Last Stop Waterfowl Outdoors Podcast

In 1999, Louisiana killed 2.5 million ducks — still the state record — and a whole season's licenses cost $31. So what happened?This episode runs the receipts, category by category: Licenses, Gas, Leases, Guides, Boats & Motors, ATVs & UTVs, Shells, Camo, and Dogs. Some of it just kept up with inflation. Some of it left the atmosphere — the motor alone today costs more than an entire 1999 boat rig did, and there's now a $310 pair of gloves.The rule is simple: a 1999 dollar is worth about $2 today. Anything past double means the sport itself got more expensive. And the leases are the category that prices people out — which raises the question at the heart of the episode: is duck hunting turning into a rich man's sport?

Every duck camp has the same cast of characters. We run through all of them rapid-fire — the kazoo caller, the greenhead purist, the Sitka fashion show, the camp chef, the whiskey thermos, and plenty more. Tag your buddy and tell us which one he is.

Here you go:Listener questions take over this episode. Surface drives , scouting and accessing public land, and early season hunts produce more juveniles — plus chokes, kayak blind setups, Catahoula, Maurepas Swamp, and more.We answer questions from the listeners and viewers

Opening weekend of squirrel season is in the books. Huge fox squirrels over two days at hunt camp — stalking them quietly on a hot, humid Saturday and Sunday morning as a front pushed through. Plus a hidden-gem country store in Innis, a stop at Juneau's Cajun Meat and Market, crawfish étouffée Friday night, squirrel gravy Saturday night, and a couple of birthdays around the camp.

Before the ducks, before the lease, before any of it — there was a single crack-barrel shotgun and the woods behind the house."In this episode, we go back to where it all started: squirrel season in Evangeline Parish. With the 2026 opener landing Saturday, October 3 (season runs through February 28), it's a look at the mornings that made a hunter — the unwritten rules of still-hunting, sitting quiet, listening, and reading the timber — and the lessons those woods taught that carry straight into the duck blind: patience, woodsmanship, and knowing when to move and when to sit still.There's also a look ahead to opening weekend at the camp where the ritual continues. And we want to hear your story: where did squirrel hunting take place in yours, and who first took you into the woods?