Recent content by Trapshooter1

I agree with the sentiment of passing the 140-160" bucks. The problem with it is, everyone around me kills them I don't own enough to have sanctuary to hold them and they never leave. "Here" a 160 inch buck is big. Because everyone will massacre it. Its all fine and Dandy to act high and mighty...

"Here" in my county in NEIA. Im on the edge of the bluff country where the real good deer hunting is. Here the cover is mostly river bottoms, and the county Here has been buying as much of it as they can get there hands on. As a direct result of the county buying it up, the public land Here is...

This spring my Dad got an opportunity to buy some land that borders the century farm. You only get 1 chance at that so ya gotta try to get that done. He did and Im happy for him. What have you guys been seeing? High, Low?Id say here in the land of NE Iowa the All tillable tracts have come off...

Sorry about the loss of your friend. Looks like a lot of memories up on that wall. I dig the Bison and the Cat. Black Bear Skin rug is neat as well.

Muskrat24. Yields vary but on the best ground on a good year. Black ground, Tiled every 30-40 foot, with a slight roll. 230-260 Bushel corn is attainable. Soybeans are more variable here. There is a lot of corn on corn grown here. Most of the corn stalks get ripped and or chiseled and soil...

Land rents here in NEIA are pretty strong. Even with commodities not so great. Id say they range from 300-475. And everything in between. 80-90CSR2 land will bring towards the upper end of the range, depending on how much tile it has and who wants it. 300 dollars an acre here is looking cheap.

Strange deal on my 5 acres of CRP. The last contract was 220. Its a filter strip along the river.(I was going to take it out when it expired because I heard that the contract offers were down)(It expired this year)But turns out mine went up for some reason. 300 bucks an acre. I guess for 300 we...

Doesn't make much sense around here. Land rents havent come down even a little and land is still bringing rediculous prices. 160 acres on Thursday brought 17,400/acre. Good farm, 89 CSR, No waterways or terraces.

You could get rid of it all. Straight Walls,(yes I have one) Farthest kill shot Ive ever made was 150 yards) Cell Cams(Actually you can get rid of all cams as far as Im concerned) (I have 4) Go back to Smooth Barreled Shotguns and slugs during the gun season. Eliminate 1 weekend of the...

No offense to people currently enrolled in CRP. But I hope they cut the payments per acre way back. Currently theres a fair amount of land right around here(good Iowa land growing nothing but weeds) and thats a shame. Theres a place for CRP but paying 300+ for prime Iowa land isnt one of them...

Grew up in the orange army. At first not carrying a gun. For years I couldn't sleep the night before gun season. Ya know the best part was? Listening to the old timers talk about "the old days". They used to drive around and just watch, to old to walk or go on stand. But the stories they used to...

As I watch it snow the first real snowfall of the season I can't help but think how another year has come and gone. Nothing has changed, but everything has changed, sometimes I wonder if for the better. My little ones are growing so big in such a short amount of time. Its almost scary how fast...

I was 12 years old I believe, Like any kid I was in "sports" but I can remember running home from football practice and my mother drove up behind me and said your Dad is taking you hunting tonight. I remember falling in love with hunting on those nights with just Dad and I hunting public land...

Hate to say it but havent gotten to hunt much, just 1 time. Its all kinda backwards back in the day(high school) when I had tons of time, and not so great spots, now I have a pretty good farm and no time because of commitments. I plan on hunting the gun season pretty hard as long as the...

Starting to get a few random bucks on trail cammera, that weren't their before, mid day movement. The secondary rut Is inbound. Normally doesnt amount to much, but there will be a few. I hope these wandering bucks decide to stick around.