Up North Journal Podcast

This PSE Tech Tip with Bobby Vargas, we talk about how to practice for an upcoming archery tournament.

What is Benefit 4 Kids?

1. How do they help children with life challenges who want to have an outdoor wish?
2. How can you help?
3. How you can make a donation
4. How does this affect the kids and their families?

Talking first ice icefishing tactics with Hall of Fame Fisherman Mark Martin

1. How to be successful on first ice?
2. How to be safe while on the ice?
3. What challenges and dangers do we face on big water and fast moving rivers?
4. What do Mark Martin's icefishing schools consist of?
5. Why is weather so important to keep track of?
6. How did Mark get his start in the outdoors?
7. What did his father think about him becoming a professional fisherman?
8. What was his most memorable fishing trip?
9. What is his favorite way to prepare a table full of fish to eat?

We talk with Jennifer Emmendorfer the Marketing Specialist of the Saginaw Michigan Cabela's Outpost

1. How is the Christmas Season going for the Saginaw store?
2. What are some of the upcoming events that you can attend in the Saginaw store?
3. Bridge to Bridge icefishing tournament
4. How did Jennifer get her start at Cabela's?
5. What was her outdoor beginnings?

On This PSE Tech Tip with Bobby Vargas, we talk about how to choose the right equipment for tournament shooting and 3-D shooting.

Wrapping up the Michigan firearm deer season

1. Last weekend of firearm season
2. Expectations
3. Mike teaching his youngest son a few lessons

Michigan DNR give their early numbers for Michigan's Upper Peninsula deer kill for firearm deer season.

1. Actual check station numbers
2. Why are they so low
3. Dan and Mike's take on it
4. Are we spending too much money on such low data accumulation
5. Mandatory deer checks

How to make your own deer summer sausage

1. Dan's recipe
2. How Dan makes his
3. Equipment he uses

Where the team will be for the next few months

This PSE Tech Tip by Bobby Vargas, we talk about how we determine our effective range with our bow is and how we can increase it!

Covering our activities for week 2 of Michigan's firearm deer season and Thanksgiving.

Mike takes Randy Duncan up to camp for a deer hunt.

1. Randy has to find the deer blind on his own.
2. Randy shoots his first deer and punches his man card!
3. Randy gets to find out what the gut sack is the hard way!
4. What all this means for Randy

Mike does a little doe management and takes a huge doe and puts some meat in the freezer.

1. A hard cold hunt
2. Enduring the elements and challenging ones self to press on
3. Staying out and punching a doe tag

The PSE Tech Tip this week with Bobby Vargas, he tells us why we need a stabilizer for our bows and what they do for us.

Michigan Firearm Deer Season Week One!

1. Dan covers his trip to deer camp in Michigan's upper peninsula
2. Mike covers his trip to deer camp in Michigan's northeastern lower peninsula

Mike's daughter talks about taking her deer on the third day.

Mike and Dan cover when is our hunting information beneficial or meaningful to our state DNR.

1. Dan tries to give information to the DNR also finds many "Deer Check Stations" closed.
2. Mike finds all of the "Deer Check Stations" on his way home closed.