Upduck Podcast

Ryan Preuss, founder of EZ Dekes, shares his experience and inspiration for EZ Dekes as well as his experience as an adult onset waterfowl hunter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keagan, aka Mr. wildlifephotogmedia, joins the show again to talk about his latest adventures in Alaska.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest had to reschedule at the last minute and our listeners came up with a bunch of great questions for us to run through. This was a fun episode to do and one we’d like to do again in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off a weekend where Tyler was running hunt tests, this week we dive into the nitty gritty of getting started with tests, where to sign up, how to train for them, and everything in between. Jeff asks all the questions and Matt shares his experiences organizing and running tests with his local club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rich joins the guys to discuss his motivation and experience becoming a certified woodcock bander as well as taking his dog through the certification process. There’s plenty of dog talk and storytelling as usual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boats have come out of winter storage and modifications are being made; plus, the truck controversy comes to a close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt, Jeff, and Tyler discuss Matt’s decision to move to the raw food diet and the research he did many years ago, provide a few training updates, and talk about all the new trucks in the UpDuck world. This is not without a good story and a little controversy though. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mr. Lone Duck, Bob Owens, joins the podcast to talk everything dogs, his experiences, and the bond he has with his own personal dogs. Use the code "upduck20" to get 20% off Bob's Force Fetch Course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce Ross, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association, joins the show to give an overview of all that the WWA does for waterfowl and details some of their latest projects.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blaine Winans, the owner of Winans Retriever Kennels, joins the show to talk all about British Labs from the physical appearance to traits to importing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Levi, host of the Western Territory podcast and waterfowl guide in Idaho, joins the show to give Matt and Tyler a run down of duck hunting skinny water out west. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler, Jeff, and Matt sit down to discuss the latest happenings in their world including the potential of a new puppy entering the fray.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt, Jeff, and Tyler discuss their experiences hunting various game farms, the “classes” of game farms, and the merits of game farm hunting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s duck boat build season and the guys revisit a conversation that was recorded last year as Jeff and Matt go into detail about their duck boat builds. The builds and finished boats and builds are very different, but the finished result is a bonified duck boat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys chat about the controversy regarding a couple reels they’ve posted, the commentary that folks in the hunting community have made on these reels, and how we treat each other as hunters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keagan is the first repeat guest on the podcat and he was recently in Mexico filming a duck hunt for the Road to 100 series. He recaps his experience and we contrast that with Matt’s experience as well hear about how Keagan’s season has gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt is back this week and he recaps what some may consider the trip of a lifetime shooting ducks south of the border. The number of ducks, species harvested, and birds heading to the taxidermist is pretty staggering. This is one you’ll want to tune in for.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter Colbert from Kent Cartridge joins Tyler and Jeff this week to talk through shot shells and what you need to know as a hunter. We also talk about the history of Kent Cartridge and some of the changes Kent has made over the past few years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we sat down with John Wallace, aka The Wild Game Cook, to talk about all sorts of wild game cooking before honing in on pheasant. This insightful conversation will help us treat our wild game better and push us outside of our comfort zone in the kitchen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Helmuth joins the podcast to chat about all things Vizslas and her experience raising and training 3 viszlas. Megan is an accomplished amateur trainer and bird hunter and shares her unique experiences.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the new year comes thoughts of getting a new gun dog and this conversation seemed like a fitting one to revisit. Tony is incredibly knowledgeable about dogs and has tons of great tid bits sprinkled in throughout the episode. Tony shares many of the lessons he learned about what to look for in a hunting dog, and what he looks for now based on his experiences.  Learn more about your ad choices....

Matt, Jeff, and Tyler discuss how their seasons wrapped up and they ended with both success and frustration. They try to put a bow on 2023 as we already look forward to the 2024 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys talk about the whooping they took from the late season, highly pressured Iowa roosters. There was some good on the trip, but one bad day can spoil a trip.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What better way to kick off 2024 than talking health and nutrition, of our gun dogs of course. Brian Conoley from Inukshuk joins the show and we dive into optimal performance dog nutrition and how Inukshuk came to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys recap their hunting experiences over the past couple weeks including turning a slow goose hunt into a dove hunt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices