The Standard Sportsman
Lifelong Arkansas waterfowlers Brent Birch and Cason Short discuss duck hunting's past, present, and future with various thought-provoking leaders in the duck-hunting community. The guys will discuss days afield, waterfowl conservation, and stewardship with the goal of leaving the sport of duck and goose hunting better than they found it.
Presented by Yeti, Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, Purina Pro Plan, and Ducks Unlimited.
Episodes
104 episodes
Jason Smith, Arkansas Rice Farmer/Waterfowler
Southeast Arkansas farmer and passionate waterfowler Jason Smith joins the show to sift through the hurdles farmers are facing in the current economy and how that impacts the ducks. He also shared intimate knowledge of Cutoff Creek Wildlife Man...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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John Barklow, Sitka Gear
Retired U.S. Navy Diver John Barklow joins the show to share his remarkable story that led him to his current position as Senior Product Manager for the Big Game product line at Sitka Gear. He connects the dots on how his time as a diver and th...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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Stephen Findley, Vertical
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 w...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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Scott Perry
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 t...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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Chris Sprangers, North House Outdoors
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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Talking Season - Early Summer Hot Topics
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 se...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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Dave Duncan, Canadian Wildlife Service (Ret.)
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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Lorne Scott, Saskatchewan Farmer/Conservationist/Politician
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 cur...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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Matthew Cagle, Rig 'Em Right Outdoors
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 ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998 and Hunting Over Unharvested Crops
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? Wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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Tim Willis, Ducks Unlimited
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 maxi...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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47:27
Bradley Cohen, Cohen Wildlife Lab (FULL VERSION)
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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AGFC Commissioners Talking Turkey Zones, Pressure on Ducks and WMA Overcrowding
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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1:24:23
Spring Update
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 w...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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Levi Pillow: The Past, Present and Future of Arkansas's Famed Dave Donaldson Black River WMA
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 al...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:29:58
Hunter Johnson
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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Post Season Survey Results-Part 2
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 ord...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:44:25
Post Season Survey Results-Part 1
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 som...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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51:25
Dustin Roddy, Cache River Farms
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 nume...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:11:25
Jim Ronquest, Drake Waterfowl
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 squa...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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56:56
Central & Mississippi Flyway Survey
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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Reid Viegut, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:00:18
John Smolko, Sitka Gear
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 f...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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59:54
Season Closeout with the Highs and Lows
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 impac...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:17:52
Making Some Sense of the 2024-25 Duck Season
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 hav...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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