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Duck Season Somewhere

EP 66. Jeff Pelayo, Old School North Dakota Divers

11 Nov 2020

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It's snowing and blowing, temps plummeting North Dakota-style when I wheel into Jeff Pelayo's driveway during the 2020-2021 North American Tour. North Dakota duck hunting usually conjures mental imagery of mallards and Canadas pouring into dry fields, but I'm meeting Jeff to experience a lesser-seen-side of this cowboy state: diver ducks. Bluebills, canvasbacks, redheads, buffleheads, ring-necked ducks, occasional goldeneyes are Pelayo's obsession. The way he hunts them harkens a bygone era. I get my first inkling of this after entering his prairie lakeside home. At first glimpse it resembles a decoy museum - until I notice that most of his decoys are rigged for action. What are Pelayo's  hunting origins? How'd he go from banding Stellar's eiders in Alaska to owning a collectible waterfowl gallery along Maryland's Eastern Shore? Why'd he "swear off plastics" in the pursuit of diver ducks, and why do old school methods mean so much to him? Like a bluebill ripping off open water into a protected cove of soaking wooden decoys, this fascinating episode speaks genuine American Dreaming.    Episode Sponsors: BOSS Shotshells Benelli Shotguns Kanati Waterfowl Taxidermy GunDog Outdoors GetDucks USHuntList   It's duck season somewhere 365 days per year. Host Ramsey Russell chases waterfowl worldwide, year-round. Follow Ramsey's duck hunting adventures: Instagram @ramseyrussellgetducks YouTube @GetDucks Facebook @GetDucks.com

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