Duck Season Somewhere

Dale Bordelon is a gifted storyteller from Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. In last week's episode (Episode 39, August 3, 2020), Dale described gathering various local raw materials from nearby swamps an…

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 through a snowbank, the trio talk about shotguns, c…

Louisiana's fabled waterfowling history stretches back centuries to the first French inhabitants, that thrived among its Spanish moss adorned swamplands like fish in water.  Their tools of the trade …

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 waterfowling affected him differently than hunting up…

Paul Link is Louisiana Department Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks's North American Waterfowl Management Plan Coordinator. Number of mid-continental white-fronted geese overwintering in southwestern Lou…

From the Raggio Custom Calls studio in Raymond, Mississippi, Josh Raggio tells Ramsey Russell about his getting into duck call making,  about his walking away from a comfortable job in corporate Amer…

Bigwater, Ramsey and mutual friend, Ryan Bianchini, share a few pearly pops one afternoon. Bigwater dodged the covid-19 bullet again, and describes why the upcoming Mississippi duck season leaves him…

While at Mississippi hunting camp, Laird Hamberlin, Safari Club International's Chief Executive Officer, meets with Ramsey.  Laird describes his introductions to hunting, who and what he remembers mo…

BC Rogers of Wren & Ivy retraces his origins to duck hunting among family and friends in cypress-studded, Mississippi Delta oxbows. How did those endearing influences effect him as a hunter, husband,…

Bill Brewster, former Oklahoma Congressman and retired lobbyist, meets with Ramsey at SCI Convention. They discuss topics ranging from quail hunting back in the good old days to the future of hunting…

In its present incarnation, gumbo is a combination of past and present, a delicious mixture of foolproof goodness in a pot. What constitutes "real gumbo" varies widely among regions, zipcodes, camps …

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 did service dog, Tracer, help him find life purpo…

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 contagious! Like a red, white and blue cyclone sweeping…

A mallard? There are about 13 mallard-like subspecies worldwide to include mallards, mottled ducks, black ducks and Mexican ducks right here in the good ol' USA. How similar are North American mallar…

Stalking small game while barefooted, the young boy supplemented his family's mealtime protein intake, but remembers dreaming way back then of one day hunting leopards. Mentored, in part, by the most…

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 in Idaho and Oklahoma, they remember the great fo…

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, preparing for the flight south this fall. John Devney of…

The fabled North Platte River slithers through the American West, holding enviable numbers of Canada geese and mallards. WyoBraska Waterfowl's JJ Randolph has guided along Wyoming's North Platte Rive…

The Tombigbee River flows into the rugged Mobile-Tensas Delta of southern Alabama, the backdrop for today's guest. Radcliff Menge describes how he became involved in the outdoors industry, and how fa…

Corey Mason meets with Ramsey Russell during the "COVID Pause." Growing up hunting with family in west Texas, he chased his passion through college, eventually becoming a waterfowl biologist for Texa…