Episodes

  • Taking Flight and Digging In (to the Ice)

    Taking Flight and Digging In (to the Ice)
    Dec 1 2025
    To open up this holiday weekend episode, Rob Drieslein starts the transition to the ice fishing season. After that, he welcomes the following guests: Outdoor News contributor Stan Tekiela is back to talk more non-game topics. This time around, he digs into migrating bird species and the flying squirrel project he's involved in. Outdoor guide Matt Johnson switches the focus back to ice fishing, with the weather conditions becoming more amenable to the season getting underway soon.
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    36 mins
  • Deer & Turkeys Own the Spotlight Ahead of the Holiday

    Deer & Turkeys Own the Spotlight Ahead of the Holiday
    Nov 24 2025
    To start this week's edition, Rob Drieslein updates the numbers as the Minnesota firearm deer hunting season winds down. Then, he welcomes the following guests on the show: Outdoor News contributor Pat Durkin lets us know what's happening with the Wisconsin firearm deer hunting season as it opens up for 2025. Outdoor News contributor Stan Tekiela is back. This time, he's talking wild turkeys as we head toward the Thanksgiving holiday.
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    36 mins
  • Bobcat Searching and Conservation Saving

    Bobcat Searching and Conservation Saving
    Nov 17 2025
    To kick off this episode, Rob Drieslein goes through the numbers when it comes to license sales during the opening weekend of the firearms deer hunting season. After that, he opens up the show to the following guests: Dawn Reding, associate professor of Biology at Luther College, tells us about her ongoing research of bobcats around the Upper Midwest. Aaron Murphy, the COO of American Hunters & Anglers, discusses the push to pass the controversial Borderlands Conservation Act in Congress.
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    36 mins
  • Deer Are Center Stage, But There's More

    Deer Are Center Stage, But There's More
    Nov 10 2025
    It was a big couple of days on the outdoors calendar, so Rob Drieslein devotes quite a bit of time to the opening weekend of the firearm deer hunting season. Jared Mazruek, executive director of the MN Deer Hunters Association, joins to help with the recap. We also get some information on the water. MN DNR fisheries supervisor Brett Flatten provides some updates on the current sport netting season for Whitefish.
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    36 mins
  • Some Time Dedicated to Our Deer Friends

    Some Time Dedicated to Our Deer Friends
    Nov 3 2025
    On this week's edition of the program, Rob Drieslein digs into the latest attempt in Congress to open public lands to development. After speaking on that, he chats with the following guests: Grace Milanowski, U of M extension researcher and program coordinator for Offal Wildlife Watching, provides an update on the study on scavenging of deer gut piles. Meateater.com contributor Tony Peterson returns as the deer hunting focus switches from bows to firearms.
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    36 mins
  • Hunting Birds & Big Game

    Hunting Birds & Big Game
    Oct 26 2025
    This is an episode more focused on the Fall hunter. After Rob Drieslein digs into a government decision that will be helpful to outdoors sporting, he dives into the hunting chatter. Pheasants Forever editor Tom Carpenter speaks on the current pheasant season. Meateater.com contributor Tony Peterson returns to discuss the ongoing bow hunting season.
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    36 mins
  • A Site to Follow the Birds and Legends of the Cast

    A Site to Follow the Birds and Legends of the Cast
    Oct 19 2025
    On this week's edition, Rob Drieslein reacts to the annual Office of the Legislative Auditor report. After that, he welcomes the following guests: Dr. Andrew Farnsworth from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology details what birdwatchers can find when they visit BirdCast.org. Outdoors News contributor and Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame committee member Tim Lesmeister lets us know about the newly-named inductees to the Hall.
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    36 mins
  • BONUS: No Kings rallies amidst a swirling backdrop: Trump could 'green light' Israel to launch again, Bolton is indicted, and government shutdown could be longest ever

    BONUS: No Kings rallies amidst a swirling backdrop: Trump could 'green light' Israel to launch again, Bolton is indicted, and government shutdown could be longest ever
    Oct 17 2025
    No Kings rallies are set to take over US cities this weekend amid a swirling mix of political hot topics: Hamas hasn't released hostage bodies, which Trump says could make him 'green light' Israel to start bombing again. John Bolton was indicted. Oh, and the government is shut down and some experts say it could become the longest shutdown in history.
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    31 mins