Ep. 502 – Exploring the World of Duck Calls and Decoys w/ Len Guldman

09/05/23 • 56 min

In this episode of the Ducks Unlimited podcast, host Katie Burke interviews Len Guldman, a call collector, firearm specialist, and decoy collector, at the RnT Callapalooza event in Stuttgart, Arkansas. Len tells the story of his unusual introduction to waterfowling. The conversation touches on Len’s gun collection and what was uniques about early waterfowling shotguns. Len also shares some of his best stories of finding duck calls. He also speaks on the emergence on duck calls on the larger auction market.

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Ep. 501 – Life is Short, You Better Hunt

Dr. Scott Stephens joins Dr. Mike Brasher and Chris Jennings to reflect on the recently released BPOP Survey Results. After revisiting earlier predictions for the spring BPOP estimate, which were quite wrong, the discussion turns to habitat conditions, population trends, favorable results from the Eastern Survey Area, and the North Dakota brood survey. In closing, Dr. Stephens leaves us with sage advice given the low BPOP results..."Life is Short, You Better Hunt!"

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Ep. 503 – Bonus: Great Lakes Region Teal and Early-Goose Update

Host Chris Jennings is joined by Jay Anglin, Great Lakes Region Migration Editor for ducks.org, to discuss habitat conditions in and around the Great Lakes Region. Anglin describes dry, hot conditions throughout much of the area, but notes that there are some highlights in quality habitat and a cool front pushing through later this week. An early cool front, combined with last week’s full moon may have hurt some teal hunters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, but the next front could bring additional bluewings to traditional migration corridors. Anglin also notes that the early Canada goose seasons in the region should be a highlight as some fields are being cut and there appears to be a strong molt migration returning to areas of Michigan, northern Indiana, and parts of Wisconsin.

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