On this week’s show, we learn more about haying and grazing on public lands in Minnesota. Greg Hoch joins the show to tell us how those grazing programs work, why they happen, who funds them and more. He also talks about how upland birds across the state are doing. Joe Henry gives us an update […]

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On this week’s show, we’re transitioning to fall! Bret Amundson, Dan Amundson and David Eckhardt talk about their plans for hunting this Labor Day weekend. Cory Loeffler joins the show to tell us about his new duck call, Ben Brettingen updates us from Montana on some new OnX Hunt news, and Joe Henry is back […]

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On this week’s show, we talk about hunting land access with Sam Soholt. He talks about a new public land deal in South Dakota and his new duck stamp fundraiser. They also touch on some controversial cattle grazing on public land, what they think the impact of crossbows will be, e-posting in North Dakota and […]

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On this week’s show, we’re back from Tazin Lake Lodge. Bret and Dan Amundson talk about some unique things that happened on their trip this year. Then they play a couple of conversations they had in the boat on Tazin Lake with Vic Cook from LIVETARGET and Trevor Montgomery from Tazin Lake Lodge. Vic tells […]

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On this week’s show, we’re getting pumped for hunting season! Ben Brettingen from OnX Hunt and George Lyall talk to Bret Amundson, David Eckhardt and Dan Amundson about the upcoming season. Ben and George are avid upland hunters, so they talk about some upcoming trips they have, but they also swap some stories about last […]

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On this week’s show, we’re learning more about the history of duck hunting in Minnesota. Authors Steve Knutson and Jeff Miller join Bret Amundson, David Eckhardt and Dan Amundson and talk about their work on duck hunting and what they’ve learned about duck camps. Steve talks about how the railroad affected duck hunting, how market […]

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On this week’s show, we’re trying to figure out the deal with potential bag limits on foraging mushrooms. Mike Kempenich and Nicole Zempel join Bret Amundson, David Eckhardt and Dan Amundson to try and figure out the rationale behind this thinking. They talk about how well fungi replace themselves and why they’re against this thinking. […]

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On this week’s show, we’re talking elk in Minnesota!! Mike Schrage and Blane Kemek join the show to talk about where we’re at with the reintroduction of elk in Northeast Minnesota. We also get an update on the elk herds in northwest Minnesota, why caribou won’t be reintroduced, and how soon we could maybe see […]

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On this week’s show, Bret Amundson, David Eckhardt and Dan Amundson get to learn about some of the history of Delta Waterfowl and what they’re up to these days. Brad Heidel and Paul Wait are on the show to talk about what they’re doing to put more ducks over decoys with predator control and more. […]

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On this week’s show, Bret Amundson, David Eckhardt and Dan Amundson talk about crawler harnesses, some feedback on the new crossbow regulations, growing food plots and more. Randin Olson calls in from the boat on Otter Tail Lake while he’s prefishing for a tournament. He talks about catching walleyes with crawler harnesses in the weeds. […]

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