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IS Outdoors Radio with Brock Ray and Don Kirk

Join Brock and Don for a new show each Thursday for expert advice and down-home entertainment.

Enjoy all past radio shows below…

  • July 8, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Ride Heat Wave With Brock & Don

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk, have their heat wave riders out and urge you to join them.

    The IS Outdoors show for July 8th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect, but entertaining commentary of the Great Outdoors. .

    GUESTS: Randy Bowden, David Ledford, Steve Claxton, Guy Perkins, Phil Bloom, Al Noraker, John Meng

    Randy Bowden talks to us from Louisville, Kentucky, site of the annual Quality Deer Management Association shindig.

    For more info visit: www.qdma.com

    David Ledford, noted eastern elk restoration expert, and now spokesman for
    Appalachian Wildlife Foundation, educates us about reforesting mined lands.

    For more info visit: www.appalachianwildlife.com

    Steve Claxton, noted fly fishing guide from Bryson City, North Carolina familiarizes us about fishing on legendary Hazel Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains.

    For more info visit: www.steveclaxton.com

    Guy Perkins, of Camp Chef, talks about that company’s innovative line of outdoor cooking stoves.

    For more info visit: www.campchef.com

    Phil Bloom of the Illinois DNR briefs us about the alarming rate which the fly carp are spreading in the midwest.

    Al Noraker of Eagle Claw informed us about “pinning” and his legendary company’s new bass fishing rods.

    For more info visit: www.eagleclaw.com

    The last guest is John Meng updates us about the ongoing battle to ensure the future of exotics hunting in the U.S.

    For more info visit: www.exoticwildlifeassociation.com

  • July 1, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Brock Visits Gulf to Check on BP

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk, are apart this week. Don will be in his usual spot (his windowless office at ISO World Headquarters), while Brock is on a company fact finding fishing trip to Mexico Beach on the Gulf. Don will carry on as best he can in the absence of his partner..

    The IS Outdoors show for July 1st, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect, but entertaining commentary of the Great Outdoors. .

    Guests: Brian O’Donohue, Tony Sellars, Georgia Shaw, Mike Myit, Father Mitch Pacwa, Keith Bryant, Jeremy Blackman, Greg Lawson

    Brian O’Donohue, owner of Tuckahoe Seafood, talks about the do’s and don’ts of cooking seafood and fish.

    For more info visit: www.tuckahoeseafood.com

    Tony Sellars of Morristown, Tennessee and host of the popular television show, Anglers For Christ talks fishing.

    For more info visit: www.anglersforchrist.com

    Georgia Shaw of Vibram Five Fingers informs us about the latest rage in outdoor footwear that her company has brought from Europe to the U.S.

    For more info visit: www.vibramfivefingers.com

    Mike Myit, of the International Game Fish Association, tell us about that organizations record keeping efforts.

    For more info visit: www.igfa.org

    Father Mitch Pacwa, a Jesuit priest from Birmingham, Alabama, who has caught the hunting bug in recent years enlightens us about his passion for Christ and hunting.

    For more info visit: www.ignatiusproductions.org

    Keith Bryant, owner of Powell Rods, talks about that legendary fly rod making company’s emergence as makers of top shelf bass fishing rods.

    For more info visit: www.powellco.com

    Jeremy Blackman, President of Ben Pearson Archery, in Brewton, Alabama informs us about the new super fast hunting and target bows available this year.

    For more info visit: www.benpearson.com

    The last guest is Greg Lawson of the US Sportsmans Alliance talking about current topics of interest in the battle with PETI.

    For more info visit: www.ussportsmen.org

  • June 24, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Deep Fried in Dixie

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk, have been cooked to a crisp by unseasonably hot June weather in their home state of Alabama.

    The IS Outdoors show for June 24th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am EST on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect, but entertaining commentary of the Great Outdoors. .

    GUEST: Mike Piccione, Dr. Tom Moorman, Kevin Hunt, Bill Dermody, John Kanta, Rick Wolf

    Up first is Mike Piccione, editor of Human Events Magazine, talks about new mischief that is afoot in the Land of the Noonday Moon, AKA Washington.

    For more info visit: www.humanevents.com

    Dr. Tom Moorman, Ducks Unlimited southern waterfowl habitat restoration specialist, will talk about this organizations plans for dealing with the Gulf oil spill.

    For more info visit: www.ducks.org

    Kevin Hunt of the FLW informs us about his fishing organization’s fast growing competitive college fishing tournaments.

    For more info visit: www.CollegeFishing.com

    Bill Dermody of Savage Arms enlightens us about the newest products from this legendary maker of firearms.

    For more info visit: www.savagearms.com

    John Kanta, South Dakota Regional Wildlife Manager, talks about why Rapid City, SD was recently named the top place in the country to live if you hunt and fish.

    Rick Wolf of Airwolf Power Stands, speaks about the new line of hunting stands made by his Pennsylvania based company.

    For more info visit: www.airwolftowerstands.com

  • June 17, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Dirty South’s Dynamic Duo Fighting Gulf Oil Spill

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk, AKA the Dirty South’s Dynamic Duo are taking a break from fighting the great Gulf oil spill to once again spew outdoors fun on the world. The IS Outdoors show for June 17th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect, but entertaining commentary of the Great Outdoors. .

    Daniel Schmidt, editor of Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine, will be talking about the evolution and impact of trail timers and cameras on deer hunting today..

    For more info visit: www.deeranddeerhunting.com

    Eddie Salter, the country’s greatest turkey hunting legend, shares his last outings where he won the Realtree Grand Slam Challenge..

    For more info visit: www.hunterspec.com

    Charlie Conley of Delorme, the well-known publishers of the Gazette map books, informs us about a GPS technology from that company.

    For more info visit: www.delorme.com

    Jeremy Blackman, president of Ben Pearson Archery, talks about the newest high tech bow from that Alabama based company.

    For more info visit: www.benpearson.com

    Terry Rohm, hunting expert and spokesman for Tink’s, informs us about using scents when deer hunting.. We have been working on a few new products.

    For more info visit: www.tinks69.com

    Gordon Magee, spokesman for Dr. Foster & Smith, makers of an infinite inventory of supplies for caring for you canine companions.

    For more info visit: www.drsfostersmith.com

    The last guest is Greg Ward of Rocky Top Outfitters talking about trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains as well as the great stream fishing for smallmouth bass in the foothills of these mountains.

    For more info visit: www.rockytopoutfitter.com

  • June 3, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    June Bug Swarms Engulf Attention of IS Outdoors!!

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk are bugged for June, June bugs that is. They are out and about flying those big winged beetle and they have sewing thread to cruelly tether the bugs’ legs in joyful 1930s fashion. For better or worse, these two really are easy to entertain, eh?

    The IS Outdoors show for June 3th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect, but entertaining commentary of the Great Outdoors. .

    HOSTS: Brock Ray & Don Kirk

    GUESTS: Ted Garner, Doug Grassian, John Barrow, Connie Craft, Rowan Gould, Mike Robinson, Darin Stuart

    Ted Garner, national sales manager for Garmin, one of the first makers of GPS units for sportsmen, talks about the newest stuff made by his company.

    For more info visit: www.garmin.com

    Doug Grassian, the ESPN Bass Masters media guru, informed us about life in the fast lane on planet BASS.

    For more info visit: www.espn.com

    Next up is John Barrow, founder and president of Coolibar, an Australian-based company that is world leader in UV protective clothing and sunscreen lotions.

    For more info visit: www.coolibar.com

    Connie Craft of Hi Mountain Seasonings, which is Wyoming based company, talks about the seasonings that make for everything from jerky to BBQ as well as marinades.

    For more info visit: www.himtnjerky.com

    Rowan Gould, Director of the US Fish & Wildlife Service enlightens us about the Gulf oil spill’s effect on coastal birds and other wildlife.

    For more info visit: www.usfws.gov.com

    Mike Robinson of Keystone Hatcheries will talk about hybrid bluegill and modern pond management.

    For more info visit:
    www.keystonehatcheries.com

    Darin Stuart, fishing guide from the lower left hand side of North Carolina informs us about catching rattlesnakes and copperheads.

  • May 27, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    May Bee Trouble Ahead For IS Outdoors!

    Despite the local bookies giving heavy odds against them, IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk may very well make it through May.

    The SI Outdoors show, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect outdoor entertainment.

    Guests: Daryl Carpender, Dave Workman, Darin Stuart, Gary Carpenter, Brenda Moots, George Revel, Tom Adkins

    Up first is Daryl Carpender of Reel Screamers Guide Service out of Grand Isle, Louisiana talking about the great fishing there unaffected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

    For more info visit: www.reelscreamers.com

    Dave Workman of the 2nd Amendment Foundation talks about the important US Supreme Court ruling regarding private ownership of firearms.

    For more info visit: www.saf.org

    Darin Stuart of the mountains of western North Carolina (left side of the map) tells us all about trout fishing in his neck of the woods.

    Gary Carpenter, owner of the Sara-J Charter Fleet in northern Ohio, informs us about walleye and smallmouth bass fishing in Lake Erie.

    For more info visit: www.lakeeriecharterfleet.net

    Brenda Moots of Indian Lake Outfitterenlightens us all about the fast growing world of online shopping by hunters and fishermen.

    For more info visit: www.indianlakeoutfitters.com

    George Revel at Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters, talks about his San Francisco based operation which is the largest fly fishing shop in the world.

    For more info visit: www.flyfishingoutfitters.com

    The final guest is Tom Adkins talking about a unique contest for free vacation stays in the Great Smoky Mountains tourism hub of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

    For more info visit: www.mypigeonforge.com

  • May 20, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Spring Has Sprung At IS Outdoors

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk are plowing through May with the gusto of a rooster running the table in a big hen house.

    The IS Outdoors show for May 20th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect, but entertaining commentary of the Great Outdoors.

    Guests: Don Cranor, Lou West, Mac Mckeever, Jim Held, Mark Bernegger

    Don Cranor, noted trout fishing guide on Arkansas’ famous White River, talks about the 2010 fishing season on this mightly tailwater river.

    For more info visit: www.whiterivertroutfishing.net

    The next guest is Lou West of Big Green, a Georgia-based maker of outdoor cookers. Quite the rage these days, Lou will share the secret of the neat outdoor cookers.

    For more info visit: www.biggreenegg.com

    Mac McKeever of LL Bean talks about that stellar retailers history and current trend.

    For more info visit: www.llbean.com

    Jim Held of Rage Broadhead enlightens us about their new expandable broadheads that are turning the bowhunting world upside down.

    For more info visit: www.ragebroadheads.com

    Mark Bernegger of Southern Outdoor Technologies informs us all about the outdoor products made by his company.

    For more info visit: www.southernoutdoortechnologies.com

  • May 6, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Greased Up For May

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk hit May well-lubricated courtesy of PB’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

    The IS Outdoors show for May 6th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network to deliver their twisted brand of politically incorrect outdoor entertainment.

    Guest : Stuart Smith, George Barsich, Richard Simms, Dave Barton, Will Fowler, Brian

    Stuart Smith, a Louisiana attorney who is locking horns with BP on the behalf of his state’s fishermen and fishing industry, talks about the big oil mess in the Gulf.

    For more info visit: www.moore-pr.com

    George Barsich, a Louisiana fisherman will talk about what is really going on with the big oil in the Gulf.

    Richard Simms, owner of Scenic City Fishing in Chattanooga, Tennessee talks about the incredible angling for big blue catfish in the Tennessee River below Chickamauga Dam.

    For more info visit: www.ScenicCityFishing.com

    Dave Barton of myoutdoortv.comis talking about the rapidly evolving internet presence of hunting and fishing entertainment.

    For more info visit: www.myoutdoortv.com

    Will Fowler of FroggToggswill be talking about his company’s great line of active outdoor wear and waders.

    For more info visit: www.froggtoggs.com

    Brian at Fish Buster will fill us in about his company’s free application for getting weather and feeding phases anywhere you fish.

    For more info visit: www.fishbuster.net

  • April 29, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk put April, the fairest of all months to bed this week.

    The IS Outdoors show for April 29th, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering the planet’s top outdoor entertainment.

    Guest : Brent Lawrence, Robert Bresnahan, Brett Ference, Greg Lawson, Nolan Novik

    We start off the program with Brent Lawrence of the National Wild Turkey Federation. He will be talking about turkey hunting and his organization’s new programs for 2010.

    For more info visit: www.nwtf.org

    Next up is Robert Bresnahan of Magnalight. He will inform us about some of the great new, high tech outdoor lighting systems made by his company.

    For more info visit: www.magnalight.com

    Brett Ference, product develop manager for Orvis, In Manchester, Vermont will share his new radio podcast, “The Double Barrel Journal.”

    For more info visit: www.orvis.com

    Greg Lawson of the United Sportsmen Alliance talks about ongoing and upcoming national and state level challenges to the future of hunting in America.

    For more info visit: www.ussportsmen.org

    The final guest is Nolan Novik, hunting consultant, and former outfitter in Canada. He will be talking about the upcoming spring black bear hunting season in the provinces as well as autumn hunting for caribou.

    For more info visit: www.ihuntcanda.com

  • April 22, 2010 – IS Outdoor Radio Show

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    Spring Has Sprung At IS Outdoors

    IS Outdoors hosts, Brock Ray and Don Kirk are plowing through the month of April like Epsom Salt through a widow woman.

    The IS Outdoos show for April 22nd, airs live between 10:00 and 12:00 am ET on the Sportsman Channel of Voice America network delivering politically incorrect outdoor entertainment.

    Note *Lenin’s Birthday (Earth Day)!!

    Host : Brock Ray & Don Kirk

    Guests : Kate Cywinski, Nolan Novik, Brent Lawrence, Damine Simms,
    Rick Tingle

    First up is Kate Cywinski Senior Communications Manager for the Union Sportsman Alliance out of Nashville, Tennessee.

    For more info visit: www.unionsportsmen.org

    Nolan Novik, one of Canada’s best known booking agents, speaks about making hunting and fishing trips to the Great White North.

    For more info visit: www.ihuntcanda.com

    Brent Lawrence of the National Wild Turkey Federation keep us up to date about turkey hunting and the stellar organization which he is involved with.

    For more info visit : www.nwtf.org

    Damine Simms, an outfitter from Labrador, enlightens us all about spring hunting and fishing in his province.

    For more info visit: www.laboradorhuntingfishing.com

    Rick Tingle, owner of Louisiana Purchase Outfitters, speaks about outdoor recreation in the Rockies.

    For more info visit: www.louisianapurchaseranch.com