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Duck Season Somewhere

Mar 29, 2021

Despite other-worldly sightings, things like swamp dwelling kangaroos, unique pink-eared ducks, and beet-topped hamburgers, Australia duck hunting is more readily familiar to US duck hunters than elsewhere hunted worldwide. But they're constantly fighting tooth-and-nail to preserve it, and this year proved an...


Mar 25, 2021

Originating in a North Dakota duck blind, where we were targeting divers instead of dry-field puddlers, this scaup discussion was a real eye-opener. Eric Smith cut his teeth on duck hunting while chasing scaup with his dad in northern Minnesota.  Later involved in graduate research and scaup banding studies, he's...


Mar 22, 2021

Never mind shooting 20-duck, spoonie-and-teal-trifecta limits, drinking pool-side foo-foo drinks, and eating seafood dinners together. Everyone's first international vacation since the pandemic, it had immediately "felt normal" since walking into the beautiful Mazatlán resort, our duck camp away from home.  But what's...


Mar 16, 2021

After an epic final morning, with some beautiful cinnamon teal trophies icing down in the truck and a couple more carry-out world-class lunch burritos stretching their belts and weighing heavy on their eyelids, Ramsey meets with great friend-host Jon Wills at historic Stillbow Ranch lodge to recount the dozen days...


Mar 15, 2021

Just imagine. At a time in history that wildlife resources and hunters need more not less, what could YOUR State Department of Natural Resources and Statewide Conservation Organizations do with FIFTY TO SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS?! OR MORE?! Acquire more public hunting land? Improve existing public-use properties for...