Duck Season Somewhere
Episodes
EP 83. Utah Swan Hunting and Unique Great Salt Lakes Duck Hunting Methods
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Following a couple exciting days hunting swans and ducks together in Utah, Chad Yamane and Ramsey Russell share a couple cold beers before supper and ...
EP 82. Why Utah Swan Hunting? Rich Hansen
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Hansen is a field biologist and State Banding Coordinator in Utah. He and Ramsey discuss swan hunting and the important of Great Salt Lake associ...
EP 81. The Old Duck Hunters Dinner, Other Mississippi Times, Places
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Y'all better buckle up and hang on! Mississippi historian and story-teller-of-epic-proportions, Hank Burdine is back, and this times going as fast and...
EP 80. New England Sea Duck Hunting, Capt. Reilly McCue
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New England sea duck hunting is an obvious destination for hunters looking to travel beyond their own backyards because it offers a much different exp...
EP 79. Out of Cache, Utah Duck Hunting
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Following a fun morning duck hunt on Utah public land, Kevin Booth and Ramsey visit at the shop. Kevin grew up hunting in Utah with his dad, but it wa...
EP 78. Ira's Salsa, Dipping into the American Dream
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seann Robinson, from Lufkin, Texas, describes himself as a late-start duck hunter of sorts. Deer hunting is the big thing in east Texas pineywoods, bu...
EP 77. Ramsey Russell North American Waterfowl Tour
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode begins with special guest, Joseph Richard, a 97 year-old US Navy Veteran briefly recalling the events of December 7, 1941. He was there. ...
EP 76. Of Hippies and Cowboys, Bozeman, MT
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt McCormick and Brady Davis invite Ramsey Russell into their wheelhouse of Gallatin River Valley goose hunting near Bozeman, Montana. The local wat...
EP 75. Bruce Kania, Floating Islands, Montana
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While watching Canada geese trading along the Yellowstone River from his back porch, innovator Bruce Kania tells Ramsey Russell about "the business of...
EP 74. Nice Shot Mr. Ian!
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ramsey Russell, Forrest Russell and long-time family friend Ian Munn get together during Mississippi's duck season opener weekend to recall past times...
EP 73. Self Proclaimed Snow Goose Capitol of the US, Kenmare, ND
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Following a couple days event-filled mornings hunting snow geese, honkers and ducks, Ramsey meets with new friends Tom Mau and Monte Brekhus in Kenmar...
EP 72. Ringneck Resort, North Dakota Pheasant Hunting Combo
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ramsey Russell shifts gears during the 2020-2021 North American Tour - and after a couple weeks sitting in duck and goose blinds, stretching his legs ...
EP 71. Holt Collier, Legendary Mississippi Bear Hunter, Part Two
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we continue with this two-part series, Collier's hunting reputation has achieved heroic proportions. His circle of friends includes governors, gene...
EP 70. Nick Marcyes, Of Dirty Bird Outfitters and Hamburger Hills
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's unseasonably single-digit windchills and bone-chilling cold when Ramsey jumps into the blind with Dirty Bird Outfitters' Nick Marcyes for their 3...
EP 69. Former Federal Wildlife Agent, Lifetime Mississippi Duck Hunter
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest credits duck hunting back in Mississippi's South Delta - that required long, gumbo mud hikes with his dad, across bean fields that stret...
EP 68. Holt Collier, Legendary Mississippi Bear Hunter, Part One
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Holt Collier is among the most legendary figures in American hunting history that you've probably never even heard of. Proving once and for all that t...
EP 67. Chris Nicolai, Where Waterfowl Hunting and Science Converge
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
File this one under interesting things learned in a duck blind during Ramsey's 2020-2021 North American Tour. Following a fun diver hunt among frien...
EP 66. Jeff Pelayo, Old School North Dakota Divers
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
EP 65. Warren Coco, Vanishing Paradise
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Warren Coco series, Ramsey Russell and Coco shift gears and discuss Louisiana Gulf Coastal restoration. There have been signif...
EP 64. TJ Sirovatka, Wisconson "Ten Yarders"
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The North American Tour continue as Ramsey Russell wheels into Wisconsin during an October snow storm and shares a couple great Wisconsin honker hunts...
EP 63. Warren Coco, 10-Gauge Talks
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the United States a sub-gauge movement seems underway as more waterfowlers are shouldering 20- and 28-gauge small-bores instead of 12-gauge...
EP 62. Joe Briscoe, Texas Blue-winged Teal Calls & More
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, Ramsey stopped by Joe Briscoe's backyard shop to visit very briefly and buy a couple blue-winged teal calls. The pair swapped stories, shar...
EP 61. Warren Coco, Life Below I-10 and Camp Cook
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From his Go-Devil Manufacturing office near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Warren describes to Ramsey the origins of waterfowl mounts adorning the sunken cyp...
EP 60. Azerbaijan, Life's Short GetDucks
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Halfway across the world and 6,850 miles from central Mississippi, the small country of Azerbaijan is nestled between the Caspian Sea and Iran. Preced...
EP 59. Bonus Episode: Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In follow up to yesterday's special episode, Lynyrd Skynyrd Monument Board Member, Mike Rounsaville, and Ramsey briefly discuss the Lynyrd Skynyrd Mon...
EP 58. Lynyrd Skynyrd Remembered
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On October 19, 1977, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inarguably the greatest rock band touring the USA and played what was their final concert in Greenville, South...
EP 57. Gene Campbell, Oyster Bayou HC
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seventy-three years young, Gene Campbell is a two-time Purple Heart recipient that has been hunting fabled Chambers County, Texas, since he was a prec...
EP 56. Rob Sawyer, 100 Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking Texas during the mid- to late-1800s more likely conjures images of tough cowboys, fierce comanches, and dusty cattle drives than epic turn-of...
EP 55. Houston Havens, Wood Ducks
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Houston Havens, Waterfowl Program Coordinator for Mississippi, has learned lots of very interesting things about wood ducks pursuant to ongoing bandin...
EP 54. Doe's Eat Place, Greenville, Mississippi
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gaining proper cultural insight anywhere worldwide is as simple as putting your feet under a table at the right restaurant. Doe's Eat Place is the mos...
EP 53. Trent Sinclair, Iowa Goose Poppers
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off this season's North American Waterfowl Tour, Ramsey Russell stops in central Iowa to goose hunt Trent Sinclair. While the two hunters are ...
EP 52. Steve Biggers, Best Texas Blue-Winged Teal Hunts
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Biggers of Rocky Creek Retrievers runs the best blue-winged teal hunts in Texas, maybe even on earth. But it doesn't happen by accident. Far fro...
EP 51. Warren Coco, The General's Habitat Management
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Coco is a fury of boundless can-do energy. Large and in charge, with nearly a half-century of personal and professional achievements roiling in...
EP 50. Ira McCauley, September "Quadfecta"
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ramsey Russell connects with Ira McCauley to discuss September happenings. Ira tells about the September blue-winged teal opener in Missouri's north z...
EP 49. Warren Coco, Gators and Garfish
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Duck Season Somewhere, waterfowl hunting legend, Warren Coco, and Ramsey Russell continue visiting at the confluence of the Red and...
EP 48. Terry Denmon, Duck Habitat & Blue-winged Teal Hunting
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Great duck habitat doesn't happen by accident. Terry Denmon and Ramsey Russell assessed habitat conditions on a central Louisiana property about a dec...
EP 47. Warren Coco, Pancakes & Sausage
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Coco's epic story resumes with his first telling about his Avoyelles Parish ancestry stretching clear back to a Revolutionary War veteran from ...
EP 46. Mike Morgan, Teal Talk
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Long-time friends Mike Morgan and Ramsey Russell meet across the table to talk teal hunting. Spending a little time to talk about teal worldwide, they...
EP 45. Warren Coco, On the Outside Looking In
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As described in last week's episode, Warren Coco spent over a decade hunting ducks in the enchanted Maurepas Swamp. Some years were better than others...
EP 44. September Special
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
September is finally here. The thermometer still reads warm, especially down south, but already faint hints of fall are in the air. Or maybe that's ju...
EP 43. Warren Coco, Go Devil Origins
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Coco is an American duck hunting icon. Conceived in his Baton Rouge, Louisiana shop over 4 decades ago, the legendary Go Devil longtail engine ...
EP 42. Retired Louisiana Federal Game Warden Tales Part 1
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today's special guest hails from Louisiana, where for decades he lurked in the shadows as a game warden. Extremely good at it, he wrote 365 violations...
EP 41. Rod Haydel, Haydel's Game Calls
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During their high school years, Rod Haydel and his brother joined their father, the iconic Eli Haydel, in the garage where they mixed sometimes imperf...
EP 40. Dale Bordelon, More Bayou Country Traditions
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Bordelon is a gifted storyteller from Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. In last week's episode (Episode 39, August 3, 2020), Dale described gathering ...
EP 39. Brandon Cereke AND Lee Kjos, Old School
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Cerecke and Lee Kjos of BOSS Shotshells join Ramsey for a fast-and-furious roundhouse, full-on old school discussion. Plowing like a meteor th...
EP 38. Dale Bordelon, Bayou Country Traditions
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Louisiana's fabled waterfowling history stretches back centuries to the first French inhabitants, that thrived among its Spanish moss adorned swamplan...
EP 37. Matthew Piehl, Dirty Bird Outfitters
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Piehl, Dirty Bird Outfitters, was born and raised in North Dakota. He tells Ramsey Russell about growing up hunting in the region and why wate...
EP 36. Paul Link, Specklebellies in Louisiana
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Link is Louisiana Department Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks's North American Waterfowl Management Plan Coordinator. Number of mid-continental whit...
EP 35. Josh Raggio, Functional Art
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the Raggio Custom Calls studio in Raymond, Mississippi, Josh Raggio tells Ramsey Russell about his getting into duck call making, about his wal...
EP 34. Bigwater, Pop Quiz
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bigwater, Ramsey and mutual friend, Ryan Bianchini, share a few pearly pops one afternoon. Bigwater dodged the covid-19 bullet again, and describes wh...
EP 33. Laird Hamberlin, Safari Club International
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While at Mississippi hunting camp, Laird Hamberlin, Safari Club International's Chief Executive Officer, meets with Ramsey. Laird describes his intr...
EP 32. BC Rogers, Wren & Ivy
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
BC Rogers of Wren & Ivy retraces his origins to duck hunting among family and friends in cypress-studded, Mississippi Delta oxbows. How did those ende...
EP 31. Bill Brewster, Different Times
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Brewster, former Oklahoma Congressman and retired lobbyist, meets with Ramsey at SCI Convention. They discuss topics ranging from quail hunting b...
EP 30. Benny Marascalco, Mississippi Gumbo
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In its present incarnation, gumbo is a combination of past and present, a delicious mixture of foolproof goodness in a pot. What constitutes "real gum...
EP 29. Trent Dirks & Scott Dewey, Retrieving Freedom
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At age 30, Trent Dirks is a relative newcomer to duck hunting. Trent describes coping with PTSD after returning from active duty in Afghanistan. How...
EP 28. Lee Kjos, STOKED!
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Kjos is STOKED about the new website launch and this season's extensive, new BOSS Shotshells product line! Everyone is - and it's downright contag...
EP 27. Dr. Philip Lavretsky, Just a Mallard? Think Again.
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mallard? There are about 13 mallard-like subspecies worldwide to include mallards, mottled ducks, black ducks and Mexican ducks right here in the go...
EP 26. Steve Comus, Our Truest Selves
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stalking small game while barefooted, the young boy supplemented his family's mealtime protein intake, but remembers dreaming way back then of one day...
EP 25. Garrett Walker, American Made Quack Rack
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quack Rack's Garrett Walker and Ramsey Russell catch up before the world starts spinning full-swing again. Recalling a couple fun past hunts together ...
EP 24. John Devney, Delta Waterfowl
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's late-May, the Dakota prairies are in great shape, and already there are bright yellow, little mallard and pintail fuzzballs on the scene, prepari...
EP 23. JJ Randolph, Wyoming Goose & Duck Hunting
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The fabled North Platte River slithers through the American West, holding enviable numbers of Canada geese and mallards. WyoBraska Waterfowl's JJ Rand...
EP 22. Radcliff Menge, Tom Beckbe Traditions
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Tombigbee River flows into the rugged Mobile-Tensas Delta of southern Alabama, the backdrop for today's guest. Radcliff Menge describes how he bec...
EP 21. Corey Mason, Dallas Safari Club
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Mason meets with Ramsey Russell during the "COVID Pause." Growing up hunting with family in west Texas, he chased his passion through college, e...
EP 20. WildEar
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Meyer of WildEar meets with Ramsey Russell during Dallas Safari Club, telling him about his earliest introductions into hunting, about how he b...
EP 19. Ryan Reynolds- Ottawa Valley, Ontario
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's late-April and Ontario's Ottawa Valley is quiet. But this fall it will fill with raucous, migrating honkers gorging themselves on local crops bef...
EP 18. Lee Kjos, Wild Ducks in Wild Places
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kjos and Ramsey visit over hot coffee before Dallas Safari Club Convention, immediately stepping into a memory-filled swamp of wild ducks in wild plac...
EP 17. SPECIAL EPISODE: They've Banned 12-gauge Shotguns in Canada?!
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the Canadian government by-passed parliamentary procedures by implementing a 25 years-old, never-before-used provision to ban "black guns."...
EP 16. Ben Webster- The Dream Job?
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's late-April and because COVID-19 protocols have prevented his guiding spring snow geese in Canada, Ben Webster of Big Kansas Outdoors is home in c...
EP 15. Martha Ciaffoni- Famous Argentina Hostess
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's about an hour preceding showtime - hectic opening morning of Dallas Safari Club Convention. While putting finishing touches on the GetDucks exhib...
EP 14. Dan Hruska- HP Outdoors
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As easily as if they were visiting between volleys, HPOutdoors co-host Dan Hruska shares with Ramsey a few important life events before and during the...
EP 13. Robbie Kroger- In the Blood
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a cold January morning preceding Dallas Safari Club. Blood Origins producer Robbie Kroger breaks for coffee with Ramsey before interviewing Weath...
EP 12. Brandon Cerecke, American Made
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Cerecke, BOSS Shotshells, joins Ramsey for a candid duck blind type chat about COVID-19 and the American way of life. How have Brandon's blue-...
EP 11. Bigwater, The Foodie
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bigwater and Ramsey talk about different routines, recent discoveries and new habits since the world stopped spinning as usual, then end up sinking th...
EP 10. Luke Naylor- Arkansas Greentree Reservoir Management
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Naylor is Arkansas State Waterfowl Biologist. Two years ago, the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission began intensively managing State-owner greent...
EP 9. Terry Denmon, Remembering Mike Morgan
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Denmon, Mojo Outdoors, and Ramsey Russell remember their good friend, the late Mike Morgan. They recall memorable times together and make plans ...
EP 8. Ira McCauley, Missouri Duck Camp
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's early-November in northwestern Missouri and a cold front is blowing in. Temps are plummeting, snow is likely. From Locust Grove duck camp, Ira...
EP 7. Glenn Falla (Australia)
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aussie Glenn Falla and Ramsey Russell connect from half-way across the world, reminiscing about past hunts together in the US and Down Under, recounti...
EP 6. Jack Ray, Historic Hunting Clubs and Preservation of Utah's Great Salt Lake
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Ray, is President of Utah Waterfowl Association, an avid hunter, conservationist and local historian. He colorfully describes a mostly unknown fa...
EP 5. Lee Kjos
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Grounded from their normally hectic travel schedules due to COVID-19, Ramsey and photographer Lee Kjos recount meeting while duck hunting the epic, 18...
EP 4. Dr. Sam Pierce, Past Mississippi Duck Hunts Together
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ramsey and long-time hunting buddy Dr. Sam Pierce catch up post-season. Remembering many memorable moments, they recall a first hunt together when "...
EP 3. Utah Duck Hunting (Part 4): Tony Smith of Hunt41, Diver Duck Hunting
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Smith is a full-on Utah diver freak and co-host of Hunt41 film series. He describes becoming a diver specialist in Utah, his home-made diver d...
EP 2. Quarantine Update with Bigwater aka Mark Wilson - The origins of social media for duck hunters, hunter harassment and social distance
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Co-host Mark Wilson aka Bigwater and Ramsey catch up over the phone during COVID-19 quarantine. Back in the dark ages, before social media platform...
EP 1. Utah Duck Hunting (Part 3): Rich Hansen, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Waterfowl Habitat and Banding
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Hansen is a Utah Division of Wildlife Wetland Manager and Waterfowl Banding Coordinator. In this week's episode, we continue exploring Utah's ...