Hopefully, someone canunravel the two great mysteries of this extraordinary and historic relic--a monstrous three-barreled punt gun: whereis and what happened to this Holy Grail of a unique and unusual monstrous punt gunand who was the gunma

E51 ROCKET MAN

Mar 19th, 2024 26m 40s

Many gave him the sobriquet the “Rocket Man,” the one who developed theSaturn V rocket that put six teams of American astronauts on the moon from 1969to 1972. He was the father and superstar of our space program.Werhner von Braun and three o

E50 MISSISSIPPI RIVER CANADA GOOSE HUNTING AND INTERGLACIAL WARMING

Feb 22nd, 2024 30m 18s

Mudflats of the river islands and the sandbar inlets were where sports foundCanada geese during the olden times. All along the Mississippi River and itstributaries were located numerous islands and sandbars that were the feeding andwinterin

E 49 IN THE LAND OF SWEET REMEMBRAN CES

Feb 6th, 2024 17m 43s

A TIME TO REFLECTWhen the shadows from the hills have gown longer, caused bythe departing sun, kindly reflect of your days spent amid the solitude ofMother Nature, which were the sweetest enjoyment to you.Sometime, somewhere, in that undisc

E48 PLOVER JOE AND DE PLOV

Jan 23rd, 2024 42m 42s

There lived in Chicago an Italian about 40 yearsof age in 1890, who kept a little fruit store on Wabash Avenue, and was knownin the game market and among Chicago sportsmen by the sobriquet of “Plover Joe” or “Italian Joe” as he was interchang

E47 THE PUNT OR STANCHION GUN--THE DEATH DESTRUCTOR

Jan 9th, 2024 1h 5m

It iscommon wisdom that most everyone believes that the punt or stanchion gun, alsoknown as the big gun, saw its beginning in England. In thepodcast, I give some history of the punt/stanchion/big gun along with a fewof my thoughts on why, h

E46 THE PREHISTORIC FEARLESS WANDERER OF THE SKY

Dec 26th, 2023 34m 24s

Hearkeningback to the Pleistocene epoch, symbolizing good fortune, fidelity, andlongevity, the distinctive large winged, long necked, and long-legged sandhillcranes with crimson foreheads are known throughout the world for theirmesmerizing

E45 PART II CHICAGO THE KLEINMAN BROTHERS AND THE TREMONT HOTEL

Dec 12th, 2023 50m 19s

In 1855, in the springtime, John B. Drake cameto Chicago from Cincinnati. Having saved enough money prior to his arrivalin Chicago, he purchased a quarter interest in the TremontHouse in 1855. He became the sole owner in 1868. What better w

E44 CHICAGO THE KLEINMAN BROTHERS AND THE TREMONT HOUSE PART I

Nov 28th, 2023 34m 59s

PART IIn 1801, Chicago was a swamp. From 1823to 1832, Chicago was merely an Indian Agency; an agent of the American FurCompany. David McKee, resident of Chicago during these early times, referred tothe Chicago River when he recalled: “Over

E43 TOLING

Nov 14th, 2023 41m 13s

There was one style of fowling that waspracticed in America, named toling, which was as curious in performance as itwas interesting. It probably came closer to the system of the duck decoy aspracticed by the Dutch and English as any of the a

E42 MEMORIES OF DAD

Oct 31st, 2023 27m 30s

As Iwrite this, tears come to my eyes against my will, but the story must be told,for every fortunate boy there is a Mom and there is a Dad!Dad was well up in age when his voice wasforever hushed and he shut his eyes and rested his head upo

WAPANOCCA LAKE WHERE THE RED GODS CALLED

Oct 17th, 2023 1h 3m

Directly beneath flyway immemorial andharboring wild game worth a king’s ransom to be defaulted by posterity, for itsacreage, Wapanocca Lake held just about the nation’s heaviest population of waterfowl. At times, it staggeredcredulity.Post

E40 THE MISSISSIPPI CALL MAKERS

Oct 3rd, 2023 39m 9s

Most knowledgeable collector would loveto have in their collection the “Grand Slam of Mississippi Duck Call Makers”—acall made by Mr. Mac, Son, Speedy, and “Louie” Walker, and the “Grand Slam ofGreenwood Duck Call Makers”—Mr. Mac, Son, Speed

E39 THE GRAND PASSAGE

Sep 19th, 2023 35m 30s

Almost everyyear in the ancient Mississippi Flyway, there is one waterfowl flight that isgreater than all others. However, spectacular waterfowl flights have happenedonly rarely in the twentieth century. Noted Illinois naturalist and author

E38 LAKE SURPRISE LAKE STEPHENSON AND MARKET HUNTING

Sep 5th, 2023 54m 9s

Nowhere on the Texas Gulf Coast was markethunting more prevalent than at the wild-celery lakes of Lake Surprise,Stephenson’s Lake and the smaller nearby Lake Wallis (Chambers County). Thesethree lakes made up the pre-eminent canvasback hunti

E37 THE GREAT SALT LAKE

Aug 22nd, 2023 41m 44s

Withthe onset of the twentieth century, sport hunting exploded in Utah. Each year,thousands of hunters made their way to camps in the GSL wetland. Utahnewspapers reported on the quality shooting that one could experience in themarsh and rem

E36 BULL HUNTING

Aug 15th, 2023 42m 22s

At the present day, thetopic which I am about to podcast is not likely to be known by contemporary waterfowlersas an object with which most would be acquainted. Stalking geese or ducks witha horse was one of our ancient ancestors’ favorite m

E35 THE OLD COUNTRY GENERAL STORE

Aug 8th, 2023 27m 28s

Now, in the depths of winter, I am warmed bymemories of Hamm’s general store, with all the old timers gathered around thewood burning stove, while the aroma of a $.25 cigar, chewing tobacco, a remnantof pine tar on the floor, and smoke from

E34 A DUCK BLIND SHOWDOWN--LOUISIANA VS. ARKANSAS DUCK QUACKERS MP3

Aug 1st, 2023 23m 7s

A Louisianainternational duck calling champion touched off a controversy when he criticizedthat neighboring Arkansas-style calling was “strictly a contest call, a judge’scall, not a duck’s call. It definitely is not for the birds,” contended

E33 INTERNATIONAL DUCK CALLING CHAMPHIONSHIP CONTEST

Jul 25th, 2023 25m 11s

None other than French Cajun Florine Champagne, of Port Arthur, nicknamed“Pie,” took the title at the first International Duck Calling Championship in1947, using his own Cajun cane call that he made. He was a recognized duckcaller, wooden de

E32 THE FIRST-EVER DUCK CALLING CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST

Jul 18th, 2023 25m 44s

Virgil George “V.G” Musselman organized the local Quincy chapter of the Izaak WaltonLeague and enticed the League to host a duck-calling contest on March 11, 1927 betweenwaterfowlers from Illinois and other states. The League wasted no time a

E31 WHAT, WHEN, AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST DUCK CALLING CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST

Jul 11th, 2023 41m 37s

OnFriday, February 26, Harry Wieman was declared the “World’s Champion,succeeding the 1936 World Champion Thomas Walsh. For the three calls, Wiemanscored 91 4/9 percent from the three judges, while runner up Walsh scored 913/9 and John “J.T

WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL DUCK CALLING CONTEST

Jul 4th, 2023 41m 37s

Three Stuttgart sportsmen, Dr. Glenn, ThadMcCollum, and Verne Tindall, are credited with originating the NationalChampionship Duck Calling Contest. It was as though the three recognized thatthe event would become a part of history and knew t

ECHOES OF THE ANCIENT ONES

Jun 27th, 2023 33m 23s

Breathed into this world by ourCreator, modern man entered at a unique time in geological history with hisvery existence revolving around a style of living—hunting and gathering—that,to improve survival, he studied the ways and habits of wil

WHO WERE THE RED GODS THAT CALL AND RED LETTER DAYS

Jun 20th, 2023 22m 18s

Nash Buckingham and some of the other old-time outdoorwriters, in many of their hunting stories, mention “Red Gods.” I’ve alwayswondered who these Red Gods were. So who are they? And what is it?The Red Gods harken us to their call. “Be free!