Episodes

18 hours ago
Northwestern Outdoors Radio - May 10, 2025
18 hours ago
18 hours ago
Host John Kruse was in The Dalles, Oregon for the annual Northwest Outdoor Writers Association conference. He shares two interviews that won first and second place in the audio/broadcast/podcast category of the annual Excellence In Craft Contest.
1. Victoria Obermeyer with the Washington Trails Association shares Washington State's best whale watching hikes
2. Mandy Miles at the Jack O' Connor Hunting Heritage Center shares some stories about this legendary hunting and shooting editor.
3. We also share another interview that aired last spring with Jason Brooks who has some great advice for turkey hunters.
4. Throw in our regular BirdNote and Extended Mack's Minute and we've got a great show for you!

2 days ago
America Outdoors Radio - May 10, 2025
2 days ago
2 days ago
This week we bring you not only America Outdoors Radio, but also 13 minutes of extra content airing exclusively on Seattle Sports Radio FM 93.3 every Saturday from 7 to 8 AM!
We are visiting The Dalles, Oregon and chat with
1. Lisa Farquharson, the Executive Director of The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce and an avid angler
2. Marc Bush, the owner of Twisted Waters Guide Servie in The Dalles, who shares a Columbia River fishing report
3. David Benko, the founder of the National Neon Sign Museum
4. And moving away from The Dalles, Noel Vick shares a great technique to get you into more walleye this month.

2 days ago
2 days ago
This week host John Kruse brings you audio recorded at the Bighorn Outdoor Adventure Show in Spokane.
1. Josh Contois with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells you about three National Wildlife Refuges in the region and what you can do while visiting them.
2. Dave Calhoun with NW Fly and NW Rods tells you about his fishing rods made in Idaho
3. Cassie Beckley with the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council tells you about their pheasant chick program
4. TJ Hoffheins previews the Hoyt Archery Mountain Challenge happening this summer at ski resorts in Oregon, Washington and Idaho

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Northwestern Outdoors Radio - April 19, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
This Easter weekend John Kruse chats with:
1. Gordie Murphy with Fishoholic about what color sunglass lens to wear for different conditions.
2. Jaime JROD Rodriguez talks April walleye fishing during an extended Mack's Minute
3. Jeevan Doman with Haida Gwai Sportfishing in Northern British Columbia, offering a luxury lodge experience with generous salmon limits for a very affordable price
4. Doug Faude with Cognito Brands, offering artistic performance wear four outdoors enthusiasts

Monday Apr 21, 2025
America Outdoors Radio - April 19, 2024
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
This week on the show host John Kruse chats with:
1. Nate Suratt with Trophy Addict about his products that will help you haul that head and horns or antlers out of the field and good shape.
2. Brooks Hansen with Camp Chef talks Easter dinner and wild turkey from field to table.
3. Brian Lynn with the Sportsman's Alliance gives us a rundown on bills good and bad for sportsmen and women around the United States
4. Robyn Boerstling with the NMMA (National Marine Manufacturers Association) about Tariffs, the current economy, and how it is all affecting the boating industry

Monday Apr 14, 2025
America Outdoors Radio - April 12, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
This week host John Kruse chats with:
1. Shane Hunter with Stacking Bodies Fishing
2. Corey Lehr with Monarch Hunting Products, producers of quality and affordable ground blinds
3. Josh Comstock with Comstock & Company, making some wonderful displays for taxidermy
4. Monte Long with XS Sights about their new Handguard for Henry Lever Action Rifles

Monday Apr 14, 2025
Northwestern Outdoors Radio - April 12, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
John Kruse talks to multiple vendors who exhibited at the Vancouver Outdoor Expo, an event plagued by low attendance and what appear to be a number of false promises made by the event organizer, Shane Barbour.

Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Northwestern Outdoors Radio - April 05, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
In addition to an extended "Mack's Minute" and another edition of BirdNote, John Kruse interviews -
1. Outdoors Writer Troy Rodakowski about spring turkey hunting this year in the Northwest
2. Robbie Johnson with Idaho Parks and Recreation about some under the radar state parks you really should visit
3. Heather Ready who will tell you about the Field and Stream Lodge opening May 1st in Bozeman, Montana

Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
America Outdoors Radio - April 05, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
John Kruse chats with -
1. John Kolezar about the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle
2. Graham Mott about books his grandfather and great grandfather wrote about hunting between 1900 and 1925
3. Zack Butterfield and his book, "Hunting for Happiness"
4. Outdoors radio host Dan Small who is inviting listeners to join him this September for a great fishing trip in Ontario

Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Northwestern Outdoors Radio - March 01 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
This week John Kruse shares audio recorded at the Washington Sportsmen's Show. He'll be chatting with:
Jonah Smith with the North Shore Lodge wants to take you fishing for salmon, halibut, ling cod and more near Port Hardy at the north end of Vancouver Island
Melanie Reuter with Wendego Lodge invites you to her rustic resort in South Central British Columbia for trout fishing and a relaxing off grid getaway
Steelhead fishing legend Bill Herzog will be guiding clients through Boggan's Oasis on the Grande Ronde River this fall!
Tillamook area guide Greg Steele has a lodge available for anglers wanting to chase winter steelhead this month into April
We've also got another extended Mack's Minute and another edition of BirdNote