Up North Journal Podcast

Episode 67

Busy Week

Interview with Compass Outdoors

Targets, Chronograph, and Ballistics Gel

Parker Bow Interview

Outdoor News

1. Minnesota Food Banks and Venison

Game Bag

1. Bow add ons that take away FPS

Broadhead Test

1. Ballistics Gel and Bones
2. Accuracy Test
3. Penetration Test

Upcoming Events

On this Minicast we talk about getting ready to trap muskrats with Randy Duncan.

On this Minicast we talk about using the Onyx Mappng Apps on your cell phone for hunting.

Mara takes a big Ohio buck for her first archery buck on a hunt that lasts only 3 minutes!

1. Gets out to the stand late
2. Hears a buck grunting before she can climb into the stand
3. Buck comes in as she is putting her release on and nocking an arrow
4. Cody running camera barely gets the camera rolling
5. Shot the deer from a sitting position
6. No pass through shot
7. Couldn't see deer drop so they pulled out
8. Recovered deer later that night only 50 yards from the stand

Dan's trip north with the girls and his brother

1. Had great weather
2. Saw a ton of does but couldn't shoot any
3. Bucks not moving
4. Paid honor to his dad
5. Saw two wolves
6. Dan runs a trapline and took 6 pelts
7. Pre-Rut buck lull due to testosterone build up

Mike on search of a big buck

1. Deer not moving
2. No sign of any bucks
3. Hard first four days
4. Two days straight of rain
5. Pulled trail cam photos and saw a shooter buck
6. Put a plan together and moved a stand to get on him
7. Laid eyes on him finally but couldn't get a shot
8. All the hard work this year is paying off
9. Using the bike this year to get to stand was very successful

On this Minicast we talk about maximizing your time when at camp on those rainy days.

Episode 66

Fishing Weekend

1. Pan fishing with the kids
2. Catfishing on the River with the new boat

Outdoor News

1. Wisconsin Wolf Season?
2. Wyoming Elk disease
3. CCW and Disney

Archery This Week

1. Two new youth bows
2. Pro shop set up
3. Shooting this weekend

Game Bag

1. New bow release
2. Stance and form techniques

On this Minicast we talk about what kind of chairs we use in our blinds and popup blinds.

On this Minicast we discuss ways to use your surrounding when setting up a pop up blind.

Join us on this Minicast as we talk about a recent story that suggests hunters not hunt with dogs near "Wolf Caution Zones".

On this Minicast we discuss whether sun direction plays into setting stands or which stand to hunt.