Up North Journal Podcast

Episode 60

Memorial Day

1. Where did it start
2. What it means to me

Saturday

1. Turkey Hunting
2. Hunter Courtesy

Sunday

1. Fishing with the kids
2. Boat rescue
3. Piebald deer sighting

Monday

1. Turkey Hunting
2. Newborn fawn
3. Great Lakes National Cemetery

Outdoor News

1. Ohio turkey hunt numbers
2. Door Destroying Deer

Game Bag: Leave the little animals alone

Email of the Week:

1. Listener from Sweden asks us questions
2. We ask listener from Sweden questions

On this Minicast we talk about using a PhoneSkope camera adapter with a Vortex Razor spotting scope to shoot video with and take photos with.

On this PSE Tech Tip with Bobby Vargas, we talk about how to know when you need to purchase a new string for your bow along with basic string care.

Recording the show live at Cabela's!

1. Remembering those from 9-11 and our take on it
2. Busy weekend working in the archery department at Cabela's
3. Dan's box blind put on hold due to forestry project on his property
4. Recapping Bowfest

Getting food plots in for the upcoming deer season.

1. Planted 48 acres of Aroostock Rye and Mammoth Red Clover
2. Rye grew faster to help give the clover an opportunity to grow more before being mowed down by the deer
3. Don't cut rye so fawns have cover to hide in from predators
4. Finally got rain on our fields and we're getting some green showing
5. Becoming more of a conservationist

Trail Camera Survey Project

1. Started survey the first week of September
2. Running the survey according to the QDMA suggestions
3. Looking for deer herd numbers
4. Fawn recruitment
5. Buck to Doe Ratios
6. Run survey for 10 - 14 days
7. Misconceptions about crossbows
8. Treestands ready for the season
9. Pop Up Blinds
10. Working with the Amish

Episode 59

Taxidermy

Camo and Lace Event http://www.camoandlace.net/

Turkey hunting weekend

Archery Shoot http://compassoutdoors.timwalsh.net/

Mikey's Game Bag

1. Trout Fishing
2. Fly Hatch
3. Resources

Outdoor News

1. Gas Pains http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/newshound/2008/05/gas-pains.html
2. Walmart to stop selling fishing supplies http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=11036
3. Daisy Airrifle Video Contest http://www.daisy.com/

Archery Field Testing

1. Broadheads
2. Youth Compound Bows

On this PSE Tech Tip with Bobby Vargas, we talk about why it is so important to have a third axis sight. #Archery #PSE #ThirdAxis

On this Minicast we talk with Randy Duncan about the 2016 Great Lakes Longbow Invitational in Hastings Michigan.

On this Minicast we talk with Randy Duncan who attended the National Trappers Convention in Michigan. He gives us his favorite things he saw at the show.

Episode 58

Groundhog Day Adams style!

Michigan Turkey season

Bear and Elk Permits, Apply now in Michigan

New local archery range

Broadhead Field Tests

1. G5
2. Muzzy

Outdoor news of the week

1. Coyote Attacks
2. Michigan Rifle Range Closure
3. CCW in National Parks

Mikey's Game Bag

Taxidermy

1. Groundhog
2. Squirrel
3. Muskrat

Emails of the week

On this Minicast we talk with Jason Meekhof of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers about how he has made his own dehydrated meals for an upcoming hunt this fall.