Bio

“Just a guy who likes to hunt, fish, tell stories and carry a camera. I live on the western Minnesota prairie with my two labs, Mika and Tiny, who constantly remind me to quit working and go hunting.” – Bret Amundson.

Bret Amundson is a digital content creator, photographer, and videographer behind FISH HUNT FOREVER. FHF celebrates the outdoors and fights to protect the outdoors lifestyle.

FHF is a collection of media brands and platforms offering a variety of outdoor content from films to podcasts, photography and conservation advocacy.

Sporting Journal Radio, North American Waterfowl, Tazin TV, are all part of the Fish Hunt Forever family. Additionally, Bret hosts the popular outdoor show Prairie Sportsman TV (12 stations, 7 states, 600+ airings per year on PBS), manages communications for AGLOW with The Outdoor Feed, and creates content for brands like LIVETARGET, Smith’s Consumer Products, KASTKING and more. He also is the signature voice for The Next Bite on the Discovery Channel.

Who else has a merganser next to their emmy?

Bret was nominated once again for an Upper Midwest Emmy in 2023, after being awarded one in 2020 and also being nominated in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 for hosting the popular outdoor show Prairie Sportsman that airs over 600 times per year on PBS in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Wyoming. Watch episodes here. 

Prairie Sportsman was nominated for a record 10 Upper Midwest Emmys in 2022 after receiving 9 Upper Midwest nominations in 2021.

He also owns and hosts Sporting Journal Radio, heard on 30 stations across the midwest, and available to watch across social media platforms.

During his free time, he guides waterfowl hunts with Mid Migration Outfitters. and hosts and produces “Tazin TV” from Tazin Lake Lodge in northwest Saskatchewan.

As a member of the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers, he and Dan Amundson combined to win 14 awards at the 2023 conference, 14 awards at the 2022 conference and 11 awards at the 2021 Annual conference, including “Best in Show” for his Pheasants Forever Billboard in 2023 and Kettle River Rafting episode of Prairie Sportsman in 2021. Recently was host of Northland Outdoors TV and Radio and provided stories and photos for Northland Outdoors Magazine and Website. His articles could also be found on the Forum Communications Network of Newspapers.

In 2022, Bret and Dan Amundson traveled to ICAST to be the face of the new LIVETARGET products launch. They hosted a media event and invited media into the booth to see the new products firsthand.

Bret Amundson explains the new Mustad and LIVETARGET products at ICAST in 2022.
Content Creators from Minnesota celebrate their awards at the 2023 AGLOW Conference Awards-in-Craft
Dan (L) and Bret Amundson (R) at the 2022 AGLOW AIC Awards
Bret Amundson holds his “Best in Show” award at the 2021 AGLOW Conference with other winners from Minnesota. L-R: Scott Mackenthun, Joe Henry, Amundson, Roy Heilman, Joel Nelson.
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Prior to that, he was publisher of Minnesota Sporting Journal Magazine and host of Minnesota Sporting Journal Radio Show.  He is a broadcast veteran who has worked at various radio stations in Fargo, Minneapolis, and more. A scholarship winner to the broadcasting school Brown Institute, Bret started his first radio job just 5 months out of high school, while still at Brown.

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