Shows

 Rabbit hunting takes center state this week!!! A group of fathers take their kids out for what turned out to be one heck of a day of rabbit hunting.  Lots of bunnies and lots of shooting.  As far as bunny hunts, this is as good as it gets.  We will also take a look at our top 6 viewer video's that were sent into us this year.  Lots to see on this week's show!

 This week we hit the north woods in search of squirrels!!!  We are using squirrel dogs this week with Terri and Dale Haken.  If you have never seen a dog hunt squirrels - this is your chance.   We will also have all our deer entries for our Viewer Video Challenge.  Lots of cool stuff on this week's show.

 Here is a great event coming to the Grand Haven area if your interested, all the proceeds to go local non-profits as well.  Check it out if your in the area.

 Viewer Video takes center stage on this week's show.  We have this week and next week to take a look at most all the video's that were sent to us.  This week we take a look at all the non-deer video.  We also get a review of some of the new 2 man ice shanty's that are on the market.  You will want to see this show!!!

 This week we head to Michigan's elk country and tag along as combat-wounded Army veteran Jeremiah Jones battles the extreme elements and tries to drop a cow elk.  It's a once-in-a-lifetime tag that was donated through SCI's SE Michigan Bowhunters Chapter.  Next, we head to Jackson County and join good friend Craig Gerard and a couple of his uncles on a deer hunt during muzzleloader season.  And ice anglers, we'll show you how to transport propane safely and give you some ice safety tips.

 We start this week's show by heading to Dexter to see some nice Michigan bucks from the first weekend of the firearm season.  We then hit a small lake in southern MI to tag along with a pike fishing fanatic.  If your into pike you need to check out Keith Stanton and all he has to offer the pike spearing public!!!

 Our last show of 09 highlights some of Jenny's favorite stories of this past year.  We start above the bridge and tag along with some NRC commissioners who really love to fish.  After we get to know them we are headed south to Jenny's first story back with us here at Michigan Out of Doors.  Jenny tells a kids ice fishing story better than anyone - and it shows!!!  We also have our favorite recipe of the year Elk meatloaf - you can't believe how many people have asked for this recipe.  Enjoy, and thanks for a great year!!!

 For Christmas Eve this year we showed you 2 of my favorite segments from this year.  We start with an Elk hunt from northern MI where we take the 2nd biggest non-typical bull ever shot in our great state, and we have it on tape!!!  We also have a kayak fishing segment that had to be my favorite fishing show of the year.  I learned that fishing in that way is just way to much fun!  Hope you enjoy our first of 2 weeks of "best of" shows.  Merry Christmas - 
Jimmy

 We are bringing you our second opening day story this week!  Jenny spent the opener in souther Mi with a hunter who has been hunting the opener for over 70 years.  The hunting was a little slow, but we introduce you to a very special hunter and his family.  From there we travel to the town of Mason for the buck pole that took place the first weekend of the season.  We also show you a group that is doing all they can to say thank you to our veterans by getting them back out hunting.  Hope you enjoy!!!

 Finally after a few weeks of waiting we are bringing you our first opening day story.  I was on state land this year and had a great time with 16 hunters in camp.  You would think that with that many guys someone would have a buck on the ground, well, you would be wrong!!!  It is a really cool story, so check out this rather unique deer camp.  After that you do get to see me fill my small buck tag off the ground with a few days left in the firearm season.  From there we take you south to Houghton Lake  to try our hand at some layout hunting.  From bucks to ducks we got you covered...

 Most of our PBS stations are in pledge right now asking for support.  So, we didn't want to show our opening day stories just yet.  We do have a great story from the Manistee river where you will learn just how to fish this time of the year.  We also stop in with a man who has been running a trap line longer than he may want to admit.  The trappers of our state are some of our most dedicated and skilled woodsmen.  You will meet a man on this show that is a great example of just that.

 Because we are still trying to get our firearm deer stories and because this show will air on Thanksgiving we are showing you a story from a few years ago.  This opening day story is a good one from northern Michigan.  We join a big group of hunters at Nettie Bay Lodge for a great couple of days.  We will also take a look at another very popular activity this time of year, coon hunting.  We will tag along with a father and daughter team that really know how to run their dogs.  This week is just another reminder of all that Michigan has to offer this time of year.

 Opening day of the firearm season has come and gone and we are still in the woods!!! So starting off this week's show is some top notch late October salmon fishing from the PM.  Join us as we tag along with some good friends from Hank's Fly Shop.  These guys know how to fish in style!!!  We also take a look at the new features in the Bad Boy Buggie with John Riggs from Ochard Buggies and he explains some tax incentives if your looking at getting one yet this year.  We will tease you with just a few of our viewer video entries as well.  Finally we will show you some really good fall walleye fishing from the Detroit River. 

 Deadly Tedly starts off this week's show - that is correct the Motor City Madman Ted Nugent gets us started this week with his very first Michigan crossbow kill.  After we hit the woods with Ted we head to the goose fields with Michigan's champion goose caller Hunter Engel.  Hunter and his dad Dave show us what a morning of goose hunting is supposed to look like.  We also have an opening day story from a few years back to get folks excited for the opener this weekend.  We rap the show with our own Jenny Olsen's monster buck she shot in Ohio.  Enjoy the show - 

 We start on the Manistee river on this week's show.  Terry Weiler is our host for the day with a couple of his buddies, back bouncing spawn on a perfect fall day.  We also show you how to sight in your gun with only 2 shots on this week's show.  For you outdoor chefs we have a great pheasant recipe from the Villager's Restaurant in Holly.  Speaking of pheasants we have a hunt that a PBS viewer was able tag along on with Bob Garner and some of his buddies.  Lots of stuff on this week's show - enjoy!!!

 We start this week's show on St. Clair chasing monster Muskie!!!  We don't find to many monsters but we do have a great time and have two boats out on the water.  Our friendly competition between boats made the day a lot of fun for a couple of first time Muskie anglers.  We also stop in with our new friends at Outcast Traditions.  These guys make traditional bows and are really starting to make quite a name for themselves.  I will be hunting with a longbow this year and I can't tell you how much fun it has been hitting the woods with just a stick and a string.  We also highlight a new product for you landowners out there looking for a way to clear problem areas on your property.  The guys from Foxworthy Outdoors may have the "Jawz" your looking for....

 This week's show has some great deer hunting footage! We start in Livingston Co. where we have a first time hunter taking a nice young buck on camera.  After that we hit the woods with Gabe VanWormer a contributing producer on our show.  Gabe is an avid bow hunter and he is able to capture some very up close footage on a very nice Michigan buck.  Using his Roscoby Riser Cam Gabe was able to get all of it on tape.  We round out the show with the good folks from the Ruffed Grouse Society.  We tag along on their gun dog of the year trail and get to see some good dog work. 

Youth take the stage on this week's program!  We start with two different youth waterfowl hunts.  One is from a state run facility and the other is on a private pond in southern Mi.  Both hunts are filled with some really excited kids and the dads that are with them have a smile ear to ear - including me and my 6 year old who tagged along for the hunt. After we hit the water we join Gabe Vanwormer from MUCC and his youth deer season that has one father daughter team tagging a first buck.  Lots to see on this week's show. 

 The show this week has the number 2 non-typical bull ever taken in the state!!!  We tag along with the lucky hunter and his guide Kevin Johnson from the Big Boys Adventure series as we take on the woods of northern Michigan.  We also get to take in a little bass fishing in the down time on this hunt with Kevin's family.  Speaking of bass fishing we head south to the mouth of the Detroit River to find some smallmouth with a father-son team as well as good friend Gerry Gostenik.  Lots to see on this week's show - enjoy!!!

This week on Thursday night PBS is running a Ken Burns special on the National Parks.  So, since we won't air on Thursday anywhere but we do air on Saturday we wanted to bring you a few stories you may have seen before.  Either way the first story this week is a grouse and woodcock hunt from last year in northern Mi where we really get into the birds and have some great dog work.  We then show you a bow camp from yesteryear.  This story jumped out to me because one of the guys hunting is using a long bow and that is what I am hunting with this year.    We also have a recipe that is perfect for deer camp.  So sit back and enjoy this first show of October... hope you get to spend some time in the bow stand!!!

 This week takes us above the bridge.  We start with some lake trout fishing from Lake Superior on the big reef with some NRC commissioners. Taking us out were the good folks from Shelter Bay Charters. Good old Bob Garner was along on this trip and that always makes for a fun trip.  We also stop in with NAVHDA or the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Assoc.  We show what they have been working on all summer to get their dogs ready for the season.  We end the show with a early doe hunt from southern Mi with a first time hunter.  Thanks for watching...

 We start this week's show from my hometown of Ludington!  We hit the big water with the boys from Blue Fairways.  On the boat today we had some PBS viewers that joined us from WGVU in Grand Rapids.  After that we head to the deer woods where our friends from MUCC give us some good pointers on food plots and scouting cameras.  The last story in our show is from Saginaw Bay.  We join good friend Steve Vandemark  and some young ladies who don't have a chance to fish very often.  Also don't forget our Meijer contest is drawing to a close!!!! If you would like to enter for a chance to win a dream hunting or fishing trip with the show and have your adventure on TV you can enter at any Meijer store until the 23rd of this month - or you can do it online at Meijer.com - Good luck!!!!

 We start this show with a kids fishing trip on Lake St. Clair with the folks from Benefit for Kids.  This is a great organization and do a lot of good work with kids in very tough situations.  We also check in on the opening day of Goose season and show you what that day is supposed to look like!!!  We round out the show with a stop at Cabela's and show you  a weekend event they had for ladies.  The big news on this weeks show is the upcoming dream hunting/fishing trip we are giving away through Meijer.  Starting the 13th of this month at any Meijer location you can put your name in the hat for an early October drawing.  The winner gets to tailor make a trip anywhere in the state and we will make it happen and tape if for the show!  You can apply online or by postcard.  All the details can be found at the Meijer website starting on September the 13th by clicking on Meijer   - good luck to all!!!!

The paddle sports take over this week!!!  We start with a story on how to outfit and fish out of a kayak.  We are joined by Craig Kivi from Golden Drake Outdoors.  After we show you how to fish from a kayak we take some canoes and kayaks and head north.  We hit the Sturgeon river with Doc Fletcher who has written a few books on canoeing Michigan rivers.  If you want to try a trip like this contact the folks at the Silent Sport Lodge - they can hook you up!  Paddle on....

 This show is all about big lake fishing!!!  We are out of the port of Saugatuck with 2 of the best captains in the state, the boys from Best Chance Too.  We have 2 full boats of sponsors and some folks who won the trip through a PBS auction.  We have a great time and catch some nice fish.  If your looking for a great place to stay while in Saugatuck check out the Bayside Inn.  After we hit the water we will also stop in with our buddies from Pheasants Forever and talk habitat and what you can be expecting this time of year.

 This week we start with one of the most coveted hunts we have here in our great state, the northern Michigan elk hunt.  We are only a week or so away from that hunt and this should get those lucky hunters excited for what is to come.  We also stop in with good friend Pete Odland to take a look at a new product for physically challenged hunters, the Liberator.  Plus, we take a look at a new archery target the Arrowmat.  We round out the show by promoting a kids event happening at an MUCC club. 

 This week's show takes us to the Au Sable River.  We start by trying to fish the hex hatch with some guys from the Old Au Sable Fly shop.  The guys we were fishing with were part of the group Chasin Steel, some bluegrass boys from the U.P.  We then head to the Mio area for an afternoon float trip.  After that we head south to get some gun tips from the guys at Williams Gun Sight.  We round out the show with a summer time deer hunt where the mosquitoes made it almost unbearable to be in the woods.  A lot of variety on this week's show.

 This week we start on the St. Clair River chasing monster sturgeon after dark.  We also have this year's bow review that MUCC produced for us.  We also highlight a fishing camp in the Onaway area geared at kids.  

 On this week's show we are fishing the Manitou Islands a couple different times.  We start with some legislators from around the state and end up with some good old boys tent camping in the same area.  This part of the state is very special and worth seeing in person!!!  We also have a few Muzzleloader tips for you smokepole folks.   

 We start on Mona Lake just outside of Muskegon on this week's show.  We are targeting walleye and catching catfish with a great guy named Ernie Miller.  Ernie guides in this part of the state.  You can check him out at Michiganfishguide.com.  We then travel a little east on the Grand River to actually go after some monster catfish with Dan Lipski.  We have been out with Dan before.  He is at riverkatfishing.com.  We also have some sturgeon news for you on this week's show as well as a great kids' bass tournament.  Check it out.....

 This week we start north of the bridge fishing herring near Drummond Island.  Then we head to the Sleeping Bear Dunes to take a cruise around that part of our state.  From there we visit with a new Michigan fly rod manufacturer, the guys at Mystic Fly Rods.  We also have a viewer video to show you this week.  Lots to see on this week's show.

 On this week's show we get to see the top 3 entries in our Viewer Video Challenge.  These are the best of the best from around the state.  Also on this week's show we take a look at the PIctured Rocks boat cruise that people can take out of Munising.  If you would like to learn more about these trips click on Pictured Rocks.  Also on this week's show we learn how to fish a spinner bait more effectively.  Hope you enjoy!!

  This show is the first part of our Viewer Video Challenge. You get to see turkey hunting videos from viewers all around the state.  Also on this week's show is the nation's largest carp tournament in Caseville, MI.  Thanks for watching...

This show is a pretty special one for me.  On this show I was able to take both my wife Dana and by mom Brenda out on a turkey hunt.  We had a great time in my hometown of Ludington.  We also stop in with our friends from Pheasants Forever.  We get some good food plot tips from the state's habitat chair.  We also stop in with Ted and Shemane Nugent to get a very good recipe from the whack master himself.