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Looking for affordable hunting gear that actually works in the field? In this episode of Gun Talk Hunt, host KJ shares his top 10 essential hunting items under $100—tested and trusted from real-world experience. Whether you're deep in the backcountry or prepping for whitetail season, these budget-friendly tools deliver high value without breaking the bank.What You'll Learn:Must-have gear under $100 every hunter should ownReal-life field stories that prove what works (and what doesn't)Tactical tips for staying hydrated and ready for summer workdays in the fieldUpdates on the Hearing Protection Act and public land legislationFeatured Gear Includes:Kifaru Game BagsNOCO Genius battery chargerLeukotape, Sitka Gear, and morePlus, hear KJ's personal moose + grizzly dream hunt pick, and how YOU can get involved by sharing your own top hunt wish!This Gun Talk Hunt is brought to you by Armasight, Range Ready Studios, Ruger, First Person Defender, and Leupold.Get 5% off any order at Optics Planet with code GUNTALK.Check out the NEW First Person Defender YouTube channel HERE. For more content, subscribe to Gun Talk at guntalktv.com, on Gun Talk's Roku, Apple TV, iOS app, Android app, or find Gun Talk on YouTube, Rumble, Facebook, Instagram, X and guntalk.com. Listen to all Gun Talk Podcasts with Spreaker, iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you find podcasts.Copyright ©2025 Freefire Media, LLCGun Talk Hunt 05.24.25Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gun-talk--6185159/support.

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 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.

In an attempt to get the pulse of waterfowlers in the Central and Mississippi Flyways, The Standard Sportsman has put together a survey covering many of the hot topics in the sport today. If you've got a take on the state of the sport, here is one opportunity to share your thoughts regarding frameworks, limits, social media, outfitters, influencers and habitat...good, bad or indifferent. Stay tuned for a future episode on the results.To take the survey, please visit www.thestandardsportsman.com/surveyThanks to our sponsors: Lile Real Estate, Ducks Unlimited, Tom Beckbe, Sitka Gear, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine, KC Laser Co., and Legendary Land Company. 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.

Memphis native John Smolko serves as Sitka Gear's Waterfowl and Turkey Specialist and travels the world on outdoor adventures. Smolko joins the show on the heels of Sitka's foray into the knee boot game and hints at some upcoming new products from the brand. John elaborates on Sitka's research & development efforts and the benefits of GORE-TEX. Finally, the crew sifts through some thoughts on this past duck season with input from Smolko's travels to Arkansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, and beyond. Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Ducks Unlimited, Perfect Limit Outdoors, Lile Real Estate, Tom Beckbe, KC Laser Co. and Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine. 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.

Welcome back! In today's episode, Alex Comstock and Jeremy Lopez are joined by John Barklow. John has spent over 20 years in the military, training special operation forces to survive and carry out the mission in harsh conditions. He is the product developer behind Sitka Gear's big game and whitetail lines. John takes us on a journey through his background growing up in Ohio, where his passion for hunting was first brought to life, and how his experiences in the field shaped his career in developing high-performance gear for hunters. Throughout the conversation, John shares valuable insights into the often-overlooked performance needs of the whitetail hunter and how Western and whitetail hunting principles—such as layering, managing moisture, and proper gear choices go hand-in-hand. John also dives deep into some topics, such as managing heat from your head, hands, and feet for optimal performance. He offers advice on shooting accuracy while wearing bulky clothing and how to properly fuel and hydrate your body to stay sharp and focused on stand. And most importantly, what you can be doing right now to prepare for the next whitetail season. If you're looking to up your game in the field, this episode is packed with expert advice that will change how you think about your gear, strategy, and preparation. This was a fun episode with one of the most knowledgeable voices in the hunting industry. Sit back and enjoy the show! New episodes drop every Wednesday at 6AM CST LINKS: Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow along on Instagram and Facebook Check out the Website    

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.

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.

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.

On this episode of the Hunting Gear Deals Series on The Hunting Gear Podcast, Camron dives deep into Pre-Black Friday Deals on Hunting Gear from across the web. Now is the best time of the year to save on hunting gear Camron breaks down all of the best deals from across the web. You'll learn how to maximize your dollar this shopping season and where to save the most money on top hunting brands, such as First Lite, Sitka Gear, Crispi Boots, Mystery Ranch, and much more.   Some of the deals that you'll want to take a closer look at include: American Tactical ALPHA MAXX 5.56 / .223 AR-15 Semi-Auto, 16′ Barrel, 13′ MLOK Handguard, 1-30 Rd Mag, Rifle – $299.99.   Scheel's Black Friday Sale  - Great selection of deals Black Ovis - Best place to buy high end hunting gear Palmetto State Armory - Deals on Pistols, AR's, and much more Bear Creek Arsenal - Deals on AR's in all calibers Bass Pro Shops Black Friday Sale Cabela's Black Friday Crispi Boots  First Lite for 50% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Hunting Gear Deals Series on The Hunting Gear Podcast, Camron dives deep into Pre-Black Friday Deals on Hunting Gear from across the web. Now is the best time of the year to save on hunting gear Camron breaks down all of the best deals from across the web. You'll learn how to maximize your dollar this shopping season and where to save the most money on top hunting brands, such as First Lite, Sitka Gear, Crispi Boots, Mystery Ranch, and much more.  Some of the deals that you'll want to take a closer look at include:American Tactical ALPHA MAXX 5.56 / .223 AR-15 Semi-Auto, 16′ Barrel, 13′ MLOK Handguard, 1-30 Rd Mag, Rifle – $299.99.  Scheel's Black Friday Sale  - Great selection of dealsBlack Ovis - Best place to buy high end hunting gearPalmetto State Armory - Deals on Pistols, AR's, and much moreBear Creek Arsenal - Deals on AR's in all calibersBass Pro Shops Black Friday SaleCabela's Black FridayCrispi Boots First Lite for 50% off 

On this episode of the Hunting Gear Deals Series on The Hunting Gear Podcast, Camron dives deep into Pre-Black Friday Deals on Hunting Gear from across the web. Now is the best time of the year to save on hunting gear Camron breaks down all of the best deals from across the web. You'll learn how to maximize your dollar this shopping season and where to save the most money on top hunting brands, such as First Lite, Sitka Gear, Crispi Boots, Mystery Ranch, and much more.   Some of the deals that you'll want to take a closer look at include: American Tactical ALPHA MAXX 5.56 / .223 AR-15 Semi-Auto, 16′ Barrel, 13′ MLOK Handguard, 1-30 Rd Mag, Rifle – $299.99.   Scheel's Black Friday Sale  - Great selection of deals Black Ovis - Best place to buy high end hunting gear Palmetto State Armory - Deals on Pistols, AR's, and much more Bear Creek Arsenal - Deals on AR's in all calibers Bass Pro Shops Black Friday Sale Cabela's Black Friday Crispi Boots  First Lite for 50% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.

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.

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.

We welcome Kris Wrathall to the podcast to talk about mountain hunting, getting kids into the backcountry and we touch on WSSBC's 2025 Mountain Hunting Expo.Kris is an accomplished mountain hunter and was involved in the early days with the Wild Sheep Society of BC. We talk about the early days, Kris's journey back to the Society and we discuss the expo part of our Penticton Salute to Conservation and Mountain Hunting event.This fall Kris brought along his sixteen year old son Parker on a goat hunt. We discuss strategies to get your kids involved in the outdoors, how to make the experience positive and Kris tells us what a 20 yard grizz encounter was like with Parker stepping up to ensure a safe outcome.Kris joined our team just over a year ago and has been an incredible asset both in the board room and beyond. You are going to enjoy this visit with BC mountain hunter and WSSBC Monarch Member Kris Wrathall.Talk is Sheep is brought to you by our Title Sponsor, MTNTOUGH Fitness Labs.We partnered with MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab to help get you in shape and mentally stronger. Whether you are a veteran hunter or just starting, the MTNTOUGH app will take you to the next level. We've personally trained using the MTNTOUGH programs and we believe in it so much that we want to give you 6 weeks for free using code: SHEEPBC. Visit: http://lab.mtntough.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=sheepbc&plan=monthlyTalk is Sheep is the Official Podcast of the Wild Sheep Society of BC. The official sponsor of the Wild Sheep Society of BC is SITKA Gear and our Conservation Partners - Frontiersmen Gear, Gunwerks, OnX Maps, Precision Optics, Schnee's, Stone Glacier, Wild TV, YETI and Zeiss.

Kyle and Greg catch up midseason on hunting season, the provincial elections, pronghorn antelope hunting and more.Talk is Sheep is brought to you by our Title Sponsor, MTNTOUGH Fitness Labs.We partnered with MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab to help get you in shape and mentally stronger. Whether you are a veteran hunter or just starting, the MTNTOUGH app will take you to the next level. We've personally trained using the MTNTOUGH programs and we believe in it so much that we want to give you 6 weeks for free using code: SHEEPBC. Visit: http://lab.mtntough.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=sheepbc&plan=monthlyTalk is Sheep is the Official Podcast of the Wild Sheep Society of BC. The official sponsor of the Wild Sheep Society of BC is SITKA Gear and our Conservation Partners - Frontiersmen Gear, Gunwerks, OnX Maps, Precision Optics, Schnee's, Stone Glacier, Wild TV, YETI and Zeiss.

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.

We welcome Mike Hungle and Courtney Hungle, the father daughter duo from Hungle Outdoors to the podcast. Mike and Courtney are respected outdoor writers and Mike has passed along his passion for the outdoors to his adult children, Courtney and Kyle.We had the privilege of welcoming Mike and Courtney to our 2024 Jurassic Classic where they tried their hand at fishing giant white sturgeon on BC's Fraser River. We check in with them about that experience and discuss their adventures, passion for the field to fork lifestyle and what it is like in the outdoor writing world.Check out Hungle Outdoors at: @hungle_outdoorsTalk is Sheep is brought to you by our Title Sponsor, MTNTOUGH Fitness Labs.We partnered with MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab to help get you in shape and mentally stronger. Whether you are a veteran hunter or just starting, the MTNTOUGH app will take you to the next level. We've personally trained using the MTNTOUGH programs and we believe in it so much that we want to give you 6 weeks for free using code: SHEEPBC. Visit: http://lab.mtntough.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=sheepbc&plan=monthlyTalk is Sheep is the Official Podcast of the Wild Sheep Society of BC. The official sponsor of the Wild Sheep Society of BC is SITKA Gear and our Conservation Partners - Frontiersmen Gear, Gunwerks, OnX Maps, Precision Optics, Schnee's, Stone Glacier, Wild TV, YETI and Zeiss.

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.

Today we talk with John Barklow, Senior Product Manager at SITKA Gear, about the new Optifade Cover Camoflauge Pattern.https://www.sitkagear.com/technology/optifade-concealment/cover

We welcome Dustin Diefenderfer to the podcast to talk about fitness, health and an exciting new program called Tough Sheep. We dive into the why, what, how and what is new at MTNTOUGH. Dustin shares with us a new program for Wild Sheep Foundation's Sheep Week that will see one lucky partcipant when a Dall's Sheep Hunt with Stan Stevens in the Mackenzie Mountains in 2025. For more on how to get signed up visit: https://runsignup.com/Race/NV/Reno/2025TOUGHSHEEPTalk is Sheep is brought to you by our Title Sponsor, MTNTOUGH Fitness Labs.We partnered with MTNTOUGH Fitness Lab to help get you in shape and mentally stronger. Whether you are a veteran hunter or just starting, the MTNTOUGH app will take you to the next level. We've personally trained using the MTNTOUGH programs and we believe in it so much that we want to give you 6 weeks for free using code: SHEEPBC. Visit: http://lab.mtntough.com/checkout/subscribe/purchase?code=sheepbc&plan=monthlyTalk is Sheep is the Official Podcast of the Wild Sheep Society of BC. The official sponsor of the Wild Sheep Society of BC is SITKA Gear and our Conservation Partners - Frontiersmen Gear, Gunwerks, OnX Maps, Precision Optics, Schnee's, Stone Glacier, Wild TV, YETI and Zeiss.

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.

Scott Stephens, Ph.D. serves as the Sr. Director of Prairie and Boreal Forest Conservation Strategy for DU. This episode was recorded one day prior to the USFWS releasing BPOP and May Pond Counts but he shares his pre-release thoughts for this year's counts, harvest impact, speck and pintail populations, PPR conditions, Boreal Forest productivity, and more. Stephens connects a lot of dots for duck hunters in this episode. Thanks to your sponsors: Purina Pro Plan, Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, and Ducks UnlimitedAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Representing a firm started by his father in 1993, Gardner along with a top-tier team of land specialists represent some of the finest waterfowling properties in Arkansas. We talk about current trends in the industry, what defines a true legacy property, performing due diligence on a prospective property and more.Thanks to our sponsors: Sitka Gear, Tom Beckbe, Ducks Unlimited, Purina Pro Plan and Lile Real EstateAll Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.

Hunters are abuzz about some recent rules and regulations impacting Alberta's non-resident, non-Canadian hunters. The guys also discuss the reversal of the Chevron Deference, which could impact numerous federal policies benefiting ducks and geese. Cason and Brent also dig into the promotion of "outlaw" behavior within the waterfowling community.Thanks to our sponsors, Tom Beckbe, Sitka Gear, Lile Real Estate, Purina ProPlan, and Ducks Unlimited. Stay tuned to a special announcement from Natural Gear regarding HuntFest at Fort Thompson August 23rd and 24th. All Rights Reserved. Please subscribe, rate and share The Standard Sportsman podcast.