Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Minnesota Outdoor News Radio


Latest Episodes

Episode 465 – A mess of Asian carp on the Upper Mississippi River, an ice update, CWD update and deer kill update, and the Minneapolis cougar
December 09, 2023

Two DNR Fisheries employees join Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein to talk about the 400 Asian carp found downstream from Winona in the past 10 days. Thats the most ever in Minnesota waters. Als

Episode 464 – Ice update, CWD update, talking livescoping with Garmin, nature notes with Stan Tekiela, and the great bird naming controversy
December 02, 2023

Ice is forming rapidly across Minnesota just as the St. Paul ice Fishing Show kicks off on Friday, Dec. 1. Outdoor News Radio host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman offer an ic

Episode 463 – Deer harvest update for Minnesota and Wisconsin, 80 birds getting re-named, a sub-Arctic trip report, migrating tundra swans, and debating top musicians
November 25, 2023

Headlines this week include Minnesota and Wisconsin firearms deer kill both down for the season from 2022, plus the great bird renaming controversy. Sabrina Chandler from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se

Episode 462 – Minnesota deer kill rebounds, regional CWD update, “Tackle” Terry Tuma early ice chatter, and the lady wore antlers
November 18, 2023

Minnesotas 2023 white-tailed deer harvest increased from the first weekend. Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman break it all down along with a waterfowl status report. Then

Episode 461 – Minnesota firearms deer opener review, Wisconsin deer forecast and DNR secretary situation, feral pig public meeting in Minnesota, plus CWD news and DNR pilot training
November 11, 2023

Get an up-to-date review of deer license sales and the whitetail kill thus far during Minnesota firearms deer season with Managing Editor and Host Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman. Then Pat Durki

Episode 460 – Minnesota firearms deer opener predictions, Craig Boddington interview, and a South Dakota pheasant report
November 03, 2023

Lots of predictions surrounding the Nov. 4 firearms deer hunting opener, first with Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman, then with Tim Lesmeister (who believes the state WILL kill mo

Episode 459 – A marvelous duck forecast entering weekend, Birdchick on birds, DNR forecast for firearms deer opener, plus Vexilar sale
October 28, 2023

Rob Drieslein shares some reports from last weekends ring-necked pheasant hunting opener in South Dakota, then he and Tim Spielman analyze the great potential for duck hunters this weekend. Sharon St

Episode 458 – Review of pheasant opener, ice outlook with Clam Outdoors, “Birdchick” checks in from Alaska, plus crazy critters in southern Minnesota
October 21, 2023

Hunters enjoyed great weather and saw solid numbers of birds during last weekends ring-necked pheasant hunting opener in Minnesota. Rob Drieslein and Tim Spileman break down the opener to kick off th

Episode 457 – Minnesota pheasant opener preview, firearms safety chatter, wild game cooking tips with Jaime Carlson, and the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Class of 2023
October 13, 2023

Outdoor News Managing Editor and host Rob Drieslein kicks off the show with Editor Tim Spielman and an outlook for the 2023 Minnesota pheasant hunting opener on Oct. 14, and they devote time to remind

Episode 456 – A huge sturgeon poaching ring bust on the Mississippi, archery deer tactics, a Booner Fillmore County buck, and wild game cooking chatter
October 07, 2023

Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein kicks off the program with Editor Tim Spielman, and they mostly focus on Spielmans story on a multi-state shovelnose sturgeon poaching bust that happened in Mis