I spent the first 10 or 11 years of my duck hunting career being particularly bad at duck hunting but never giving up. I wanted to share an episode of some of the things that I learned the hard way in case others are struggling in the same way. Hopefully these tips can help some other hunters as I talk about shooting slumps, hunting the right areas for ducks, scouting and more.

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Thomas Hoke from Hoke Outdoors joins me to talk all about duck hunting in the state of Alaska. I have been enamored with the idea of hunting in Alaska for the better part of 2 decades so I was excited for this episode! We talk about the differences between hunting in Alaska vs the lower 48, the logistics of hunting Alaska, Thomas' close bear encounter and more.

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This episode breaks down our annual River Rat Rendezvous trip and I am joined by Trevor Randles of Trevor Randles Outdoors Iowa. This episode was a little different as I was trying to record on location on the river bank so the audio quality suffered a bit due to windnoise in that portion of the episode.

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On this episode, I sit down with the man behind the Freelance Duck Hunting YouTube channel, which is one of the longest running duck hunting channels on YouTube. We discuss 10 years of Freelance Duck Hunting and memories over the last 10 year, teal hunt plans and then head into a discussion revolving around the criticisms of hunting media, discuss the arguments about hunting media being negative for hunting and some of the narratives around that topic.

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Mat joins me again to talk about my upcoming project for this season: make my ultimate shallow water/small water jon boat. Topics discussed: why I'm building a small jon boat setup and how I plan to do it, kicking your dad out of the family because he won't put bullheads in his pond, fish dying in clean water, bait tank setup, block parties, that nostalgic old tackle box smell, raspberry scented worms and more

I have my long-time river rat buddy, Mat, on the podcast to just sit down and shoot the breeze while we have a few whiskey drinks! Topics discussed: river memories, diddy pole fishing vs rod n reel fishing, whiskey, fish that make your shoulder hurt for a week, blobs on the depthfinder, beer snobbery, toothbrush not a teethbrush, smallmouth bass vs largemouth bass, healthy obsessions, does (bait) size matter?, being self-employed "for the most part" and more!

Late season is upon us! I discuss spending the last month trying to fill deer tags with a little success and getting into trapping. Topics include first impressions to trapping, muzzleloader power preferences, finding fishing spots while trapping in a creek, hauling deer out of public land and more!

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In this episode, I talk about my first times out hunting the Mississippi River! I had gone to visit the in-laws over Thanksgiving, who live out by the Mississippi River and this time, I brought my big boat with me and we did some waterfowl hunting! Both hunts were successful and they were some of the cooler hunts I'd ever done.

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