This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast Collin Griffiths with Bretz RV & Marine joined your host Downrigger Dale for a great discussion as we continued our series “How to Find the Right Boat for You”. Rigger and Collin covered a tremendous amo

If You Listen to This Week’s Podcast With Chris From Townsend Marine You’ll be able to Cut Through the Boating B.S.!

13 days ago 1h 4m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale had a great conversation with Chris McFadden, Owner of Townsend Marine. Chris is another perfect person to help Rigger continue his series on “How to Find the Right Boat for You

How to Find the Right Boat for You, Matt From Mon-Dak has Answers!

20 days ago 1h 12m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale sat down with the owner of Mon-Dak Marine, Mat Cowen. You might recall last year when Matt participated in out series about “How to Find the Right Boat for You” Matt gave some

How to Find the Right Boat for You! Perhaps a Warrior Might be the One?

27 days ago 58m 18s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale starts our annual series on “How to Find the Right Boat for You!”. Last year this series was a huge hit and if this episode of the Montana Outdoor Podcast is any indication it l

The History of One of Montana’s Most Legendary Outdoor Companies!

Mar 16th, 2024 1h 7m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale sat down with the President of Bretz RV & Marine, Brandon Bretz. Bretz RV & Marine is truly an incredible outdoor company and a legend in the RV and boat business. Brandon share

Spring Mack Days Fishing Tournament! Imagine Getting Paid for Every Lake Trout You Catch! Yes, That’s Possible! And it Can Add Up to a Whole Lot of Money!

Mar 9th, 2024 1h 19m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to CSKT Fisheries Specialist, Cindy Benson and one of the top anglers in past Spring Mack Days Tournaments, Jason Mahlen. Jason has won the tournament many times! You wil

From Ice On to Ice Off and Beyond Brian Olson Helps You Find ‘em and Catch ‘em!

Mar 2nd, 2024 55m 36s

One of the most popular fishing reports on the Montana Outdoor Radio Show every Saturday morning is the Brian Olson Report. Brian always has great information about fishing on Fresno and Nelson Reservoirs as well as the Milk and the Missouri Ri

Do You Have Questions About the Upcoming Hunting License Application Deadlines or the Changes to Hunters Ed Requirements or Other Things? This Episode has the Answers!

Feb 24th, 2024 58m 55s

Yeah, it is almost the start of a new license year for the Montana Outdoors. In less than a week it will be time to get a new fishing license and conservation license and then just like that the clock starts to ticking! Yeah, the deadline seaso

Glendive Montana Gets Locked and Loaded!

Feb 17th, 2024 53m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Andy Mansoor, CEO of Brixtel Defense along with two other key executives of the Company Jimmy Slaughter and James McCoy. Those gentlemen represent Brixtel Defense an am

You are About to be Guided Through the Woods Like You Have Never Been Before!

Feb 10th, 2024 53m 15s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Cory Medlinger of Superior Hardwoods of Montana to find out about one of the most unique wood products companies in the world! If you are a fan of the podcast or the Mo

Are You an Outdoors Woman? Do You Want to Become One? Do You Know Someone That Would or Should Become One? Do You Just Want to Learn a New Outdoor Skill?

Feb 3rd, 2024 53m 8s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale had an awesome conversation with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks’ BOW Coordinator, Kylie Kembel. Kylie told Rigger all about the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. Of course,

Josh Parrow is Making it Happen on the Hi-Line! Hear what is going on up on Montana's Hi-Line!

Jan 27th, 2024 49m 40s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale caught up with a guy who has been VERY busy. We are talking about Josh Parrow of Havre Montana. You probably have heard Josh a time or two on the Montana Outdoor Radio Show giv

What is the Long-Term Weather Forecast Going to be for Montana? Are We Ever Going to Get the Snowpack We Need?

Jan 20th, 2024 46m 32s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with Matthew Rosencrans in the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. Matthew is the Climate Testbed Director in the Climate Prediction Center and knows a gre

A Conversation with Montana’s Outdoor Governor, Greg Gianforte! What’s Next for Montana’s Outdoors in 2024?

Jan 13th, 2024 40m 29s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale has a conversation with Montana Governor, Greg Gianforte. Rigger and the Governor get into all kinds of topics about Montana’s great outdoors. Things like: What is the overall

Listen to the Top 5 Countdown Podcast! Find Out Which Montana Outdoor Podcast Was the Most Listened to Podcast in 2023!

Jan 6th, 2024 1h 2m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast Manny Clark sits in for Downrigger Dale and counts down the top five podcasts for 2023. There were 51 podcasts dropped in 2023 all of which had tons and tons of listeners. But as always, there were some

Fresno Dam - Montana’s Incredible Sinking Dam! How Far Has It Sank? What is the Plan to Fix it? How Dangerous is it?

Dec 30th, 2023 57m 47s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Bureau of Reclamation Project Manager Steve Darlinton about the huge projects he is managing that will, among many things, fix the Fresno Dam located just about 15 mile

Shane Clouse a Man for All Seasons! Shane Talks About Bighorn Sheep, Hunting, Performing, Song Writing, Acting in Movies and of Course Spending Time in Montana’s Outdoors!

Dec 23rd, 2023 58m 2s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with celebrity and Montana native Shane Clouse about his involvement with the Montana Wild Sheep Foundation. Shane is a past President of the foundation which partners wit

Learn All About Montana’s Elk Shoulder Seasons Do You Understand Them? Time to Clear Up the Confusion!

Dec 16th, 2023 59m 26s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Brian Wakeling the Game Management Bureau Chief for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Brian knows everything there is to know about Montana’s Elk Shoulder Seasons.

What is Wrong with Montana’s Mule Deer?

Dec 9th, 2023 1h 1m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast you host Downrigger Dale talks to the Regional Director of the Montana Mule Deer Foundation, Chris Fortune. Rigger and Chris got into a fascinating and at times alarming discussion about the decline of t

Depending on Who You Talk to, the Recent Court Ruling on Shortening the Wolf Trapping Season Seems to be a Bit Misguided or is it? Listen Here and See What You Think!

Dec 2nd, 2023 1h 5m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with Ed Hebbe, Communications Director of the Montana Trappers Association about Federal Judge Donald Molloy’s order to shorten Montana’s wolf trapping season. One of the

Could You Survive if You Were Dropped Off Just over 200 Miles from the Arctic Circle with Only 10 Basic Items, no Food and LEFT ALONE?!

Nov 25th, 2023 1h

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to the Season 6 winner of the History Channel’s popular TV reality series, “Alone”. You must hear Jordan Jonas’s story of how he not only survived but won the incredible c

Montana’s Upland Gamebirds! How are Their Populations Doing? Where to Find Them? Which One Tastes Better Than You Think? And a Whole Lot More!

Nov 18th, 2023 54m 46s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast it is all about Montana’s Upland Game Birds. Your podcast host Downrigger Dale talks to Upland Gamebird Specialist Ken Plourde. Ken is based in FWP Region 6 and there is, for sure, a reason the word, “Sp

Understanding Montana’s Pheasants! Where is the Best Place to Find Them? What are Good Hunting Techniques? What do Their Population Numbers Look Like Now and in the Future?

Nov 11th, 2023 54m 39s

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale talks with the Montana Pheasants Forever, State Coordinator, Hunter VanDonsel about Montana’s Pheasants. Besides being the State Coordinator for Pheasants Forever, Hunter is al

Black Butte Copper Mine, Is it Right for Montana’s Outdoors? Downrigger Asks Some Tough Questions and Gets Some Surprising Answers!

Nov 4th, 2023 1h 21m

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to Nancy Schlepp, VP of Communications & Government Relations and Jerry Zieg, Senior Vice President of Black Butte Copper. Rigger had heard all kinds of rumors about this

Hunters! Do You Want More Hunting Access to Private Land? Listen to This Week’s Podcast. That Access is Closer to a Reality Than You Think.

Oct 28th, 2023 1h 1m

This week the host of The Montana Outdoor Podcast, Downrigger Dale talks to Ed Beall Owner of Capital Sports and Western and member of the Montana Private Land and Public Wildlife Advisory Committee (PLPW). Rigger and Ed cover a TON of topics a