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I’ve got TONS of them at my place (stones throw from MN). Hundreds and hundreds. Spread like crazy too. I had a buyer take a few very large walnut a few years ago and he bought several of the real large cherry- they were big though- and he didn’t look at anything even decent sized.

We have done both pheasant and quail- best thing to do is raise them with hen chickens so they at least get some sort of instincts. Otherwise- dumbest birds ever and all dead pretty quick.

Same in this area- but again- it’s great soil.

Well and as you always say Skip, right here is the problem. We dont know, but if they "take" 3000 statewide tags away from "every NR"- they should go to LOT tags? But then again, the argument will be, well those 3000 are only on their land, lets get those 3000 back into the pool, and suddenly we...

Dumb question- still against this- but if they do use 3000 tags for this- they won’t be LOT tags right? Statewide instead?! Which is more of a can of worms?!

I’ve been denied by a landowner AND the DNR- a week later the landowner was bragging about his 160” buck

They just did the neighbors and took like 100ish out of his- he didn’t get squat. I’ve got 15 that are HUGE, great quality…. They said wasn’t worth their time ‍♂️ I made more off of 6 walnuts (and I needed them gone- so win win)

the rules were what they were when they bought here right? If you don’t think it will change things- I need your kool aid. Living next to non resident landowners already who don’t live here, and living a stones throw from MN- I will be the first to say guys with a lot more money (remember other...

She’s from my neck of the woods- trust me- we aren’t all idiots up here

The problem is, here, the north country of Iowa, all of the groups got tired of "fighting" with each other. So now there is a group who hunts 1st season, 2nd season, AND they party hunt late muzzy. They kill deer during late muzzy, then they are "coyote" hunting. Its gotten ugly that everyone...

I lost all my pictures that I had- but years ago at the neighbors, there were antlers literally on their deck from where the bucks had been bedded (cement pad behind the house). In the barn because the door was open, next to the abandoned vehicles. They were in their 80s so I was always doing...

No BS traps is doing a trapping “training” in KS this year- you should reach out to him Skip- get him to your KS farm and let him teach you the way to get em all!

My opinion- which is it’s such a slippery slope. I’d love if the neighbor didn’t hunt 40 yards from my kids swingset- but there he is… it’s where the deer funnel. If he hits one and it goes into my piece, we’re not home a lot- so I hope he would track it and get it out so I didn’t have a...

In high school I helped a farmer and all of the land they leased was owners from Chicago- they buy a lot of ground in my area currently at very high prices where none of us younger guys can stand a chance unless we can catch the people right before it hits a market. But the flip side- these same...