Episode 443, Dealing with CWD in Michigan with Anna Mitterling MUCC's Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator
Release Date: 12/18/2017
Episode 701, Wrapping Up the Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in Escanaba Michigan
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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.
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Episode 700, The Largest Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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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 Vendors attending Returning vendors What they have to offer patrons Food vendors Things for kids Places to stay in the area
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Episode 699, Deer Season Expectations with Mark Coleman from Indiana
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Talking with UNJ Member Mark Coleman tonight about the work put in this year for the upcoming deer season in Indiana. He gives us the good, the bad and the ugly on what he expects for the upcoming season at the farm. Summer prep this year at the farm Food plots Licking branches, ropes, scrapes The rut and small fawns Predators New blind locations Trailcam Tuesday Hunting season expectations Hunting with his brothers
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Episode 698, Up North Journal gets interviewed by Rachel Barnstrom of the Daily Press in Escanaba
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Join us tonight as we get the tables turned on us here at Up North Journal. Daily Press' Rachel Barnstrom interviews the Up North Journal crew to see what makes them tick. We also get to know why a Jersey girl came to Michigan's upper peninsula via London England.
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Episode 697, What is NW Michigan Fish Camp All About, A Look At The New Gill Net Consent Decree In Michigan
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Join us in the Cabin tonight as we talk with NW Michigan Fishing Club's Tim Hossack about what their club is all about and what they do. He also gives us insight into the gill net consent decree in Michigan and it's potential impacts on our fisheries. What is the NW Michigan Fish Camp? Membership Fishing tournaments Projects Kids Veteran fishing trips Cookouts Gill netting consent decree Insight into the treaty and decree What is the new consent decree What are the potential issues with it How will this affect Michigan fisheries What should fisherman expect to deal with
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Episode 696, Michigan Fisheries Biologist Talks To Us About What Makes The U.P. Fishery Tick
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Join us tonight as we talk with John Bauman a MI DNR Fisheries Biologist about how he helps the Michigan fisheries to thrive in a delicate habitat. He also gives us his background that took him into the position he is in now with the Michigan DNR. John's background and early life How he became a fisheries biologist What does he do as a biologist How does the data he gathers play into the future of the Upper Peninsula's fisheries What are the little things he notices that have an affect on how fish thrive How delicate is the fisheries in Michigan
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Episode 695, GT Rod and Reel's Tungsten Jig Heads and Muskie Lures
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Join the guys tonight as they talk with Gregg Gerke of GT Rod and Reel about his tungsten jig heads and muskie lures. Gregg gives them the lowdown on using his tackle and how to use it. Gregg's background in fishing How the company started How the beginning of the internet played into a successful business model How he began making lures and jig heads What does he offer now to anglers Using ice fishing gear in the summer Looking into the future
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Episode 694, Game and Land Management in a South African Hunting Camp
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Tonight we are discussing some of the unique things game managers do in South Africa to maintain and promote healthy game and non game species for the future. What hunters expect going to Africa What they find when they get there How does hunting success begin before the hunter arrives in South Africa How game managers see the animals they manage Where does it all start Key points to management Maintaining the herds Starting a new herd Bringing a new animal into the area Conditioning a stomach How did Covid affect the management process Looking at the habitat side of mangement Taking care of...
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Episode 693, Apps For Big Water Kayaking and Fishing, Walleye Fishing on Saginaw Bay
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Tonight we take you out on the Big Water! We get to find out how you know when weather conditions are good to hit the open water in a kayak along with a trip on Saginaw Bay to do some walleye fishing. Week of kayaking on big water in northwest Michigan Apps for safety on the water Windfinder App Go Paddling App Paddling Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes Paddling Duck Lake Paddling Lake Dubonett Paddling Glen Lake, Little and Big Fischer Lakes Paddling Crystal River Paddling at sunset on Lake Michigan at Empire Bluffs Visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes on the top side of the dunes Danny takes a...
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Episode 692, Talking Soft Water Fishing Lures with Hudd's Lures' Pat Huddleston
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Join us in the Cabin tonight because it's time to get your fish on! We talk soft water lures with Patrick Huddleston from Hudd's Fishing Lures about what to use on the water along with how he got involved in making fishing lures that you can purchase. How Pat got his start in making fishing lures His childhood fishing experience with his dad How his career in the military gave him the opportunity to fish in different places and how it also gave him time to learn to build his own lures Perfecting his lure building What he learned along the way How Hudd's Lures came into being His first lures...
info_outlineAn interview with Anna Mitterling MUCC's Wildlife Cooperative Coordinator discussing CWD in Michigan and how the state is dealing with it.
- 3 years with Michigan United Conservation Club
- Helps private land owners get together and work together to manage their property for deer and also for pheasants.
- Helps landowners with deer impact studies
- Worked for the DNR as a student assistant and did a research project on deer cooperatives
- Works with the DNR and part of her position is funded by the DNR
- Worked in the disease lab when the first positive test came in 2008 in Michigan
- Also owns land in an original CWD zone
- Talks about responses by hunters in the CWD zones
- General hunting public doesn't care about CWD until it affects them
- Make sure your informed and educated on CWD
- Only about 40% of the hunters are complying with the mandatory CWD check in the CWD zone.
- All heads are tested for TB but not CWD, only CWD zone heads are tested for CWD
- Looking at the lymph nodes to see if they are abnormal
- If abnormal they are further tested
- Then if positive, they are sent to Ames, Iowa for the gold standard test to confirm a positive.
- Peak of firearm season they are processing over 1300 heads a day!
- 22,000 heads tested this year so far
- Safety gear for the people doing the testing
- How hard is it to get your deer head tested
- Sharing testing results
- Has CWD been here a long time and just now found or is it new?
- Why worry about CWD since the prevalence is so low now?
- The positives Michigan has had, all but one of the deer looked healthy when taken
- The prions have been documented to last over 20 years
- Impact on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- What is the long term impact?
- Keeping deer densities low is key to keeping CWD in check
- Does QDMA's current goals work at keeping CWD in check
- Reasons for shooting does to help with this problem
- Where does the money come from for testing?
- What is the best thing you can do besides getting your deer head tested?
- Do road kill deer get tested?
- DNR ran out of test kits and had to wait for more since only one place in the world makes them.
- How do you know how many doe to shoot in your area per season?