Ep. 497 - Breaking News – USFWS Report Indicates 2023 Breeding Duck Numbers Down 7% from 2022

08/18/23 • 36 min

Today, the USFWS released its annual report on breeding waterfowl in North America. Highlights from the traditional survey area indicated a 7% decline in total ducks, 18% decline in mallards, 19% decline in blue-winged teal, 24% increase in pintails, and much more. Join hosts Chris Jennings and Dr. Mike Brasher as they take an early dive into the results and discuss reactions from DU scientists and colleagues.

Make sure to join us for our live stream as we discuss the number more in depth, this Monday, August 21st at 7PM. Sign up here...
https://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-season-outlook

Make sure to join us for our live stream as we discuss the number more in depth, this Monday, August 21st at 7PM. Sign up here...
https://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-season-outlook

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Ep. 496 - Duck Math and Adventures in Alaska

Maddie Lohman, a PhD student from University of Nevada-Reno and 2-time DU research fellow, joins host Mike Brasher to discuss her research on mallards, pintails, and blue-wings in the Prairie Pothole Region. She shares how an initial dislike of math turned into a fascination with quantitative ecology and how she hopes her research will inform conservation. The two also reminisce about their trip to Alaska with friends and colleagues to study black brant on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.

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Ep. 498 – Hunting Big-Water Divers Jay Anglin

Host Chris Jennings is joined by Jay Anglin and Jeremy Ullmann, owner and operator of Mi Guide Service, which offers big-water diving duck hunts in Michigan. Ullmann explains what a day hunting with his outfit looks like and how hunters should prepare to hunt divers. Anglin offers his experience growing up hunting divers on Lake Michigan and surrounding lakes, including shotshell recommendations and shooting techniques. Often overlooked by hunters, diving duck hunting can offer spectacular decoying shots and an abundance of divers on Lake St. Clair, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron make this Upper Midwest hunting style as unique as it is exciting.
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