Living The Dream Outdoors

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper as he sits down with Sykes Mitchell, owner of Duck Creek Outfitters in Canada. Duck Creek Outfitters is located in the eastern plains of Saskatchewan. Hunting covers more than 13,000 square miles of rich, prime farmland which is known for its legendary numbers of birds. They take pride in their friendly hospitality and a superior hunting expe...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper as he interviews Backou owners Bryan and Teri Child at the Safari Club International Convention in Nashville, Tn. Fat tire hunting bikes and recreational e-bikes have taken the country by storm. The Child’s began manufacturing their own e-bike in their garage and now are a nationwide company offering a wide variety of e-bikes that will fit mo...

Tune in to Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast.  Host Bill Cooper and guest Jim Hammil, of Great Lakes Land and Real Estate Company, part of the Land Leader group, share a lively conversation about the Upper Peninsula, including the wild nature of the area, conservation efforts, outdoor recreation opportunities and more. Hammil describes the Upper Peninsula as a “Diamond in the Rough.” Catch the sho...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they interview Land Leader Land Agents Justin Bruehl from Illinois, and Caleb Howard from Oregon. Justin tells quite the deer hunting story of a hunt he shared with his 11-year-old son. They made fabulous outdoor memories together. In the second segment of the show, Land Agent Caleb Howard, from Oregon expounds on the s...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper and Jack Porter of Acute Angling in the Amazon. Bill and Zack delve into the wild attractiveness of the Amazon River and  jungle in South America. Fishing for the colorful Peacock Bass has become a craze in the last couple of decades. Every fisherman who travels to the Amazon aspires to experience the massive blow-up of a 20-pound-plus Peacoc...

Listen in as Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman are joined by Great Lakes and Land Estates Co. owner Tim Koehane and Living the Dream Outdoors Land Agent Lucas McElhannon. The guys laugh it up as they explore the land situation, land sales and offerings and the outdoor scene in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This is a lively and fun podcast that you can catch...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman down in Nashville, Tennessee at the Safari Club International Convention. They visit with Fanie Steyn about his guiding business in Africa. The guys laugh it up and have a good time as Fanie describes life in Africa. He explains in detail what it’s like to live and thrive in the harsh environments of Africa. Fanie farms an...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Darryl Hindman as they visit in the studio with Expedition Trailers executives Paul Gonzalez and Hayden Heeb. Gonzalez is up from Florida and Heeb is a local entrepreneur from Cheeryville, Missouri, just down the road from the Living the Dream Outdoor Properties headquarters. This fun loving foursome laugh it up and tell some eyebrow rai...

Hunter Hindman is back! Jin Hunter and Co-host Bill Cooper as they relive hunts from this fall including exciting duck hunts from the north and middle zones of Missouri. And Hunter describes taking his first ever specklebelly goose, better known as ribeye in the sky.  Then it’s on to mallards, gadwall and pointails. Plans are to chase snow geese and Canadas in the south zone before goose season cl...

Listen in as Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper and special guest Michael Collins, of Misty Mountains Guiding Service, talk about a recent fly fishing trip that they shared on the Niangua River in the Missouri Ozarks. Cooper was the Park Naturalist at Bennett Spring State Park in the late 1970s and had not been back on  the Niangua since then. Listen as he relives the old days and...

Join Living the Dream Outdoor Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they relive some recent duck hunts and deer hunting camps. The stories are wild and this pair of dedicated outdoorsmen share a ton of laughs as they poke a little fun and recall missed opportunities. They will share their fair share of outdoor victories as well, whether it be a lucky shot or a fabulous campfire meal cook...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper and the Rambling Angler, Ken McBroom, on gorgeous Reelfoot Lake in western Tennessee. They are both guests of Jeremy Mattingly’s On the Hook TV Show and Blue Bank Resort. It’s a grand crappie media camp with several attending notable outdoor writers, crappie guides and innovative products manufacturers. It’s a fun show and your mouth is sure...

Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper talks crappie fishing at Reelfoot Lake with GandG Outdoors guides Greg Kaiser and Jim Garret. All three were attending a crappie fishing media event put on by Jermey Mattingly of On the Hook TV. The three day event took place at the beautiful Blue Bank Resort. Big crappie, big stories and big plates of fabulous foods served up by the Blue Bank Res...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper and long time friend and owner of Bean Creek Game Calls Lucas Adey. Bill and Lucas reminisce about long ago  when Bill ran youth turkey hunts with Lucas’s dad  Randy Ady and his good buddy Andy Ramsey. Too, Bill and Lucas talk about the history of Bean Creek Game Calls, how the company has advanced, and some of the most popular calls today. A...

Join Living the Dream Outdoor Podcast Host Bill Cooper and guest as they discuss the recent crossbow deer hunt for residents at the Baptist Home in Arcadia Valley, Missouri. Cheyne Matzenbacher, of the National Deer Association, Dr. Rodney Harrison, President of Baptist Homes and Ministries, and Dan Stiles, site administrator, tell the amazing story of how the resident hunts began at the Baptist H...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast host Bill Cooper and outdoor writer Ryan Miloshewski as they talk duck hunting and how to turn the bounty of the day’s hunt into delectable table fare. “Milo” is a well known culinary artist when it comes to working magic on most duck species and turning them into majestic meals that are to die for. Better known as the Fowl Bird Gourmet, ”Milo” is a seasoned...

If you like catching big crappie in the Missouri Ozarks, this show is for you. Join host Bill Cooper and Kris Nelson, owner of Tandem Fly Outfitters on beautiful Stockton Lake in southwest Missouri. Stockton is a Corps of Engineers lake famous for its superb crappie and walleye fishing. Kris explains in detail weather is currently going on with both species. Too, he discusses the upcoming fall and...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they talk about the victories and woes of their Missouri dove and teal season opening day hunts. Fun times shared with friends and family members make for some great and memorable stories. Good shots, bad shots, camaraderie, discussions about great habitat and a few incredible dove and teal recipes that will leave your...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast Hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they discuss one of the favorite outdoor topics, deer hunting. Specifically they are talking about where bucks go once bachelor groups break up. They discuss information from the National Deer Association, which may relieve some of the frustration you experience each fall when bachelor groups on your property begin to d...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they discuss one of their favorite land management topics - planting food plots. They cover soils, fertilizing, seeding, spraying for weeds and praying for rain. Their enthusiasm for the topic is only surpassed for their passion for the multitude of upcoming hunting seasons. They passionately look forward to dove, teal...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they discuss the food plots they have planted on their personal properties. Too, they discuss the National Deer Hunting Association’s new policy about the 3Rs (Recruit, Retain, and Reactivate) in regards to recruiting new adult hunters. They  promote the idea that new adult hunters should begin by hunting deer rather th...

Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman and Land Agent John Echele as they discuss fabulous Living the Dream Outdoor properties in Franklin and Washington Counties in Missouri, including a superb Meramec River property with over a mile of river frontage. In segment two, the guys discuss Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in deer and how landowners can slow the...

It’s summer time! Temperatures are in triple digits and we are in the middle of a serious drought. Regardless, Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman get outdoors for some refreshing wade fishing in the rivers and streams of the Ozarks. They share a few fishing tactics as well. Aaron Jeffries, Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Conservation shares updates...

Description: Join Living the Dream Outdoors Podcast Bill Cooper and Living the Dream Outdoors Properties owner Darrell Hindman and Land Agent Justin Freels, from Illinoius, as they discuss current trends in the outdoor recreation and farm land real estate markets. In segment two all the guys let their hair down for a lot of laughs at wild tales about their frog hunting escapades. It’s a fun show!

Joining Living the Dream Outdoor Podcast Hosts Bill Cooper and Hunter Hindman as they discuss Hunter’s bear hunt in Oregon,  and turkey season wrap-up . In Segment 2 they tell a few bass fishing stories and provide some solid bass fishing tips as well. It’s a fun show. Bw sure to gtune in on your favorite social media platform.