Midwest Flyways Podcast

Hoping everyone had an amazing Christmas with friends and family! We wanted to sit down this week and go through some playoff predictions! Who actually has a shot in the NFL Playoffs this year? Have the Bucs all but pissed away a promising season? Can the packers actually pull it together after losing some key pieces or will the Rams stay locked in and finish strong? In the AFC, chaos ensues as th...

Merry Christmas to all of our amazing listeners. We want to say thank you for all your support in 2025. This week we’re joined by the 2009 World Duck Calling Champion, Mike Anderson of Minnesota, to play another round of Flyways Jeopardy. We heard all the comments that it was a little too difficult last time and Carter put together what he called an “extremely easy” board of questions. But was it...

We’ve gotten a lot of people messaging us saying these new hunters don’t know any of the standard waterfowl hunter etiquette. There are a few simple ground rules that everybody should know when you decide to start hunting birds. So for this week’s Ten Minute Tuesday we discuss exactly that. We’re not saying this is the only way to do it or that every place and situation don’t have their own specia...

This week on Sports Guyz Only we’re still missing Gavin Kolles for a couple more weeks but the rest of the gang is in studio discussing a wild week in the NFL. We saw the beloved Kansas City Chiefs be eliminated and Patrick Mahomes suffer a torn ACL. He wasn’t the only ACL this week though as Micah Parsons finds himself sidelined for the same reason. Old Man Rivers looked a lot less old than we th...

This week on the podcast, Joey and Cal recap our recent trip to hunt with our buddy Matt Flummerfelt in Iowa. We were able to have a few awesome hunts and spend some time with some great folks and there’s not much that can beat that this time of year. After coming off of a few difficult trips where things just didn’t go our way, we were really hoping to be able to get on the birds. We talk through...

This week on Ten Minute Tuesday we got a question from you all that we wanted to discuss: How can I keep hunting the same birds without ruining the X or pushing birds out of my area? We dive into this one and talk about all the different ways you can successfully hunt birds without educating birds to leave or avoid you. If you’ve been in this spot before it can be tough to feel like you’re putting...

This week on Sports Guyz Only, we recap the past week in the NFL including the chiefs seemingly devastating fall from grace. They lose another game to the Texans, Carter tries to take a pick away from Cal and Nathaniel finally puts a fork in Mahomes and the chiefs. We also talk Old Man Rivers as Phillip himself is expected to start this weekend for the Colts with what seems to be their entire QB r...

This week on the podcast, Joey and Cal look ahead to their upcoming trip to see some friends in Iowa. We talk about what’s been tough this year and what we could have done differently looking back. We also discuss what’s we hope will happen on this trip that would make it all just a little more bearable considering the tough season we’ve had so far. How have the birds been in your area? Have you h...

This week on Ten Minute Tuesday we wanted to touch on what to do when the weather shifts. From rain to snow and temperature swings in between, weather can be the best time to hunt birds. It can also be one of the most frustrating times as birds can become unpredictable. This isn’t the end all be all and every place is a little different but there should be some helpful information in here for you,...

This week on the pod the boys are all in studio and it’s a very sad time of year for some of the teams in the NFL, including the Vikings. We talk about how the Vikings have been and what we think needs to change for them to have some actual success going forward. Is there a world where a full gut would actually benefit the Vikings and other NFL teams long term? We also talk who are the actual frau...

This week on the Midwest Flyways podcast, Joey and Cal talk about what has made their hunts this year both good and bad. We relive some of our latest trips and struggle to get on birds the way we’ve hoped we could. From warm weather to vids just simply not cooperating, it’s been a tough few weeks. The boys discuss what can be done and what to try in thes scenarios as well as what we have coming do...

We recorded this podcast the night before Thanksgiving and who could have expected all of the Thanksgiving upsets? Except Cal who somehow predicts all the of Thursday and Friday games correctly. Only to follow that up by riding the upset train right back to even with the rest of the boys through the weekend. We talk teams that have a real shot this year and who we still think are frauds as head do...

This week Carter and Cal do the first of our On the Road series we’re going to roll out. This series will give you a look into our trips from behind the scenes. The first half of the podcast will be us discussing our goals and hopes for the trip that we’re on and the second half will be us discussing what went right and what went wrong on our way home. This week we’re in the Midwest and the huntin...

This week on the podcast we talk about a bunch of different topics. We discuss some injuries and how those injuries have an impact for the different teams going forward. Pat Bev is in the news for doing the exact opposite of what you’d expect and is it finally perfect timing for Shadeur? We also break down the latest with 9 (JJ McCarthy) and whether or not we’ve seen anything that tells us this ki...

This week we had the chance to sit down with David Schuessler, National Director of Fundraising for Ducks Unlimited and a lifelong waterfowl hunter. We talk about the highs and lows of waterfowl hunting and what makes our passion for birds run so deep. From weathering a tough year to enjoying the moment when the birds are working and the weather is right. We talk a little bit about season dates an...

Wade Shoemaker returns on the Midwest Flyways podcast along with Hunter Marcel. Hunter and wade are on the road hunting for the Migra Boat Ramp Tour and we had the chance to hunt with them for a few days in Minnesota! Wade and Hunter talk with us about a bunch of different topics. We cover the difference between being raised hunting in the south vs being raised hunting in the Midwest and how those...

This week on the Midwest Flyways Podcast, Joey and Cal are in studio to talk about their latest hunting adventures and what they have upcoming. Joey just took some friends out and had mixed success as seems to be the way this season is going. All around the Midwest we’ve seen lots of mixed reviews so far this year. What have you been seeing? Carter chefs up a special Deer Camp Edition of Say What...

This week we’re missing our buddy Nathaniel but Gavin is back from a week long trek through the wilderness and he’s feeling spicy. Carter continues to maintain his place that the Lions are frauds especially now after losing the JJ McCarthy and the Vikings this past weekend. We talk about the trades that happened this week and what they mean for the different teams involved and we talk about the 20...

This week Cal hangs with our buddy Sam Cederberg to talk about what Sam’s been up to hunting this year and how he feels the season is going. We also talk about some scary experiences we’ve had hunting and getting permission. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to subscribe and review!   New Waterfowl Film out now! Out West | Waterfowl Hunting in Montana Stay comfortable, dry and warm: First L...

This week our buddy Sam Cederberg joins Cal for a special bottom of the barrel version of Say What presented by Carter. Sam and Cal struggle through some of these questions and we’re guessing you will too. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to subscribe and review!   New Waterfowl Film out now! Out West | Waterfowl Hunting in Montana Stay comfortable, dry and warm: First Lite (Code MWF20) Go...

This week we’re here to discuss all the latest sports stories including the rise of the Colts and how the Vikings have now let two starting quarterbacks walk out the door. Carter claims KOC should be fined for letting old man Wentz play in his clearly injured state and Gavin calls in from his elk hunt to join in on our discussion about fantasy football. We also talk the illegal gambling story from...

We don’t typically get on our soap box but this week it seems something needs to be said for the way hunters treat one another. We have a serious issue in the hunting community that stems from jealousy and ignorance when it comes to our support of other hunters and it’s time we make a change. There aren’t enough of us left to be spending our time tearing each other down. We need to come together a...

This week for Ten Minute Tuesday we wanted to talk about a topic that many people have asked us to discuss before. That question is: how do they decide what the hunting limits will be per species for your state? We talk about how they come up with the limits and who has a say. We also talk about how things could be done differently. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to subscribe and review!...

This week Cal, Nathaniel and Carter talk about some of last week’s NFL games including some crazy comebacks and major letdowns. We also rank the top ten NFL teams in the league right now and there are some major discrepancies. Who’s got the worst take this week? Thanks so much for listening and be sure to subscribe and review!   New Waterfowl Film out now! Out West | Waterfowl Hunting in Montana S...

This week we wanted to touch on something that’s been extremely hard to navigate for a lot of waterfowl hunters across the country: bird transporting. When you go hunting, whether in your own state or while on a trip to a different state or even Canada, there are specific laws about how to transport your birds legally. We discuss whether or not the current laws are actually promoting wanton waste....