Up North Journal Podcast

Got the new target arrows cut this week for the shoot, Carbon Express Maxima SD Tuned them to the Evolve 31 Low profile 2 inch vanes Didn't have the target bow set up yet and had to use my hunting bow Shot out to 80 yards Shot at Mudjaw Bowman for the 1st leg of Ohio State Field Archery Association Triple Crown Wet, wet, wet!!!!!!! Talking about the shoot and how it was run 116 arrow shoot 20 points per target Short angled shot Shooting known distance vs un-known distance preferences What gear we are running on the target bows this year PSE Phenom SD Copper John sight Stan release AAE Prophecy drop away rest Hot Rod stabilizers Fawn drop time! Danny is seeing pregnant does in his back yard. Buck have dispersed Others are starting to see fawns being dropped Predators starting to become more active with fawning season starting  

A recap of Mike taking a friend turkey hunting for the first time.   Day one morning hunt 3 gobblers coming, which way to go? 2nd sit of the morning Day one evening hunt Pop up blind 2 gobblers Should've set where we did for the morning Day two morning hunt Mike goes back to run and gun while his friend sat in the pop up blind Mike gets into a fight with a hen and looses the gobblers Day two evening hunt Got a scouting report from trail cameras Go north young man! 25 yards and got caught looking the wrong way A new turkey hunter is born! State legislator in New York is proposing a bill that would remove all shooting sports, gun and archery along with trapping out of the schools for kids. https://news.unclesamsmisguidedchildren.com/ny-proposal-ban-archery-rifle-trap-shooting-programs-schools/

Using a trail camera to scout for turkey Good to use on private land Cuts down the scouting time Help to figure out where to set up Can see specific birds Helps to know what times they frequent the area Snow still on the ground Gobbler came up to the lodge in camp On the way home from camp came into an area that had a wild fire Too dry to burn Bone dry conditions Burn bans in affect Spring plants sucking up all the moisture in the ground Too much standing dead wood Logging creates natural fire break Private lands have too much fuel load on the ground in Northern Michigan Deer are feeding heavily During green up the mature does are getting the best food Younger deer suffer with less to eat How much milk does a fawn need a day? How does that equate to deer browse? Turkey populations low due to? Long winter Cold and wet weather leads to cold ground that keeps turkeys from laying eggs Pushes poults hatching later and not getting enough warm weather to gain enough weight to make it through the next winter P

Danny spent the entire week out hunting turkeys. Saw more deer than turkeys Great weather Playing with hens Never seen a gobbler Tough hunting Bongo Drums Hunter's Blend Coffee joins the Up North Journal Official coffee of Up North Journal www.huntersblendcoffee.com Opening up camp Check trail cams Found a water leak Trail Cam Photos Put two cams on a fresh deer carcass Got eagles on camera Bobcat drug off carcass Coyote video Deer browsing on small pine trees Deer eating meat? Deer Browse Surveys 2 half mile lines 1000 feet apart is your survey 30 steps apart on each line gets checked Very educational opportunity Use this as a tool to check deer density along with habitat health Deer Co-op building activity Teach younger people so they grow up applying these techniques

The boys are getting excited since spring has sprung Danny has taken down his Christmas lights Mike mowed the yard Worried about the deer herd after the big snow storm Snow still on at deer camp Danny is rolling the dice on his turkey hunt this coming week Danny is going to run and gun on his first day of the hunt #2018CallHimOffTheLimb Yeti Coolers Drops it's association from the NRA Foundation No explanation as to why NRA Foundation is the youth side of the organization Will this comeback to bite Yeti? Waiting for an explanation What is the fallout of this? Other companies are drawing the line as well Danny bought a new muzzleloader The Remington model 700 UML New ignition system Looking at putting a Vortex scope on it Loading on warm barrel New ignition system Mike got back on the bike Rode for the first time this year Brought home last year and got road salt all over it Mike stripped it down and cleaned it this weekend Michigan Trout Opener this weekend! Know your rules and regulations before you

Winter Storm in April kept the boys at home all weekend Danny turkey scouted Thursday on public land Sand Hill Cranes made their reappearance Turkeys won't lay eggs till it gets warmer Heavy wet snow and ice hit the area and kept the boys from attending the Michigan Deer Summit How does this latest winter storm affect our deer herds. 22 inches of snow hit Mike's deer camp this weekend 16 inches hit the area where Dan hunts Heavy wet snow dumped quick kills deer that are already stressed 6 months with no green food and they need 6 pounds of food a day puts major stress on deer We need a green up quick How much food do deer need to get through a winter Dealing with hunters who don't shoot does when the area needs them to be thinned Talking about how shooting target archery will help you in the treestand in the fall. Interviewed Dan Jasa of PSE Archery and Chris Schnur about this subject and will air later this month. Competitive shooting Individual sport where it's all on you like hunting Taking a look at

Mike and Dan begin the show trying out a cup of Hunter's Blend Coffee that was sent to them from Hemisphere Coffee Roasters. Dan thinks is smooth! Mike will be taking this to deer camp! Gotta have coffee on the hunt! Dan is getting excited for turkey season! Dan was out looking for sheds while cruising the woods Plans on scouting this week Weather needs to warm up soon Birds are moving finally Mike attended a local turkey workshop event Mike talks to CO about youth hunting licenses Game laws differing from state to state Drones and hunting Mike is taking Deer Steward 1 Class. Through QDMA and the University of Clemson 6 modules video based teaching Deer and habitat biology, management, etc... The 2018 Whitetail Report listed what states use to manage deer Michigan uses deer herd health, hunter opportunity, car deer accidents and crop damage. Seems as if insurance industry issues have a heavy hand in management of our deer instead of sound science. Numbers and questions can be skewed to gain any point o

Mike attended a pollination and habitat workshop this week Butterflies as pollinators and research going into the disappearance of two species Travel time for Monarch butterfly migration Downward trend of honey bee populations and what is killing them Bee population in the Lower 48 Chemicals and mites killing the bees How to use chemicals around bees How do we incorporate bees into our hunting area and keep bears out of them What happens if you don't collect the honey Switch Grass planting Fawning grass vs bears Turkey calls for beginners Box calls for beginner turkey hunters looking to learn how to call Simple slate calls are good for new turkey hunters Limb Walker Game Calls Red slate pot call from Limb Walker How does the slate thickness affect the calls What to use to carry your turkey decoys Canadian turkey hunting laws vs Michigan Patterning your shotgun and ammo types Some bucks still holding on to their antlers Deer leaving their wintering grounds A new kayak might be in Mike's future!

Mike and Dan talk with Lance Valentine of Walleye 101 fishing school. Finishing up the fishing show circuit Show attendance was down due to weather and March Madness tournament 1st week of April on the Detroit River After Mother's Day it's the Saginaw Bay and Saginaw River pre and post spawn Vertical jigging for walleye Jig head colors and body color Fish where the fish are No live bait, tip with plastics How to set up baits Fall rates and angels are also important Talking lines Dealing with current Walleye101info@gmail.com How important is rod size and reel type Denali rods Myriad Series for walleye Fishing for Detroit River Walleye Accounting Major and Minor in Marketing and how that relates to being a teacher of fishing and a fishing guide Fishing education weekend Women involvement in fishing http://www.walleye101.com/fishing_101 Mike made a trip to deer camp to learn about habitat and found something that wasn't good. Met with a few deer managers and habitat managers to look over our hunting property

Cablea's Turkey Classic this weekend with Mike and Danny. Two days at the Chesterfield Cabela's Worked with both new hunters and experienced hunters Birds are already moving The questions we were asked at our seminars Shot size, Calls, decoys Seminars, Fan mounts, kids calling contest, and turkey 101 Hearing protection form firearms The guys looked at electronic hearing protection while at Cabela's Walker Game Ears Pro Ears How they work Hearing loss Multiple uses Williams Gunsight Company We put a slate call to the test by putting water to it! Limb Walker Game Calls Acrylic Strikers that allow you to play a slate call that has a wet surface End is unfinished so you can shape it to your liking What firearm to use for coyote hunting Daytime or nighttime Rimfire and shotgun Centerfire and Michigan rules and regulations Long distance shooting Making sure you conduct yourself and business in the right manor in the outdoor industry and while participating in the outdoors.

Mike and Dan talk with Tim Andrus of The Rush Outdoors Traveling through Canada as he heads home from Michigan 2018 Season, his 7th season for Rush Outdoors Antelope hunt in Wyoming and a little fishing New York buck hunt with a bow Self Fliming your hunts Rush Outdoors Uncut How he got started in the outdoor industry Wyoming Buck muzzleloader hunt Saskatchewan Buck muzzleloader hunt Fishing the east end of Lake Erie for walleye Looking at retirement How Tim got started in hunting How he got into the hunting industry How the internet has changed the viewing and consuming of hunting material Four quick questions for Tim Mike and Dan give their take on the Outdoorama show this weekend. Mike is reading Darker Than Night a true Michigan murder mystery of two hunters that went missing and took 18 years to solve.

Mike and Dan talk with Bill Epeards from the PSE Elite Pro Staff and Mossy Oak Pro Staff. Shot the African Big 5 With PSE for 44 years and Mossy Oak 28 years Hunted with Curt Gowdy Former sheriff Doing the right thing The Evolve Cam System The Carbon Stealth Respect for the animals Most memorable African hunt was the Lion hunt at 32 yards! New Zeeland Tar Dick Kriby of Quaker Boy Calls Taking kids hunting Favorite wild game meal African hunting Eric Trump Early years of hunting and archery shooting One piece of advice for young people Danny talks about magna porting his shotgun barrel. He won a auction to get his barrel magna ported Mike just did an On The Trial segment on Muzzle Brakes It does increase the loudness of the shot blast Hearing protecton while hunting New Limb Walker Game Call New Aluminum surface pot calls Double Sided glass over slate Glass call Slate Call Conditioning calls Primos Slick Stick Box call chalk Cleaning your peg with Scotch Brite Mouth calls and mouth wash Locator calls

Mike and Dan interviewed State of Michigan Representative of the 105th District Triston Cole who sits on the Michigan Sportsman's Caucus. Tell your State Rep. what concerns you in the outdoors What is the Sportsman's Caucus? What do they do for us? The Lantern Fly How do they help us in the outdoors? Is there bipartisan efforts working together to help the outdoors? How do they bridge the gap between hunters and the DNR? Triston talks about his outdoor experiences and his family How your voice counts What is the Jacobson Organ in a Whitetail Deer and what is it used for? It is in the roof of the mouth of a buck and a doe Used in conjunction with lip curling Bucks use it to test for pheromones in the air to see if doe is ready for breeding Does will use it to sense blood and birthing fluid also for smoke, creosote, exhaust, etc.... Mike heads out on a night coon hunt. Running bluetic hounds Treed four coons Shot two Muddy fields makes for heavy boots Talking fur prices Danny heads to the Michigan Deer an

Mike and Dan talk about their experience at Turtle Lake Hunt Club where Dr. James Kroll conducted the 15th annual deer herd health check by performing necropsies on does selectively harvested. Oldest deer camp in Michigan est. 1884 Lots of Michigan deer management people in attendance Very educational Mike's fourth necropsy, Dan's first Live weight of deer Special deer permits to take deer in February Sharp shooters with neck shots Bone marrow samples and what it shows Kidney fat index and what it shows Collect ovaries Fat tissue and what that tells us Stomach and it's parts Liver and liver flukes Measuring fetus' and what that tells us and how we can use this information to change the age structure of our deer herd The trickle rut and how that affects our bucks and the fawns that are born the next spring Checking for indicators of TB Oakland County Michigan Suspect TB case Talking with Gabby Garza who attended the event with us. She is a new hunter and we got to hear her take on what she learned. Was surp

Mike and Dan talk with Dan Jasa who finished 5th at the Lancaster Archery Tournament last week about his shoot. Prepping for the Las Vegas shoot next weekend How the Lancaster tournament works The mental game The bow set up Arrow set up The mental game during the competition Shot process Do you think about who you're shooting against How much practice time to prepare for the tournament The practice process Arrow points, glue in vs screw in Spooky Nook Shooting in the venue, what was that experience like Pressure is living in the 20 seconds of the shot The gallery down both sides of the shooting lanes How the tournament has grown How the lighting changes the look while you're shooting Lane choice When tied it goes to a shoot off and how it works Second to last round an errant shot! Bare Bow Divisions Growning the sport and sponsors Spectators Peaking during practice or during the tournament What to expect in the Vegas shoot Vegas shoot broadcast Carbon Express Contest and giveaway Interview with Pedro de Amp

While at the ATA show a few weeks back we had the pleasure of meeting Mike Gustafson from Buckhaven Learning Ctr. and talk with him about their hunt with combat wounded and disabled vets. www.buckhaven.org 12 hunters a year Provide everything except travel If you can't make the events feel free to donate Mike talks about his most memorable hunt with a vet and it's POWERFUL! We talk with Tim Sias of Limb Walker Game Calls about his turkey pot calls. Got started making calls by looking for a hobby It grew into a business Got the passion for hunting from his father Started going out with his father at age 2 and 3 squirrel hunting Got the turkey bug around 11 or 12 years old His dad taught him all about turkeys Shot his first turkey at age 19 Tim's favorite call is the glass over slate pot call His favorite wood to use and why What wood sounds better What striker material works best Acrylic strikers work in the wet on a slate call End of the striker shapes dictate the sound as well Striker head shapes and weig

Live at Cabela's Wildgame Food Weekend Sampling wildgame food that was prepared to sample for customers showing them how to use wildgame for the Big Game! Food preparation gear giveaway Wrap up of after hours events at the ATA show in Indianapolis. Outtech Hudalla 3rd annual podcast mashup meet and greet with Hunt Fish Travel, Take Aim and Rut and River Pursuits podcasts Dan talks about making his Hunter Sticks with his deer this year What is mixed with deer meat to make the Hunter Sticks The process for making them Vacuum sealing the finished product  Cost of processing your deer What do you want out of it What area of the state are you having it done in Is it a fly by night processor or a regular butcher Making a roast Badlands Film Festival 5th annual festival at the ATA Show Long film segment is 7 -10 minutes Short film segment is 3 -5 minutes Winners were all first time film makers to this event Long form winner was a hunt for a Billy Goat in Colorado with a mother who was sick Short film was a

Mike and Dan talk with Outdoor Channel videographer Ben LaLonde. Chased his dream job Works for the Outdoor Channel News was the stepping stone to bigger things Thought about the Travel Channel After 12 - 15 applications with no call he was starting to wonder One email changed his fortune 2 months later he was hired First assignment was Hawaii In Alaska chasing dangerous game Thinking about grizzlies made him a bit nervous 150 miles into the Arctic Circle Most embarrassing moment Bad rain gear leads to hypothermia and dehydration Pee color is important A good exhaustion Looking through the lens Working with Dr. James Kroll aka Dr. Deer Watching the way nature works is simply incredible Everything fades away Being behind the lens is different than being behind the trigger https://www.facebook.com/ben.lalonde.5 Archery Trade Association show 2018 4 hard days Attendance was down Not as many vendors Garmin Xero bow sight was the wow factor of the show Dan liked Con Quest Scents doe in heat test kit Mike liked

Mike and Dan talk with Lincoln Rohn of Michigan Deer Hunter's Let'em Go and Let'em Grow group. Lincoln talks about his Illinois deer hunt this year and the problems he had while there. Lincoln talks about his Saskatchewan Buck of a lifetime along with the obstacles he faced when he got to camp. Lincoln talks about his Michigan deer hunting season and the luck he and his family had this year. Lincoln talks about where the Let'em Go and Let'em Grow campaign has been and what they've been through this past year. We all talk about the Anchor Creek Deer Co-op Rendezvous this past weekend and all the good information that came out of it from all involved. Part 1 video: https://www.facebook.com/AllbandResearch/videos/2050843048484132/   Part 2 video: https://www.facebook.com/AllbandResearch/videos/2050902311811539/ What is upcoming this year?

Mike and Dan get to hit the ice for the first time in 3 seasons to ice fish! Dan screws up his breakfast First guys on the ice Sunrise Get fishing Putting fish on the ice finally Good to get out on the ice 2nd half of our 2017 year in review July - December! Mike has to deal personally with the his first TB suspect deer at his camp. Getting the news Realizing we ate the deer heart Worrying about TB Realizing that he wasn't going to get it Waiting on the results to come back Happy New Year!