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Stephen Findley is a passionate waterfowl hunter with a deep respect for the sport's heritage. Based in Alabama, he owns Vertical, a marketing firm that serves some of the biggest brands in the outdoor industry. For over a decade, Stephen has worked as a photo and video creative in the outdoor industry. His passion for waterfowl hunting runs deep, and it shows in how he approaches his craft and the culture surrounding it. Findley joins the show to share his views on duck hunting culture, the value of taking kids and adults hunting, non-residents, and much more. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Diamond M Land Development, and Ducks Unlimited.Duck Hunting Podcast, Arkansas duck hunting, waterfowl conservation podcast, outdoors podcastsSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Host Bob St.Pierre chats with Federal Ammunition's Vice President of Marketing Jason Nash and Director of Community Relations Jon Zinnel about the innovative new Prairie Storm Bismuth Blend shotgun loads available in 12 and 20-gauge this summer. WATCH Federal's video about the new load. There's also some fun banter about the NFC North, Bon Iver, and moose vs. elk for dinner. Episode Highlights: • Nash explains that Federal, CCI, HEVI-Shot, Remington, Speer, and now Fiocchi are all part of The Kinetic Group of ammunition brands. • Zinnel highlights Federal Ammunition's role as the largest contributor to Pittman-Robertson funding through the excise tax on firearms and ammunition, while also serving as a major corporate partner of non-profit conservation organizations, including Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. • Nash talks about Federal Ammunition's ground-breaking move in 1961 to make all 20-gauge shells yellow to help promote safety and prevent confusion with 12-gauge shells. The guys also discuss some of the reasons behind the other colored shells. On the Wing Podcast is proudly fueled by Purina Pro Plan.

Scott Perry is a consummate Arkansas duck hunter who respects the sport's traditions and heritage. Along with his twin brother, Jason, he started the iconic McAlister brand from the 1990s, the premium outdoor brand Mountain Khakis, and dusted the cobwebs off Duxbak. Perry shares some behind-the-scenes stories of starting those brands and navigating the outdoor apparel industry. The guys also have a robust discussion of the romance of waterfowling and some identity issues the sport is going through today. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Diamond M Land Development, and Ducks Unlimited.Duck Hunting Podcast, Arkansas duck hunting, waterfowl conservation podcast, outdoors podcastsSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by The Nature Conservancy's Kelsey Molloy, Wyoming Migration Initiative's Andrew Jakes, Pheasants Forever's Casey Sill and PF's Montana State Coordinator Hunter VanDonsel for a discussion regarding the Montana Grassland Initiative. The dialogue spans the objectives for the initiative, emphasizing its advantages for Montana's diverse wildlife species as well as the farming and ranching community. Episode Highlights: • VanDonsel kicks off the conversation with a poignant narrative about walking across a Montana grassland while carrying his newborn daughter against his chest. This experience inspired VanDonsel to conceive the Montana Grassland Initiative and solidify his career aspirations. • Molloy and Jakes explain the significance of Montana's sagebrush habitat for sage grouse and pronghorn, particularly during their migration periods. • Jakes further discusses the distinct nature of pronghorns in North America, noting that their closest relative is Africa's giraffe. “On the Wing Podcast” is proudly fueled by Purina Pro Plan.

Chris Sprangers is the Managing Partner and Director of Outdoor Brands for North House Outdoors. They are one of the bigger players in the outdoor marketing space, and Chris has spent a few decades in the outdoor industry, including a stint as Brand Partnership Manager at Cabela's. He joins the show to pull back the curtain on what goes into branding an outdoor company and what it takes to survive in the ultra-competitive waterfowl industry. A dedicated waterfowler and fisherman, Sprangers also shares some stories from brand photo shoots and the trials and tribulations of getting content good enough for public consumption. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Diamond M Land Development, and Ducks Unlimited.Duck Hunting Podcast, Arkansas duck hunting, waterfowl conservation podcast, outdoors podcastsSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

There's nothing to hunt, so might as well talk about it. Despite being at the front end of summer, plenty of things are going on that impact waterfowl. In this week's episode, the guys share some intel about the May Pond conditions, planting season struggles in the deep south, and baby boomers fading out of duck hunting. Even Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill has some good and some bad for ducks. Finally, Cason and Brent kick around a new concept presented at the last AGFC Commission meeting that could impact future duck seasons. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Diamond M Land Development, and Ducks Unlimited.Duck Hunting Podcast, Arkansas duck hunting, waterfowl conservation podcast, outdoors podcastsSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Dave Duncan, Ph.D. (retired), worked across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, focusing on pintails. Throughout his professional career, he's shown a true passion for this particular duck and how to turn the tide on its decline. Duncan joins the show to discuss the past, present, and future of the pintail population while sharing some concerns with the new regulations set to go into place this coming season. This episode is worth a listen as Duncan shares some keen insights about this magnificent bird.Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Diamond M Land Development, and Ducks Unlimited.Duck Hunting Podcast, Arkansas duck hunting, waterfowl conservation podcast, outdoors podcastsSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Lorne Scott has spent a lifetime invested in conservation in Saskatchewan while seeing an inordinate amount of change on the landscape. The family has farmed in the Prairie Pothole Region since 1915 and has seen it all. Scott pulls back the curtain on Prairie Canada with eye-opening insights into what is going on north of the border. The guys discuss non-existent wetland policies in Saskatchewan, habitat deterioration, staggering bird loss, Big Ag, the decline in native Canadians' interest in waterfowl hunting, Americans, tariffs, and out-of-whack drake-to-hen ratios. Listeners will want to stick in until the end, when Lorne provides insights into current conditions right on time with the USFWS/CWS May Pond and BPOP counts underway. Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of ConservationLorne Scott WikipediaDU Canada Celebrates Lorne Scott as Saskatchewan Volunteer of the YearThanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, and Ducks Unlimited.Duck Hunting podcast, Arkansas duck hunting, waterfowl conservation podcast, outdoors podcasts, huntingSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Waterfowler Matthew Cagle created a groundbreaking decoy weighting system that revolutionized the waterfowl industry. Fast forward to today, and his company is one of the leading gear companies in the game. Cagle joins the show to talk about how Rig ‘Em Right came to be and how the company remains innovative in a copycat world. We also jump into a frank discussion on how the current trade wars and tariffs impact the hunting industry. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and Ducks Unlimited.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Duck hunters are skilled at finding scapegoats as to why their seasons don't go so well. One of the hotter topics is the amount of and the ability to hunt over flooded crops. Namely corn. Is it legal? Should it be legal? When was it allowed? Who governs “normal agricultural practices”? Mike Brasher of Ducks Unlimited joins the show to break down the Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998 and clarify what it did and didn't do for duck hunting. Changes to U.S. Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Baiting Laws - DU MagazineThanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Ducks Unlimited, Purina Pro Plan, Lile Real Estate, Tom Beckbe and Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Tim Willis has spent nearly 25 years conserving his home state of Arkansas's flooded timber legacy and numerous Ducks Unlimited habitat projects throughout the country. Willis and his team help state agencies with consulting strategies and maximize conservation dollars. In this episode, he outlines DU's role in ensuring waterfowl have effective habitats at all ends of the flyway now and in the future. Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Sitka Gear, Purina Pro Plan, Ducks Unlimited, and Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting MagazineSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

There were Technical Difficulties with the early AM upload, so please ignore that version and listen to this one for the full interview.Bradley Cohen, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and heads the Cohen Wildlife Lab at Tennessee Tech University. Cohen and his team of students have and continue to shed a lot of light on modern-day mallard behaviors. Cohen talks through landscape conditions and habitat management practices impacting what hunters see afield, including telemetry data, migration timing, refuges, and responses to human interference.Visit the Cohen Wildlife Lab online at https://www.cohenwildlifelab.com or follow their work on Instagram @cohenwildlab.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Purina Pro Plan, Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, and Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

If you're wondering what's on the minds of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission regarding turkey zones, the future of Arkansas duck hunting as it relates to private land, public land, non-residents, unruly behavior on the WMAs, habitat, and pressure management, this is an episode you cannot afford to miss. Current AGFC Commission Chair JD Neeley and Philip Tappan join the show to have a candid discussion about the state of some hot-button issues in Arkansas that spill across all waterfowl destination states. Thanks to our sponsors: Perfect Limit Outdoors, Ducks Unlimited, Tom Beckbe, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and Lile Real Estate. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Despite all the duck seasons in North America being closed, plenty is going on within the world of waterfowling. Brent & Cason look at the impact the recent storms will have on this coming duck season, game warden access to private ground without a warrant, USFWS director confirmation hearings and waterfowl destination states desire to reduce pressure by limiting non-residents. Reducing non-residents to a few weekdays is the potential play for Kansas and Oklahoma...but will it work?Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Ducks Unlimited, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and Live Real Estate. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Levi Pillow has over 50 years experience hunting the famed Dave Donaldson Black River WMA in Northeast Arkansas. Going from gentlemen's agreeement to who hunted where with permanent decoy spreads to today's chaotic overcrowding, he's seen it all. Pillow shares that history along with changes he and a group of hunters from the WMA recently proposed to the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission with a non-resident draw as the key effort to manage the unrelenting pressure.Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan and Tom Beckbe.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

A diverse background ranging from dirt work to duck guide led Hunter Johnson to managing habitat for a pair of top-notch Arkansas duck clubs. With one on the famed Grand Prairie and the other in the Cache River Bottoms, Johnson employs diverse strategies to attract and hold ducks throughout a sixty-day duck season. The guys discuss habitat, food plots, timber stand improvement (TSI), flooded unharvested crops, pressure management, and scouting. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Sitka Gear, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Lile Real Estate and Purina Pro Plan.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Cason and Brent analyze the rest of the post-season survey responses on numerous issues heavily discussed amongst Central and Mississippi Flyway waterfowlers: spinning wing decoys, season frameworks, pintail limits, outfitters, conservation order, and ecological and cultural issues impacting mid-continent mallards.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Lile Real Estate, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Purina Pro Plan and Tom Beckbe.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

In this episode of The North American Waterfowler Podcast, Elliott is joined by patron and friend Bret Travis to dive deep into the changing migration patterns and the impact of flooded corn on duck movement. They discuss whether ducks are being artificially held north and what that means for Southern waterfowlers. This episode is brought to you by our great partners:

In February, The Standard Sportsman podcast conducted a post-season survey covering various hot topics within the duck hunting community. After collecting responses from hunters across 41 states, the guys are ready to share the results with some intriguing analysis.The guys also share an opportunity to support winter banding research by the Osborne Lab at the University of Arkansas-Monticello. Dr. Doug Osborne has been a repeat guest on the show, and his team's efforts provide valuable insight into the behaviors of the modern-day mallard up and down the Central and Mississippi Flyways. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, and Lile Real Estate.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Dustin Roddy focuses on recreational real estate, habitat development and management primarily in the Cache River basin of east central Arkansas. His intuitive approach to match what the ducks need to what a property can provide has led to numerous successful projects on his resume. The guys discuss various habitat strategies, observations, being a good neighbor and of course, pressure management. Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Tom Beckbe, Sitka Gear, KC Laser Co., Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, and Ducks Unlimited.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Our buddy and Drake Waterfowl's Vice President of Development Jim Ronquest joins the show again. He's fresh off the NWTF Convention and shares insight into Drake's new campaign, “Make Boat Ramps Great Again.” We also dive into Jim's square-body Chevrolet truck restoration, duck boats, reuniting with John Stephens, and the future of RNTv. Be sure to stick in until the end, where we talk about what worked with last year's habitat projects, what's on the list this year, the mast crop bust, and other oddities from this past season.Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, KC Laser, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and Purina Pro Plan. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Missouri Department of Conservation's Migratory Game Bird Coordinator Reid Viegut joins the show to talk about a research project he worked on while at the University of Missouri. Partnering with the MDC, the project involved the deployment of drones coupled with machine learning to count waterfowl from the air. Viegut talks through the three different stages of the research and the results as well as what's left to be done to push the technology to implementation. Be sure to take The Standard Sportsman's post-season survey. The guys will tabulate the results and review everyone's input on an upcoming episode. Take the survey at www.thestandardsportsman.com/survey.Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, KC Laser Co, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and Purina Pro Plan. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Ducks started and stayed concentrated up and down the Central and Mississippi Flyways this season. That led to mixed results for the masses with a significant dependency on whether you had early habitat or not. The hosts talk through some impacts with the rafts of ducks holding tight to the north, Arkansas's habitat shortfalls, hen harvest clarity, GPS transmitter mallard behaviors. Then a little fun sharing some personal highs, lows, and disappointments with some waterfowl brands and their messaging this season. Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Ducks Unlimited, Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and KC Laser Co. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Hunters across the country are scratching their heads on this duck season, and theories as to why it has struggled for so many abound. Cason and Brent sift through a handful of issues that came together before and during the season that are having a bonafide impact. They also wade into whether duck seasons should be managed for maximum opportunity or maximum population. The hosts tackle a touchy subject in just how much money is and the role of those standing to benefit from liberal seasons impacting season outlooks and reports afield. Plus, tune in for another hat giveaway with a new twist.Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, KC Laser Co, and Purina Pro Plan. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Do you have your own water cooler and chat room theories about what is happening with mallards and why their behaviors and migration paths are changing? Dr. Doug Osborne of UA-Monticello and the graduate director at the Five Oaks Ag Research & Education Center joins the show with a very candid look at the waterfowl science community, sex and age ratios, game farm genetics, when duck season should end, and most importantly...what happened with this latest cold & snow front—a must-listen-to separate fact from fiction plus a new keyword, another TSS hat drawing. Listeners interested in entering the drawing for a The Standard Sportsman hat should hang into the episode for the keyword and instructions on qualifying. Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Perfect Limit Outdoors, KC Laser Co., Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Purina Pro Plan, Greenhead magazine, and Ducks Unlimited. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

We're back with good quick hitter..... often times, we hear buddies mentioning "they have a real special dog and should breed it." Well, we aren't here to argue whether or not your dog is special but you SHOULD think about a few things before committing to something very serious like breeding a dog. Support the Lone Duck Podcast | patreon.com/loneduckoutfitters Follow us on social media | Youtube and Instagram Use Promo Code | LDGD15 to save 15% on Marshwear Clothing Use Promo Code | LD10 to save 10% on Trulock Chokes Lone Duck's Gun Dog Chronicles is presented by onX Hunt, Purina Pro Plan, Gunner Kennels, DT Systems and Kent Cartridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A winter storm barreled through Kansas and Missouri, leaving nearly a foot of snow and prolonged below-freezing temps in its wake...but will that be enough to push ducks to Arkansas for the final few weeks of the season? Cason and Brent sift through some variables locally and in the flyway that could be a factor on just how many push south. The guys also get into some culture/community adjustments waterfowlers and brands in the industry should consider if improvements in future seasons are of value.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Tom Beckbe, KC Laser Co., Purina Pro Plan, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine and Lile Real Estate.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Happy New Year to all the listeners of The Standard Sportsman podcast. With jam packed schedules around the holidays, we've pulled portions of two highly entertaining conversations out of past episodes with John Stephens of RNT Calls and J Stephens Custom Calls and Bill Cooksey of the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. Thanks for taking time to listen to the show during this time with family and friends and best of luck the rest of the season. Shout out to the show's sponsors who make this all possible: Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Sitka Gear, KC Laser Co, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Purina Pro Plan and Lile Real Estate.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Happy holidays to all the listeners of The Standard Sportsman podcast. For this week's episode, we've pulled two conversations out of past episodes with David Snowden and Perrin Partee. David explains the rationale behind reducing the mallard hen limit to one while Perrin discusses habitat and the bounceback of the mallard population from Canada to Louisiana. Thanks for taking time to listen to the show during this time with family and friends and best of luck the rest of the season. As always, we appreciate our sponsors Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, KC Laser, Purina Pro Plan, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, Perfect Limit Outdoors and Ducks Unlimited. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

With the holiday season fast approaching, the guys have a little fun with a mostly light-hearted duck season wish list. Some wishes benefit the ducks, some gear they'd like to see, and some to elevate what's left of the season in the southern part of the flyway. The Standard Sportsman Podcast would like to wish all our listeners happy holidays, and thanks for listening!Thank you to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, Sitka Gear, Purina Pro Plan, KC Laser and Perfect Limit Outdoors.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

This week on The Standard Sportsman, the guys recap the first split of the Arkansas duck season and the outlook heading into the second season. With a significant and lengthy run of cold weather up north, ducks are on the move, but have they made it to the deep south yet? Instances of a potential Avian Flu outbreak appear to be occurring with young snow geese. Cason and Brent also get into opportunity vs. experience, the duck hunting sub-culture items and their impact on days afield, and Arkansas setting the bar for the future of the sport.Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, and KC Laser Co.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Host Bob St.Pierre has a new 5-month old German shorthaired pointer puppy named “Winter” that has just completed a two-week training session introducing her to birds and gunfire at Dokken's Oak Ridge Kennels. That training was completed by the kennel's lead pro trainer, Mike Wieben, who talks about the process of first introducing a puppy to birds, which is followed by a slow and methodical introduction to gunfire. Episode Highlights: • Wieben talks about the variety of ways dog owners inadvertently create gunshy puppies through fireworks, banging pots & pans, or showing up at the trap range with a dog in a crate. • Little Winter gets a good report card for passing bird & gun introduction, but Wieben coaches St.Pierre on some homework on retrieving and reversing the “sit” command. • Thanks to SportDOG BRAND and Purina Pro Plan for sponsoring this episode of On the Wing Podcast focused on bird dog training. onX Hunt is a proud supporter of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever and they want to thank everyone who gives back to the birds we all love to hunt and the places they call home. Click this link to get a free month of onX Hunt and then use code PFQF to get 20% off, and a portion will go back to supporting Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's wildlife habitat mission.

Retired Louisiana and Minnesota waterfowl biologist Dave Rave follows up his uber-popular “Where are the Ducks?” episode from last season with a fresh take on mallard populations, sex ratios, season frameworks, and limits. Rave details how the early start to the season in the north may be just as damaging to populations as the late January hunting in the south, SWDs, and numerous other management practices that he believes require reevaluation for mallard populations to rebound and hunters to stay in the sport.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Purina Pro Plan, Lile Real Estate, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, and KC Laser. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Ducks Unlimited's National Director of Event Fundraising David Schuessler shares some of the amazing items up for auction during DU's Into the Vault online auction. This is an insightful episode for collectors of DU guns, art, and other gear. David also shares how DU gets its hands on these collectibles, many of which are one of a kind. We even talk a little duck season after Schuessler's recent trip to West Texas and the Arkansas opener.Thanks to your sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Sitka Gear, Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, KC Laser, Perfect Limit Outdoors and Purina Pro Plan. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

The 2024-2025 Arkansas duck season is upon us, with high anticipation for what the season will hold. The guys sift through feedback from their network across Canada, Kansas, and Missouri, as well as conditions and populations within the state. They also break down the midpoint theory, Halloween mallards, and a few duck-hunting culture items. A must listen to start or for early duck season regardless of where you hunt. Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, Tom Beckbe, Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, KC Laser and Purina Pro Plan. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Are you curious about field trials and hunt tests? Karl Gunzer, director of the Sporting Dog Group for Purina Pro Plan, joins the show to discuss his decades of experience with field trial training and competing. Gunzer shares his personal experiences and advice for those interested in getting started.Listen now: www.ducks.org/DUPodcastSend feedback: DUPodcast@ducks.org

Grant Sinclair (@grant__sinclair) grew up duck hunting the famed Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee and now travels throughout the continent chasing ducks and geese. On top of being a skilled waterfowler, Grant is remarkably talented when it comes to capturing waterfowl on camera. His videos have built a huge following on social media, and the channel also serves as a platform for him to call out some questionable behavior in the sport. He shares some of his experiences freelancing north of the border over the past 15+ years and the changes he's seen across all of duck and goose hunting. Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited,  and Purina Pro Plan.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Tom Decker is a certified Wildlife Biologist in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program. He leads the Partner with a Payer initiative and is a vital part of the communications team at USFWS. Headquartered in Vermont, Decker joins the show to talk about the ins and outs of how conservation is funded on the federal and state level, how the Pittman Robertson tax works and clears up several misconceptions about funding for wildlife.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, Purina Pro Plan, Tom Beckbe and Lile Real EstateSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Kolby Keith (@livingskiestaxidermy) hails from waterfowl-rich Kansas but spends the fall north of the border guiding for Prairie's Edge Outfitters (@prairies_edge_outfitters) in Saskatchewan. Keith provides a “boots on the ground” assessment of this year's fall flight, habitat conditions in Prairie Canada, and the “Americanization” of waterfowling north of the border. He shares insights into an influx of pressure in SK, illegal guiding, and the changes he's seen in his seven years guiding up there.Thanks to your sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, and Tom Beckbe.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by veterinarians Dr. RuthAnn Lobos and Dr. Seth Bynum for the second podcast installment of our “Ask a Vet” video series being presented by Purina Pro Plan to recap video episodes 7 through 12. Episode Highlights: Ask a Vet Episode 7 – How can I prevent bad breath? tinyurl.com/4uc5mpn4 Ask a Vet Episode 8 – How much should I feed my bird dog? tinyurl.com/56vv9dsf Ask a Vet Episode 9 – How do I keep my bird dog fit year-round? tinyurl.com/yy43chb3 Ask a Vet Episode 10 – How do I keep my bird dog hydrated? tinyurl.com/5h463aut Ask a Vet Episode 11 – How do you deal with heat stress in hunting dogs? tinyurl.com/yc835ce3 Ask a Vet Episode 12 – Should I give my dog the rattlesnake vaccine? tinyurl.com/33ns4c4c onX Hunt is a proud supporter of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever and they want to thank everyone who gives back to the birds we all love to hunt and the places they call home. Click www.onxmaps.com/hunt/r/p56q9fg to get a free month of onX Hunt and then use code PFQF to get 20% off, and a portion will go back to supporting Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's wildlife habitat mission.

There's a movement afoot giving more attention to the degradation of duck-friendly habitat in Prairie Canada. As the dry conditions persist and modern-day agriculture advances, ducks are the ones paying the price. Tune in to learn more about the long-running decline and which province is attempting to turn the corner.The guys also talk a little preseason specklebelly as the early season fast approaches.Thanks to our sponsors: Tom Beckbe, Purina Pro Plan, Ducks Unlimited, Sitka Gear and Lile Real Estate.Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Host Bob St.Pierre is joined by Pheasants Forever Journal Editor Tom Carpenter, PF & QF Director of Communications Jared Wiklund, and Quail Forever Journal Editor Ryan Sparks to preview the 2024 pheasant hunting season. Each individual also offers their top four pheasant hunting tips during the inaugural game of Pheasant Hunting Battleship. Episode Highlights: • Tom Carpenter kicks off the conversation with an overview of Pheasants Forever's 2024 Pheasant Hunting Forecast based upon biologist input from 22 different states. Wiklund follows up with the “word on the street” based upon anecdotal reports he's heard in conversations with PF members, landowners, and partners across the country. • The group covers a wide array of pheasant hunting tips from using the wind and being stealthy quiet to the best days of the week and times of the day to chase roosters. • This also marks Purina Pro Plan's inaugural episode as the presenting sponsor of On the Wing podcast. Thanks to Purina Pro Plan's longtime commitment to PF & QF and our wildlife habitat conservation mission. onX Hunt is a proud supporter of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever and they want to thank everyone who gives back to the birds we all love to hunt and the places they call home. Click this link to get a free month of onX Hunt and then use code PFQF to get 20% off, and a portion will go back to supporting Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's wildlife habitat mission.

The research-based Five Stages of the Hunter accurately defines a hunter's attitudes afield and towards the resource. Brent and Cason share their journey through the stages and tell some entertaining stories from different parts of their career. They also dive into the need for companies to progress past the “Limiting Out” stage in their online branding and social media, serving as a mentor to young hunters.Thanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, Tom Beckbe, Sitka Gear, and Purina Pro Plan. Send us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

With the season fast approaching, Cason and Brent touch on a few trending topics with hurricanes and duck food. Fresh out of a kickoff meeting, they discuss year two of the AGFC Director's Advisory Council. Then the guys wrap the show clarifying a few things regarding their personal stances on the state of waterfowling.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Purina Pro Plan, Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, Tom BeckbeSend us a textAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Willms is the Assoc. Vice President for Public Lands for NWF, an attorney and goose hunter based in Wyoming. He joins to show to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Chevron Doctrine. Willms details what the Chevron Doctrine is, why it's important to waterfowl and conservation and what happens next with federal agencies management of wildlife and related conservation programs. Thanks to our sponsors: Ducks Unlimited, Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, and Purina Pro Plan. All Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Cheever Farley calls Texas home and focuses on resource-first management of duck properties in northwest Texas and southwest Oklahoma. He shares management strategies for this part of the world and expounds on the rapid escalation in pressure in what used to be a lightly hunted area. Farley weighs in on possible solutions to ease pressure through outfitter reform to ensure ducks and geese are around and huntable for future generations.Thank you to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, Tom Beckbe, and Purina Pro Plan.All Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Brent and Cason peel back some layers on the May Ponds, Breeding Population (BPOP), and Harvest Data reports, pulling out some intriguing details worthy of discussion. The guys share fresh insights from concerned waterfowl biologists plus breakdown key metrics that caught their attention beyond the high-level charts seen on social media. If you like to nerd out on duck stats and/or want to better understand what's going on with waterfowl, this is an episode you don't want to miss. Escape from Mediocrity by Johnny LynchTelling female and male mallards apart in September is a tough problem for hunters to duck in Minnesota-Dennis AndersonThanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, Lile Real Estate, Purina Pro Plan, and Tom Beckbe.All Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Corporal Troy Faughn has over 13 years of experience in wildlife enforcement and specializes in waterfowl. He shares some violation stories with various rules and regs, as well as clarifications every hunter needs to know. Faughn hits on baiting, ratoon crops, party hunting, boating issues, and more. Plus, he shares some thoughts on SWDs in the public woods again and shell limits. Thanks to our sponsors: Purina Pro Plan, Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, and Sitka Gear.All Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Week 17 matchup previews on today's fantasy football podcast! Andy, Mike, and Jason do their best with tough start sit decisions to make! Plus, Starts of the Week, injury updates, and the Boom Boom Kicker! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for December 28th, 2023. Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://USAA.com/Insurance Starts of the Week presented by Purina Pro Plan. Visit https://www.purina.com/pro-plan/dogs/sport-dog-food?utm_campaign=prp-sport2023&utm_medium=display&utm_source=youtube_spotify_callout&utm_content=cr-fantasy_football_podcast_sponsorship_pt-na&utm_term= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Week 16 is here! On today's fantasy football podcast, a preview of Week 16 matchups with tricky start sit decisions! Big injury updates, Starts of the Week, and the TILT fest continues as the weekend approaches! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for December 21st, 2023. Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://USAA.com/Insurance Starts of the Week presented by Purina Pro Plan. Visit https://www.purina.com/pro-plan/dogs/sport-dog-food?utm_campaign=prp-sport2023&utm_medium=display&utm_source=youtube_spotify_callout&utm_content=cr-fantasy_football_podcast_sponsorship_pt-na&utm_term= Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices