The Standard Sportsman
Lifelong Arkansas waterfowlers Brent Birch and Cason Short discuss duck hunting's past, present, and future with various thought-provoking leaders in the duck-hunting community. The guys will discuss days afield, waterfowl conservation, and stewardship with the goal of leaving the sport of duck and goose hunting better than they found it.
Presented by Yeti, Tom Beckbe, Lile Real Estate, Sitka Gear, Purina Pro Plan, and Ducks Unlimited.
Episodes
81 episodes
Season Closeout with the Highs and Lows
Ducks started and stayed concentrated up and down the Central and Mississippi Flyways this season. That led to mixed results for the masses with a significant dependency on whether you had early habitat or not. The hosts talk through some impac...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:17:52
Making Some Sense of the 2024-25 Duck Season
Hunters across the country are scratching their heads on this duck season, and theories as to why it has struggled for so many abound. Cason and Brent sift through a handful of issues that came together before and during the season that are hav...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:24:26
Dr. Doug Osborne & Cold Front Mallard Movement
Do you have your own water cooler and chat room theories about what is happening with mallards and why their behaviors and migration paths are changing? Dr. Doug Osborne of UA-Monticello and the graduate director at the Five Oaks Ag Research &a...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:18:59
Mid-Winter Storm Front
A winter storm barreled through Kansas and Missouri, leaving nearly a foot of snow and prolonged below-freezing temps in its wake...but will that be enough to push ducks to Arkansas for the final few weeks of the season? Cason and Brent sift th...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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John Stephens, RNT Calls and Bill Cooksey, TWF
Happy New Year to all the listeners of The Standard Sportsman podcast. With jam packed schedules around the holidays, we’ve pulled portions of two highly entertaining conversations out of past episodes with John Stephens of RNT Calls and J Step...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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Conversation Reboot (David Snowden & Perrin Partee)
Happy holidays to all the listeners of The Standard Sportsman podcast. For this week’s episode, we’ve pulled two conversations out of past episodes with David Snowden and Perrin Partee. David explains the rationale behind reducing the mallard h...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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33:29
Christmas Wish List
With the holiday season fast approaching, the guys have a little fun with a mostly light-hearted duck season wish list. Some wishes benefit the ducks, some gear they’d like to see, and some to elevate what’s left of the season in the southern p...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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First Split Recap and a Look Ahead
This week on The Standard Sportsman, the guys recap the first split of the Arkansas duck season and the outlook heading into the second season. With a significant and lengthy run of cold weather up north, ducks are on the move, but have they ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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Where are the Ducks? Take 2 with Dave Rave
Retired Louisiana and Minnesota waterfowl biologist Dave Rave follows up his uber-popular “Where are the Ducks?” episode from last season with a fresh take on mallard populations, sex ratios, season frameworks, and limits. Rave details how the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:22:34
David Schuessler, Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited's National Director of Event Fundraising David Schuessler shares some of the amazing items up for auction during DU's Into the Vault online auction. This is an insightful episode for co...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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2024-2025 Season Preview
The 2024-2025 Arkansas duck season is upon us, with high anticipation for what the season will hold. The guys sift through feedback from their network across Canada, Kansas, and Missouri, as well as conditions and populations within the state. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:04:20
Rob Roberts, Rob Roberts Custom Gun Works
Located in Batesville, Arkansas, Rob Roberts Custom Gun Works is one of, if not the leader in performance shotguns and rifles. Rob joins the show with an entertaining take on improving your success pulling the trigger, and clears up some miscon...
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Season 1
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Episode 68
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1:26:23
Grant Sinclair
Grant Sinclair (@grant__sinclair) grew up duck hunting the famed Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee and now travels throughout the continent chasing ducks and geese. On top of being a skilled waterfowler, Grant is remarkably talented when it comes...
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Season 1
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Episode 67
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1:24:45
Tom Decker, USFWS
Tom Decker is a certified Wildlife Biologist in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program. He leads the Partner with a Payer initiative and is a vital part of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 66
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52:17
Kolby Keith-Saskatchewan Waterfowl Guide
Kolby Keith (@livingskiestaxidermy) hails from waterfowl-rich Kansas but spends the fall north of the border guiding for Prairie’s Edge Outfitters (
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Season 1
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Episode 65
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1:27:16
Specklebelly Teaser + The Past, Present and Future of the Duck Factory
There’s a movement afoot giving more attention to the degradation of duck-friendly habitat in Prairie Canada. As the dry conditions persist and modern-day agriculture advances, ducks are the ones paying the price. Tune in to learn more about th...
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Season 1
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Episode 64
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Phil Thorpe, USFWS Wildlife Biologist Pilot
Phil Thorpe has nearly 30 years of experience flying breeding population (BPOP) and May Ponds surveys for the USFWS. He provides insight into how the survey process works from a counting perspective and what he saw from the air this past spring...
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Season 1
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Episode 63
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1:21:12
The Five Stages of the Hunter
The research-based Five Stages of the Hunter accurately defines a hunter’s attitudes afield and towards the resource. Brent and Cason share their journey through the stages and tell some entertaining stories from different parts of their career...
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Season 1
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Episode 62
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Hurricanes, Duck Food, AGFC Advisory Council and Clearing the Air
With the season fast approaching, Cason and Brent touch on a few trending topics with hurricanes and duck food. Fresh out of a kickoff meeting, they discuss year two of the AGFC Director’s Advisory Council. Then the guys wrap the show clarifyin...
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Season 1
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Episode 61
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1:06:07
David Willms, National Wildife Federation
Willms is the Assoc. Vice President for Public Lands for NWF, an attorney and goose hunter based in Wyoming. He joins to show to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Chevron Doctrine. Willms details what the Chevron Doct...
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Cheever Farley
Cheever Farley calls Texas home and focuses on resource-first management of duck properties in northwest Texas and southwest Oklahoma. He shares management strategies for this part of the world and expounds on the rapid escalation in pressure i...
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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1:29:17
Decoding the Duck Numbers
Brent and Cason peel back some layers on the May Ponds, Breeding Population (BPOP), and Harvest Data reports, pulling out some intriguing details worthy of discussion. The guys share fresh insights from concerned waterfowl biologists plus break...
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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1:08:51
Cpl. Troy Faughn, AGFC Game Warden
Corporal Troy Faughn has over 13 years of experience in wildlife enforcement and specializes in waterfowl. He shares some violation stories with various rules and regs, as well as clarifications every hunter needs to know. Faughn hits on baitin...
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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1:23:19
Scott Stephens, Ph.D., Ducks Unlimited
Scott Stephens, Ph.D. serves as the Sr. Director of Prairie and Boreal Forest Conservation Strategy for DU. This episode was recorded one day prior to the USFWS releasing BPOP and May Pond Counts but he shares his pre-release thoughts for this ...
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Episode 57
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