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Every week, Outdoor News Radio explores timely outdoors topics emerging from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest, and around the country. For one hour, host Rob Drieslein, managing editor and president of Outdoor News, Inc., interviews a slate of natural resource experts, conservation advocates, and top outdoors writers. Along with regular co-host Tim Lesmeister, expect raucous and sometimes irreverent banter about hunting and fishing, shooting sports, wild game cooking, and nature. Among the program’s many guests, get news updates from editors Tim Spielman, Dean Bortz, and Brian Peterson. Hear fishing tips from Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame legendary angler Terry Tuma, hunting tactics from Tony Peterson, and nongame notes and stories from “Birdchick” Sharon Stiteler and Backyard and Beyond columnist Stan Tekiela.
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Kicking off this week’s show is Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman who recap the 2026 Minnesota DNR Roundtable held on Friday, Jan. 9 in Brooklyn Center. They break down one of the biggest topics to emerge from the event: the DNR’s formal proposal for a 4-fish statewide walleye limit. Then Glen Schmitt, the man behind the Outdoor News fishing report, provides insight into how the ice-fishing season has gone so far, and he offers his opinion on rapidly evolving forward-facing sonar. Tim Lesmeister helps Drieslein wrap up the show with chatter on a host of topics including the latest CWD totals, the backlog of firearms safety training classes, wake boats, and a $3.2 million price tag for a single bluefin tuna in Japan.
The post Episode 575 – MN DNR Roundtable, 4-fish walleye limit, Glen Schmitt on ice-fishing, techno-talk appeared first on Outdoor News.
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Top topics on this week’s Outdoor News Radio broadcast include a Minnesota deer season recap with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. The pair also discuss Spielman’s recent column on party hunting. Then Scott Sparlin joins the show to share efforts to create a Minnesota River Coordinating Commission focused on improving the water quality of the state’s namesake river. Shooting writer Ron Spomer then joins for a SHOT Show preview and to discuss affordable bucket list opportunities for the traveling hunter. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with the latest national mountain lion stories, then Lesmeister offers his take on Gov. Tim Walz announcing that he won’t be running for a third term.
The post Episode 574 – Deer hunt recap, Minnesota River cleanup, bucket list trips, Gov. Walz announcement appeared first on Outdoor News.
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Top topics on this first Outdoor News Radio broadcast of the new year include ice-fishing tips from Joel Nelson from onX Fish. Then Mark Holsten from MN-Fish talks about the nonprofit’s priorities for the new year and an outlook for the 2026 legislative session. Dan Small previews the upcoming All-Canada Shows in the region. Then Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister devote a segment to talking music and their favorite R-n-R vocalists.
The post Episode 573 – Ice fishing with Joel Nelson, MN legislative preview, sportshow season, music talk appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 572 – Year in review, bird-watching, exit interview with Mark Johnson, 2026 BHA Icebreaker appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 571 – Deer harvest, nongame birds, Tony Roach, Missouri turkeys, remembering George Meyer appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 570 – Lake Reno panfish study, late season deer, BHA’s Ryan Callaghan, Duluth cougar appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 569 – Deer harvest report, year-long foraging odyssey, BHA’s Ryan Callaghan, ice show appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 568 – Deer harvest report, ice fishing preview, tundra swan migration, Mille Lacs regs appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 567 – MN deer license data, Wisconsin opener, turkey talk, new fishing equipment rules appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 566 – Firearms deer opener recap, bluff country bobcats, troublesome border legislation, Lake Superior shipwrecks appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 565 – Firearm deer opener, MDHA interview, whitefish and tullibee, north country wolf report appeared first on Outdoor News.
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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.
The post Episode 564 – Mille Lacs, Red Lake regs, gut pile study, rut-time tips, lead bullets, PF furloughs appeared first on Outdoor News.
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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include Editor Tim Spielman sharing his story with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein of four poached trumpeter swans in western Minnesota. Then Tom Carpenter from Pheasants Forever joins the program to provide an upland bird hunting update, notably on sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chickens, and ring-necked pheasants across the region. Big-game guru Tony Peterson then drops in with tips for that last couple of weeks of archery deer hunting before Minnesota’s Nov. 8 general firearms opener. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein wrap up the show with chatter on U.S. Supreme Court upholding lower court rulings on the corner-crossing case out West and whether Minnesota state hunters should join three Chippewa bands in hunting moose.
The post Episode 563 – Corner crossing victory, poached swans, pheasant update, whitetail rut hunting tips appeared first on Outdoor News.
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Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a review of the Minnesota pheasant opener with Tim Spielman and Rob Drieslein, then the two discuss the Office of Legislative Auditor’s special report on the Minnesota DNR’s harvest of timber on state wildlife management areas. Andrew Farnsworth then joins the program from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to share insights into the remarkable (and free) Birdcast.org migration website. Tim Lesmeister breaks down the 2026 inductees into the Hayward, Wis.-based Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, then he and Drieslein talk about the report the DNR issued last week examining the effects that crossbows may, or may not, be having on deer and turkey populations in Minnesota.
The post Episode 562 – Pheasant recap, Birdcast.org, Freshwater Fishing HOF inductees, crossbow report appeared first on Outdoor News.
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include a preview of Minnesota’s Oct. 11-12 opening weekend of pheasant hunting with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman. Then Wildlife Health Supervisor Erik Hildebrand of the Minnesota DNR jumps into the show to share details of chronic wasting disease management for deer hunters this fall. The show […]
The post Episode 561 – Pheasant opener, CWD management, duck migration, Pheasants Forever and the White House appeared first on Outdoor News.
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include discussion with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman about the 2025 Minnesota general waterfowl opener. Then 2026 federal duck stamp contest winner Jim Hautman joins Drieslein for a wide-ranging interview. Sabin Adams from Pheasants Forever then offers a 2025 pheasant opener preview, plus he shares plans for […]
The post Episode 560 – Duck opener, Jim Hautman interview, pheasant opener, moose talk, roadless rule debate appeared first on Outdoor News.
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include discussion with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman about Jim Hautman winning the federal duck stamp contest for the seventh time. They also discuss new efforts to slow the spread of emerald ash borer. Then Brad Fitzgerald joins the show to recap Minnesota’s bear hunting season and […]
The post Episode 559 – Hautman duck stamp victory, fall turkey, federal duck stamp judge, more crane hunting appeared first on Outdoor News.
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include discussion with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman about multiple hunting seasons kicking off, plus news on year-round bass fishing in Minnesota. Then Jon Gassett from the Wildlife Management Institute and Boone and Crockett Club joins the program to discuss the recently released Poach and Pay report, […]
The post Episode 558 – Archery deer, year-round bass, B&C Club’s poaching report, remembering Robert Redford appeared first on Outdoor News.
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include discussion with Rob Drieslein and Tim Spielman about progress on eliminating the state’s shotgun zone for deer hunting, plus multiple hunting seasons open this weekend, like archery deer. Then Montana conservationist and hunter Hal Herring joins the program to talk about threats to sportsmen and American […]
The post Episode 557 – Openers, shotgun zone update, roadless rule, bass changes, cougars and robot rabbits appeared first on Outdoor News.
Top topics on Outdoor News Radio this week include discussion with host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman on federal duck numbers. Then Sharon Stiteler “the Birdchick” visits to talk about fall migration. Dennis Anderson joins the program to discuss his idea of a “Duck Summit” with Drieslein and listeners. Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein talk […]
The post Episode 556 – Federal duck numbers, Minnesota pheasants, fall bird migration, and a “Duck Summit” appeared first on Outdoor News.
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