Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show recapping the results of the 2024 state waterfowl survey, which showed a 37% drop in mallards and a 20% decline in overall duck numbers. Then Modern Carnivore podcast host Mark Norquist joins Rob to co-host two segments from Game Fair interviewing DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen. Topics include the new two-walleye bag limit on Lake Mille Lacs and deer hunting outlook. Tim Lesmeister drops in to help wrap up the show with chatter on sharp-tailed grouse numbers, crossbows, and the state’s walk-in hunting private lands program.

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