EP 1: Ryan Askren - Dropping Duck Science

Shooting Time Podcast

In this first episode of the Shooting Time Podcast I sit down with my friend Bill Bartz and guest Ryan Askren. Ryan is a PhD student at the University of Illinois and is currently focusing on behaviors and habits of urban geese. His passion for waterfowl is evident in his photography, and indeed, that is what first focused my attention on him as the first guest of this show. Someone who loves to take duck photos, waterfowl hunt, and is inquisitive about the behaviors of waterfowl is a guy I could talk all day with.

We talk about how Ryan first got an interest in waterfowl and waterfowl hunting, some of our photographic backgrounds and why we enjoy chasing ducks other than with a gun (and as well as with a gun), and we spend a fair amount of time going over some possible explanations regarding some of the things that we see ducks or geese do.

Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week!