Up North Journal Podcast

Cody Dawson and Mara Daugherty get Mike, Dan and Jake to travel north to North Eastern Michigan's Lower Peninsula to chase Small Mouth Bass for three days! Day one: Long Lake near Alpena Michigan Day Two: Hubbard Lake and Fletcher's Pond near Alpena They all talk about the set up, gear, tactics and conditions that led to a great trip! Stay tuned next week for part two and the final day!

Dan asks Mike about his recent use of trail cameras at his hunting club and how that relates to the other members hunting areas and how they use them to help all the members at the camp.

New Blog Site: www.michiganhuntingtoday.com/hooksandbullets/ http://mikeysoutdooradventures.blogspot.com/ New Outdoor Web Site: http://www.myhuntingandfishing.com/ Ice Fishing Weekend Outdoor News of the Week Power tools and rifle cartridges http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/newshound/2008/02/power-tools-rif.html Trail camera nails burglar  http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/newshound/2008/02/hunters-trail-c.html NWTF youth essay contest  http://www.nwtf.org/jakes/contests/KS_Gov_essay_08_flyer[1].doc Mikey's Game Bag Wood duck nesting boxes part 4  http://www.ducks.org/media/Conservation/Conservation_Documents/_documents/duck_box_plans.pdf  Tips of the Week Ice fishing sinker weight Coyote Decoys Night Coyote Hunt Non-hunter Encounters In The Field http://brhunting2008.blogspot.com/  

Mike covers the final process that he went through to complete the tanning of two deer hides from last season and what the end result turns out to be, along with how they will be used.

Mike and Dan talk about the new drone they got to video events and use in outdoor situations for putting videos together about their hunts and other activities. They also discuss how it can be used to live stream on Periscope

Dan talks about his weekend trip to his deer camp. Opening camp for the summer Expectations on what he would find Clean up and Checklists Leisurely walk down stream Seeing more deer this trip north Expectations for the upcoming season Mike takes a trip north for the weekend to check cameras and the progress on the logging project at deer camp.  Seeing plenty of fawns Checking the progress of the logging project Expectations vs Reality What the trail cameras yielded Trail Camera Project What the latest find was Managing the project Ohio Bowfishing Video Mara and Cody take a nice walk with friends to shoot some Longnose Gar Shooting a pile of fish Looking at the video

The guys talk with Randy Duncan about the recent NRA Convention and it's connection to Hillsdale College and the 2nd Amendment.

Episode 46 Ice fishing this weekend   No Coyote hunt due to bad weather   Rifle Scope, sight-in http://www.williamsgunsight.com/   UV Blocker Field Test by Bob Rich http://brproducts.blogspot.com/ http://brshootingjournal.blogspot.com/   Outdoor News Youth hunting opportunitites http://www.ussportsmen.org/Read1.cfm?ID=2203&programdocs=FAF   Missouri air rifle deer hunt http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/newshound/2008/02/air-rifles-for.html   Quackenbush Air Guns http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/   Oregon vanishing licenese http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/newshound/2008/02/the-fishing-lic.html   Ted Nugent search engine http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/newshound/2008/02/internet-search.html http://searchwithtednugent.prodege.com/   Mikey's Game Bag Part 3 of wood duck nesting boxes http://www.ducks.org/media/Conservation/Conservation_Documents/_documents/duck_box_plans.pdf   Email address to submit hunting story to Terry Pickard picksvids@yahoo.com

We talk with Randy Duncan about watching an Indiana IBO Tournament shoot along with talking to Traditional Archer John Fort of Indian. Randy talks about what John has taught him to hone his traditional shooting skills.    

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Dan talks about his first adventure out in the kayaks with his wife along with their next time out trying fishing from the kayak for the first time. What they had to overcome What gear they will need in the future What it was like the first time out VHS Disease for Fish What is it What does it do to fish How do they get it How can we keep from transporting it Will it hurt us Getting Mike's boat back up and ready for bowfishing season Had a little trouble getting it started Looking at getting it set up with new platforms this year What kind of lights to consider if switching to LED Tanning deer hides from last season Rehydration of salted hides Rinsing of hides Reslating, stretching and applying tanning salts What it will take to finish them

The guys talk to Randy Duncan about his experience attending a bow hunter education class and why he did it.  Why should others attend?

This week we put on the new Barska hologram sight on Michael's Ruger 10/22. http://www.barska.com/electro_sight.html Weasle Traps & Wood Duck Boxes http://www.youtube.com/user/adamm011 Ice Fishing Interview with Chuck Parr Outdoor News 1.Cougar Kittens Killed http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2008/01/24/outdoors/deaths_of_cougar_kittens_give_hunters_with_hounds_a_black_eye 2.Maryland Anti Hunting Bills Introduced http://www.nraila.org/Hunting/Read/HuntingIssues.aspx?ID=3440&type=L 3. South Dakota considers lowering hunting age http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=10590 Mikey's Game bag: Placement of Wood Duck nesting boxes http://www.ducks.org/media/Conservation/Conservation_Documents/_documents/duck_box_plans.pdf NWTF annual Banquet Get your hunting story published, email link: picksvids@yahoo.com

Mike takes the plunge on purchasing a subscription to Deerlab. The guys discuss how the system functions and how it sorts and stores trailcam photos.  They talk about the potential it has for this upcoming season and what that could mean for Mike's hunting group.

A new style of shotgun slugs for hunting or defense applications

This week we talk with UNJ Staffer Randy Duncan about his trip to the NRA Convention last week in Louisville Kentucky

On this minicast we talk about what are the main foods that we have in camp that are there no matter what!

On this minicast we talk about the correlation between what we are seeing on our trail cams with coyotes and does that are expecting.

On this minicast we talk about the Staten Island Deer Mangement project that has all the facts backwards! This project wants to give make bucks sterile.

Mike and Dan plow through the Michigan hunting survey sent out last week via email to Michigan hunters Mike talks about Spruce Budworm that has started its way into his camp and what they are doing to prevent the spread of it any further.