“We’re not mocking, we’re not making fun” of the Yooper/deer camp culture, he said. In the play, Albert talks about “those brie-eating, white-wine-swilling people in the Lower Peninsula, ...

In upstate New York, hunting deer is a reasonably popular fall pastime, although the number of hunters has fallen in the past few decades. But in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, among the ...

The reason is Da Yoopers, a five-member novelty band from Ishpeming whose ”Second Week of Deer Camp” and ”Rusty Chevrolet” have been nationwide hits since they were recorded four years ago.