Up North Journal Podcast

Join the guys this week in the Cabin as they talk about getting back out to Outdoorama for the first time in two years with publicist Bill Parker of Outdoorama and Michigan Outdoor News.

48th annual Outdoorama

1. History of the show
2. Missed last year due to pandemic
3. Exhibits that will be at the show
4. Big Buck Night on Thursday
5. Food at the show
6. Fishing seminars and guests giving seminars
7. Hunting seminars and guest giving seminars
8. Kids activities
9. Boats, kayaks and ATV's
10. Cost of tickets for the show
11. Show days and hours
12. How did Bill get involved with Outdoorama

Michigan Outdoor News

1. Bill is the editor
2. The history of the paper and what they cover
3. How do you find stories
4. Cost of the paper

A story about Bill that almost turned into tragedy

1. A treestand fall
2. The injuries he got from the fall
3. The recovery
4. His first time back out after the fall
5. Being thankful

Tonight the guys talk with Donise Petersen at Raised At Full Draw youth bow camp about their program. She also talks to them about her huge fall archery buck.

Raised At Full Draw

1. Started by the Holder Family in 2014
2. Camps throughout the United States
3. Has a camp in Michigan
4. Fourth Arrow is involved
5. Four day camp
6. Sleeping in a tent
7. Hunter's Education certifications
8. Equipment
9. The costs
10. Curriculum taught
11. Camp dates
12. Disciplines learned
13. Total students allowed at camp
14. Volunteers
15. A typical camp day
16. Returning students
17. Parents attitudes
18. How to volunteer
19. www.raisedatfulldraw.com
20. Food
21. Women's camp
22. How Donise got started in the outdoors and started with Raised At Full Draw
23. On Line auction

Donise's Hunting experience

1. The River Buck
2. Her first buck
3. Her 2020 buck
4. Her 2021 buck

This week the guys talk about the upcoming Total Archery Challenge in Michigan along with how they are staying in shape for the upcoming hunting seasons.

Total Archery Challenge

1. Where the event is going to be held
2. When is sign up
3. Things to consider when going to an event
4. Things we carry in our backpacks and quivers
5. What to expect at the events
6. Target set ups

What are the guys doing to stay in shape for the upcoming seasons

1. How Danny is doing
2. How Mike is doing
3. Changing Gyms
4. Activities to get you oustide
5. Changing up eating habits
6. Working on Balance and stretching as we get older

Outdoor show season is upon us.

Tonight we talk with EZ Kut brand ambassador Mark Coleman about the EZ Kut Lineup.

1. The racheting pruners
2. The straight hand saw
3. The curved hand saw
4. The Wow saw
5. The 15 and 20 foot telescoping pole saws
6. The Kamakazi Force Pruners
7. The Little G racheting loppers
8. The G2 telescoping loppers
9. The Sling pack

How we use these items in the field

The announcement of Mark joining Up North Journal as a staff member

Join us tonight as Bill Friedrich talks about his hunting camp Singing Hills and the book he wrote about it "That Hunting Camp"

How Singing Hills got started

1. 1939 by Bill's Grandpa Louie
2. Camp as a child
3. The early years
4. Early camp rules
5. Bill's 1st opening day
6. Running a camp as a 28 year old
7. Changing the rules
8. How Singing Hills got its name

Why write a book

1. To memorialize the history
2. Pass along the tradition
3. One Piece of advice
4. Explaining what a hunting camp is
5. How it played a huge part in his family life
6. Connecting generations
7. How the book got it's name
8. Cost to write and publish book
9. Photographs
10. Bucks on the wall
11. Where to buy the book "That Hunting Camp"

Tonight we talk with Mike Rudell of Paddling Michigan Lakes and Rivers. We cover the ins and outs of cold weather paddling.

Mike's Beginnings of Kayaking

1. How he got into kayaking
2. His first trip with his own kayak
3. Where he cut his teeth paddling early on
4. His boats
5. Why the different lengths
6. What is a sea kayak

Double bulkhead boats

1. Why is it important to have one
2. How does it help it keep from sinking

Paddles

1. Lighter paddles helps with fatigue
2. Helps to paddle faster
3. The lighter the more expensive

PFD's

1. Most important piece of gear
2. Get one for kayaking
3. Why color is important
4. High visability

Durability of gear

Cold Weather Paddling

1. Cold weather magnifies the dangers
2. Go out with at least two other kayakers
3. Go out iwth extra warm closthes
4. Dry suits
5. Dress for being in the water
6. How weather can affect your paddling
7. How quickly weather can change
8. You need a good skill set for winter paddling
9. Wet exits and re-entry
10. Marine radios
11. Wet suit vs dry suit
12. Layering under a dry suit
13. Non cotton
14. Dry bag of clothes
15. Socks and gloves
16. Head gear
17. Worst paddling experience
18. Spray skirts
19. Dry storage
20. Mylar blankets
21. First aid kit
22. Deck lines
23. Cold water shock
24. How to warm up a cold water victim
25. Hand pump
26. Float plans
27. If Found Stickers
28. Don't rely only on a phone for safety
29. Dehydration
30. Kayak snacks
31. Facebook Group Paddling Michigan Lakes and Rivers
32. Mike's favorite place to paddle
33. Sharing the river with fishermen

Join us in the Cabin as we recap our year in the outdoors with our final show of 2021 with the good and the bad. We also take a few questions from the live stream viewers along with looking ahead to the 2022 outdoor season!

Tonight the guys are talking with Jayson and Natalie Bauer of Island Armory about firearms and suppressors.

How did Island Armory start

1. Natalie's upbringing in firearms
2. How she got Jayson into firearms
3. How Jayson's love for firearms grew into what is now Island Armory
4. What does Island Armory offer
5. What is a boutique firearm shop
6. Do they offer classes
7. Where to purchase

Talking suppressors

1. What is the best way to purchase a suppressor
2. Individual or Trust
3. What are the differences between the two
4. Hybrid cans or individual cans
5. What is the benefit of using a suppressor

Talking customizing AR style firearms

1. What cervices does Island Armory offer for customization
2. What can be done to an AR style firearm
3. Determining what is important for each person

Ammo

1. Storage
2. How long will it stay viable
3. using old ammo

Current state of firearm perception

1. Are things getting better or worse
2. Firearm sales
3. Perception in the public eye
4. Current legislation being presented
5. Women's role in the firearm debate
6. national reciprocity

Join the guys tonight as they talk with Yamaha Pro Fisherman Robert Blosser about his take on the first year of the Head 2 Head Pro Walleye Fishing Series along with His experience sail fishing in Guatemala.

Talking about the first year of the PWS Head 2 Head tournaments

1. How the series format runs
2. What he thought of the series
3. The unique challenges of this style of tournament
4. Most memorable tournament
5. The head to head slugfest with Joe Okada on Mille Lacs
6. What it was like to watch his little brother win the tournament
7. Looking forward to next year
8. What he thinks about the Saginaw Bay stop for next year
9. What Yamaha means for him on the water
10. How using a high end rod changed his fishing

Guatemala Sail Fishing

1. What is sail fishing
2. The set up for sail fishing
3. Catching a sail fish
4. How to reel one in
5. The catch and release
6. The reason for catch and release
7. The cost associated with the trip

Join us as the guys talk about their recent trip up to Michigan's upper peninsula to take in an archery deer hunt.

Mike's perspective on hunting in the U.P. for the first time

1. The lay of the land
2. What did Mike expect?
3. On stand
4. Taking his first U.P. deer
5. Using mechanical broadhead for the first time

Danny went back out to hunt

1. Dancing with a doe
2. Up close and personal
3. Doe two down

Gabby has to wait a day

1. Making a decision on where to hunt
2. Changing up mid set
3. Getting the job done
4. Doe number three on the ground
5. Learning to gut a deer

Deer heart for dinner

1. Preparing the heart
2. Cooking the heart
3. Eating the heart

Last day for Gabby to fill her buck tag

1. laying eyes on a buck
2. Figuring out the shot
3. Taking the shot
4. The wait to find it
5. Remembering to have all your gear with you
6. Dancing with the buck
7. Deer number four down
8. Gutting the buck

The surprise on the way home and across the Mackinaw Bridge