Up North Journal Podcast

Interview with Drew Youngedyke the editor of Michigan Out-of-Doors magazine and

1. What is MUCC?
2. How he got started at MUCC
3. Drew's hunting background
4. Hunting camp
5. Most memorable hunt

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

1. What is the money from the federal government go for and how it works
2. How it is being used in Michigan
3. How the states work together with this money for the Great Lakes
4. Why does it take federal money to do these projects
5. How does Canada work into the equation
6. Why should everyone be concerned with the Great Lakes

Asian Carp and how it is affecting our fisheries

1. Silver Carp and Big Head Carp
2. Less than 50 miles from Lake Michigan
3. DNA found in Lake Michigan
4. Electric barriers being used but not a permanent solution
5. Conservation is for the future and long term, this is what we are talking about with Asian Carp
6. Brandon Road Lock and Damn rebuilding and Government Report
7. Report has been blocked from being released and what that means for Lake Michigan

How has Michigan Out of Doors magazine changed over the years

1. Now a quarterly magazine
2. up from 60 pages to 100 pages
3. How do you join MUCC

What is on MUCC front burner right now

Drew's involvement with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

What is the bigger threat to Michigan CWD or the Asian Carp

Interview with Lincoln Rohn, founder of Michigan Deer Hunters Let'em Go and Let'em Grow.

1. Closed Facebook group, must be vetted to be part of the group.
2. For Michigan hunters
3. He started his own type of QDM on his property about 15 years ago
4. Went to informational meeting about Michigan's Northwest 12 APR's which led to the formation of this group
5. Researched one buck rule but it didn't prove to protect enough 1.5 year old books
6. Also took too much DNR money to change two buck rule
7. Researched Hunter's Choice rule in NE Michigan which also doesn't protect the 1.5 year old bucks
8. APR's protect the 1.5 year old bucks as proven from the Michigan NW 12
9. Public land hunters as well as private land hunters are buying into this management style
10. Over 21,000 members on this Facebook Page Group
11. Not just a trophy buck shooter group
12. Asking to pass on spikes and 4 points mostly
13. Going into 2nd year of APR's would increase buck population in Michigan to over 300,000
14. Makes for a healthier herd and more intense rut
15. Late breeding means too many does
16. Now is the time for regulation changes, if not it won't happen until 2020
17. Managing for older bucks helps with disease control
18. Before APR's shooting 70% - 80% of 1.5 year old bucks, after APR's only about 30% 1.5 year old bucks
19. Hunter retention
20. Michigan Whitetail Summit
21. Event to promote and educate a healthy deer herd
22. Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-let-em-go-let-em-grow-whitetail-summit-tickets-31213225598

Illinois water use permit

1. State of Illinois to charge for floating or using public waterways
2. Permit to use non motorized water vehicles, kayaks, canoes, and yes even inner tubes.
3. Will also charge people for OWI when using these types of water vehicles

Joe Conyers of Conyers Outdoors talks about his Kansas buck called Madusa!

1. Named Madusa due to the look of the antlers
2. Gross scored 233 7/8"
3. Watched buck for 2 years
4. Shot in middle of October
5. He passed so his wife could shoot but she missed
6. He got another opportunity and he took it
7. 21 yard shot!
8. Ran 75 yards
9. Got so emotional he puked
10. Changed his life
11. Changed the future of his business
12. 354 lbs. live weight
13. Kansas habitat and hunting styles
14. Took a lot of flack for shooting it
15. Got beat up on facebook
16. But a lot of good came out of it as well
17. Had the DNR called on him by someone jealous
18. Offers hunts for deer, turkey, predators, etc.....
19. Offers hats, shirts and turkey calls with proceeds to go to support youth hunts

QDMA question and answer live on facebook

1. Mike's question about piebald deer
2. Should they be taken out
3. Is there a problem with leaving them in the herd
4. Coyote management
5. Food plots and tree planting

Dan's forestry project is taking off

1. Logging to start this week
2. Looking forward to seeing a new look on the property when he goes back to see it
3. It will put feed down for the deer

Justin Moore Concert

1. Mike and Danny got their country on with a country concert
2. Cabela's provided us some great seats as pro staffers
3. Crazy weather on the way to the concert

Cabelas Turkey seminars coming to the Saginaw store

1. March 11 - 12
2. March 25 - 26

Danny hits another outdoor show this weekend.

1. Attended Outdoorama in Michigan
2. Met with several other people working in the outdoors
3. Bought something for his kayak
4. Danny purchased a trip for salmon fishing
5. Talking about leaving gear at your camp

How did the price of grain rising affect the wildlife?

1. Reduction of fence rows, wind rows, ditches and marginal land led to more row crops being planted which reduced habitat.
2. Fuel prices with E85 fuels
3. Pesticide use along with a housing boom reducing habitat
4. Evolution of land use and hunting habitat
5. Evolution of hunters over time to more conservation and education
6. Where does it go from here

Deer Set on Fire

Pennsylvania trying to change laws concerning the theft of a trail camera

1. New Proposal
2. $1500 fine and one year loss of hunting privileges

Danny had a visitor living in his cabin

Be safe while out in the field or on the water

Michigan Deer and Turkey Expo

1. Warm weather week!
2. Show was slow
3. Vendor attendance was down
4. Are there too many shows nowdays?
5. Seeing more women and kids shooting bows

Frost seeding food plots with Nick Percy of Killer Food Plots

1. Usually in Michigan it is mid to late April
2. Spreading clover, chickory, and alfalfa to allow the frost to work for us
3. Do this over plots that were planted last season
4. Soil testing
5. Sufuze, scent dispersal system
6. Coreinfusion feed

Tattle Tail, the world's smallest deer decoy from Antler Action

Tom's Custom Turkey Calls now has a deer grunt tube

We talked with a guy from QDMA and he was discussing how the super moon affected the breeding cycle.

Mike saw a buck today still with antlers

Answering a question about piebald deer

Talking coyote sightings and the breeding season

This week we talk with Charles Byrum who left California hunting and had to learn to hunt Iowa.

1. Started deer hunting at 12 years of age in California
2. He hunted a mule deer subspecies
3. Spot and stalk style hunt on public land
4. Had a foot injury and eventually moved to Iowa with his family
5. Has lived in Iowa for 4 years now
6. Had to adjust to winter weather
7. California hunting license cost quite a bit more than most states
8. Iowa license quotas for doe are quite a bit different
9. California deer management a lot different than Iowa
10. When did Charles change from just being a hunter to a conservationist
11. Changed from being just a meat hunter to hunting to help manage the health of the herd
12. Hunts private and public land both
13. Knocks on a lot of doors to ask for permission to hunt
14. Actually lost a piece of property to hunt for shooting a coyote
15. Just took his first deer with a bow from a treestand this year
16. What it was like to pass on a buck for the first time
17. Talking turkey hunting in Iowa
18. Mostly a locate, sit and call style of hunting turkeys
19. Two turkey tags a season in Iowa
20. Talking waterfowl hunting opportunities in Iowa
21. Our shotgun style questions we pose to our guests

Mike and Dan will be at the Michigan Deer and Turkey show next weekend in Lansing Michigan

Next week we will talk frost seeding for food plots

Update on our logging projects

On our 400th show we reflect back on our youthful beginnings and where we are looking to in the future.

1. How did Mike get his start in the outdoors as a youngster
2. How did Dan get his start in the outdoors as a youngster
3. How did this influence them getting into the outdoor industry
4. Where are they now as outdoorsmen
5. Where do they see themselves in the industry in the next 5 years

Hot deer topics that are a concern in Michigan

1. Deer sterilization could be the cause of the death in a deer in Ann Arbor
2. Huge twist in CWD case in Michigan
3. How does Michigan proceed in finding out just where the infected deer came from?

Making venison summer sausage

1. Using the new electric smoker
2. Things we learned along the way
3. Mixing the ingredients
4. Smoking process
5. Taste test on the show!
6. Take a look at our live stream video we posted on facebook to see the whole process https://www.facebook.com/michael.adams.92102/videos/10210581481487702/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

Fourth Arrow Archery Wynd Scent Grenade

1. Wind checker
2. Scent dispersal device

Traditional Bow Hunters Expo

1. The biggest traditional bow expo
2. Long bows, recurves, wood arrows etc....
3. Dan visited the event
4. Backcountry Hunters and Anglers booth, explaining what they are all about
5. Meet and great for the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers at a local pub after the expo.

Hunting Time Expo in Michigan

1. Dan made a road trip to the west side of the state to visit the expo
2. Dan bought a deer feeder from Outpost Feeders
3. Portable feeder to be more portable in the deep woods

Talking about our 400th show next week and what it took to get here

Dan Jasa Michigan & Ohio Sales Manager for PSE Archery

1. From Nebraska and grew up hunting and fishing
2. Hunting pheasants and pond fishing
3. Lots of Turkey in Nebraska
4. Lived recently in Missouri
5. Caught the deer hunting bug
6. Started shooting archery tournaments after purchasing a bow
7. Missouri uses 1/8th of 1% sales tax to use for Missouri Sportsmen!
8. Missouri deer registration
9. Game check app for Missouri hunters
10. No need to carry a paper tag anymore!

Danny throwing $100 bills around!

1. Long Distance shooting
2. Shooting Challenge

Tournament Archery

1. Dan shoots a lot of indoor tournaments
2. NFAA, Vegas Target, World Archery Tournaments
3. David shoots outdoor 3D targets
4. Open and hunter classes
5. How much do these guys practice
6. PSE Evolve 35
7. High and Low letoff
8. Setting up your sight for outdoor tournaments

Mike and Dan won a couple of guns at the Benefit 4 Kids fundraiser banquet

Dan Jasa talks about his DYI Idaho elk hunt

1. 6 day hunt 60 miles total walking
2. Warm weather hunting in September around 8000 feet of elevation
3. Saw several elk but never got a shot
4. Best advice hunt with someone who's been before
5. Had a elk tag and mule deer tag
6. Allowed to hunt bear and predators as well with those 2 tags
7. Need to practice calling before you go
8. Came upon fresh grizzly bear sign
9. Morning strategy
10. What type of gear used in warm weather
11. Effective killing range up to 90 yards

400th episode on the horizon

Traditional Bowhunters Expo next weekend in Kalamazoo Michigan

1. David Boggs attending with two booths
2. Backwater Legacies will have a booth there

Michigan Deer and Turkey Spectacular in February and PSE will have their line up of new bows there to shoot.

Covering the Archery Trade Association show for 2017 from Indianapolis Indiana

1. Our take on the show
2. Our favorites from the show
3. Meeting a few celebrities
4. Companies that support us and their new gear for the year
5. PSE Archery
6. Black Eagle Arrows
7. Scent Blocker

Talking about the American Chestnut tree and how it works with deer habitat

1. Why has the tree almost disappeared from the eastern United States
2. American Chestnut blight
3. Back breeding and pollination of the trees
4. Using it for deer habitat