Sporting Journal Radio

Feb 20 2025 50 ep. 59 mins 29
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Hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation are covered in this one-hour show that airs weekly across Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Iowa. Weekly guests include guides, experts, biologists, celebrities and more. Tune in on the 30-station network, on demand on the website or by subscribing to the podcast in various podcast apps. We’re a part of the Fish Hunt Forever family.

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SJR | Week 650: Late Season Ice Fishing Opportunities

Feb 20 2025 50 mins  
On this week’s show, we’re talking about the late season ice fishing opportunities in the Midwest now that the Minnesota inland walleye season is closing. We talk about some border water opportunities as well as other nearby ice fishing trips to take now. We also talk about some new hats we got, some tragedies that […]

SJR | Week 649: CWD – Fact or Fiction??

Feb 13 2025 74 mins  
On this week’s show, we’re digging into Chronic Wasting Disease. Dusty Backer joins the show and talks about the research he’s done and why he believes money is being wasted on CWD testing and how he thinks what we’ve been told about Chronic Wasting Disease isn’t true. Dan tries to figure out what plans David’s […]

SJR | Week 648: McRibbet

Feb 06 2025 56 mins  
On this week’s show, Bret, Dan and David talk about what they’ve been up to this week in the outdoor world including some waterfowl hunting drama that’s heating up. They also talk about the hot perch bite happening across Minnesota and what they’ve experienced on the ice. A new duck and pheasant habitat plan in […]

SJR | Week 647: Minnesota Land Transfer Amendment

Jan 29 2025 47 mins  
On this week’s show, Bret Amundson and Dan Amundson learn about a land transfer amendment. Minnesota Representative Matt Bliss joins the show to tell us about his proposed constitutional amendment to change how large tracts of land can be sold below market value in this state. Bret and Dan also have some CWD news, and […]

SJR | Week 646: Crossbows, Livescope, and Sports Shows

Jan 23 2025 48 mins  
On this week’s show, Bret Amundson and Dan Amundson talk about the Minnesota deer harvest numbers and how crossbows affected deer hunting this year. They also do a little walkaround of the Minnesota Sportsmen’s Show at Canterbury Park, which includes a conversation with Tom Huynh about the future of livescope. Joe Henry has a Lake […]

SJR | Week 645: Metro Sturgeon & the Busiest Man in the North

Jan 17 2025 52 mins  
On this week’s show, Bret Amundson and Dan Amundson talk about an unfortunate situation that happened to the two of them last week. Darren Troseth joins us to talk about catching sturgeon through the ice, we play back an interview with Gregg Hennum from Sportsman’s Oak Island Lodge and learn about everything else he does, […]

SJR | Week 644: An Ice Fishing Trip to the Northwest Angle

Jan 10 2025 54 mins  
On this week’s show, we’re hanging out at Flag Island Resort at the Northwest Angle. We talk about our week of ice fishing Lake of the Woods with Jennifer Pudenz, Ray Ruiz and Joe Henry. Flag Island Resort ice guide Jesse Boulton talks about the ice fishing season, the big perch we caught, and how […]

SJR | Week 643: Fish Hunt Forever Theater 3000

Jan 03 2025 56 mins  
On this week’s show, we relive some of our favorite memories from 2024 with a little Fish Hunt Forever Theater 3000. We take a page out of the popular Minnesota-based show, but we get a few tips from former MST3K editor Brad Keely who is now working with us on Prairie Sportsman. We also play […]

SJR | Week 642: 10,000 Kids Ice Fishing For the First Time Ever

Dec 26 2024 51 mins  
On this week’s show, we learn about an effort to get 10,000 kids ice fishing for the first time this winter. Karl Erickson from Urban Ice Anglers and Ray Ruiz from Baztec join the show to tell us how they’ve partnered to bring a bunch of kids and schools ice fishing this winter. They tell […]

SJR | Week 641: The Western Wingshooter Tyler Webster

Dec 19 2024 49 mins  
On this week’s show, Western Wingshooter podcast host Tyler Webster joins us to talk about his bird hunting adventures. He’s currently in Nevada hunting chukar and Hungarian partridge. He talks about his big road trip, and what he recommends for someone looking to take a trip like that. He also breaks down some of the […]