MOJO’S Duck Season Somewhere Podcast
EP 421. Shifting Baselines in Texas
A 7th-generation Baytown Texan, Shannon Tompkins was an outdoor journalist that highlighted Texas hunting and fishing for over 40 years. He recalls growing up duck hunting, describing his mentors and LeFour’s Model 12; places like the sprawling Barrow’s Ranch during its heyday, the infamous cardiac pond, Los Patos; bygone times like when Texas was the foremost US snow goose hunting destination. A self-described dinosaur in today’s duck hunting world, Tompkins cites several instances of “shifting baselines” regards Texas duck hunting then versus now.
EP 420. Feed the Beast–Inukshuk Professional Dog Food
What won’t our beloved retrievers do for us? To-the-horizon, full-blast retrieves across wide open fields or across frigid waters to recover downed waterfowl seem their singular life missive. Our ride-or-die duck hunting partners will do absolutely anything to live up to our expectations, requiring they be high-performance athletes instead of just pets. When Char Dawg’s professional trainer, Alan Sandifer, made the switch to Inukshuk Professional Dog Food, we did, too. Rocket-fuel results were immediate–improved performance outputs, shorter recovery times, glossier coat, ceaseless energy reserves. Inukshuk’s Brian Conoley explains the origins of this Canadian-made, if-you-know-you-know professional dog food that’s dominating serious retriever owner-trainer circles throughout the United States, how it differs from popular hype-marketed name brand dog foods, why it’s producing such spectacular results, and where you can get some to try. Whether you want to feed your retrieving machine the absolute best available or actually save money while doing so, do not miss listening to this important episode about retrieving dog nutrition!
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EP 419. Best-of-Best Alberta Canada Waterfowl Outfitter
For 20 years, Rob Reynolds and his wife Lori have operated Ranchland Outfitters. Their reputation for delivering best-of-best Alberta waterfowl hunting experiences is unrivaled. But why? Rob describes the random events leading him into this business, his family’s deep-seated roots in Alberta, how and why he’s amassed hunting from Alberta’s boreal forest clear down to the US border, what the waterfowl hunting’s like in September-October and—get this–what its like in mid-December when hunting many thousands greenheads and honkers that never, ever fly south! He also tells about why he’s not allowed in the kitchen when his Louisiana clients cook gumbo!
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Alberta Canada Duck and Goose Hunting at Ranchland Outfitters
EP 418. Saskatchewan Goose Guides
“When Jake scouts, he always finds a great hunt. Always,” says Northern Skies Outfitters Matt Schauer. Visiting between incredible fall hunts, he introduces me to a couple of his top goose guides, Jake Slimp and Jeremy Bolanbarker–who were inducted to the business at an extremely young age. How’d they find their way into a year-round waterfowl guiding gig, what do they like most about it, and what’s their secrets for producing happy clients day in and day out? Real goose guide stuff. Enjoy.
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Saskatchewan Canada Duck and Goose Hunting with Northern Skies Outfitters
EP 417. Oklahoma Waterfowl Hunting Guide
Hailing from the Red River valley that forms the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma and only about an hour-and-a-half from downtown Dallas, Dakota Stowers is a long-time waterfowl guide. And when he’s not guiding waterfowl hunts in Oklahoma? He guides deer, turkeys, wild hogs and doves. He and his wife, Summer, talk about getting into the business, lessons learned from an old outfitter mentor, what it takes to run a successful year-round business. Good stuff.
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Waterfowl Hunt Oklahoma at Mesquite Hollow Outfitters with Dakota and Summer Stowers. Contact at (903) 815-9842.
EP 416. A Radical Sabbatical Lifestyle
“Find a job that interferes with your real life, not the other way around,” someone once told Isaiah Bateel. And he did just that. He’s now traveled through 50 states and several counties doing the things that matter most–hunting, fishing, hiking. Talking about how and why he crafted his lifestyle, he talks about some of his hunting and fishing adventures and shares his fairly unique take on the social media.
EP 415. High Seas Adventures
Navigating giant ships was not only a dream come true for John Dunaway, it was destiny. His family had done similarly for generations. An avid Texas wing shooter and creative story teller, Dunaway puts on his pilot’s hat today, recalling high seas adventures to include middle-of-nowhere wildlife, dangerous pirates, storms, being stuck in countries due to crazy circumstances, cargo escorts, and other things seen, experienced. Ships ahoy!
EP 414. Moonlighting as Duck Guides in Saskatchewan
The sky overhead is filled with more decoying snow geese than stars, birds are cleaned, scouting’s completed and it’ll soon be time to start dinner. For Tekton Game Calls maker, Joey D’Amico and world champ decoy carver, Luke Costilow, it’s just another day in paradise. They brought their full-time regular jobs along with them to Saskatchewan, too. They describe all that goes into guiding geese and ducks on the prairies and why they’d have it no other way.
Ep 413. HuntProof
Mornings turn into seasons turn into years, and before we know it our entire hunting lifetime–the best of times spent with family, friends and retrievers–is in our wake. I’ve never been one to journal hunting experiences. Until now. The new Huntproof app makes it way too simple to document harvests, species, retrieves, weather conditions, scouting reports, photos, to generate season summaries and to share with friends. Heck, it even uses my hunting data to predict where I should hunt based on past events and weather conditions! But what makes it so much better than similar apps? Is it really that simple? How might HuntProof change the way you hunt? Avid waterfowl hunters themselves, developers Nathan Marks and Steve Willi describe their inspirations for HuntProof and what all went into developing this amazing tool. I’m now personally using Huntproof worldwide, wishing I’d had it all these years, and absolutely certain that every single waterfowler out there will appreciate having it in their hip pocket. See related link below.
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EP 412. Peru Duck Hunting (Part 2): The Guides
For a week we crawled up Andes Mountains switchback trails and along Pacific Ocean estuaries while duck hunting in Peru, but were it not for our tour guides Raneiri and Dwight, it’d have ended right there. More than just a duck hunt, these two amazing young men were our cultural interpreters among indigenous high-altitude shepherd families, exhibition bullfights and cockfights, newly discovered ruins, and roadside alpaca skinnings and beachside cafes. In today’s episode, they offer perspectives into these uniquely immersive Peru duck hunting experiences. Watch Life’s Short GetDucks: Peru Duck Hunting at GetDucks YouTube Channel (link below).
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>>> Life’s Short GetDucks: Peru Duck Hunting Video (GetDucks YouTube Channel)
>>> Peru Duck Hunting (at GetDucks.com)
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