Managing Editor Rob Drieslein and Editor Tim Spielman begin the program talking about the successful 2025 turkey hunting season in Minnesota plus the multitude of outdoors policy changes likely emerging from the State Capitol this year. Then Steve Heiting joins the program to offer some early season muskie fishing tactics. Sharon “Birdchick” Stiteler calls in to share a fun story about her recent adoption of a sled dog from Denali National Park in Alaska. Tim Lesmeister helps Rob wrap up the program with talk on the likely addition of a continuous bass season in Minnesota, plus recurring “whack-a-mole” threats to public lands in the U.S. Congress.
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Episode 543 – Capitol rundown, muskie tactics, ranger-and-dog reunion, public lands whack-a-mole
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