Up North Journal Podcast

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