Join us in the Cabin tonight as Danny gives his take on the weekend at the Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in Escanaba Michigan. We talk about the vendors, the patrons, the venue and overall excitement of the show. We also talk a little about Mike's trip to the U.P. along with the upcoming firearm deer season.

Join us tonight in the Cabin as we get the final low down on the largest Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in Michigan's Upper Peninsula! Find out what vendors are going to be there and what the show has to offer outdoorsmen and women.

Talking with the five people from the Daily Press that is putting on the show

1. Vendors attending
2. Returning vendors
3. What they have to offer patrons
4. Food vendors
5. Things for kids
6. Places to stay in the area

Join the guys in the Cabin this week as they catch up with UNJ Fishing's Adam Winn. We hear about his turkey season and how his spring fishing has been going.

Adam's spring turkey season

1. Winter scouting
2. Spring scouting
3. Figuring out where the birds were at
4. Rainy first week
5. Calling in a lone bird

Spring fishing season chasing bass

1. Using the kayak
2. Using some plastics from Southern Indiana Bait Company
3. Showing off a $35 swim bait
4. Getting wet retrieving a hung up $35 bait

Lake Michigan salmon fishing

Looking into some summer fishing

Tonight the guys discuss getting back on the air and what they've been up to since the move into the new Cabin!

1. Why we were off the air for 6 weeks
2. What the new Cabin is like
3. What we've been up to lately
4. Taking questions from live viewers
5. Talking about the new PSE EVO EVL
6. Getting ready to start shooting again before TAC
7. Kayaking and camping this year so far
8. Kayaking on the Boardman River
9. Kayaking at Rifle River Recreation Area
10. How the state of Michigan obtained the land for the Rifle River Rec Area
11. Talking about next week's guest Hunter Bland and his video every boater needs to see!

Tonight we talked with Bobby Vargas about a few of the new 2021 offerings of hunting and target bows from PSE Archery!

How the industry handled not having a 2021 ATA show along with how the pandemic is affecting the the archery world.

Hunting line up

1. PSE EVO EVL 32 & 34
2. PSE Drive NXT
3. PSE Nock On Embark 

Target Lineup

1. PSE Lazer
2. PSE Citation

Answering some misconceptions on how to measure certain features of a compound bow.

Answering a few listener questions

What does 2022 hold for the archery industry

The guys chat with Josh Blosser tonight about being on the Yamaha Pro Fisherman team along with some walleye fishing

1. How he got on the Yamaha team
2. The family committment
3. How important it is to have the family behind him
4. The work that goes into being on the circuit

All Things Yamaha

1. The motor Josh is running
2. Why he runs a Yamaha
3. Yamaha PowerPay
4. How important it is to have a Yamaha when making a do or die run to win a tournament
5. What he tells people when they ask why should I buy a Yamaha

Questions from listeners of the live show

The hunting side of Josh

1. The one arm buck
2. DYI caribou trip to Alaska
3. The Twin Bucks
4. Our four questions for Josh

It's almost turkey time so we sit down with Tim Sias of Limb Walker Game Calls tonight.

1. Talking about what calls to use for the right conditions
2. What Limb Walker has to offer
3. Different surfaces
4. Different types of wood used
5. Tips and tricks for new hunters
6. How to condition a call
7. How to play a wet surface call
8. Talking why Tim doesn't like to use decoys
9. What is the Purr Plate
10. The UNJ crew talks about what it means to produce 600 podcasts

The guys tonight got their grill on with David Bouska of Wyld Seasoning! 

How David got his start in the seasoning business

1. Former butcher
2. Raised own animals
3. How butchering led to the seasoning and grilling business
4. Competition BBQ champion
5. Wyld Seasoning
6. His line of rubs and seasonings
7. What rubs to use with which meats

How to make sure your meat gets from the field to the table 

1. Common mistakes when field dressing
2. How to properly age your deer
3. Smoking meat properly
4. Properly seasoning meats
5. The future of grilling

Getting to know David with our typical questions

David turns the table on us and asks us his questions

The guys talk with Drake's Guiding Service's Jennifer Drake about some of her hunts this past elk season in northern Michigan. 

Early season hunts

1. Early season success
2. Food sources
3. Problems with early hunt
4. Types of hunts

Late season hunts

1. Taking one of the Up North Journal friends out on a hunt
2. What to expect in the late season
3. How to prepare
4. Have a plan B
5. Making sure you have everything planned out

Talking about the predator season and rabbit season hunts

Mike talks about the coyote he shot this previous week

Talking with Jennifer and getting to know her with our usual questions. Be sure to listen to her most memorable hunt! 

The guys talk with Joe Okada Yamaha's own Pro Fisherman about his start in fishing and his tournament fishing.

How Joe got his start in fishing

1. His family influence as a kid
2. The love of fishing
3. A little help along the way
4. Getting into tournament fishing
5. The tourament circuit

Talking Yamaha motors

1. Yamaha Power Pay Program
2. New looks on some of the Yamaha outboards
3. His new boat build is being postponed due to bad weather
4. Spring tuneup on the motor
5. Reliability on long hauls
6. Fuel mileage
7. How the hull design can dictate the motor you choose
8. Factory support

Questions from live show viewers

Head to Head H2H Tournament for 2021

1. Bracket tournament
2. 32 boats
3. Last 8 with most weight go head to head elimination style 
4. Go in to water blind 

Getting to know Joe with our series of questions

The guys talk with Paul and Amy Schweitzer of JPO Game Calls about their lineup of calls along with their newest innovation, the turret style shooting bench.

Their line up of calls

1. How they got their start
2. Attention to details
3. Tolerances of fit and finish

The Omni Series of Calls

1. How he came up with the idea
2. How they work together
3. Build your own
4. The pricing structure

The Goose Flute

The Utility Duck Calls

The shooting bench

1. How he got the idea
2. The first prototype
3. 2nd generation
4. What he learned from the first one
5. How it's used
6. Features

Getting to know Paul and Amy with our usual question segment

Even though it's winter, you still need to start thinking about planting those spring food plots. We talk with Packer Maxx's Lincoln Rohn about growing a successful food plot for the critters this year.

1. The success of Packer Maxx
2. How it can help your food plot
3. Starting with a soil sample
4. Ways to use the Packer Maxx

Lincoln takes us on his Illinois deer hunt from last year. 

1. His miss on a nice buck
2. The refrigerator that showed up
3. His success on a great 12 point

Lincoln discusses the different models of Packer Maxx and where you can get one!

What makes Lincoln tick?

Talking with Jim Stephan from Wyoming about the things to think about for mid-westerners heading to Wyoming for hunting.

Moving from Michigan to Wyoming

1. Culture shock
2. Different style of hunting
3. Biggest changes

What to expect when hunting the western states when coming from the mid-west.

1. Elevation
2. Training for elevation
3. What to choose for gear 
4. Why you make the choices for the types of gear chosen
5. Boots
6. Socks
7. Backpacks
8. Optics
9. Clothing

Why a Jet Boil Stove is so important

Join the guys in the Cabin tonight as they talk with Danny/s fiance' Denise about going to Africa for the first time. While there she gets the itch to learn to shoot a rifle and then go after her first animal! She puts in 5 days of hunting to chase down an Impala.

Going through the procedure to obtain a passport

Putting boots on the ground in Africa for the first time

Watching Danny hunt and learning the ropes

Getting the itch to try hunting for herself

Learning how to shoot a rifle for the first time

Learning how to hunt and chasing impalas

Putting in five days of hunting

Finally making it come all together

The feelings going on when she sees the animal on the ground for the first time

Will she hunt again?

Overall experience

The guys jump start the podcast again for 2021 and get you caught up on what the pandemic has done to them along with a wolf study on Isle Royal in Lake Superior. It is a 2021 Reboot and getting the show back on the rails again!

On this episode we catch up with Dan DeFauw and listen in to how his firearm deer season went here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

This week the guys talk with Randy Stoppenhagen of Better The Hunt about his mitts that can keep you comfortable in the field to stay hunting longer.

1. The Bow Mitt
2. The Crossbow Mitt
3. The Shotgun Mitt
4. The Rifle Mitt
5. The Universal Mitt

This week the guys discuss the issues concerning hunting all day long and all day sits in the field.

1. https://bowhunting360.com/2020/10/29/bowhunt-all-day-to-maximize-your-time/
2. Why you should try it
3. What to take
4. Ways to keep from getting bored

ATA show going virtual

1. What impact this will have on the industry
2. What impact this will have on small companies
3. What is the future of the ATA and future shows

Wolves getting delisted

1. The delisting of the Eastern Grey Wolf
2. What impact will this have on Michigan's Upper Peninsula
3. Sound science management
4. What the locals think

The guys catch up after a week off from the show.

1. Danny recaps his trip last week to Michigan's Upper Peninsula bow hunting at his cabin.
2. Mike talks about what has kept him out of the woods so far this year.
3. Looking forward to 2021

Tonight the guys talk with Bill Reich from Lumenok about the lighted nocks they have to offer.

1. What a lighted nock has to offer
2. The basic use of a lighted nock
3. Colors available
4. How Lumenok is supporting St. Jude's cancer research
5. How to properly install a Lumenock
6. Proper fit
7. Turning off the Lumenok
8. Run time on the battery
9. Using on a crossbow bolt
10. Proper sizing
11. Weight of Lumenok
12. The Lumenok story
13. Waterproof
14. Answering our Famous Four Questions

Join the guys this week as they discuss their two year journey of getting into shape and loosing weight. They talk about how this leads to being an ethical hunter.

Talking about the 2 year journey

1. Accountability
2. The workouts
3. Set attainable realistic goals
4. Lifestyle choice
5. Encouraging others

How does being healthy carry into hunting ethics

1. Being healthy enough to take a steady shot on game
2. Being healthy enough to get close enough to take an ethical shot
3. Being healthy enough to pack out all of your game
4. Being healthy enough to not put yourself into a rescue situation that puts others at risk

Introducing our newest member of the UNJ team Tammy Delk!

1. She will be handling our marketing and social media
2. Brings a fishing and hunting background to team UNJ
3. She gets to answer the four questions we ask all of our guests

Tonight the guys are talking with Brian Anderson of G5 Outdoors about their new offerings of broadheads this year! 

Brian talks about his elk hunt in Idaho

1. A friend took a nice bull
2. Brian didn't get to launch an arrow
3. Using the Striker four blade

The Striker X

1. Four blade design
2. 33% more cut
3. Produces a bigger hole

The Montec M3

1. Tried and true 
2. #1 fixed blade sold
3. One piece steel
4. Thicker blade
5. 60 degree blade angle
6. Went to a solid design
7. Stronger and sharper
8. Made it quieter
9. Effective range

The Dead Meat

1. How to fix the rattle and what causes it
2. Simple way to stop the rattle

The Mega Meat

1. 3 Blade
2. 2 inch cut
3. Just started shipping
4. Tough

The BMP

1. Ballistics Matched Point
2. Matched for the broadhead design you purchase
3. 100% steel
4. Safe to use on all targets
5. Flies like the broadhead

Keeping your broadheads tight on the arrow

Torkee broadhead wrench

Blue Glue for fletching arrows

Fixed Blade vs Mechanical Blade pluses and minuses

Crossbow broadheads, which ones to use

Brian's accident, talking safety that everyone needs to listen too!

1. Accident nearly cost him his life
2. Broadhead into his leg
3. Lost 2 1/2 quarts of blood
4. Tips for safety and hunting plans

Our four quick questions for Brian

The guys talk with Spencer Deutz a Yamaha Pro Walleye Fisherman out of North Dakota

How he became a pro fisherman

1. How he got his start in fishing
2. The beginning of his career
3. Working the circuit

Talking about the Yamaha Outboard Motors 

1. The dependability of Yamaha
2. How gas mileage plays into tournament action
3. Maintenance of the motor 
4. What prop to use
5. Winter storage

Helping out the youth and fisherman of tomorrow

1. How he helps the youth movement out
2. Why he does it
3. How to get involved and help out

The guys ask him their four personal questions.

This week the guys recap their Labor Day weekends getting ready for the upcoming hunting seasons

Talking TAC shoot and this weekend's 3'D shoots

Tips for shooting long distance and getting your mental game ready for hunting season.

The guys talk about a great walleye fish fry they were invited to this weekend!

Join the guys in the Cabin as they check in with the owners of Blade's Bait and Tackle in Michigan's upper peninsula. This will be their first year of being open all year long. We will find out what they have to offer for the great outdoors for the summer season.

How did Blade and Lacy get their start in the outdoors

What led them to starting one of the upper peninsula's largest bait and tackle stores

What types of gear do they have

How did they decide to go to being open during the soft water season

What services will they offer this summer

What does the future hold for expansion

Looking forward to the U.P. Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in November

Tonight the guys talk with Buck Baits about their 2020 product line up along with some breaking news coming out about the ATA approved deer urine scents and attractants.

The guys talk with Tim Sias of Limb Walker Game Calls about fall turkey hunting. The ins and outs of bagging that fall turkey for Thanksgiving.

Second half of the show we talk with Mike Swartzentruber of Hunter's Blend Coffee about what's new over at Hunter's Blend along with some things in the works for all of us outdoorsmen! He also talks about their new adventure with the Rut Calendar that you can subscribe to on their website. Mike also gives us a few tips at setting up mock scrapes along with licking branches and how he uses them.

This week the guys talk with Yamaha Pro Fisherman Brandon Palanuik.

1. Pre fishing Lake St. Clair
2. What he's looking for while pre fishing
3. His comeback win on Lake Champlain
4. Why he likes Yamaha motors so much
5. How Covid has affected the tournament scene
6. What to expect at this week's Bass Master's Elite Series at Lake St. Clair

Tonight the guys talk about how they are preparing for the upcoming deer season.

This week the guys talk with Michael Bleau who lives near Mike and Danny who found a really old elk skull in his lake!

1. How he found the elk skull
2. Only one loop around the antlers held it
3. Covered in muck
4. Everyone in the neighborhood went nuts
5. In about 30 to 40 feet of water
6. Fully intact except for lower jaw
7. Local archaeologist took a look at it
8. How did it get there
9. What did it score
10. Cranbrook Institute took it to preserve it and Carbon Date it
11. Elk went extinct in this area in the mid to late 1800's
12. What is the age of the lake and how did that contribute to preserving the lake

The Carbon Dating Process

1. The process of finding someone to carbon date the skull
2. Cranbrook Research Institute reached out to Michael
3. Had to preserve the skull first
4. Used a small piece of the skull to carbon date it
5. Can they use the teeth to give an age estimate of the animal?
6. 2 1/2 weeks to get carbon date results back
7. The preserving process
8. When will it be on display for the public to see?
9. What's still down there?

How old is it?

1. The Great Fire in Michigan and how that affected the forests
2. How that time frame correlates to the elk
3. No other bones found due to currents and water species feeding on it
4. 220 years old +/- 30 years
5. 1770-1830
6. An Eastern Elk species
7. Oliver Hazzard Perry's hunting adventures in this exact area in nearly the same time frame of the 1840's

Have you had any interest in selling the skull?

1. Several people interested in purchasing it
2. Might sell it or auction it at a later time
3. 7x6 skull
4. When you can see it

The guys talk with Carrie Zylka the Hostess of BowCast 2.0 the relaunch of the BowCast podcast!

1. We have to work out a technical gremlin
2. Original BowCast was the New School Archery podcast
3. Carrie's craving for bowhunting information
4. All she wanted was a t-shirt
5. The old BowCast's archery knowledge
6. Where we use to get our archery knowledge from
7. Why a podcast instead of a vidcast

How many people do you think the original Bowcast affected in the archery world?

1. Can't even put a number on it
2. Forums were phenomenal
3. How they got us to step out of our comfort zone
4. Taking long shots back in the day

How did Bowcast 2.0 come about

1. The original BowCast changed leadership a few times
2. She tried to buy it several times
3. She finally purchased it from Tim Endsley
4. Keeping the same format as before
5. Why 2.0
6. Been well received
7. Preserving what the original members have done with the show
8. Original show was Western Hunting heavy and compound bow heavy
9. Will have episodes for traditional shooters on the 2.0 BowCast

How women have to deal with the archery scene

How BowCast at the Bird became the Total Archery Challenge

1. BowCast at the Bird was the first extreme archery event
2. Originally they wanted a traveling circuit just like today
3. The sold the rights to what is now TAC
4. Bowfest shoot in Wisconsin
5. www.bowcast.net

Reusing some of the older episodes

Will Bowcast have the forums back again?

What's on the first four episodes?

What's coming up in the future?

The Mystical Flight of the Arrow

The Process

Looking forward to the Wisconsin deer hunting season

We talk with Brett King who is one of Yamaha's Pro Fisherman about the walleye tournament and walleye fishing.

How Covid has affected the tournament scene

1. Just getting started
2. 3 months behind

How Brett got interested in fishing and how he landed on the pro circuit

1. Just got interested in fishing as a kid
2. Lake Minnetonka
3. Fishing as a kid with friends on a trip to a resort
4. Fishing at his grandparents
5. Any ice fishing

How Brett got involved with Yamaha Motors

1. Joined in 2017
2. Working with engineers on a study for new products
3. Yamaha 300 Offshore
4. Reliability
5. Fuel economy

Winning the 2018 Angler of the Year award!

1. What does Angler of the Year mean for you
2. How he let one slip away
3. Consistency

Favorite method of fishing

Why Walleye and not some other fish

How the water is changing

What advice would you give to an up and comer

The Personal Side of Brett King

The guys talk with Dan and Nevin Burns of Nevin's Hunting Friends about how they got started helping special needs children get out to enjoy the outdoors.

How they got started

How the organization works

How you can help

Mike and Danny unwrap their new PSE gear for the 2020 season.

The guys talk with Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation Ellary TuckerWilliams about their new initiative of Responsible Recreation.

With the closure of public lands and waters with Covid going on, the CSF has lobbied the states and developed a new initiative to make sure we recreate responsibly so lands and waters stay open.

1. #ResponsibleRecreation hashtag
2. Cleaning up your trash before you leave
3. Sharing your outdoor photos
4. Plan ahead and avoid over crowding
5. Educating youngsters
6. Take the pledge
7. Catch of the Day

More people are using the outdoors during the virus time than ever before

1. More fishing licenses being sold
2. Fishing gear is in short supply
3. More people outside means more money coming in to conservation funding
4. Important to educate new users while outside

The Great American Outdoors Act

1. Funding for backlog of projects
2. Use for public lands and public agencies to promote access

The Recovering America's Wildlife Act

1. Funds are for state agencies
2. Help states to be more effective in the outdoors

www.congressionalsportsmen.org

Danny gives a recap on how things are looking at his hunting property since his visit this past week

We are talking with Derek Vaughn of SunRy's Archery, Mid Michigan's newest PSE Dealer about getting your bow ready for the upcoming hunting season.

1. Danny is dialing in from the Upper Peninsula
2. SunRy's is the newest PSE Archery Dealer in Mid Michigan
3. Boot section
4. Store selection for the high end archers as well
5. Things that are driving the high end market
6. Long distance shooting
7. Total Archery Challenge
8. Business is busy this time of year due to Covid backup
9. Time frame for getting your bow tuned for season
10. Talking strings
11. Time frame for setting up a new bow
12. Ready to shoot packages vs picking out your own accessories
13. Derek's bow wrenching background
14. The progression from bait store archery shops to pro shops
15. Customer service
16. Time for a tick check!
17. www.sunrysarchery.com
18. Derek talking shooting archery
19. Most common mistakes hunters make when checking their bows
20. SunRy's sponsored 3D shoot and Land O Lakes
21. Stretching out your shooting distance
22. Derek's first hunt
23. The personal side of Derek
24. Quarantine has improved his grilling skills 

Join the guys in the Cabin tonight as Danny gives us an inside look at his first time to Africa to hunt animals of a lifetime. Danny takes us through the list of game he was able to take along with what he thought about the overall experience.

Getting the gear together for the trip

The air flight to Africa

Getting to the outfitter's camp 

A look at the lodging facilities

They lay of the land for hunting and getting prepped for the first day of hunting

First day hunt and two animals down

A hunt that didn't go as expected and a lesson learned

The redemption hunt

The end of a Kudu hunt

Talking about what gets done with the animals after they are taken

The food from the field

Takeaways from the hunt and lessons learned

The guys are talking with Yamaha Marine Division about the 2020 iCast show and the Right Waters Initiative 

iCast 2020 show

1. With Covid the show will be virtual
2. Brings saltwater and freshwater people together
3. How will this change the trend with the show being virtual
4. People feel that something is missing from a virtual show
5. The positive side of doing the show virtually
6. Moving add dollars and how that will affect the smaller operations
7. How Covid has affected the industry negatively and positively
8. How will the virtual show affect the live drops of new gear

Right Waters Initiative

1. Promotes access to waters and fisheries
2. Cleaning water, Scientific Research, Habitat Restoration and Fight against Aquatic Invasive Species
3. Cleaning shorelines
4. What is going on with the Asian Carp focus 
5. Educating the lawmakers
6. How aquatic problems affect areas economically
7. Plastics issue in all bodies of water
8. The Trash Interceptor
9. Balloons

The personal side of Brad and John

Talking with Bobby Vargas of PSE Archery about some of the 2020 archery lineup.

Talking 2021 ATA show preps

Carbon Stealth Mach 1

1. First company to produce a carbon bow back in 1996
2. Carbon manufacturing brought in house last summer 
3. Grip has been slimmed down for 2020
4. Limbs laid back more this year
5. 3.3 Pounds
6. Offering 80lb limbs this year
7. Talking weight reduction needs
8. Single monocoque design
9. Factory control process
10. The ECS cam system

The EVO NXT series bows

1. 31, 33, 35 versions
2. Limbs laid back more this year
3. Color fusion finish
4. Lower secondary stabilizer mount
5. Live Wire bow strings

The Warhammer crossbow

1. New release at the 2020 ATA show
2. Ultra compact crossbow
3. 405 fps
4. Produced at the PSE Factory
5. Red or green lighted scope
6. Light crisp trigger
7. Crossbow slings

PSE Bowfishing set ups

1. Kingfisher
2. Mudd Dawg
3. Discovery
4. D3
5. The fun of bowfishing

www.psearchery.com

Talking arrows and arrow building

1. Mechanical vs fixed
2. Vanes
3. Spine

The guys are discussing the great products from EZ Kut tonight with co-owner Jerry Milos.

1. How Jerry and EZ Kut fared the Covid crisis
2. Shows getting canceled
3. Challenge of getting product shipped
4. Internet specials and live streams
5. Talking about the Sling-Pack
6. Uses for the Ratcheting Pruners
7. How long did it take from concept to production for the Sling-Pack
8. Getting the low down on the new Lil' G mini lopper
9. The cost of the pruning products
10. Talking about the two pole saws
11. Saving time with EZ Kut gear
12. How to win a fully loaded Sling-Pak from EZ Kut
13. www.ezkutproducts.com
14. Hunting plans for Jerry this year

The guys talk with Yamaha Pro Fisherman Robert Blosser about catching those big walleyes!

How Robert Got his start in the tournament circuit

1. Started as a youngster in an outdoor family
2. Grew the passion for walleye in teen years
3. Gave advice to pro fisherman
4. Started in the local tournaments
5. 2007 fishing nationals
6. 2008 2nd in national championship
7. Rose up the ladder after 2008

How he prepares to fish tournaments

1. Prepared by practicing what he needed to after a bad tournament
2. Go to way to fish walleye
3. Attention to detail setting up trolling set up
4. Paying attention to current
5. Adapting to changing weather

What gets you on the water

1. Skeeter WX2200 Boat is his boat of choice https://www.skeeterboats.com/
2. Powered with a Yamaha 300 Offshore
3. Not about speed but more about control on the big water
4. 9.9 Yamaha kicker motor for fishing and trolling
5. Easy maintenance on motor
6. Digital throttle 
7. Setting up the extras
8. www.yamaha-motor.com
9. Selecting the right prop
10. Picking the correct motor for your boat
11. Problems with under powering your boat
12. Yamaha Power Pay Program

How do you approach a new body of water

1. Start with the internet
2. Call local fishery biologist
3. Pay attention to the time of year for what they are doing
4. What type of body of water is it

Catching fish on Gummy Worms!

Best river fishing strategy

Walleye almost always feed up, due to the position of their eyes

How to fish the fish fly hatch

The hunting side of Robert

1. Doesn't like ice fishing so he hunts when it gets cold
2. Loves deer hunting and hunting out west
3. Loves to do long range shooting
4. 1000 yards plus!
5. Comparing long range shooting to casting at a fish
6. Judging wind

Favorite camp meal

Go to snack on the water or in the field

What's on the radio while traveling

Favorite outdoor memory to tell others

How do we get kids more involved in the outdoors

Future Anglers Foundation

The guys talk about their turkey hunts this year with the good the bad and the ugly.

Ken Scicluna talks about his opening day hunt this spring.

1. Morning gobbling
2. Changing the blind mid hunt
3. Run and grab the ghillie suit
4. Army crawl
5. The Tom!

Mike and Danny's four day hunt

1. Jakes in the morning
2. Danny cooks for Mike
3. The long hunt north
4. No birds talking at all
5. A hen who doesn't like the decoy
6. A little bit of bear scat
7. We loose Danny
8. A little bear talk
9. Wrap up of the four day hunt.

We talk with Randy Stoppenhagen of Better The Hunt about his cold weather hunting gear for the weapons we use in the field.

The story of how Randy went from Michigan to Idaho

The background on how he started hunting at age 30

1. Two cousins in Michigan started him hunting
2. Hunts the U.P. of Michigan
3. What drives him to hunt
4. Hunting Idaho
5. The use of optics while hunting

How Better The Hunt got started

1. He had to find a way to keep his hands warm on a cold deer hunt
2. Bow Mitt made out of a hand warmer muff
3. The current Bow Mitt
4. How it works and functionality
5. Works on recurves and longbows

The Multi Mitt

1. The multiple use mitt for your release hand
2. How it works and the versatility of it

The Shotgun Mitt

The Rifle Mitt

The Crossbow Mitt

Getting to know Randy

1. Favorite wildgame meal
2. What's on the radio while on the road
3. What is his go to snack while on the road or in the field
4. Favorite outdoor memory
5. His military service

Talking with Marcel Veenstra of Marcel's Guide Service about fishing small mouth bass on Lake St. Clair here in Michigan.

1. Dealing with Covid and how it has affected his booking fishing trips
2. Had a few cancelations
3. Has a team of five guides

How he got started in Michigan

1. Moved to Michigan from east coast in 2004
2. Married his co-angler then moved to Michigan
3. Fished Bassmaster Elite Series and FLW 
4. Started guiding after another pro suggested it
5. What brought him to Michigan and how he met his wife

What to expect on his guidedtrips

1. What you need to bring
2. What is provided
3. How long are the trips
4. Types of fishing
5. Educating the patrons

College and High School Fishing teams

1. Adrian College
2. Educating kids
3. The internet has changed things
4. Why is Adrian College's team so good

Fishing Lake St. Clair in the spring

1. Where do you start
2. Fish with the crowds or go off on your own
3. Key is knowing the sweet spots
4. 6 to 10 feet of water
5. After the spawn
6. Find their food
7. Feeding differences between Small and Large Mouth Bass
8. Types of baits to use
9. Finding locations that hold fish
10. What electronics are most important
11. Finding trophy fish

Technology is getting too good

1. It is starting to become more technique instead of finding fish due to technology
2. Is technology too good?
3. You still have to trigger the bite
4. Does old school work on educated fish
5. Getting away from the crowd

www.marcelsguideservice.com

810-923-5035, Marcel's Guide Service

Biggest mistake fisherman make on Lake St. Clair

1. Put in close to where you're going to fish
2. Learn to understand the fish

Proper way to hold a fish when taking a photo

1. Don't keep out of the water for extended periods of time
2. Support the fish 
3. Don't live well a bunch of fish to take a photo at the end of the day

What questions should you ask when looking to book a trip with a guide

Talking with Bill Lowen of the Bassmasters Elite Series

How he is dealing with the current Covid crisis

1. Tournament fishing season is on hold until at least next month
2. Doing a little turkey hunting with the family

How he got into tournament fishing

1. His dad was a tournament fisherman
2. His dad introduced him to the outdoors
3. He took over as he got older and as his dad finished up his tournament fishing
4. Always had a dream of fishing the Bassmasters Classic
5. Staying humble
6. Being on the circuit is the hardest job he's ever had
7. Loves the challenge of fishing the Ohio River
8. What it was like fishing the 50th Anniversary of the Bassmaster's Classic

Talking Yamaha Marine

1. Uses Yamaha on tournament boat and waterfowl boat as well
2. Has used Yamaha for years 
3. He has never had a motor failure in 18 years using Yamaha
4. Reliability
5. How do you choose a motor size for your boat
6. Ease of maintenance
7. Winterizing your boat

Mossy Oak Fishing Team

1. Mossy Oak Elements
2. Drake waterfowl
3. Sun protective clothing
4. Passing the tradition of the outdoors down to others

Yamaha Marine motors

Power Pay program from yamaha

What do you look at first before hitting the water

Fitting your style of fishing instead of fitting the style of the lake 

1. Puts you in your comfort zone
2. You know what to do for your style of fishing

Electronics on the boat

1. What would happen if you went back to old school
2. How electronics help you on the water now

What colors and lures are working now

Go to bait for a new fisherman

His instructional fishing school

What is allowed for pre-fishing before a tournament

Waterfowl hunting vs fishing

1. Gives him time to reboot after fishing season
2. Prefers water fowling on the water vs field hunting
3. Diver hunting on the Great Lakes
4. Weather on the big water

A few questions on the personal side

1. Nickname
2. Favorite quote
3. Favorite snack
4. Biggest fish caught
5. Favorite fish recipe
6. What's on your radio
7. An outdoor memory that stands out

Talking all things good with seasonings and Rebel Six Rubs.

1. What to use on your turkey after you shoot one
2. Danny's dish for the show
3. Use rubs for veggies also
4. Mike's dish for the show
5. Coastal Fish Rub for Blackening Seasoning
6. Great Lakes rub good on any lake fish
7. Use a variety of rubs on one meal. Something different on each entree
8. Talking spicy rubs
9. How to apply rubs
10. Boiling in vacuum sealed bag
11. Cooking on cedar planks
12. Breakfast egg sandwich
13. Eating healthier
14. Two Belly Chili recipe
15. Mild Bird Rub tastes like Christmas
16. Hot and sweet go together
17. New rub possibly by the end of the summer
18. Strangest food they've used to put Rebel Six Rubs on
19. Foods tried but didn't work out with the rubs
20. www.rebelsixrubs.com

The guys are in the cabin talking with Ed Gramza of BaseMap. He is the Director of Business Developement. They run down the outdoor App and talk about all the uses and features of this powerful App!

1. Check in with Ed on how Covid is treating Wisconsin
2. Multiple mapping layers 
3. 14 different base maps
4. Detail is incredible on the zoom in 
5. Hunt zone boundries
6. Law enforcement is now using this type of information to enforce game laws
7. Using it to find your way out of wildnerness
8. PC internet version
9. Prescouting on the PC
10. Few dead spots
11. Transfer from PC to your phone app
12. Downloading maps for offline use in App

Fishing uses

1. Shows contour lines
2. Access points and Put in points 
3. Looking to add more fishing data
4. Stream data

Weather Data

1. Basic weather data
2. More information coming on the weather data
3. Interfaces with waypoints

$29.99 a year for all 50 states. Includes quarterly updates

Info that is available on the landowner layer

Safety features to help you in a time of need

Gear Drop

1. How Gear Drop works
2. Hidden location
3. Free to play
4. How Gear Drop came about
5. Helps you become more interactive with the tools of BaseMap
6. Some of the prizes
7. How you win and prizes
8. The hints

The App only covers the United States but you can use basic satellite imagery in other countries

Mark you truck or camp so you don't get lost! 

Differences that sets BaseMap apart from the competition

Featurs coming for this hunting season

How to use for food plots

How to use for timbering your property

Other uses

The Outdoor Journal section of the App

Sharing with other users

www.basemap.com

Accuracy of the App

The personal hunting side of Ed Gramza

Join the guys tonight as they talk with Dave Wilkins and his daughter Morgan about Danny fulfilling his bucket list dream hunt! Yes Danny is going to Africa after years of dreaming about it. Listen in to see what Danny had to go through to get ready for his trip and how he is feeling just a week away from flying out!

How this hunt all came about

Danny's dream hunt

What he had to do to get ready

What is he going to hunt

What is Danny expecting

Mike and Dan talk about what is going on in Michigan with tall the current Covid travel bans in place.

1. Cutting grass and trying to get gas when we can due to travel restrictions
2. No motorized water vehicles allowed to be used on Michigan waters
3. No gardening or outdoor items to be sold in Michigan
4. Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine
5. Small business is getting crushed
6. Overreach
7. Supporting local business
8. Lansing protest
9. Boat ramps being blocked by DNR
10. How does travel bans affect turkey sesaon
11. How will opening the economy affect the upcoming seasons
12. Gun stores shut down
13. Issues with traveling north
14. People turning others in 
15. Other states facing similar issues
16. Get outside to clear your mind

Looking ahead to the 2020 deer season

1. Food plot implements for side by sides
2. Michigan Habitat and Deer Gear
3. How is Michigan Trout Season going to play out
4. Archery sight and pin set ups
5. Effective range 
6. Practicing long distance shooting
7. Coyote gestation time
8. Coyote den useage
9.  

Talking with Lincoln Rohn of Packer Maxx about spring food plots and purchasing hunting land tonight.

Spring Food Plots and Packer Maxx

1. Talking a little bit about the Covid Crisis
2. People we know who are health care workers
3. #HuntThroughIt
4. #ArcheryIsImmune
5. Packer Maxx products
6. Still shipping products
7. Getting out in the woods is good mental relief right now
8. Frost seeding
9. The planting process
10. Prescribed fire before planting
11. Why you should use a Packer Maxx
12. The 3 models of Packer Maxx
13. New add on feature for the Packer Maxx
14. Neighborhood Covid Howl
15. Multiple uses of the Packer Maxx

Purchasing hunting properties with Lincoln 

1. Lincoln now has his real estate license
2. Working with Stoney Creek selling hunting and recreation properties
3. What other hunting property owners are doing with habitat
4. Habitat increasing the value of your land
5. After Covid crisis is over will people be looking for more remote land to purchase
6. How the crisis is affecting the sale of land
7. Most over looked thing when looking at hunting property
8. Leasing the tillable land
9. Generating money off of the land

What is going on with Let'em Go Let'em Grow?

CWD testing and Humic Acid

All three of the guys are in the newly remodeled Cabin!

Ken has been out fishing during the Covid Crisis and it taking advantage of the great weather and hitting the water.

1. Caught a few small mouth bass
2. Hoping to get out on the hunting lease

Getting the rods ready for the season

1. Always good to check the gear before heading out for the first time
2. Inventory tackle
3. Ordering tackle

Things to check for the first trip on the water

1. Check the engine, trolling motor and batteries
2. Boat and trailer checklist

Type of line to use on Large Mouth Bass

1. Best to use
2. Situational
3. Small Mouth more sensitive to type of line
4. Water clarity

How weather plays in to fish feeding and activity

How to fish the Pre-spawn 

1. Water Temps
2. Action speed
3. Patterns
4. When bass spawn and the conditions surrounding it

Danny's outdoor activities this week

1. Running the Lumberjack 5K Virtual run
2. Found a running partner
3. Porta Potties closed in State Parks
4. Saw first turkey near the park

Getting by with the stay at home order during the Covid Crisis

Mike's activities to keep him in shape during the crisis

1. Lifting weights in the basement gym
2. Walking a mile at work during lunch
3. Running the Lumberjack 5K virtual run

Michigan DNR promoting getting outside to exercise during the crisis but the Governor is saying the opposite. 

1. Should we travel up north
2. Is it safe
3. What are some of the consequences
4. How does the extending of stay at home affect the fall hunting seasons