Rogers Podcast

Aaron Jones and Chandler Smith sit down with Travis Mueller from Avery/Banded. Topics covered: bellyflop in waders, misconceptions about breathables, is neoprene dead, mobility advantages, stick-tights and OCD, comfort and warmth, wader time trials, waders being the most important piece of equipment, boot styles, sweat/condensation, durability of materials, layering systems, insulated vs uninsulated, the neoprene struggle bus, drying and freezing of waders, the line of Banded waders, and what's the future of waders. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones and Chandler Smith sit down with Scott Hand from Fast Strike Blinds. Topics covered: how Fast Strike started, the need/void Fast Strike Blinds covers, doing sit ups in the morning, portability, can birds identify brands, eliminating shapes and hard edges, changing things up, brushing in blinds, using drones to checkout your setup, get out of the box mentality, what's the most important factor in hunting, versatility and customization, not being afraid to fail, getting birds in close, and using a Fast Strike for waterfowl to turkey to deer to predator hunting. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones, Chandler Smith, and Gregory Mashburn sit down and cover some listener questions. Topics covered: hunting in certain weather conditions, bluebird days vs cloudy days, turkey and football, the effectiveness of spinning wings, napping in the blind, wind matters, hiding and concealment, calling under different conditions, carbs are good, public land obstacles, redneck engineering, scouting public land, finding the water, never leaving snacks or coffee behind, plan A-B-C-D, drawing in, and crowded vs non crowded hunting. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones and Chandler Smith sit down with Jeff Jones from Drake Waterfowl Systems. Topics covered: that favorite piece of clothing you can't let go of, the new Drake 3-tiered clothing series, the "old way" of buying clothing, proper layering, "how do you hunt" in relation to choosing the right clothing, are duck hunters opinionated, putting your gear through the trenches, ditching neoprene waders for breathables, over dressing, the differences and similarities between the new "guardian elite" series pieces, technical jargon, and the walk of shame. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones, Chandler Smith, and Houston Knox sit down with Chris Akin of Avery Sport Dog. Topics covered: training 100 dogs at once, puppies vs started dogs vs finished dogs, hillbilly hand signals, what age is best to start training, how to fix a whining dog, force fetch, watching a dog's lightbulb come on, hunting dogs as house pets, necessary equipment to get started in training, feeding schedules, nutrition, first hunt expectations and routine, and dog safety. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones, Chandler Smith, and Gregory Mashburn sit down with Bobby Hayes of Duck Lander Calls. Topics covered: blowing a duck call for 20 straight minutes, running through the Duck Lander line-up of calls, finding your pressure, how grunting is not required, getting started in duck calling, yelling at ducks, calling with sounds vs words, cutdown calls, consistency with your pressure, cadence vs feed call, learning pressure, ringing a call, limited edition DLC calls, watching instructional videos, hand position on a call, is making the OK sign bad, flutes, mistakes in the field, blaming spinners, and the DLC duck whistle. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones, Chandler Smith, and Gregory Mashburn sit down with Bobby Hayes of Duck Lander Calls. Topics covered: how to lose a new acrylic call and phone in the same hunt, the beginning of DLC, reed trimming fails, parts of a call, can you have too many calls (no), what is a hand-cut call, rasp vs hold, the importance of matching your calls and lanyard, tuning a call, what's on your lanyard, small bore vs large bore, reed kits, short barrel vs longer barrel, single or double reed, the difference between pressure and air, call materials and sound, looks and confidence in a call, call maintenance. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones and Chandler Smith sit down with Brook Richard of Higdon Outdoors. Topics covered: getting laughed at, old school water motion, is water motion underrated, ripple/wake vs splashing, can you have too much going on, water motion vs spinning wings, the Higdon Pulsator , stale birds, trail cameras and ducks, the Higdon Crazy Kicker , placement of water motion decoys, finishing birds, portability and battery life, and confidence in hunting. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones and Chandler Smith talk with Ricky Hart from Lucky Duck Premium Decoys. Topics Covered: forgetting your spinning wing decoys, fixating on what you didn't bring, the brand new Lucky Waterproof HDi, the evolution of spinning wing decoys, custom decoy stakes, the brand new Super Goose Flapper HDi, different types of batteries for decoys, does a dying battery in a spinner effect the ducks, listening to the customer, field vs water, how many spinners to use and placement, the importance of windshield time, and using spinners vs flappers. Rogers Sporting Goods

Aaron Jones and Chandler Smith sit down in-store during Waterfowl Week with the one and only Dr. Duck (Dennis Loosier) and The Fowl Hunter (Billy Campbell). Topics covered: spinning wing decoys, how to properly eat with a beard, bucket list ducks, mentoring other duck hunters, state waterfowl conservation, Kansas City vs Texas BBQ, calling and scouting ducks, who at the table didn't shower, public land duck hunting, mass amounts of decoys, and waterfowl week. Rogers Sporting Goods