Jeff Smith and Carson Odegard sit down with Cory Overton for a data-driven look at what really happened during this season’s migration. Instead of relying on blind chatter and guesswork, Cory breaks down what tagged birds actually showed—how prolonged fog affected movement, why a warm winter kept birds north longer than usual, and how some California-marked ducks are spending more time in places like the Northeast Zone, Klamath, and other areas north of the Sacramento Valley.

Episode highlights

• What the tags revealed this season — GPS-marked birds helped explain why many hunters felt like the “big push” never really came.
• Fog and warm weather effects — prolonged fog and one of the warmest winters on record appear to have slowed or altered normal migration ...