Empty skies for everyone this season, but not all – find out where the ducks were at and how the weather stacked up for the 2023 – 2024 duck season compared to normal.

At the 9th North American Duck Symposium Dr.Mike meets with Ben Luukkonen and Dr. Phil Lavretsky about how mutt mallards may be affecting mallard migration to southern latitudes. Information presented for the first time just days before, PhD student Ben Luukkonen explains how mallards with game-farm genetics just act differently. Dr. Lavretsky outlines how mallard genetics have drastically changed in North America. A truly groundbreaking interview.

Corn is neither the solution nor the problem – THE CORN EPISODE – The FowlWeather Podcast team breaks it all down.

Duck season 2023-2024 was frustrating and disappointing to many but there is optimism too.

Warm and rain return to the south as we enter the final days of duck season 2023-2024.

In this episode we meet with, John Simpson, Executive Director of the Winous Point Shooting Club and Winous Point Marsh Conservancy in the duck cleaning, pluckin’ room. Towards the end we continue our discussion, as part of our In the Marsh Series with some good shooting, a quick chat about flooded corn and a nice flight of gadwall for some sporty shooting. 

Thanks for joining us for another episode of the Kitchen Conversations.

The big freeze and the future of ducks and duck hunting this January.

Clearing the clutter from the chatter, host DrMike takes a deep dive into the paper ducks controversy and this year’s historic El Nino and drought that has so many frustrated with duck season 2023-24.

Dr. Mike sits down w/ local waterfowling legends Matt Frackleton and Mike Bard over a platter of roast duck, venison, and pickled duck hearts and gizzard to talk ducks. They fancy themselves as the merganser kings of North America, but we talk duck hunting pressure, favorite hunting weather, and alternative uses for seagull carcasses.

Join us for the inaugural episode of the Kitchen Conversations.

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