America Outdoors Radio Podcast

America Outdoors Radio Podcast

Host John Kruse covers fishing, hunting, conservation and destinations every week on his award-winning radio show heard on 125+ stations across America.

Episodes

October 29, 2025 44 mins

This week John Kruse and Gary Lewis discuss Buck Fever and how it affects shooters in the field.  George Krumm will tell you about his trip to SE Alaska where he fishing for halibut and salmon and then went hunting for Sitka black-tail deer.  Conor LIess has the latest news from Idaho Fish and Game and Bob Loomis is back with another extended Mack's Minute.

 

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This week host John Kruse chats with Northwest fishing legend Bill Herzog talks about catching big coho salmon on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, as well as the fall guiding he is doing on the lower Grande Ronde River.  Sharon Trammel shares details about her new book "Eat off the Land", which mixes recipes and foraging.  Shelby Ross, owner of Ross Outdoor Adventures, takes family and friends out for an opening day duck and goose h...

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October 29, 2025 45 mins

John Kruse interviews

1.  Sage Marshall about the top trout towns in the United States

2.  Heather Talley about upland bird hunting in Utah and some tips on how to bag birds without a dog

3.  Richard Simms with Scenic City Fishing Charters about fall smallmouth bass in Tennessee and about his anual duck hunt in South Dakota

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October 29, 2025 45 mins

This week host John Kruse talks to writer Richard Mann about the best rifle cartridges for elk.  Brooks Hansen with Camp Chef will tell you about a unique deer camp he and his partners put on in Nebraska.  Cole Gander with the National Deer Association shares advice on how to recover a gut-shot deer.

 

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October 19, 2025 45 mins

This week is all about deer hunting!  John Kruse talks to Robby Denning with Rokslide.com about different techniques that will get you into deer this fall.  Josh Warren with WorkSharp shares his latest deer hunt story as well as what kind of knives and sharpeners he likes to have with him while hunting.  We'll also talk to William Harris about his new book, "Trials, Tribulations and Triumphs" and he shares a couple of great hunting...

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This week John Kruse chats with Kyle Clark about a recent bass tournament he fished on the Columbia River and tactics he uses to catch bass in October.  Brianna Bruce with Livin' Life Adventures is fishing the Skagit River in NW Washington for coho salmon and Troy Rodakowski joins us for the duck opener to talk about keys to success and how to stay successful in the early season.  Throw in an extended Mack's Minute, outdoors news a...

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This week host John Kruse talks to:

1.  Dac Collins with Outdoor Life talks about two hunters in Florida killed by a lightning strike

2.  Phil Bourjaily with Field and Stream shares jump shooting advice for ducks and geese and some of it is controversial!

3.  We'll re-air in interview with Mark Goke with Wyoming Game and Fish about bison hunting in the Cowboy State

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This week's guests include

1.  Rick Kustich, author of Modern Spey Fishing

2.  Sam Soholt, the host of Field and Stream's new podcast, Legends of the Wild

3.  An award-winning interview with Will Brantley about turkey hunters

 

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This week on the show host John Kruse chats with:

1.  Marilyn Bentz with the National Bowhunter Education Foundation

2.  An award-winning conversation with Nate Reeves from Trout Unlimited about the revival of the Apache Trout

3.  A new app designed to get people fishing is being rolled out by John Bledsoe called Coangler LLC

 

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This week John Kruse talks to Ashley Reeder with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife about Chronic Wasting Disease.   Tammy Ortung with Cross the Divide previews an October retreat in Joseph, Oregon for female veterans.  Dillon Pyle with PSI Oregon talks about the wraps he does for angler boats all over the Northwest.  We've also got another extended Mack's Minute and BirdNote.

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This week host John Kruse travels to Fort Casey on Whidbey Island in Washington where he visits with

1.  Park Area Manager John Whittet and Interpretive Ranger Tabitha Jacobs Magnafico about the park and things to do outdoors here.

2.  Bill Young, a volunteer with the Admiralty Head Lighthouse that is located within the park

3.  John McPherson with the Ninth District Coast Artillery who shares the military history of Fort Casey

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September 18, 2025 45 mins

This week John Kruse interviews,

1.  Dr. Mike Brasher with Ducks Unlimited about the latest annual duck population survey

2.  Corey Meyer with Steelhead Outdoors about their modular safes and gun cabinets

3.  Dac Collins with Outdoor Life about an Alaskan big game guide sued by the State of Alaska for ripping off clients

4.  Andrew McKean with Outdoor Life talks about a possible repeal of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule 

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September 18, 2025 45 mins

This week John Kruse chats with

1.  Brian Tucker with Hi Mountain Seasonings who shares a delicious smoked dove recipe

2.  Caitlyn Carnes with Visit Galveston about fishing opportunities and some fun September festivals

3.  Matt Dwonch with the Wild Sheep Foundation who has some great tips on taking photos of that once in a lifetime trophy sheep

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This week on the show John Kruse chats with:

1.  Outdoors writer Troy Rodakowski about early season hunts for antelope, bear, deer and dove

2.  Mark Coleman with All River Charters shares Westport salmon and tuna fishing reports

3.  Doug St. Denis with Ridge to River Outdoors has a Puget Sound pink salmon fishing update

4.  Hannah Dinnell with Lead Free Oregon lets listeners know about sight-in events around the state where lead fr...

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August 28, 2025 45 mins

This week on the show we share outdoors news along with interviews with Daryl Bauer with Nebraska Game and Parks about Lake Ogallala, a great destination for big trout as well as perch and smallmouth bass.  Annika Hipple shares some recent adventures to include a six-day sea kayaking trip in British Columbia and a 10-day rafting trip on a remote river in the Yukon Territory and Alaska.  Throw in a re-aired interview with Ron Spomer...

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This week host John Kruse visits with Michelle Dennehy with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife about upcoming youth and mentored hunts.  Roger Phillips with Idah Fish and Game with a bevy of outdoors news from the Gem State and Stephanie Hull with Explore Lincoln City about some great outdoorsy events you can participate in along the Oregon Coast.  Throw in an extended Mack's Minute about saltwater pink salmon fishing with ...

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This week John Kruse is joined by Josh Kroll, co-host of the Hiking Fools Podcast, about some of his favorite hikes in Glacier National Park.  Eric Winther shares the latest fishing reports from the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program.  Douglas Boze shares early season bear hunting tips and as always, we've got another extended Mack's Minute and BirdNote.

 

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August 20, 2025 45 mins

John Kruse chats with:

1. Brooks Hansen with Camp Chef about crab boils and a new tailgating stove along with where Brooks likes to do his tailgating during the college football season.

2.  Mark Boardman with Vortex Optics introduces the new Ranger range finding binocular

3.  Michael Colaiani with Arizona Game and Fish updates our listeners on a serious poaching case, shares details on a great shooting facility open to the public i...

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This week John Kruse talks to:

1. Keith Sutton about the best states to catch slab crappie

2.  Jill Pritchard with the Missouri Dept. of Conservation talks about the Governor's mentored deer hunts in the Show Me State

3.  Dan Compton will tell you about Federal's waxed paper shotshells that are coming out in 20 Gauge now and why shooters like these retro shells

4.  Bryan Hendricks talks Arkansas dove hunting and more

 

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This week host John Kruse brings you audio recorded at the Boardman Marina on the Columbia River in Oregon where the BAM (Bass Angler Magazine) Pro-Am Tournament took place.  The winning professional and amateur anglers are interviewed as well as a high school student who fished his way into a $10K scholarship to Simpson University in California.  We'll also talk to the announcer of the tournament, James "Big Ed" Everhart.

 

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