The Maggie Williams Podcast

This week on The Maggie Williams Podcast, I’m sitting down with Diego Olaguibel to recap the hunt he has dreamed about for years: his once-in-a-lifetime moose hunt in Northern British Columbia.

Diego was able to pick up the hunt for an unbelievable deal at a Dallas Safari Club auction during the DSC Summer Expo, and what started as a dream on paper turned into 11 incredible days in the mountains. We talk about what the experience was really like, the country, the challenges, the people, the moments he’ll never forget, and what it meant to finally live out a hunt he had pictured for so long.

We also catch up on life lately because, somehow, fall has already become complete chaos in the best way. We just celebrated my 25th birthday, both of our dogs had puppies, we both have brand-new pups in our lives, and we’re trying to keep our heads on straight between puppy duty, traveling, and getting ready for hunting season.

It’s a little bit moose hunting, a little bit life update, and a whole lot of us trying to keep up with one of the busiest and most exciting seasons of our lives.
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Franchi USA
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Yukkutz Hunting
https://yukkutzhunting.com/

This week, I’m sitting down with my friend Sydney Cole to reminisce on her prior spring hunting season and some of the adventures we’ve shared along the way!

We talk about Sydney’s hunting adventures across the country, what it was like experiencing her first real turkey season, and some of our favorite memories from duck hunting together. Sydney also shares about her time working at a retriever training kennel, what she learned from being around working dogs every day, and how that experience shaped her love for the sporting dog world.

From chasing turkeys and ducks to talking dogs, travel, and the hunting goals still ahead, this episode is all about looking back on a season full of memories while getting excited for everything still to come.

SPONSOR LINKS

Franchi USA
https://www.franchiusa.com/

onX Hunt
https://www.onxmaps.com/hunt/

Yukkutz Hunting
https://yukkutzhunting.com/

This week on The Maggie Williams Podcast, I’m sitting down with my friend Macy Watkins Johnston for such a good conversation about faith, marriage, femininity, hunting, discipline, and finding your people in the outdoors.

Macy is a Georgia native, lifelong outdoorswoman, and content creator now living in Alabama with her husband, Slade. She is in such a beautiful new season of life, embracing marriage, cooking, gardening, and the ministry that begins inside her home while still actively pursuing the outdoors and continuing to build an incredible career.

We recorded this episode at Prairie Wildlife in West Point, Mississippi, a beautiful sporting property rooted in conservation, wildlife habitat, wingshooting, and Southern hospitality.

We also talk about the Fox Hole Shootout and the legacy of Mr. Fox Haas. His impact continues today through an event that raises money for organizations including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Catch A Dream, Gamekeeper Grants, and Sportsmen Organized for Law Enforcement.

Macy shares about her brand new podcast, Dear Y’all, her first velvet buck in Tennessee, her Georgia roots, and her transition into life in Alabama.

We go back to her years playing travel softball, earning a college athletic scholarship, attending military school, and how sports shaped her discipline and work ethic. Macy also shares how she felt God led her to get involved with Ducks Unlimited in college and how that decision helped shape the career and community she has today.

We also talk about what we hope the future looks like for women in the outdoors. Making hunting feel more inclusive, showing up with confidence and authenticity, finding your people, being willing to be new at something, and refusing to compete with other women.

More than anything, this is a conversation about being comfortable with every part of who you are. Being feminine does not make you less of an outdoorswoman. Being a wife does not mean giving up your passions. Being successful does not mean another woman has to lose.

And through all of it, Macy remains unapologetic about her faith and sharing God’s love in every part of her life.

LINKS

Prairie Wildlife
https://prairiewildlife.com/

Fox Hole Shootout
https://foxholeshootout.com/

Dear Y’all with Macy W. Johnston
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-yall/id6805250038

SPONSOR LINKS 

Franchi USA
https://www.franchiusa.com/

onX Hunt
https://www.onxmaps.com/hunt/

Yukkutz Hunting
https://yukkutzhunting.com/

This week on The Maggie Williams Podcast, I finally have somebody sitting across from me who has been a part of a ridiculous number of my hunting stories over the last year — THIS IS DIEGO!!!

Diego has hunted his entire life across North America and worldwide. He owns and operates Yukkutz Hunting in Mexico, has completed his World Slam of wild turkeys, and is currently working toward one of the coolest goals in waterfowl hunting: harvesting all 41 huntable North American waterfowl species.

But this episode is about a whole lot more than checking species off a list.

We talk about growing up hunting in Mexico, how his love for the outdoors eventually became his career, what it’s really like running a hunting operation and guiding hunters for a living, horses, turkey hunting, waterfowl, and some of the incredible places hunting has taken him across North America.

And, of course, we get into our hunts together.

Diego was there for some of the biggest moments of my turkey season, including my Ocellated hunt and ultimately watching me complete my World Slam with my Gould’s turkey in Mexico. Somewhere along the way, we went from him watching my hunts to actually hunting together — from incredible duck hunts in Mexico to chasing spring turkeys together from the West Coast to the East Coast!

We talk about the hunts that went perfectly, the ones that absolutely did not, the people we’ve met along the way, and why some of the best memories have very little to do with pulling the trigger.

This is a fun one. It’s hunting, travel, Mexico, ducks, turkeys, outfitting, relationships, and a whole lot of stories from two people who somehow keep finding an excuse to plan another hunt.

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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE
All Feathers Taxidermy — Diamond Turkey Mounts:
https://allfeatherstaxidermy.com

Guera’s Silver Co. — Turkey Feather & Turquoise Earrings: https://guerassilverco.com

This week on The Maggie Williams Podcast, Maggie sits down with Brook Richard of Higdon Outdoors to ruffle a few feathers and talk all things Higdon! The two tackle topics like gear, innovation, opinions, and what’s new for duck hunters heading into another season.

We’re getting into one of waterfowl hunting’s favorite debates: spinning wings—when they work, when they don’t, and what Higdon set out to change with the new Flasher PRO. With folding magnetic wings, multiple body positions, programmable timing and remote capability, it’s a new take on a piece of equipment duck hunters have been arguing about for years. 

Then we’re talking motion on the water and the Pulsator PRO Guide Pack—including how Higdon has continued developing one of its signature motion-decoy concepts with a built-in timer, increased water displacement, 14-hour runtime and the ability to run in shallow fresh, brackish or salt water. 

And of course, we’re talking decoys. Brook and Maggie dive into Higdon’s Legacy decoys and how Higdon continues to rethink the little details that matter to people who spend their winters staring at ducks.

But it wouldn’t be a duck-hunting conversation without talking dogs. From dog vests and hunting with retrievers to new gear from MOmarsh, we get into the equipment that makes life easier for the dogs—and the hunters—putting it to work every season.

Plus, we talk Higdon Outdoors TV, product development, hunting culture, and what happens when the people designing waterfowl gear are the same people actually hauling it into the marsh.

Flasher PROs. Pulsator PROs. Legacy decoys. Duck dogs. Higdon Outdoors TV. And probably a few opinions that’ll ruffle some feathers.

This one’s all about Higdon Outdoors—and gear made for duck hunters, by duck hunters.