Jean-Paul Bourgeois

Vicksburg, home to expert call builder Brad Eldridge, and the oxbows, button willows, and cypress slough's of the Mississippi Delta. Brad is known for building beautiful hand turned calls that do more than just look good. He'll be putting them to test with Chef Jean Paul and the First Lite crew in...

Jean-Paul Bourgeois and the First Lite crew head to the duck capital of the world to put the new pattern and gear to final test. Hosted by a classic duck club, they take a swing in the Arkansas Duck Derby, cook outstanding camp meals, and generally have a damn good time.

Last winter, we set out to run @FirstLiteHuntingApparel ’s new timber-hunting waterfowl pattern, Cache, through the wringer. With our buddy Chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois at the helm, the First Lite crew put the ’24 gear to a final test across the southern half of the Mississippi flyway. And to no one’s...

Routeed ducks is a name of a recipe that is hyper-local to the south Lafourche parish in southeastern Louisiana. I grew up 45 minutes north, and I never knew this recipe to be called by this name. The common vernacular in south Louisiana considers this recipe to be a “rice and gravy” recipe. The...