America Outdoors Radio Podcast

John Kruse talks to Rich Chaffin, the owner of Bayside RV in Valdez, Alaska, about the great fishing and outdoors opportunities found around this Alaska port city to include several summer fishing derbies offering some serious cash opportunities!  Rich will also tell you about his conveniently located RV park and a special spring time attraction he offers on a daily basis involving the resident population of bald eagles.

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America Outdoors Radio show host John Kruse learns about the shooting, firearms training and hunting opportunities available at the expansive NRA Whittington Center near Raton, New Mexico from Executive Director Wayne Armacost.  Original air date - April 29, 2017

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Northwestern Outdoors Radio show host John Kruse chats with Bob Swan, the President of Campervan North America, about visiting the incredible public lands of the Western United States in one of their fuel efficient camper vans that offer a comfortable touring experience.  Better still, Campervan North America is donating 10 percent of their proceeds from trips done from now through May 31st to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, an organization lobbying for the protection of our public lands and acces to them for outdoors enthusiasts.

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Host John Kruse talks to Brandy Lamb with Mountain House who tells the story of this Oregon based company which has been making freeze dried food for the military, for backpackers and for people looking for long lasting emergency preparedness food for over 40 years.  Brandy then introduces two tasty new instant meals made with a Tex-Mex appetite in mind!  

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Eric Winther with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife joins John Kruse, host of Northwestern Outdoors Radio, to explain how the Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program works.  This program takes place from May through August on designated portions of the Columbia and Snake Rivers bordering Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

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This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio three inland northwest states are featured on the show.   We'll start off talking to Pat Doyle with Montana State Parks about three fantastic state park destinations you simply have to visit this year!  There has been all sorts of fish and wildlife related news coming out of Idaho the last couple of weeks and Roger Phillips with Idaho Fish and Game is going to help us catch up on all of it.   After that we'll talk sage grouse with Todd Christianson from Wyoming Game and Fish and explain exactly what a "lek" is and why you'll want to go check on out this month if you want to see something special when it comes to these incredible birds! 

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Did you miss our Pacific NW Edition of America Outdoors Radio?  It's heard every Saturday morning on FOX Sports KRKO AM 1380/ FM 95.3 in the greater Seattle/Everett region from 8 to 9 AM.  Here's the latest edition featuring what's hot in the Northwest, Tom Burlingame with Excel Fishing Charters, Mike Mauk and his Fishing Tackle Covers and of course, our entire national edition!

What do we cover across the nation?  

* Previewing the huge NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Atlanta

* An Alaskan quest for a world record shortraker rockfish

* Peep sights vs. buckhorn sights and scopes for your hunting rifle

* Kayak and surf fishing Santa Barbara, California

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Steve Adams with Bass Angler Headquarters joins host John Kruse on America Outdoors Radio to share some great advice about catching pre-spawn bass this spring.  Be sure to check out Steve's website for all sorts of good info about bass and bass fishing!

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Host John Kruse talks to Greg Mills with Maxxon Inflatable Boats about the Maxxon XPW-240.  It's a new, low-profile inflatable watercraft designed with fly-anglers and other fishermen in mind looking for an easy to transport watercraft perfect for out of the way fishing waters!  This interview was recorded at the 2017 Central Oregon Sportsmen's Show.  Look for more info about this unique inflatable watercraft by going to the website below! 

http://www.maxxonoutfitters.com/personal-watercraft.html

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BREAKING NEWS!  The Maxxon XPW-240 is now available at select Sportsman's Warehouse stores around the Northwest!

 

Host John Kruse has got a great show for you this week featuring hunting, shooting and boating!  We'll start off talking to High Mountain Outfitters out of Colorado who are offering a chance to bag a bull from the world's largest elk herd. We'll go from elk to ducks on the hunting side when we interview Joel Brice with Delta Waterfowl about the looming crisis the sport of waterfowl hunting is facing due to the declining numbers of individuals participating in the sport.  On the boating side of the water Kelly Hawley with Tom N Jerry's Boat Center out of Western Washington has got some great advice for the first time boat buyer and also will tell you about the prototype Kingfisher Offshore 34 foot boat they've got at the dealership right now.  

 

If you want to have some fun at the range consider using targets that go "BOOM!".  That's what Tannerite offers to shooters and we've also got news about an important firearms recall from Walther, a story about who is favored to win this week's Bassmaster Classic, and a tale that should have been featured on the old television show, "When Animals Attack!"

 

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