Up North Journal Staff Writer Chip Hailstone from Noorvik Alaksa was out on a hunt with his wife and she took this tremendous Grizzly which happens to be her first one! It green scored at 24 7/16″ and the hide was 10′ 4 1/2″ squared! You can read his story on his blog page along with the rest of his wild Alaskan adventures! Just …click on the Blog link on his bio page at: http://www.upnorthjournal.com/UNJ_Chip_Hailstone_Bio_Page.htm Be sure to check out his May 11th entry and watch the video of his wife shooting this big bruin!

Be sure to stop by the Up North Journal web page and check out another exciting episode of Beyond The Wild.  In episode 10 the UNJ crew heads to northern Michigan for the trout season opener so the boys can show Mike and Mikey what trout boot camp is all about!  Mike and Mikey get their very first taste of hitting the beautiful trout streams of northern Michigan on opening day of trout season to see if they could run with the big dogs.  This months show covers camp life and then what it is like to hike into the back country and wade some of Michigan’s finest streams to hunt down some elusive brown trout!  The last segment of the show is pure fish harvesting, it is as good as it gets folks so stop by the website and check it out at:  www.upnorthjournal.com and click on the video player on the front page.

On this week’s show we talk with none other than Jimmy Big Time himself to see what he’s been up to.  It is a look into the character Jimmy Big Time as well as an interview with the man, the myth, the legend himself.  Be sure to check out Episode 163 of the Up North Journal Podcast at:  www.upnorthjournal.com

Press Release:

For Immediate Release

May 16, 2010

     The Up North Journal Team is pleased to announce a one on two interview with Ralph and Vicki Cianciarulo from Archers Choice.  We had the opportunity to have a sit down with the both of them about how they got started in the industry along with how they manage time with the family while doing what they do!  We also get a few crazy questions in to give some insight into their personal sides.  Be sure to stop in and see what they’ve got to say about their newest Moose Hunting DVD and what they’ve got coming up in the near future!  Stop by our website at:  www.upnorthjournal.com and click on the audio player to take a listen 

On this week’s show, I take you out into the field on a Turkey Hunt with me.  We have a great interview with Wildlife Deer Biologist Dr. Grant Wood of GrowDeer.tv about how to maximize your hunting on small plots of land and how a public land hunter can maximize his hunting potential, something for everyone!  Mikey covers the Game Bag this week with a little bowfishing and finally I take a stand on the new Montana state law that outlaws trail cams!  Just visit our website at:  www.upnorthjournal.com and click on the audio player to listen to this week’s show.  Don’t miss next week when we interview Ralph and Vicki Cianciarulo of Archer’s Choice!

     I just received an article from one of our Up North Journal Pro Staffers about trail cameras being illegal in the state of Montana!  I was sure this was a joke, but after reading the story I was blown away with the fact that this is 100% true!

     According to the Field & Stream blog article by Scott Bestul Montana’s Dept. of Fish and Wildlife has decided that trail cams or game cams as they are often called are subject to the following:

“It is illegal for a person to possess or use in the field any electronic or camera device who’s purpose is to scout the location of game animals or relay the information on a game animal’s location or movement during any Commission adopted hunting season.”

     What bothers me even more is the chatter that this has created on F&S’s comments below the article.  Once again we see an elitist faction criticizing anyone for using a camera.  If you don’t want to use one that is fine, but don’t slam someone for choosing to do so.  If it is legal then I have no problem with it.  What I do have a problem with is the groups of so called hunters attacking each other!  This serves no good what so ever.  Once again something as simple as a camera is coming between us and dividing us!  Instead of banding together for the common good we find it necessary to tear each other apart!  When is this bull going to stop?  Our outdoor heritage is slipping away right through our fingers and we are the ones to blame!  There is no one else to point the finger at!

     Back to the law at hand, how can the state tell someone on their own land that they cannot use a camera to catch a trespasser, keep an eye on predators that might be killing their livestock, tell biologists that they cannot use them to do studies, see if a deer you took a shot at and couldn’t find is still around the area, watching the progression of growth on a deer’s antlers, or simply taking photos to enjoy them, etc…..?  This stupid law has more far reaching ramifications that I feel no one has even given any consideration to see what ill affects this might have on good law abiding outdoors men!

   For more information on this law, NRAhuntersrights.org has their take on it as well!

Join us on this episode of Beyond The Wild for an awesome trip to New Zealand where Up North Journal Pro Staffer Jay Miller hunts for a majestic Red Stag!  We also will give you a glimpse into the Michigan Trout Opener where some of the Up North Journal Team heads north to what is refered to as Trout Boot Camp!  It is an episode your sure to enjoy, so head over to our website www.upnorthjournal.com and click on the video player on the front page to watch this exciting episode!

For Immediate Release:                                                

April 27^th, 2010

     Be sure to tune into next week’s Up North Journal Podcast Episode 158 starting May 3^rd, 2010 for an exclusive interview with Chris Brackett of Brackett Outdoors and formerly of Arrow Affliction.  The Up North Journal Team turned fellow UNJ Pro Staffer Chico Lopez loose for the one on one with Chris.  Be sure to catch the inside scoop on Chris’ new show for the upcoming season as well as what it takes to make it in the outdoor industry!  Chico asks him everything from his beginnings in hunting to the quirky questions everyone wants to know!  Be sure to stop over to the website and check out the 45 minute interview with Chris Brackett starting Monday May 3^rd, 2010 at www.upnorthjournal.com.

Contact:

Mike Adams

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The Up North Journal Team has announced that Episode 7 of Beyond The Wild is now available for viewing at: www.upnorthjournal.com or by simply going to iTunes and subscribing to Beyond The Wild.  In this episode you will see the 2010 ATA coverage from the UNJ team along with seven interviews with industry leaders that attended the ATA show in Columbus Ohio this past January.  They also take you out on the frozen waters of Houghton Lake Michigan for a little ice fishing excursion.  Last of all team member and UNJ Pro Staffer Jim Stephan gets you up to date with what he has been up to since leaving Michigan and heading to Wyoming to live.  Take time to check out the latest show and then tell a friend about the show!

We finally made plans to hit the woods with the AR for a little coyote hunt this past weekend. I got with our Pro Staff Member Chico Lopez to see if he wanted to ride along and spend a day in the woods chasing the devil dogs. I picked him up around 1:30am and headed north, after a 2 and a half hour drive we arrived at our northern Michigan destination around 4am! After a little sleep we got our gear ready and hit the woods. As we were getting ready to take to the field, I noticed a beautiful bald eagle flying over a clearing next to the lake. I thought to myself, this is a good sign of things to come, or so we thought!  Read More