The Fowl Life

Tony Marini has been part of the Reno rodeo world his whole life. His dad volunteered at the Reno Rodeo for decades. He grew up around the cowboys, knew the families, understood the sport, and now he's the guy Anthony Carano tapped to take Caesars Entertainment all the way into rodeo. Nobody's doing it like this.
Caesars Rodeo is launching this December, and the names attached to it will blow you away. Rocker Steiner is the face of it, Dusty Tuckness is part of the team, DJ Silver is doing nightly activations at Caesars Palace during NFR.
December 11th at PH Live is the night everything comes together in one room.
Tony sits down with Chad and holds nothing back. How this came about, why Anthony Carano is the reason any of it exists, what the vision looks like going forward, and why the crossover between rodeo, hunting, and the lifestyle this audience lives every day is more natural than anyone realizes.
This one's worth your time. And December 11th is worth your calendar.
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Up north they're called Pudgie Pies. Down south they're Toasties. Either way, they're the ultimate camp food, and wild game is the star of the show. Chef Ellie Lawton and Midwest Host Joel Kleefisch show you how to become the Pie Iron master of camp in this Fowl Life Eat Wild Series.
Don't miss this one!
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He's been writing about the outdoors longer than most people have been hunting. Patrick Durkin is a Navy veteran, a Wisconsin native, and one of the most respected voices in outdoor media. With over 40 years of writing under his belt and a longtime role with the hit show MeatEater.
Midwest host Joel Kleefisch sits down with Patrick for an exclusive look at his life, his career, and what it takes to stay relevant in a space that keeps changing. Patrick doesn't hold back on the industry, on what makes good outdoor writing, and on why it's all important.
This is The Fowl Life Podcast, Travel Wisconsin Edition.
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Derrick Mein just got back from Europe. World Cup in Italy. World Championships in Portugal. Third in the world out of nine hundred competitors. One target behind the new world champion.
Chad sits down with the four-time world champion and two-time Olympian and asks the question every hunter has wondered about themselves — are you actually a good shotgunner?
Derrick breaks it all down. Stance, eye dominance, sight picture, muzzle movement, follow through. Why you stop your gun and miss. Why both eyes open isn't always the right answer. Why the mental game catches up with everyone, even the best in the world.
They also get into ESP Hearing Protection, Federal ammunition at competition level, what it costs to compete when most of those nine hundred shooters in Portugal paid their own way, and the 156-inch archery eight pointer hanging on the wall behind him.
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Chad sits down with Tony Vandemore of Habitat Flats, for the conversation we are all wanting to hear right now. The season is just around the corner, and things are more exciting than they have been in years. Tony was up at 1 a.m. watching radar and hoping for rain. That's the preseason nobody sees.
The prairies are wetter than they've been in fifty years. Baby ducks on every piece of water. Tony breaks down what that means for the season, why mallards only move as far as they have to, and what five billion extra bushels of corn in the northern states is doing to migration.
They get into Canada's new ten-day license rules, the possession limit debate, instant credibility on social media versus the way they actually came up, and whether we're really living in the golden age of waterfowl hunting right now.
Tony started Habitat Flats in 2007. He knows this stuff as well as a person can. It's his entire life, and we are so grateful to have him back on the show to share his knowledge. This one's worth every minute.
Book a hunt at habitatflats.com or email tony@habitatflats.com.
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