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November 18, 2013
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This program is a visit to Dale Karch at Three Rivers Archery who is the co-owner along with his wife. Gerry visits Dale on location in Indiana and the two talk about how this business became this couple’s ownership and how it’s become a family business. Dale reflects on the family’s time involved with traditional archery from the beginning and how many of the projects such as bow building and flint arrowhead making was done there at home, helping to build a bond that will last for eternity. The two give an assortment of ideas that the listeners can do with their family to see the same results that The Karches have experienced in their lifetime to date. 

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Past Episodes

This program is a visit with the founder of The Christian Deer Hunters Association, Dr. Tom Rakow. Tom shares how he got started writing books because of the deer hunting devotionals, his first project for a college literature class writing requirement, and today despite the fact that he flunked English several times in school, with his family’s help he has written a number of books that are helping Christians reach out to their unsaved friends and relatives with books on fishing and hunting. 
November 11, 2013
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Keith Jennings is the guest on this week’s program as he and Gerry hooked up in Alabama to do a The Trail to Adventure! conference. Keith shares how he got started in archery long before there were compound bows and how he hand-crafted arrows in high school starting a mail order business that led him to into a career in archery. Today he works with Mathews Bows and helps this business as they sponsor over 750 ministries/mission fields around the world. Keith also tells about his book Bows and Arrows of the Bible and looks at archery terms in God’s Word.
November 4, 2013
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Nashville, Tennessee is the stop on this week’s program as Gerry rendezvous with Steve Chapman of Steve & Annie Chapman Family Ministries and Music Producers. The two talk about the couple’s early life, marriage, and movement to the ministry that they do today. Steve also discusses a number of the books they have written and he has done focusing on hunters and fishermen to draw them closer to the Creator God as they spend time in the outdoors.
October 28, 2013
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The Maranatha Bible Camp in Maxwell, Nebraska and their sporting clays shooting range is the subject of this week’s program.  Gerry visits with Dean Ostrander and discusses his early years living in the area and driving to school each day with rifle and shot gun hanging in the pick-up’s rack so that they could shoot after class was over. Dean talks about how he was only given so much ammo and had to make it last the entire season which made him into quite a shot. He then he relates how over the years the sporting clay range at Maranatha was developed and added to each year. This facility is used to build relationships with outdoorsmen who love to shoot but don’t know the Creator God. 
October 21, 2013
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This is an interview that was done at the annual Mathews Dealership Show in The Dells, Wisconsin. Gerry visits with Axion Archery Product Manufacturers, Dave Potts and looks at how Dave became involved in the out-of-doors. Though his family was very poor, he was very rich in that he had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. They augmented their income with trapping and enjoyed an array of small game hunting which went to help to feed the family. Dave shares about his years of owning an archery shop and then selling this business and becoming involved with the manufacturer of bow sights, stabilizers, and now, arrow rests. 
October 14, 2013
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Gerry drops in at Jay’s Sporting Goods in Gaylord, Michigan for an interview with store manager Mark Copeland. Mark shares how he made the decision years back to begin working at Jay’s Sporting Goods leaving a 6 figure position with a photo/portrait photography firm. It is a choice that he made for his family as they had already moved four times in just that year alone and the company wanted him to move again. Mark also talks about the Centershot Archery in the Church program and how it is being used to see lives changed for eternity. 
October 7, 2013
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Reaching out to veterans is the topic of this week’s program as Gerry visits with Jeremiah Catlin of Chappy’s Outdoors. The two hook-up together at the annual Mathews Bows Dealership Show in The Dells, Wisconsin. Jeremiah serves on the board of Christian Bowhunters of America. Gerry and Jeremiah discuss this ministry, to not only get veterans into the outdoors, many of whom struggle physically and emotionally, but more importantly introduce these men and women to the Creator God, Jesus Christ who spoke all the things we see in the world into existence.
September 30, 2013
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Ken Beck and Gerry visit together in southeast Ohio at The Trophies of Grace White Tail Deer Hunt. This is an annual event that has been going on for over 20 years now, put on by a chapter of the Christian Bowhunters of America, Lord of the Harvest Archery Club. Ken discusses his life’s journey, including daredevil adventures in aviation and becoming the owner of Black Widow Bows. The two also look at outdoor ministry and things that the listeners can consider being involved in.
September 23, 2013
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A visit with Vince Garcia, a member of the Navajo Nation, is what’s on the table with this week’s program. Vince’s grandfather was adopted by a Spanish family in New Mexico, yet Vince lived in several locations as a young boy with his dad being in the Air Force. His father was a binge drinker and would beat up his mom. At age 11, Vince couldn’t take it anymore and stepped in to defend her, then was beaten up himself and thrown out on the streets of Chicago to live. Vince shares of the troubles he got into, and how he eventually prayed to receive Christ and began to minister to others who need Jesus, too. This is where he is today, as we look at health issues and ministry opportunities that God has sent his way.
September 16, 2013
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Treestand safety is the topic of this week’s program. Statistics show that one out of three people that hunt out of a tree stand will have an accident at some time in their life, and a number of these incidents are fatal. Keith Jones from Summit Treestands is this week’s guest, and he is also a board member of The Tree Stand Manufacturer’s Association. Keith and Gerry discuss the various types of treestands and the evolution of the safety harnesses now used today. The goal of this program is to be sure that none of the listeners will become a statistic on the negative side.
September 9, 2013
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About Dean Hulce

Dean Hulce was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where he spent every weekend in the woods or on the water with family and friends.  After graduation he married his highschool sweetheart Linda.  They have two boys and 5 grandchildren. 

Dean has written for several hunting and fishing magazines over the last 25 years. He has guided  hunters and fisherman as well as run hunting fishing camps from South Texas to Alaska and many states and provinces in between.  In the last 10 years Dean has written a daily devotional that goes out to thousands each day. He had published 5 devotional books, using hunting stories to bring a message to people.  He has traveled across the USA speaking to groups, spreading the gospel through outdoor experiences.

Dean has no doubt that God has prepared him his entire life for his position with God's Great Outdoors Ministry 

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