Ep 92 - Storm Wigeon Myths & Late-Season Reflections
Dive Bomb Squadcast
Ashur Tolliver
4.9 • 561 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Dive Bomb SquadCast, Matt Judy reflects on the closing stretch of duck season and dives into the realities of wigeon hunting. From late-season conditions to solo hunts with his dog, Matt shares personal experiences and field insight from another year in the marsh.
The conversation breaks down the common misconceptions around “storm wigeon,” including why they are often misidentified, how rare true specimens actually are, and why their appearance comes from genetic mutation rather than age or subspecies. Matt also talks about the constant stream of photos hunters send asking if their birds qualify—and the high personal standard he holds for calling one a true storm.
Beyond the birds themselves, this episode touches on why solo hunts can be some of the most rewarding, the importance of enjoying time in the field, and the mixed emotions that come with the end of another season.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? |
| 0:09.3 | Welcome back to the dive bomb squad cast. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm your host, Matt Judy. |
| 0:13.8 | We have episode 92 coming at you today. |
| 0:16.8 | And man, how is duck season winding down already? |
| 0:23.0 | I'm sitting here just shaking my head that next week's the last week, you know, for most people. And I think some states go till January 31st. Us out |
| 0:30.0 | here, we only go to Sunday the 25th because next Sunday, February 1st pushes that. I don't |
| 0:37.1 | know. It's something to do with that. So we end |
| 0:39.2 | January 25th out here. So it's late season. People are shooting a lot of really nice birds out there. |
| 0:46.4 | And especially I've seen a lot of nice whiggin getting sent to me. And I just wanted to take some |
| 0:51.6 | time and have the, uh, or, uh uh talk about storm widgeon on this one |
| 0:57.2 | and uh kind of break down some myths some facts from a waterfowl professional and just dive |
| 1:03.3 | into the storm widgeon world and because you know we shoot a lot of widgeon out here and I get |
| 1:07.6 | to see a lot of different variations and I get a lot of messages this |
| 1:11.7 | time of you're asking if stuff's a storm or not which I'm not I am absolutely not one to |
| 1:17.1 | tell somebody you know that's a storm that's not but I have enough experience hunting these |
| 1:22.3 | whiggin where I can get a pretty good idea and but yeah I've been out solo hunting a lot this year or this past |
| 1:30.7 | couple weeks. And it's been pretty fun. It's just been me and my dog drifter out there, just us, |
| 1:35.5 | ourselves, just getting after it, enjoying time in the field before the season goes out. One day, I, |
| 1:42.1 | uh, I went back to back days. It was pretty sweet. The first day, |
| 1:46.0 | I actually started out a little, a little, a little rough. I shot three hens right out the gate |
| 1:53.0 | because I was getting kind of, I was getting kind of antsy. The birds weren't really flying yet. |
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