Recent content by Trapshooter1

Now that does seem reasonable if the house is any good. If the house is good and doesn't need 100% gutting and start over that was a bargain.

You guys can have it all we re up to 12-13 inches since April 1st. Corns starting to look water stressed, tinting yellow on wet ground, and turning yellow between 40 foot tile lines. We need a dry couple weeks, and sunshine. Starting to be a little concerned about the nitrogen availability even...

You looked at a farm listing and or farm auction results tillable, timber etc. And said wow that doesn't seem terrible? I haven't come across one in a long time. Maybe I'm to conservative. The last one I seen I bought and that was 4 years ago.

No Product pimp here. idc how much money. I'd never be a peddler. I was a Peddler for a company for 7-8 years when I graduated school. When I hunt I want to be left alone, I'm sure the Red Checkered Flannel insulated coat I wear in the late Season wouldn't be approved by any of the companies...

They still move because people come out of the cities, with check books that don't need ROI. For their "dream" farm. Which is good for them if they can afford it. And it's good for landowners to, because they can ask ridiculous prices, not good for the fella trying to get started.

The thread below got me thinking about how every single persons path to land ownership is going to be different I'll start with my story and see if others want to share there's. My goal was to buy land and farm on my own.(Not necessarily hunting related land) Just out of school I started in a...

Everything skip listed is accurate, about working hard, sacrificing saving etc. The problem today is, Getting a standard job say of 50k in Iowa, the cost of living is stupid high currently, add that to current real estate prices and it's becoming very hard for the average person to save enough...

We planted 25 swamp white oaks. And 25 Black Walnuts in a predominant Silver maple river bottom.(I tried to be picky about where we planted the black walnuts higher ground) We logged 175-200 silver maples this winter. Also planted about 100+ Red Ossier Dog woods and various dogwood clippings. I...

I'll use my Dad's words, "He who has the gold makes the rules" In this case your Dad owns the land so let him do as he pleases. There will be a time in your life when you look back and would give anything to go on another hunt with your Dad. My Dad is the complete opposite if it doesn't put the...

Skip buying a couple pieces in the 6s in the current market I don't see much wrong with that. If it's 60/40 or 75/25 Tillable/Rec. There a return there. Even better if there's Timber value. It's the 6-10k for just trees. That just leaves me scratching my head. For that kind of money it better...

I try to keep in touch with land prices in my general area, I'd say within 1 County in any direction of where I live and some of the land prices I see are just puzzling. Example there's a tract that's square 1 county over and there is no cleared area just all river bottom. And people are...

Sounds like their a great natural browse food source. Getting them started is the issue. Definitely going to have to tube or cage. I was thinking with 50 Red Ossier and Tube them all. How many years before they can survive on their own? 2? From what I've read if ya get them started they really...

I'm going to get my Seedlings ordered for my Replant in my low lying river bottom. I am planning on replanting 50 Swamp White Oaks. 25 in each area that's been cut pretty hard on the farm. And I'm thinking of also including Red Ossier Dogwood. I hear it can grow most places. What are your...

With my logging project done, and the project cleaned up, I've been evaluating my woods and debating if I should try to get rid of these absolute ginormous trees, they are HUGE. They have no log value as most are hollow in the middle. I have a feeling with them still alive there will be big...

I don't think the program should be canned completely, but I think there should be some restrictions on what can be enrolled in the program. I have several neighbors and people I know that put 80+CSR2 farms in the program because they didn't want to deal with people the check just comes. This is...