Winter storm Fern bears down on duck country USA and the FowlWeather Podcast team is here with a Special Edition: Weather Alert episode to help your hunt through the storm. Will it makes duck migrate farther south or just a big Duck Shuffle? Will the cold break before the end of January? Who gets the snow and who gets the ice, where are the ducks now and where will they be by late January, all today on this mid-week storm update.

The FowlWeather Podcast team travels to Arkansas to hunt with Chris Beckman of Beckman Game Calls. Hatchie Coon is a hunt club with history. A sit-down w DrMikeand Chris Beckman at Hatchie Coon Hunting and Fishing Club drills deep down into what makes duck country USA the place to be. There is more to be positive about in duck country USA than social media shows. All that and our exclusive duck migration forecast, all this week with video on the FowlWeather Podcast.

Well-intentioned but missing the mark, we dissect Senator John Kennedy’s Corn Letter to the USFWS. That, a thank you to the FowlWeather Podcast listenership, and your duck migration forecast, all this week on the FowlWeather Podcast.

Join us in Part 2, of Merg Squad 3.0, Bard, Frack and DrMike are joined by deer enthusiast (and duck hunter) Jack...roast duck, goose sausage, and bourbon fueled conversation...maybe more deer than ducks, but always great conversation with good friends.

The Corn Episode Part 2.2 digs deep into the legalities of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and what constitutes baiting when hunting migratory birds with Mike Oropallo lawyer and Partner with Barclay Damon LLP.

We couldn’t do a season without getting together with the Merg Squad. A long, long time ago, just like that movie – in Part 1of Merg Squad 3.0. Bard, Frack, Jack, and DrMike dig into the 2025 drought and ducks, a good “merg” year, but an odd weather year…and snow goose harvest and management.

The Corn Episode Part 2.1 is another exploration into the role of corn in the world of ducks. Joined by Heath Hagy we dig into a pile of corn lingo, habitat management, and what corn means on the landscape for ducks.

The darkest days of the year. Does reverse migration exist?, DrMike says nope. Listen in to get the skinny on the science. That and your migration forecast for the week, all today on the FowlWeather Podcast.

Walt Rhodes joins the FowlWeather Podcast with his invention – ShotSweeper – after the hunt make the next bite safer. An innovative tool that detects non-toxic shot in meat. The first tool to detect non-toxic shot in gamebirds. Everyone has been there, don’t make another trip to the dentist after your next duck dinner. Join us today to hear about ShotSweeper and Walt’s wonderful career as a biologist.

The TRCP mission is to guarantee all Americans quality places to hunt and fish. Haven’t heard of them? Well you will today, from habitat work in the lower Mississippi Valley, to the pothole country where our ducks are raised, to helping provide greater access to hunters and anglers, TRCP’s Director of Private Lands Conservation, Aaron Field, and their Director for the Center of Fisheries and Mississippi River Program, Chris Maculuso join us from Minnesota and Louisiana to detail all their great work. That exclusive interview and your duck migration forecast, all this week on the FowlWeather Podcast.