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Trail To AdventureYou Gotta Have Vision - Tyler Hill & Bo BlackwellAt times, we all wonder what God is up to in our lives. He attempts to show us and somehow we can't see what it is He wants us to see. When we keep our hearts open to His leading, we can be led and it will change our lives. On today's program, we will hear how God moved, through a life of abundance, a young man who had lost his way from the path that God laid out for him. Then one day, God gave him vision; not for his own benefit but for those with a much bi...2025-03-181h 04
God's Great Outdoors on Oneplace.comYou gotta have visionWe all at times wonder what God is up to in our lives. God attempts to show us things and
somehow we can't see what it is He wants us to see. When we keep our hearts open to His
leading we can be led and it will change our lives.
On today's program we will hear how God moved through a life of abundance young man
that had lost his way, he had walked away from the path that God had laid out for him.
Then one day, God gave him vision, not for his own benefit but for...2025-03-1725 min
Trail To AdventureOut of the Mouths of Babes- Matt TortoraThere 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 to a life lived for Jesus Christ!2024-11-1234 min
Trail To AdventureAn Outdoorsman in the Pulpit - Pastor Adam RayMost 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 Hulce, share the life of a pastor and special Michigan outdoorsman as they talk about life in God’s Great Outdoors and they travel tog...2024-11-0540 min
Trail To AdventureDeep in the Heart of Texas - Robert LewisThis 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 several years serving others, while serving the Lord through the outdoors. Today, you’ll hear of how our guest has given up much...2024-10-291h 01
Trail To AdventureChristian Bowhunters of America - Merle FredricksThe 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 together earlier in the year. The Christian Bow Hunters Association gathered in Cadilac, Michigan to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Today’s guest is the hea...2024-10-2235 min
Trail To AdventureLooking for God’s Plan in Retirement - Ned HaasAll 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 day working world and seeking out what God has for him and his wife in the future. They retired with the...2024-10-1525 min
Trail To AdventureOvercoming Disaster - Boyd and Ben VancilThere 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! 2024-10-0846 min
Trail To AdventureAfraid To Live - Brodie CooperSo 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 up and gave him a purpose, He changed his life. Through many years of learning how God wanted hi...2024-10-0125 min
Trail To AdventureOld Friends- Bo BlackwellThey 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, Willie sings… "Lord, when all my work is done, bless my life and grant me one, old friend." Join us now with old 2024-09-2442 min
Trail To AdventureInto The High Places – Rick SteeleOh, 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 the highest peaks of the rockies in Wyoming. Well, at least our stories and experiences will come from that part of the count...2024-09-1748 min
Trail To AdventureFamily Reunion – Scott Hinnant & Allen FlintAt 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 history of a few of those who come from quite a distance to serve. We’ll hear the stories of some of the special children who have...2024-09-1053 min
Trail To AdventureIf You’re Not Dead, You’re Not Done! – Pastor Terry PriskWe 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 for ways to do something that will change how we live life. He will explain it in terms of hunting dan...2024-09-0339 min
Trail To AdventureOvercoming Heart Issues - Nick HarpEvery 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 also share that if we don’t give up control and allow God to handle t...2024-08-271h 22
Trail To AdventureOld Friends- Gary ArcherThere 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 hunted and harvested. All of these hunting memories were revisited on this week's program along with laughter and tears. Join us now as we head down the Trail...2024-08-201h 07
Trail To AdventureRedemption – Emma BlackwellAll 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, there comes a time of redemption; A time that brings to an end the series of failures that we have dealt with for wha...2024-08-1325 min
Trail To AdventureBlessed to be Alive– Dan and Emma MauleFrom the farms and woods of Northern Michigan to the prairies of South Dakota, today’s guest has taken many trophy animals for being such a young lady. She faced an early death and God pulled her through. She was told she would never play competitive sports and she not only played, but she also thrived as a basketball player. God has blessed her with some great trophies, and she is humble and gives Him the credit. She knows that it is only because of God’s favor that she has been able to not only fish, hunt, trap a...2024-08-0640 min
Trail To AdventureAccepting The Challenge- Randy McPhersonWe all have dreams of what we would like to do someday in our lives. We desire things, some of which are selfish, and some are for God’s glory. If we are dreaming and fighting for those things that are what we want for ourselves, we are wasting our time and energy. It’s when our hearts align with God’s heart that He fulfills our dreams. It’s then that we see our dreams come true!2024-08-0131 min
Trail To AdventureFrom Peanuts to Church Pews – Steve SimmonsAt some time in our lives, every one of us believes that we are facing something that is far too big to overcome. All too often we use these things as crutches to avoid facing the difficult things in life. We may say we’ll do whatever it takes to get past our struggles, but will we really do it? On today’s show, we'll meet a man who learned to cuss as a little boy working in the peanut fields of Georgia. He faced obstacles and one day, after losing his mother, he decided from that day...2024-07-2344 min
Trail To AdventureBecoming A Man- Jeremy and David CooperIn the wilds of far northern Ontario, there are places where a person could walk for many days without finding civilization. In some areas you could be attacked by wolves before you ever made it out. Leaving a boy in these wild places will certainly bring him closer to manhood in a hurry! Around the world there are many different thoughts on when a boy becomes a man or a girl becomes a woman. In Jewish tradition, this happens at 12 or 13 years of age… But does a ceremony and a party make a child an adult...2024-07-1644 min
Trail To Adventure2024 GGO Turkey Camp- Micah Hulce, Rob and Curt Knauf, Shorty ScheideggerThere are few places easier to share the things we are each facing in life than a fishing or hunting camp. Our personal guards are let down and we can easily talk about the good, the bad and the ugly in our lives. On today’s show, we sit at a round table discussion about turkey hunting at our annual God’s Great Outdoors Wisconsin Turkey Hunt. Our host is joined by 4 of his turkey hunting buddies in a western Wisconsin hunting camp. We’ll hear discussions of calling turkeys as well as successes and failures in the...2024-07-091h 02
Trail To AdventureOvercoming- Dustin CrawfordMany of us feel like we have no idea what it would be like to have an addiction. We look on and think, “that’s what the alcoholic or drug user deals with." Today’s guest does a good job of describing what it is like to have an addiction… He says, “Think about putting your phone away for a week or two with no contact with it”. It makes you think. What is the first thing you reach for when you wake up? What is it that you do when you have a little free time most days? I t...2024-07-0243 min
Trail To AdventureThe Prodigal Son- Darcie BrownFor those who have lived a sheltered life, today’s show will likely be eye opening. The story of a man raised in conservative teachings to a life of crime and a return to the teachings of his youth. One of the best known stories of the Bible is the “Prodigal Son”… Today’s guest lived it out. We’ll hear stories of chasing moose on the lakes of the northern bush of Canada, to police chases, and chasing cows for competition. We cover two countries and many stops along the way. It’s a great story of what the power...2024-06-2542 min
Trail To AdventureFacing Your Giants – Steve WilliamsSometimes God uses the most common people in the most uncommon ways. Today’s guest was just such a person and used in just such a way by God. Today’s program starts with great intentions of sharing some very funny fishing stories and quickly gets sidetracked into the history and God workings in a most amazing way. Our guest looks very familiar to many and once you hear the program, you’ll understand why. Over and over again you will hear, “God is doing something here,” and He was. This is one of our favorite programs and the ra...2024-06-1847 min
Trail To AdventureFacing Disaster In Joy- David and Cyndee EsquibelLife can be going along smoothly one minute and the next we can be facing death right in the eye. Today’s guests recently came face to face with death and faced it with peace and trust in God. What looked like certain disaster turned to a joyful opportunity to praise God for His unwavering love for his children. Some of our listeners have faced terrible circumstances in the past or are facing them right now. Today’s program will give you hope and joy in the midst of trying times. Come along now and share in the s...2024-06-1146 min
Trail To AdventureFollowing Your Calling – Pastor Zach TerryIn many times of hunting, using calls is a big part of the hunt. Calling game is a great way to be successful. You and I all have a calling on our lives. Sometimes that calling might change in one season of life to the next, But know that God does have a calling for you and He is preparing you to live that calling out. Today’s guest thought he was going to become a professional fisherman. He thought that was his calling in life. He soon realized that God was preparing him for something much diffe...2024-06-0429 min
Trail To AdventureFathers and Sons- Daniel Williams and Rick SteeleFor men in our world, there aren't many things more important than the relationships between a father and his son. All too often we are drawn away by the demands of the world on our time and efforts. On today’s Trail To Adventure in God’s Great Outdoors, we will hear from a pastor and his father-in-law about how God used God’s Great Outdoors and Gerry Caillouet many years ago to make a difference not only in these two men’s lives but through many hundreds of men over nearly 20 years. The Bible tells us...2024-05-2838 min
Trail To AdventureA Changed Calling- Pastor Robert StokesGod changes men’s hearts all the time and yet as Christians, we often see someone that seems to have everything in place in their lives and we question if they could make a choice to follow Jesus. Today’s guest seemed to have it all: Great job, owner of a great company, freedom to do whatever he wanted to do. Yet, he had a hole in his life. Then one day, he heard about a man named Jesus who allowed Himself to be hung on the cross just for him. Today, that same outdoorsman who se...2024-05-2128 min
Trail To AdventureBe Still And Know- Hank ParkerIf you were one of the top winning fishermen of all time as well as someone who was on national TV for several decades, it might be easy to show a little pride in yourself. However, today’s guest is just that fisherman… but you’ll see he is a humble man who gives the credit to God for all those things he’s been blessed with. Life has gotten so busy and noisy and you’ll hear about the necessity of slowing down, being still and resting on the Lord. The generations of today rarely take the opportu...2024-05-1633 min
Trail To AdventureBe Still And Know- Hank ParkerIf you were one of the top winning fishermen of all time as well as someone who was on national TV for several decades, it might be easy to show a little pride in yourself. However, today’s guest is just that fisherman… but you’ll see he is a humble man that gives the credit to God for all those things he’s been blessed with. Life has gotten so busy and noisy and you’ll hear about the necessity of slowing down, being still and resting on the Lord. The generations of today rarely take the opportu...2024-05-1633 min
Trail To AdventureBe Still And Know- Hank ParkerIf you were one of the top winning fishermen of all time as well as someone who was on national TV for several decades, it might be easy to show a little pride in yourself. However, today’s guest is just that fisherman… but you’ll see he is a humble man who gives the credit to God for all those things he’s been blessed with. Life has gotten so busy and noisy and you’ll hear about the necessity of slowing down, being still and resting on the Lord. The generations of today rarely take the opport...2024-05-1333 min
Trail To AdventureFrom the Bayous to the Busy City Streets – Brock WilliamsSometimes God brings His children together in the most unusual ways. Today’s guest saw the logoed God’s Great Outdoors truck in a hotel parking lot in Lafayette, Louisiana and the next day God placed our host and his guest at the side of the truck at the same time. Both of the men and their wives happened to be heading to North Houston the next day and they met up. Our guest will share about his love for both the outdoors and the Lord. We will travel from the woods of Louisiana to hard streets of H...2024-05-0644 min
Trail To AdventureFrom Drugs to Doctrine - Pastor Sal SbernaSome of us have lived fairly sheltered lives and at times we feel as though we don’t have a testimony like many others we know. Then there are those who lived out a full and sinful life from a young age. Today’s guest came from a life of drugs to a life of service for the Lord… A life of living for the next high to living for the next chance to share the Gospel. God has used this past drug dealer to build churches and to finance ministry all over the world. The churches that he has...2024-04-3052 min
Trail To AdventureDeep Water Pastor- Rob PurdySometimes God chases those He has called a long way before we allow Him to take hold of us. On today’s show, we will learn of a man who God followed around the world, from North Carolina to Africa, the Arctic Ocean, Hawaii, and He finally got his attention in British Columbia, Canada. The amazing thing is that in the same time that the Holy Spirit caught up to him, he also caught up to his wife, in Kona Hawaii, and all that after 40 years of waiting for them to turn their lives over to Him. Our gue...2024-04-2325 min
Trail To AdventureDelight Yourself in the Lord - Dale RankinMany of us have heard that when we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts. This is a true statement and many of us have experienced it in our lives. So often we wonder why our prayers don’t seem to be heard or life seems to be a struggle with no peace. we have to consider, though, are we delighting ourselves in the Lord? This week’s guest shares some stories of great hunts across North America with his daughters and other family members, as well as his travel for ministry and mi...2024-04-1650 min
Trail To AdventureLivin’ The Dream- Greg SmithThere are few places or activities more relaxing than a trout stream with a fly rod. The art of fly fishing has very little to do with fishing and more about peace and tranquility and time with our Creator. On today’s show, we will meet a fisherman who began his lifetime pursuit of his passion at a very young age. He learned early on that flyfishing is a passionate pursuit. If you‘ve never experienced the arching line whirling overhead and a fly settling gently on the water’s surface, you are missing one of the greatest...2024-04-0925 min
Trail To AdventureUsing Our Gifts – Aaron DeckardGod has given each of us gifts and abilities. Sometimes it might take a little digging to discover what He has provided. Once we find them, we are called to put them to use! On today’s program, we’ll meet a young man who was raised in the woods and fields of Southern Indiana. God gave him a gift of a mechanical mind and a heart for service. We’ll learn how his gifts have been used to change lives in many ways for people all over the world. As you listen, we challenge you to consider wha...2024-04-0225 min
Trail To AdventureEaster Redemption – Emma BlackwellIt’s a very special week all over the world… Easter Week. On this week's show, we celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Many of us can remember the old cartoon character Ziggy, the little depressed guy who walked around with a black cloud over his head all the time. Today’s guest, Emma Blackwell, has a close connection with Ziggy, as she went through many years with seemingly one bad hunting experience after another. This past fall was different, however. After a disappointing start to the season, she killed the...2024-03-2625 min
Trail To AdventureNo Other Gods – Johnny BurbankMost of us have eaten countless meals of shrimp and fish in our lives and never think of what it took to get them to the store or restaurant. On today’s show, we’ll meet a 3rd generation net maker from the far NE corner of Florida. We’ll hear Johnny Burbank’s story of overcoming an addiction to alcohol and how God has used him ever since. We will see how God can transform what looks like a wasted life into a strong man of God who has been used by Him in amazing ways!2024-03-191h 00
Trail To AdventureA Man Of God – Matt StevensToday’s guest is a friend whom everyone tells me is the best steelhead fisherman in NW lower Michigan. In an off-air conversation he said to me, “wouldn’t it be great if we were known as a man of God first and then a great hunter, fisherman or outdoorsman?" God gives us all gifts, many are rarely used the way He intends them… and to His glory. Let’s Join our host, Dean Hulce, and his steelhead fishing guest, Matt Stevens, as we see a man who shares how God is working in his life… while sit...2024-03-1241 min
Trail To AdventurePrepared to Give An Answer- Adam RayEvery one of us who hunts or fishes spends time in preparation for our sport. There is scouting, hanging stands and many other things to prepare when hunting. In fishing, we get the boat ready, check lake maps and charts and get rods and other gear ready before we head to the water. In life, we prepare for the future as well as the special opportunities that come our way. On today's program, we will hear from Pastor Adam Ray who has a deep passion for the outdoors. He is a very successful hunter and fisherman, as...2024-03-0543 min
Trail To AdventureLaughter is the Best Medicine With Rob and Greg KnaufIt’s often said that laughter is the best medicine. On today’s show, we will certainly get our prescription filled. Even the writer of Proverbs wrote, “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength." Today, our hosts Dean Hulce and Adam Erickson sit with two great friends, Rob and Greg Knauf. These two brothers are some of the funniest outdoorsmen you will ever meet. We will have a lot of laughs but we will also hear a great story of salvation and a slightly miraculous baptism. Come...2024-02-271h 01
Trail To AdventureFisherman and Fishers of Men with Jeff MicolicHere in the North Country we are in the middle of winter and there is very little open water to cast a line into. Only the hardiest of fishermen are on the rivers still flowing ice free. However, the optimists among us know that spring is coming and will soon be here and it won’t be long until we will hear the sournds of boats on the water. On today’s show, we will visit with fisherman Jeff Micolic who has devoted countless hours into the sport of musky fishing as well as the conservation and educ...2024-02-2025 min
Trail To AdventureThe Heart of a Man with Bill and Kyle MooreHave men in today’s world been robbed of their leadership and masculinity? Has our media and entertainment stripped the strength from our men… or have we given it away freely? On today’s program, we will meet with a father and son who love the outdoors… Fishing, hiking, skiing and more… But they choose to spend much of their time on a different endeavor; building strong relationships that help build stronger and more godly men. A strong man is not judged by his outward appearance, but on his heart… What lies within the Heart of a man?2024-02-1336 min
Trail To AdventureNever Give UpAll of us have struggles to overcome in life. For some it might seem like a small hurdle and for others it might feel like we’ve come up against a grizzly bear. Well one of this week’s guests, Jim VanSteenhouse, was in fact attacked by a monster grizzly bear in the Northern Canadian Mountains. He was slowly bleeding to death and God spared his life. Up until that point, our guest was running as far away from God as fast as he could. Life was spent gathering as much as the world had to offer. The bloody attack...2024-02-0729 min
Trail To AdventureA True HopeMost men, woman, and children on earth go through something that seems to stop the world from turning and changes their direction forever. It might be an illness, a near death experience, the loss of a loved one, or something else. Whatever it is, it will be a crossroad in life. At that point, we will decide what direction our life will take from that day forward. Today’s guest, Cam Tribolet, had that moment as a young man. Something that brought him to the very edge of death. At the very moment the doctor was going to...2024-01-3028 min
Trail To AdventureA Place of RestThe sounds of Solitude. In today’s world, we rarely get to experience true solitude, as there are few places that offer it. In NW Ontario, on a secluded fly in only lake, there is still such a place; A place where the only sounds are of water lapping against the side of the fishing boat or shoreline, the lonesome call of the loons, the rushing wind as it blows through the tall spruce, or the still small voice of God as He speaks to you. Part of today’s program is a re-airing of a progra...2024-01-2325 min
Trail To AdventureSpecial NeedsEach and everyone of us have a special need in our life. Some of our needs are more visible than others and for all of us, there is a special need that is only known by God Himself. Our host, Dean, has been so blessed to spend 20 years of hunting camps with those with special needs, both physical and spiritual special needs. On this weeks show, we’ll hear from a friend who was born with physical needs that would have limited many people; but not this gentleman. He has been supporting and participating in hun...2024-01-1638 min
Trail To AdventureA Life Changed In An InstantIn every life there is a point with sudden change. For some it’s the loss of a loved one, a medical emergency, a financial disaster, loss of a body part through military situations, an accident, or foolish choices. On today’s show, we will visit with Dusty Ruiter, a young man who has been living out the dream of many young outdoors men and women. Then, in one somewhat foolish choice, his life changed forever. Now he’s faced with searching for the why and now what. God never leaves His children unanswered to the questions of life...2024-01-0930 min
Trail To AdventureNew BeginningsHappy New Year! We wish you a godly and blessed 2024. With our first year behind us, we want to share a story of new hope and new beginnings. All of us are in battles in our lives. Some our spiritual battles, some are physical and some are military. Then there are some battles that are a combination of all three. When this happens, lives are changed, sometimes for the best and sometimes not so good. On today's show, we have a chance to hear from Ryan Hulce with a Christmas story far different tha...2024-01-0225 min
Trail To AdventureAn Anniversary To RememberHappy New Year. It’s hard for us to believe that a full 52 weeks have passed since I was blessed to take over the reigns for the founder and original host, Gerry Caillouet. The year has flown by and now we are heading into another year. This being our last week of 2023, we found It fitting to visit with an old friend of God’s Great Outdoors and Gerry himself. He has assisted on some of the TRAIL TO ADVENTURE conferences in Michigan and has been a guest on God’s Great Outdoors radio twice in the pas...2023-12-2640 min
Trail To AdventureGrowing Straight and Strong in the LordMerry Christmas. In all of God’s creation, in His Great Outdoors, we see trees all around us. When we aren’t seeing trees, if we look around we can see many things made from the wood that came from trees. When we think of it, Jesus was laid in a manger at His birth, most likely made of wood. At His death, He died on a cross of wood. From beginning to the end of the life of Christ, we see trees. There are many lessons from the trees and forests of this wo...2023-12-1931 min
Trail To AdventureThe Struggles We FaceEvery one of us will face struggles, big and small, throughout our lives. Some of the struggles will be easily overcome and others will drag us down if we attempt to take them on all on our own. On today’s show, Clayton Porter, a good friend of our host, will share some exciting hunting stories and then he will share some of the struggles he has faced in his life and how he got through them. It was because of the men around him that he was able to defeat the attacks and live a vict...2023-12-1225 min
Trail To AdventureFishers of MenOne of the first things that Jesus told His disciples was recorded in Matthew 4:19 when He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of people.” This week’s guest left a life of drugs, alcohol and a multitude of other sins and when he did, he looked for ways to serve the Lord. Being a serious fisherman and hunter, he was excited to find a way to use his passion to serve the Lord. One day, he came across an organization that allowed him to use those passions to win others for Christ. Since th...2023-12-0535 min
Trail To AdventurePass It OnTeaching our youth to love and appreciate the outdoors is something that we need to do to maintain our hunting and fishing heritage. It is the same with our love for Jesus Christ. We need to pass the gospel message on to all those who are coming behind us. Our world is reaping the fruit of not teaching our children what God expects of them. Many children are pointed towards Jesus Christ and then left to fend for themselves. We have a responsibility to disciple others into a mature relationship with their Savior. If we fa...2023-11-2825 min
Trail To AdventureHunting Camp MemoriesIt’s November and the whitetail deer rut is on across much of North America. People all over the deer hunting world are gathering together in tents, campers, tar paper shacks and cabins to share time together. Hunting is the purpose, but the camp and it’s atmosphere is what most of them long for throughout the other 51 weeks of the year. Hunting and fishing camps are places that men, women and children get to share in the outdoor experience. There is definitely a call to God’s Great Outdoors for millions of people each year and relati...2023-11-2126 min
Trail To AdventureWalking on God’s TrailIn each of our lives we feel we have a vision for where we should end up. On the trail to adventure in life, if we remain open to God’s leading we might not be where we thought we would be but we will always end up in the right place. As a follow up to last week’s show where we learned from Skipper Bettis about Quest Ministries and how that came about, this week we hear from his son, Colby, on where Two Hats Ranch is headed and how God is using this family to s...2023-11-1431 min
Trail To AdventureA Lifetime of AdventureThe whitetail hunting family is a huge group. There are few names that have carried through generations. Today’s guest, Skipper Bettis, is a man who helped bring the management of whitetails from Texas to the Midwest and has taught many others how to manage their herds. Having left Texas as a very young man, he traveled to the NW Territory and British Columbia before settling into Michigan. On today’s program, he will share some of this adventures and how God has blessed him with an amazing family and life. Come along now as we tr...2023-11-0738 min
Trail To AdventureA Musical Trail There are few things better in a hunting camp than someone that can play the guitar, unless it is someone who can play the guitar and cooks and does the dishes. This week’s show finds our host Dean Hulce and his wife Linda at Two Hats Ranch in Big Rapids, Michigan where they serve each year with Quest Ministries. They host one hunt for special needs young people and then a hunt for Purple Heart veterans. There is someone else who takes part in these hunts and he shares his talents on today’s show. H...2023-10-3130 min
Trail To AdventureBreaking Chains: from Cocaine to Christ- Part 2Sometimes a story is just so good we have to break it up and not tell the entire thing. Well, that’s the case this week. In last week’s program we told you about the childhood and the beginning of the slide into a life of sin of a country music star. This week we try to fit the rest of the amazing story in. God’s perfect plan for His children is never to have them self-destruct, hurting themselves and other in the process… But when it happens, He is always waiting for the prodigal son or daugh...2023-10-2545 min
Trail To AdventureBreaking ChainsMany of us have lived out parts of our lives held by the chains of bad decisions and choices. Today’s guest had spent much of his early life chasing squirrels through the southern woods and behind a keyboard in church and often in places not quite so godly. He’s been on stage to receive a Grammy and other awards. But a life lived in chains brought his life and career to a screeching halt. Through the love from his mother, grandmother and the Lord, our guest was restored and now has an amazing career singing and spe...2023-10-1826 min
Trail To AdventureFollowing God’s CallingEvery one of us at sometime in our lives feels as though we are fighting off aligators as we traverse through our day to day struggles. On today’s show, we will hear from a friend of our host that has a hobby of catching aligators. He has turned this passion into a place where people can come and be in close proximity to the gators and at the same time attend an amazing event. Once a month, men from the panhandle of Florida, Eastern Alabama and all across the country come together to enjoy a free mea...2023-10-1131 min
Trail To AdventureLiving Through The Rough Stuffhere’s an old saying that goes, “There are no atheists in a fox hole”. This week, we’ll hear that the same is true in a prisoner war camp. All of us have been in a prison in our lives at some time or another. Sin has put many of us in a prison of our own making through our lives. On this week’s show, we’ll meet a deer hunter that spent a year in a North Korean prison, often being beaten daily. We’ll hear how his crew's boat, The Pueblo, was taken and its crew wa...2023-10-0331 min
Trail To AdventureSome Gave AllEveryone of us in the USA owes a great debt of gratitude to so many that have willingly gone out to protect our freedoms. The old saying, “all gave some, but some gave all” is made clear on this week’s program as we talk to a retired special service veteran who today is still giving of himself to serve those who gave so much. Come along on the Trail to Adventure as we visit with the head of the F.E.W. (Foundation of Exceptional Warriors) and hear about some great things that are being done with and...2023-09-2628 min
Trail To AdventureThe Trumpets CallThe trumpet and bugle have been used for generations to call us together, to wake soldiers up in the morning and put them to bed. We raise and lower the flag to the sound of the horn and we say goodbye to our fallen soldiers. Someday, maybe soon, it will call all God’s children home to be with Him for all eternity. On this weeks show, our guest is known around the world for his trumpet playing, but he also loves to care for widows, orphans and those in need and he loves hunting and fishing. ...2023-09-1931 min
Trail To AdventureSet FreeIn today’s outdoor world, fishermen and hunters alike work hard to manage their lands and water. They remove old timber and invasive weeds all for the betterment of the resource, to set free the new growth of a healthy life. On today’s show, we’ll visit with an outdoorsman who not only loves to manage lands for outdoor activities but also helps others spiritually by pointing them towards a life that is set free from those things that drag us down and keep us from becoming all God wants us to be in His family. Co...2023-09-1228 min
Trail To AdventureBuilding On A Strong FoundationThe giant aspens of the western mountain are one of the largest known organisms in the world. It is not well know that many of the large groves of aspens are all connected to one another. The roots grow out from one tree and often send up shoots that become another tree. Often times Ministries grow in the same fashion. One ministry sets roots and grows and as it matures, it sends out roots and a new ministry springs forth and grows strong. Many years ago God gave today’s guest a vision to start an organization cal...2023-09-0727 min
Trail To AdventureUsing All Our Gifts To His GloryGod gives all of His children gifts that are meant to be used to His glory. Some of our gifts prove that God has a sense of humor. Today’s guest has spent his entire life traveling from town to town all around North America singing, playing his collection of harmonicas and doing an amazing impersonation of one of the most loved TV stars of the 1960’s, Barney Fife. He still travels and shares God’s word through music and laughter… and now he does it with his wife and his youngest daughter. Join us this week as we travel d...2023-08-2928 min
Trail To AdventureGot Your SixMost of us deal with worry and fear some point in our lives. We struggle to know where to turn at times, not sure of where the answers are found. This week’s guest has been through many years struggling with bad memories and experiences but is finding peace and comfort in the arms of the Lord now. He is showing others that are dealing with PTSD that he has their six. Join us on God’s Great Outdoors as we head down some difficult times for many on the Trail To Adventure.2023-08-2227 min
Trail To AdventurePreparing Soils and Planting SeedsCooler mornings are here and crops like corn are beginning to ripen. Days are getting shorter and the feel of Fall is in the air. Fishermen are starting to plan for the drop in water temperatures and those that plant foot plots are beginning to work soils for Fall plantings. This week, we’ll share some great hunting and fishing stories with a good friend and we’ll talk soil preparation and the planting of food plots. Then we’ll discuss how sharing the good news of Jesus Christ is like preparing a seed bed, planting seeds, water and harvesti...2023-08-1637 min
Trail To AdventureThe Heart of a ServantThe heart of true servants shine through in everything they do. Today’s guests and their family have those kind of hearts. Whether they are in boats, tree stands, or serving in hunting and fishing camps in Ontario or in Wisconsin, they shine the light of Jesus Christ in all they do. Come along and learn more about the fishing trips and hunting camps these friends of God’s Great Outdoors operate and the people they serve!2023-08-0825 min
Trail To AdventureTraveling Down the Trail to Adventure Alaska, our 49th state, is the last great wilderness in the United States. There are villages that rarely ever see a visitor. Yet, today’s guests have traveled across many of the muddy roads of Alaska sharing the message of Jesus Christ through music. Come along as we traverse the backroads and remote villages of Alaska, the last frontier. 2023-08-0143 min
Trail To AdventureThe Next Great AdventureJoin us this week on God's Great Outdoors as we travel down The Trail to Adventure! Our host, Dean Hulce, sits down with Adam Erickson and shares some of Dean's most exciting adventures... from giant brown bear attacks on Kodiak Island, Alaska, to taking the controls of a float plane while flying over the North Pacific... You won't want to miss it! We'll see how wherever we are in life and no matter what we are facing, God has us in the middle of our NEXT GREAT ADVENTURE!2023-07-2530 min
Trail To AdventureLearning To ServeThere are times when we have no idea how blessed we are in life. Today’s guest will share that no matter how good we think we have it, we all have a special need, and that is a need for Jesus Christ2023-07-1835 min
Trail To AdventureOvercoming the Storms of LifeThe call of the North woods and waters is strong to those who love God’s great outdoors. A week spent on the lakes of Northern Ontario is a peaceful and relaxing experience that helps calm any storm that a person might be carrying. On today’s show, we’ll meet Wisconsin farmer Lynn Sedelbauer who joined us for a week of fishing. He is a living and breathing Job from the old testament. He’s lived through the loss of much of his family, but, with the help of God is still standing strong. Come alo...2023-07-1131 min
Trail To AdventureOvercoming Life’s ChallengesSometimes God puts people in your path and we can know without a doubt that He has a plan in the relationship. This week we introduce Scot and Julie Iverson, a couple from Northern Nebraska. Dean met this couple at Rushing Wind Camp in Ontario. They hit it off instantly and today they share a few fishing stories from Northern Canada and life stories from the loss of a ranch and their livelihood, to being hit by a lightning bolt. The couple has exciting stories to tell. Come step into God’s Great Outdoors and walk with us...2023-07-0432 min
Trail To AdventurePlanting SeedsLike the gardener, many hunters plant food plots and wait on the seeds they’ve planted to sprout and produce the plants that the deer need to grow healthy and strong. In the last words of Jesus, we heard a command to plant seeds when He said in Mark 16:15 “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Today, we’ll learn a lot about planting seeds and nutrition for wildlife from Doug Kostreva of Horny Buck Seed Company. We’ll also learn about our responsibility to plant and water for Jesus Christ throu...2023-06-2732 min
Trail To AdventureHunting From Her PerspectiveThe largest growing segment in the outdoor world today is women. Over 25% of the fishing and hunting participants are now women. If you throw in other activities in God’s Great Outdoors, the percentages go way up! This week, we hear from our host’s lovely hunting partner, his wife Linda, about her short but very successful hunting career. More importantly, she gives all of the credit and glory for her success to her Savior, Jesus Christ.2023-06-2127 min
Trail To AdventureA Passion for AntlersGod uses the most unusual things to turn our heart to Him. To the person who does not enjoy the outdoors, the thought of God using antlers to win a man to Him would seem strange and nearly impossible. Today, our host and antler collector, Jay Fish, will again share stories of some of the biggest and most unusual antlers ever found or harvested!2023-06-1330 min
Trail To AdventureHunting Camp ConnectionsThis week we’ll hear that there are few better places to meet and build each other up than hunting and fishing camps. We’ll meet Ben Kuncaitis who shares his camp with many others via social media and YouTube. Our host, Dean Hulce, has shared several camps with this quest and the friendship and brotherhood has grown stronger because of “Camp”.2023-06-0636 min
Trail To AdventureGrowing Closer Together in God’s Great OutdoorsCalling in a wild turkey for harvest is a very exciting and rewarding experience. But spending time in God’s Great Outdoors with others that build us up in the Lord is more rewarding. On today’s show we’ll join our host Dean Hulce, as he hosts a God’s Great Outdoors turkey hunt in NW Wisconsin. Join the round table discussion as the hunters laugh, share their great hunting stories and share their faith. 2023-05-3137 min
Trail To AdventureLiving the Dream and Fighting CancerMost of us grow up with a dream of what we would like to do for the rest of our lives. Some of us want to be professional athletes, some doctors and some of us grew up wanting to hunt or fish for a living… this was the case for our host, Dean Hulce and for today’s guest, Dan Eigen, who ended up making his living guiding fisherman in the walleye capitol of the world, Brainerd, Minnesota. Dean and Dan are both fighting cancer and share how God is working in their lives. 2023-05-2335 min
Trail To AdventureThe Rest of the StoryThis week, Dean’s guest is back from two weeks ago with such a great response from so many people asking for the “Paul Harvey” version… The Rest of the Story. Our guest, Steve Nooyen, shares how God has used his business to fund ministry to work to serve others as Jesus did. His life is based on Ephesians 2:10 which talks about how the Christian is called to good works. Join us as we talk about how God is moving in the outdoors in service to those that struggle to be able to get out on their own.2023-05-1629 min
Trail To AdventureGod’s Divine AppointmentsThis week's show finds our host with Paul Gathany, one of God's Great Outdoors board members and somewhat of this ministry's historians. We'll hear how Paul got his divine appointment into radio at a young age and how that played into the beginning of this ministry and continues today, 26 years later. Then we'll hear about some upcoming fishing at Rushing Wind camp in Northwest Ontario for big walleye, northern pike and other species. Come join us on The Trail To Adventure as we head into God's Great Outdoors!2023-05-1633 min
Trail To AdventureBuilding Better MenOn today’s show, we’ll be talking with Don Blume, a man living in the middle of the beautiful far north of Wisconsin. Don lost his father as a very young boy and grew up with a fulltime man in his life. With recent health issues, he’s had to leave what he’s always known and he’s following a new call by God to reach out to disciple men to be the husbands, fathers and leaders God calls them to be!2023-05-0429 min
Trail To AdventureA Life of ServiceCome along as we’ll spend some time with a man that has spent his entire working life caring for others and now is spending his time and efforts serving others in the outdoors. He’s learned the secret to fulfillment in life by giving back and in the process sharing the gift that Jesus Christ gave us. So come along on The Trail To Adventure as we head into the woods of Northern Wisconsin on God’s Great Outdoors!2023-04-2525 min
Trail To AdventureThe Pruning of a Life for GodAs we go through life day by day and look closely, we will see God’s shaping and pruning of our lives. There is growth that comes on slowly that we never notice and some growth that comes on quickly when we’ve been taken unaware. God sees it all and He is ready to cut away those things that are growing us in an unhealthy direction. There are times when the trimming and pruning is a somewhat painful process… But these are the times when we grow the strongest and in the best direction. This week on God’s...2023-04-1828 min
Trail To AdventureFollowing God’s LeadIt is amazing how God puts His children together to do His will. We often make our plans and go about our business, thinking our future is set, but God has other plans for us. If you feel God has stopped your progress and life seems to be going in a different direction than planned, don’t give up on Him. His plans will prevail and when we give Him all the glory, He might just give you the desires of your heart. 2023-04-1131 min
Trail To AdventureDeadliest CatchMost of us have seen the TV show Deadliest Catch, but few of us have lived out that life. On God’s Great Outdoors program, we will meet a pastor who grew up with the lifestyle of a commercial fisherman. A life of hard work, tremendous challenge and unimaginable tragedy leads today’s guest to an angry life. So come along on THE TRAIL TO ADVENTURE as we head out of the North Atlantic in search of lobster and cod as well as God’s leading.2023-04-0434 min
Trail To AdventureStay Away From The Wrong CallThe sound of spring for a turkey hunter is a thrilling sound. Calling gobblers to the call of a hunter goes against the natural process of things… but we’ll hear today that it sure is fun and exciting. Two young men and relatively new turkey hunters join us and share their favorite turkey hunting experiences. So come along as we enter into God’s Great Outdoors and take up The Trail to Adventure in the turkey woods!2023-03-2847 min
Trail To AdventureSaving Lives and Saving SoulsCome along as we visit with Will Dodson. He shares about a world class buck that got away and then we talk about how the company that he works for is in the business of saving lives. In the process of saving lives, this business is also helping to point people to the one that saves souls! 2023-03-2131 min
Trail To AdventureBeing A TROPHY OF GRACEHunters and fishermen are often trophy collectors. Some of us have walls full of trophies from hunting and fishing trips past. These trophies are things we cherish and hold dear. God calls us to Himself and when we come, we become trophies of His grace that He holds dear. Today we're joined by Randy Malcore and we hear about the ministry he's involved with, Trophies Of Grace, and hear some stories of lost and found trophies.2023-03-1428 min
Trail To AdventurePutting Off The OldYear after year, bucks shed their old antlers and begin growing a new set. This is one of the amazing and beautiful things about creation and God’s Great Outdoors. On this week’s show, we’ll hear about the world record whitetail sheds and the story of the hunt for a lost piece of those trophy antlers. If you love hunting, antlers, and the outdoors, you’ll not want to miss this week’s show as we head out and look for sheds on The Trail To Adventure!2023-03-0728 min
Trail To AdventureHigher Education in the Higher Elevations of WyomingTravel along this week on The Trail to Adventure as we follow a man, Nelson Miles of Frontier School of the Bible, who was raised in a city in Southern Michigan and watch where God leads him into the world of higher education in the beautiful higher elevations of Wyoming. We'll hunt our way through the Cowboy State and into the classroom of an amazing bible school. Come along as we travel through God's Great Outdoors... On The Western Trail To Adventure!2023-03-0143 min
Trail To AdventureMountains, Kids and Archery… A Common ConnectionThe western mountains draw 10s of 1000s of hunters each year to chase elk with their bow. For our host Dean Hulce and today’s guest, Aaron Scheer of Centershot, they’ve spent many days chasing elk in the Colorado Rocky mountains and learned a lot from their earthly fathers in the process. For anyone that has ever chased elk, shot archery, or appreciated the sight of an arrow in flight, you will enjoy today’s show. We talk archery, mountains, kids and police with our guest and hear a lot about how archery is being used to ser...2023-02-2136 min
Trail To AdventureMaking the CutThis week on The Trail to Adventure, host Dean Hulce talks with Jason Huntsman, one of the top editors/program producers of some of the greatest hunting TV and DVDs of all time. He has certainly made the cut in this industry. Jason shares stories of his first buck as well as a record book buck he took with his bow while running his own camera. Then he talks about how something that he longed for his entire life had little lasting meaning. Finally, we talk about what’s really important in life. 2023-02-1431 min
Trail To AdventureA Case For Christian CampingOn this week's Trail To Adventure, we’ll hear the story of a hunter’s biggest archery buck, then he will share the importance of youth ministry and Christian camping. You won’t want to miss this week's show… it’s bound to be a keeper! 2023-02-0725 min
Trail To AdventureA Generational Impact Through the OutdoorsOn this week’s Trail to Adventure, we get to know Pastor Ryan Flunker as we tell the story of his harvest of a great Pope and Young trophy buck. Pastor Ryan will talk about his calling into missions work and then back home to a local church here in the UP of Michigan. You won’t want to miss the exciting and sometimes hilarious story of how Pastor Ryan takes the biggest buck he’s ever seen.2023-01-3125 min
Trail To AdventureMeeting God In The Quiet PlacesJoin us this week as we visit with long-time friend of God's Great Outdoors and Board Member Arnie Wolf and his wife Dee. We learn more about their Canadian flyin fishing camp and the lives that have been changed there. Come along on God's Great Outdoors - Trail to Adventure2023-01-2325 min
The Tabernacle Podcast69. Dean Hulce | When God calls you to use your passion for His gloryJohn interviews Dean Hulce of High Impact Outdoor ministries, a Tabernacle partner. Dean shares his faith story, how God uses hunting and fishing to lead people to Christ, and what he did when charged by a brown bear.
You can follow Dean’s daily devotional and learn more about his ministry on the High Impact Outdoors ministries Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/High-Impact-Outdoors-ministries-1683599481920113/
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