Up North Journal Podcast

Danny spent the weekend working for PSE at the new Chesterfield Cablea's store

Mike spent the weekend working for Vortex at the Dundee Cabela's store

Reflections on the weekend

1. Waterfowl Weekend
2. Do we have too many events or shows in the outdoors?
3. Slower than years past
4. Will a cold snap of weather get people in the mood to get out and get ready for this fall's hunting season?
5. Young 9 year old puts things into perspective for the rest of us!
6. Even fishing department was slow

Binocular 101

1. What do the numbers mean on binoculars
2. How does the size of the objective lens affect brightness?
3. How does the magnification affect brightness?
4. The more magnification the more we magnify hand shake and movements.
5. The more magnification increases the better chance you have for eye fatigue
6. Spotting scopes straight eye piece vs angled eye piece
7. The Fury rangefinding binocular by Vortex
8. Why do they have twist up eyecups?
9. How to focus each eye
10. Why use a bino harness?

Dr. James Kroll aka Dr. Deer's take on CWD and where we are with this disease

https://www.facebook.com/TexasTrophyHunters/videos/1662266350474317/?hc_ref=ARR9goTtNdRhzgYljLg1xuKmZ1Qx-J7O1SdWwLOLQsDjkST4UA2QbKgNG3aQAX_vo-c

1. Who had the first wildlife enclosure in the United States?
2. A lot of blame was put on game farms
3. Only once has a disease been eradicated from a deer herd
4. Numbers get manipulated to create a situation to obtain grant monies
5. How the Anti's can use this bad info to hurt us
6. How they are working on creating watering sites to help manage EHD

Danny talks about dogs being in places of business

1. Dogs in outdoor sporting goods stores
2. Dogs in grocery stores or restaurants
3. How they act in the stores
4. Pet stores

The guys attend the Grand Opening of the new Chesterfield Michigan Cabela's!

1. Guys are broadcasting from inside the store
2. Covering the festivities
3. The new exclusive Gun Hub digital gun station
4. Interview with Jim Beauchamp of the Chesterfield Cabela's
5. Michigan native, vacationed and hunted in the Upper Peninsula
6. Story of working at Cabela's
7. What makes Cablea's so great
8. Why this location
9. Interview with Lead Bow Tech Chris Schner
10. Getting your bow ready for the upcoming season
11. Shoots NFAA circuit
12. Talking possible new tournaments for next year in Michigan

Treestand Safety Awareness Month

1. Safety harness
2. Climbing line
3. Have a person with you when installing a stand on a tree
4. Check the tree for health, and sturdiness before hanging a stand
5. Check to make sure ground is not saturated with water
6. Check surrounding trees to make sure no dead limbs or trees are able to fall on you

Broadheads and shots from a treestand

1. Mike uses a fixed blade cut on contact G5 Montech which is stainless steel
2. Dan uses the G5 T3 mechanical broadhead
3. Shot placement when hunting from a treestand

Should we manage our fish like our land species wild game?

Mike and Dan catch up with Mark Wynalda of Fourth Arrow about some of their great products https://fourtharrow.com/

1. What was the idea behind the development of the camera arm
2. What sets this arm apart from all the rest
3. How does the camera base allow versatility
4. The three different models

Wynd Scent Grenades

1. How was this developed
2. How does it work
3. What scents are offered
4. Is this more than a scent dispersal system

Ballistic Bands

1. What are they
2. How do they work
3. Why do I need one

Danny and Mike shoot some long distance stick and string

1. Danny gives up on the thumb release
2. Gets back to shooting 40 yards
3. Shooting multiple distances in his backyard
4. Mike shooting 60 yards now

Mike and Dan talk with Lincoln Rohn of Michigan Deer Hunters Let'em Go and Let'em Grow Facebook page about the recent Michigan Natural Resources Commission rule changes for the upcoming deer season regarding the Antler Point Restrictions.

1. What happened at the last meeting?
2. What does this mean for Michigan hunters
3. Where does this put the Michigan Deer Hunters group that was advocating for the APR's?
4. What are they going to do now?
5. Is there any possible changes coming that will benefit Michigan hunters?
6. What will be next years focus for his group?
7. What is his take on a one buck rule in Michigan?
8. What has Lincoln been up to this summer to get prepared for the upcoming hunting season?
9. What does his hunting season look like for this upcoming fall 2017 season?
10. https://www.facebook.com/groups/145631825470177/

Dan asks Mike about camera arms and heads for tripods and camera arms.

1. They talk about how the Fourth Arrow Camera Arm works and why it is so quiet. https://fourtharrowcameraarms.com/
2. Mike discusses what camera head he uses on tripods and camera arms and why he chooses them.

Mike and Dan get their first experience of shooting a FITA Field tournament down in Ohio at Mudjaw Bowmen.

1. 24 targets at unknown distances
2. 3 arrows at each target for a total of 72 arrows for the day
3. 432 possible points
4. Started the tournament in Ohio and finished in Michigan!
5. Shot with Dan Jasa of PSE Archery
6. The guys learned a lot from Dan Jasa
7. Considering setting up an extra bow for shooting spots next year!

Mudjaw Bowmen is located in Toledo Ohio and Michigan!

1. Established in 1953
2. Fred Bear shot at this club a few times
3. One current member use to hunt with Fred Bear
4. Memberships are open

Contact them on their webpage at: www.mudjawbowmen.com

Michigan's NRC disclosed their regulations for the 2017 Michigan Deer Season.

1. No additional Antler Point Restrictions for any DMU in Michigan
2. Mike and Dan talk about their thoughts on the issue
3. Economic impact and the impact on the deer herd
4. Where do Michigan hunters go from here to find solutions

We get to hear from Dan about his up north vacation

1. Logging project update
2. A little fishing on vacation
3. Food plot locations
4. Trail cams set up

Mike heads north for a work weekend

1. Putting a new roof on the deer blind
2. Putting down fertilizer on the Killer Food Plot Boarder Patrol
3. Checking the trail cams

Mike talks about the week of shooting the PSE Evolve

1. Grip position
2. Maybe a new release is in the cards
3. Acquiring the target
4. Glasses may be in order for this hunting season
5. Talking about this weekend's archery shoot

What does the future of the digital age hold for the outdoors and conservation for all of us?

Ron Siegle talks about the new Allband Center for Education and Wildlife Research (ACEWR)

1. Allband began as a need for phone service in North Eaastern Michigan where no service or infrastructure had ever existed before.
2. Began as a fiber optic co-op phone company.
3. After 12 years of service there was a push to use the technologies for use in the outdoors to help study and learn more about the outdoors and whats in it.
4. Can be used to study fauna and flora diseases, invasive species, conservation, wildlife management, etc....
5. Partnering with Universities to conduct real time studies with no human intervention.
6. Allows for us to get and offer information faster.
7. Can we get the temperature of a deer remotely in the wild?
8. What can't we do with this technology?
9. Use a portal to distribute and collect the information
10. Listening to the Heartbeat of the Outdoors

What is the toughest resistance encountered for this technology?

1. Lack of resources is the biggest issue facing this technology right now
2. The silo affect, groups of people working on the same thing but working alone. They need to work together
3. Education and knowledge is a problem as far as getting the right information to people's fingertips
4. Working with your neighbor and bridging gaps
5. Trusting the DNR or other government agencies

Oak Wilt and how it affects all of us.

1. Cluster of dead red oaks found and was identified as oak wilt
2. How to stop it from spreading
3. How will this affect your deer's food source
4. Red Oaks are all interconnected via the root system which is one way oak wilt is spread
5. Root system must be cut to keep it from spreading to healthy trees
6. Don't trim or cut oaks from April 15th to July 15th, due to the beetles being active at this time of year which is another way to spread oak wilt
7. Landowners can reach out to the DNR forestry division for help
8. When to replant new trees?
9. Working with your neighbors is a huge asset to stopping this problem

What do you as a hunter or outdoorsman want on a portal to be able to have access to?

1. Developing an interactive state of the art portal to aid outdoorsman
2. A place where everyone who has a vested interest in the outdoors can glean information and pass along information

www.allband.org

http://allband.org/acewr-education-wildlife-research-opportunities-page-1/

https://www.facebook.com/AllbandResearch/

http://allband.org/life-watch-service-2/life-watch-live-video-feed/

1-989-369-9999

Danny is prepping for a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the 4th of July

Mike takes his son to NE Michigan for a father son trout fishing trip before he takes his son to college.

1. New waders
2. Fishing on the Black River
3. Mosquitos are terrible
4. Driving through the Pigeon River Elk Refuge area
5. Have to get mosquito spray!
6. Day two fishing on the Pigeon River
7. Catching a few fish
8. Bald Eagle sighting along with watching their mating ritual
9. Lunch and a thunder storm
10. Evening fishing in a familiar portion of the Pigeon River
11. On the way to camp seeing 5 elk along the way back

Mike finds out that there is an Oak Wilt outbreak at his camp, more to come later

Danny is getting his bow groove on for season

1. Shooting the PSE Evolve
2. Also shooting the PSE Decree
3. Using a new release
4. Loosing and finding an errant arrow

Our open house led to a deer management discussion for most of the evening.

Talking fawn recruitment

1. Dan seen first fawn
2. Mike's camp has few live fawns roaming the property
3. Seen 6 dead fawns so far
4. What is the cause
5. Seen few pregnant does on trail cameras
6. What does too many does do to the buck stress and fawn recruitment in the spring
7. Fawn drop being spread out instead of at one time is bad for recruitment
8. Listening to research and education is the key to forming a plan to work in your area
9. How is the NRC going to move forward to manage the Michigan Deer Herd
10. Combo Deer tags vs Single buck tags
11. How many surveys does the DNR need to understand what we've been saying for years

The New UNJ support vehicle Mike purchased !

1. Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
2. Chose the 4 door for the extra room and longer wheel base for towing
3. Close call today with kayaks flying off a vehicle on the freeway

How do you tie down your trailer

1. Mike's system of trailering
2. Dan's system of trailering
3. Make sure your toys are tied down on your trialers
4. Dan had an issue unloading his trailer
5. Shout out to the Rut and River Pursuits Uncle Catfish go cart!

What is the Economic Impact of deer hunting to the local communities

1. Infusion of money into local business
2. Creates local jobs
3. Good hunting helps to raise land values
4. Land values increase brings more tax dollars into the area
5. More tax money means more improvements into the local community
6. How does trophy bucks and APR's and shooting does lead to the economic increase?
7. We as hunters are going to have to manage the deer herd on our own and lead by example

Dan gets to use his new UTV for the first time.

1. The good
2. The Bad
3. The unexpected with using the UTV
4. Changes to be made to it

Dan gets to see his logging project for the first time

1. Got to see photos of it before he arrived at the property
2. Shocking to see it for the first time
3. Deer are already using the new cut area
4. Looking at it as a clean slate and progress
5. Now a need to find a new way to hunt the property
6. Looking at it as a new hunting opportunity
7. Looking at areas to put in small food plots
8. Wondering what the rest of the people at camp will think when they see it for the first time
9. Be open minded

Dan is shooting the new PSE Evolve with a thumb release instead of a standard trigger release

Mike is getting ready to start sighting in his new PSE Evolve

Mara and Cody fished Lake St. Clair over Memorial Day weekend and landed some huge smallmouth bass

Mike got word that the Killer Food Plot Climatize has germinated and started to sprout

1. Starting to grow
2. Talk about growing cages
3. Mike is worried about deer overbrowsing his food plot

Mike worked his whole week of vacation updating his cottage that is going up for sale. Anyone want a cottage in Northern Michigan in Mackinaw City get in touch with Mike!

Mike got to catch up with some old hunting friends from years gone by!