The guys spent the day at the oldest deer hunting club in the United States with Dr. James Kroll as he conducted his annual deer health check at Turtle Lake Club in Michigan!

1. Turtle Lake Club is the oldest in the United States
2. 26,000 acres in Hillman Michigan formed in 1884
3. Check out the livestream from our Facebook page!
4. Knowing which deer to shoot for the health check
5. Size and age don't always work together
6. Full moons and doe estrus cycles
7. Everyone can do something to help the deer herd and habitat
8. What is good for deer to eat and what is bad for deer to eat
9. Best thing to plant is cereal grains, legumes and clovers
10. Winter stress indicators
11. Answering a question from listener about deer die off

Why does a deer's eye reflect light back when light hits it in the dark.

1. Dr. Kroll dissected a deer eye
2. Red Green color blind
3. Daltonize Me Cam app
4. Deer pupil
5. Mirror like material to reflect light back through rods and cones to repocess the light to see at night
6. Out take aways from the event, what did we learn that was new to us
7. Oak trees and stump sprouting

What can you do to help the deer and the habitat

1. Water sources are cheap and easy to put in
2. Sharing info with others
3. Shoot the right doe
4. Work with your local biologist
5. Networking

What was happening in 1884 when Turtle Lake Hunting Club was formed

This week we have guest Josh Dahlke who is the VP of Content for the Huntstand app, Josh gives us some great insight on the functionality of the app including weather, huntzones, moon phase's, 3d features and much more. Also big news from huntstand is the acquisition of Scoutlook and what it brings to the Hunstand app.

Download on IOS & Android or log on your desktop at www.huntstand.com

The guys are talking Michigan elk and predator hunting with the first female hunting guide in the state of Michigan Jennifer Drake of Drakes Guide Service.

Michigan elk hunting

1. How she got started in guiding
2. Her conservation side
3. Proposed new guide rules for Michigan
4. How watching one of her hunters take an elk makes her feel
5. How the December elk hunt went down for her hunter
6. Talking about what to shoot
7. Western elk hunting vs Michigan elk hunting
8. Trusting your guide and doing research on your guide
9. Guides helping other guides
10. Working with farmers
11. Hunting elk in Michigan in the fall vs winter
12. Staying in shape for grueling hunts
13. Letting your guide know your physical limitations

Predator hunting in Michigan

1. Guide for bears with dogs or bait
2. Day or night hunts for bobcat
3. Bigger bobcats are in the upper peninsula
4. Becoming more popular in recent years
5. Provide more of a challenge than most any other animal
6. How many hunters per group
7. More of a mobile hunt
8. How to obtain special tags for bobcat
9. Same opportunity to kill a coyote while bobcat hunting

Viewer question about bow hunting elk in Michigan

Kids and hunting

Foraging for snacks in the woods

This we talk updates on the new 5.0 Tactacam and some awesome bowhunting stories with hunts from MI, Iowa and MO with Paul Curmi as he had an awesome season to say the least with success in all 3 of those states and awesome tips on how to self-film with the Tactacam. 

You can learn more about the Tactacam www.tactacam.com

Danny road tripped to the west side of the state for the Hunting Time Expo

1. Show was well attended, people getting ready for hunting season already
2. JPO Game Calls has a new deer call
3. Stopped and talked with Packer Maxx's Lincoln Rohn
4. Comparing to the Outdoorama show
5. Dave Wilkins of Droptine Outfitters
6. The EZ Kut booth with Scott Bast!
7. The straight and curved blade hand saws

Mike gets a little philosophical with a couple questions about this past season.

What was the biggest thing you learned last year and how are you going to apply it next year.

1. Danny, Hard work pays off....
2. All the preseason work he did for food plots paid off by the deer he saw on it instead of baiting
3. Hopes to use more hard work to expand on his food plots and trails this upcoming season
4. Mike, Surround yourself with good, ethical and like minded people

What was the biggest takeaway moment of the year that didn't involve you taking game and why?

1. For Danny it was......Talking a new hunter through whether or not to shoot a deer and helping them talk through that decision
2. Getting another person out to just enjoy the outdoors.
3. For Mike it was mentoring a young new hunter and helping him get into the outdoor industry. Also enjoying hunting camp camaraderie.

This year ATA I seen more technology in the broadhead side of archery than any other part of the show. Here are some of the best in show from ATA 2020 from manufacturers like; 

Muzzy

Rage

VIP

Swat 

Annihilator 

and more from fixed to expandable and Hybrid. Something for everyone from 85 grain to 125 grain one piece solid steel. 

Tonight the guys start the show off by talking about collectible outdoor items.

1. Northern Michigan Glasses
2. Michigan Successful Hunter Patches
3. Started in 1972 in Michigan
4. DNR gave them out at check stations for a successful deer taken

Being Checked by the DNR

EZ Kut gives away 2 Lil' G Loppers on the show today!

Local Ice Conditions

1. 1 vehicle and 3 snowmobiles through the ice at Houghton Lake
2. Local lakes have thin ice

ATA odds and ends

1. 8500 people attended, attendance is down
2. Media not allowed on the first day
3. Tree Saddle
4. How to get kids and people back into the outdoors
5. Reasons for working in the industry
6. Archery shops closing

Getting Kids in the outdoors

1. Reasons for getting in the outdoors other than the kill
2. Sense of Adventure
3. Getting our kids out by preseason scouting or food plotting

Indoor Winter Archery Leagues

1. Last year compared to this year
2. Bad nights of shooting
3. Shooting with glasses
4. Exercises for shooting

We are live with Ed Gramza with BaseMap Hunting and Fishing the number 1 downloadable app for your online or offline gps mapping for hunting. The best nation wide hunting maps. Ed gives us the rundown on all things basemap and why its a given you should use basemap vs the competitor.

Download IOS or Android and www.basemap.com

The guys wrap up their experience at this year's Archery Trade Association show in Indianapolis Indiana.

1. Ken's big take away from the show
2. Danny's Big take away from the show
3. Mike's take away from the show
4. The interviews
5. Badlands Film Festival

The guys get permission to show a couple new products from Buck Baits before they are released at the ATA show.

1. New hunting cover scent in Cedar
2. New Match Maker Series mineral feed for whitetail deer
3. 12 pack of Tracker Stakes
4. All three of these products will be debuted at this week's ATA show in Indianapolis, IN

The boys will be broadcasting from the ATA show this next week

1. Will be in the PSE Archery booth most of the time
2. What the boys are looking forward to seeing at the show this year
3. New Browning Trail Cameras
4. Sig Sauer BDX scope and rangefinder system
5. New PSE bows
6. Badlands Film Festival

Our final tribute to Tred Barta with video we shot when we met him at the camper factory in Indiana this past year before he left for his Get Off The Couch tour to Alaska.