
Take Aim Outdoors - Ep-160 ATA Recap
01/19/18 • 29 min
We recap the gear and activities in hustle and bustle of the Archery Trade association ATA 2018.
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We recap the gear and activities in hustle and bustle of the Archery Trade association ATA 2018.
this episode is powered by www.enforcerozone.com
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Up North Journal - Outdoor Channel Videographer Ben LaLonde, 2018 ATA Trip
Mike and Dan talk with Outdoor Channel videographer Ben LaLonde.
- Chased his dream job
- Works for the Outdoor Channel
- News was the stepping stone to bigger things
- Thought about the Travel Channel
- After 12 - 15 applications with no call he was starting to wonder
- One email changed his fortune
- 2 months later he was hired
- First assignment was Hawaii
- In Alaska chasing dangerous game
- Thinking about grizzlies made him a bit nervous
- 150 miles into the Arctic Circle
- Most embarrassing moment
- Bad rain gear leads to hypothermia and dehydration
- Pee color is important
- A good exhaustion
- Looking through the lens
- Working with Dr. James Kroll aka Dr. Deer
- Watching the way nature works is simply incredible
- Everything fades away
- Being behind the lens is different than being behind the trigger
- https://www.facebook.com/ben.lalonde.5
Archery Trade Association show 2018
- 4 hard days
- Attendance was down
- Not as many vendors
- Garmin Xero bow sight was the wow factor of the show
- Dan liked Con Quest Scents doe in heat test kit
- Mike liked the PSE Stealth Carbon riser bow
- Mike also liked the Primos see through blind
- Native Blinds concept
- Fourth Arrow Camera Arms new products
- Wynd Scents new products
- Carbon Express AtlAtl
- Rambo Bikes
- Got our hands on a brand new bow that the public has never seen
- Danny breaks a crossbow
Next Episode

Up North Journal - Live From Cabela's, Wrap Up of ATA After Hour Events, Making Hunter Sticks, Deer Processing Prices, Badlands Film Festival
Live at Cabela's Wildgame Food Weekend
- Sampling wildgame food that was prepared to sample for customers showing them how to use wildgame for the Big Game!
- Food preparation gear giveaway
Wrap up of after hours events at the ATA show in Indianapolis.
- Outtech
- Hudalla
- 3rd annual podcast mashup meet and greet with Hunt Fish Travel, Take Aim and Rut and River Pursuits podcasts
Dan talks about making his Hunter Sticks with his deer this year
- What is mixed with deer meat to make the Hunter Sticks
- The process for making them
- Vacuum sealing the finished product
Cost of processing your deer
- What do you want out of it
- What area of the state are you having it done in
- Is it a fly by night processor or a regular butcher
Making a roast
Badlands Film Festival
- 5th annual festival at the ATA Show
- Long film segment is 7 -10 minutes
- Short film segment is 3 -5 minutes
- Winners were all first time film makers to this event
- Long form winner was a hunt for a Billy Goat in Colorado with a mother who was sick
- Short film was a traditional on the ground bear hunt in Alaska
- The films this year took a different point of view
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