RELOADED EP530 - From Challenger To Champion with Mike Anderson
Ducks Unlimited Podcast
Ducks Unlimited Inc.
4.9 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
2009 World Duck Calling Champion Mike Anderson joins the DU Podcast to talk calls, calling and his favorite pastime, chasing river ducks. Anderson takes us on his journey from childhood to putting in the time and road miles that lead to becoming World Champion. We also discuss his favorite competition and hunting style calls and how Rich-N-Tone founder Butch Richenback mentored him all the way to the top of the contest calling mountain.
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| 0:43.8 | Welcome to the Ducks Unlimited podcast, Reloaded, but we bring you the best of our past episodes. |
| 0:49.6 | Whether you're a seasoned waterfowler or curious about conservation, this series is for you. Over the years, |
| 0:55.4 | we've had incredible guests and discussions about everything from wetland conservation to the latest |
| 1:00.6 | waterfowl research and hunting strategies. And reloaded, we're revisiting those conversations |
| 1:05.8 | to keep the passion alive and the mission strong. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this reload. |
| 1:15.8 | Hello everybody, and welcome again to the Ducks Unlimited podcast. |
| 1:19.4 | I'm your host John Gordon. |
| 1:21.3 | It's November, everybody. |
| 1:23.2 | Duck seasons, Goose seasons, rolling all over the countryside. |
| 1:26.2 | We're going to open up down here |
| 1:27.5 | in Arkansas soon, Tennessee, Mississippi, the last of the seasons to open. Everybody else is |
| 1:33.8 | pretty well going at this point. And my subject and my guest today, we're going to talk about |
| 1:39.8 | something that is on everybody's mind at this point in time, and that's and that's a duck calling. |
| 1:45.7 | And specifically, you know, what calls to use, when to use them, how you get great at it, how you |
| 1:52.2 | become better at it. We're just going to really dive into all these different subjects. |
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