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Ep. 210 – Waterfowl Harvest Management Series, Part 6: Biology, People, and Debates Produce Solid Foundations
Threats of a closed season in the Mississippi Flyway in 1968 led to intense disagreement, restrictive regulations, and amplified the challenges of managing the resourc...
Ep. 209 – Waterfowl Harvest Management Series, Part 5: Conventional Wisdom Gives Way to Data
With growing band recoveries and a newly implemented Breeding Population and Habitat Survey, waterfowl managers in the 1950s sought a more science-based understanding ...
Ep. 208 – Brook Richard with Higdon Outdoors Discusses Tactics for a Tough Season
Facing difficult hunting conditions in the early portions of the season, Richard talks about how he used certain techniques to overcome stale ducks. He discusses how h...
Ep. 207 – (Bonus) Missouri Migration and Habitat Update
The DU Podcast is joined by Dr. Andy Raedeke, migratory game bird coordinator for Missouri Department of Conservation, for a Christmas week update on habitat condition...
Ep. 206 – (Bonus) Washington and Oregon Report Stale Birds but Potential Christmas Change
The DU Podcast is excited to welcome Brandon Reishus, migratory game bird coordinator for Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife, and Kyle Spragens, waterfowl section manage...
Ep. 205 – Waterfowl Harvest Management Series, Part 4: Post-War Pioneers and Flyway Formation
World War II brought global upheaval in the 1940s and caused a redirection of national priorities and placed a temporary pause on regulatory and conservation momentum ...
Ep. 204 – Waterfowl Harvest Management Series, Part 3: Growing Pains and Progress
Into the 1920s, the Federal government endured growing pains in its new-found regulatory responsibilities for waterfowl harvest. Then, the 1930s brought a Dust Bowl, G...
Ep. 203 – Weather-Driven Decoy Tactics
Weather is one of many variables that play heavily into a decoy strategy. John Pollmann, Ducks Unlimited magazine freelance contributor, talks with Chris Jennings abou...
Ep. 202 – (Bonus) Great Lakes Region December Hunting and Habitat Update
Jay Anglin, WF360 Great Lakes Migration editor, joins the DU Podcast to give an overview of the hunting and habitat in several key Great Lakes states. Anglin, like man...
Ep. 201 – Cold-Weather Retriever Care with Mike Stewart
As the mercury dips, keep a close eye on your retriever. Mike Stewart, owner of Wildrose Kennels, joins host Chris Jennings for a cold-weather retriever care discussio...
Ep. 200 – Waterfowl Harvest Management Series, Part 2: The Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Following legal challenges to early attempts at Federal protection of migratory birds, policy makers and conservation leaders sought alternative avenues for establishi...
Ep. 199 – Waterfowl Harvest Management Series, Part 1: The Early Days
At the turn of the 19th Century, market hunting and unregulated harvest was taking a toll on waterfowl and other migratory birds. Growing concern produced the first at...
Ep. 198 – Decoy Tactics: Five Simple Spreads for Waterfowl
John Pollmann, DU magazine freelance contributor, rejoins the DU Podcast to talk decoy strategies with Chris Jennings. The two go through a magazine feature Pollmann w...
Ep. 197 – (Bonus) December Migration and Habitat Update from Illinois
The Ducks Unlimited Podcast is joined by Aaron Yetter, waterfowl ecologist from the Forbes Biological Station, for an early December report on habitat conditions and d...
Ep. 196 – DU President Provides Organizational Update, Happy Holidays Message
DU President Doug Schoenrock joins host Chris Jennings to discuss DU events, conservation, and even chat about Schoenrock’s recent hunts. Schoenrock provides an update...
Ep. 195 – Boss Shotshells Joins the DU Podcast
Lee Kjos, co-owner and brand manager of Boss Shotshells, joins host Chris Jennings to talk about how Boss Shotshells was born from the passion of waterfowling and cons...
Ep. 194 – Hunting Pressure at the Atchafalaya Delta: Challenges and Consequences (3 of 3)
Managing hunting pressure is one of the single greatest challenges for waterfowl managers today, as it is important for conserving the waterfowl resource while also pr...
Ep. 193 – Glory Days at the Atchafalaya Delta (2 of 3)
The DU Podcast resumes its discussion about history and change at the Atchafalaya and Wax Lake Deltas. Mike Carloss relives his experiences as manager at the Atchafal...
Ep. 192 – Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Delta: Habitat and Waterfowl
Larry Reynolds and Mike Carloss join Dr. Mike Brasher for a multi-faceted conversation about coastal Louisiana. We start with a summary of the November waterfowl surve...
Ep. 191 - (Bonus) Waterfowl, Habitat, and Hunting Update from the Texas Coast
Our eyes are upon Texas in this episode, as we visit with Andy Stetter, USFWS Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, to get an update on waterfowl abundance, habitat conditio...
Ep. 190 – New Mallard Migration Research in the Central and Mississippi Flyways
Cindy Anchor, a Master’s student at South Dakota State University, joins the show to discuss preliminary results from her telemetry-based study of the post-fledging an...
Ep. 189 – Special Operations Game Wardens in California, “Hidden War” (2 of 2)
Lt. John Nores, Jr. (Retired) from California Department of Fish and Wildlife discusses his most recent book, Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens are recla...
Ep. 188 – Author of “Hidden War” Joins the DU Podcast (1 of 2)
Lt. John Nores, Jr. (Retired) from California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) discusses his most recent book, Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens ar...
Ep. 187 – Guyette and Deeter Auction House Joins to Talk Waterfowling Collectibles
Jon Deeter, co-owner of Guyette and Deeter Auction House, joins the show to discuss the business side of collecting waterfowling history. Hosts Mallori and Katie discu...
Ep. 186 – Deep Dive into Decoys, Motion with Higdon Outdoors
Brook Richard, manager of corporate relations for Higdon Outdoors, joins the DU Podcast to talk about Higdon Outdoors' full line of decoys, MOMarsh blinds, Powers Call...
Ep. 185 – (Bonus) Re-air from 2019 Thanksgiving Narrative: "Duck Blind Intervention"
Re-air from 2019. Our Thanksgiving show, plucked from the DU Magazine archives (Nov/Dec 2007), is a humorous story about the idiosyncrasies of waterfowl hunters. "Duck...
Ep. 184 – California Dreaming…Wetlands Conservation along the California Coast
When people think of waterfowl habitats in California, places such as Humboldt Bay and San Francisco Bay probably aren’t the first that come to mind. However, these ar...
Ep. 183 – Duck Call Collecting: A Passion for Waterfowling History
Mike Lewis, Arkansas Duck Call Collector and Current Chairman of the Board of Call Makers and Collectors Association of America, joins hosts Mallori and Katie to talk ...
Ep. 182 – Phragmites and Plant Science in the Great Salt Lake
Ducks Unlimited’s goal of abundant waterfowl populations depends fundamentally on a robust base of productive wetlands across North America. In many regions, wetlands ...
Ep. 181 – (Bonus) Habitat Conditions for Arkansas 2020 Opener
Luke Naylor, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission waterfowl program coordinator, joins the DU Podcast to discuss current conditions going into the 2020-2021 Arkansas wate...
