August 19, 2025 • 37 mins
A conversation with Joe Thomas, plus Tim Beck on hunter education and an update on Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.
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Speaker 1 (00:38):
Well, what do we do now? It's the Indiana Outdoor Show.
What do we do now? The d NR pavilions closed.
All the sights, sounds and smells of the Indiana State
Fair are gone till next year. Nonetheless, that means we
have to pick up the slack. We have so much
to do. Don't you think for a second that Indian
Outdoors has run out of anything. Actually, we are on overload.
(01:03):
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(01:25):
Speaking of being easy, we try to spoon it up
for you here. Now that the DNR pavilions closed, our
friends at Hunter Education have moved on. Now they're doing
what they do, thousands of volunteers out there putting hunter
education classes available. This is a great time to get
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ready for the fall season. And Tim Beck is going
to join us with all of the update of what
is happening and with that. We are also going to
talk about our friend friends at the Egle Creek State Park.
Hard to believe Egle Creek State Park is one of
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India Well, it's one of the largest municipal parks in
the country and we have a great friendship with them
and they have some great activities throughout the year that
we want to make sure people are aware of. So
we have been very gracious. So they have been very
gracious with giving us some time. And Brittany Swinford is
the regional manager out there and we love talking to her.
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But we're going to kick things off with Joe Thomas,
one of the hardest working guys, nicest guys. He is
host of so many great television shows, getting ready to
start a new season, and we're going to find out
from him what it's like to be a professional guy
and communicator in the outdoor world. So as you can
see Joe Thomas ready, Indiana Outdoors is ready. Don't go anywhere,
We're going to be back. It's the Indiana Outdoor Show
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and I'm your host, Brian Pointer and Indian Outdoor Show.
(03:21):
I am your host, Brian Pointer. I hope you're as
excited as we are here because September brings so many
great opportunities. We love putting these great shows together. This
is the last of our August and both. You know
here we got waterfowl season starting, we got archery getting
ready to start October first, a lot of people dove
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hunting reserve draw so many things to do, but let's
not forget fishing. And when I say fishing, the person
that comes to my mind my favorite Mike del Visco
professional bass fisherman of course, Texas Roadhouse sponsor. You've been
on my show so many times over the years. We've
been doing this twenty eight years and you've been professional
for one hundred and twenty eight years, so I think
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you've been a part of it. Mike, how you been.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Not too bad for one hundred and twenty eight year old. Yeah,
it seems like, you know, we always chat in you know,
January February leading up to the Indians Boatsport Travel Show.
But it's nice to be on a little bit different
time of year. We can talk about some relevant things.
And you know, the fall is one of my favorite
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times to go fish. It starts to cool down and
the top water bite gets really good and it's just
a fun.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Time of year to fish, I think anytime is a
good one. So let's talk about your day job, so
to speak, as a professional angler. What's the season been
like and where's it going to go as we enter
the fall? Where you had it?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
So heck, yeah, I've had a really decent season, you know.
So let me preface that by saying, the very first
day of the very first tour event, I actually flanked
and I can't imagine the last time that that happened
when I just did not get a bite.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
I was.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I felt really good going into the event and something
happened and they did not bite, but I made a
little rebound caught them pretty good the second day, salvaged
my year, ended up fishing, finishing twenty first, I believe
on tour and I have one more series that I'm fishing,
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and we go next week to Nellie Henry, which is
in Alabama, and I'm sitting in fourth place on that
on that tour, so I feel pretty good about going
into this last one.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
How do you pick where you go? I've always wondered that.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
So after forty three years of doing this for a.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
List, Okay, so I was a little short of one
hundred and twenty eight, but keep going a.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Little bit a little bit. Yeah, I'm kind of in
the mindset of I want to go to places where
I like to go fish and where it fits my
fishing style. So I've changed stup a little bit the
last couple of years, and I'm fishing two tours from
the American bath Anglers that they're no co angler, I get.
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I can kind of pick and choose events and I
can fish places that I like to fish. Uh, And
I'm having fun. I won a couple events last year,
made two national championships, going to make one this year
and it's just fun again. And uh, you know, I
really like fishing in Alabama, Gunnersville and Neely Henry and
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Chickamunga here in Tennessee, and you know, I don't have
to travel as far and it's just fun. So I'm
really looking forward to seeing what they're going to do
next year for their for their locations, but anywhere they
go is usually cringed.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Mike Delvisco is my guest. And when you get to
be of a certain age, I know you love to
teach and you're a mainstay in the boat sport and
travel show area for fishing, and you're always a highlight
and people come to see you specifically, which is why
the renfro production folks are always great because they match
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the audience. But I know you love to teach and
you're constantly out there promoting and that probably never gets old.
Being blanked on day one of the new season doesn't
make it any easier. But I know your first and
foremost is teaching and being out there and engaging with
folks and maybe in a way giving back. But here
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you are, You're out there talking and I know we've
had this conversation before, but technology has always changed, and
I only knows since the last time I talked to you.
They might just pull the fish in the boat for
you now, I'm not sure. But how are things. What's
the latest with forward facing sonar?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, you know, it's not changed a whole bunch. You know,
some of the newer products transducers to getting a little
bit better, a little clearer, things like that. There's not
been a huge jump in the technology yet. I don't
know what's coming down the line, but you know it's
certainly here to stay. It's not going to go anywhere.
And what we're seeing is some of the some of
the tours are limiting use and some of them are
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not allowing the use of the technology, which I think
is pretty cool. And some of them has restrictions on
you know, the number of inches you can have in screens,
what you know, when you can use it during the
day or multiple days and things like that. So we're
we're seeing, you know, the rules with different organizations kind
of change a little bit depending upon the technology. But
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the thing that I like about where I'm fishing this
year is that a lot of times that the technology
doesn't play into having the ability to catch them or
not catch them, or compete or not compete. You know,
when you go to Gunnersville or you go to the
Chick you can catch them shallow just as well as
you can catch them beep. And that's what I like,
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because that's my style and that's why I'm having so
much fun.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Mike Delvisco is our guest, and you've had such loyal
sponsorship and so many of the folks that are contributors
here in Indiana Outdoors have a very loyal sponsorship following
and the folks that you have been partnered with. Texas
Roadhouse has been such a great partner to you and
we thank them for making you possible to get out there.
(09:16):
So just recently you finished up your third annual Celebrity
pro am. It was for charity. I know you take
great pride in that. Sorry we didn't get it on
before the event, but tell us what you want people
to know about this event, this third annual that was
down at Douglas Lake.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah. So I started this thing three years ago and
it was kind of a way for me to give
back a little bit. The event is a benefit for
the American Tonight It's Association, and Texas Roadhouse is pretty
heavily involved with them, and we actually do one hundred
percent sales day it's usually in February, where we donate
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one hundred percent of our sales company wide to their organization.
One of the things I wanted to do is as
I wanted to try to give back a little bit,
and I came up with this idea of having a
celebrity pro and fishing tournament right here on Douglas Lake
where I live. And it pairs a fishing pro with
a celebrity, typically a country music artist, and the third
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person buys the seat to come fish and we do
it auction style and we fish and we have a
good time for half a day. And then we also
have a big kickoff party of the evening before with
food and a prize giveaway and meet and mingle with
our pros and celebrities and vendors and our vendor sponsors
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come in. And then we also have a country music
concert to go with it, so it's more of an
event and to bring about awareness to Tonightis. And it's
actually I didn't know this, but it's it's pronounced Tenetish,
but I say Tonightus because that's how everybody really knows it.
And it's becoming a really really nice event here in
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town and we're getting, you know, a lot of recognition
for it too. You know, people in town, you know
when I'm driving around, say, you know, we can't wait
for you know, next year's event, and it's typically sometime
the third week of August every year is when we
have it.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Well, that's good to know for next year. But I
did not realize when I was talking about your sponsorship,
but you kind of wanted to honor the life of
one of your friends, Kent Taylor. He he you're paying
tribute to him as the founder of Texas Roadhouse who
had severe tenetus. Thank you for the correction on that.
So I think this is this is what makes the
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outdoor world great. You've been rewarded in your career and
now you're giving back in so many meaningful ways. And
I find this story repeated almost to a person out
there on these whether you're a professional hunter or fisherman,
they always have these causes so great work giving back.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Yeah, it's like I said, it's a really fun event.
And you know, I'm just blown away every year by
the amount of people that come out and support it.
From our you know, all of my pro fishing friends
that are you know, loving the event, that wanting to
come out and they say it's their favorite e end
of the year, to all the country, met the artists
and celebrities that donate their time in coming out, to
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all the sponsors. So it's it's a really good event.
And I'll actually start working the next year's event here
in another probably two months.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Well, there's no rest for the Wicked. So you've you've
got a lot of stuff you've already talked about and
you're looking forward to a couple more events as we
ease into the fall. What do you do in the
winter time?
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Sleep?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Yeah, I was going to say, if you're like me,
you do nothing. That's a fair answer.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Yeah. You know, the fishing here down in Tennessee is
really good till about you know, the first of December
is and it seems like the plug gets cold the
first of December and everything gets really cold. So you
know that our fish are still biting really good, and
that's you know, one of my favorite times a year
to get out and fish in top water baits and
things like that. So I'll be fishing for fun quite
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a bit here and probably later in October November, and
then you know, of course getting ready for show's season
which starts in January, so there's not a lot of downtime.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
How many shows are you going to do? Because we've
been talking to our friends at Renfro already. Of course,
they just coming up here have their fall URV show,
which it seems like an afterthought, but it's still very
intense and they do such a great job meeting what
the folks want with this fall OURV show. But then
it's hard to believe seventy one years of the boat,
sport and travel show they're bringing back the Motorcycle Expo.
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They've already got plans and the works for some new
buildings that they're going to be able to use that
have come online in the last year. It's kind of
changed the way the show has gone. But the Motorcycle
Show is so popular they had to give it more space.
But the Deer Turkey Waterfowl Expo is in there, and
of course the hog Trough and all the stuff and
Tackle Town. I hope you're going to be there.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
I am certainly going to be there. I talked to
Kevin about two weeks ago and we are all locked
in for twenty twenty six, as well as a full
slate of other events going on all around the country.
So I'm pretty much flat out January February, and then
we start fishing in March.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well I should have known if I said, what do
you do when you're not fishing in the in the
winter time before your season. I know you love to
cook anything new coming out of the kitchen, and Mike
delvisco you.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Know, I think I'm gonna do some salmon today. I
was up in Wisconsin a few weeks ago for our
annual Ketchings Roadhouse Kids fishing derby in Wansaw, and I
had an opportunity to sneak out and go catch some
salmon out of Lake Michigan. It was a ton of fun.
And I've got some nice filets here, some coal filets,
and I'm gonna gonna probably just do some simple filets tonight.
(14:51):
But I really want to do like a Toho eggs Benedict,
kind of Coho cake eggs Benedict. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
You know what, if you and I ever travel together,
I'm living with you because you always bring out the
great food. Plus, I know you're an Italian aficionado, and
I just love that about you because we share that.
That's what I do in my downtime. I just go
to the refrigerator and start making stuff. But my gosh,
you got all kinds of good things. It sounds like
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you've got in store. Most importantly, I can't thank you
enough for being a part of Indiana Outdoors. Anything else
for the good of the cause that we haven't talked about.
I'd like to make sure people know what you got
going on, or what's important or what you're seeing out there.
Did you make it to ICST this year?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
So I did not make it down there this year.
We had have so much going on, We're trying to
get this tournament planned that I couldn't sneak away for
a couple of days. And I had some other travels
doing some electronic trips, you know, teaching people how to
use their sonar. That was kind of right in the
middle of everything, so I wasn't able to get there.
(15:57):
I heard some pretty good things, you know, my friends
from Rapaula did real good there at the show, and
I heard there was a lot of new new types
of products and categories coming out. But I'm kind of
sorry I didn't get there this year.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
It's always great to visit with you and look forward
to seeing. Is your wife's still traveling with you when
she can.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
He does when she can. You know, she's got to
work every now and then, but she does get out
and I'm thankful for every time that we get to
go travel together.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
It's a terrible habit when work. It's in the way
of our fun, right, That's right, Mike. Always great to
visit with you. It's going to be here before you
know what We're going to see in Indianapolis. Best of
luck finishing out the year, enjoy some rest and relaxation
before it kicks back after the first of the year,
but appreciate the update from the tour. Thanks for being
a part of Indian Outdoors Awesome. Thanks very much, Brian,
My pleasure. Mike Delvisco one of the hardest working guys,
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nicest guys out there. We look forward to him. Fan favorite.
It is the Indian Outdoor Show. I your host, Brian Pointer.
Don't think about going anywhere. This show is just getting started.
No better way to do it. We're going to be
back right after this.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
And so happy to be with you each and every week.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I am your host, Brian Pointer, and this is the
Indiana Outdoor Show. Many thanks to our affiliates to carry
Indiana Outdoors many for all of our twenty eight years
and we are so grateful for that, and we appreciate
hearing from our listeners as well. This weekend, my gosh,
the fair is now over and we are creeping ever
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towards the great rights of fall, the fall hunting seasons.
And joining me now is my good friend Tim Beck.
Tim is the hunter ed coordinator in the state of Indiana. Tim.
It's always great to visit with you when we have
Yon just to remind people that we've got a hunter opportunity,
hunter ed opportunities coming up. But let's talk about the
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State Fair, always a great pr opportunity. What did folks
think of the pellet guns at the Great Indiana State
Fair this year, brought to you by Hunter Education.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Obrian A really enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
I mean, we had a ton of people come through
the booth. It was a great experience. Young and old
alike had fun at the pellet booth, got the experience
at our officers and our volunteers were able to work
with them, had a lot of smiles, had a lot
of wow, that's pretty cool. It was really a great,
great run of the fair, and a lot of good
people stop by the booth, shared a lot of good information.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Tim Beck is our guest, and you know, one of
the things that we talk about when Connie was with
us several weeks in a row highlighting what's going on
with the pavilion, we always mentioned the Hunter Education folks,
because you kind of our sights and sounds all wrapped
up into one. You've got a lot of people around
your booth, a lot of energy. People are touching different
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furs and different things, and conservation officers are there and
people volunteers with Hunter Education helping youngsters maybe shoot a
pellet gun or have an interactive experience. That has to
be rewarding for a lot of folks, but a lot
of them do it of their own free time. And
it was a highlight every time for Connie to say, boy,
the folks over in Hunter Education have lines and people
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are just enjoying themselves. That has to make you feel
good too, it does.
Speaker 5 (19:37):
I mean, it's a great opportunity for us to share
our passion.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
What we like.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
A lot of people don't know. You know a lot
of times that the Law Enforcement Division has the educational
programs out there, form to interact with the conservation officers
come up and you know, just about everybody comes. I
got a question for you. And that's what they're there for, Brian,
to meet with the public, let them know that they're
here to help them if they have any questions or anything,
any concerns, or even what to do with them, maybe
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with a nuisan the animal or something like that. It's
just great opportunity to mix with the people and let
them actually meet the officers and know what they do
for a living.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Well, we know what they do for a living and
we sure appreciate it and I do the same for
you. Your organization is nearly one thousand people strong, full of volunteers,
getting ready well throughout the year, frankly to have hunter
education opportunities. And this is a good reminder as we're
in August getting ready for the fall hunting season, reminding
people of what's required and encourage people to find somebody
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and sign up for one of these courses and how
you do it. So there's a lot wrapped in there,
but take it away.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Yeah, The Fairest kind of the gateway to the Paul
hunting season. So it gives us a great opportunity to
share the classes and everything with them. If you're born
after December thirty first and nineteen eighty six, you have
to have hunter education before you can buy your license.
Of course, we have the apprentice licen program out there
which has been very effective and introducing young people and
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I'm not necessarily even young people. I mean somebody wants
to try their hand and really not sure if that's
what that apprentice license is far. So again, you use
your apprentice license or you get your lives. You take
our class. It's good for a lifetime. Very proud of
our program. We both have the online option. The boy
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are in person classes are really gained the strength again,
and you know, we have more people take the in
person that we do the online. So it's a great
opportunity for the volunteers and the officers to share what
it's about here in Indiana, to enjoy the outdoors and
be safe doing it and make sure you come home
every night to a great experience.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
So it's very helpful.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Well, I've taken it a couple of times. One when
I was a very young hunter, much like many do
with my dad took me along and I still have
that original card and I have that with pride, and
I took my kids through, and when I went through
the second time with them, it was interesting how much
I picked up. Meaning I'd been in the woods for
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a long time. I thought I was a decent hunter,
but then there's like that makes a lot of sense,
or I forgot about that, things like rules and reminders
of safety and things that we take for granted, and
even old coadres like ourselves can learn some new tricks.
I always encourage people to take these classes in person,
but that's changed as well. What are options available to.
Speaker 5 (22:29):
Folks, you know, besides the inline or the person in
person class. If you're twelve years of age and an
Indiana resident, you can go online and take the online course,
and this is available through our website. You can go
to Indiana Hunter Education dot com and you can get
a link to the online or you can get it
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to our traditional class. So we really try. We know
everybody's schedules busy, and so we try to provide the
most options we can for the Indiana people to get
that Hunter In class. And another thing about it too,
when you take your class, it's good for all fifty states,
Canada and Mexico. We do have reciprocity, So that's something
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worthwhile knowing too that if you ever decide to go
out West or anything like that, our course does meet
other states requirements.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Always important when you have the reciprocity. Let's talk a
little bit as we're wrapped up the fair. You've got
folks getting ready to go out. Hunter Education has a
meaningful impact. When did this all get started? I mean,
I know it's been around for a long time, but
it's kind of come of age. When did Hunter Education
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become a thing for people to have to do.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Believe or not.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
Ryan, we are actually celebrating our fiftieth year of Hunter
Education in Indiana back in nineteen seventy five.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
We kicked it off this fall.
Speaker 5 (23:51):
You're going to see a lot of promotion our fiftieth
year of providing hunter education for the for Indiana who
hears and that it's been around a long time. It's
been great program and we've build on and you mentioned
too of a coming in person. Every one of us
learn every time we go to these classes. It's a
unique opportunity. We're in our fiftieth year, so this is
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a milestone this year.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Well, Tim, you have created a legacy that a lot
of people have enjoyed and continue to have meaningful interaction
with all different places. And as you mentioned, if there's
a place, if you're in a different part of the state,
just google Indian a Hunter Education and there's usually going
to be one. As I'm going to use your line,
if you don't see something near you, wait a while,
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because things are added all the time. Did I get
that right?
Speaker 5 (24:39):
Oh Man? Especially right now, the officers and the volunteers
are working hand in hand to provide these opportunities. So yes,
there's going to be You can probably go on there
today and look at it tomorrow. It's going to be different.
We're adding classes, especially now all the way through the
deer season. Again, I provise people too, don't wait till
the very last minute. Get on there now and get
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it in because once it gets really close to the
season that you know, the volunteers are hunters and the
officers are going to be in the field working range.
So we don't want anybody to miss out. So get
on early and get that class schedule.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Tim always visiting with you is one of the highlights.
We appreciate your service to Indiana and men and women
in your organization, all the volunteers. Thank you heartfelt from
Indiana Outdoors. Keep up the great work. We'll have you
back here real soon.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Okay, all right, right, take care and have a safe hunting.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Season you too. It's one of my favorite hardest working guys,
Tim Beck. It is the Indiana Outdoor show. Hunter education important.
That's why we talk about it. Don't go anywhere. We're
going to be back right after this. This little show
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and fishing license. As I mentioned, I would like to
talk about the things in our own backyard that sometimes
we just take for granted. And Eagle Creek Park in
Indianapolis Metro Municipal Park, one of the largest in the country,
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is certainly a highlight worthy of all the time and
consideration that we can give. And with that, as Brittany
Davis Swinford, who is the park manager, the read general manager,
the big Pouba of Eagle Creek, how are you, my friend?
It's been a minute.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
What an introduction, Pouba?
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Did you like that you're officially the pouba?
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Lovely? Yeah, things they're going great, Brian, I'm looking forward
to a break in this heat and cooler weather and
enjoying all the fall festivities at the park.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
Well, for those that possibly may be around the state, Okay,
this is larger than some of our state parks, and
it's worthy of its own destination. And people that are
listening up near the Ohio, are down near the Ohio,
up near Lake Michigan that maybe have heard about this
place called Eagle Creek. How do you describe it to people.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
I'm from Brown County, so I call it our Brown
County State Park of Indianapolis.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
The Brown County Park Annex.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
Yes, exactly exactly.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Brought that with me.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Well, that makes sense. It's worthy. It's a beautiful park.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
It sure is.
Speaker 6 (28:00):
It's a wonderful park.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
Lots of nature activities. We've got two state dedicated nature preserves,
but then also lots of recreational activities. So we've got
to go eat zip line. We've got Eagle Creek outfitters
that rent paddle boats, canoes, kayaks.
Speaker 6 (28:18):
There's just so much going on here.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
And some of the fun activities that are coming up
are we have our fall hay rides that take place
all through October. And this is a great opportunity to
get people that have maybe never been on a tractor
cold hay ride on a fun Friday Saturday night.
Speaker 5 (28:40):
So we like.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
To set up a campfire with s'mores, kids and the
chance to see the park from a different point of view.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
So the hay rides will pull.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Through fields, through the park, through some of the forested trails,
and then at the end of the hay ride season
we do haunted hay rides.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
I figured that was coming, figured that was coming.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
Yes, So the haunted hay rides are even more exciting.
So we work with local high school drama clubs and
theater clubs and kids will be hidden out in the
woods to give you a scare.
Speaker 6 (29:21):
As the hay ride comes through.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Alrighty, so we got that. I'm not a big fan
of a haunted hay ride, but love a hay ride,
so go. I love the fact that you do this
in Eagle Creek Park is just such. There's so much
diversity in there, and you guys cover what four or
five thousand acres up there?
Speaker 6 (29:39):
Yes, fifty four hundred acres.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
I got my numbers backwards, so forty five hundred, all right,
we're good. Fifty four hundred see I need more caffeine.
This is why I call you because you're so bubbly
and you bring me back to life. But either way, hiking,
you got the lake, you got activities. What else besides
the hay rides?
Speaker 3 (29:58):
So coming up int we have our Dulcimer Folk Festival.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Yes, ye, when is this? When is this?
Speaker 5 (30:07):
So?
Speaker 3 (30:07):
This will be Saturday, September thirteenth, and it's free with
skated mission and I believe we've been doing this for
nearly fifty years, so it's a great opportunity to come
here live folk music. One of my favorite parts about
the event is they do an instrument petting zoo, so
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if you ever wanted to try out a hammered dulcimer
or a banjo, you have the opportunity to pick one
up and do some strumming.
Speaker 6 (30:38):
So it's a really great event. People love it.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
I love the dulcimer and I've seen people play and
it's mesmerizing. You can sit there and kind of get
lost and you're like, I could do that, and then
you realize, no, I don't even know anything about music
other than how to turn it up on THEB on
the knob. And I love the fact that you can
have live folk music like that, and that's coming up
on September thirteenth. But you guys have so many other things.
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I'm sure this fall as well. The Ornithology Center one
of the favorite places. Are kids back in school coming
playing field trips.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
Yes, all the kids are back in Indianapolis, so kids
are back at school. We're doing lots of fall field
trips so kids can come to the Earth's Discovery Center
and dip for cad poles, see live snakes, see.
Speaker 6 (31:29):
Skunk, all different critters. And then the Ornithology Center.
Speaker 3 (31:33):
We have our taxidermy birds on display, over one hundred
and fifty species on display, so you can learn.
Speaker 6 (31:41):
Your birds look up close.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
And then in October we are doing our October Owl Festival,
and this.
Speaker 6 (31:48):
Is the tenth annual festival. Lots of fun.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
You can come see live owls up close, you can
dissect an owl pellet. We'll have all sorts of nature
nerd merchandise that you can buy that's owl theand and
includes a silent auction a fundraise for the care of
our raptors that live at the Ornithology Center. So we
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have eight educational raptors on display.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
I love owls and one of my favorite little There's
a lot of things my kids did in science and
grade school. One of the coolest things they did was
the owl pellet dissection, and I got into it. I thought,
this is really cool. But to see or hear an
owl in the woods one of my favorite sounds that
I think everyone should hear along my great list of
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other things, but hearing an owl in the early morning
or at sunset, and you just hear that melodious. It's
just hard to describe. So I'm so glad that you're
doing that. Anything else that folks need to be aware of.
You guys are just on a roll and a great,
great lineup of fall things other than just coming out
and enjoying the beautiful park itself, miles of hiking trails.
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Take your family out there. It's one of the best
places you could go. But anything else for the fall.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Yeah, fall bird migration, so come on out, take things slow,
just enjoy nature. So we have some migrants already coming
through the park. We're known for our birdwatching. We do
Sunday morning bird hikes, so whatever level of birdwatcher you are,
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we have free hikes with the Amos Butler Audubon Society,
and those take place every Sunday morning at nine am
at the Ornithology Center year round rain or Shrine. Yesterday's
bird hike they found ninety two species of birdsteering their hike.
Speaker 6 (33:48):
They're ramping up.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Well. We've got a new birding correspondent and Ken Keffer.
He's been a past president of the Outdoor Writers of
America and he owns the Wild Birds and Limited franchise
down in Bloomington. He is just a great guy, full
of energy promoting the sport of birdwatching. So I'm glad
you brought that up there. It is so great to
visit with you and our friends at Eagle Creek, and
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I always enjoy the time that we spend together, and
I'm sure that we will have more time as you
guys keep adding different things to the great park that
you have. Brittany, you do such a great job and
all your staff. Thanks for being a part of Indiana
Outdoors as always, and we wish you luck in this fall.
I encourage everybody to go to your website and find
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these great activities. I'm particularly disappointed that i will not
see you at the Dulcimer, but I'm going to try
to make the owls. I love it. Thanks so much
as always.
Speaker 6 (34:41):
Brittany, Thanks Brian, take care my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
Our friends at Eagle Creek State Park. I'm your friend,
I'm your host. It's Brian Pointer. It's Indian Outdoor Show.
We're going to be back. Don't you think about going
anywhere right after this.
Speaker 7 (35:03):
And.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Just when you think you've heard it all, it's the
Indian Outdoor Show. That's what we do. We provide you
all the greatest and latest. Thank you to our friends
at Eagle Creek. I always want to call it a
state park. It's one of the largest metro parks fifty
four hundred acres here in Indianapolis. Great to have them
be a part of it and all the great shows.
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Just google and find out because Miss Winford went through
a lot and we like that. Tim Beck plan for
your fall hunting now. Hunter education is critical part of it.
If you were born after twelve thirty one eighty six,
it's required. There's reciprocity. If you think you might need
it now it's a good time to do it. And
we always appreciate Tim giving us the updates after their
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run at the Indiana State Fair. Joe Thomas. He speaks
for himself. He is truly very He's just one of
the best. He's so real and humble and of course
host of great successful programs like Match Fishing and Reeling
the Outdoors American Archer. He's getting ready to do some more, folks.
As you know, we bring you the greatest each and
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Well, what do we do now? It's the Indiana Outdoor Show.
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friends at Hunter Education have moved on. Now they're doing
what they do, thousands of volunteers out there putting hunter
education classes available. This is a great time to get
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ready for the fall season. And Tim Beck is going
to join us with all of the update of what
is happening and with that. We are also going to
talk about our friend friends at the Egle Creek State Park.
Hard to believe Egle Creek State Park is one of
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India Well, it's one of the largest municipal parks in
the country and we have a great friendship with them
and they have some great activities throughout the year that
we want to make sure people are aware of. So
we have been very gracious. So they have been very
gracious with giving us some time. And Brittany Swinford is
the regional manager out there and we love talking to her.
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But we're going to kick things off with Joe Thomas,
one of the hardest working guys, nicest guys. He is
host of so many great television shows, getting ready to
start a new season, and we're going to find out
from him what it's like to be a professional guy
and communicator in the outdoor world. So as you can
see Joe Thomas ready, Indiana Outdoors is ready. Don't go anywhere,
We're going to be back. It's the Indiana Outdoor Show
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and I'm your host, Brian Pointer and Indian Outdoor Show.
(03:21):
I am your host, Brian Pointer. I hope you're as
excited as we are here because September brings so many
great opportunities. We love putting these great shows together. This
is the last of our August and both. You know
here we got waterfowl season starting, we got archery getting
ready to start October first, a lot of people dove
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hunting reserve draw so many things to do, but let's
not forget fishing. And when I say fishing, the person
that comes to my mind my favorite Mike del Visco
professional bass fisherman of course, Texas Roadhouse sponsor. You've been
on my show so many times over the years. We've
been doing this twenty eight years and you've been professional
for one hundred and twenty eight years, so I think
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you've been a part of it. Mike, how you been.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Not too bad for one hundred and twenty eight year old. Yeah,
it seems like, you know, we always chat in you know,
January February leading up to the Indians Boatsport Travel Show.
But it's nice to be on a little bit different
time of year. We can talk about some relevant things.
And you know, the fall is one of my favorite
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times to go fish. It starts to cool down and
the top water bite gets really good and it's just
a fun.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Time of year to fish, I think anytime is a
good one. So let's talk about your day job, so
to speak, as a professional angler. What's the season been
like and where's it going to go as we enter
the fall? Where you had it?
Speaker 2 (04:45):
So heck, yeah, I've had a really decent season, you know.
So let me preface that by saying, the very first
day of the very first tour event, I actually flanked
and I can't imagine the last time that that happened
when I just did not get a bite.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
I was.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I felt really good going into the event and something
happened and they did not bite, but I made a
little rebound caught them pretty good the second day, salvaged
my year, ended up fishing, finishing twenty first, I believe
on tour and I have one more series that I'm fishing,
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and we go next week to Nellie Henry, which is
in Alabama, and I'm sitting in fourth place on that
on that tour, so I feel pretty good about going
into this last one.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
How do you pick where you go? I've always wondered that.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
So after forty three years of doing this for a.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
List, Okay, so I was a little short of one
hundred and twenty eight, but keep going a.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Little bit a little bit. Yeah, I'm kind of in
the mindset of I want to go to places where
I like to go fish and where it fits my
fishing style. So I've changed stup a little bit the
last couple of years, and I'm fishing two tours from
the American bath Anglers that they're no co angler, I get.
(06:08):
I can kind of pick and choose events and I
can fish places that I like to fish. Uh, And
I'm having fun. I won a couple events last year,
made two national championships, going to make one this year
and it's just fun again. And uh, you know, I
really like fishing in Alabama, Gunnersville and Neely Henry and
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Chickamunga here in Tennessee, and you know, I don't have
to travel as far and it's just fun. So I'm
really looking forward to seeing what they're going to do
next year for their for their locations, but anywhere they
go is usually cringed.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Mike Delvisco is my guest. And when you get to
be of a certain age, I know you love to
teach and you're a mainstay in the boat sport and
travel show area for fishing, and you're always a highlight
and people come to see you specifically, which is why
the renfro production folks are always great because they match
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the audience. But I know you love to teach and
you're constantly out there promoting and that probably never gets old.
Being blanked on day one of the new season doesn't
make it any easier. But I know your first and
foremost is teaching and being out there and engaging with
folks and maybe in a way giving back. But here
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you are, You're out there talking and I know we've
had this conversation before, but technology has always changed, and
I only knows since the last time I talked to you.
They might just pull the fish in the boat for
you now, I'm not sure. But how are things. What's
the latest with forward facing sonar?
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, you know, it's not changed a whole bunch. You know,
some of the newer products transducers to getting a little
bit better, a little clearer, things like that. There's not
been a huge jump in the technology yet. I don't
know what's coming down the line, but you know it's
certainly here to stay. It's not going to go anywhere.
And what we're seeing is some of the some of
the tours are limiting use and some of them are
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not allowing the use of the technology, which I think
is pretty cool. And some of them has restrictions on
you know, the number of inches you can have in screens,
what you know, when you can use it during the
day or multiple days and things like that. So we're
we're seeing, you know, the rules with different organizations kind
of change a little bit depending upon the technology. But
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the thing that I like about where I'm fishing this
year is that a lot of times that the technology
doesn't play into having the ability to catch them or
not catch them, or compete or not compete. You know,
when you go to Gunnersville or you go to the
Chick you can catch them shallow just as well as
you can catch them beep. And that's what I like,
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because that's my style and that's why I'm having so
much fun.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Mike Delvisco is our guest, and you've had such loyal
sponsorship and so many of the folks that are contributors
here in Indiana Outdoors have a very loyal sponsorship following
and the folks that you have been partnered with. Texas
Roadhouse has been such a great partner to you and
we thank them for making you possible to get out there.
(09:16):
So just recently you finished up your third annual Celebrity
pro am. It was for charity. I know you take
great pride in that. Sorry we didn't get it on
before the event, but tell us what you want people
to know about this event, this third annual that was
down at Douglas Lake.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah. So I started this thing three years ago and
it was kind of a way for me to give
back a little bit. The event is a benefit for
the American Tonight It's Association, and Texas Roadhouse is pretty
heavily involved with them, and we actually do one hundred
percent sales day it's usually in February, where we donate
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one hundred percent of our sales company wide to their organization.
One of the things I wanted to do is as
I wanted to try to give back a little bit,
and I came up with this idea of having a
celebrity pro and fishing tournament right here on Douglas Lake
where I live. And it pairs a fishing pro with
a celebrity, typically a country music artist, and the third
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person buys the seat to come fish and we do
it auction style and we fish and we have a
good time for half a day. And then we also
have a big kickoff party of the evening before with
food and a prize giveaway and meet and mingle with
our pros and celebrities and vendors and our vendor sponsors
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come in. And then we also have a country music
concert to go with it, so it's more of an
event and to bring about awareness to Tonightis. And it's
actually I didn't know this, but it's it's pronounced Tenetish,
but I say Tonightus because that's how everybody really knows it.
And it's becoming a really really nice event here in
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town and we're getting, you know, a lot of recognition
for it too. You know, people in town, you know
when I'm driving around, say, you know, we can't wait
for you know, next year's event, and it's typically sometime
the third week of August every year is when we
have it.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
Well, that's good to know for next year. But I
did not realize when I was talking about your sponsorship,
but you kind of wanted to honor the life of
one of your friends, Kent Taylor. He he you're paying
tribute to him as the founder of Texas Roadhouse who
had severe tenetus. Thank you for the correction on that.
So I think this is this is what makes the
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outdoor world great. You've been rewarded in your career and
now you're giving back in so many meaningful ways. And
I find this story repeated almost to a person out
there on these whether you're a professional hunter or fisherman,
they always have these causes so great work giving back.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Yeah, it's like I said, it's a really fun event.
And you know, I'm just blown away every year by
the amount of people that come out and support it.
From our you know, all of my pro fishing friends
that are you know, loving the event, that wanting to
come out and they say it's their favorite e end
of the year, to all the country, met the artists
and celebrities that donate their time in coming out, to
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all the sponsors. So it's it's a really good event.
And I'll actually start working the next year's event here
in another probably two months.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Well, there's no rest for the Wicked. So you've you've
got a lot of stuff you've already talked about and
you're looking forward to a couple more events as we
ease into the fall. What do you do in the
winter time?
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Sleep?
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Yeah, I was going to say, if you're like me,
you do nothing. That's a fair answer.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Yeah. You know, the fishing here down in Tennessee is
really good till about you know, the first of December
is and it seems like the plug gets cold the
first of December and everything gets really cold. So you
know that our fish are still biting really good, and
that's you know, one of my favorite times a year
to get out and fish in top water baits and
things like that. So I'll be fishing for fun quite
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a bit here and probably later in October November, and
then you know, of course getting ready for show's season
which starts in January, so there's not a lot of downtime.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
How many shows are you going to do? Because we've
been talking to our friends at Renfro already. Of course,
they just coming up here have their fall URV show,
which it seems like an afterthought, but it's still very
intense and they do such a great job meeting what
the folks want with this fall OURV show. But then
it's hard to believe seventy one years of the boat,
sport and travel show they're bringing back the Motorcycle Expo.
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They've already got plans and the works for some new
buildings that they're going to be able to use that
have come online in the last year. It's kind of
changed the way the show has gone. But the Motorcycle
Show is so popular they had to give it more space.
But the Deer Turkey Waterfowl Expo is in there, and
of course the hog Trough and all the stuff and
Tackle Town. I hope you're going to be there.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
I am certainly going to be there. I talked to
Kevin about two weeks ago and we are all locked
in for twenty twenty six, as well as a full
slate of other events going on all around the country.
So I'm pretty much flat out January February, and then
we start fishing in March.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well I should have known if I said, what do
you do when you're not fishing in the in the
winter time before your season. I know you love to
cook anything new coming out of the kitchen, and Mike
delvisco you.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Know, I think I'm gonna do some salmon today. I
was up in Wisconsin a few weeks ago for our
annual Ketchings Roadhouse Kids fishing derby in Wansaw, and I
had an opportunity to sneak out and go catch some
salmon out of Lake Michigan. It was a ton of fun.
And I've got some nice filets here, some coal filets,
and I'm gonna gonna probably just do some simple filets tonight.
(14:51):
But I really want to do like a Toho eggs Benedict,
kind of Coho cake eggs Benedict. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
You know what, if you and I ever travel together,
I'm living with you because you always bring out the
great food. Plus, I know you're an Italian aficionado, and
I just love that about you because we share that.
That's what I do in my downtime. I just go
to the refrigerator and start making stuff. But my gosh,
you got all kinds of good things. It sounds like
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you've got in store. Most importantly, I can't thank you
enough for being a part of Indiana Outdoors. Anything else
for the good of the cause that we haven't talked about.
I'd like to make sure people know what you got
going on, or what's important or what you're seeing out there.
Did you make it to ICST this year?
Speaker 2 (15:35):
So I did not make it down there this year.
We had have so much going on, We're trying to
get this tournament planned that I couldn't sneak away for
a couple of days. And I had some other travels
doing some electronic trips, you know, teaching people how to
use their sonar. That was kind of right in the
middle of everything, so I wasn't able to get there.
(15:57):
I heard some pretty good things, you know, my friends
from Rapaula did real good there at the show, and
I heard there was a lot of new new types
of products and categories coming out. But I'm kind of
sorry I didn't get there this year.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
It's always great to visit with you and look forward
to seeing. Is your wife's still traveling with you when
she can.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
He does when she can. You know, she's got to
work every now and then, but she does get out
and I'm thankful for every time that we get to
go travel together.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
It's a terrible habit when work. It's in the way
of our fun, right, That's right, Mike. Always great to
visit with you. It's going to be here before you
know what We're going to see in Indianapolis. Best of
luck finishing out the year, enjoy some rest and relaxation
before it kicks back after the first of the year,
but appreciate the update from the tour. Thanks for being
a part of Indian Outdoors Awesome. Thanks very much, Brian,
My pleasure. Mike Delvisco one of the hardest working guys,
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nicest guys out there. We look forward to him. Fan favorite.
It is the Indian Outdoor Show. I your host, Brian Pointer.
Don't think about going anywhere. This show is just getting started.
No better way to do it. We're going to be
back right after this.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
And so happy to be with you each and every week.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I am your host, Brian Pointer, and this is the
Indiana Outdoor Show. Many thanks to our affiliates to carry
Indiana Outdoors many for all of our twenty eight years
and we are so grateful for that, and we appreciate
hearing from our listeners as well. This weekend, my gosh,
the fair is now over and we are creeping ever
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towards the great rights of fall, the fall hunting seasons.
And joining me now is my good friend Tim Beck.
Tim is the hunter ed coordinator in the state of Indiana. Tim.
It's always great to visit with you when we have
Yon just to remind people that we've got a hunter opportunity,
hunter ed opportunities coming up. But let's talk about the
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State Fair, always a great pr opportunity. What did folks
think of the pellet guns at the Great Indiana State
Fair this year, brought to you by Hunter Education.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Obrian A really enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (18:26):
I mean, we had a ton of people come through
the booth. It was a great experience. Young and old
alike had fun at the pellet booth, got the experience
at our officers and our volunteers were able to work
with them, had a lot of smiles, had a lot
of wow, that's pretty cool. It was really a great,
great run of the fair, and a lot of good
people stop by the booth, shared a lot of good information.
Speaker 1 (18:49):
Tim Beck is our guest, and you know, one of
the things that we talk about when Connie was with
us several weeks in a row highlighting what's going on
with the pavilion, we always mentioned the Hunter Education folks,
because you kind of our sights and sounds all wrapped
up into one. You've got a lot of people around
your booth, a lot of energy. People are touching different
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furs and different things, and conservation officers are there and
people volunteers with Hunter Education helping youngsters maybe shoot a
pellet gun or have an interactive experience. That has to
be rewarding for a lot of folks, but a lot
of them do it of their own free time. And
it was a highlight every time for Connie to say, boy,
the folks over in Hunter Education have lines and people
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are just enjoying themselves. That has to make you feel
good too, it does.
Speaker 5 (19:37):
I mean, it's a great opportunity for us to share
our passion.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
What we like.
Speaker 5 (19:42):
A lot of people don't know. You know a lot
of times that the Law Enforcement Division has the educational
programs out there, form to interact with the conservation officers
come up and you know, just about everybody comes. I
got a question for you. And that's what they're there for, Brian,
to meet with the public, let them know that they're
here to help them if they have any questions or anything,
any concerns, or even what to do with them, maybe
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with a nuisan the animal or something like that. It's
just great opportunity to mix with the people and let
them actually meet the officers and know what they do
for a living.
Speaker 1 (20:13):
Well, we know what they do for a living and
we sure appreciate it and I do the same for
you. Your organization is nearly one thousand people strong, full of volunteers,
getting ready well throughout the year, frankly to have hunter
education opportunities. And this is a good reminder as we're
in August getting ready for the fall hunting season, reminding
people of what's required and encourage people to find somebody
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and sign up for one of these courses and how
you do it. So there's a lot wrapped in there,
but take it away.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
Yeah, The Fairest kind of the gateway to the Paul
hunting season. So it gives us a great opportunity to
share the classes and everything with them. If you're born
after December thirty first and nineteen eighty six, you have
to have hunter education before you can buy your license.
Of course, we have the apprentice licen program out there
which has been very effective and introducing young people and
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I'm not necessarily even young people. I mean somebody wants
to try their hand and really not sure if that's
what that apprentice license is far. So again, you use
your apprentice license or you get your lives. You take
our class. It's good for a lifetime. Very proud of
our program. We both have the online option. The boy
(21:23):
are in person classes are really gained the strength again,
and you know, we have more people take the in
person that we do the online. So it's a great
opportunity for the volunteers and the officers to share what
it's about here in Indiana, to enjoy the outdoors and
be safe doing it and make sure you come home
every night to a great experience.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
So it's very helpful.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Well, I've taken it a couple of times. One when
I was a very young hunter, much like many do
with my dad took me along and I still have
that original card and I have that with pride, and
I took my kids through, and when I went through
the second time with them, it was interesting how much
I picked up. Meaning I'd been in the woods for
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a long time. I thought I was a decent hunter,
but then there's like that makes a lot of sense,
or I forgot about that, things like rules and reminders
of safety and things that we take for granted, and
even old coadres like ourselves can learn some new tricks.
I always encourage people to take these classes in person,
but that's changed as well. What are options available to.
Speaker 5 (22:29):
Folks, you know, besides the inline or the person in
person class. If you're twelve years of age and an
Indiana resident, you can go online and take the online course,
and this is available through our website. You can go
to Indiana Hunter Education dot com and you can get
a link to the online or you can get it
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to our traditional class. So we really try. We know
everybody's schedules busy, and so we try to provide the
most options we can for the Indiana people to get
that Hunter In class. And another thing about it too,
when you take your class, it's good for all fifty states,
Canada and Mexico. We do have reciprocity, So that's something
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worthwhile knowing too that if you ever decide to go
out West or anything like that, our course does meet
other states requirements.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Always important when you have the reciprocity. Let's talk a
little bit as we're wrapped up the fair. You've got
folks getting ready to go out. Hunter Education has a
meaningful impact. When did this all get started? I mean,
I know it's been around for a long time, but
it's kind of come of age. When did Hunter Education
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become a thing for people to have to do.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Believe or not.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
Ryan, we are actually celebrating our fiftieth year of Hunter
Education in Indiana back in nineteen seventy five.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
We kicked it off this fall.
Speaker 5 (23:51):
You're going to see a lot of promotion our fiftieth
year of providing hunter education for the for Indiana who
hears and that it's been around a long time. It's
been great program and we've build on and you mentioned
too of a coming in person. Every one of us
learn every time we go to these classes. It's a
unique opportunity. We're in our fiftieth year, so this is
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a milestone this year.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
Well, Tim, you have created a legacy that a lot
of people have enjoyed and continue to have meaningful interaction
with all different places. And as you mentioned, if there's
a place, if you're in a different part of the state,
just google Indian a Hunter Education and there's usually going
to be one. As I'm going to use your line,
if you don't see something near you, wait a while,
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because things are added all the time. Did I get
that right?
Speaker 5 (24:39):
Oh Man? Especially right now, the officers and the volunteers
are working hand in hand to provide these opportunities. So yes,
there's going to be You can probably go on there
today and look at it tomorrow. It's going to be different.
We're adding classes, especially now all the way through the
deer season. Again, I provise people too, don't wait till
the very last minute. Get on there now and get
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it in because once it gets really close to the
season that you know, the volunteers are hunters and the
officers are going to be in the field working range.
So we don't want anybody to miss out. So get
on early and get that class schedule.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
Tim always visiting with you is one of the highlights.
We appreciate your service to Indiana and men and women
in your organization, all the volunteers. Thank you heartfelt from
Indiana Outdoors. Keep up the great work. We'll have you
back here real soon.
Speaker 2 (25:25):
Okay, all right, right, take care and have a safe hunting.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Season you too. It's one of my favorite hardest working guys,
Tim Beck. It is the Indiana Outdoor show. Hunter education important.
That's why we talk about it. Don't go anywhere. We're
going to be back right after this. This little show
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called Indiana Outdoors continues. Here we are and you're twenty
eight still having a great time producing Indiana Outdoors events
and all sorts of great people. You've heard them, you know, well,
you hear them each and every week. Of course, we're
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You can heal dozens with that gift and save the
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and you can do now when you buy your hunting
and fishing license. As I mentioned, I would like to
talk about the things in our own backyard that sometimes
we just take for granted. And Eagle Creek Park in
Indianapolis Metro Municipal Park, one of the largest in the country,
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is certainly a highlight worthy of all the time and
consideration that we can give. And with that, as Brittany
Davis Swinford, who is the park manager, the read general manager,
the big Pouba of Eagle Creek, how are you, my friend?
It's been a minute.
Speaker 6 (27:05):
What an introduction, Pouba?
Speaker 1 (27:07):
Did you like that you're officially the pouba?
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Lovely? Yeah, things they're going great, Brian, I'm looking forward
to a break in this heat and cooler weather and
enjoying all the fall festivities at the park.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
Well, for those that possibly may be around the state, Okay,
this is larger than some of our state parks, and
it's worthy of its own destination. And people that are
listening up near the Ohio, are down near the Ohio,
up near Lake Michigan that maybe have heard about this
place called Eagle Creek. How do you describe it to people.
Speaker 3 (27:43):
I'm from Brown County, so I call it our Brown
County State Park of Indianapolis.
Speaker 1 (27:49):
The Brown County Park Annex.
Speaker 6 (27:52):
Yes, exactly exactly.
Speaker 3 (27:53):
Brought that with me.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Well, that makes sense. It's worthy. It's a beautiful park.
Speaker 2 (27:59):
It sure is.
Speaker 6 (28:00):
It's a wonderful park.
Speaker 3 (28:01):
Lots of nature activities. We've got two state dedicated nature preserves,
but then also lots of recreational activities. So we've got
to go eat zip line. We've got Eagle Creek outfitters
that rent paddle boats, canoes, kayaks.
Speaker 6 (28:18):
There's just so much going on here.
Speaker 3 (28:21):
And some of the fun activities that are coming up
are we have our fall hay rides that take place
all through October. And this is a great opportunity to
get people that have maybe never been on a tractor
cold hay ride on a fun Friday Saturday night.
Speaker 5 (28:40):
So we like.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
To set up a campfire with s'mores, kids and the
chance to see the park from a different point of view.
Speaker 6 (28:50):
So the hay rides will pull.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Through fields, through the park, through some of the forested trails,
and then at the end of the hay ride season
we do haunted hay rides.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
I figured that was coming, figured that was coming.
Speaker 3 (29:08):
Yes, So the haunted hay rides are even more exciting.
So we work with local high school drama clubs and
theater clubs and kids will be hidden out in the
woods to give you a scare.
Speaker 6 (29:21):
As the hay ride comes through.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Alrighty, so we got that. I'm not a big fan
of a haunted hay ride, but love a hay ride,
so go. I love the fact that you do this
in Eagle Creek Park is just such. There's so much
diversity in there, and you guys cover what four or
five thousand acres up there?
Speaker 6 (29:39):
Yes, fifty four hundred acres.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
I got my numbers backwards, so forty five hundred, all right,
we're good. Fifty four hundred see I need more caffeine.
This is why I call you because you're so bubbly
and you bring me back to life. But either way, hiking,
you got the lake, you got activities. What else besides
the hay rides?
Speaker 3 (29:58):
So coming up int we have our Dulcimer Folk Festival.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
Yes, ye, when is this? When is this?
Speaker 5 (30:07):
So?
Speaker 3 (30:07):
This will be Saturday, September thirteenth, and it's free with
skated mission and I believe we've been doing this for
nearly fifty years, so it's a great opportunity to come
here live folk music. One of my favorite parts about
the event is they do an instrument petting zoo, so
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if you ever wanted to try out a hammered dulcimer
or a banjo, you have the opportunity to pick one
up and do some strumming.
Speaker 6 (30:38):
So it's a really great event. People love it.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
I love the dulcimer and I've seen people play and
it's mesmerizing. You can sit there and kind of get
lost and you're like, I could do that, and then
you realize, no, I don't even know anything about music
other than how to turn it up on THEB on
the knob. And I love the fact that you can
have live folk music like that, and that's coming up
on September thirteenth. But you guys have so many other things.
(31:05):
I'm sure this fall as well. The Ornithology Center one
of the favorite places. Are kids back in school coming
playing field trips.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
Yes, all the kids are back in Indianapolis, so kids
are back at school. We're doing lots of fall field
trips so kids can come to the Earth's Discovery Center
and dip for cad poles, see live snakes, see.
Speaker 6 (31:29):
Skunk, all different critters. And then the Ornithology Center.
Speaker 3 (31:33):
We have our taxidermy birds on display, over one hundred
and fifty species on display, so you can learn.
Speaker 6 (31:41):
Your birds look up close.
Speaker 3 (31:42):
And then in October we are doing our October Owl Festival,
and this.
Speaker 6 (31:48):
Is the tenth annual festival. Lots of fun.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
You can come see live owls up close, you can
dissect an owl pellet. We'll have all sorts of nature
nerd merchandise that you can buy that's owl theand and
includes a silent auction a fundraise for the care of
our raptors that live at the Ornithology Center. So we
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have eight educational raptors on display.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
I love owls and one of my favorite little There's
a lot of things my kids did in science and
grade school. One of the coolest things they did was
the owl pellet dissection, and I got into it. I thought,
this is really cool. But to see or hear an
owl in the woods one of my favorite sounds that
I think everyone should hear along my great list of
(32:38):
other things, but hearing an owl in the early morning
or at sunset, and you just hear that melodious. It's
just hard to describe. So I'm so glad that you're
doing that. Anything else that folks need to be aware of.
You guys are just on a roll and a great,
great lineup of fall things other than just coming out
and enjoying the beautiful park itself, miles of hiking trails.
(33:02):
Take your family out there. It's one of the best
places you could go. But anything else for the fall.
Speaker 3 (33:09):
Yeah, fall bird migration, so come on out, take things slow,
just enjoy nature. So we have some migrants already coming
through the park. We're known for our birdwatching. We do
Sunday morning bird hikes, so whatever level of birdwatcher you are,
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we have free hikes with the Amos Butler Audubon Society,
and those take place every Sunday morning at nine am
at the Ornithology Center year round rain or Shrine. Yesterday's
bird hike they found ninety two species of birdsteering their hike.
Speaker 6 (33:48):
They're ramping up.
Speaker 1 (33:49):
Well. We've got a new birding correspondent and Ken Keffer.
He's been a past president of the Outdoor Writers of
America and he owns the Wild Birds and Limited franchise
down in Bloomington. He is just a great guy, full
of energy promoting the sport of birdwatching. So I'm glad
you brought that up there. It is so great to
visit with you and our friends at Eagle Creek, and
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I always enjoy the time that we spend together, and
I'm sure that we will have more time as you
guys keep adding different things to the great park that
you have. Brittany, you do such a great job and
all your staff. Thanks for being a part of Indiana
Outdoors as always, and we wish you luck in this fall.
I encourage everybody to go to your website and find
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these great activities. I'm particularly disappointed that i will not
see you at the Dulcimer, but I'm going to try
to make the owls. I love it. Thanks so much
as always.
Speaker 6 (34:41):
Brittany, Thanks Brian, take care my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
Our friends at Eagle Creek State Park. I'm your friend,
I'm your host. It's Brian Pointer. It's Indian Outdoor Show.
We're going to be back. Don't you think about going
anywhere right after this.
Speaker 7 (35:03):
And.
Speaker 1 (35:18):
Just when you think you've heard it all, it's the
Indian Outdoor Show. That's what we do. We provide you
all the greatest and latest. Thank you to our friends
at Eagle Creek. I always want to call it a
state park. It's one of the largest metro parks fifty
four hundred acres here in Indianapolis. Great to have them
be a part of it and all the great shows.
(35:39):
Just google and find out because Miss Winford went through
a lot and we like that. Tim Beck plan for
your fall hunting now. Hunter education is critical part of it.
If you were born after twelve thirty one eighty six,
it's required. There's reciprocity. If you think you might need
it now it's a good time to do it. And
we always appreciate Tim giving us the updates after their
(36:04):
run at the Indiana State Fair. Joe Thomas. He speaks
for himself. He is truly very He's just one of
the best. He's so real and humble and of course
host of great successful programs like Match Fishing and Reeling
the Outdoors American Archer. He's getting ready to do some more, folks.
As you know, we bring you the greatest each and
(36:25):
every week. I your host, Brian Pointer. Remember, get out
and enjoy the great Indiana outdoors. Turn in a poacher
one eight hundred tip I D n R. See you
next week.
Speaker 4 (36:34):
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