Up North Journal Podcast

Join the guys this week as they talk with Derek Vaughn of Sunrise Archery about getting set up for the Total Archery Challenge along with his recent shed hunting activities. We also talk a little about spring scouting for deer.

Total Archery Challenge set up

1. What bows to use
2. Sight set ups
3. Peep set ups
4. Arrow and FOC

Spring shed hunting

1. Iowa
2. Indiana
3. Michigan

Spring scouting and how Derek goes about reading the information

1. Sign
2. Sheds
3. Bedding areas
4. Stand placement ideas

Join the guys tonight as they talk with charter boat Captain Scott Devuyst of the Rock N Reel 2.0 Boat. They cover everythingyou need to know when looking to take a charter boat out for walleye on Michigan's Saginaw Bay!

How Scott got started in fishing

What a typical day on the water entails

Some things you need to know

What to expect on the water

Rigging the lines

Dealing with CO's on the water

What questions you should ask when considering a charter fishing trip

Join the guys in the Cabin this week as they talk the basics of turkey hunting with retired Michigan DNR officer Dan Prince.

How did Dan get started in turkey hunting

1. His dad was a professor at Michigan State University and specialized in birds.
2. His dad brought his first turkey to his classroom as a kid and Dan thought that was the coolest thing
3. Early years calling

How to scout wild turkeys

1. Areas that deer frequent
2. Turkey feathers and what you can learn from them
3. Turkey scat
4. Scratching areas
5. Strut Marks and tracks
6. Dusting areas

How to start a morning hunt

1. Go out no matter the weather
2. Near roosting trees
3. Follow the birds patterns
4. Set up before shooting times

Calling

1. Call lightly at first light
2. Box Call
3. :Push Button Call
4. Friction Pot Call
5. Mouth call

Phases of spring

1. Nesting practices by female turkeys
2. How many eggs do turkeys lay

Decoys

1. Carrying decoys safely
2. Setting up a strutter
3. Dan's Favorite setup
4. Distance to set up
5. Breeding sets
6. When to use a strutter

Calling turkeys

1. Yelps
2. Clucks
3. Cutting
4. Purrs

Tick prevention

Tagging your bird

Setting up a pop up blind

Join us tonight as we talk with adventure kayaker Traci Martin about her long distance kayaking excursions. We discuss the trips around the Great Lakes as well as the next adventure she is taking on up in Alaska!

How did she get involved in extreme kayaking

1. Love for the outdoors started it all
2. 2017 was where it began in Lake Erie
3. 3592 miles!!!!

The start of the trip

1. Her mother's sickness encouraged her to live life to it's fullest
2. One day is now
3. Plan how to maintain a household for a period of time when money isn't coming in
4. Asked for input for logistics
5. Help from Canada as well
6. How to obtain the proper permits
7. Nexus Passport
8. Remote Boarder Crossing Permit

Keeping a journal

1. Journal all of the days of the trips
2. Writing a book

Scariest moment of the trip

1. Huge storm blew in on Georgian Bay
2. 20 miles out and got caught in the storm in the dark
3. Mindset to get through it
4. The spotlight
5. Little Brown Duck Bobbin on the Water

Sea Kayak vs Surf Ski

Self rescuing

Practicing for the trip

1. Learning what to take
2. Paddling on local waters for strength
3. Self rescuing
4. Time in the gym

Health incidents on the water

Food supply for the trips

1. High calorie foods
2. Gluten free for future trips

The Kayak

1. Solar panel for electronics
2. Paddling around big boats and barges

Dealing with the DNR

How do you overcome losing your support crew

1. Her support left abruptly
2. Scrambled to find anyone to help
3. Found a lot of strangers that were willing to help
4. Made a lot of friends along the way

What is on the horizon for trips

1. Kayaking with Freya Hoffmeister
2. Going to start in Wainwright Alaska the top of North America to the Yukon
3. 800 miles starting on July 1st
4. Following the journey

Join us tonight in the Cabin as we talk with Kevin Kinzer of GSL Technology about suppressors. We cover what they do for your firearm and why you might want to get one, along with how to obtain one.

GSL history

1. Started in 1985
2. Jackson Michigan
3. Nasa engineer
4. 25,000 facility
5. Have their own test range
6. They control all of the manufacturing in house
7. 40 different models in production
8. 9 patents

Suppressors

1. Changing between firearms of the same caliber
2. Mounting a suppressor
3. Quick change connectors
4. Hunting with a suppressor
5. 42 states that suppressors are legal in
6. Safety is still always a concern even when using a suppressor
7. Cleaning a suppressor
8. They help to brake the muzzle
9. Make it easier for new shooters to control the firearm
10. Decibel reduction
11. Decibel reduction measurements
12. Subsonic vs supersonic
13. Finishes

How to obtain one

1. Must obtain a Tax stamp from ATF
2. Pass background check
3. Waiting period
4. CPL doesn't speed things up
5. Individual sale vs putting in a trust
6. They can be willed upon your death
7. Can you sell to another individual

Join the guys tonight as they talk about getting ready for turkey hunting with Mark Coleman out of Indiana. They talk about turkey tactics along with other turkey tidbits.

Mark gives us his take on the Indiana Turkey and Deer Expo

1. People he met
2. Companies he worked with
3. African hunts
4. EZ Kut products at the show

Raised Hunting and Raised at Full Draw Fund Raiser and Seminars

1. Learned about blackout in a pop up blind
2. Learned about shooting the shiny spot on a turkey with archery equipment
3. Where is the shiny spot

Talking turkeys

1. Seeing birds on trail camera
2. Timing of hunting seasons with breeding seasons
3. Time of day to hunt
4. Show listener sends in turkey photos
5. Where to start and what locator call to use
6. Danny's first turkey hunt
7. Talking calls and what to use
8. Gobbler call
9. Calling too much
10. Talking decoys, use or not to use
11. What is an ethical shot
12. Patterning your shotgun

Morel mushroom hunting

1. Pop up after a spring rain
2. Freezing mushroom for cooking later

Join the guys this week as they talk with Robie Pruitt of Antler King about food plot planting as well as other deer tidbits!

Robie's passion about food plots and the outdoors.

1. Came from hunting family
2. Deer and turkey
3. Started planting food plots 25 years ago
4. Started talking with farmers
5. Family fun
6. Watching animals work the plots
7. Addictive

How does someone get started

1. Plan on how to get to the food plot without bumping deer
2. Frost seeding
3. Ideal temp is frost nights and melting days
4. Too early allows birds to eat seeds
5. What to frost seed
6. Check your soil pH
7. When to fertilize

When and how to use glyphosphate

1. Wait a week to plant after using

Go to seeds for only one plot

pH kits

1. Can test on site
2. Uses test strip
3. Kit tells you also how much lime and fertilizer amounts you should use.

Screens

1. How to plant
2. Annual
3. Soil types
4. Moisture content
5. 8 ft wide strip 1/4 mile long
6. Different width desnities
7. Using paths for deer

Mixing Brassicas in your clover

Control burning

Planting depths

Setting up a mineral site

More is not always better

Will the war in Ukraine affect the price of seeds this coming fall?

Join the guys tonight as they talk with Scott Bast the owner of EZ Kut about some new habitat tools from EZ Kut along with a new partner of the company. Scott will also give his take on the 2022 ATA show and what he thinks about the future of ATA.

EZ Kut's new partnership with Groupo Sanz

1. Kamikaze Saws
2. Pulmic
3. Opening more markets internationally
4. Allows EZ Kut to go international
5. Brings Groupo Sanz to the US Markets

New Electric Pruners

1. Keeper 280
2. Keeper 295
3. Battery Operated
4. Comes with 2 batteries
5. 18 volt Lithium Batteries

Backpack sprayer

1. 4.5 gallon backpack electric sprayer
2. 18 volt battery lasts about 4 hours
3. Also have a 1 gallon hand operated sprayer
4. Comes with 3 nozzle tips

New Lubricant Slik-It

1. Plant based lubricant
2. Keeps all tools lubricated
3. Works on all types of materials
4. Non-toxic
5. Virtually no smell
6. Different uses

Scott's Thoughts on the 2022 ATA show and where it needs to go from here

Tonight the guys talk with Carrie Zylka of Hunt Fish Travel Podcast about her trip to the Shot Show in Las Vegas this year. We also get the scoop on her recent three state ice fishing adventure.

Talking shot show

1. The mood and feeling at this year's Shot Show
2. Exhibitors mood
3. The layout of the show
4. The crowd and vendor attendance
5. Interaction with vendors
6. How did the vendors treat the media
7. Mantis Technology
8. How manufactures treated women at the show
9. Women in the outdoors
10. Gun Maker that was paralyzed and took his situation to make a difference in an industry he loves

Ice fishing with Carry Z

1. Three state tour
2. Started to go to north Dakota but it was a bust
3. Headed to South Dakota
4. Fishing in No Man's land
5. On 30 inches of ice
6. Catching fish
7. Headed to Minnesota
8. Intersection on the middle of a lake?
9. 30 below
10. Blizzard shut down the fishing
11. Nature wins again
12. Ice fishing with friends in Wisconsin
13. Recapping Sturgeon spearing in Wisconsin

Fishing in Ireland is on the list for this summer

Join us in the Cabin tonight s we talk with Bobby Vargas of PSE Archery about PSE's newest hunting bows. We also talk about arrow flight and fletching along with a few other archery topics.

Bobby talks about his 25 years with PSE

1. PSE's evolution
2. What he's seen in 25 years
3. The evolution of the archers themselves

The new Evolve XF model

1. Comes in 33" ATA and 30" ATA
2. Integrated machine mount for QAD rests
3. Machined mount for quivers
4. Wider limb pockets
5. New E2 and S2 cams
6. New cable bar system
7. Strings

PSE Levitate

1. One piece carbon riser
2. Wider limb pocket
3. New E2 and S2 cams
4. Machined mount for back bar
5. Fixed cable guard

Supply Chain

Talking Crossbows

Talking arrows

1. Spine consitancy
2. Wood arrows
3. Carbon arrow through back of hand
4. After effects of the injury
5. How it happened
6. How to properly check an arrow for damage
7. 6 fletch arrow
8. Explaining helical on fletchings
9. Talking fletchings
10. Back bar stabilizer
11. Added front weight
12. Dynamic Brace Height and Launch Time

Bobby Vargas gives us his farewell from PSE