Up North Journal Podcast

Mike hits the woods for the first hunt of this year for him.

1. Late start to the weekend
2. Saw more deer on the side of the road than in the stand all weekend
3. Woke up sick
4. Got in the woods for the evening hunt
5. Weather was too warm to hunt
6. New backpack hook
7. Saw one deer

Safety Harness troubles

1. Once I got tethered in the stand I had an issue shooting right
2. Umbilical cord was too short to shoot to my right
3. Problem is exaggerated in ladder stands due to the set not being movable
4. Some people make an extension

Second day morning hunt

1. Cooler weather that morning
2. Set up in a new spot
3. Saw five deer
4. Got dive bombed by a bald eagle

Dan shot his crossbows

1. Scope was way off
2. Had to shoot to make sure they were working
3. Servings on the strings need to be redone

Trail camera problems

1. Thought I had one stolen
2. Later found my master list to find the missing camera placement
3. Had another camera with dead batteries
4. Had another camera with a bad SD card

Wynd Scent Grenade scent dispersal system and wind checker

1. Used for the first time in the field
2. Multiple scents
3. Quiet and no batteries

First Time Adventures in Archery with Mike

1. Mike gets to help a person into the sport of archery
2. Set up in the archery department to shoot for the first time ever
3. Now looking to purchase a bow to get into the outdoors
4. Mike takes his grandson to Cabela's with him for the first time

First Time Adventures in Archery with Dan

1. His oldest daughter archery hunts alone for the first time
2. She took aim on her first buck
3. She shot her first buck! A nice 6 point buck!
4. We talk with her about her adventure and what she was thinking through the whole hunt and recovery!
5. First time buck fever
6. The recovery
7. The feeling afterward of accomplishment and completion

Interview with the owner of PSE Archery Pete Shepley

1. What makes this year's 2018 product launch different than years previous
2. What was the single thing that pushed you to start your own bow company
3. What is the biggest innovation in archery to push us into the 21st century
4. What is the biggest leap in bows in the 21st century
5. Where are we currently on the scale in archery technology
6. Who instilled the love of archery in you
7. Where did you get your passion for hunting
8. Do you remember your first hunt
9. If there was one piece of advice that you could give to every new archer, what would it be
10. If you could change one thing in or about the outdoors or outdoor industry, what would it be

Archer's Paradox with Chris and Ashley Schnur

1. What does it take to get a JOAD program started in your area
2. What will Archer's Paradox do to help
3. Why is social media so important to have a successful program
4. What does the person want to get out of the program
5. How to choose an archery coach
6. What kind of costs are associated with getting set up and getting a coach

We get interviewed by Iowa Hunter Charles Byrum on doe management

1. Should you concentrate on does that have multiple fawns or the "dry" does
2. Average age of all does shot should be around 2.5 - 3.5 which shows that your buck to doe ratio is close
3. General mindset for the beginning of the season, do you hunt bucks only or both bucks and does
4. Field dressing or storing deer in the early season
5. Shoot does in the early season or the late season
6. Do you field dress the deer in the hunting area or in the woods or do you take it away from the area you hunt

Interview with Dan Jasa about the PSE 2018 lineup reveal

1. The new 4 series lineup to help the buying experience
2. What was the public reaction to the unveil
3. Customer feedback goes back to the factory to influence the future bow lineups
4. Pete Shepley has a solid influence in the company and passion for pushing for excellence
5. Bows are in the shops to checkout and shoot

Talking about shooting releases

1. Cabela's Instinct release by Stan
2. Not a standard trigger release
3. Quality components bread consistency and less movement
4. Trigger travel
5. Introducing next week's special guest

A deer co-op leader meeting this past weekend

1. Co-op leaders met to share ideas and have a little fun together
2. Different dynamics for co-ops in southern Michigan vs northern Michigan and non in the Upper Peninsula!
3. All seem to have landowners in their co-op that don't shoot does
4. Archery shoot for all to have a little fun
5. Long distance shot at 90 yards!
6. Took a tour of the event host's hunting property and got to see how they are managing it.

Hot dry weather is affecting our food plots and habitat.

1. No rain on recently planted food plots
2. Trees dropping leaves early and stressed out due to no rain
3. Too hot for bear hunting, one bear seen and taken at camp this week
4. An EHD case here in our home county

Doe Management, to shoot during bow season or to wait until late in gun season?

1. 1/3 rule, you need to shoot 1/3 of your doe population from year to year to maintain herd population
2. Deer typically eat about 5 pounds of food a day
3. Do you take does early so you can have more forage for the remaining deer to eat the rest of the season?
4. Do you wait to take your does late in the season to have them around to attract the bucks?
5. Shooting a doe with twin buck fawns

Michigan DNR has an interactive webpage that allows you to click on your DMU and see how they set the regulations for that particular area.

1. Shows all Michigan DMU's
2. Talks about factors that affect the deer herd in that area
3. Gives soil types and land types
4. They tell why the limits are set where they are at and what the goals are for that area
5. How many deer you typically expect to see in a day's hunt
6. How many deer taken per square mile

Should we change the date of Opening Day of Deer Season?

1. November 15th has been the opener forever
2. Change to the Saturday nearest the 15th?
3. This would give three complete weekends for gun season

Do we as outdoorsmen and women complain too much?

1. We complain about too many deer, not enough deer, baiting, not baiting, license fees too high, etc.....
2. Does our complaining simply show the passion we have for the outdoors
3. Or are we simply just grumpy and like to complain
4. Allow yourself to listen to something different and compare to others before you make a decision

Getting your bow ready for the upcoming archery season

1. People getting busy getting their bows ready for the upcoming season
2. Cabela's has a lot of bow tuning services for free!
3. Most common thing is new strings and new arrow rests
4. Choosing the arrow your bow likes
5. Tuning Dan's bow
6. How to paper tune the PSE Evolve
7. Cam lean
8. How to check your bow for cam lean
9. What is perfect arrow flight
10. Paper tuning a bow
11. Does a lighted nock affect the FOC and arrow flight?
12. How does all of this affect the bow hunter?
13. How does speed affect arrow and broadhead flight?
14. How late is too late to change to new release aide
15. The new Perfex Stan release
16. Difference between index finger and thumb releases

Dan's weekend up north to the upper peninsula to work on his hunting camp.

1. Logging project is finished
2. Spent Labor Day weekend working his food plots
3. Put in three food plots
4. Used Killer Food Plots Climatize https://killerfoodplots.com/climatize-2
5. Used his new drag harrow and cultipacker from Cabela's
6. Checked trail cameras and found a few bucks that look interesting
7. Three legged bear!

Mike's work weekend at deer camp and co-op meeting

1. Co-op meeting went well and got some new info
2. Need to shoot 33% of doe herd to maintain current population
3. Shoot does early to save food sources for fawns, healthy does and bucks
4. Deer eat about 5 pounds of food a day on average
5. Mike's food plot is decimated, deer mowed down his Killer Food Plot Climatize
6. Getting ready to plant Killer Food Plots Carnage Brassicas
7. Deer using the Killer Food Plots Boarder Patrol as a cover to enter food plot
8. We produced 2 videos from the Co-op meeting and posted on our Facebook page.
9. https://www.facebook.com/AllbandResearch/videos/1986493274919110/
10. https://www.facebook.com/AllbandResearch/videos/1986580844910353/

Killer Food Plots Suffuze cover scents and attractants

1. Blueberry attractant for bear hunting
2. Whitetail Specialty Attractants
3. Scent Elimination Sprays
4. Whitetail Attractants and Cover Scents
5. Danny gets a new dog while at Woods and Water Show

Vortex Optics weekend at Cabela's

1. Mike spent the weekend at Cabela's working for Vortex Optics
2. Vortex new Impact 850 rangefinder
3. Vortex new range finding binoculars the Fury
4. Mike compares his Viper 10x42 binoculars to his new Razor 10x42 binoculars

We chat with Dan Jasa from PSE Archery about preseason practice tips to get you ready for the upcoming archery season.

1. Using a paper bag as a target to aim at
2. Use one arrow at different distances then use the bag
3. Practice from elevated situations as well
4. Dropping your arm to shoot down it moves all of your anchor points
5. Don't shoot from just one distance
6. Should we practice with our broadheads?
7. How important is bare shaft tuning?
8. How important is the correct nock?
9. Squaring the arrows
10. Lighted nocks
11. Inserts and FOC

Dan Jasa breaks down the new PSE Shootdown target bow as well as the two other new target bows!

Heroes on the Water providing a free fishing event for veterans and first responders.

1. 100% free event
2. Kayak fishing, food, fun
3. https://www.facebook.com/Heroes-on-the-Water-Southeast-Michigan-Chapter-1179594638727397/
4. Next event at 7 Lakes State Park in Oakland County Michigan Sept. 10th.
5. Robin Althaver participated in the last event, her take on what it meant to her and her daughter

Mike and Dan give their preseason practice tips for archery season.

Mike and Dan take the show outside this week and go live from the backyard while bow shooting.

Bowfest Recap

1. Rundown of the days events
2. Getting a little schooling from the Professionals
3. We got to help a young girl shoot a bow for the first time which made our day!
4. Always good to teach young and old the archery game!

We shoot our bows live on the show.

1. Mike and Dan arguing while shooting
2. Mike gives Dan grief over a flat tipped field point
3. Mike and Dan breakdown the new PSE Shootdown target bow
4. Mike has never shot a target bow up till he shot the Shootdown this weekend
5. Do you shoot or practice in inclement weather?

Dan gets his forestry management plan to enroll in the State of Michigan's forestry Management program

1. Got a 88 page plan
2. Broken into 5 areas
3. 20 year plan
4. Gave recommendations for trees and shrubs to replant after cutting
5. Gets a property tax break
6. Gives a report as to any disease or infestation of insects that destroy habitat

Fall food plot work

1. Dan is planting his first food plot after logging
2. Mike is replanting his field.
3. Deer have wiped out his field
4. Planting Killer Food Plots Carniage
5. Put 2 new cameras up and pull the cards on the others.

Mara runs down her archery gear for the 2017 season!

1. PSE Evolve 35
2. Black Eagle arrows, either the Zombie Slayers or the Outlaws
3. QAD Ultra drop away arrow rest
4. HHA Optimizer Kingpin 5519 single pin sight
5. Scott Little Goose release

Working Sportsman's Alliance this fall on a college internship

Mara talks about her deer scouting this last couple of weeks.

1. Trail camera scouting, she is using Bushnell Agressor cameras
2. Finding the deer runs

Dan has a few cameras out for scouting, He is using Cabela's brand cameras

Mike has 8 cameras out, He is using mostly Browning Spec Ops cameras

Wifi or cellphone trail cameras

Using minerals

Are deer loosing their velvet yet?

Fourth Arrow Cellphone Holder

1. A new cellphone holder for taking videos POV from your stand or any other area where you can attach the holder on a pole, branch or anything else that you can clamp to.
2. Flexible arm
3. Holds up to a 3 inch wide phone.
4. $24.99 retail price
5. https://fourtharrowcameraarms.com/shop/flexible-phone-holder/

Bowfest 2017

1. Spot Shooter Archery, Holly Michigan Saturday August 26th
2. Vendors, games, sales, deals

Cody Dawson is fishing the Bass Fishing League

1. Fishing in Lake St. Clair Michigan
2. Currently in the top 40 in the league
3. BFL rules

Elipse is coming!!!!!

1. Are you going to watch it
2. How is it going to affect wildlife
3. Will our trail cameras show us anything different from the eclipse