Happy New Year! It’s year in review time on Outdoor News Radio. Tim Lesmeister helps host Rob Drieslein launch the show with a review of some of the top regional outdoors headlines from 2021. Stan Tekiela then jumps in for the third week in a row with more nongame discussion, then a couple of women help Rob begin the new...

It’s a big holiday weekend, and we’ve got some fun Rapala chatter this week. First, longtime Rapala President Tom Mackin kicks off the show with host Rob Drieslein to share his thoughts from 30 years of working for and leading one of the world’s most important fishing brands. Rapala pro staffer Tony Roach joins Rob at the end of the...

Top topics on this week’s Outdoor News Radio broadcast include ice conditions and the decision by the Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance not to hold its legislative banquet in early 2022. Host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman discuss some listener feedback courtesy of Kevin from Marshall, Minn. Tony Peterson drops in for some chatter on late-season deer hunting tactics, then...

The ongoing saga with the Lac qui Parle County land purchase that eventually went to court found resolution with the state Land Exchange Board last week. Tim Spielman offers his insight on the case with host Rob Drieslein. Then Josh Beckel from Border View Lodge offers an update on ice conditions and an outlook for Lake of the Woods this...

Big talk on this week’s Outdoor News Radio is the new Minnesota state-record muskie (it’s official now), and host Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister talk about the big fish along with the status of moose across the northern United States. Drieslein kicks off the broadcast with Tim Spielman and discussion on the 2021 deer kill, plus the latest on ice...

Top topics on this week’s Outdoor News Radio include a review of the deer kill thus far in Minnesota in 2021, plus host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman remember fishing hall of fame inductee Dan Gapen, who passed Nov. 20. Matt Johnson from Rogers-based Clam Outdoors then joins the broadcast to preview the St. Paul Ice...

This week’s Outdoor News Radio recaps a big walleye bust off Lake of the Woods, then considers changes to deer management in southeast Minnesota when John Zanmiller from Bluffland Whitetails Association joins host Rob Drieslein. Casey Weismantel from the Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau shares his thoughts about the 2021 South Dakota Pheasant Opener and the fine outlook for...

Lots of deer hunting talk on this week’s broadcast. Host Rob Drieslein and Minnesota Outdoor News Editor Tim Spielman review last weekend’s Minnesota firearms deer hunting opener, then Eric Michel from the DNR discusses how whitetail hunters can continue to help with a study scrutinizing neonictinoids in the state’s deer herd. Craig Engwall, executive director of the Minnesota Deer...

Hot topics in this week’s Outdoor News Radio include a final preview of this weekend’s Minnesota firearms deer hunting opener. Host Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman also discuss the results of last weekend’s Camp Ripley deer hunt, and they remind deer hunters to watch out for elk on the landscape. Then David Little, of Minnesota Tracking Dogs, joins Rob...

This week’s Outdoor News Radio recaps the recent pheasant openers in Minnesota and South Dakota, updates listeners on the status of migratory ducks across the region, plus touches on the DNR’s recent small game report from the 2020 hunting seasons with Tim Spielman. “Tackle” Terry Tuma drops in to give host Rob Drieslein some late-fall fishing tips, and Tim Lesmeister...