So we decided to expand our media presence and are trying out hand at making podcasts. The main point we are going to try to do with this podcast is update in ways twitter, the blog, and YouTube can't, but also talk about outdoor related stuff including opinions, hunting and fishing reports, and news. I guess kind of like talk radio for us. We are hoping to get some involvement from you guys so we can basically have a forum involving the outdoors. It's worth a shot and hopefully it works out. So without further bs here is our first podcast.
I don't know yet if we are going to try to place it on iTunes it seems that would get more people listening to us, but I'm going to wait until someone thinks this podcast is worthwhile. I hope you enjoyed it.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
2013 Grand Forks Men's Show
Last weekend I went to the Grand Forks Men's show. I had fun as I always do when I go. The show was filled with basically everything outdoors related. That included campers, live whitetail deer, docks, boats, hunting dogs, and 4 wheelers just to name a few. Of course they had Patty's favorite thing, free beer tasting from Hugo's. Apparently Mike's Hard is coming out with an orange soda flavored drink that tastes so much like orange soda they should put it in 2 liter bottles. Anyway onto the outdoor stuff. A lot of the things they had at the Men's show I have seen before in the ATV and docks department. Nothing to exciting to talk about there. The boats they had at the show were all big expensive Walleye boats that you really couldn't put in a shallow landing or have fun with in a small lake. The had Bennington Pontoons which are basically the Lincoln of pontoons. They are ridic and have things like sea legs, crazy sound systems, and crazy lighting.
There are 3 things I found interesting at the Men's show. The first one was the SnoBear. I've seen these on T.V., but never in real live. I know they are ridic expensive for only the richest of the outdoors-people, but it was really neat to look at. If you don't know what that is, basically it is a snowmobile/ice shack. You drive your giant snowmobile out to your spot on the ice, hit a button, it lowers itself, and is ready for ice fishing. The distributor who had it there didn't really feel like talking to me much more about it, and it is probably because I don't look like someone who could afford it.
The second thing I found interested and liked was the combo toy hauler/ice shack/camper they had on display. I have a blurry picture of it below that doesn't do it justice. It seemed like the perfect thing for my friends and I even though we can't afford it. It would kill 3 birds with one stone for us. It's got flip down bunk beds, a toilet, holes for ice fishing out of, and a extremely tiny kitchen. These things are amazing, I just wish they weren't priced around actual campers. It's like a bare bones mobile man cave/deer camp.
The third thing I found more interesting than anything is the "sport utility bike" from The Grand Forks Ski and Bike Shop. I've seen this bike everywhere in town, but not with these accessories on it. Somehow they put a fly fishing rod holder on it and a holder for your bow. I don't know how easily that would be to take into the wilderness except maybe in North Dakota where trees and hills are few and far between, but it still seems impractical to me. If anyone has used a setup like this or sees how this could be useful please feel free to comment on this post. In conclusion even though there weren't to many things there that were exciting or that I hadn't seen before, I still had fun at the Men's Show and appreciate it every year. Below are some pictures I took of the event.
There are 3 things I found interesting at the Men's show. The first one was the SnoBear. I've seen these on T.V., but never in real live. I know they are ridic expensive for only the richest of the outdoors-people, but it was really neat to look at. If you don't know what that is, basically it is a snowmobile/ice shack. You drive your giant snowmobile out to your spot on the ice, hit a button, it lowers itself, and is ready for ice fishing. The distributor who had it there didn't really feel like talking to me much more about it, and it is probably because I don't look like someone who could afford it.
The second thing I found interested and liked was the combo toy hauler/ice shack/camper they had on display. I have a blurry picture of it below that doesn't do it justice. It seemed like the perfect thing for my friends and I even though we can't afford it. It would kill 3 birds with one stone for us. It's got flip down bunk beds, a toilet, holes for ice fishing out of, and a extremely tiny kitchen. These things are amazing, I just wish they weren't priced around actual campers. It's like a bare bones mobile man cave/deer camp.
The third thing I found more interesting than anything is the "sport utility bike" from The Grand Forks Ski and Bike Shop. I've seen this bike everywhere in town, but not with these accessories on it. Somehow they put a fly fishing rod holder on it and a holder for your bow. I don't know how easily that would be to take into the wilderness except maybe in North Dakota where trees and hills are few and far between, but it still seems impractical to me. If anyone has used a setup like this or sees how this could be useful please feel free to comment on this post. In conclusion even though there weren't to many things there that were exciting or that I hadn't seen before, I still had fun at the Men's Show and appreciate it every year. Below are some pictures I took of the event.
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| The SnoBear |
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| The camper/ice shack/toy hauler sorry it's blurry |
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| Shot of everything |
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| A wheeled deer stand that raises up once you get to the spot. Probably something that would only work in North dakota |
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| The confusing "Sport Utility Bike" |
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Finally the 2012 Wisconsin Deer Season Video
Finally I got the deer season video up. I apologize for the crazy amount of time it took, but you see as Quad Survival we had an emergency that put everything on the back burner. Our member Jimmy, got in a horrible car accident and was severely injured. I encourage everyone to hope and pray for him as he continues his long road ahead and pray he has a full recovery. With that said this video has a lot more fun than serious in it. I hope everyone gets a slight kick out of it at least. This video shows the deer George got while he and I were literally messing around in the woods just for fun. That goes to show you all you have to do is be out there. You can't get any deer talking about hunting just go into the woods and quit talking. In this video it shows cookin with Jim where Jimmy cooks up that exact deer you see George harvesting the day before. I got a little bit silly and tried to cut myself some venison bacon from the deer and it did not turn out well at all. It tasted horrible, but as the cheap person I am I still ate it and learned not to do that again. Here is the video I hope you enjoy.
Also look out for our next video coming which is ice fishing just like last year, but with less stuff cuz well I didn't get much ice fishing in due to visiting Jimmy.
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