The Wildfowl Podcast
As the preeminent brand for avid waterfowlers, Wildfowl provides best-practice hunting advice, habitat reports, flyway forecasts, conservation programs, and updates on issues affecting waterfowl populations nationwide. Ducks, dogs, decoys, and more. The Wildfowl Podcast is your go-to source for all things waterfowl. We'll hear from the biggest names in the industry, leading manufacturers, and other key players. We'll recap our favorite hunts, discuss popular gear and hunting tactics, and share our common love for this lifestyle.
Episodes
48 episodes
48: Dr. Chris Nicolai of Delta Waterfowl
A 2020 feature story dubbed biologist Dr. Chris Nicolai of Delta Waterfowl, “The Indiana Jones of Waterfowling.” One of our favorite stories to ever run in WILDFOWL...
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Episode 48
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1:04:27
47: Introducing WILDFOWL's "D.I.Y. Duck Dog Podcast"
Join Skip, Big Jim, and Ratch as WILDFOWL doubles down on podcasts, announcing a new one for retriever owners hosted by Associate Editor Nathan “Ratch” Ratchford. This new show was created to help you with things like vetting breeders, incorpor...
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Episode 47
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53:09
46: The Snow Goose Rut with Terry Denmon of MOJO Outdoors
Host Skip Knowles is on-scene in Alberta with MOJO Outdoors and Hidden Prairie Outfitters. It’s the thrilling end of the snow goose mi...
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Episode 46
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44:48
45: Bill Dickinson of TETRA Hearing
“TAKE ‘EM!” What, you didn’t hear that? Skip and Big Jim tackle hearing loss with the caped crusader who is out to change the culture of waterfowling. Bill Dickinson of TETRA Hearing tells the story and t...
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Episode 45
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55:50
44: Brandon Fien
Rockstar young gun photographer and duck nut Brandon Fien shot his first four WILDFOWL cover shots as a teenager, including the banded wood duck he killed in California on the
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Episode 44
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24:41
43: The Jim "Big Jim" McConville Story
Wildfowl’s own larger-than-life Jim “Big Jim” McConville gets a turn to tell his story about the long road to waterfowling from a rich Ohio upbringing. A much-loved character in the industry, Big Jim is descended from market gunners, had to bal...
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Episode 43
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1:08:46
42: Chris Handy and Jesse Highling of Retay
SHOTGUNS! It’s a passionate subject for all of us! Join us as we connect with the guys at Retay to talk about one of our absolute favorite things as duck and goose hunters. Duck season is ripping along, t...
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Episode 42
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41: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Blinds & Accessories with Matt Cagle of Rig'Em Right
Skip and Big Jim visit with Matt Cagle of Rig'Em Right. Matt is a surfer and hunter with a saltwater soul and one of the coolest guys we’ve ever met in this industry. He's a real duck man who used bread bag...
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Episode 41
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1:03:17
40: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Retriever Gear with Rehan Nana of Garmin
In the Retriever Gear installment of our 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series, we linked up with Rehan Nana from Garmin. Rehan shares about his decision to send his dog off to an elite pro dog trainer, outlin...
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Episode 40
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1:14:10
39: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Camo & Clothing with Meghan Patrick and Rafe Nielsen of Browning
Join us on another installment of the 2022 Giant Gear Issue series. On this episode we delve into waterfowl hunting camo and clothing trends with our friends from Browning and their pro staffer country mu...
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Episode 39
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1:00:50
38: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Waders with Jeff Jones of Chene Gear
Join Wildfowl Podcast hosts Skip, Ratch, and Big Jim to find out how lifelong timber hunter Jeff Jones and friends made a big splash with Chene Gear. We'll hear about Jeff's obsession for duck hunting, learn...
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Episode 38
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1:00:22
37: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Duck & Goose Calls with George Lynch (BUCKS, DUCKS, AND DOUBLE CLUCKS)
Skip and Big Jim visit with long time legend and one of the nicest guys in the business, George Lynch of Legendary Gear. George tells of how he got started making duck and goose...
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1:13:58
36: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Duck Boats & Motors with Go-Devil (BAND TALES, BULL FROGS, BIG BASS & BOG-BUSTIN BOATS)
In this fourth installment of the gear issue podcast Skipper and Big Jim visit with one of the original mud motor mad men, Coco Warren of Go-Devil. Coco hails from Baton Rouge, and is an American Caj...
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1:20:12
35: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Waterfowl Shotguns with Browning
In this third installment of our 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series, Skip, Nate, and Jim talk waterfowl hunting shotguns with a few of our favorite people in the industry, Rafe Nielsen and Shaundi Campbell of
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1:27:11
34: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Waterfowl Decoys with MOJO Outdoors and Big Al's Decoys
Join Skipper and Ratch as they jump into the studio with Terry Denmon of MOJO Outdoors and Al Falkenstein of Big Al's Decoys. The gang talks abo...
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Episode 34
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1:38:12
33: 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series - Waterfowl Hunting Chokes & Loads with Apex Ammunition
In this episode, Skip, Ratch, and Big Jim launch the 2022 Giant Gear Issue Series with a bang and are joined by Jason Lonsberry and Jared Lewis of Apex Ammunition to chat about chokes and loads for waterf...
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Episode 33
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1:32:56
32: Rob Hansen of Leg Iron Outfitters
Just as WILDFOWL’S Big September Goose Issue hits newsstands, we kick it off with hosts Skip, Nathan, and Big Jim connecting with Rob Hansen of Leg Iron Outfitters in Arkansas to talk all thing...
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Episode 32
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1:25:32
31: Cody Stokes of Dive Bomb Industries
In this episode, Skip, Nathan, and Big Jim visit with Cody Stokes of Dive Bomb Industries to chat about the trend-setting company's origins, their current spread of waterfowl products, and where they're going in the future. From game-changing d...
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Episode 31
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1:10:01
30: Garret Walker & Ted Wells (The Quack Rack Story, Road Trippin', & Coors Light Sippin')
In this episode Skip & Big Jim sit down with Garret Walker (owner of Quack Rack) and Ted Wells (outdoor photographer and social media guru). We learn how Garret went against the grain to build and grow Quack Rack into an iconic industry bra...
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Episode 30
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1:13:10
29: Alex Langbell of GunDog Outdoors
In this episode, we chat with industry legend Alex Langbell. Alex is an experienced waterfowler and content producer. In his time, he's hunted up and down the flyways, produced television shows, and has created an innovative, problem-solving li...
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Episode 29
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1:20:56
28: Josh Galt of Scale Damage (LA Duck Hunting, Hurricane Impacts, Splash Limits, and Hunter Ethics).
In this show, hosts Skip and Nathan are joined by Wildfowl's Big Jim McConville to talk with elite Louisiana duck outfitter Josh Galt of Scale Damage. We talk about proposed splash limits, the sta...
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Episode 28
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1:13:11
27: Ed Wall (Duck Hunting, Photography, and Retriever Hunt Tests)
In this episode, hosts Skip & Nathan chat it up with Ed Wall of WALL MEDIA. Ed is an extremely talented photographer, videographer, and producer, most known for his Mossy Oak series
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Episode 27
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1:01:53
26: Scott Haugen
On this episode, Skip and Nathan check in with Wildfowl contributor and professional outdoor writer, Scott Haugen, to hear about his recent hunting trips to Alaska and why his versatile pudelpointers j...
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Episode 26
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1:02:30
25: 2021 Giant Gear Issue Series - The Recap (The Fowl Life Podcast E163)
Chad and Skip recap the previous 10 episodes of the 2021 Wildfowl Giant Gear Issue Podcast Series. We cover decoys, blinds, goose calls, duck calls, boats and motors, retriever gear, shotguns, chokes a...
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Episode 25
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41:53
24: 2021 Giant Gear Issue Series - Waterfowl Hunting Accessories (The Fowl Life Podcast E162)
Although the gear we are about to talk about is not necessities but they certainly make waterfowl hunting more pleasurable and often more productive. We are talk about the Waterfowl Hunting Accessories section of the Wildfowl magazine Annual Gi...
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Episode 24
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59:46