Up North Journal Podcast

This week the guys talk tree stand safety awareness with life line builder Jim Jacques of SafeTree Hunting Systems.

Talking about Jim's accident

1. Took a fall out of a treestand in 2002
2. First day of hunting season while climbing into a homemade stand
3. Fell 8 feet
4. Broke ankle
5. Getting to the hospital

The Beginning of SafeTree Hunting Systems

1. His nephew brought the idea of using climbing ropes
2. The Prusik Knot

Danny's Accident

Hot to place the line in the tree without climbing first

1. Climb with gear like a lineman's belt and place the life line in the tree.
2. Use a haul line and weight it so you can throw over a limb. Use the haul line to pull your life line up.

SafeTree Hunting System on facebook, twitter and instagram

The life lines

1. Uses Bluewater Ropes
2. Static line
3. 7/16 line, prusik line is 6 or 7mm
4. Ropes last for years
5. Learn to tie the prusik knot

How you measure what length you need in a stand

After a fall do you need to replace the line or the prusik line?

Uses for saddle hunters

Pricing of different lengths

The amount of speed and force of falling from different heights

Percentages of fall with treestand types

1. Climbers
2. Hang ons
3. Home made
4. Ladder Stands

Harness gear

1. Try them on first
2. Try different types

Talking to Jim the hunter

1. Grew up in Tawas Michigan,
2. Started at deer camp as a youngster
3. Use to watch Michigan Outdoors
4. Hunted with his dad on private land
5. Favorite hunt
6. Favorite wild game meal
7. Favorite music to listen to while heading to camp
8. Favorite snack in the blind

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Talking about the Woods and Water show this weekend.

Danny is getting ready for his annual late summer trip north to deer camp

1. Pulling camera cards
2. Taking the new stand north
3. Freshening up the food plots
4. Oats, and clover

New UNJ teammate Ken Scicluna

EHD in Indiana

1. Cases starting to show up in Indiana
2. 2 suspected cases in the county Mike is hunting
3. 3 confirmed cases in the state

Mike had an incident with his Jeep this week that nearly cost him his life.

1. The message is tie your loads down!!!!!
2. Tool through the windshield missed his head by a foot
3. This happens more than you think

A little trapping talk

New Archery League

1. Summer hunting tune up league
2. 4 weeks long
3. New shooters to experienced
4. NFAA scoring
5. Guys getting familiar with the PSE Evolve 28's

A coyote question

Bows for kids

The guys made it to the 13th annual Bowfest at Spot Shooter Archery

1. Buck Baits at Spot Shooter
2. Rebel Six at Spot Shooter
3. Veterans at Bowfest
4. Woods and Water event coming up in September

Passing of Tred Barta

1. The accident
2. What we plan to do for a tribute
3. The reality of mortality and how we never know when our last hunt is.
4. Relating it to hunting safety

Building and working for the hunting season

1. Danny building steps for his stand
2. Making mock scrapes
3. Kill plots
4. Mike's Michigan camp working on a news property management plan
5. How to introduce someone to treestand hunting

The deer tag system in Indiana

The guys were talking tonight with Jerry Milos about EZ Kut product lineup and how Jerry got involved with EZ Kut.

1. The beginnings of EZ Kut with Buster Greenway
2. How Jerry found out about EZ Kut
3. Jerry's first pair of EZ Kut Pruners
4. How Scott Bass came into the picture
5. How filming their hunts played into the EZ Kut picture
6. Four years of trying to purchase the company
7. Why should someone put the EZ Kut pruners in their hunting pack?
8. Lifetime warranty on the Pruners
9. Working quiet

How the Sling Pack came about

1. Idea came once again from time in the tree stand filming
2. The loppers came first
3. Oiler Bolts
4. Sling pack was designed to have a place to put your loppers
5. How the pack was designed
6. The Wow Saw
7. The Carbide Sharpener
8. www.ezkutproducts.com

The 20 ft. pole saw powered by Kamakazi

1. The pro line series
2. How the blade is designed
3. The design of the pole
4. Blade covers
5. The remainder of the lineup

How did Jerry get involved in the outdoors

1. Started as a youngster with his father and grandfather
2. Pheasant hunting as a youngster
3. Started deer hunting in Wisconsin
4. First shot at a deer with a bow
5. The four questions for Jerry
6. Catfish Grabbing

The boys catch up with Ken Scicluna live on the water bass fishing

1. Ken is live on Orr Lake in Livingston County Michigan
2. Bass fishing on a Sunday evening
3. Using dropshot
4. Last week's tournament with Ken
5. Boat launch gets jambed up due to the lot attendant
6. Weigh in had to take place at another spot on the lake
7. Recap of the last month of tournament fishing
8. Looking at the end of the tournament season for Ken
9. Talking about the morning and evening bite

The guys talk with Ken about Treestand Safety

1. Ken uses a tree saddle
2. Story about a guy falling out of a tree while checking a stand
3. Talking lifelines and lineman's belts

Danny talking about a new riser made for his stands in the Upper Peninsula

1. How it's built
2. How he transports it
3. How he puts it in the air
4. Placement

Guys talk about the new feeding and baiting ban

1. Should stores be able to sell bait or feed that is illegal to use?
2. Is it solely the hunter's responsibility to refrain from using bait

Mike has another confrontation with groundhogs

Getting the hunting bows ready for the upcoming season

1. Shooting long distance
2. Working those sights in
3. Hunting tune up archery league

The guys talk deer lures, scents, attractants with Buck Baits Prostaffer Whorley Bird!

Lures

1. Real urine
2. Synthetics

Attractants

1. Foods
2. Nature

Cover Scents

Whorley Bird's hunts and using Buck Baits

Family

The guys talk grilling and cooking all kinds of fish and wild game meats tonight with Co-Owner Rob Harrell of Rebel Six Rub & Seasonings

How the guys from Rebel Six got started in the seasoning business.

How to season and prepare all kinds of fish.

1. Great Lakes fish rub, walleye and perch
2. Midwest fish rub, large and small mouth bass
3. Coastal Fish rub
4. How would you use this on fish, grill, pan sear, deep fry?
5. What is the biggest mistake people use with cooking fish
6. www.rebelsixrubs.com
7. 20% off using northjournal promo code.

Wild game meat rubs

1. Sweet bear rub, could be used on chicken as well!
2. Wild boar rub, candied bacon!!!!!!
3. Whitetail rub, texmex theme
4. Elk rub, standard red meat

Dragon Dust, new for 2019! A spicy stir fry flavor!

Mild Wild Bird rub, gives you a feeling of Christmas! Good on any bird meat

Put any of these on popcorn!

Talking the outdoor side of Rob and how he got started in the outdoors.

1. Hunting with dad
2. Hunting with friends as a teenager
3. How bowhunting impacted his hunting
4. What drives the hunter
5. Best hunting memory before having a family
6. How deer camp impacts us as hunters
7. How deer camp makes us all equals
8. The camp, the food, the hunt
9. How has having kids changed your hunting and how you see yourself in hunting

Who does the cooking at home?

Talking with Rob about the latest Michigan deer regulations

The guys start the show by talking about the groundhog infestation at Mike's house.

Work day at deer camp for Mike.

1. Saw a lot of deer on the way to camp Friday night
2. Moved his bedroom to a new room in the lodge
3. Traveling to camp issues on the road
4. Had to purge some stuff that Mike's dad left
5. Mike saw a lot of geese at camp

Elk Scouting and Planning for Mike's trip

1. Mike went to scout in the area where he began his outdoor experience as a kid
2. Mike's first buck that he shot was in the same area
3. How hard is it to draw a Michigan Elk tag
4. Found out where the mandatory elk hunting meeting location was at
5. Elk viewing area was busy
6. How the lottery system works for Michigan hunters
7. How the Pure Michigan hunt works
8. The layout of the elk hunting map
9. 1200 elk in Michigan in 2018
10. While in the area Mike wanted to secure a room for the week of the hunt
11. Also had to locate places to eat.
12. Mike got to talk with his guide at length about what to expect
13. The process after killing an elk
14. Mike talks about the area he took his first buck
15. The hunt became real as Mike secured his room and began to scout
16. Mike talks about why he thinks he didn't see any elk on his scouting trip
17. Private property vs public land for hunting
18. Coming full circle
19. What gun will be used
20. 5 months away
21. Next step is to go through all the gear

Mike is getting the PSE Shootdown target bow dialed in.

1. Getting use to the lens at close distances
2. How the new arrows are performing
3. Dialing in at 65 yards

The guys catch up with Tred Barta who is hanging out in Valdez Alaska

Talking about the exteme heat and wildfires

1. No rain for 10 days
2. Wildfires
3. Extreme heat

Big water fishing

1. Seal Rock
2. Home to sea lions
3. Halibut
4. How do you fish for halibut

Still not finding it easy to deal with being alone so far away.

Looking to head to Homer Alaska

1. Streams easier to fish
2. Easier to hunt

Commercial and sport fishing for Salmon

1. Working together
2. Building a renewable resource
3. Fish rearing
4. Hatcheries
5. Now have a successful fishing industry
6. How the people in the fishing industry work together

A very close encounter with a grizzly bear

1. Riding his bike and came around a corner and wrecked bike to keep from hitting a bear
2. Bear was about 8 yards away
3. Laid out on bike path and drew pistol on bear
4. Bear woofed at him
5. Bruised up

Two tone water color in river

1. Glacial melt and sea water
2. Specific times of the year
3. Smaller streams give way to lighter colors
4. Teaming with fish

4th of July in Alaska

1. Valdez had a huge town parade and festival
2. Food everywhere
3. Small town feel
4. Coast Guard in parade

Talking about the new PSE 2020 Supra Focus XL target bow.

1. Stars and stripes color
2. 40 inches axle to axle
3. Color fusion process
4. Micro cam version and small cam version
5. 7 5/8" brace height and 8" brace height
6. 65%-90% let offs
7. Order at your local dealers
8. Dan loves the way it shoots
9. Deflexed riser explanation
10. Longer axle to axle, why it's better in the target world
11. Axle to axle vs draw length
12. Good Vibrations paint scheme

Evoke 31 and 35

1. Newer version of the Evolve
2. Longer riser, shorter limbs
3. Evoke lite
4. Used for both hunting and target

PSE Summer Sales Event

Win a whitetail bow hunt courtesy of PSE Archery

PSE Rifle Chasis

1. PRS shooting series
2. Dan is shooting 1000 yards with the chasis
3. How does it compare to the archery world
4. Reading winds and thermals

Why should we shoot target archery to become better in the hunting woods

1. Target archery and how it helps you break down your shots
2. 3D with a single shot and target archery with four shots
3. Backing up your results
4. How it helps make you more effective when hunting
5. How putting a score on paper builds a little pressure on you

Bucket list hunts

1. Dan Jasa is a Yukon Moose
2. New Zealand Red Stag
3. Extreme hunts
4. Dan's western hog hunt
5. Come face to face with a mountain lion
6. Mike is a western hunt with his dad and extreme type hunts
7. Danny's is a Canadian Moose hunt

Mike's elk hunt has brought him full circle in his hunting

The guys talk about why they hunt