Your go-to for exploring authentic duck hunting adventures WORLDWIDE! For 365 days per year, it really is duck hunting season somewhere. Host Ramsey Russell founded GetDucks.com over 20 years ago, spending most of the year in duck blinds among 6 continents. Meeting with real waterfowl hunters, conservationists, biologists, and storytellers encountered throughout North America and around the globe, Ramsey shares a duck hunting world much bigger than our own backyards.
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You've seen the iconic black-and-white photos—more mallards than you knew could possibly exist in one place. And you've heard the legendary name: Claypool's Reservoir . Now hear the true story behind it. Historian Dr. Wayne Capooth takes us back to Wallace Claypool's Wild Acres—the vision, investment and monumental effort behind an astonishing, never-before-or-since concentration of wintering…
Jeff Foiles has walked through nearly every chapter the waterfowl world offers--from growing up hunting the Mississippi River back in the good ol' days and building one of the most recognized brand names in waterfowl calls, to a federal wildlife case that cost him his freedom and forever changed his life. We talk about the rise of Foiles Migrators , the decline of waterfowl in his neck of the…
Forty years of guiding Kansas mallard hunts taught Roy Carter that shotguns don't kill ducks--diesel does. The Carter's Big Island outfitter talks location, habitat, flooded timber, moist-soil management, sanctuary and hunting pressure with his familiar, both-barrel blunt and politically incorrect candor. But the conversation turns deeply personal as Roy reflects on life beyond ducks. And no--we…
Six duck hunting podcast hosts---Joel Brice The Voice of The Duck Hunter, Billy Campbell Dr. Duck, Jeff Stanfield the Big Honker, Joey Vasallo Midwest Flyways, Jon Sandbeck The Filthy Spoon and myself--sit down together at Delta Waterfowl Expo to talk public-land pressure, hunting behavior, and getting along. We may not solve the bigger problems facing duck hunting today, but one question matters…
Marty Sands has spent decades studying the massive guns that helped shape our waterfowling history. From 4-, 6-, and 8-bores to punt guns, fine English doubles and black powder, he explains why these guns were built, how they were used--some pretty amazing shooting feats even by modern-day standards--what they taught us about ballistics, how the "gauge" metric was originally determined, and how…
Finding our ways through the hills and hollows west of St. Louis, we pulled into Josh Ditch's Fowl Focus Avian Taxidermy studio to pick up a couple spell-binding dead mounts for upcoming expos, we walk past a small waterfowl aviary with "beer drinking bench," and into a surgically clean, well-organized shop. Sharing his then-and-now journey into waterfowl taxidermy and local duck hunting, he…
Everybody sees the face paint. Few understand the job. Professional rodeo bull fighter Noah Krepps steps inside the arena where split-second decisions stand between fallen cowboys and two thousand pounds of pissed-off bull. He shares behind-the-scenes preparation, life-shaping mentors, close calls, unforgettable wrecks, life on the road and times spent in an Arkansas duck blind. Visit the…
It's not every day that we can be heroes, but here's your chance! Cape not needed, just 3 minutes of your time!! North America's duck factory is under imminent threat. A little-know federal rule now under review could determine whether millions of acres of Prairie pothole wetlands--the breeding grounds that produce about 1/3rd of the continent's ducks and were purchased with generations of duck…
It was as simple as sticking his boat in the mud while joy riding with his wife. And sharing it. The Wetland Gypsy built one of the most recognizable names in waterfowl hunting boats--but discovered there might be more to life than followers and fame. Former US Marine Spencer Lewis talks public-land ducks, social media, how fatherhood affected it all, and finding solid footing when the roar of the…
Think about it--most duck and goose calls look pretty much alike, don't they? Gilbert Randolph's don't. I mean, who ever heard of a cedar-and-slate "goose box"?! The maker behind Art Ducko Calls talks about various outdoor pursuits that lead to waterfowl hunting, call making inspirations and mishaps, goose boxes, no-two-alike creativity, hunting identity, and why duck hunting maybe needs more…
Hunting's future won't be decided by seasoned veterans alone--it depends on who come next, how and what they'll learn. Bringing her legendary humor and candid insights to bear, Carli Bodiford discusses breaking into hunting without family roots, building credibility in the social media age, firearms safety, and why mentorship matters. Beyond the likes and followers, we explore what it really takes…
After 4 years absence, finally returned to the remote Argentina wetland called Rio Salado. In tow were some hunters that had always wanted to return along with some others that'd always wanted to go. It was wet. Real wet. Getting there--and as we learned later, getting back out--were huge adventures. Why bother? What compels some people to go so far off the beaten path, what's it like hunting on…
For generations, American duck hunters have traveled north to hunt Canada's prairies. Freelancing opportunities, especially, seemed endless. But times are changing. Saskatchewan recently imposed number-of-day restrictions non-resident hunters, Manitoba instituted a draw system for non-resident freelance hunters, and Alberta has tightened the number of hunting days for non-residents. Rob Olson…
