Trail To Adventure

The daily lives of most military personnel, many adults and even some children, have a mission and a purpose. Unfortunately, many people go through life with no mission or purpose. These are lives that have no godly direction. On this week's program, we will meet a man who served our nation for over 30 years with a purpose and a mission each day for the well being of our nation. When he finished h...

In our world, you have a hard time finding much of any kind of hope to carry a person through hard times. There are a lot of false hopes everywhere we look. Things look good on the surface, but when times get hard, we try to rest on these false hopes and the things we were resting on crash under the pressure. What we find in the end is there is only one true hope that can be counted on when the ha...

It's been said that our days our numbered and the Bible speaks of it throughout the scriptures. God has our lives in His hands from before we were born until the day comes and He calls us home. There are no guarantees that we will live a long life, but we need to make the best of the time that we do have. On today's program, we will meet a father and son who work together in the sportfishing indus...

One of the best known scriptures in the entire Bible comes from Matthew 4:19 where Jesus calls Simon and Adrew to follow Him. Jesus says, "Come unto Me and I will make you fishers of men".  From the very first day of Jesus Ministry we see that Jesus called the fishermen of His day to come alongside Him to do His work. Soon after that first call, He came across James and John as they were mending t...

God puts a calling on the life of all of His children… Life is way better when we follow His calling. Sometimes God directs us to a change of course. Whatever direction God sends us in life, we can rest assured that He is always preparing us for the future plans He has for us. There's an old saying that goes, "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it." On today's program we will hear...

Many of our guests have been deeply entrenched in hunting and fishing their entire life. It just comes naturally to them.  Then there are others who didn't have anyone to show them how to enjoy the outdoor adventures and they learned on their own a little later in life. On today's program, we will learn from a pastor what it takes to learn on your own to hunt. We'll hear of mishaps and mistakes th...

Many little boys dream of someday being a fireman, a professional baseball player or even maybe the president of the United States. But there aren't many that would say that they want to be a fisherman and believe that they will someday be just that. On today's program, we will meet a man who did just that. He told everyone that he was going to make his living sportfishing when he grew up… and he...

There is an old saying that says that there are times when we have to pass the torch.  Life is not a sprint, and often it's not a marathon either.  In a family it is often more of a relay race. There comes a time to as we say, Pass the Torch. This isn't the time for our host Dean Hulce, but this week we will see where he has a chance to bring a co-host to give someone else a try their hand at reco...

Since the beginning of time, people have passed stories from one generation to another. The history of all humanity has been shared through spoken and written word. If we didn't have these stories shared to us, we would have no purposeful way to make our plans for moving forward. On today's program we will hear of a hunter who has written down not only his hunting and fishing stories, but he has a...

How many of us have gone home and told our spouse that God told me, "I have to buy a boat to be used for ministry?" If you have, how many of your spouses laughed?   On today's program, we'll hear from a man who heard God's call to get a boat and take others fishing to share the gospel and to care of others. From alcoholics to convicted murderers, he's seen lives changed in amazing ways. He heard t...

We all hope that our lives make a difference to the world around us. Some of us strive to make that difference in the lives of others and others just talk about it. For those who know Jesus Christ, our goal shouldn't just be to live a good life, but to share Jesus with the world and then one day to hear the words of God our master when He says, "Well done good and faithful servant" On today's prog...

There are very few people who love the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. But all too often we fall in love with the creation and forget the love of the Creator. The creation, while it is amazing, is only possible because God loved us enough to provide it for us.   On today's program, we will hear from a pastor who, with his wife, is raising 6 kids and takes them to the outdoors as often as...

God does amazing things in our lives when we allow Him to do it. When we call on Him, He will work through our lives to do His work in the world around us. On today's program, will meet with a group from South Texas and learn how God planted seeds 61 years ago for a work being done today. This just shows us that if we hear God's voice and we follow through in faith, He can do great things in lives...

Around 2007 the hunting world was changed forever with something that has been called the Hunting Revolution. Many hunters didn't believe in it and others were doubtful, but they tried it, just to learn that it really was a revolution. Everything we knew of scent control or scent elimination was thrown out the window and hunting was changed forever. With God's leading, we met the inventor of somet...

For an outdoorsman or outdoorswoman, there is no better place to be than in the woods or on the water. Most of us look for every opportunity to get out into the outdoors to spend time alone or along with others. There is something that draws us back over and over again.  For many until the day we die. For those of us with kids or grandkids, it is one of the best places to introduce them to not onl...

Each of us comes to places in our lives where we have to make long-lasting decisions. We can choose to run in to trouble or run away from it. The choice is usually easy to make if we think before acting. Then there are times when we know what's right and we don't need to wait… we just need to run. On today's program, we visit with a young man who grew up amongst the crawling and slithering creatur...

There is a special relationship between a father and son. Often it's a bond that will carry far beyond the death of either one or the other. In our lives, we truly don't know how much of an impact we have on our  children, for the good or bad. We need to realize the people we see and talk to on a daily basis are watching us closely to see if our words match our deeds.

All too often in our churches a pastor is put in a position where he can never be just one of the guys.  The pressures, responsibilities and expectations on a pastor make it so he can't let his hair down and be himself.   On today's program, we will meet a special pastor who is able to do that within and outside his church. We will learn about the difficulty of many other pastors who aren't able t...

In today's world, everything is high speed this and high tech that and we seem to going 100 miles per hour. There doesn't seem to be enough time to accomplish all that we want to day to day. On today's program, we will hear from a pastor who has worked with adults and kids alike. We will talk about what it means to "be still" in this world that is anything but still. We will learn what the Bible s...

"No Man Is an Island." … You probably already know this phrase. The words are universally known and often-quoted by men and women all over the world, an expression of the idea that men do badly when isolated from others and need to be part of a community in order to thrive.  Connection is important for the wellbeing and the survival of any man. No one can stand alone like an island that is surroun...

Do you ever feel angry with God?  Do you ever wonder if it's ok to be angry with God?  Is He big enough to take it?   I think we all have times when we wonder what God is up to and most of us, if we really think about it, have been angry with God at one time or another in our lives.  Often we don't get our way and believe God has made a mistake. But down deep we know that this isn't possible.

In today's world, we all fight against being too busy. There are so many things that draw on our time. It's too easy to fall into a pattern of the world pulling us away from what's important. When we're not careful, we are drawn into a place of meaningless waste of valuable time. There is a big difference between that kind of business and being busy in the work of the Lord. On today's program, we'...

Most of us have never planned to head into adulthood with the thought of the storms that we will have to face. We all hope to deal with a smooth venture, but sometimes God has other places for us. He will see us through if we let Him. We just have to have faith that He will be there at all times... especially in the storms. On this week's program, we will spend some time with a husband and wife wh...

Throughout life we come in contact with thousands of individuals. In that group of people, nearly every one of them will never be seen again. There are those who will become acquaintances or friends and others we will come in contact with over and over again. Once in a while, we see that God has a plan in the people that He puts us in contact with. On today's program, we'll meet a couple of men wh...

As hunters and fishermen, we are constantly taking aim at something. Fishermen at times are sight casting to fish in a river or other body of water. In order to have our lure land where we want it to, we take aim at the exact spot and let the cast go. As a hunter, it is required that we concentrate on a target before pulling the trigger or releasing the arrow towards the target. In life, if we wan...