Duck Season Somewhere

EP 582. Practicing the Art of Species-Specific Duck Whistles

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shannon Kelly built a reputation crafting some of the finest species-specific duck calls on the market, dialing in the true sounds of pintails, wigeon...

EP 581. Breaking Down the American Black Duck

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From rugged Atlantic marshes to southern wintering grounds, Ted Barney lays out the story of the American black duck—where they go, how they survive...

EP 580. Saving North America's Birdlife and Habitat

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

North America has lost nearly 3 billion—that's BILLION with a B—birds, and while ducks are the brightest spot on the horizon, their lights are dim...

EP 579. Beyond 5 Minutes with Jack Zimmerman

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Zimmerman returns to talk about the moments that matter—small conversations, big truths, family, friends and the stories behind his new book, ...

EP 578. Championship Tube Call and the Art of OG Goose Hunting

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Four-time world champion David Coleman breaks down the craft, grit, and tradition of goose calling with a tube call--that few can use, let alone maste...

EP 577. Leveling Up with HuntProof App

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What started as a simple idea in the blind has since exploded across the hunting scene to become HuntProof—a powerful tool helping hunters level up...

EP 576. Chicken Little: Debunking Waterfowl Management Myths (Part 2)

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this no-holds-barred, part 2-of-2 conversation, Dr. Michael Schummer challenges dangerous misinformation circulating throughout our waterfowling co...

*SPECIAL* Flying Blind: Waterfowl Science & Management At Risk

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today's special topic cuts deeper than science or partisan politics---it defends North American duck hunting's essential back bone, wetland health and...

EP 575. Catching Spring SLABS!

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get the grease HOT! We're walking through waist-deep river water in waders today, boys and girls, but the air is heavy with pollen, the weather's beau...

EP 574. Chicken Little: Debunking Waterfowl Management Myths (Part 1)

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this no-holds-barred, part 1-of-2 conversation, Dr. Michael Schummer challenges dangerous misinformation circulating throughout our waterfowling co...

EP 573. Making the Most of Mazatlan

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This past year was drier in Mazatlan, Mexico than it's been since 1964! Needless to say that with less water on the landscape there were fewer ducks. ...

EP 572. Sparkleberry Swamp Legend (Part 2)

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our colorful journey into Sparkleberry Swamp's remote reaches continues  as 79-year-old Toy McCord reflects on how Sparkleberry—and duck hunting th...

EP 571. Straight Shooting for Hunters

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Outdoor legends Will Primos and Anthony Matarese Jr. break down the habits, mindset, and gear choices that separate good shooters from great ones. Fro...

EP 570. Sparkleberry Swamp Legend (Part 1)

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seventy-nine-year-old Mr. Toy McCord takes us deep into the heart of Sparkleberry Swamp—where he was raised, mentored, and shaped by wild water and ...

EP 569. Flying V

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Been a real long time since catching up with buddies Brady Davis and Matt McCormick (Ep 76. Of Hippies and Cowboys, Bozeman, MT), but they've been bus...

EP 568. Feathers, Friends and Fond Memories from Nayarit, Mexico

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Having south-of-the-border fun entailed an action-packed couple weeks in Nayarit, Mexico, but as usual it was about way, way more than just trigger pu...

EP 567. Getting on the "X" with onX Hunt Maps--and Then Some

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

onX Maps's Lake Pickle and I jump into the most powerful navigational app ever invented, exploring the many ways it's revolutionizing our hunting adve...

EP 566. Building Waterfowl Habitat on Maryland's Eastern Shore

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Though he's built and managed wildlife habitat on Maryland's Eastern Shore for the past couple decades, Spencer Waller quickly points out that he's no...

EP 565. Eastern Shore Maryland Goose Hunter: From Student to Mentor

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Goose hunting has been a pretty big deal on Maryland's eastern Shore since forever, and John Taylor's introductions began when first shaking hands wit...

EP 564. Looking Back

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What began as buck-fever-of-epic-proportions first deer hunt with a neighboring mentor began a lifelong passion for hunting and fishing worldwide for ...

EP 563. Dead Hens Don't Lay Eggs and Other Topics

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In case you haven't noticed, North American duck populations--duck harvests--have declined from the highs of the late-90s. Dead hens don't lay eggs, f...

EP 562. Seeing Duck Hunting--and Life--for What They Really Are

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following in his father's footsteps, Joel Tavera joined the military and was fast-tracked into the sandbox of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He returned a d...

EP 561. Beyond Just Ducks--Azerbaijan Duck Hunting Adventure

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Off-the-beaten-path Azerbaijan duck hunting is a real duck hunt for real duck hunters. For many reasons. Following an eventful week, Ramsey recounts t...

EP 560. Prairie Wildlife: Returning Bobwhite Quail Hunting Culture in Mississippi

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After a couple decades hiatus from quail hunting due to work and family commitments, hunting his family farm near West Point, Mississippi, brought dis...

EP 559. "Splash Limits" versus Hunter Satisfaction

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Splash limits" offer hunters the option to bag any 3 ducks regardless of sex or species. Through 2025, the 2-tiered duck hunting pilot program in Sou...

EP 558. Chasing the Million Dollar Duck---and Life

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"It's the art. It's the art more than anything else that's impacting people, connecting non-hunters to ducks," says 3-time Federal Duck Stamp Contest ...

EP 557. Taking Kids Hunting Never Better: Grow-With-You Clothing Line

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you think hunting is expensive now, just wait until you start taking your growing-like-a-weed youngsters to the blind! To make things worse, they o...

EP 556. A Fresh Mindset to Duck Hunting?

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following an incredible full-of-firsts hunting visit to the United Kingdom, we meet in host James Maunder Taylor's game room, sharing tumblers of sloe...

EP 555. Anna V Outdoors

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Van Nostrand grew up in Georgia hunting small game and deer with family, but her introductions to feathers--shotgunning, waterfowl, upland birds,...

EP 554. Last of a Dying Breed: The Lost Art of Punt Gunning (Part 2)

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BOOM! Our discussion with a last-of-a-dyring-breed punt gunner continues! Banned 107 years ago in the United States pursuant to the Migratory Bird Tre...

EP 553. Tom Beckbe Updates

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Harkening a bygone era, Tom Beckbe's lifestyle products just keep getting better and better. Meeting with Tom Beckbe's Radcliffe Menge is always a gre...

EP 552. Last of a Dying Breed: The Lost Art of Punt Gunning (Part 1)

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Banned 107 years ago in the United States pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treat Act of 1918, punt gunning has since persisted in the United Kingdom. It...

EP 551. The Perfect Trigger Pull

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the time and effort that goes into putting waterfowl on the strap--travel, scouting, walk-ins decoy placement, calling, early wake ups--all boils ...

EP 550. "Shooting the Raft" and Arkansas Public Land Hunting

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A die-hard Arkansas public land duck hunter since forever, Arkansan call maker Bryce Decker describes the stark realities and absurd challenges of pub...

EP 549. Wildlife Artist a Natural Historian

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

British wildlife artist Terrence Lambert's work has been reproduced in more than 40 publications, selected for many of the world's most prestigious wi...

EP 548. Managing Waterfowl Across the Pond a Very Different Approach

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Because the ducks aren't going to let you [overharvest them]," replied Mike Swan matter of factly when asked how there could still possibly be health...

EP 547. Oak Grove Hunting Club, Louisiana

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following an eventful morning duck hunt in the Louisiana marsh, Ramsey joins General Manager, Mike Baccigalopi and General Manager, Fred Stewart, to d...

EP 546. A Lifetime Hunting Virginia's Eastern Shore

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chicoteague, Virginia's outgoing mayor, Arthur Leonard is a lifelong duck hunter and decoy carver that recalls his family being among the first to inh...

EP 545. The Rifle Project

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For combat veteran Andrew Biggio, who's now on the Boston Police force, a relative's hand-written letter from the WWII Pacific battlefield compelled h...

EP 544. A Classical Decoy Carving Family Tradition in Virginia

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following a duck hunt along Virginia's Eastern Shore, Ramsey meets with father-son carvers, Ian and Mark McNair, who are committed to crafting wooden ...

EP 543. Making Decoys with "Never Settle" Determination

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With legions of die-hard customers, Dave Smith Decoys have long been regarded as the most realistic and utterly effective decoys available. But who is...

EP 542. They Really Hunt Coots in Louisiana?! And Much More

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Roland Cortez talks about being born and raised duck hunting in South Louisiana's marshes, his earliest influences and introductions, how and why he's...

EP 541. Wild Goose Jack Miner Goes Mainstream

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Miner Bible-verse-inscribed leg bands have long been revered as holy grail momentos among in-the-know waterfowl hunters. Formed in 1904 by a form...

EP 540. The Chesapeake Bay Legends

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Saying that museums tell stories, Chesapeake Bay historian and preservationist, C. John Sullivan, takes us on a personal tour of one of the largest pr...

EP 539. West Virginia Duck Hunt

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River," go the John Denver lyrics. The iconic song never mentions ducks or duck huntin...

EP 538. Five Generations Island Living

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Shaw's ancestors moved to Prince Edward Island 5 generations ago. They've since made their livings and fed their families by seasonally availing t...

EP 537. Prince Edward Island Duck Hunting

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This season's 6-province Canadian part if the tour terminates 8 miles into the Atlantic--as easterly as personally ever been in North America--on the ...

EP 536. Powered by Inukshuk--And Here's Why

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our beloved retrievers are our ride-and-die best friends, but they're also high-performing athletes with singular life missions to recover downed bird...

EP 535. New Brunswick Canada Duck Hunting, Eh?

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A month-and-a-half and 11-plus-thousand miles after starting this year's North American Waterfowl Road Trip finally arrives to new territory, to the l...

EP 534. Moonshine Creek, NB

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Breaking a streak of mishaps, happening by accident onto Moonshine Creek Distillery was pure luck. It was maybe even some kind of divine providence. "...

EP 533. Here Comes Santa Clause--Into the Vault

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just in time for Christmas--because few if any of us are leaving the blind to elbow our way through crowded shopping malls--Duck Unlimited's David Sch...

EP 532. Mississippi Duck Season Opener Traditions

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back home for the Mississippi duck season opener, Ramsey meets his 2 favorite hunting buddies, sons Forrest and Duncan. Duck season opener at camp a d...

EP 531. Father-Son Hunting Trip of a Lifetime

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ramsey hears what fathers and sons most enjoyed about their bucket-list hunt in Argentina for ducks, doves, pigeons and more. Their answers might surp...

EP 530. SPECIAL Waterfowl Migration Forecast

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What kind of migration might you expect to see this duck season? FowlWeather Podcast host, Michael Schummer, returns to give us the lowdown on this ye...

EP 529. For Seventy-One Years a Duck Hunter (Part 2)

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

PART 2---For 71 years, Worth Matthewson of Eugene, Oregon, has chased waterfowl and other gamebirds throughout North America and worldwide. A genuine ...

EP 528. For Seventy-One Years a Duck Hunter (Part 1)

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

PART 1---For 71 years, Worth Matthewson of Eugene, Oregon, has chased waterfowl and other gamebirds throughout North America and worldwide. A genuine ...

EP 527. Legendary Coca-Cola Woods and Beyond

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Born-and-raised Arkansas native Rusty Creasey was manager and head guide at legendary Coca-Cola Woods Duck Club for 20 years, continuing the legacy of...

EP 526. Delta Waterfowl Texas

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Regional Director, Ryan Watson gives us a great then-and-now overview of Delta Waterfowl and how they fit in the grand scheme of conservation both loc...

EP 525. There's Something About Sandhill Cranes

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of North America's most unique webless gamebirds, sandhill cranes are oftentimes referred to as "ribeyes of the sky" and included among popular wa...

EP 524. On Delivering First-class Hunting Lodge Hospitality

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You've traveled far away from home for a dream hunt and--all things equal, some days better than others--waterfowl are a constant. It's the everything...

EP 523. Canadian Duck Camp Cooking

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hunting trips are no place to lose a few pounds. To the contrary, you should be ready to loosen your belt, eat like kings, enjoy. Which is exactly why...

EP 522. Manitoba Young Guns

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What's it like growing up a young, avid waterfowler in the north-of-the-border Land of Plenty? How's it similar to the USA--and how's it different? Wh...

EP 521. Honker Hunting Manitoba's Interlake Region

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Located between massive lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba, the fabled Interlakes Region has been an important stop over for migrating Canada geese since for...

EP 520. Pitboss Waterfowl

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Capt. Jeff Coats aka The Pitboss shares decades duck hunting experiences on the Chesapeake Bay, how and why he built a name brand that's become synony...

EP 519. Who's Winning the Klamath Water War?

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So critical to Pacific Flyway waterfowl was this region that the Lower Klamath NWR was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 as the firs...

EP 518. Deep-Rooted Double Bayou Duck Hunting Traditions

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Located in Chambers County, Texas, the Double Bayou community  has a storied, oftentimes truth-is-stranger-than-fiction past. It was there that Blake...

EP 517. The Dirty Bird North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting Experience

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There's plenty North Dakota waterfowl hunting opportunities for ducks, snows, cacklers, honkers and tundra swans, and depending on what you're chasing...

EP 516. Meet Texas's First Waterfowl Biologist, Charles Stutzenbaker

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As a barefoot little boy playing outside in the late-1930s that later duck hunted when rice predominated the coastal Texas landscape, 90-year-old Char...

EP 515. Texas Duck Hunting Desert Paradise with Speck Ops

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

West of San Antonio, where the Chihuahua Desert and Brush County collide it's dry. Real dry. But there exist one of the most unique and best-kept secr...

EP 514. Powder Morning Hunting the North Platte River Nebraska

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hunting western Nebraska is all about the right stuff--the right properties, the right locations, the right people. There's mallards and geese galore,...

EP 513. Duck Camp Dinner Experiences Now Served

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Getting a feel for who people really are is as simple as putting your feet under the right table. Or in the instance of Chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois, just...

EP 512. Benelli Shotgun Features and Performance

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Having used Benelli shotguns since the mid-90s because of their utter reliability and superior performance, their continued innovations continue to am...

EP 511. Making Outdoor Dreams Reality

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Grizzly bears, wild sheep, bison, elk, white-tailed bucks, waterfowl--we all have outdoor dreams.  But South Carolina-based Outdoor Dream Foundation ...

EP 510. A South Africa Duck Hunting Safari Remembered

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Following a 2-week, 3-province, 5-lodge, waterfowl-and-upland-gamebirds South Africa duck hunting safari that'll be memorable for many reasons--it's l...

EP 509. All Florida and More

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fifth-generation Florida native Travis Thompson was born-and-raised Florida duck hunting. In the absence of mallards, their mainstays are blue-winged ...

EP 508. Reviving the Craft of Wild Game Cooking

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For Larry White, an interest in cooking began as simply as being around grandmother's kitchen, and while he learned a lot of techniques in the militar...

EP 507. The Maggie Williams, Arkansas Public Land Duck Hunter

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Raised a 4th-generation northeast Arkansas public land duck hunter, Maggie Williams says the first girl her daddy ever even saw in the woods was the 1...

EP 506. Coast-to-Coast Perspectives with Shawn Swearingen

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cutting his teeth in Oregon, Shawn Swearingen--that's spelled like the guy in Deadwood series, he says--migrated to the outskirts of DC, where the hun...

EP 505. Participate in duckDNA to Become Citizen Scientist!!

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Launched last season, duckDNA is an immensely successful citizen-science initiate spear-headed by Ducks Unlimited and University of Texas at El Paso. ...

EP 504. On Cloud 9 in Alberta

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Moving out west with "an anti-hunter from Toronto" to pursue an electrical career was one thing, but the sheer abundance of waterfowl hunting opportun...

EP 503. Father-Son Experiences and Making a Difference

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Father-son team, Jamey and Layne Roberts of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, spend quality time together duck hunting and scouting. It was duck hunting that spark...

EP 502. Increasing Performance: Rob Roberts Custom Gun Works

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At the end of the day, adding ducks to the strap boils down to that final crucial moment---the trigger pull. And having poured ourselves into everythi...

EP 501. Under the Big Tent with Australia Duck Hunting Antis

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During Australia's duck season "circus," anti-hunters will flare your birds, paddle through your decoys and film your kids, reports Outdoor Life Execu...

EP 500. Best Argentina Duck Hunt?!

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a place where duck hunts are marketed using every superlative ever invented, "best Argentina duck hunt" may seem exaggerated. It's not. The proof i...

EP 499. Little Riddle Avoiding the Real World at All Cost

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Born and raised hunting and fishing in northeast Mississippi, John Blake Riddle has lived a charmed life. Avoiding "the real world" at all costs, he's...

EP 498. Like a Great Big Ol' Camp Reunion at Delta Waterfowl Expo

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Typical of late-July Baton Rouge, between-thunderstorms humidity visibly hung in the air like a warm, wet blanket. Not that anyone cared. Because walk...

EP 497. Habitat Management Advantages--of All Natural

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"We raise weeds, most folks try to grow corn," says renowned wildlife biologist and Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame, Jody Pagan, who among other thi...

EP 496. Argentina Couples Trip

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ducks, doves, decoying pigeons, perdiz, and optional golden dorado fishing--what's not to love about this Argentina duck hunting combo if you're an ar...

EP 495. PSA: New CDC Rules Affects Importing Your Retriever Back Into US!!

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Public Service Announcement: Guides, outfitters, freelancers--everyone--traveling to hunt outside the United States need to be aware that new Center f...

EP 494. Delta Waterfowl Expo, July 26-28, Baton Rouge

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Late July in the Deep South, it's hotter than hades and teal season is right around the corner. Where better to spend a fun weekend in the among your ...

EP 493. Making Meaningful Wildlife Conservation Happen--The Big Picture

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A since-forever duck hunter himself, Casey Stemler is a hook-and-bullet biologist that spent decades working coast-to-coast throughout the upper echel...

EP 492. Arkansas Still "Duck Capital" ?!

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Once upon a time, Stuttgart, Arkansas was the Rice and Duck Capital of the world, and--for sure--duck hunting traditions remain interwoven into Arkans...

EP 491. Land Man Ronnie Richardson

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A hunter since way back when, Ronnie Richardson explains that it's not about killing, so much as it's about experiencing places. National Land Realty'...

EP 490. Duck Hunter Satisfaction

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"I want the biggest pile of dead ducks over the longest period of time," implies the maximum sustained yield model by which North America's waterfowl ...

EP 489. Important Considerations: Old Dogs and Aging Retrievers

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Her hips are beautiful and knees look great, but at her age one of the biggest risk is blowing out her ACL like aging athletes do," said veterinarian...

EP 488. Mississippi Delta Supper Club Influences

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For Chef David Crews, growing up in Mississippi's Delta was inspiration enough. He describes how home-cooked meals and a his first part-time job while...

EP 487. Long Point Ontario Diver Hunting

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mallards may be the so-called rockstars of the duck hunting universe, but not if you were born and raised on Long Point, Ontario, where massive diver ...

EP 486. Favoring Historic Arkansas Ecosystems as Waterfowl Habitat?

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center focuses it's habitat management on Arkansas's historic bottomland hardwood forest ecosystems, using the lif...

EP 485. Habitat Management: Emergent Marsh Wetlands Magic (Part 2)

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now among the scarcest waterfowl habitat in the delta, it was emergent wetland-type habitats that sustained overwintering migratory in their heavily f...

EP 484. Rocky Leflore and The End of The Line Podcast

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The man, the myth, the legend--the waterfowl podcast godfather and host of The End of the Line Podcast himself--Rocky Leflore pays a long overdue visi...