Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

About Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

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.

Publisher

Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Dec 2023

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

17 of 146 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 612 – Another Hautman duck stamp win, new hunter walking trails, Lake of the Woods muskies

   Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister interview Bob Hautman about his duck stamp win, Jim and Will Pattiz on public lands, and Blane Klemek about new hunter trails and elk.

2. 

   25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 611 – Duck opener, Minnesota Valley 50th anniversary, Hank Shaw, Hope for American elms

   Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister interview Kara Swickey about the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's 50th anniversary and Hank Shaw about his new cookbook, while also discussing duck hunting and elm tree research.

3. 

   18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 610 – Coot hunting? Cost-share for woodland owners, hawk talk, and Rock-and-Roll HOF snubs

   Rob Drieslein and Tim Lesmeister interview Sharon "The Birdchick" Stiteler and Jennifer Teegarden about coot hunting, woodland cost-share programs, hawk talk, and Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame snubs.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 612 – Another Hautman duck stamp win, new hunter walking trails, Lake of the Woods muskies

Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And for the first time since 2012, we're actually hunting a small number of elk out of the Grigla. the biggest of the three? It is the biggest of the three, yes. In fact, last year, a couple of hundred elk were counted, mostly in Manitoba. The elk that occur in that herd typically reside in Canada, but they, on a routine basis, a number of them will be in Minnesota. And folks that have been up there realize that that's not what we consider elk range. It's not mountainous. It's not super heavily forested, but in some ways it is more traditional elk range. I mean, elk were a prairie animal during the time of European settlements, I believe. […]

Who has been a guest on Minnesota Outdoor News Radio

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jim Pattiz
• Will Pattiz
• Blane Klemek
• Kara Swickey
• Hank Shaw

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

749,268

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.1 / 5

50 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

92

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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