Ep 94 - Alaska Hunting Trip of a Lifetime & Late Winter Updates
Dive Bomb Squadcast
Ashur Tolliver
4.9 • 561 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Dive Bomb Squad Cast, Matt Judy breaks down his unforgettable trip to Kodiak, Alaska. From chasing harlequin ducks and sea ducks to navigating some of the wildest country in North America, this one was the full Alaska experience.
Matt dives into what made the trip special, lessons learned along the way, and the gear and preparation it takes to hunt in a place like Kodiak. Between close calls, tough conditions, and the kind of stories only Alaska can deliver, this episode gives you a real look at what the adventure was actually like.
If you’ve ever thought about making the trip north for sea ducks, this is one you won’t want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? Welcome back to the Diapolm Squadcast. I'm your host, Matt Judy. Today we have episode 94 coming at you. We just got done at NWTF. And seeing all you guys out there is awesome, but surprisingly enough, a lot of people were asking me about our Alaska trip and it reminded me that I really never talked about it on here. |
| 0:29.6 | And that was one trip of a lifetime, man. |
| 0:33.3 | But before we get into that, man, you guys showed out for us at NWTF at Nashville. |
| 0:38.7 | I think this is our fourth or fifth year going there. |
| 0:41.9 | And holy cow, you guys show up big time. |
| 0:44.6 | And it's always awesome getting to see everybody out there and connect with people. |
| 0:50.0 | You know, I talk online with and have never met and meet you guys in person. |
| 0:53.5 | And gosh, man, |
| 0:55.5 | it's, it's, it's, it's busy. It's long, but it's great seeing all you guys come out and support |
| 1:00.2 | the dive bomb booth. And our booth gets bigger and better every single year. And, um, you know, |
| 1:06.2 | the night life in Nashville is pretty fun too. But I only went, usually I go four for four on |
| 1:13.1 | going to nights out on the town. And this year I only went one for four. So dang, I must be |
| 1:18.4 | getting older these days. I only had one in me on Friday night up at a party on an old |
| 1:25.1 | Al Dines on Broadway. It's always pretty fun and i know our buddy uh luke |
| 1:29.9 | broken wing films i think he went four for four he went pretty wild out there but you know if you |
| 1:36.6 | came out let us know what you thought of that new bark pattern we had brand new technical gear |
| 1:41.7 | in the bark pattern at NWTF. |
| 1:45.1 | So I think it looks freaking amazing. |
| 1:48.0 | I'm going to be maybe wearing some prototype for that stuff on a turkey hunting. |
| 1:53.0 | It's coming this summer. |
| 1:54.1 | The bark patterns released in this summer. |
| 1:56.4 | But lots of great feedback on that from people looking at it at the at the booth and w tf and man even |
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