you enough for supporting our American Dream, 3.  You will get your shells in time for opener, but it’ll take some work. If you visit the BOSS website and a case you need is out-of-stock, go full critter and call Meg at the shop at 269.465.3631. She’s completely dialed on what shells are loading when, and she’ll know pert’ near exactly what time each new run of shells will hit the website. This inventory ‘problem’ won’t be a problem next season, and that’s all we can say about that right now. The back story on the out-of-stock deal and an #unmuzzled aim at the whole social media influencer thing: When we started, we knew we had something diabolical. We knew you’d figure it out too. Problem is, you punisher's figured it out too quick. Then you sat on the tailgate, downed a cold one and told your buddy about BOSS devastation. Your stoke was so honest and convincing, your buddy had to get in on this copper-plated bismuth ruination. Once they knew what you knew, the stuff went ballistic. Insane pattern density and no cripples are the nail in the coffin for archaic steel shot and BOSSmen everywhere saw that immediately. After decades in the hunting industry, we’ve never seen a movement this raw and cool and real. So: In a world of paid bro-staffers pumping inferior product in trade for free vacations (that you pay for), who are the true influencers out there? We’ll go to our grave arguing it’s real folks like you. The fact we can’t keep inventory in stock is proof the BOSSmen are the real-deal opinion leaders and the new authentic voice of waterfowling. We’ve been waiting for the narrative to be written by real hunters since forever. And you’ve got our word we won’t forget you. Ever. #bossmen
  • ENTER THE MONEYBAG Finally got some good, nasty, spittlin’ wet weather up here in the North Country. Now we could use a little cold but we’re always bitchin’ about somethin’ right? No other option than to throw down the layouts - cuz the hide wasn’t there for panels - and slap six 2 ¾ #5 BOSS Shortys across an equal number of Canada Goose’s white cheeks. One and done on each of those honkers, limited out in no time. As stoked as we were about the pending goose pastrami we’ll be making this evening, we were just as stoked on how well the new waxed-cotton BOSS bags behave inside a wet layout. No more stomped and shredded shellbox salad in the blind bottoms and no more microtrash littering the goose fields. These BOSS bags are so diabolically cool we’re officially calling them the MoneyBag, ‘cause you guessed it: They’re just frickin’ money.  To answer the five billion requests we’ve been getting, the 100% American-made, waxed-cotton MoneyBags are now up on the BOSS website. If you don’t have one yet, now’s your chance. #bossmen
  • 28 GA. IN THE HOUSE. You read that one right. Our 28-guage shells are hot outta the loaders and on the BOSS website from now on. For how long, no one knows. You BOSSmen have a way of evaporating our current stock daily, so get ‘em while we’ve still got ‘em, friends. A little back story on the 28s… When BOSSman Numero Uno was done engineering these little devastators, we weren’t about to release the shells until we tested the everlovin’ hell outta them. @bcerecke couldn’t think of a better guy to give them a nod of approval than Alex Brittingham. Except Alex isn’t your average guy. Alex is a Texan woman who goes by the name @oneshotlu , and the kind of 28-gauge punisher that’ll leave a man standing there with his 12 feeling like they’re overcompensating for a lack of something. Day in, day out, no one we know puts more greenheads on a strap than Lu does, so she hunts a 28-gauge Franchi Instinct L with 28” barrels just to even the odds. One day, Lu wanted to hunt traffic due to current weather conditions, duh. We just sat back and watched her stone greenheads at 40 and even 50 yards with BOSS #6s, a 28 choked modified and full. Five mallards came for a look, a limit of five ended up in the blind with the help of Lu’s Jack Russell Retriever Gator and Miss Dixie. Word is Gator’s an Outdoor Life photo dog now and a whole ‘nother story that’s proof Lu can not only train a 28-gauge to hit anything, she can train any dog to retrieve. To say the new BOSS 28’s passed the test was an understatement and Lu made us surrender our entire stock of prototypes before leaving. Guess they passed her test, too. When she’s not hunting, Lu’s a Lab breeder and trainer by trade. Lu’s fantastic female Bag of Tricks Dixie recently had a litter and as of press time, she’s got three black Lab duck getters left. Like the BOSS 28’s they won’t last long, so why not message her through Instagram and get yourself a new hunting partner before they’re gone too? #bossmen