Recent content by Windlooker

Sitting with the “Ute” , reference to My Cousin Vinny and my age , can also lead to who shot the deer. I’m not opening a can here but the Albia buck killed 20 years ago now had those very conversations. I had a talk with a DNR officer who simply said, “ I can’t talk about it”. It’s not that...

I personally can’t stand watching youth hunts. The 5, 6 etc hunts are too young imo. I started at 12 and I think that’s about the proper age. I think it’s more about the environment at home, not how early one starts, that developes the next generation. Take a kid to Universal studios at 5...

I hear you. Mine survived 80 +mph winds this past June. My woods didn’t do as well. It depends on wind direction, breaks, staking system, blind location etc.

If a Redneck is staked using the 3 foot by 1.5 inch stakes and anchored using their cable system how’d it fall over?

I have a couple old shadow hunter blinds. Not bad , not great, they’re ok. Have one hard sided 360, it’s nice, but as 1983 said I had to put it together, ugh. I have two Redneck Buck Palace blinds, they’re awesome. Pricey but awesome.

I’m a nrlo turned RLo. I had a decent job but had to sacrifice a ton to own Iowa land. I lived in my bubble believing most were like me, budgeting to own. Through age, growth, being a part of a business I now realize the money out there. There’s enough people with expendable income that...

I have another where I killed my deer last year. A 9 acre stand of switch separates two bedding areas, one west and one east, with deer moving back and forth all the time, especially the rut. A deep ravine runs north and south on the edge of the east block; with two wooded fingers protruding...

One of my best is a large creek that borders a 40 acre crop field. The field is to the east and nasty bedding to the west. The creek runs north and south along the field with 10 foot banks making crossing difficult. At one spot the bank whittles down at a wooded finger that protrudes into...

It’s the brazen incompetence, lack of flexibility and zero common sense that drives people nuts when dealing with them. They’re robotic, not human.

A buddy of mine said one time, “A f__k up isn’t a f__k up some of the time, he’s a f__k up all the time.” That sums up the federal government. I’ll probably rent mine. I have a ton of cover.

You know what I want the government off my property. I’ve decided. They’re incompetent and untrustworthy. Want em gone. They wanted 4 additional weeds mixed in. I don’t see the wildlife upside. I know the games that are played. I’ve known guys who bought seed, sent in receipts, never...

I hear ya. It was the tone and the superior attitude she conveyed that pissed me off. Not to mention the extortion part. Lol

I’ve had acreage in crp for 20 years and have had “OK” interaction with fsa and nrcs. I made the mistake of renewing my contract last year for another 10 years. With the renewal came more hoops to jump through to stay in compliance. Fast forward to yesterday. Because of the ridiculous...

I get it but NRLOs in that situation are paying what RLOs pay zoned in the same manner.

As I said earlier I’ve been on both sides of the issue. Some nrlo farms do have homes or finished camps on them. I’ve seen darn nice ones. They are paying significant tax. A lot of variables in play here.