Trail To Adventure

To some, it might seem dangerous or foolish but to others, it's something they look forward to all year. People lose their trucks, their ATVs and occasionally even their lives doing it, yet each year they venture out on frozen lakes, ponds rivers and streams to pull a fish through a hole drilled through the ice.  It takes a tough person to sit all day on a bucket on a frozen body of water and star...

Deer hunting is probably the number one hunting sport in the world. In the 2021/2022 season alone, more than 6 million deer were harvested in the United States. Most of those deer were never scored and a small percentage of them were scored and entered into a record book of some kind. Today, we'll revisit a story of a world record whitetail buck that was taken in 2006 in Grant County, Wisconsin. ...

Many of us grew up going to hunting or fishing camps from our youth. For many, it's been a lifelong tradition to hunt with a bunch of others. Our host grew up where several hunters came together to work as a team to harvest deer. Then there are others who would much rather hunt and fish on their own. There are blessings and challenges in either style of hunting, But in  our daily lives, we need to...

Hunters and fishermen have a serious passion for their sports. If you ask a deer hunter what their favorite day of the year is, most would say opening day of hunting season. If you ask a fisherman what their  favorite day of the years is, you'll hear opening day of fishing season. Many outdoors people also share another passion; riding motorcycles. When many of us think about bikers, we think abou...

Life is a series of new beginnings. Each morning when we wake up, it is a new opportunity to live for the Lord. This week we move from 2024 to 2025 and we don't know what the year will bring. It's often said that we don't know what the future holds, but we know who holds the future. The God that created everything… Is the one who we can count on to see us through whatever lies ahead for each of us...

Those of us who live in a time of immediate information have no idea what it would be like to live in a place or a time where we have no idea what is going on outside our little world. The Bible talks about how in end times, travel and knowledge will increase. If we look back over the last 100 years, travel has increased at amazing  rates. There was a time, not to long ago, when most people rarely...

There is a great blessing in both the young and the old as we enjoy the outdoors together. One of the things that we have lost in recent times is the passing of wisdom from one generation to the next.  There are few places where it is easier to share in these times than in a fishing boat or hunting blind. We often fail to take advantage of the opportunities to share in these special times. On toda...

Our God is a God of new beginnings. He provided for so many people throughout the Bible, in the new and old testaments.  He restored so many individuals, including king David, Moses, Joseph and all of Joseph's family.  Many of our listeners are going through a tough time right now, having lost a loved one or maybe in the process of saying goodbye to someone. We understand that these are things tha...

It seems that life at times is nothing more than a series of one loss after another, from beginning to end. That seems to be a given. It's how we respond to those losses that gets us through. For those who have their hope in Jesus Christ, we have the only chance for peace in the midst of life's losses. Today's guest has had to deal with some terrible losses in his life and he has gotten through th...

Someday, all of God's children will hear a trumpet call and we will rise up and join Him in the air for all eternity. The trumpet is used by the military to start the day and to end it…  as well as to honor those who have passed away. There is something very special about the trumpet call. Today's guest has played his trumpet in 37 countries all around the globe and it has opened many doors; not f...

Old age might not be all it's cracked up to be… but for a few, it is an amazing trip. Today's guest has certainly outlived most, if not all, of our listeners. He has seen more changes in his 100 years than most of us will ever see. He has been blessed to live through a World War and many other  hardships. And still today, God sustains him!

There is an old saying that starts with, "Out of the mouths of babes." Kids are honest. At times, children will say things that adults often find embarrassing if it happens to be around other adults. Children notice things we often don't, or they are perhaps not as desensitized to the feelings and ideas of others. Come along today and learn about how God used a preschool girl to point her parents...

Most people in America don't think of pastors as real guys. Often they  are thought of as someone who is unapproachable and stuffed shirt. On  today's show, you will meet a pastor who is anything but those things. He is an outdoorsman through and through and his passion for hunting and fishing are only surpassed by his passion for his Savior and his family. Come along now and join our host, Dean H...

This week, our host visits with a man from deep in the heart of south Texas who has spent his life hunting and fishing in the hill country and brush country. He lived most of his life chasing the American dream in business and the outdoors. Losing his wife at a young age brought big changes in his life. Today, Jesus Christ is the most important part of his life. He has spent much of the last sever...

The leaves have changed colors in the North and many have fallen. Many  areas have had their first frost and the whitetail bucks have begun to look for does. Most every of the country has an open archery season. Groups of archery hunters are joining together to pursue a number of different species of big and small game. All with Bows and Arrows. There's another group of archers who gathered togeth...

All of us who are blessed enough to make it to an age where we can consider retirement will have to consider what we will do with the time that God has remaining for us before we leave this life. Most individuals who do retire say that they don't know how they had time to work before retirement, because they are so busy. On today's program, we will meet a gentleman who is just leaving the day to d...

There are few places that bring a father and son together like a hunting and fishing camp. Time in the woods or on the water make it all but impossible to grow closer together and closer to God. Come along now to NW Ontario as we learn about the painful disaster that brought our guests to seek God's healing hand.  We'll be on the water on Populus Lake in God's Great Outdoors! 

So many men and women have a draw towards the outdoors. Hunting and  fishing draw us into a life that affects us in amazing ways. Today's guest went through times in his youth where he wasn't sure whether he wanted to live any more. One of the things that you'll hear today is that he wasn't as afraid of dying as much as he was afraid to living… or at least living without a purpose. When God showed...

They say that you can't just make "old friends". But every once in a while, God sends someone into your life who becomes an old friend almost instantly.  These are people who you know will be a friend for the rest of your life. Today's guest, Bo Blackwell, is that kind of friend for our host. Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings sang a song years ago called "Old Friends."  In one of the verses, Willi...

Oh, the amazing sound of an elk in the mountains! There are few sounds more beautiful, more majestic in God's Great Outdoors. God filled the high places of this world with the most beautiful sights and sounds. The call of the elk and the screeching of a golden eagle as it floats on the updrafts of the Rocky Mountain peaks. There is something about those places. On today's program, we will climb to...

At a hunting lodge in the middle of central Michigan, a family gathers each year for two very special hunts. This family is not connected by human blood, but by something much stronger. A group of otherwise unconnected individuals are drawn for two reasons; to serve those who want to hunt and to share a special love for each one being served and for others.   Today's program shares a little histor...

We all hope to one day live a comfortable life. Many work for 40+ years with the intent to have all we need financially and with health to be very comfortable. But what does it mean to be comfortable and are we really called to be comfortable in life? I would question if we are ever called to be comfortable spiritually. Today's guest will speak of the need to move out of our comfort zone and look...

Every one of us is born with a heart issue and today's guest was born with both a spiritual and a physical condition. We will hear about his battle to stay alive and how God is using him despite his heart condition. He has had more than one physical test as well as other tests over the last 6 to 8 years and you'll hear him tell us that you can't have a testimony if you don't have a test.  He will...

There is something special about a relationship that has lasted over decades. Those friendships that may have been paused by miles or years seem even sweeter when they've been rekindled. Our Host, Dean Hulce, has been blessed with many friends all over the world. Today's guest started out as a hunting client for Dean 35 years ago. Many firsts were  shared between the two of them. Many species were...

All outdoorsmen and women go through spans of time in their outdoor career where no matter what they do, things seem to go wrong. Fishermen have many stories of the one that got away and hunters can tell you of the ones they've missed. Hunting, fishing, and even life are hard and seemingly unfair at times.   For most of us who have been through these tough spells of shooting or setting the hook, t...