MOJO’S Duck Season Somewhere Podcast
Ira McCauley, Locust Grove Duck Camp
It’s early-November in northwestern Missouri and a cold front is blowing in. Temps are plummeting, snow is likely. From Locust Grove Duck Camp, Ira McCauley and Ramsey Russell visit over a final nightcap, talking about all things Missouri duck hunting . Tomorrow comes Heaven, the duck blind.
Glenn Falla, Australia Duck Hunting
Aussie Glenn Falla and Ramsey Russell connect from half-way across the world, reminiscing about past duck hunts together in the US and Down Under, recounting striking similarities and differences, and comparing memorable species. The pandemic presently has their feet nailed to the floor, but they plan future hunts together – Australia is a big continent, after all. Glenn’s closing thought hits home.
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Jack Ray, Utah’s “Duck Fever”
Jack Ray is President of Utah Waterfowl Association, an avid hunter, conservationist and local historian. He colorfully describes a mostly unknown facet of American waterfowling history – Utah’s Great Basin. At the height of US market hunting, when passenger pigeons eclipsed the sun and divers carpeted Chesapeake Bay, why was Utah revered as the world’s best duck hunting? What historical events literally transformed duck hunting as we know it today? How important is this crown jewel to North America and what measures have been taken to preserve historical and biological values? Riveting episode.
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Lee Kjos, Classic Rock
Grounded from their normally hectic travel schedules due to worldwide COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders, Ramsey Russell and photographer Lee Kjos recount meeting while duck hunting in the epic, 1870s-like Rio Salado Argentina duck hunting destination, but having formed a brothers-from-different-mothers bond over shared appreciation for classic rock music. Like duck blind conversations are apt to do, they fall off into a time-warp conversation.
Sam Pierce, The Day the Bombs Dropped
Ramsey Russell and long-time hunting buddy Dr. Sam Pierce catch up post-season. Remembering many memorable moments, they recall their first duck hunt together when “bombs were dropping,” and conclude that great friendships are truly formed in foxhole situations! As a physician, Sam is on the frontlines dealing with COVID-19 in Mississippi and offers first-hand insights.
Tony Smith, Utah Diver Hunting
Tony Smith is a full-on Utah diver duck hunting freak, targeting canvasbacks, blue-bills and other diver ducks in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Basin. In this episode of Duck Season Somewhere, he describes becoming a diver specialist in Utah, sago pondweed importance, his home-made canvasback decoy spread, and why one canvasback decoy is a particularly special tribute to the older brother that introduced him to duck hunting.
EP 2. Bigwater Intro
Ramsey Russell introduces Duck Season Somewhere co-host Bigwater, aka Mark Wilson. They catch up over the phone during COVID-19 quarantine. Back in the dark ages, before social media platforms, there were chat rooms. MSDucks was like a virtual coffee shop. Hundreds of local hunters connected off-site, lifelong friendships were formed. Remembering Ohio anti-hunters, swamp wood duck hunting, and discussing how the ongoing pandemic affects them personally.
EP 1. Utah Waterfowl, Habitat, and Conservation with Rich Hansen, Utah DWR
Rich Hansen is Utah Division of Wildlife Wetland Manager and Waterfowl Banding Coordinator. In this week’s episode of Duck Season Somewhere, Ramsey Russell continues exploring Utah’s Great Salt Lake Basin.He and Hanson discuss public land hunting opportunities, habitat management, waterfowl banding projects and Utah’s Waterfowl Slam
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