EP73 - Tony Vandemore: His Roots, His Rise, & the Habitat Flats Hustle
Dive Bomb Squadcast
Ashur Tolliver
4.9 • 561 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Dive Bomb SquadCast, Matt Judy sits down with none other than Tony Vandemore—the face of Habitat Flats and a true icon in the waterfowl world. From Tony’s roots in hunting as a kid to building the most recognized waterfowl lodge in North America, this episode dives into it all. They talk about the early grind, how Habitat Flats grew into what it is today, the power of dogs in the field, farming challenges, training programs, raising daughters in the outdoors, and how to find balance when life never slows down. If you’re into hunting, dogs, land, or just good conversation—this one’s for you!
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everyone? |
| 0:09.1 | Welcome back to the dive bomb squadcast for episode 73. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm your host, Matt, Judy, and today we have a man who needs no introduction in the |
| 0:17.2 | waterfowl world, the face of habitat flats flats and a legend in the blind. Mr. Tony |
| 0:21.9 | Vandemore, how we doing, man? |
| 0:23.6 | Hi, doing great. Thanks for having me on. |
| 0:25.6 | Yeah, no problem. I appreciate you coming on and probably a busy time of the year, sneaking |
| 0:30.1 | by some time to come film a podcast. |
| 0:33.1 | Yeah, it gets pretty hectic this time of year. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah, I'm sure it does. I'm sure it does. |
| 0:37.9 | I really appreciate it. |
| 0:39.4 | But first and foremost, I kind of just wanted to ask you how you grew up. |
| 0:44.4 | What was your waterfowl hunting like, you know, before what everybody knows on Habitat Flats and all everything like that? |
| 0:51.4 | The story, kind of the story going into it. |
| 0:54.1 | I was very lucky. |
| 0:56.4 | Grew up a little farm town, 700 people, my dad, my uncle, my grandpa. I mean, they took me |
| 1:02.4 | hunting the first time in the blind when I was in diapers. Dang. I mean, really, that's all I've ever |
| 1:07.1 | known, you know, you play football on Friday night or go to the football game, and then you duck and goose hunt Saturday and Sunday morning. We had fantastic goose hunting |
| 1:15.3 | right where I grew up. Man, we were just spoiled. Like, it was this little loaf and pond, |
| 1:21.1 | these old coal mines. And if you put, I can't remember what it was, steel cramps on the decoys, |
| 1:27.2 | or I'm pretty sure it probably steel. |
| 1:29.5 | Anyway, the acidity in the water would eat it away, |
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