Ep. 490: Duck DNA: Are “Wild” Ducks Really Wild?
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Steven Rinella) talks with Phil Lavretsky), Janis Putelis), Matt McCormick), Brady Davis), Max Barta), Phil Taylor), and Corinne Schneider).

Topics discussed: The open-faced sandwich; a red stag hunt in Scotland and skull plates; when you have a genetics lab named after you; “field to gene’; Flying V like the Army Corps of Engineers; get tickets for the MeatEater Live Tour); how the New Jersey black bear hunt is back on; the Cal Pouch) and the waterfowl system) from FHF), DSD’s waterfowl decoys) like fine art, and Phelps duck and geese calls); Montana artist Chuck Black) wins the Federal Duck Stamp competition for 2024); when all of the extinct species are in the same drawer; be as good or better than everyone else; how genetic analysis plays into management; releasing pen-raised mallards is a thing; so much hybridization; the Ming Dynasty as the first to domesticate ducks; when you send your wife out to track known game farm mallards; game farm duck DNA mixing with wild duck DNA; Oh, Jersey!; back-crossing; physiological and morphological shifts; volunteers are needed for the new waterfowl research project); calling all duck hunters to apply today to be a citizen scientist!); and more.

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