Up North Journal Podcast

Mike explains the ups and downs of planting a food plot for the first time

Segment 1, Getting the seed

1. Don' t loan you tools out!
2. Going to get the seed
3. Heading north to camp to plant
4. Getting stopped by the cops

Segment 2, Getting ready to plant

1. Rise and shine
2. Heading to the field
3. Spreading the GroGanix and figuring out the speed and spread rates
4. Disking the field
5. Dealing with wet spots

Segment 3, Running the cultipacker

1. Cultipacking the field
2. Planting Boarder Patrol for a screen around the field
3. Forgot two bags of Boarder Patrol
4. Using the cultipacker rows as a guide to broadcast seed
5. Earthway 2750 hand broadcast seeder
6. Spreading the Climatize
7. Running the cultipacker again to set the seed

Segment 4, Finding the missing seed

1. Driving 60 miles to find more seed
2. After calling store, they didn't have enough seed after telling me they did
3. Got a bag of Boarder Patrol
4. Almost ran out of gas
5. Planted the last bag of seed in the dark
6. A little rain over night to set the seed
7. Got supplies to put up a growth cage
8. Set a trail camera on the cage to monitor it
9. Whether or not to fence off part of the field
10. Plan for the rest of the year
11. Checked all the trail cam cards
12. Laptop battery was dead, so had to make two trips to check cards

Danny getting the PSE Evolve set up for hunting season

Talking with three of the eight members of Rut and River Pursuits Podcast!

Segment 1

1. Talking outtakes
2. How R2 started as a group and podcast
3. Why podcasting instead of videography and films
4. Name dropping Carrie Z!
5. Why get into podcasting
6. How does 8 guys work together
7. Bear spear fishing?
8. Traveling to Canada
9. Chuck That Bugger!!!
10. Fishing other states
11. Ice Fishing

Segment 2 Talking with Will

1. Will lived in North Dakota for work
2. Started hunting hard after returning to PA
3. Hunting in mountain region as a kid
4. Hunted mostly small game and deer as a kid
5. Talking deer hunting as a kid
6. Family traditions in hunting
7. Catfish is the lucky charm
8. Hunting with his mom
9. Shooting Sting Rays
10. Family competition
11. Longtime friends

Segment 3 Talking with Phil

1. Getting a cold drink live on the show
2. The oldest guy who knows the least
3. Learning the ropes with the guys
4. From Illinois and spent time in Missouri
5. Where does a new guy to the outdoors start
6. Met Will and got in the outdoors
7. Loves duck hunting and eating them
8. Duck Candy!
9. Working with a farmer to gain hunting access
10. Falling through a hay loft
11. Using podcasting as a story telling forum
12. How the silence of the outdoors screams at us and reconnects us to the world
13. Outdoor wish list, catching a muskie through the ice
14. Fly Fishing with a poodle

Segment 4 Talking with Ryan

1. The newest guy on the team
2. How did he get with this group with a guy
3. Whitetail hunter is his game
4. Bow over rifle for deer
5. Treestand is preferred method
6. Equipment of choice
7. Late bow season aggressive tactic to fill a deer tag
8. Must have gear for the hunt
9. Hunting as a youngster
10. Deer drives

Where does Rut and River go from here?

How podcasting works as a viable medium in the outdoors for listeners

Where did the name Rut and River Pursuits come from

www.rutandriverpursuits.com

Solving a coyote mystery

1. Last week's topic of a coyote deer kill site
2. Coming to a conclusion of it being a pregnant doe

Mother's Day shout out

1. Mike and Dan thank their wives for being who they are and supportive of their pursuit of the outdoors
2. Mike and Dan talk about their mother's and stories of them in the outdoors

Answering listeners' questions on hunting

1. Socks the piebald doe
2. Solving a hunting set up problem
3. What items have we used that are not worth their money for hunting
4. What items have we purchased that have changed the way we hunt

Interview with Anna Mitterling of the Michigan United Conservation Club (MUCC)

1. Her role with MUCC
2. How the other agencies work with her and her programs
3. Pheasant restoration projects
4. Cackle Count for pheasants
5. How the count helps determine if pheasant populations are increasing or in decline
6. Problems facing pheasants
7. Ways that people who might not own land or are only deer hunters can help other game species
8. Anna's phone quits

Tick prevention with premethrin

1. What is premethrin
2. How to use it
3. Mike's experience with it this weekend
4. Where to find it

Dan talks to Mike about his weekend turkey hunt in Northern Michigan's lower peninsula at his camp.

1. Mike takes a shot on the first morning out
2. Runs with a friend on the evening hunt
3. The next morning hunt with his friend

Michigan DNR makes recommendations for the 2017 Deer Season to the NRC.

1. Remove sunset date on the NW 12 Antler Point Restrictions.
2. Move to implement APR's for all of zone 2 in Michigan
3. Zone 3 to stay the same
4. Some Antlerless permits for certain DMU's in the Upper Peninsula
5. Other miscellaneous changes

Mike attended a deer browse study in Northern Michigan with MUCC.

1. What is a deer browse study
2. How to conduct it
3. What are we looking for
4. What information does it give us
5. Which species do deer like best
6. Oak wilt
7. White Oak and Red Oak which is better to plant

PSE Evolve bows in the Up North Journal stable for 2017

Interview with QDMA's Director of Education and Outreach, Kip Adams

1. Was a deer and bear biologist for New Hampshire Fish and Game
2. Found out about QDMA and became North East Regional Director for QDMA in Pennsylvania
3. Always interested in wildlife and wanted to become a wildlife biologist
4. In college developed the drive to become a biologist and do research
5. Where the research and numbers come from in deer studies
6. How the information on research gets out to the hunters
7. Latest research right now is looking at some new things, Deer movement, Deer sight to see how they react to camo patterns
8. How can the public land owner or small parcel private land owner make an impact in their hunting
9. 1/3 of QDMA members don't own any land to hunt on
10. Most important impact is to improve your deer cover
11. Next is get involved in a deer cooperative
12. Get involved and share information
13. What is the number one road block to deer hunters today
14. CDW or other wildlife diseases
15. Are we making headway on CWD?
16. What can a hunter do to help stop CWD?
17. How to join www.QDMA.com
18. Annual Whitetail Report
19. What is Kip's Favorite snack while hunting
20. What does Kip listen to on the Radio
21. What is his favorite wildgame meal
22. What is his most memorable hunt

Mike and Dan talk about the 10 year anniversary of Up North Journal

1. How it all began
2. Started the Outdoor Podcast Channel
3. Most memorable show
4. Looking at more education and outdoor research

Dan's tough week of turkey hunting

1. Mike provided live weather updates
2. Dan let three jakes walk and some one else shot them
3. Dan calls in a dog
4. Tag sandwich

Fourth Arrow Archery action camera boom www.fourtharrowcameraarms.com

This week we talk with Dan Taylor of Hilde Hunting Services about his guiding service.

1. How did you get started in guiding
2. How long have you been doing this
3. What do you have to offer for hunters
4. How does your service work
5. How do you get your clients
6. What areas do you offer hunts in
7. How does someone get in touch with you

On this week's show Danny and Mike discuss their time at the 2017 Michigan Deer Hunters Summit along with deer management and habitat. They talk about how this all works together along with how it is perceived by and put into practice.

This is the 2nd Anniversary to the Ourdoor Podcast Channel!

1. Outdoor podcasts are posted everyday
2. 3 new shows join the channel this past week!
3. 13 Shows every week!
4. Looking for new shows to join the OPC!

Food Plot Time!

1. Soil sample gathering time
2. Getting plans lined up to do planting
3. Looking at planting trees
4. Some tree species are getting hard to find now
5. Forestry projects on hold

Landmanagement

1. Going to the Deer Summit in Mid Michigan, w\Kip Adams of QDMA
2. Coyote problems and how it relates to late fawn drops and the lack of landmangement of nearby properties
3. How having other property owners manage their land helps the overall herd health

Tree Planting

1. Don't spend all of your money at one time for tree planting
2. Could be a total bust with a dry planting year or a disease wipes them out
3. Staggered planting also leads to staggered harvest to spread out your income
4. What we are planting now, we will not see the results in our lifetime, this is for future generations
5. How previous generations planted for us to use and now it is our turn to plant it for the future
6. Wanting to use areal photos
7. Wanting to learn about control burns

Freezer went and we lost all of our wild game meat from this season.

1. Lost all of our wild game meat from last season, nothing is left
2. Cleaning it all out
3. Battery warning alarm to warn of a power outage

We interview Tony Smith sitting council member of Michigan QDMA and cover a host of topics concerning QDMA and Michigan deer.

1. What does QDMA of Michigan do for our deer?
2. Advise Michigan DNR on the Michigan deer herd
3. Active with Congressional Sportsman Caucus
4. QDMA's position on Mandatory Antler Point Restrictions
5. R3 survey taken in Michigan
6. DNR may have to fund department with things with other than hunter dollars due to fall off of hunting license sold and participation

How to get a deer coop going

1. Social Media pages help a lot!
2. Dedication is a must
3. Look for resources in your area to rely on
4. Get educated
5. Getting local DNR biologist involved and law enforcement
6. Get involved in your local QDMA branch
7. What workshops have to offer

Guest Question: With APR's would it change how the DNR works the doe permits?

1. APR's manage the buck population
2. Antlerless permits manage the overall deer population

It doesn't take a lot of land to start a coop

1. Why should a small land owner join a coop?
2. Great story about small land owner
3. Sharing with others

How is CWD affecting the Michigan deer herd

1. Newest Michigan CWD case
2. It's here to stay but how do we maintain it?
3. Keep populations in check
4. Get your deer checked
5. Mandatory deer checks

What's the single best thing a hunter can do to make an impact on their local herd?

1. Join QDMA or National Deer Alliance
2. Be open minded
3. Get educated