Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman run down a forecast for the Sept. 21 duck opener and debate whether the Mississippi Flyway should have a one hen-mallard limit. Then Nate Huck from the Minnesota DNR jumps into the program to ask upland bird hunters to maintain a print or digital diary to help DNR better survey and estimate grouse and pheasant populations. John Pollmann from South Dakota drops in to give listeners a forecast for ducks and pheasants in the states to Minnesota’s west. Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister close out the show with more duck talk plus they offer congratulations to a Minnesotan who just won the national walleye tour.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman start the show breaking down the ring-necked pheasant hunting forecast for Minnesota this fall. Also, bear kill update and year two of crossbows during the archery deer season (which begins Saturday, Sept. 14.) Then Capt. Aaron Kahre from Minnesota DNR Enforcement explains how to use the relatively new MNTIP smartphone app to help prevent and nab poachers. Outdoor News web editor Eric Morken drops in to offer primetime advice on the early archery deer season. Finally, Tim Lesmeister visits to talk about the new live-sonar rules coming from the Bass Angler Sportsmen Society for its tournament events.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off the show with a recap of the early teal hunting season, plus… would a swan hunting season generate more money for the DNR? Then Eric Michel from the DNR joins the show to talk about a new state elk management plan and a public meeting on elk next week in Thief River Falls. Phil Bourjaily then stops in for a fun chat making the case for the 10-gauge shotgun. He and Drieslein also talk nontoxic shot and Iowa pheasants. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the broadcast with discussion on the Pacific Northwest spotted owl controversy, the lack of a DNR secretary in Wisconsin, and some early Canada goose hunting tips.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman launch the show with an outlook for early teal and other seasons kicking off this weekend, plus they offer a preview of a Sept. 10 meeting in northwestern Minnesota on state elk management. Barb Keller from the Minnesota DNR then visits the show to preview deer hunting this fall and remind folks of the Sept. 5 deadline to apply for antlerless tags. Jerry Ludwig is the newest firearms safety instructor of the year, and he joins Drieslein to chat about firearms safety. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the broadcast with discussion of Iowa’s lower pheasant outlook, and Drieslein recaps his field day of volunteer work on Lake Vermilion with Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters and onX.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show recapping the results of the 2024 federal waterfowl survey, which showed a 5% increase in continental breeding ducks. Then Modern Carnivore podcast host Mark Norquist joins Rob to co-host a segment from Game Fair interviewing Ian Donovan on his military dog training experience. Jon Hansen from DNR Fisheries drops in to talk about some proposed special regs, notably for highly pressured crappies. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the show with chatter on fishing regs, the Sept. 5 deadline for antlerless deer tags, trail cams, and an avoidable black bear attack in Montana.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show recapping the results of the 2024 state waterfowl survey, which showed a 37% drop in mallards and a 20% decline in overall duck numbers. Then Modern Carnivore podcast host Mark Norquist joins Rob to co-host two segments from Game Fair interviewing DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen. Topics include the new two-walleye bag limit on Lake Mille Lacs and deer hunting outlook. Tim Lesmeister drops in to help wrap up the show with chatter on sharp-tailed grouse numbers, crossbows, and the state’s walk-in hunting private lands program.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show breaking down the latest Minnesota deer hunting regulations for 2024. Hint, they’re slightly more conservative than last year. Then Cory Goldsworthy from the Minnesota DNR talks about the incredible cisco/tullibee/lake herring hatch of 2022 and how it’s growing bigger trout and salmon on Lake Superior. Mark Kenyon from the Working for Wildlife Tour is bringing the event to Minnesota later this month to help the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and he shares all the details with Outdoor News Radio. Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the show with chatter on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s new lead-free pilot program, plus some chuckles over the RFK, Jr. black bear story in New York State.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off the show with discussion of the new Lake Mille Lacs two-walleye limit that begins on Friday, Aug. 16. Then Sharon “The Birdchick” Stiteler visits for the second week in a row to chat about early signs of fall migration. Ron Hustvedt stops in to preview Game Fair 2024 at the Armstrong Ranch and talk about challenges with the BWCAW permitting system. Old friend Tim Lesmeister wraps up the show with chatter about the state of Mississippi’s decision to implement tighter crappie regulations on some prime reservoirs in response to the heavy angling pressure that the live sonar/forward-facing sonar era has unfurled.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show breaking down a lengthy Q&A with the new DNR Fish and Wildlife Division Director Kelly Straka. Then Outdoor News Sales and Marketing Director Josh Ahlberg joins the broadcast to recap new products and other highlights from the 2024 ICAST fishing industry trade show last week down in Orlando, Fla. Old friend Sharon Stiteler, the Birdchick, visits, and her and Drieslein discuss the owl-vs.-owl controversy in the Pacific Northwest. The show wraps up with Tim Lesmeister and discussion of the great fishing on Lake Superior this summer, plus his take on a recent commentary outlining concerns with the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 roadmap for public lands.

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Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman break down the Minnesota DNR’s plan to transfer 80,000 acres of school trust lands to the U.S. Forest Service within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Then the Lake Detective Steve McComas drops in to talk about the state of Minnesota’s lakes after a dry winter and the high water of spring and early summer 2024. Author Curtis DeBerg visits with Drieslein to talk about his recently published book, “Wrestling with Demons: In Search of the Real Ernest Hemingway.” Tim Lesmeister helps wrap up the show with ballistics chatter and his opinion on the new regulations and lottery protocol for the Camp Ripley Archery Deer Hunt.

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