Up North Journal Podcast

Mike takes a trip to Indiana to the Deer and Turkey Expo

1. Good to meet some people we talk with on line
2. Spent some time in the Backwater Legacies booth
3. Saw the guys from EZ Kut at the show
4. How the show was set up
5. Comparison to other shows
6. Got a chance to see Dixie the Praying Dog again
7. Buckhead Wildlife Marinade

Turkeys in Dan's backyard

Coyotes on the prowl

Gear Storage Bags

Outdoorama

1. Big Buck night
2. Tim Andrus

Trail Cameras

1. Going to use the CuddeLink system this year on the new property
2. Batteries for trailcameras
3. Use for security and inventory of deer
4. Trailcam positioning
5. Trail camera survey

Our update on our archery league progress

1. Week 8 of our archery league
2. Mike struggling with a sore shoulder
3. More forward pressure
4. Danny making good progress
5. Danny's robinhood
6. Workouts on league night
7. Gear changes for shooting leagues next year!

Turkey talking with the guys

1. Turkey workshop coming April 6th
2. Guys are seeing birds in fields
3. On The Limb with Tim Sias of Limbwalker Game Calls
4. Purr Plate
5. Red Slate Call
6. Practice calling before season

Dries Visser South African hunt talk at Spot Shooter Archery March 11th

Talking EZ Kut System

1. The Wow saw
2. The Pruners
3. Kamikaze line
4. The loppers
5. Replacement blades
6. Lifetime warranty

New CWD Report

1. Possible new cause for CWD
2. Prion is suggested as a marker for CWD
3. Why such a hard push on this from a group
4. Cautiously Optomistic

Indiana TB and sharpshooters

Mike tried to get the Rambo Bike out ice fishing

1. Pull the shanty with the bike on the ice
2. Not enough snow on the ice to get the bike out safely
3. Free Fishing Weekend
4. Too much ice to even get to the woods with the bike

Truck through the ice

More turkey talk

1. Pressured birds
2. Public land hunting
3. Scouting

The guys start out the show talking about the Vegas shoot and how the Michigan guys did.

The 2019 Turtle Lake Deer Health check with Dr. James Kroll

1. How the health check went and proceedures
2. Why they do these health checks
3. How the rut plays into this
4. How they use fetal size to determine the date of conception
5. What to plant for late season hunting
6. Mike was trying to get info from DNR employees for his daughter for what she would like to do as a job in the future

Dr. Kroll took a deer apart for viewing where a hunter should shoot a gun and a bow to kill a deer.

1. He took the rib cage off so you can see the organ placement
2. Showed where to shoot for a gun
3. Showed where to shoot for a bow
4. He explained and showed what a bad shot does

Had several young people at the event which gives us hope that we can get new people into hunting and the outdoors.

Danny gets an EZ Kut Slingpack that was left out in the woods for two years

1. Danny explains how he got this pack
2. How did the product endure two years in the elements
3. Great tool to have while scouting or putting trail cameras out
4. The loppers are a great way to extract jaw bones for aging deer or taking the front leg off to check bone marrow for health

The guys rundown how archery league shooting is going for them.

1. The set up they are running on the target range
2. How the first few weeks went
3. How they have been doing the last couple weeks
4. What they've learned along the way
5. The Process

Scent Lok OZ 20b and Mike's shoes!!!! #ScentLok #FeetStink Danny smells Mike's shoes after a treatment with the Scent-Lok OZ!

They guys talk about Mike joining a new hunting lease in Indiana

1. Mike headed to Indiana Saturday morning
2. Mike went to scout a new hunting lease he was invited to join
3. He felt he needed to make a move to be able to hunt the way he believes in
4. Big agriculture land with a large section of woods
5. A lot different than hunting timber
6. About 600 acres

Scouting the property

1. Walked the property to get the lay of the land and topography
2. Fresh snow on the ground
3. Saw our first deer around 3pm
4. Saw a lot coyote sign
5. Archery only property
6. No turkeys
7. Not a lot of other woods in surrounding area
8. Used the EZ Kut slingpack to do a little trimming along the way #EZKut
9. A ton of fresh tracks on the property
10. Creek bottom on the property
11. Habitat improvements
12. Surrounding area is big tracts of land with low pressure
13. Topography of the land
14. Buck rubs
15. Bedding and cover
16. Getting into and out of stands
17. Crops
18. Facilities and Sleeping quarters are not available, going primitive
19. The first deer Mike sees on the property
20. Mike sees more deer and forgets to hit the record button on his camera on his phone
21. After dinner the guys go back to the property and watch a bunch of deer and see a lot of tremendous bucks!

The guys talk with Deane Elliott of Gutcheck Indicators and Scent Relief about his two new products for the hunter.

Gutcheck Indicators

1. Thought of it while hunting
2. A system that determines if your arrow passes through the digestive system of an animal instead of the vitals
3. After showing a prototype of it at ATA in 2016 it became a hit and he took it to market
4. Came out with the arrow wrap first
5. Then came out with the wipe if you don't want to put any additional weight on the arrow with the wrap
6. Shelf life.....
7. Works on all species
8. Can you reuse?
9. How do you remove wrap?
10. Use with crossbows?
11. Cost of wraps and wipes
12. Where you can buy
13. Reflective material on wraps
14. Does arrow diameter matter?
15. Can you use wipes with blood that is on the ground?

Scent Relief

1. Came up with the idea while hunting
2. How to neutralize humane urine in the field while hunting
3. Thought to combine with cover scents and lures
4. Two part solution
5. First part is a neutralizer
6. Second part is an additive for the scents
7. What was the reaction when you first talked about it
8. A game changer for hunters in states that don't allow any deer urine products to be used in the field
9. Deer reaction to the product
10. How to use the product
11. How to store
12. Pee Pot
13. Does this work with other game animals?
14. Production starts in June
15. Where will it be available?

New companies we are working with this year.

1. ScentLok and Scent Blocker #ScentLok
2. Athletic socks #StinkyFeet
3. Mike is going to use Scent-Lok and Danny is goingto use Scent Blocker
4. EZ Kut Products #EZKut
5. Rambo Bikes #RideWithRambo
6. Question about the Scent-Lok Socks #StinkyFeet
7. Xtree Stands

ATA 2019 Recap

This week we talk coyote hunting with Chris Kreiner.

How Coyotes hurt farmers

1. Predation of livestock
2. New rules allow hunters to better control predation
3. More effective in big fields
4. Didn't hunt much at night until laws changed

Thermal optics

1. Allows heat detection
2. Quality of night vision has increased a lot

How to get started

1. Takes time to learn how to hunt coyotes
2. Don't set near fence rows
3. Sit in middle of field
4. distress sounds work great
5. Understand coyote vocals before using them
6. Start off with lower end equipment to get going
7. Lights can educate coyotes

Baiting

1. Use a deer carcass
2. An alarm that alerts hunter that something is on the bait
3. Scouting cameras

Calling

1. 20-25 minutes a set
2. Try to get coyotes within 100 yards
3. Icotec Outlaw caller
4. No decoys at night
5. Always carries a reed caller with him

How does weather play into coyote hunting?

Scent Control

1. Hard to fool a coyote nose
2. Hunt the wind

Which firearm to use

1. Semi Auto rifles
2. Bolt Action rifles

Problems while hunting

1. Neighbors call law enforcement due to night hunting
2. Good to have local dispatcher's phone number with you
3. Keep good communication with landowners and LE
4. Keep a sign on vehicle that states hunters afield

Taking night time photos to remember the hunt

What happens to the pelts when the hunt is over?

Celebrating our 500th Episode by recording live from the ATA show in Louisville Kentucky on the show floor.

Mike reflects back on 500 shows

1. How we got to 500
2. A little emotion
3. Thanking Mikey and his Dad
4. A year without being around his dad
5. 200th live stream as well

Talking with Bill Epeards PSE Staff member

1. Just finished his 17th Grand Slam of turkeys
2. Shot 3 record book bucks this year
3. Talking about how hard it is to take a grand slam in one year
4. Difference between target archery and hunting
5. What mistake do most hunters make today

Talking with African big game hunter Denny Steiner

1. The Showroom
2. 50 years of hunting in the showroom
3. Shot his first buck 51 years ago in Missouri
4. The Cape Buffalo hunt in Africa
5. Shaking his bow at the herd of bulls
6. His PH has a camera instead of his rifle in his hands
7. The Giraffe hunt
8. Taking apart the game
9. How the meat benefits the whole community
10. How nothing is left over
11. African poaching

Talking with the owner of PSE Archery Pete Shepley

1. The state of archery today
2. How does target archery play into archery today
3. The Pete Shepley Archer Center
4. How can we get more people involved in archery
5. The new game
6. Team archery

Talking with Pedro de Ampuero of KUIU about the culture of hunting

1. Youkon Moose Hunt
2. You need to listen to nature
3. The song he and his father sing after a successful hunt
4. It's easier to extreme hunt than staying in the office all day
5. Travel allows you to better under stand the culture
6. World Slam, 12 different species of goat
7. it wasn't a goal
8. Hunting is not a competition
9. Travel while hunting broadens your mind
10. Helps you understand their culture
11. You cannot solve others problems with our point of view
12. You begin to understand what's important
13. Training for mountain hunting
14. Cameramen have a hard time as well
15. His wife is his video editor
16. Heading to Pakistan for Ibex, Europe and Mongolia as well

Mike and Dan give their thoughts on day 1 of the Archery Trade Association Show.

1. Interview with Eric Springer of Stan's Release Aides
2. A new wrist strap release from Stan's

New Bows from PSE Archery

1. A little talk about the Drive R long and short draws
2. A little talk about the Evoke

New Products at ATA that caught our eye on day 1

1. Gutcheck arrow wraps
2. Scent Relief

Day one wrap up

Winter indoor archery leagues

1. Mike and Dan are going to shoot indoor leagues for the first time
2. Mike has shot a couple of times during the holidays to get ready for leagues
3. Guys answer a question about scopes from a viewer

ATA preview!

1. Guys are getting ready for the show in Louisville, KY
2. Scent Relief Deer Lure made from your own urine
3. Cell serviced trail cams
4. Gut Check

Wisconsin CWD Study

1. First year of study
2. Says that deer have a significantly higher rate of mortality that are infected with CWD
3. Trap animals and take samples and GPS deer
4. 122 deer were tested for CWD
5. 12 deer tested CWD positive
6. 9 deer died that had CWD
7. 4 died due to CWD directly
8. 5 year study

Do You Eat Road Kill

1. Oregon just passed a law allowing residents to pick up road kill
2. Mike has picked up two road killed deer
3. Mike tells the two stories of road kill
4. Danny has not yet picked one up

This week we interview Outdoor Channel Videographer Ben La Londe

1. Where Ben has been in the past year
2. Hunted in Old Mexico with Dr. James Kroll a.k.a. Dr. Deer
3. Doc has been working with deer for 48 years
4. Ben talks about his hunting experience in Michigan
5. Hunting with Doc he found out quickly he had a lot to learn about deer
6. Dr. Deer
7. How important deer are to Doc
8. Weather in Mexico during the hunt
9. Combat Marine Outdoors
10. Ben got to hunt with the Veterans group as well
11. Dinner and a photo!
12. Ben got the opportunity to hunt a management buck
13. Snortwheeze
14. Bullwinkle
15. Ben's buck!
16. How has the hunt with Doc changed your expectations if hunting in Michigan
17. Appreciation and Respect for hunting
18. Why we hunt
19. Our experiences are not to be taken for granted
20. Does Ben hunt turkey?
21. Experiencing Grizzly or Brown bears upclose and personal
22. Alaskan experience
23. What has Ben learned by being around these experienced hunters?
24. We're going to get what we give!
25. Forestry stewardship