Up North Journal Podcast

Join us this week as we talk with Dave Wilkins of Droptine Outdoor Adventures about hunting in South Africa post covid. We also talk to him about his role as Editor of Michigan Bow Hunters Magazine.

Hunting South Africa post covid

1. How did you become an outfitter
2. What has happened since covid started
3. How has it affected the hunting
4. How has it affected the local communties
5. What have they done to survive the loss of revenue
6. How has it affected the animals
7. Do you need the vaccine to travel to South Africa
8. Are previous non used hunts still booked for hunters
9. How long is the waiting list now
10. Is animal skulls, hides, etc... being affected
11. What other options are there for for non hunting family members
12. Have prices increased
13. Where does trips to Canada stand right now with the pandemic still on going
14. What about New Zeeland

Editing the Michigan Bow Hunters Magazine

1. How did you get started in the editing role
2. What is the toughest part about being the editor
3. What type of articles get published
4. Who writes the articles
5. Why should someone join Michigan Bow Hunters
6. Can people from outside Michigan Join

Tonight the guys talk about a Lake Huron walleye charter and a little kayaking and camping.

Danny's walleye charter trip with Rock N' Reel 2.0 on Lake Huron

1. Boat set up
2. What they were using
3. Where they were at
4. The fish caught
5. Cleaning the catch
6. https://www.facebook.com/RockNReel2.0/

Mike's weekend up north

Elk viewing

1. Where they were at
2. How they set up
3. What they saw

Kayaking the Thunder Bay River

1. Water conditions
2. The trip and weather
3. Why the Thunder Bay River

Camping

1. Where they were at
2. Kayaking the Lake
3. The water clarity of the lake
4. The set up of the kayak
5. Conditions of the campground

Getting back to normal in a messed up 2 years and why we need to get back into the outdoors.

Join us as we catch up with Tim Andrus of Rush Outdoors since covid is easing up. We cover several topics this week.

How he's gotten through the pandemic this past year

1. Fishing
2. Hunting last season with covid
3. Planning the upcoming season
4. Tags drawn and not drawn

What bow he is shooting this season

How do you deal with hunting and being sick while producing a show

1. He tells a story of food poisoning that kept him down on a hunt
2. Tick sickness
3. How weather plays into staying in

Crazy ice fishing story

Fawn deer rescue story

Talking trapping

1. Tim trapping as a kid
2. Trapping on his show
3. Today's fur prices

Using trail cameras

1. Setting up for waterfowl scouting
2. Using cell service cameras
3. His take on the Arizona trail camera ban

Stopping bad habits

Talking about writing a book

The guys talk with Andy Cleveland about the Head 2 Head Walleye Series about what makes it so good to watch. They get the inside scoop on what it takes to pull off such an event.

What is Head 2 Head Walleye fishing

1. How it got started
2. What is the format
3. How do they pull off the live event for 5 plus hours of continuous live streaming
4. How the bracket system works
5. Where you can catch the series for free

How do they choose the fisherman for the tournament

1. Picking the 32 anglers
2. How does the feeder leagues work
3. How to get involved

What is the craziest thing that has happened to Andy on air?

1. A story from Millie Lacs event 3
2. Getting the winning fisherman
3. What can go wrong will go wrong

How hard the fisherman work during the tournament

1. How the heat took its toll
2. How hard the camera crews and marshals work

How does a female angler winning change the tournament

1. What this means for fishing
2. Knocking off the giants
3. Her strategy to win

How this show is changing the industry

1. Fishing style
2. Strategy for different situations
3. Live on the lake fishing school

How the fisherman actually work together even though they're competing against each other

The technology used to keep track of the live update of fish weights

A few questions from one of the fisherman to catch Andy off guard

How are people taking the show from a live perspective

This week the guys talk with outdoorsman Wade Middleton about his hunting and fishing.

Getting his start in the outdoors

1. What prompted him to pursue an outdoor career
2. The drive to get into the industry
3. Starting his media company

The hunting side

1. Working with Yamaha on the hunting side
2. Yamaha ATV's
3. Why he uses them
4. The difference in machines
5. Safety
6. Hunting with a pistol
7. What was the passion with hunting with a pistol
8. Effective range

The fishing side

1. Getting started fishing
2. Most memorable fishing story as a kid
3. Working with Yamaha Marine division
4. Advantages to using a Yamaha outboard
5. Funny story about the walleye guys

Getting to know Wade on the personal side with a few questions

The guys are talking tonight with Ed Gramza of BaseMap about all of the new features of the Outdoor App for your phone. The outdoor industry's #1 GPS App!

What's new in BaseMap?

1. The Brand New XDR directional system
2. Ease of Downloading High Res maps
3. Live tracking system with useful data
4. Live Link to other users
5. Wind Check system

XDR directional system

1. What is it
2. How to use it
3. How to use as a rangefinder
4. Setting up a bearing to a known location
5. Find your stand or vehicle
6. Other uses for this tool

Downloading maps

1. Ability to download high res large maps
2. Quickness of downloading
3. Storing maps
4. How to use offline in a live situation without phone service

Live tracking of trips

1. Mike uses for water trips
2. What data is provided
3. Storing tracks
4. Ways to use system

Live Link System

1. What is it
2. How to use and who can use
3. What makes it useful
4. How it could save your life in an emergency

Wind Check system

1. How to use to see future wind direction
2. How to set up stand locations and get 7 day advanced wind information
3. How system lets you know what stand to hunt
4. How to use for water situations

Discount code to save 25% on yearly subscription at www.basemap.com

Join us this week as we jump up on our soapbox about the new Arizona Trail Camera Law!

1. Arizona bans all Trail Cameras
2. Public and private lands
3. Fair Chase issues
4. Hunter Conflicts
5. How this will impact conservation and habitat
6. Where's the science

Summer gear prepping for travel

1. Safety check of all trailers
2. Tire quality
3. Axle bearing checks
4. Proper weight distribution
5. Tie down your gear
6. Towing Capacity

Kayaking in the evening

1. Lights on your kayak
2. Lights on yourself
3. Being out after dark

The guys talk about last week's H2H Walleye Tournament winner Josh Blosser and Yamaha Outboards. They also recap the trip to Total Archery Challenge and a recent kayak trip.

H2H tournament

1. Winner Josh Blosser
2. Yamaha Pro Fisherman finish 1, 2, 3, and 6
3. How exciting it was to watch a live tournament and head to head competition

Total Archery Challenge Recap

1. Start of the day at practice
2. More vendors this year
3. Mike had wrong arrows
4. Target rundown of the course the guys shot
5. General overall thoughts on the shoot since covid last year

Kayaking the Chippewa River

1. Low water
2. Fish Kill
3. Other critters
4. Fisher Bridge, covered bridge

This week we talk with David Bouska of Wyld Seasoning about how to get the most our of your wildgame meat.

Getting the most out of your meat

1. How to cool it
2. How to use the skin as an insulation barrieer
3. Using salt water and a cooler

Cutting up your meat

1. Different uses and cuts
2. Slicing and grinding
3. Packaging your meat

How to prepare it for different tastes

1. Ways to prepare for different flavors
2. How to get rid of the gamey taste
3. Using rubs and seasonings
4. Stuffing your meats for different flavors
5. How seasonings are used for different flavors
6. Marinades and injection of meats

Where you can find David's Wyld Seasoning at

Different ways to serve summer sausage that will blow your minds

More than likely you've seen the video of Hunter Bland being thrown from his bass boat at 55 MPH, well this week we talk boating safety with him on the podcast.

Link to video of Hunter being thrown from his boat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkgjPkCQXc

1. He explains what happened
2. Talks about the realization of surviving the accident
3. What were the factors that led to him surviving the accident
4. Why he chose to spread the message about safety
5. How this has impacted his life
6. What do others think about his story
7. How Yamaha Outboards got into the mix
8. What are some other things people forget to think about when it comes to safety
9. Why he has chosen to venture into other avenues in the boating and outdoor industry
10. How to properly choose a PFD and what are some of the things to look for.