Montana Outdoor Podcast

Dec 07 2024 100 ep. 62 mins 9

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A weekly podcast covering the topics and people that make Montana’s Outdoors like no other place in the world.

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What is Montana's Winter Weather Going to be Like This Year? Hear the Answer Here!

Dec 07 2024 53 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Matt Rosencrans, Climate Testbed Director with the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. Matt used all the National Weather Service's incredible technology and put together a special winter weather forecast just for all our podcast listeners. So what did he come up with? What i

This Podcast Takes You to a Magical Winter Wonderland Known as West Yellowstone Montana, "aka" Ice Fishing Heaven!

Nov 30 2024 72 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to fishing guide Garrett Ostler of Madison Adventures in West Yellowstone Montana! Often the greater West Yellowstone area is home to the first lakes to freeze and the last to thaw in Montana! In fact, when you listen to this podcast you'll hear Garrett tell the story of the year he started ice f

Do You Know the Truth About Trapping in Montana?

Nov 23 2024 66 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Ed Hebbe from the Montana Trappers Association to get the truth about trapping in Montana. In this Podcast some VERY important information is delivered that will likely surprise you about trapping. Is trapping really necessary? Some say that trapping is actually important to the survival of wi

Late Fall Fishing in Montana! What has that been like? One of Montana's Top Guides Fills You In!

Nov 16 2024 61 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale had a great talk with one of Montana's top fishing guides, Don Wilkins. Rigger found out that Don is still out guiding folks on Fort Peck Reservoir, which you don't find many guides that do that this late in the season. So, Rigger figured that he obviously must be catching something out there. Spoiler

Why Were the King Salmon in Eastern Montana So Big This Year & How Many of Their Eggs Were Collected Recently?

Nov 09 2024 68 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with Heath Headley, FWP Fisheries Biologist for Fort Peck Reservoir in Northeast Montana. When you listen to this podcast you will hear Rigger and Heath cover the Chinook, or King Salmon, egg collection effort that recently was completed as well as several other things about the mighty Kings of F

Wondering What the Hunting is Like in FWP Region 2 in West-Central Montana? The Answer to That and Many Other Questions are in This Podcast!

Nov 03 2024 55 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale spent an information packed hour with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Wildlife Manager for Region 2, Liz Bradley. Liz and Rigger covered it all from where to find the Elk, Mulies and Whitetail Deer to the best spots to bag some Grouse, Waterfowl and yes even, though rare for the area, the elusive Pro

Want to Know What the Hunting is Like in Southeast Montana? Listen to This Podcast and Find Out!

Oct 26 2024 77 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale got together with Brett Dorak, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Wildlife Manager for Region 7 in Southeast Montana. Rigger and Brett had a great conversation about ALL the hunting opportunities you can find there in Southeast Montana, and boy are there a lot of them. They went through all the usual bi

What Will the Hunting be Like in Northwest Montana? Listen to This Podcast and Find Out!

Oct 19 2024 87 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale continues our series on where to find the game you are looking for this 2024 hunting season. This time he had an incredible conversation with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Wildlife Manager, Neil Anderson. Neil spilled the beans on where to find the Elk, Deer, Black Bear, Wolf, Upland Game Bird, Wat

What Will the Hunting be Like in FWP Region 4 in North Central Montana? This Podcast Has the Answers!

Oct 12 2024 78 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Montana FWP Wildlife Manager Cory Loecker to find out what the hunting will be like in North Central Montana Region 4. Cory and Rigger covered that region inside and out and Cory gave information on how healthy the Elk, Deer and Antelope herds are as well as where the best places are to find t

What is the Hunting Like This Year in Southwest Montana, Region 3? This Podcast has the Answers!

Oct 05 2024 109 mins

Send us a textThis week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale traveled to the FWP Region 3 Headquarters in Bozeman and sat down with Wildlife Manager Warren Hansen and Information & Education Manager Morgan Jacobsen. They went through all the hunting opportunities in Southwest Montana. As Rigger put it; “Wow! I did not realize just how amazing Montana Regio