I finally got around to purchasing a scope and rings for my Ruger M/77 .17 HMR coyote rifle recently. I finished mounting the scope and rings, then I headed to the range today to tear some paper! I was pretty anxious to get out and try this rifle since I hadn’t fired a shot [...]
Go to Sighting In The Ruger M/77 .17 HMR I recently ran across an article about a deer hunter threatening other hunters on state land. As it turned out he eventually threatened the wrong one! It was an undercover CO that was on the receiving end of the life threatening tirade!
All it takes is one idiot like this to give all hunters [...]
The Up North Journal crew is pleased to annouce that episode 4 of Beyond the Wild is now available for your viewing enjoyment by going to I-Tunes and searching Beyond the Wild or by viewing directly off of the Up North Journal website. You may also download it from the Up North Journal website to [...]
Go to Episode 4 of Beyond The Wild
Nancy Jo Adams who is one of the newest members of the Up North Journal staff has teamed up with Marti Davis to form Team Artemis for the Whitetail Challenge! Be sure to follow Nancy Jo’s and Marti’s adventure by checking out the daily blog entries to see if they arrowed the big buck! [...]
I spent the opening day of Michigan’s waterfowl season with both of my sons and a few friends out on the water in a local state game area Saturday. It was my youngest son’s first of what he calls “Big Boy Hunts”. He finally gets to go out with the entire crew of men [...]
Go to A Great Hunt With A Bad Ending While getting ready to wash my hunting clothes last week I made a discovery on one of the new energy efficient front loader washing machines. It was something that could have ruined my efforts to make my camo scent free!
We recently purchased a new washer and dryer that is of the front load variety. [...]
Press Release October 3, 2009
Mike Adams, UNJ Founder
About four months ago the Up North Journal crew launched a new website to prepare for the new outdoor show Beyond The Wild. That new web site was the beginning of the transformation that we as the UNJ crew were about to make. Since that time we have [...]
Winchester has come up with a new ammo lineup for the 2009 whitetail season. They have come up with new bonded cartridges that teases the 3000 fps mark and in some instances reach beoyond that mark. Check the press release below for the specs and the links for additional information as well as a video clip [...]
Go to New Winchester Ammo For 2009
66 year old Tom Healy of Rockford Michigan landed a possible world record Brown Trout this last Wednesday morning on the Manistee River in Manistee County Michigan. The new state record and possible world record fish weighed in at 41 pounds and 7 ounces measuring 43 and 3/4 inches long! To read the details of [...]
News and Press Releases
PRODUCT WARNING NOTICE: WINCHESTER® 17 HMR AMMUNITION
Winchester Ammunition
8/21/2009PRODUCT WARNING NOTICE
WINCHESTER® 17 HMR AMMUNITION
DO NOT USE WINCHESTER® SUPREME® OR SUPER-X® 17 HMR RIMFIRE AMMUNITION IN SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS. No other calibers of rimfire ammunition are subject to this warning.
Winchester 17 HMR ammunition is manufactured in accordance with standards issued by the Sporting Arms and [...]
PRODUCT SAFETY WARNING
AND RECALL NOTICE
17 HMR AMMUNITION AND MODEL 597® 17 HMR SEMI-AUTOMATIC
DO NOT USE REMINGTON 17 HMR AMMUNITION IN SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARMS.
DO NOT USE THE REMINGTON MODEL 597 17 HMR SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE.
Remington has been notified by its supplier of 17 HMR ammunition that 17 HMR ammunition is not suitable for use in semi-automatic firearms. The [...]