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EP 465. US "Duck Factory" Productivity -- How Bad is It?
Duck Season Somewhere - April 18, 2024 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsIt's all about supply and demand, huh? So in the US, are we killing too many ducks in past seasons? Or producing too few? Discussing continental "duck factory" production is complex, but Ducks Unlimited biologists Scott Stephens and Johannes Walker have the numbers--how many fewer continental ma...
Anchored Podcast Ep. 241: Mac Brown on Advanced Fly Casting, Trick Casts, Fly Fishing’s Evolution and More
Anchored with April Vokey - April 16, 2024 08:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsMac Brown is the owner of Mac Brown Fly Fish and Fly Fishing Guide School in Western NC. Mac pioneered the first full-time fly fishing guide service in the region and was instrumental in establishing the Upper Nantahala River's Delayed Harvest. As an educator, Mac served as an Associate Professor...
EP 464. Duck Hunting in Mazatlan Mexico
Duck Season Somewhere - April 15, 2024 09:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsThe cat's out of the bag--duck hunting Mazatlan Mexico is lots of fun for both hunters and non-hunters, usually selling out well in advance. But why? What do customers have to say about this so-called "honeymoon duck hunt?" Whether curious about south-of-the-border duck hunting or possibly s...
EP 463. Full Plume Photo
Duck Season Somewhere - April 11, 2024 09:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsVeterinarian Jen Barton was introduced to duck hunting by her husband, who later gifted her a camera, setting her life into a completely new orbit. Whether swinging shotguns or lenses, Jen approaches duck hunting from a quality-versus-quantity perspective. Sharing her California hunting experien...
EP 462. How Is Waterfowl Migration and Distribution Changing?
Duck Season Somewhere - April 08, 2024 09:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsDeep South duck hunters, especially, have been saying it for years—ducks are short-stopping way north of historical wintering grounds. The migration is different. Distribution has changed. But is it true? And if so, how have waterfowl migration and distribution changed, does it differ among spe...
EP 461. Wisconsin Waterfowl
Duck Season Somewhere - April 04, 2024 09:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsWith 63,000 license holders, it's fair to say that waterfowl hunting is a pretty big deal in Wisconsin! Wisconsin Waterfowl Association was founded decades ago to address waterfowl and habitat conservation at the local level. Executive Director Bruce Ross describes habitat projects that keep the...
EP 460. Going for the Gold
Duck Season Somewhere - April 01, 2024 10:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsAmber English grew up around hunting and guns in Colorado, learning to shoot when she was only 6 years old. While her parents, uncle and aunt all shot competitively, it wasn't until after highschool gymnastics that she began doing so. Now a Captain in the US Army, she humbly describes choosing s...
EP 459. 50 Ducks
Duck Season Somewhere - March 28, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsAnything can happen while duck hunting. Greer Smith probably isn't the only person the get stuck while hunting near Venice, Louisiana, but watching ducks fly overhead and wondering where they'd originated sent his life into a new orbit. "There's a growing need for awareness," says Greer, who gre...
Anchored Podcast Ep. 240: Ryan Brod on Tributaries, Being a Generational Guide, Fishing in Maine, Carp, How to Fish From a Canoe, and More
Anchored with April Vokey - March 27, 2024 07:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsRyan Brod is a seasoned writer whose essays have graced the pages of numerous prestigious publications. Recently, he achieved another milestone with the publication of his first book, "Tributaries." However, Ryan's connection to the outdoors runs deep. Growing up surrounded by the hunting and fis...
EP 458. Outdoor Life Hunting Stories
Duck Season Somewhere - March 25, 2024 10:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsWhile growing up on a farm in rural Missouri, his dad had predicted he'd become a newspaper reporter. Probably because he intuitively knows the value of a story. Sure enough, Andrew McKean's colorful career eventually took him to Outdoor Life, where as the long-time hunting and conservation edit...
EP 457. BS'ing with Redbeard Between Roadtrips
Duck Season Somewhere - March 21, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsBetween chasing waterfowl and promoting Voormi, my buddy Ryan Yarnell aka Tex aka Redbeard sees as much of North America through a truck windshield as I do each year. Every now again our paths cross and we even get to hunt ducks together. In between roadtrips, Yarnell and I catch up, talking abo...
EP 456. How Mallards Experience and Utilize the Landscape
Duck Season Somewhere - March 18, 2024 10:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsWe all know duck habitat when we see it, but what do ducks "see"--how do our beloved mallards experience and utilize habitats at the landscale level before, during and after hunting season? Could understanding this make us more productive hunters, better habitat managers and long-time conservati...
Anchored Podcast Ep. 239: Mike Schultz on Smallmouth Bass, Water Temperature, Tackle, and More
Anchored with April Vokey - March 14, 2024 20:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsMike Schultz, affectionately known as “Schultzy,” is the Owner of Schultz Outfitters Fly Shop & Guide Service, a hub for Southern Michigan angling, instruction, and destination travel. Growing up in Michigan, he developed a connection with the outdoors, which ultimately led him to pursue a career...
EP 455. Need-To-Know Backyard Conservation and Hunting Topics
Duck Season Somewhere - March 14, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsHow has hunting changed in the United States since yesteryear--and why? Whether private or public lands, is it as easy to gain access? And how does the increasingly non-hunting public view hunters and hunting? Award-winning writer, public speaker and recurring FOX News guest, Gabriella Hoffman a...
EP 454. Duckboats Renaissance
Duck Season Somewhere - March 11, 2024 10:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsBack in the internet stone ages way before social media platforms, old-school do-it-yourself duck hunters from around the world gathered in online communities known as duck hunting chatrooms--sharing local traditions, exchanging ideas, swapping hunts. It was almost like discovering fire! Decade...
EP 453. Skelly Woods
Duck Season Somewhere - March 07, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratings"I'd known about it forever," says John Williams, speaking about a large, diamond-in-the-rough bottomland hardwood tract along a river in Oklahoma, "And dreamed of owning something like it one day." He cut his teeth duck hunting Oklahoma public lands and followed his father's footsteps into real...
EP 452. The Feather Thief
Duck Season Somewhere - March 04, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsIs it true that "man is seldom content to witness nature...he must posess it?" What is it about beautiful feathers that so obsesses some of us? Truth is truly stranger than fiction, and some stories you couldn't contrive in a lifetime's worth of imagination. Kirk Wallace Johnson's The Feather Th...
EP 451. Cape Barren Goose Hunting in Tasmania
Duck Season Somewhere - February 29, 2024 10:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsRare in terms of the extremely small geograpic area they can be hunted relative to earth--and trust me, it's one helluva long trip just getting there from here--Cape Barren geese are also regarded as among the world's largest goose species in the world. While the coals for lambchops are getting ...
Anchored Podcast Ep. 238: Aaron Goodis on Steelhead, Struggles, and Success in Fly Fishing
Anchored with April Vokey - February 28, 2024 01:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsAaron Goodis's journey with fly fishing began at the tender age of six, igniting a lifelong passion for the sport. While he possesses a comprehensive understanding of various facets of fly fishing, his primary focus lies in chasing Steelhead across the remote and local rivers of British Columbia....
EP 450. Carter's Big Island: Location, Location, Location--and Commitment
Duck Season Somewhere - February 26, 2024 10:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsAfter a mallards-galore Kansas timber hunt--and I'm talking mallard flocks spilling over the treetops like tossed dice into the coffee-colored opening surrounded by thick ice--Carter's Big Island father-son team, Roy and Drake, and I visit about their singular 74-day objective: to put fluttering...
EP 449. Old School Functionality That Fits Our Lifestyle and Lasts a Lifetime
Duck Season Somewhere - February 22, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsForm or function? Because long before waterfowl hunting clothing became a conspicuous corporate camo fashion statement, generations of savvy duck killers chose practical, earth-toned natural materials that kept them warm, dry and concealed while lasting generations. And because history repeats i...
EP 448. Five Minutes: 300 Seconds That Changed My Life
Duck Season Somewhere - February 19, 2024 10:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsFive minutes isn't much time. But 300 seconds probably seems like an eternity when your life depends on it happening. A duck hunter from Minnesota, Jack Zimmerman joined the Army to serve his country. Returning with no legs and damged arms after stepping on an IED, he has no regrets. Shaping him...
Anchored Podcast Ep. 237: Andrew Grillos and Louis Cahill on Men’s Mental Health in Fly Fishing
Anchored with April Vokey - February 19, 2024 04:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsThis week’s episode is a bit of a departure from the norm, but I’m happy to stand behind it nonetheless. When friend and past podcast guest, Louis Cahill, reached out and suggested we sit down together with Andrew Grillos, I knew it was going to be a special conversation. So, in this episode of A...
EP 447. Form Follows Function at Voormi
Duck Season Somewhere - February 15, 2024 10:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsAfter a thousand-plus wears, Voormi's High-E Hoodie and other products like the 2-pocket hoodie and base layers, have become essential, must-pack staples while waterfowl hunting worldwide. Highlighting the many reasons that I now love and rely on Voormi gear, founder Butch English does dives de...
EP 446. Is the Mallard Migration Shifting? Or Is Something Else Possibly Happening?
Duck Season Somewhere - February 12, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsIn December's "Where the Hell are the Mallards" (EP 434), Dr. Michael Schummer described waning migrations of "Halloween mallards," that subset of North American mallards that fly to their southern overwintering haunts in mid- to late-October regardless of wintry temps and snow cover. He promise...
Ep 445. Building MOJO
Duck Season Somewhere - February 08, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratings"All I knew is that nobody was going to outwork me," says Mojo founder Terry Denmon in describing his abrupt departure from federal government employment decades ago to become an engineering consultant that did not yet even have one single client. Many years later, a new fangled decoy concept dr...
EP 444. Making Smoke
Duck Season Somewhere - February 05, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsBack in the Big D and met with my buddy Brandon Roy, who cooks the best damned steak in Dallas. Because he's posting sumptuous smoked meats daily, was surprised to learn how much he really cooks. We blaze through a bunch of good-to-know, expert griller topics including various meat selections an...
EP 443. All Waterfowl Sanctuaries Are Created Equal--Or Are They?
Duck Season Somewhere - February 01, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsWe all know that waterfowl sanctuary is an essential component to managing overwintering waterfowl, but is all waterfowl sanctuary created equal? What are the different sanctuary types? Which do mallards prefer? How quickly do mallards respond to Arkansas duck hunting disturbances, and how does ...
Anchored Podcast Ep. 236: Charles Gaines on Fly Fishing Writing and the Birth of Paintball
Anchored with April Vokey - January 31, 2024 02:19 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsJoin me for a quick conversation with Charles Gaines, an iconic outdoor writer, and the ingenious creator of paintball. In this episode, we delve deep into the pages of Charles' extraordinary career, exploring his contributions to outdoor literature and the unexpected twist of fate that led to th...
EP 442. The TRUE Saga of Liver Eating Johnson
Duck Season Somewhere - January 29, 2024 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 378 ratingsThe landmark 1972 movie Jeremiah Johnson featuring Robert Redford should be mandatory viewing for every red-blooded American, and was based on a book entitled "Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver Eating Johnson." But who was he really, and was his name even Johnson? From the Buffalo Bill Center of t...
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