Up North Journal - Episode 72

Burnt Duck for Dinner

Saturday

1. 3-D archery Shoot
2. Bass Pro Event

Sunday

1. Bow shopping again
2. Youth bow review, Parker Buckshot

Game Bag

1. New flies for fishing
2. Fly fishing success

September Events

1. Woods and Water Event
2. Sportsman’s Classic

Two Meetings Planned in Upper Peninsula to Form Citizens Advisory Councils

Contact: Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
Agency: Natural Resources

April 21, 2008

Two regional public meetings are planned in May to bring together conservation organizations and interested citizens with the Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Commission to work together on Upper Peninsula natural resources issues.

The first meeting will be for the Western UP Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Northern Michigan University’s Don H. Bottum University Center in the Charcoal Room. The facility is located at 1401 Presque Isle Ave. in Marquette. Read the story »

Calling The Wild Turkey……..When And How Often??

By: Scott Ellis

2005,2006,2007 Florida State Turkey Calling Champion

2004, 2007 Florida State Gobbling Champion

Quaker Boy Game Calls Pro Staff

One of the most asked questions about hunting the wild turkey is “when do I call and how often?” I feel that there is an art to calling turkeys. It’s all based on feeling him out and knowing what he wants to hear. How do you know this? Well I think it will come to you the more you work gobblers in different scenarios. Right off the roost, mid morning with hens, with out hens, public land bird, private land bird. In my opinion, whether calling a hot to trot two year old or a four year old hard hunted public bird, it’s a matter of getting his attention and keeping his interest just enough to get him to investigate. If you over call him, he will stand his ground and wait for this hot hen to meet him for their rendezvous. If you under call him, he will move off to the next hot item. Read the story »

Wisconsin Considering A Wolf Hunting Season

The Wisconsin Conservation Congress seems to be testing the waters a bit by seeking input from residents on the prospects of offering a wolf hunt, partly in efforts to slow down the growth of the animal and keep human encounters and livestock damages to a minimum. Nothing being proposed is binding.

Last year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the wolf fully recovered in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan and removed the wolf there from the list of endangered animals. None of the states currently offer wolf hunts and they still protect them through state mandates. Read the story »