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Host John Kruse covers fishing, hunting, conservation and destinations every week on his award-winning radio show heard on 125+ stations across America.
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Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
This week on the show John Kruse chats with:
1. Outdoors writer Troy Rodakowski about early season hunts for antelope, bear, deer and dove
2. Mark Coleman with All River Charters shares Westport salmon and tuna fishing reports
3. Doug St. Denis with Ridge to River Outdoors has a Puget Sound pink salmon fishing update
4. Hannah Dinnell with Lead Free Oregon lets listeners know about sight-in events around the state where lead free ammo is provided free of charge for shooters to try out.
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
This week on the show we share outdoors news along with interviews with Daryl Bauer with Nebraska Game and Parks about Lake Ogallala, a great destination for big trout as well as perch and smallmouth bass. Annika Hipple shares some recent adventures to include a six-day sea kayaking trip in British Columbia and a 10-day rafting trip on a remote river in the Yukon Territory and Alaska. Throw in a re-aired interview with Ron Spomer about rifle cartridges that should be put out to pasture and others that have withstood the test of time.
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
This week host John Kruse visits with Michelle Dennehy with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife about upcoming youth and mentored hunts. Roger Phillips with Idah Fish and Game with a bevy of outdoors news from the Gem State and Stephanie Hull with Explore Lincoln City about some great outdoorsy events you can participate in along the Oregon Coast. Throw in an extended Mack's Minute about saltwater pink salmon fishing with Bob Loomis and another edition of BirdNote and we've got a fun show for you!
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
This week John Kruse is joined by Josh Kroll, co-host of the Hiking Fools Podcast, about some of his favorite hikes in Glacier National Park. Eric Winther shares the latest fishing reports from the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program. Douglas Boze shares early season bear hunting tips and as always, we've got another extended Mack's Minute and BirdNote.
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
John Kruse chats with:
1. Brooks Hansen with Camp Chef about crab boils and a new tailgating stove along with where Brooks likes to do his tailgating during the college football season.
2. Mark Boardman with Vortex Optics introduces the new Ranger range finding binocular
3. Michael Colaiani with Arizona Game and Fish updates our listeners on a serious poaching case, shares details on a great shooting facility open to the public in Phoenix and tells you how you can adopt a desert tortoise!
4. Jason Woods, the inventor of the FluxJet Kayak, which one the Best of Show award at ICast, tells you all about the first electric jet powered kayak.
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
This week John Kruse talks to:
1. Keith Sutton about the best states to catch slab crappie
2. Jill Pritchard with the Missouri Dept. of Conservation talks about the Governor's mentored deer hunts in the Show Me State
3. Dan Compton will tell you about Federal's waxed paper shotshells that are coming out in 20 Gauge now and why shooters like these retro shells
4. Bryan Hendricks talks Arkansas dove hunting and more
Thursday Aug 07, 2025
Thursday Aug 07, 2025
This week host John Kruse brings you audio recorded at the Boardman Marina on the Columbia River in Oregon where the BAM (Bass Angler Magazine) Pro-Am Tournament took place. The winning professional and amateur anglers are interviewed as well as a high school student who fished his way into a $10K scholarship to Simpson University in California. We'll also talk to the announcer of the tournament, James "Big Ed" Everhart.
In addition to this John chats with Ralynne Takeda with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources about archery hunting safety and to Greg Wagner about Nebraska's innovative Deer Exchange Program.
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
This week host John Kruse interviews Mitch Rohlf's about the closure of hunting access at the U.S. Army's Yakima Training Center in Washington State. Amanda Fry with Wyoming Game & Fish shares the latest news from their agency and Randy Thompson with the Washington Bass Federation shares how high school kids can literally fish their way to a college scholarship! In addition to this we've got another extended Mack's Minute and a new edition of BirdNote.
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
This week you'll get to hear the Pacific Northwest edition of America Outdoors Radio, heard exclusively on Seattle Sports Radio KJR FM 93.3, Saturday mornings from 7 to 8 AM. Regional guests include Bob Loomis with Mack's Lure and Captain Paul Kim, the owner of Fish PNW Guide Service.
Our national show guests Pam Swanner with Alabama's Black Belt Adventures and Chris Wilson with Explore Crawford Count (Kansas). Host John Kruse also chats with Zach Snow with NSSF about National Shooting Sports month which kicks off on August 1st.
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 2025
John Kruse interviews Amanda Fry with news from Wyoming Game and Fish, Mike Mauk about the Brewster Salmon Derby (now cancelled) and James Big Ed Everhart about the upcoming BAM Bass Pro-Am tournament taking place on the Columbia River near Boardman, Oregon. We've also got an extended Mack's Minute with Bob Loomis and another great edition of BirdNote!