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Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places, and the people

who dedicate their lives to conserving both.

Big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast.

I'm your host, Lake Pickle.

On this episode, we're going to address

one of the most burning questions being asked in the hunting community today. Where have all the

mallards gone? More specifically, where have all the mallards gone in the Mississippi Flyway? This

question has been getting asked for a while, and its persistence has led to more questions and theories,

such as is the flyways shifting or changing, or ducks simply not migrating as south due to human

manipulations or other factors? There's a lot of ideas and impassioned opinions on this subject.

So, all the more reason for us here at Backwood University to lean right into it and see if we

can't shine some light on this issue.

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