Up North Journal Podcast

Join the guys as they talk with predator hunter Chris Kreiner about his night hunting coyotes and also a night hog hunt.

The basics of night hunting coyotes

1. The set up
2. The gear
3. Calling

Nebraska coyote hunt

1. Difference in western and eastern hunting
2. Landscape
3. Difference in coyotes
4. Calling techiniques
5. The hide

Texas hog hunt

1. night hunting hogs
2. Finding them
3. Stalking the hogs

Night photography

The new show, Night Shooter

Join us tonight as we talk with Yamaha Pro Fisherman Brett King about his take on the 2021 Head 2 Head series this year.

Fishing the final event, the Championship Event

1. The weather
2. Fishing against Joe Okada
3. Hard hard the bite was
4. The "Side Bet" with Joe Okada

Evaluating the Head 2 Head series'

1. How the people around the events treated the anglers
2. How well the events were run
3. The production value and work that went into televising the events
4. How well the officials handled themselves
5. Favorite fishing tactic during the event
6. Favorite venue

Tips on putting your boat away for the winter

Join the guys tonight as they chat with Cade Tropila the Director of Partnerships with PSE Archery about some of the new 2021 hunting and target bows.

Who is Cade Tropila and how did he get his start with PSE

1. Early years in California
2. How he got into the archery world
3. First job at PSE Archery
4. How he migrated into the position he is in today

Newest offerings from PSE for hunting

1. The new EVO EVL 32 and 34
2. What features they have
3. What sets them apart from the rest
4. Tunability
5. How Cade has his 34 set up
6. The newest Carbon offering from PSE
7. Carbon Stealth
8. Features of the Stealth

Newest Target bows

1. Supra RTX 40
2. Affordable entry level target bows

Partnership with John Dudley

The hunting side of Cade

1. Hunting with his dog for birds in Arizona
2. His Utah velvet buck
3. His Arizona Buck
4. His Texas Hog Hunt
5. Our usual 4 questions for new guests on the show

Tonight the guys chat with Yamaha Pro Fisherman about the lead up to the Head 2 Head Walleye Championship in Lake Chautauqua in New York.

1. How the overall season went
2. How Joe saw his season
3. What people think about the Head 2 Head tournament style
4. What does he expect from Lake Chautauqua
5. How he is preparing for the championship

Looking back at the season

1. How the Detroit river tournament set him up for success for the season
2. How did he use a heartbreaking loss to his friend Josh Blosser to prepare for the rest of the season
3. What it meant to the sport to see a female win a tournament this year
4. How did he use the Nebraska tournament to prepare for the unexpected

The format of the championship and how he is going to play it

Looking ahead to next season

Talking bow hunting elk in Idaho tonight with Randy Stoppenhagen of Better the Hunt and C3 Mitts.

September bow hunt in the mountains

1. September dry spell affecting the hunt
2. His set up
3. What he is seeing
4. How he calls this time of the year
5. How he differs his calling later in the season
6. How bulls are going silent this time of the year
7. How they become vocal later in the season
8. Lead cows are harder to fool than a bull
9. How fire has affected his hunting
10. Adapting to weather changes and fire
11. Getting in shape for the altitude and mountains
12. Knowing your limits when it comes to shooting an animal deep in the mountains
13. Limits to packing out animals

Talking about the C3 Mitts

1. The bow mitt
2. The rifle mitt
3. The shotgun mitt
4. The crossbow mitt
5. The universal mitt

Tonight we are talking with Paul and Amy of JPO Game Calls about their deer grunt and goose calls. We also talk to Paul about his Colorado horseback elk hunt.

Goose Calls

1. The short reed call
2. The hybrid call
3. The goose flute

Deer Grunt Call

1. The single hand adjustable deer grunt call
2. How to use it with one hand
3. Short reed deer grunt in/out call

Colorado Horseback Elk Hunt

1. September bow hunt
2. Rode into mountains on horseback
3. Dealing with wildfire smoke
4. Dealing with hunting public land
5. Things to think about when using a horse to hunt
6. Dealing with predators and poisonous critters

Talking with Derek Vaughn of Sunrise Archery tonight about getting set up for the upcoming season along with how scout and where to hunt deer.

Preseason tune up and set up.

1. Shops are getting busy
2. Running out of time
3. Last week to get bow in before it's too late
4. Getting parts
5. Other archery accessories are hard to come by at times
6. Slider sight set ups
7. Waxing strings

Pre season scouting

1. What he is seeing now
2. Michigan properties
3. Using cameras
4. Where he sets cameras
5. How he uses photos
6. Cameras causing pressure on deer

Leasing hunting land

1. How he got started with leasing land
2. Leasing in Michigan
3. Costs
4. Leasing in other states
5. Base Camp hunting lease web sight
6. Do's and Don'ts with leasing

Talking with target archery Dan Jasa about building arrows

1. Nocks
2. Fletching
3. Spine
4. Points and Broadheads
5. Front of Center

Danny's 3D shoot last weekend

Getting ready for Archery Season

Talking with Yamaha Pro Fisherman Josh Blosser about his Head 2 Head win in event 3 in Minnesota.

Josh recaps the week leading into the final day

1. Talks about Joe Okada killing it with three killer days
2. How Lake Mille Lacs fishes
3. How he knows where to find fish
4. His strategy
5. The slump zone
6. Knowing when to go to his go to spot
7. Staying with his program style of fishing
8. Going through the gauntlet of fishing giants
9. Going Head 2 Head with Joe Okada on the final day

Taking us through the final day against Joe Okada

1. Joe Okada putting weight on the scales early
2. Joe's 20 pound lead going into the final hours
3. Josh's strategy never changing and sticking with his style of fishing
4. Knowing when to go to the slump zone yet once again
5. Where he found the fish to win
6. What it was like when his brother showed up the last 15 minutes
7. What it meant to him to have his brother there

What motivates him to keep pressing on fishing

What bait he used to win the event and how it is rigged

What Head 2 Head means to him

Looking ahead to next year in Head 2 Head

Join the guys as they talk with two very young business entrepreneurs who have started their own soft plastic bait company as teenagers.

1. Who are Zion and Xavier Dunaway?
2. How they got the idea about making baits
3. Family support
4. School support
5. Winning a national business competition
6. Prize money
7. Where do they make the baits
8. How do they come up with ideas for new baits
9. Working with your brother
10. How the school fishing team plays into the buisness
11. Business plan for 5 years and 10 years
12. How does college fit into the business
13. Who is the better fisherman
14. How do they go about testing the baits
15. What sets their baits apart from the competition
16. Who uses their baits
17. What do corporate businessmen think when they first meet them
18. What other outdoor activities do they like to do
19. What is their favorite fish to target