Recent content by Nrharris

I can't wait! Got my 10 year old daughter a youth tag. Very excited to take her hunting for the first time. Been seeing a lot of birds so it should be a fun time.

I always had a theory about the salt as well. I live on a highway and next to my driveway there is usually a puddle of water in the ditch. The bottom of that puddle is always full of deer tracks. They dig in the mud when the water is gone. Gotta be going after salt from the road.

Do you dip the cuttings in a growth hormone or just stick them in the ground?

Found one after a landlord burned a brush pile and it flared up and burned some headlands and waterways up. Standing there watching the fire department put it out and there was a tall shed from a 2 year old laying there. In a place where we mow for hay so coulda cost me a tire repair pretty easy...

You would be shocked how many farmers think we should do away with crp. Many are too stupid to realize if it went away the crop prices would take a nosedive.

Too bad they didn't get charged with theft as well as the trespassing.

Not to mention owning ag land in a different area than you live you get hosed on all of the tax levy votes. A few years ago the school district next to ours wanted a new school. So they had a vote and it passed. Property taxes on farm ground we owned in the district went up a ton, but we were...

If you have big temp and humidity changes it can cause the wire to rust which makes it not feed correctly.

I know exactly what you are talking about. One of our neighbors actually was standing on our property to put up his no trespassing signs. Then a couple months later backed his truck off the bank of our pond. Had to have another neighbor pull him out. Only reason we knew is the tracks in the snow...

East Central Iowa. South of Waterloo, West of Cedar Rapids. We got crushed by ehd the last 2 years. We're doing well before that. Heard from a lot of shotgun groups that said they didn't see many deer so they shot does.

Wish my county would do away with extra antlerless tags and maybe buck only for first shotgun for a year or two to let numbers rebound a bit.

If there is rampant fraud on the tenant portion of LOT licenses, then how about showing proof of schedule F to register and make you update you're registration yearly.

Removing tenants from the LOT is a crock. The tenant on ag ground is the one that is hurt by wildlife damage. I as a tenant would fight that till I'm blue in the face. And it's not about being able to shoot 3 bucks. I haven't shot a deer in 3 years. It's about being able to hunt more seasons to...

I know you said you want a bolt action rifle. If you and your wife have a very different length of pull, I would think pretty hard about an AR. Adjustable stock could make a significant difference for shootability for different sized shooters. Also the gas operating action will help with recoil.

I'm guilty of cutting a section of no longer used cattle fence to entice deer to cross there. Also either closing or opening gates can change their route as well.