Duck Season Somewhere

Immortalized in Nash Buckingham's De' Shootinest Gent'man and Other Stories, Mike and Lamar Boyd have lived and hunted Beaverdam Lake (what Nash referred to as the South Trails area) their entire liv…

In the sleepy Mississippi Delta hamlet of Leland, walking through the front door and onto the creaking, century-old hardwood floors of the Mississippi Wildlife Heritage Museum is like stepping back i…

As if pre-dawn gaucho horseback rides into the duck hunting marsh, countless black clouds of doves flying back to roost, teal-sized picazuro pigeons charging into decoys, partridges flushing as hunte…

Boom! And welcome to The Big Honker Podcast's Jeff Stanfield and the World-famous Andy Shaver (who's the side-kick is still open to debate). The pitfalls of becoming small time mayor, the thrilling s…

It's all about attitude. Whether galloping sidesaddle behind wailing foxhound packs or paddling quietly through cypress-studded swamps with he powerful labs, Mississippi born-and-raised Allison Crews…

Argentina's Entres Rios Province lies between the Uruguay and Parana rivers, its flat topography covered with interspersed wetlands, woodlands, agriculture and shortgrass habitats, making it a rich l…

Really no telling what interesting characters you'll meet in the middle of a remote swamp, the incredible stories you'll hear before a cozy fireplace. Today's episode proves it. From a highly profita…

On the front porch of a rustic, swamp-encompassed, little red camphouse, hunters gathered around fedora-topped, pipe-smoking Destry Hoffard, admiring an older-than-most-people-in-camp Winchester Mode…

Chef Jean Paul Bourgeois grew up behind the boudin curtain, south of I-10 in Lousiana, always only minutes from the marsh. He remembers killing his first duck with a crack-barrel 20-gauge, a rite of …

Life ain't fair. While hanging deer stands near the Tex-Mex border on a scorching hot day, an otherwise welcomed breeze suddenly kicked up. The very last thing he remembers of his former life was a d…

Located in a massive wetland prone to natural water fluctuations that greatly affect waterfowl density and diversity--and so inconveniently far from Buenos Aires that you can't hardly get there from …

At the first-annual Delta Waterfowl Hunters Expo this past weekend, Delta Waterfowl announced their Million Duck campaign. That's right. Forever a duck hunters organization, Delta Waterfowl is boldly…

Delta Waterfowl Scientist Chris Nicolai has been "ringing and slinging" for decades pursuant to career waterfowl research, placing bands on every North American waterfowl species and visiting some pr…

For over 30 years, Jeff Watt a.k.a. "The Mayor" has been the foremost manufacturers rep in the hunting and fishing industry, connecting iconic name brand gear manufacturers, major industry retailers …

During their long-awaited return to the fabled Rio Salado swamp, Lee Kjos and Ramsey visit on the little red estancia's front porch. Their conversation wanders through several familiar topics then ve…

It's no secret that Ramsey spends lots of travel time in kitchens visited, because that's usually the best place to get true tastes of local culture as well as food. In today's episode, he meets with…

So named for the rosy-billed pochards that darken the sky at times, Las Flores is in Ramsey's opinion hands-down the most consistent Argentina duck hunt in a country that reputedly offers the world's…

Self-taught chef Nathan Judice began cooking his own meals soon after moving to college. He grew up hunting small game in Southeast Louisiana, remembering his waterfowl hunting introductions as being…

"We don't sell excuses," says Diego Munoz, "We sell good duck hunts." That's certainly been the case for the nearly 15 years that Ramsey has offered the Las Flores program that he describes as the de…

Ramsey recalls that while growing up in the Mississippi Delta the only notable topography was in the form of ancient indian mounds scattered about an otherwise flat landscape. When were they built an…