Ep 100 - The Most Wanted Duck in Waterfowl Hunting
Dive Bomb Squadcast
Ashur Tolliver
4.9 • 561 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Dive Bomb Squad Cast, Matt Judy dives into one of the most fascinating birds in waterfowl hunting — the Eurasian wigeon.
Matt breaks down what makes these birds so unique, where they come from, how they end up mixed in with North American waterfowl, and why hunters become obsessed with chasing them. He also shares personal stories from years of hunting Eurasians, along with tips on identifying them in the field and what to look for when targeting one.
From rare bird stories to real-world hunting insight, this episode covers everything that makes the Eurasian wigeon one of the most sought-after ducks in the flyway.
If you are into waterfowl history, rare birds, and the stories behind them, this is one you will not want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? |
| 0:09.5 | Welcome back to the dive bomb squadcast. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm your host, Matt Judy. |
| 0:14.1 | And today I figured we'd do a little episode on one of my favorite birds in the game, |
| 0:19.9 | the Eurasian Wigeon. So I figured we'd talk about |
| 0:22.6 | the obsession of waterfowlers with the Euro Wiggin. I hunters kind of lose their minds over |
| 0:29.1 | them because they're a special bird and some of my, you know, personal experiences |
| 0:33.6 | hunting these little red-headed Euro Wiggin over over in my neck of the woods, because I have |
| 0:38.7 | actually quite a bit of experience with these things. I've killed quite a few of them, some hybrids, |
| 0:43.9 | and they are just an awesome bird to talk about. And when you're hunting them and you finally |
| 0:49.1 | feel one in your hands, it's a pretty cool experience. But they're honestly, with these Euro whitch, there's probably not another duck that gets |
| 0:58.1 | a hunter more fired up. |
| 1:00.2 | I don't know, maybe some of you spoony guys. |
| 1:02.2 | Some of you spoony guys might take a big old, a big old fully plumed bowl spoon over a euro. |
| 1:08.2 | But they've kind of become like a a like a legendary topic in the duck hunting |
| 1:12.7 | culture and everybody knows somebody who that's that's their top bird that they want to |
| 1:17.9 | shoot is a euro they everybody knows someone trying to chase one trying to kill one whether you're |
| 1:22.4 | on your east coast in the Atlantic flyway or on the west coast in the Pacific flyway or |
| 1:27.1 | anywhere in between. |
| 1:28.4 | Pretty much everybody knows, knows somebody trying to chase one. Maybe it's yourself or a buddy, |
| 1:34.5 | but yeah, they are an extremely unique little bird. And lucky enough for me, I've been able to |
| 1:41.7 | bag quite a few of them. And I, like I said, I have a lot of experience |
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