On this week’s Holiday Show, we have Dan Hayes, a good friend of the show, to talk about Christmas gifts for the family that love the great outdoors. Then Steve Ettinger Executive Director of the Illinois Conservation Foundation will tell us about a tax-deductible donation to them and well hear about all the great programs they are involved with and you can even say I want my donation to go to, whatever you want to support whether it’s a program to help people get outdoors or a conservation project. We also have the Aiden fishing report and more for you.

On this week’s show we are going to talk about ice fishing because there are cold bunnies in the woods and the ice machine is working in the upper Midwest. First we're going to hear A Soldier's Silent Night that I play, so we remember our service men and women around the world. When you listen, it will touch your heart. Then Steve Silic, from the Cook County Forest Preserves, will be on to tell us what lakes you can ice fish when we have 4 inches of ice. Then Ice fishing champion, world gold media ice fishing winner and local guide Tony Boshold will tell us what we need to do to be ready, and where to go for early ice. In the last segment, well have the Aiden fishing or hunting report and other outdoor information.

On this week’s show we have two very good northern Illinois, fishermen. First up is Mark Kubal a perch angler extraordinaire for Lake Michigan. I really believe he can smell them under his boat while on the water and then catch them. After Mark we will have Jim Templin from Fish Tech in Morton Grove to tell us how to get our ice fishing gear ready for that first time we go out. In the last segment well have the Aiden fishing or hunting report and other outdoor information.

On this week’s show we have Tim Mondl, from the Forest Preserve of Cook County, to tell us about the programs that are available with a Holiday spin on them for little kids, middle kids, families and old kids like us. Also to get out and enjoy some time right in our own backyard of the Cook County Forest Preserves. Then,Crappie Professor and Tod Todd are up at Red Lake about 6 hours away where they have good ice and hot fishing.

On this week’s show we have Doctor Mark Hroncich, part of Chauncey’s Great Outdoors Medical Team and one of the most active sportsman I know. He fishes, hikes, hunts, and a whole lot more. But today we/re going to talk to him about what he does all year long to increase his odds at harvesting a deer during hunting season. Then Wayne Libera of Water Werks Marine will be on to tell us about how you should set your boat up for extended storage also called winterization and give us a few tips on how to do it ourselves In the last segment we'll have the Aiden fishing or hunting report and other outdoor information.

On this week’s show we have Dan Skinner the Forest Wildlife Program Manager for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and he monitors the entire deer herd in the state. We’ll talk about a wide variety of items and learn about the condition of our deer herd. Then Ben Dickerson who is a Lake Michigan Fisheries Biologist for the Indiana DNR will tell us about an early Christmas gift the Indiana DNR is going to give the salmon anglers. In the last segment well have the Aiden fishing report and other outdoor information.

On this week’s show we have Kathy Andrews Wright, the Editor of the Outdoor Illinois Journal, and Jose Burgos who is using his talents to bring more people into the outdoors. The Jim O’Neil, a young very talented angler, who has been sending me pictures of huge salmon he is catching in Southeast Wisconsin, streams connected to Lake Michigan. In the last segment we will have the Aiden fishing report and other outdoor information.

On this week’s show we have Chris Jakes who is the Illinois Invasive Species, Wildlife Disease and Large Predator Biologist talking about the cougar that was killed by an automobile on the Kane and Dekalb County line little over a week ago. Then Steve Ettinger the Executive Director of the Illinois Conservation Foundation will tell us about one of my favorite hunts they created called the Directors Hunt which will be held at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area on November 29 &29. It’s a fundraiser for the foundation and the best pheasant and quail hunt you will have in Illinois.

In the last segment we will have the Aiden fishing report. and other outdoor information.

Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to talked about all the cool programs there are in the Forest Preserves on the weekend and during the week for young families with kids not in school and the more mature outdoor lovers. Then Gerry Urbanozo, a very good friend of the show was asked to fish the World Black Bass Fishing Tournament and was asked to fish for the country of the Philippines, which he took great pride in.

On this week’s show we will start off with Mike Angus, from the Chicago Area Mountain Bikers, about the new Bike trail in the Northwest suburbs of the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Then, Capt. Tony will give us a year in review of salmon fishing and what up for next year. Followed by Mike Reynolds, our hunting pro staffer, talking about how to fool the three most important senses of a whitetail deer. In the last segment, we'll have the Aiden fishing report and other outdoor information.