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Minnesota Outdoor News Radio episodes

April 27, 2024 Episode 485 – USFWS sturgeon ruling, recent CWD headlines, spring turkey tactics, R-n-R HOF
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision on a petition to list lake sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act broke on Monday, and Outdoor News Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off this week’s broadcast by breaking down this refreshing outcome. Then Lindsay Thomas from the National Deer Association joins the show to discuss the controversial news stories that broke last week about chronic wasting disease. He reassures hunters that there remain no confirmed cases of people dying from prion-based illnesses as a result of eating venison. An upbeat Mark Strand then offers tips on chasing wild turkeys during the mid-season and offers a prime tip: mastering the gobbler yelp. Finally, Drieslein and regular guest Tim Lesmeister tackle music in the final segment: breaking down and arguing about the latest inductees into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.
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April 20, 2024 Episode 484 – Minnesota camping preview, steelheading tips, retracing Hemingway’s trout travels
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This week’s show kicks off with a Minnesota legislative roundup with Outdoor News Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Sara Berhow, from Minnesota DNR parks and trails, joins the program to discuss camping options on state parks and other Minnesota lands this summer. Scott Thorpe, the man who possesses the Minnesota state record steelhead (caught in the Devil Track River in 1980) talks with Rob about spring steelheading tactics on Lake Superior tributaries. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the program with chatter about the two-part story that ran last week and this week in Outdoor News from John Maclean retracing the trout-fishing travels of author Ernest Hemingway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Ketchum, Idaho areas.
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April 13, 2024 Episode 483 – Public Lands rally recap, interview with new BHA CEO Patrick Berry, MDNR muskie plan
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Several Minnesota conservation groups hosted a Public Lands Day rally at the State Capitol last week, and a couple of Outdoor News staffers were there. Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein recaps the event with Editor Tim Spielman, plus they briefly preview this weekend’s general trout opener and next week’s wild turkey hunting opener. Then Patrick Berry, the new CEO and president of Missoula, Mont.-based Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, joins Drieslein to recount his first few months on the job and preview the group’s North American Rendezvous coming to the Minneapolis Convention Center April 18-20. Leslie George from the Minnesota DNR then shares with listeners the agency’s plan to review the state’s muskie plan and how citizens can get involved. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the show with his thoughts on a wolf found in southern Michigan, plus he and Drieslein discuss stories in Outdoor News this week (and next) tracing the history and waters behind Ernest Hemingway’s classic short story the Big Two-Hearted River.
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April 06, 2024 Episode 482 – Land transfer legislation, April 8 solar eclipse preview, “Tackle” Terry on ice-out crappies
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Minnesota legislation that would transfer state lands to the Red Lake and White Earth Ojibwe bands dominates this week’s discussion with host Rob Drieslein as well as Minnesota Editor Tim Spielman and regular columnist Tim Lesmeister. Managing Editor Drieslein also interviews his “Star Geezer” Dad, Bob Drieslein, regarding all the details of the April 8 solar eclipse. Then the original T3, “Tackle” Terry Tuma jumps into the discussion to offer his advice on hooking every angler’s favorite April sportfish: massive, ice-out slab crappies!
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March 30, 2024 Episode 481 – MN-FISH letter on Mille Lacs, a new book by author Tony Jones, Iowa update, and Bassmaster Classic report
Top topics on this week’s program include news that the MN-Fish Sportfishing Coalition has asked the Minnesota DNR to explain its catch-and-release regulation from Lake Mille Lacs. Author Tony Jones then joins the program to talk about his new book, The God of Wild Places. Iowa tourism then spends a segment sharing outdoor recreational opportunities in the Ft. Dodge area. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the show with chatter on the recently completed Bassmaster Classic, news that there will not be a Lake Minnetonka Crappie Tournament this spring, funding for the Asian carp barrier at Lock and Dam 5, and a ticket giveaway for the April 19-20 Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Rendezvous.
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March 23, 2024 Episode 480 – A catch-and-release walleye opener for Mille Lacs, Minnesota moose update, Stan Tekiela on Florida critters, and a giant hybrid Montana sheep
Top topics on this week’s Outdoor News Radio include the Minnesota DNR’s announcement that Lake Mille Lacs will start with a catch-and-release walleye regulation. Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman break that down as well as a potential funding mechanism for an Asian carp barrier on the Mississippi River. Then Seth Goreham, wildlife research manager, from the Minnesota DNR jumps into the show to discuss the status of the state’s moose population. Stan Tekiela spends a segment recounting his recent trip to Florida where he saw painted buntings and giant iguanas. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the broadcast with his thoughts on legislation that would transfer state lands to tribal bands in Minnesota. They also chat about a bizarre story involving giant hybrid sheep on a Montana game farm.
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March 16, 2024 Episode 479 – State-tribal land transfer legislation, an award for a DU employee, Stan Tekiela on winter in Yellowstone, and dogs-vs.-hounds
New legislation at the Minnesota State Capitol would transfer large swaths of state public lands to the Red Lake and White Earth bands. Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman break it down. Then Jon Schneider from Minnesota Ducks Unlimited checks in to talk about DU projects in the state and a recent award that DU National bestowed upon him. Stan Tekiela returns for the second straight week to share highlights of his recent winter photography trip to Yellowstone National Park. Drieslein wraps up the program by sharing an anecdote via the United Kingdom with Tim Lesmeister, who lived in the U.K. for a year. When is a hound a dog across the pond? Or isn’t it?
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March 11, 2024 Episode 478 – Minnesota DNR unveils its new state record fish program, migration update with Stan Tekiela and lake sturgeon in court
The Minnesota DNR unveiled its new state records fish program last week, and this week’s Outdoor News Radio devotes ample time to breaking it down. Specifically, what does it mean for historic records like Leroy Chiovitte’s big walleye that has been arguably Minnesota’s most legendary fish since 1979? Mandy Erickson from the DNR explains the program to host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein, then he and Tim Lesmeister discuss its ramifications for old records. In between, Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela talks about how quickly migration is unfolding across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Tim Spielman also joins Rob to chat about new legislation at the State Capitol including eliminating the shotgun zone and a dispute over lake sturgeon.
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March 02, 2024 Episode 477 – Get-out-the-lead bills, fishing Clear Lake, Iowa, March trout fishing, sportshow season, and resurgent lever-action rifles
This week’s Outdoor News Radio kicks off with host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman analyzing bills in the state House and Senate that would ban a wide array of lead fishing tackle and ammunition. Then Deer and Turkey Classic Show Promotor Eric Meyer drops in to talk about next weekend’s annual show, March 8-10. Kevan Paul from Clear Lake, Iowa, joins the program to talk up fishing opportunities on the versatile lake just south of the Minnesota border (where the walleye season doesn’t close!). Tony Peterson visits for the second week in a row, this week to talk about trout fishing during this balmy March and outlook for 2024 spring turkey hunting. Wrapping up the show with Rob, Tim Lesmeister talks about the number of lever-action rifles at this year’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show as well as newsie topics like the recent NRA ruling and the latest batch of Asian carp caught on the Mississippi River downstream from Winona.
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February 24, 2024 Episode 476 – Snow goose migration update, late-season rabbit and squirrel tactics, and a Kansas crappie controversy
This week’s Outdoor News Radio contains an update on the status of the snow goose migration up the central part of the continent. (The season opened in Minnesota last weekend). Joining Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein, Minnesota Editor Tim Spielman also updates listeners on Lake of the Woods fisheries master planning. They also reminder listeners of the Person of the Year nomination process and annual Outdoor News Wood Duck Challenge. Then Tony Peterson drops in to talk tactics for the final week of squirrel and rabbit hunting in Minnesota (the season ends Feb. 29.) Wrapping up his last week in New Zealand, Tim Lesmeister shares a story of fishing (with spinning gear) for brown and rainbow trout in small Kiwi lakes. He and Drieslein also discuss the continuing and unnecessary fervor over feral pigs in North Country and the latest fishing scandal, this one involving a former state record white crappie in Kansas.
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Every week, Outdoor News Radio explores timely outdoors topics emerging from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and around the country. For one hour, host Rob Drieslein, managing editor and president of…