Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Headlines this week include Minnesota and Wisconsin firearms deer kill both down for the season from 2022, plus the great bird renaming controversy. Sabrina Chandler from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service joins the program to discuss the tundra swan migration on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge this time of year. Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela spends a segment with host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein to share memories of his recent trip to Cape Churchill, Manitoba, to photograph polar bears and beluga whales. Tim Lesmeister spends two segments with Drieslein: one to discuss the latest news headlines, and one to argue about the Mount Rushmore of greatest female pop vocalists of all time.

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Waterfowl talk dominates the first half of this week’s program, first with host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discussing a warm kickoff to the early teal and Canada goose seasons in Minnesota this weekend, then Steve Knutson joins the program to talk about his new book, “Minnesota Duck Camps: 160 Years of History and Tradition.” Kevin Vick, president of Stock & Barrel Gun Shops then joins the show to talk about the grand opening kickoff on Saturday, Sept. 9 of “The Vault,” a collection of specialty and pre-owned firearms for collectors and enthusiasts, at S&B’s Eagan location. Tim Lesmeister helps Rob wrap up the program with their reaction to the announcement that Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is bringing its North American Rendezvous to the Twin Cities April 18-20, 2024, then Tim and Rob talk about a controversial wild horse culling plan at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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In this special Best of 2023 episode, Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein shares four of his favorite interviews from a busy 2023. First, adult onset hunter (and Minnesota Hunting and Trapping regs model) Keng Yang drops in to talk about his journey as a modern hunter and how he has mentored other new hunters in recent months. Then, former DNR nongame program leader Carrol Henderson reminisces about his friend and legendary football coach and outdoorsman Bud Grant, who died in March. The latest federal duck stamp winner (and former Stillwater resident) Chuck Black joins the program to recap the thrill of winning the contest last September and his career as a wildlife artist. Finally, Jaime Carlson offers some always-evergreen wild game cooking tips for folks wondering how to cook all the venison, upland birds, and waterfowl filling their freezers post-hunting season. Happy new year to all of our listeners.

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Wild turkey hunting and stream trout seasons are underway in Minnesota! Other topics include Editor Tim Spielman’s pending arrival of puppies, plus he and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein discuss growing avian flu numbers in Minnesota, maple syrup season, and a crazy story from Wisconsin involving a deer that gored a hunter. Ruth Hoefs, the 2022 Outdoor News Person of the Year, then visits for a segment, followed by Tony Roach, who shares some early open-water season fishing tactics and reminds listeners about the Outdoor News and Rapala April Showers Rain Suit Giveaway Contest, which is now underway. Tim Lesmeister wraps up the show with Rob breaking down the primary battle facing a couple of state senators in north-central Minnesota, plus some more thoughts on the governor’s fishing opener.

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Lots of duck chatter this week as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released its 2022 Waterfowl Population Status Report. (Preview to the discussion: Duck numbers are down, but pond counts are up.) Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discuss whether dwindling Conservation Reserve Program acres are influencing continental duck populations. The middle portion of this week’s show is co-produced with the Modern Carnivore podcast and its host, Mark Norquist. Drieslein and Norquist recorded interviews the second Friday of Game Fair with MN-Fish Executive Director Mark Holsten as well as regional Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Chapter Director Aaron Hebeisen. Top topics include an amicus brief that MN-Fish has filed in a Minnesota waters access case and BHA’s growth across the country, including the Upper Midwest. Tim Lesmeister then joins Rob to talk about the growing presence of North Country anglers atop the winner’s platform at Bassmasters Elite tournaments in recent years, plus that big blaze-orange smallmouth that came out of a Michigan lake.