We’ve got some 2022 black bear harvest numbers in Minnesota, and the opening segment with Publisher and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman will reveal whether the kill is up or down this fall. It’s also Minnesota’s opening weekend of duck hunting. Then “Tackle” Terry Tuma – or “T3” as he’s affectionately known in the world of professional...

Top topics in this installment of Outdoor News Radio include the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announcement this week that waterfowlers will be able to return with birds they shoot from Canada. Managing Editor and Publisher Rob Drieslein along with Editor Tim Spielman launch the show with discussion about 2022 fishing license sales along with...

What’s the outlook for ring-necked pheasant hunting in Minnesota this fall? Check out the latest installment of Outdoor News Radio. Other topics with Managing Editor and Publisher Rob Drieslein include new rules for waterfowlers bringing ducks and geese back from Canada, plus Editor Tim Spielman shares an update on the first week of the state bear hunting season. Backyard and...

Top topics in this week’s Outdoor News Radio include Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discussing the kickoff of the state’s elk hunting season, plus updated border crossing rules regarding avian flu and how that might affect waterfowlers heading into Canada this fall. Then the program’s old friend Sharon “The Birdchick” Stiteler drops in for a couple of...

New York Outdoor News editor Dan Ladd welcomes Todd Waldron and Nate Kennedy from the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society. Kennedy, who is the Northeast Region engagement coordinator for RGS, talks about the progress the organization is making with New York chapters, while Waldron, who is the Northeast Region Forest Conservation director, details a number of public land...

Lots of duck chatter this week as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released its 2022 Waterfowl Population Status Report. (Preview to the discussion: Duck numbers are down, but pond counts are up.) Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discuss whether dwindling Conservation Reserve Program acres are influencing continental duck populations. The middle portion of...

Top topics during this week’s program include the decision from two Ojibwe bands to close wild rice beds to nonband waterfowlers during the early teal and goose seasons. Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman also announce the recipient of the 2022 Outdoor Leaders Award: Chuck Delaney and Game Fair. Grace Loppnow of the Minnesota DNR then hops into...

As Game Fair 2022 kicks off, Outdoor News Radio launches with discussion between host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman on topics including Delta Waterfowl’s add-a-million-ducks-to-the-fall-flight effort and the likelihood of challenging baiting conditions for bear hunters this fall. Rue Mapp, the founder and CEO of Oakland, Calif.-based Outdoor Afro, joins Rob for the middle portion of this week’s program...

Beaucoup headlines in this week’s Outdoor News Radio, including a Rush Creek trout kill discussion with Editor Tim Spielman along with chatter about Minnesota’s spring duck survey (down a bit from 2019) and the new North American Grasslands Conservation Act. Then “Tackle” Terry Tuma (or “T3” as he’s affectionately known to anglers across the country) joins host and Publisher Rob...

Why hasn’t Gov. Tim Walz confirmed for the 2022 governor’s forum debate at Game Fair yet? Managing Editor and Publisher Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick that question around to launch this week’s edition of Outdoor News Radio. Then company Sales and Marketing Director Phil Frebault jumps in to recap the highlights of the 2022 ICAST fishing industry trade...