Stage 4 Outdoors

I'm joined by Andrew Ehrhart. He explains what it was like to make the transition from being a non hunter to a hunter. We talk about the traffic on 1-90 before opening day. The look when you say "I've never shot a gun". Using up your free pass on gutting a deer. A 5 year old telling his Dad that he loves hunting. The beauty of the driftless area. Buying a State Park Sticker.

I'm joined by Jordan Weeks a DNR fisheries biologist.  We talk about the struggles with this years 9 day gun deer hunt. Single hook sucker rigs. Spring hearings. 2000 boat landings. 6 Million acres of public land. Trees that can't move.The Mississippi and just how massive it is. My nephews first deer. The voice that hunters and fishermen have and how to use that voice.

I get together with my bother Greg, my cousin Rick Teska and we go small game hunting on Ricks place. Then Ricks Dad, my Uncle Dick joins us and we talk about live grouse in cars. Digging worms. Reloaded ammo that was not very good. Snorts of brandy. Chew spit. Road hunting. Old guns. Building a beautiful lodge. Creating deer habitat. And Family

Is a 38 year opening day streak as impressive as Favres starting streak. Mentoring new hunters and setting low expectations and bringing snacks. Knife sharpening and aiming fluid. Chili and scalloped potatoes and ham. Shooting at Movement the unfortunate WI DNR campaign for this year. Life lines. A couple of CWD assignments. Hunting with dear old Dad.

Caralyn and I recorded a podcast for the WI DNR. I missed the biggest buck I've ever shot at. The Weeks boys did not miss. Steve Heiting and my nephew Brian Stensven enjoyed some great mule deer hunting.  I walked up on an eagle. Hunting is hard.

I am joined by 3 of my best friends. The father and son team of Father Vern Weeks and his sons Jordan Weeks and Eric Weeks. We cover all of our first muskies that we caught and where each of us feel we are in the 4 stages of musky fishing. Along the way we talk about Verns 100th muskie. How cheap it is for Eric Weeks to fish for muskies. Where Jordan and I passed into Stage 3. The fact that Vern is a drifter. Just how humbling it is to fish for muskies. Hot coffee bacon and eggs.

Steve and I talk about his recent trip to New Foundland to hunt moose. We talk about spruce grouse. Coconut cream pie. A 3 day drive. A ferry ride. Mo the cook. A moose camp built where a father said you are out of you damn mind.  How moose ended up in New Foundland. Hungry March. And truck freezers.

In this episode we discuss property buying, property naming. A marginal shot on a deer. Who got the naming rights to 3 point. a 400 plus pound bear. Stormy barking at that bear mount. A really small bear. We talk to 2 boys that are crazy about musky fishing and a recent 46.5 incher that was caught recently. The fact that all it takes is a stop at a convenience store to make 2 musky fishing kids happy