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Categories: Sports, Wilderness
Episodes
Episode 574 – Deer hunt recap, Minnesota River cleanup, bucket list trips, Gov. Walz announcement
Jan 09, 2026https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jan-10-long-show.mp3
Top topics on this week’s Outdoor News Radio broadcast include a Minnesota deer season recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. The pair also discuss Spielman’s recent column on party hunting. Then Scott Sparlin joins the show to share efforts to create a Minnesota River Coordinating Commission focused on improving the water quality of the state’s namesake river. Shooting writer Ron Spomer then joins for a SHOT Show preview and to discuss affordable bucket list opportunities for the traveling hunter. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap u...
Duration: 00:53:59Episode 573 – Ice fishing with Joel Nelson, MN legislative preview, sportshow season, music talk
Jan 02, 2026https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jan-3-2026-long-show.mp3
Top topics on this first Outdoor News Radio broadcast of the new year include ice-fishing tips from Joel Nelson from onX Fish. Then Mark Holsten from MN-Fish talks about the nonprofit’s priorities for the new year and an outlook for the 2026 legislative session. Dan Small previews the upcoming All-Canada Shows in the region. Then Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister devote a segment to talking music and their favorite R-n-R vocalists.
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Duration: 00:54:00Episode 572 – Year in review, bird-watching, exit interview with Mark Johnson, 2026 BHA Icebreaker
Dec 26, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dec-27-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a review of 2025’s top outdoors stories with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Sharon “Birdchick” Stiteler visits for the second week in row with most of the chatter focusing on winter owl viewing. Mark Johnson, the long-time and now retiring director of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, talks with Drieslein about his years in conservation work and the great accomplishments of the dedicated sales tax. Chance Adams, the board chair of Minnesota Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, then visits...
Duration: 00:54:00Episode 571 – Deer harvest, nongame birds, Tony Roach, Missouri turkeys, remembering George Meyer
Dec 19, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dec-20-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a Minnesota deer season recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Sharon Stiteler, the Birdchick, joins the program to talk about the recent common eider sighting in Minnesota, goshawks, and preview the Christmas Bird Count. North-central Minnesota fishing guide Tony Roach runs down the latest on ice conditions and the hot bite across the hard-water belt. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein talk about Missouri’s lower nonresident wild turkey limit, a possible state parks “endorsement,” and remember Wisconsin’s George...
Duration: 00:54:00Episode 570 – Lake Reno panfish study, late season deer, BHA’s Ryan Callaghan, Duluth cougar
Dec 12, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dec-13-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season CWD recap plus details on an important new panfish study on Lake Reno in west-central Minnesota with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then outdoors writer and photographer Mark Morrison visits to offer some deer hunting tips for the last two weeks of archery season. Ryan Callaghan completes his interview with Drieslein and outlines his vision for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers in 2026 and beyond. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with chatter on a...
Duration: 00:53:59Episode 569 – Deer harvest report, year-long foraging odyssey, BHA’s Ryan Callaghan, ice show
Dec 05, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dec-7-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season harvest recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman covering the latest data from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Then foraging expert Robin Greenfield joins the show to talk about his year-long plan to consume only calories that he forages from the wild landscape. New Backcountry Hunters and Anglers CEO Ryan Callaghan then joins Drieslein for the first of a two-part interview about his vision for conservation in America. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with...
Duration: 00:54:00Episode 568 – Deer harvest report, ice fishing preview, tundra swan migration, Mille Lacs regs
Nov 28, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-29-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a Minnesota deer season harvest recap (it’s up!) with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Matt Johnson calls in with an ice fishing season preview, plus chatter about the Dec. 5-7 St. Paul Ice Fishing Show. Stan Tekiela and Drieslein talk about the tail end of fall migration, which means tundra (whistling swans) are blowing through the region right now. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein then talk about the three-walleye winter limit on Lake Mille Lacs and the 10-b...
Duration: 00:54:00Episode 567 – MN deer license data, Wisconsin opener, turkey talk, new fishing equipment rules
Nov 21, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-22-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season and license sales recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Patrick Durkin from Wisconsin Outdoor News joins the program to preview the firearms deer hunting season and other news from the Badger State. Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela then jumps into the show to discuss wild turkeys as Thanksgiving approaches, plus his shouts on black-morph gray squirrels. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the program with Drieslein on topics like new fishing technology rules...
Duration: 00:54:00Episode 566 – Firearms deer opener recap, bluff country bobcats, troublesome border legislation, Lake Superior shipwrecks
Nov 14, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-15-long-show.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a Minnesota deer opener recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman, plus the Trump administration’s decision to not update a federal wolf plan. Then Dawn Reding from Luther College in Iowa joins the show to talk about bobcat research she has underway in the Driftless area of four states. Aaron Murphy with America Hunters and Anglers shares his group’s concerns with U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s Border Lands Conservation Act. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the...
Duration: 00:54:00Episode 565 – Firearm deer opener, MDHA interview, whitefish and tullibee, north country wolf report
Nov 08, 2025https://www.outdoornews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-8-long-show-1.mp3
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a preview of the 2025 firearms deer hunting opener this Saturday, Nov. 8. Then Jared Mazurek, executive director of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, visits to talk about the group’s Hides For Habitat program and other conservation efforts. Brent Flatten with Minnesota DNR Fisheries then joins host Rob Drieslein to talk about whitefish and tullibee management in northern lakes and the ongoing fall sport-netting season for the species. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein bring the show home with conversation on wolves around Voyageurs Na...
Duration: 00:54:00