Elk Foundation Funding Tops $190K for Michigan Initiative

MISSOULA, Mont. New grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will fund conservation and education projects in eight Michigan counties, and swell total RMEF support for the state?s Pigeon River Habitat Initiative to more than $190,000.

The 2009 RMEF grants will affect Cheboygan, Delta, Montmorency, Muskegon, Oakland, Otsego, Ottawa and Presque Isle counties.

“Our volunteers in Michigan devoted themselves to the 2008 fundraisers that made these grants possible. This is where Elk Foundation banquets, auctions and other events transform into on-the-ground conservation work, and it’s part of the payday for all of our supporters who are passionate about giving something back to the outdoors,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. Read more

Western Great Lakes Gray Wolf Population Goes Back On Endangered List

In a move that is becoming extremely nauseating and utterly ridiculous, void of any science that President Obama promised would return to decisions like this, the government reached an agreement with those groups, including the Humane Society of the United States, who had sued to stop delisting, the gray wolf was returned to government protection. It appears the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service did not exactly follow the legal steps before they could declare a removal from the Endangered Species Act list.

Before a move such as delisting, the USFWS must provide a 60-day public comment period and evidently this was not done. Because of that, the U.S. Government and the HSUS, et. al., reached an agreement that puts the wolves in Minnesota back under a “threatened” status and the rest of the wolves return as endangered. Wolves in Idaho and Montana that have be removed from the list, are not affected. Read more

Up North Journal – Episode 115

Bad News

1. Boat Trailer
2. Buy New or Fix?

Charter Walley Fishing Trip

Kids and Bowfishing

1. Jake’s New Rig
2. Jake’s First Shot

Game Bag

1. New Bowfishing Items
2. How To Set Up Bow
3. Arrow Nocks

Food Plots Planted

Mikey And The Rifle Range

Up North Journal – Episode 114

Wisconsin Bowfishing Trip

1. First Night of Shooting
2. Bank Fishing on Day two
3. Second Night of Shooting

Up North Journal – Episode 113

Up North Journal’s New Website

1. Video Player
2. Audio Player
3. Prostaff Video Bios

Broadhead Test

1. Accuracy
2. Penetration
3. Balistics Gel
4. Weight Tolerance
5. Thickness Tolerance
6. Hooter Shooter

Bowfishing

1. First Time Out With Boat Rigged Up
2. Trip To Wisconsin

Game Bag

1. Fishing
2. Legal Size

Clean Up Day

1. Tim Ford Organized Clean Up Day
2. Lapeer County State Game Area

Ground Hog

1. First Chuck Of The Year
2. Taxidermy

UNJ & Talk Hunting Campout

1. August 7 – 9, Holly Rec Area Campground
2. Camping and Fun

Up North Jouranl – Episode 112

Soil Test Results

1. Whitetail Institute results are in
2. Planting next week

Coming Events

1. Broadhead testing
2. UNJ Clean up day
3. Goose banding event

Bowfishing Platform

1. New shooting platform built in our boat
2. Lighting rail for night shooting
3. New trolling motor
4. New navigation lights

Fishing This Weekend

1. Tested out the new platform on the boat
2. Took kids out for a fishing day

Dead Down

1. New product for fishing “eLive Down Stream”
2. Tried it out for the 1st time this weekend

Up North Journal – Episode 111

Back From Vacation

Turkey Season

1. Final thoughts on this years turkey season
2. Recap of the 08 – 09 hunting seasons

Memorial Day Vacation

1. Fishing
2. Sea Lamprey
3. Coyote

Food Plots

1. Finally started ours
2. Soil Testing
3. Plowing

Game Bag: Taxidermy tip for your turkey beard

Ammo Prices

New Up North Journal Website

1. New UNJ web site
2. Upcoming new video podcast show

Up North Journal Podcast – Episode 110

Buying A Hunting License For My Kids

1. Trying to get a license being sold by an anti hunter!
2. My kids had to see this scene

Turkey Hunting This Week

1. Wednesday
2. Saturday
3. Sunday

Antler Growth Interview w/Mike Schnider

1. Wabash Valley Whitetails
2. Antler growth photos

Mikey’s Game Bag

1. How to get started
2. Mounting a field mouse

Upcoming Events

1. Wisconsin bowfishing trip
2. Broadhead review
3. Crossbow review

Custom Turkey Calls

1. Straight Creek Calls
2. Dusty Varmint Calls

Up North Journal – Episode 109

Crossbow Shooting

1. Testing PSE Sidewinder
2. Testing Excalibur Phoenix

Meeting A Listener From Minnesota

1. John Fleming and Alex
2. Presented us with a couple of gifts.

Mikey’s Game Bag

1. Bowfishing
2. Interview with Jerry Long of Mostly Archery about Bowfishing

UNJ Prostaffer’s Turkey Hunts

1. Jim Stephan’s Hunt
2. Kevin Hutchings Hunt
3. Tim Ford’s Hunt
4. Matt Woodbury’s Hunt

New Turkey Calls

1. Dusty Varmint’s friction pot call
2. Straight Creek’s friction pot call

 

Up North Journal Podcast – Episode 108

First Time Turkey Hunter

1. I guide a first time turkey hunter
2. Shooting a double bearded turkey

Whitetails Institute Interview with Steve Scott

1. Food plot basics
2. How to get started

Mikey’s Game Bag

1. Easy do it yourself turkey fan
2. mounting steps

Crossbows

1. UNJ review
2. PSE Sidewinder
3. Excalibur Phoenix

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