Chauncey's Great Outdoors ESPN Chicago

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-20-2024 show, we have Jim Chelsvig who took his 13 year old grandson turkey hunting for the first time and we'll talk with him about how that went. Then Jason Johns of Boneyard Outfitters and Guide service in southern Illinois around Rend Lake who has been sending me pictures of turkeys, crappie, cats, bass, and morels . I have to talk to him before I jump in the car and drive south.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-13-2024 show, we have Mike Lyons from SCI to talk about Safari Club International which really is a local conservation, scientific wildlife management, kids’ programs and supports the rights of hunters and fishermen. They are having their 52 Annual Banquet in Addison with lots of raffles, and outdoor stuff to win while supporting conservation, kid programs, scientific wildlife management and more. Get out your pen to write down the number to call or the web site to reserve your spot. Then it’s that time of the year, Mike Reynolds, my turkey hunting buddy, will talk about the first season in the northern zone which starts on Monday and more.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call it.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-6-2024 show, we are covering the opening of the inland trout season in Illinois especially the Cook County Forest Preserve with Steve Silic the fisheries biologist. Then Tim Mondl will be on for the monthly programs and activities you can do in the Cook County Forest Preserves in April.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors show, we have our championship program with the winners of the Bassmaster Classic Justin Hammer and the winner of the REDCREST Tournament Dustin Connell for Major League Fishing. Both of these champions are great anglers and sportsmen, but what really makes these guys special is, they are just regular guys, and you will hear that in their voice.
We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call it.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors show, we have Jackson Gillespie from Daiwa who came on to talk about and let me try out the new bass fishing rod they released at the REDCREST tournament and boy is it sweet. The Doctor Mark Hroncich, one of the staff doctors of Chauncey’s Great Outdoors was out on the Muskegon River with a few friends and hammering the steelhead!! You can see the pictures on Facebook / Chauncey’s Great Outdoors. We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show and you never know who just might call it.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors show, we are at the Red Crest Tournament, which is the Championship Tournament for MLF being held in Birmingham Alabama on Lay Lake, with a huge outdoor expo being held at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center today and tomorrow. If you want to get hooked and watch today and the final round or bass fishing legends competing against each other you can watch it live online at majorleaguefishing.com and see live competition and expert commentary going on all at one time, don’t miss it. But on today’s show we have Kathy Fennel Ex VP and General Mgr. of MLF who will talk about the evolution of MLF and this great tournament itself. We will also have on Kevin Van Dam the greatest bass angler that has ever picked up a fishing rod and reel in the 36 years he has been in competitive bass fishing and is fishing his last tournament this weekend. He will, I hope, talk to us about what’s on page two of this truly remarkable career and more importantly the friendship we have forged together over 23 years. We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show and you never know who just might call it.