Tim Lesmeister and Rob Drieslein start the show recounting two big news stories this week: the fires in northeastern Minnesota, and the surprising news that Minnesota DNR Fish and Wildlife Division Director Kelly Straka has decided to leave the agency. Then back-to-back guests Tony Peterson and Melissa Bachman jump into the program to talk about summer scouting for deer, and Melissa shares details of her Fleet Farm Summer Seminar series, which kicks off in early August. Lesmeister and Drieslein close down the show with several national headlines, including their take on the man who suffered an attack from a surly bison in Yellowstone National Park.
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Episode 601 – Boundary Waters fires, a new DNR Fish and Wildlife director, summer deer, bison attack
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