Up North Journal Podcast

We had the fortune of talking with Paul Penix of PSE about the new Carbon Air Bow and what went into it along with a little history of PSE Archery.

1. Wow
2. Oldest compound bow manufacture
3. Pete Shepley's history about PSE and Tom Jennings
4. Own more compound bow patens than any other company
5. First Carbon Riser in 1996
6. Shooting form
7. One piece carbon riser
8. SRAC core for the bow
9. 2 year project squeezed into 10 months
10. 2000PSI stiffness in places on the riser, no flexing
11. PSE All American made!
12. PSE has brought formula one racing to the archery world

Talking with Nick Percy of Killer Food Plots about deer and land management

1. Michigan based food plot and land consulting company
2. Building upon mother natures elements and plugging the holes with natural products
3. Soil management
4. Where to put a food plot along with timber management
5. First step is to establish the blueprint of your soil
6. Next establish a plan for deer to call your property home
7. Providing cover
8. Having the proper age structure of deer
9. Must grow a healthy doe herd
10. How to figure out what is a healthy number of deer for your property
11. Border Patrol natural fence
12. Creating a natural border to make deer feel safe
13. Why should we break up our large food plots

Tom's Custom Turkey Calls by Tom Jameson

1. Custom made turkey calls
2. Deer and elk antler custom duck calls
3. Custom made strikers
4. Helping others have success in the field
5. Don't over call
6. Decoy placement

Is Blaze Pink the New Blaze Orange

1. Blaze Pink camo now legal in Wisconsin deer woods
2. Does this help more women get into the outdoors?
3. Violation of not wearing blaze orange or pink is only $10!
4. Carrie Z of Hunt Fish Travel Podcast gives her opinion on the subject

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Mike and Dan discuss advantages hunting with suppressed rifles in MI now that the NRC has allowed them.

1. Hearing protection
2. Less felt recoil that leads to increased accuracy due to less anticipated flinch and recoil
3. Better accuracy leads to a more ethical kill shot being placed on animals
4. Game is less spooked due to less noise in the field due to a reduced shot report

Mike and Dan talk with James Booth who has some good basic info on the use of suppressors in the field for hunting

1. How to obtain a suppressor and apply through the BATFE to register it
2. The advantages of using a suppressor in the field
3. What calibers benefit the most from using a suppressor
4. What are James four top manufactures of suppressors
5. What you can expect to pay for a suppressor
6. Setting up before the hunt
7. James' favorite caliber to use a 300 Blackout and why
8. Will this be a game changer for the outdoorsmen
9. What are the advantages for a trapper to use a suppressor

Urine based deer lures are possibly going to be banned in Pennsylvania due to the spread of CWD.

1. What is the impact of urine based deer lures being used and spreading CWD
2. Is there testing for this
3. What impact will this have on the hunting industry and hunting community
4. Is there another alternative

What is the future of the 2nd Amendment since the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia this weekend?

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Perchville USA, Mike and Dan take you to the winter festival in Tawas Michigan this week as they walk the streets of town giving you the low down on the happenings there.

Deer and predation study being conducted by Mississippi State University on the deer herd in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

1. Which predator has the most impact on the deer herd
2. What weather conditions play into the deer herd
3. What the weather conditions do to each predator and how that plays into the deer herd
4. What are the implications of the study

A live Polar Bear Plunge! Mike and Dan cover the event live from Perchville!

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This week Dan and Mike headed to the Huntin' Time Expo in Grand Rapids Michigan and managed to talk with a few people about hunting, furs and trees!

Dan talked with Dave Wilkins of Droptine Outdoor Adventures about a few hunts that might peak your curiosity.

1. Looking for an out of state spring turkey hunt, Kansas might be the trick
2. For those guys who are taking the family to Disney in the late summer before school starts, well a Florida gator hunt might be the ticket while the family visits the mouse.
3. What is on Dave's personal bucket list? A North American Moose hunt and an African Cape Buffalo hunt.
4. Get in touch with Dave at: www.huntdroptineoutdoors.com

Mike chats with a member of the Michigan Fur Trappers and Predator Callers Association about why fur prices are so low.

1. What's the cause for the low fur prices
2. Is there any relief in sight
3. Other alternatives to selling your furs at a low price
4. Tanning your prize furs
5. The 2016 National Fur Trappers Convention in Kalamazoo Michigan August 18-20

Mike and Dan both talk with Rick Lucas of the Michigan Forest Resource Alliance about the Michigan Qualified Forest Program

1. What is the Michigan Qualified Forest Program
2. How does it benefit private land owners
3. What properties qualify
4. What are the long term affects
5. How does this program affect the property taxes
6. How will this affect the animals on my property
7. What types of logging are done in this program
8. Contact for qualification at: www.michigan.gov/qfp

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Dan gives a shout out for his dad....

Benefit 4 Kids annual banquet

1. Giving wish trips to kids with life altering challenges
2. Interview with Steve Hearing the President of B4K
3. What they do for kids
4. Some of the great prizes they raffle off!
5. Where does the money come from and go
6. How to get involved with B4K
7. Dream Weaver Charity Salmon Tournament
8. www.B4K.org

Wish Kid Jake Jaworski who was granted a wish trip

1. Took a fishing trip to Oklahoma
2. Fished with Jimmy Houston
3. What this trip meant to him and his family
4. Took a nice buck in Texas on a recent hunting trip
5. Speared a nice pike this season through the ice

Newest Up North Journal Team Member Cody Dawson!

1. Our UNJ Resident Fisherman!
2. Cody's fishing background
3. Getting ready for his first ice fishing experience

Talking ice fishing with a long time listener Ken Scicluna

1. Fishing the Saginaw River
2. Pay attention to ice conditions
3. Cody gets his own personal guide
4. Bridge to Bridge Ice Fishing Tourament
5. What bait and lures to use for walleye on the river
6. New size limits and legal lengths
7. Using a Vexlar
8. Alternate plans if the weather doesn't hold
9. Locations to fish the Saginaw River

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