In this week’s episode of The Standard Sportsman podcast, hosts Cason Short and Greenhead Editor Brent Birch sit down with Kyle Broussard and Bubba Watkins, founder and sales director, respectively, of Gator Tail Outboards.

Brussard and Watkins talk about the early days of the company: how it grew from a tinkering project in college to a household name in the waterfowl world; from a single motor to a complete line of boats.

The pair also talk about Louisiana’s troubling decline in waterfowl hunting, and what’s driving it. From fading traditions to habitat challenges, they lay out both the hard truths and the opportunities to preserve one of the richest duck hunting heritages in North America.

Listen to the episode here.