Up North Journal Podcast

What do you do when it's too dry to put a food plot in? How do you keep your deer herd growing in dry weather? Listen in tonight with Robie Pruitt of Antler King tonight as he joins the boys in the UNJ Cabin!

How dry is it?

1. Midwest conditions
2. What is happening to the food plots now
3. Look for what you can plant later
4. Any rain now will not be enough

Planting Later

1. You'll lose growing season but you'll get something at lest to feed deer
2. Plant later rather than early
3. When rains eventually hit, it's time to fertilize

Mark's food plots in Indiana

Quick talk about safety with trailers and the outdoors

Spring food plots going dormant due to no rain

1. Stay off them!
2. Can't give it enough water
3. Needs 30,000 gallons of water per acre every two days
4. Wait till it rains
5. Annuals will not come back if it goes dormant
6. Perennial will come back if it goes dormant

Get a soil test

Answering listener questions

What over seeding can cause

Seed depth

Planting in dry weather

Dry weather and EHD

Providing water for deer

Kool Aid for deer

Join the crew as they recap a busy weekend on the water. Talking kayak self and team rescues along with some Saginaw Bay walleye fishing on Rock & Reel 2.0. Then the soap boxes come out for the release of the 2022 Michigan deer hunting regulations.

Kayak big water safety class

1. Getting kayak and boats adjusted to fit you
2. Learning the way to properly escape a rollover
3. Learning how to empty the water of your kayak while on the water
4. Learning a team and self rescue

Saginaw Bay walleye fishing

1. Out with Rock & Reel 2.0
2. Slow start
3. Lots of lake traffic
4. What colors worked
5. Finally a nice catch of fish

2022 Michigan deer hunting regulations

1. New mandatory on-line deer check in
2. Doe tags for the U.P. of Michigan
3. How many deer tags do I need and what is this permit deal?
4. Are we still using the scientific data?

Join the guys as Mike long distance videos with Danny who is up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula at deer camp. Get the low down on what Danny is doing with his food plots as well as see how the boys relaxed this holiday weekend.

Join the guys tonight as they recap the two days at Michigan's Total Archery Challenge and find out what a hat and John Dudley have to do with their shoot at TAC!

Day one

1. Shooting Nock On course
2. Easy down hill beginning
3. Long shots
4. Middle of course got real tough
5. The arrow carnage
6. Taking time to rest and hear arrows smashing
7. Meeting John Dudley and facing sasquatch
8. A little pink ribbon for the win
9. A sight too low
10. Nice hat

Day two

1. Making new friends
2. Shooting the Prime course
3. Easier course to walk
4. Went buy fast
5. Watching a guy shoot for the truck
6. Dudley's after party

Our wrap up thoughts over all

Join the crew tonight as they talk about what goes into a custom fishing rod and why should you consider purchasing a custom rod? Stop in and take a listen to Pat Magdaleno of MAGS Custom Rods answer a few questions on rod building. Also find out what type of rod fits your needs.

The Beginning of MAGS Rods

1. The passion for fishing
2. MMA fighting took a front seat
3. Got back into the outdoors
4. Started a Fishing Charter Boat Service
5. Began to build rods for himself
6. How it turned into a business

What goes into making custom rods and running the business

Ice fishing Rods

Freshwater Rods

Saltwater Rods

The ins and outs of custom rods

What fits your fishing needs

What makes Pat tick with our end of the show questions

Join the guys this week as they talk with UNJ fisherman Adam Winn about this past week's walleye charter trip on Saginaw Bay. We get Adam's insight into what Capt. Scott of Rock & Reels 2 shared with him about fishing Saginaw Bay.

Adam's take on his first walleye charter

The take for the day

Changing conditions

Why should you bleed out your walleye

Why are bumblebees now classified as fish in the state of California?

Join the guys this week as they recap their get away to the outdoors to recharge their batteries. Dan hits the deer and turkey woods for the first time this spring at deer camp. Mike heads west to paddle the big waters of Lake Michigan along with the Pere Marquette River.

Danny's weekend get away

1. Time in the turkey woods
2. Not a sound to be heard
3. Building a new deer blind
4. Getting an area ready for the upcoming deer season
5. One last turkey hunt

Mike's weekend get away

1. Camping on the west side of the state
2. Don't be trashy
3. paddling the Pere Marquette River
4. Hitting Lake Michigan along with Pentwater Lake

Join us in the Cabin this week as we talk about the new 2022 Michigan Mandatory Deer E-Check system coming to our woods this fall. The guys will talk the good, the bad and the perceived problems that might arise with this new system being implemented this fall. They will also discuss some of the philosophical reasons why they hunt and get into the outdoors.

Join the guys tonight as they chat with UNJ Staffer Mark Coleman from Indiana. Mark takes us through killing his first turkey ever as well as how he has done this Morel Mushroom season.

Turkey Hunt

1. A hunt that started in the late afternoon with just a sit in the stand
2. Talking to mom on the phone
3. The Tom answered the call
4. The strut through the field
5. Taking photos instead of shooting
6. One last call
7. What was it like to take your first bird after three unsuccessful seasons
8. Photo ops
9. What to do with a dead bird
10. How ya going to cook it

Mushroom hunitng

1. 'Overall success of the season
2. How to go about finding Morel Mushrooms
3. What do you wear while out hunting them
4. What gear do you need
5. How do you pick them
6. What do they taste like
7. How to cook them
8. Picking courtesy towards others

Join the guys in the Cabin this week as they chat with local outdoorsman Adam Winn about how he got into the outdoors fishing and hunting. They also chat about how his turkey season is going so far.

Adam's outdoor background

1. Not brought up in an outdoor family
2. Family friend took him fishing when he was young
3. Another family friend took him deer hunting as a teenager
4. Was immediately hooked on the outdoors

His fishing background

1. First love is ice fishing
2. Likes to ice fish big water on the Great Lakes
3. Spends his soft water time chasing Bass, and Pike
4. Scariest moment on the water

Adam's hunting background

1. First deer
2. Loves turkey hunting
3. Loves archery season for deer
4. His first two turkeys taken
5. How he pursues turkey
6. His approach to deer hunting