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Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the show recapping Memorial Day Weekend, then break down new food-hanging rules (and penalties) in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Then MaryBeth Beseke joins the program to talk about how she makes soap from bear fat and how she and her local legislator worked to legalize the sale of her natural product. Bob McGillivray, the land protection director from the Trust For Public Lands, then joins the program to talk about the new Moon Valley Wildlife Management Area northwest of Rochester. Tim Lesmeister helps Rob wrap up the show with chatter on all of the above topics, plus a new North Dakota paddlefish record and bears (not bad news) in Japan.

Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off the show recapping the 2024 legislative session, which wrapped up on Monday. Highlights include NO CHANGE to the shotgun zone for deer hunting in Minnesota. Then DNR Fisheries manager Scott Mackenthun talks about open fishing opportunities on Sibley County’s Clear Lake where a drawdown is occurring this summer. Tony Peterson stops in for the second week in a row, this week to chat about dog training tips and tactics. Tim Lesmeister helps Rob wrap things up with chatter on the new NRA leadership, lethal moose attacks, and whether Minnesota should expand a catch-and-release season for bass year-round.

Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off the show recapping the 2024 inland waters fishing opener, which was pretty good. Also, Minnesota officially has eclipsed the previous spring turkey kill record. Then Nick Schlesser from the DNR jumps into the show to talk about the jumbo perch that anglers have been catching on the Mississippi River in recent years. Tony Peterson then stops by to offer some late-season turkey-hunting tips. Drieslein and contributor Tim Lesmeister then talk about the story from the Bowstring State Forest where some DNR employees demolished, via explosives, some illegally placed permanent treestands.

Host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off the fishing opener weekend show with a preview of the Gov’s Opener on Lake Pepin. Then Joe Henry from Lake of the Woods tourism jumps into the program to talk about the walleye forecast on the border water, plus the fabulous spring sturgeon fishing that continues on the Rainy River. Adam Van Tassel from Birch Forest Lodge near Orr shares an amazing tale of chasing peacock bass and other exotic fish in the Amazon basin of South American this past winter. Regular contributor Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein argue about Lake Mille Lacs walleye management to wrap up this week’s program.

Minnesota’s Season A harvest during the 2024 spring wild turkey hunt rocketed past the previous record, so host and Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman break down what’s behind the great hunting so far this year. Other topics include the recent recent hubbub about chronic wasting disease in a medical journal, and Wisconsin sportsmen voting on forward-facing sonar. Then Jim Siewert from Lake City calls in to preview the 2024 Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener on Lake Pepin next weekend. “Tackle” Terry Tuma spends a segment on the show offering some early season walleye angling tips. Finally, Tim Lesmeister and Drieslein discuss the recent hunting dog controversy involving South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision on a petition to list lake sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act broke on Monday, and Outdoor News Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman kick off this week’s broadcast by breaking down this refreshing outcome. Then Lindsay Thomas from the National Deer Association joins the show to discuss the controversial news stories that broke last week about chronic wasting disease. He reassures hunters that there remain no confirmed cases of people dying from prion-based illnesses as a result of eating venison. An upbeat Mark Strand then offers tips on chasing wild turkeys during the mid-season and offers a prime tip: mastering the gobbler yelp. Finally, Drieslein and regular guest Tim Lesmeister tackle music in the final segment: breaking down and arguing about the latest inductees into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.