MOJO’S Duck Season Somewhere Podcast
EP 642. Dex the Wonder Dog
Y’all’ve probably heard the same thing: “If you’re lucky, you get one really good dog in your life.” It’s true. There’ll probably be a standout among all the rest. Such was Dexter to pro retriever trainer Curtis Lindsay. Y’all ain’t going to believe this story. You’ve got to hear it to believe it. Curtis talks about traits that matter most, what you can train, what can’t be trained, and how our beloved hunting retrievers differ from hunt-test and field-trial dogs. And then we get into the story of Dexter. Dex the Wonder Dog–an all-heart Labrador pup that defeated all odds, became a real-deal duck fetcher, and stole his owner’s heart like none other. Yours, too, I’d bet.
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EP 641. Currituck County Cadences and Traditions
Currituck County, North Carolina shaped Chandler Sawyer long before he followed his family’s tradition of shaping wooden blocks into trational decoys. Growing up in the cadence of tide, wind, and waterfowl flights, his is an 11-generation story rooted in Currituck traditions to include an old-time carver named Bob Morse. Now the director of the Currituck Maritime Museum, Chandler explains why Currituck decoys have bold silhouettes, favored woods, life-shaping facts of island life. Drifting into waterman culture, we discuss changes that threaten it and the stubborn hopes keeping it alive; into carving cultural identity out of a rapidly disappearing landscape.
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EP 640. Paddling Pirogues Deep Louisiana’s Past—and Present
Our 6-part Acadiana roadtrip concludes on a bayou bank, the waft of chicken-wing smoke, fresh sawdust and wood varnishes lingering in humid air: 2 men, 2 crafts, 1 disappearing way of life. Keith Dupuy brings ancient Louisiana pirogues and dug outs back from the brink–painstakingly restoring ancient boats that once transported hunters, trappers and families throughout Louisiana’s ancient marshlands. Dale Bordelon lives these traditions in real time, using ancestral old-school methods to carve dugouts and cane calls for himself and others to ensure that the tradition remains unbroken. This conversation’s not about boats; it’s about bygone bayou know-how and baking cultural memory into every cypress plank, every single paddle stroke.
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EP 639. Scotland Goose Hunting on Windswept Orkney’s Wild Edge
Ancient history, agricultural lifestyle and wild geese collide on a windswept island in the North Sea. Born and raised further south, in England, it was wild geese in this relatively wild, remote place that pulled Nick, and later Alex, northward. In back-to-back conversations, they paint Orkney as it really is, talking heritage, family ties, life-shaping wild fowling traditions, and how geese rewired their lives as guides and hunters.
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SPECIAL: Treasures from the Vault: Ducks, Decoys, More Than Ever!!!
Each year, Ducks Unlimited cracks open its vault–and inside sits a treasure of waterfowling history: rare prints, hard-to-find firearms, vintage decoys, and one-of-a-kind memorabilia, and lots more! David Schuessler returns for an annual DU Into the Vault visit to talk about its origins, priceless pieces that surfaced this year, and how every bid keeps ducks flying and wetlands alive. We swap hunting stories, laugh over surprise items and bidding wars, recall memorable donations, and connect heritage to habitat.
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EP 638. Born on Bayou Music, Keeping Cajun Culture Alive
We’re roadtripping through Acadiana, exploring Louisiana’s Cajun heartland, where French-Acadian roots, gumbo–and today’s bayou rhythms–simmer together into one of America’s most distinctive cultures. Cajun Musician Jourdan Thibodeax grew up on the muddy banks of Cypress Island, Louisiana, where French, fiddle and bayou life melded together like the holy trinity in a gumbo pot. He talks about growing up, rhythms and inspirations of swamp living, how language shapes his music, the big difference between a fiddle and violin, a beyond-Louisiana world stage, and why it’s important to him to keep Louisiana French culture alive–one we-are-our-past-inspired song at a time.
Connect with Jourdan Thibodeaux et les Rôdailleurs https://www.instagram.com/jourdanthibodeaux/?hl=en
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EP 637. The Scotland Goose Hunt That Was Way More
The wind is howling off the North Sea, pelting the island village with rain–same as it has all week, and for most of the year. Inside, we comfortably huddle to talk Scotland goose hunting. From wild gray geese descending over stubbled fields to peat-smoked whiskey tours, dramatic coastlines, ancient stones, and hearty foods that taste of sea and soil, this exploratory couples’ adventure was way more than we’d expected. Way more–in the best possible way.
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SoundGear Use code GetDucks20 to save 25%
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EP 636. Lunch at Suire’s Grocery
We’re roadtripping through Acadiana, exploring Louisiana’s Cajun heartland, where French-Acadian roots, gumbo and bayou rhythms simmer together into one of America’s most distinctive cultures–and it’s lunchtime. In Kaplan, Louisiana. Where the humble, roadside Suire’s Grocery has become a cultural landmark. What began as a small family grocery has become a temple of cajun cooking, where old-world family recipes like turtle sauce picante, shrimp and egg stew, and crawfish étouffée simmer side by side with Cajun culture itself. Today, sisters Lisa and Joan Suire and I discuss.
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EP 635. Hunting Monster Gators in the Atchafalaya Basin
We’re still exploring Louisiana’s Cajun heartland, where French-Acadian roots, gumbo and bayou rhythms simmer together into one of America’s most distinctive cultures. Today, we bail off into the Atchafalaya Basin with Scott Lagrange and Ernie Calis of Cajun Outfitters, who share what genuine bayou living really means–from their specialty of hunting and cooking monster gators to preserving Cajun traditions and wildlife heritage, they share real stories, real swamp life, and real faith from within the primeval Henderson Swamp, Louisiana.
Visit the Legendary Brands That Make MOJO’s Duck Season Somewhere Podcast Possible:
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onX Maps Use code GetDucks25 to save 25%
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SoundGear Use code GetDucks20 to save 25%
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EP 634: Ode to Olde Thyme Po’boys
We’re roadtripping through Acadiana–exploring Louisiana’s Cajun heartland, where French-Acadian roots, gumbo and bayou rhythms simmer together into one of America’s most distinctive cultures. And as we learn today, Po’boys aren’t just lunch. They’re like love letters to Louisiana itself. At the Olde Tyme Grocery in Lafayette–where we enjoyed the hands-down very best oyster po’boy I’ve ever had–Ross Murphree shares his family’s story. From purchasing the beloved corner grocery in 1982 to today’s over-a-thousand-sandwiches daily rushes during Lent, we explore how a humble sandwich captures the flavors, faith and rhythms of Acadian life. From roast beef drippings to fried crawfish best-sellers, Ross reflects on feeding generations and preserving a culture–one perfect po’boy sandwich at a time.
Visit the Legendary Brands That Make MOJO’s Duck Season Somewhere Podcast Possible:
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Flash Back Decoys
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onX Maps Use code GetDucks25 to save 25%
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SoundGear Use code GetDucks20 to save 25%
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