Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors

Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors features discussion of all things outdoors in the True North. With thousands of lakes and thousands of acres of forest, Paul Bunyan Country is home to some of the best fishing and hunting in North America and you'll hear from the some of the nation's best guides and anglers.

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Brice Vollbrecht: Life As A Conservation Office...
Brice Vollbrecht has been a Paul Bunyan Country DNR Conservation Officer for the past 12 years. He's been on the air to talk rules, regs and safety many times. This week, though, he talks about the job itself. What's it like to...
37 min
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It's All Academic: We Recap The Bemidji High Sc...
The Lumberjack Fishing Team's season ended at the State Championships on Pelican Lake and we hear from Coach Chris Haley and Jacob Slough, who has wrapped up his Lumberjack career. Meanwhile, the Bemidji State Trap Club is hosting an...
38 min
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Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors: NW Regional Wildl...
Minnesota DNR Northwest Regional Wildlife Manager John Williams joins Kev Jackson to recap the most recent turkey season, discuss the current bear season and preview the many other hunting seasons on the way. Plus, Steve Ballou previews...
45 min
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Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors: We Review The Fra...
For the fourth straight year, the United Way of the Bemidji Area is hosting a Trap Shooting Tournament at Bemidji's Northland Shooting Park. United Way Executive Director Denae Alamano has all the details. But first, Peter Janick recaps...
30 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: We Wrap Up the Yea...
Another year of Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country ends with Part Two of NW Regional Fisheries Manager Henry Drewes & The State Of Teh Fishery. Alot of great topics covered and some thank you's too. Don't forget, we still talk...
27 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: The End Is Near......
Well, it's been 20 weeks already and Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country is wrapping up its 30th year. As always, we wrap up the season with DNR Northwest Regional Fisheries Manager Henry Drewes' annual State of the Fishery. Part One...
24 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Steve Mattson of M...
Steve Mattson is back to discuss fall fishing. It is definitely one of the best times to go fishing. He talks lures and presentations, how to stay warm and what the hardwater season might bring. Steve knows fishing and his insights will...
27 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: BONUS Lake(s) Of T...
Due to a couple of Thursday's with other programming, we had a couple of great interviews we wanted to make sure made it on the air this year. Coincidentally, both lakes had the same name...La Salle. One is Big La Salle. and one is...
21 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Jason Durham Gets ...
Jason Durham of Go Fish Guide Service has all the details on the Park Rapids area fishing scene. In addition, we talk fall fishing and recap the summer. Jason always educates (he is a teacher after all) and today is no exception. Speaking...
29 min
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Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors: Scott Anderson on...
Ducks Unlimited Regional Director Scott Anderson discusses the upcoming Bemidji Ducks Unlimited Banquet including the limited tickets due to Covid 19 and all other things going on in the duck world. Plus, acting Bemidji Area Fisheries Supervisor...
29 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Bro Brosdahl Talks...
Brian "Bro" Brosdahl is an outstanding guide and angler and he is happy it's fall. Bro's internal furnace is stuck on high and he prefers cool to COLD weather. He's also happy because fall means the walleye fishing will...
36 min
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Paul Bunyan Country Outdoors: Our First Ever Lo...
We've talked about every conceivable fishing season and every conceivable hunting season (thanks in large part to Matt Breuer), but until today, we've never talked about wild rice season. And yet, wild rice is a staple of Minnesota...
30 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: The Bemidji Lumber...
The Lumberjack Fishing Team had three teams competing in the Tournament of Champions and they're off to the Minnesota State Team Championships September 19th and 20th. Today, we hear from three team members and Coach Chris Haley.
22 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: More On The Muskie...
The 53rd Annual Frank Schneider Memorial Muskie Tournament is coming to 25 bodies of water in Paul Bunyan Country September 11-13. We talked with Peter Janick earlier this week, but check back in because the registration deadline is EARLY...
23 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Charlie Worrath Is...
Charlie Worrath of Charlie's Gone Fishing Guide Service returns to the show to talk Lake Winni fishing. The action has been good and the future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades. We'll get all the details on Wonderful...
20 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Bemidji Area Guide...
We get the details on late August action from Bemidji area guide Dick Beardsley. Dick's been fishing many different lakes and is reeling in bass, crappies and walleyes. We'll get the details and the how to as well as what we can...
20 min
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Matt Breuer Of North Country Guide Service Is R...
If you know anything about Matt Breuer, you know he probably has five or six freezers to store all the animals and fish he shoots and catches. He's ready for Bear. Bear season starts September 1 and he's out baiting right now....
32 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: The Frank Schneide...
The 53rd Annual Frank Schneider Jr Memorial Muskie Tournament is coming to Paul Bunyan Country. Though sponsored by the Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies Inc, the event is run on 25 Paul Bunyan Country Lakes in September. We'll hear from...
25 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Best Of Week--Chip...
Chip Leer loves the outdoors. And his passion became his profession. He joined Kev Jackson last year to discuss his love of fishing and the outdoors, how he turned it into his profession and his feelings about being inducted into the Freshwater...
13 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Best Of Week--Form...
When Northland Tackle created their famous line of Impulse Baits, they enlisted the help of Bemidji State Professor Dr. Don Cloutman and the BSU Aquatic Biology Department to create the scent that makes them so effective. Kev Jackson talked...
15 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Best Of Week--Hall...
Kev Jackson is out of town and so you're hearing some of his best interviews of all time. In 1955, a two week stretch of muskie fishing on Leech Lake may have been the most amazing period of muskie fishing in the history of Planet Earth....
16 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Best Of Week--Writ...
Back in 20015Dave Maas wrote an article proclaiming Bemidji State the #1 Fishing College in America. He discussed the criteria that he used to determine the ranking and why Bemidji State earned the honor.
12 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Best of Week--Duan...
Kev Jackson has a new granddaughter so he is out of town. Before he left, he found some of his best interviews of the past to feature this week. First up, Hall of Famers John & Duane Peterson discuss the history of Northland Tackle...
13 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Jason Rylander Is ...
August isn't typically great walleye weather to begin with and now it's been stormy. Despite it all, Jason Rylander of North Country Guide Service is grinding out some walleyes. We talk that and many other much more agreeable fish....
16 min
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Fishin' Paul Bunyan Country: Jason Freed On Ver...
Jason Freed of Leisure Outdoor Adventures checks in from Lake Vermilion. We planned on talking Leech Lake, but since he's vacationing on Vermilion we talk Vermilion angling. We also add in some Leech talk, and we have to talk High School...
22 min