Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a review of 2025’s top outdoors stories with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Sharon “Birdchick” Stiteler visits for the second week in row with most of the chatter focusing on winter owl viewing. Mark Johnson, the long-time and now retiring director of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, talks with Drieslein about his years in conservation work and the great accomplishments of the dedicated sales tax. Chance Adams, the board chair of Minnesota Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, then visits to preview the big BHA North Country Icebreaker event on Pelican Lake, Jan. 23-24.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a Minnesota deer season recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Sharon Stiteler, the Birdchick, joins the program to talk about the recent common eider sighting in Minnesota, goshawks, and preview the Christmas Bird Count. North-central Minnesota fishing guide Tony Roach runs down the latest on ice conditions and the hot bite across the hard-water belt. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein talk about Missouri’s lower nonresident wild turkey limit, a possible state parks “endorsement,” and remember Wisconsin’s George Meyer.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season CWD recap plus details on an important new panfish study on Lake Reno in west-central Minnesota with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then outdoors writer and photographer Mark Morrison visits to offer some deer hunting tips for the last two weeks of archery season. Ryan Callaghan completes his interview with Drieslein and outlines his vision for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers in 2026 and beyond. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with chatter on a cougar in Duluth and some of their favorite classic outdoors writers to read during winter’s darkest days.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season harvest recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman covering the latest data from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Then foraging expert Robin Greenfield joins the show to talk about his year-long plan to consume only calories that he forages from the wild landscape. New Backcountry Hunters and Anglers CEO Ryan Callaghan then joins Drieslein for the first of a two-part interview about his vision for conservation in America. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with chatter on Mille Lacs pike, chronic wasting disease, flying cats in North Carolina, and the growing population of European bears.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a Minnesota deer season harvest recap (it’s up!) with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Matt Johnson calls in with an ice fishing season preview, plus chatter about the Dec. 5-7 St. Paul Ice Fishing Show. Stan Tekiela and Drieslein talk about the tail end of fall migration, which means tundra (whistling swans) are blowing through the region right now. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein then talk about the three-walleye winter limit on Lake Mille Lacs and the 10-bag perch limit there. They also discuss the Trump administration’s announcement to dramatically increase fees for non-U.S. citizens in America’s national parks.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a deer season and license sales recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Patrick Durkin from Wisconsin Outdoor News joins the program to preview the firearms deer hunting season and other news from the Badger State. Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela then jumps into the show to discuss wild turkeys as Thanksgiving approaches, plus his shouts on black-morph gray squirrels. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the program with Drieslein on topics like new fishing technology rules from the Minnesota DNR, feeding deer in wolf country, and barred-vs.-spotted owls.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a Minnesota deer opener recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman, plus the Trump administration’s decision to not update a federal wolf plan. Then Dawn Reding from Luther College in Iowa joins the show to talk about bobcat research she has underway in the Driftless area of four states. Aaron Murphy with America Hunters and Anglers shares his group’s concerns with U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s Border Lands Conservation Act. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with chatter on the 50th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald, plus Colorado wolves, and whitefish as a sportfish.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a preview of the 2025 firearms deer hunting opener this Saturday, Nov. 8. Then Jared Mazurek, executive director of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, visits to talk about the group’s Hides For Habitat program and other conservation efforts. Brent Flatten with Minnesota DNR Fisheries then joins host Rob Drieslein to talk about whitefish and tullibee management in northern lakes and the ongoing fall sport-netting season for the species. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein bring the show home with conversation on wolves around Voyageurs National Park, distinguishing deer versus elk, and the final report on the murder-suicide story on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale this past summer.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a preview of the 2025 firearms deer hunting opener this Saturday, Nov. 8. Then Jared Mazurek, executive director of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, visits to talk about the group’s Hides For Habitat program and other conservation efforts. Brent Flatten with Minnesota DNR Fisheries then joins host Rob Drieslein to talk about whitefish and tullibee management in northern lakes and the ongoing fall sport-netting season for the species. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein bring the show home with conversation on wolves around Voyageurs National Park, distinguishing deer versus elk, and the final report on the murder-suicide story on Lake Superior’s Isle Royale this past summer.

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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include Editor Tim Spielman sharing his story with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein about his successful archery deer hunt last week. They also discuss a new winter walleye regulation on Upper Red Lake and an impending rule for Mille Lacs. Then Grace Milanowski from University of Minnesota Extension talks about the ongoing Offal (gutpile) Wildlife Watching Research study and how deer hunters can help out. Tony Peterson joins the program to talk about deer decoying and other bowhunting tactics before the Minnesota Nov. 8 firearms deer opener. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the show with chatter on the government shutdown, including furloughed employees at Pheasants Forever, pre-season deer license sales, lead-bullet alternatives, and a new CEO at Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.

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