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Ep. 149 – Are We Shooting Too Many Ducks?

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Ep. 148 – Waterfowl Wednesdays Part 1 – Travels of the Tundra Swan

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Ep. 147 – Chris Beckman and All About Waiting on Water

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Ep. 146 – First Weekly Duck Migration Forecast, Plus What’s El Nino Got To Do With Harvest?

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Ep. 145 – The Blind Leading the (Duck) Blind – PART 2 – Defending yourself against the same old fake news

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Ep. 144 – The Blind Leading the (Duck) Blind – PART 1 – How we talk ducks

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Ep. 143 – BONUS EPISODE: BPOP INITIAL REACTION

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Ep. 142 – Duck Conservation is Driven by Science

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Ep. 141 – Effects of Ag Markets on Duck Habitat w/ Dr. Mark McConnell

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SPECIAL ALERT – ARE THE DUCKS DONE FOR? w/ special guests Dr. Scott Stephens and Dr. Mike Brasher

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Ep. 139 – The Coming Duck Season Through 3 Lenses, Why To Be Curious, Why To Be Concerned, and Why To Be Excited

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Ep. 138 – Montana Grassland & Wetland Coordinator – Heather Harris

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Ep. 137 – Saving Chesapeake Bay: The Birthplace of American Waterfowling

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Ep. 136 – Toad Harbor Taxidermy w/ Matt Colesante

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Ep. 135 – Godzilla El Niño Cometh?

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Ep. 134 – East Coast Accomplishments w/ Ed Farley of North Carolina - Esse Quam Videri

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Ep. 133 – Minnesota’s Living Lakes Program – Jake Chronister – Bring Back the Ducks

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Ep. 132 – Time to Talk Turkey Tactics

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Ep. 131 – The Do's and Don'ts of Waterfowl Habitat Management

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Ep. 130 – John Devney – An SOS or SONWR – Save Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Ep. 129 – What’s Habitat Got To Do With It? Everything!

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Ep. 128 – Dr. Scott Stephens – Ducks Unlimited

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Ep. 127 – Duck Season 25-26 Recap: The season of the storm, the corn, and for some, the duck season that never happened

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Ep. 126 – Chris Beckman and Forrest Carvajal Solve the Duck World’s Problems

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Ep. 125 – SPECIAL EDITION: WINTER STORM FERN

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Ep. 124 – Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club

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Ep. 123 – Senator John Kennedy’s Corn Letter to USFWS

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Ep. 122 – Kitchen Conversations: Merg Squad 3.0 Part 2

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Ep. 121 – The Corn Episode Part 2.2

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Ep. 120 – Kitchen Conversations: Merg Squad 3.0 Part 1

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Ep. 119 – The Corn Episode Part 2.1

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Ep. 118 – The Winter Solstice Episode: Does Reverse Migration Exist?

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Ep. 117 – Walt Rhodes of ShotSweeper:After the Hunt Make The Next Bite Safer

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Ep. 116 – Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Works For The Ducks

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Ep. 115 – Explaining the Mid-Season Lull

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Ep. 114 – Say It Ain’t Snow

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Ep. 113 – The HAY is IN the BARN: The 2nd Long-Term Migration Forecast

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Ep. 112 – FowlWeather MIGRATION ALERT!

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Ep. 111 – Our First Long-Term Weather Severity Forecast of the Year

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Ep. 110 – The West is the Best: Washington State, Barker Ranch w/ Nick Hoffard

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Ep. 109 – Forrest Carvajal: From Beginner to Competition Calling

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Ep. 108 – Mixed Bag: Biologist Apathy, Drought Days, BBD, Corn Comment, and Declining Duck Hunters

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Ep. 107 – Your 1st Duck Migration Forecast and WSI Reboot

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Ep. 106 – Eat What You Grow Because You Grow What You Sow

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Ep. 105 – The First Day of Fall

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Ep. 104 – Talkin’ Ducks w/ Ramsey Russell

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Ep. 103: Jacks Reef Life: A Country Boy Can Survive

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Ep. 102 - BREAKING NEWS: BPOP Breakdown

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Ep. 101 – Your Cup of Tears: “Stop Saying Harvest Doesn’t Matter”

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Ep. 100 – Read Em’ and Weep: The Fall and Winter Weather for 2025 – 2026

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Ep. 99 – If it Sounds Like A Duck….w/ Chris Beckman of Beckman Game Calls

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Ep. 98 – Ethan Dittmer in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 97 – Wetland Management Check-In w/ The Experts

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Ep. 96 – Fake News All Over Again: Reward Bands, Flooded Corn, and What Makes a Duck Migrate

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Ep. 95 – Dr. Matt Dyson in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 94 – Adaptive Harvest Management: From Smoke Filled Rooms and Strong Voices to Application of Sound-Science

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Ep. 93 – The History of Duck Season Frameworks w/ Dr. Jim Dubovsky, retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Central Flyway Representative

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Ep. 92 – Dr. Abby Blake-Bradshaw in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 91 – Tim Maron in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 90 – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly -- Why are Waterfowl Population Trends So Different Among Species?

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Ep. 89 – Grant Rhodes in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 88 – Apples and Oranges: Why Breeding Waterfowl Surveys Don’t Equate to Mid-Winter Survey Data

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Ep. 87 – Cory Highway in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 86 – Jewelry with a Jingle, Why Band Waterfowl? The 2025 DataStream series

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Ep. 85 – Hannah Sabatier in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 84 – The Harvest Information Program - The 2025 DataStream series

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Ep. 83 – Dr. Ryan Askren of Five Oaks in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 82 – Is the BPOP wrong? The 2025 DataStream series

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Ep. 81 - Catrina Terry in The FowlWeather Podcast Young Waterfowl Professionals Series

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Ep. 80 – BONUS EPISODE: Turkey Tag Out Tips and Why Are Turkeys Tanking?

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Ep. 79 – The History of The Mallard in North America Part 4: DOMESTIC THIS! Game-Farm Mallards w/ Dr. Phil Lavretsky and Dominic Hockenbury

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Ep. 78 – The History of The Mallard in North America Part 3: Instant Mallards, Just Add Water – The Ebb and Flow of Ole’ Greenhead

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Ep. 77 – The History of The Mallard in North America Part 2: Mallard Ecology and Habitat Management for the Ole’ Greenhead

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Ep. 76 – The History of The Mallard in North America Part 1: Greenheads Galore

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Ep. 75 – La Niña What?: The Duck Season Recap

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Ep. 74 – Burn It All Down Episode Part 1: The Mis Information Rhetoric About Waterfowl Management Must End

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Ep. 73 – Where Are The Ducks?

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Ep. 72 – Kitchen Conversations – Reverse Migration: Florida Boys Hunt New York – Part 2

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Ep. 71 – Duck Country USA: Everybody Lies

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Ep. 70 – Kitchen Conversations – Reverse Migration: Florida Boys Hunt New York – Part 1

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Ep. 69 – With Ducktober Well Behind Us, Cometh The Cold (AND THE DUCKS)!

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Ep. 68 – Kitchen Conversations – DrNick Masto and DrMike Debate Telemetry in a Truck Ride

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Ep. 67 – Why Every State Needs A Draw Hunt For Ducks

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Ep. 66 – A Christmas Warm Up? – Is Your Goose Cooked?

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Ep. 65 – The Good Ole Days Are Now

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Ep. 64 – The State of Duck Migration 2024 From The Experts

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Ep. 63 – Kitchen Conversations – Revenge of the Merg Squad and Merganser Trivia

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Ep. 62 – The Thanksgiving Fattening of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard

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Ep. 61 – The Snow Line Advances South! + GTR Management (Why are they dry?!!!)

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Ep. 60 – Public Draw Systems - Does Anyone Do It Right?

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Ep. 59 – Ducks? What Ducks? Long-term Forecast Part 2

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Ep. 58 – Moon Phases and Duck Movement + Duck Hunting Ethics

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Ep. 57 – Kitchen Conversations – North Dakota Duck Camp and Waterfowl Trivia

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Ep. 56 – Duck Senses Tingling: Duck Sight, Tactile, Hearing, and Taste Abilities.

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Ep. 55 – The Long-Term Seasonal Forecast – Part 1

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Episode 54 – Chris Nicolai, Scientist w/ Delta Waterfowl Talks Prairie Conditions

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Ep. 53 – What’s so Great about Great Lakes Ducks?

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Ep. 52 – Our First 2024 Duck Migration Forecast

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Ep. 51 - When Do Ducks Start Migrating?, What Telemetry Doesn’t Tell Us, and A Ticking Time Bomb

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Ep. 50 – We win when everybody eats