Most duck hunters want to know what happened in the olden and golden days when the old timers pursued their love of duck hunting, but not everyone has the time nor patience to read through a bunch of books and outdoor journals. So, sit back and relax as a passionate duck hunter of 60 years, Wayne Capooth, author of eleven historical waterfowling books and outdoor writer, recaps from his 40 years of research the hidden riches and treasures of duck hunting by the old timers, who sadly have all passed away! The podcast will cover all facets of duck hunting.
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Three thousand duck enthusiasts slowly gathered around the stage at 2:00 p.m. to watch some of the best: Art Beauchamp, Chick Majors (1945 Word Champion), Tom Burge (Missouri State Champion), Carl Zieglowsky (Iowa State Champion), and W.C. Cross (winner of the championship in 1957 and 1958). Then there was Daryl Cates, of Memphis, the youngest ever to enter at 13 years, having won the TennesseeState title.
Dressed in their best hunting togs, forty men, with testosterone flowing, tooted, and chattered four calls – the open water call, woods call, mating call, and the comeback call. However, one contestant – number 13 – dressed a little...
Episode 53 • 12 August 2024 • 26m and 41s
Hopefully, someone can unravel the two great mysteries of this extraordinary and historic relic--a monstrous three-barreled punt gun: where is and what happened to this Holy Grail of a unique and unusual monstrous punt gun and who was the gunmaker Lizerad?
Episode • 6 June 2024 • 26m and 26s
Many gave him the sobriquet the “Rocket Man,” the one who developed the Saturn V rocket that put six teams of American astronauts on the moon from 1969 to 1972. He was the father and superstar of our space program.
Werhner von Braun and three others flew from Huntsville, Alabama to Walnut Ridge AFB, where they drove to Jonesboro on December 26, 1959. The four traveled to Wallace Claypool's legendary and famous Wild Acres, located near Weiner, Arkansas, where Claypool told Von Braun they would hunt tomorrow in his favorite hole: “Hot Spot.”
Monday morning at the clubhouse, von Braun sai...
Episode • 19 March 2024 • 26m and 40s
Mud flats of the river islands and the sandbar inlets were where sports found Canada geese during the olden times. All along the Mississippi River and its tributaries were located numerous islands and sandbars that were the feeding and wintering grounds for Canada geese for many years immemorial, and since pioneer days it was noted for the goose shooting it afforded.
In the olden days, there were comparatively few goose hunters, because goose hunting was no sport for the novice. Hunting ducks was considered child’s play compared to getting the Canadas within the range of the sh...
Episode • 22 February 2024 • 30m and 18s
A TIME TO REFLECT
When the shadows from the hills have gown longer, caused by the departing sun, kindly reflect of your days spent amid the solitude of Mother Nature, which were the sweetest enjoyment to you.
Sometime, somewhere, in that undiscovered paradise high in the heavens whose scenes are painted by His hand, shall you find a happy hunting ground where the axe of the lumberman has not penetrated; where the solemnities of the immense woodland—its brooding calm, its sequestered depths, its flickering lights and beckoning shadows—remain unchanged year after year; where the...
Episode • 6 February 2024 • 17m and 43s
There lived in Chicago an Italian about 40 years of age in 1890, who kept a little fruit store on Wabash Avenue, and was known in the game market and among Chicago sportsmen by the sobriquet of “Plover Joe” or “Italian Joe” as he was interchangeably called. His real name was Joseph Paoli. He was considered the authority on one particular bird of passages, having hunted golden plovers since 1868, at age 18. He hunted for the market, and except for a rare outing at jacksnipe, woodcocks, and ducks, he never hunted anything but golden plovers.
In 1890, there were plenty of Chicago...
Episode • 23 January 2024 • 42m and 42s
It is common wisdom that most everyone believes that the punt or stanchion gun, also known as the big gun, saw its beginning in England. In the podcast, I give some history of the punt/stanchion/big gun along with a few of my thoughts on why, how, where, and when the punt gun originated and the general area where it originated.
With this podcast, it surely looks like that big guns were being used for waterfowling as early as 1734 in the colonies. However, I find no more mention of big guns being used for waterfowling until...
Episode • 9 January 2024 • 1h, 5m and 58s
Hearkening back to the Pleistocene epoch, symbolizing good fortune, fidelity, and longevity, the distinctive large winged, long necked, and long-legged sandhill cranes with crimson foreheads are known throughout the world for their mesmerizing courtship dances, their calling, oftentimes heard for three miles away and described as bulging, rattling, or croaking, their longevity, shyness, and being the most unapproachable of the long-legged fraternity. They are also known for their aerial flight maneuvering. They often gain altitude by circling tightly in rising thermal air currents when conditions permit. When sufficient altitude is reached, they glide on extended wings as they descend...
Episode • 26 December 2023 • 34m and 24s
In 1855, in the springtime, John B. Drake came to Chicago from Cincinnati. Having saved enough money prior to his arrival in Chicago, he purchased a quarter interest in the Tremont House in 1855. He became the sole owner in 1868.
What better way to harness the local resources and build his reputation in a new city, Drake thought, than by hosting an elaborate game-dinner party for elite guests? The menu would feature the region’s finest game, in quantities and variety unavailable anywhere else. Each year, his cooks would boil, broil, and roast wild game, especially waterfowl, which represented a ...
Episode • 12 December 2023 • 50m and 19s
PART I
In 1801, Chicago was a swamp. From 1823 to 1832, Chicago was merely an Indian Agency; an agent of the American Fur Company. David McKee, resident of Chicago during these early times, referred to the Chicago River when he recalled: “Over it hovered wild geese, ducks and sandhill cranes in vast flocks, and pelicans and swans were sometimes seen.”
In 1825, the year the Erie Canal was completed between Albany and Buffalo, thus completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, towns and cities near and along the eastern seaboard, especially New York...
Episode • 28 November 2023 • 34m and 59s
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