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Bingo!!! If you ever did this it would have to be: 1 Buck & you can use that with your Bow and u pick your gun season like you do currently.

We usually start or even focus solely on the things we disagree with (human nature on any issue). Let me start…. I agree with 90% of this!!! I love this thinking. I love this analysis. If 25% of hunters thought through things with logic, data & analysis - we would have all hunting Issues...

IOWAQDM…. I agree with a lot of this. Perhaps most of your analysis and even the parts I don’t agree With - well done & shouldn’t be dismissed. A few comments…. 1) guys that are serious hunters, managers, pass young deer, want a balanced age class, want older bucks “own the table” …. I...

I am getting them consistently in traps now. Feel like worked some kinks out & getting better reasonably fast. This was a huge male. Bad muddy picture. Few tweaks…. Got rid of sheep’s wool. Mice kept pulling out. I got those traps so tight & snug in every spot. I chose to use peat most...

Wild to see 3 years worth of pics in this thread with these growing kids! It’s Still good!! I wish I knew how many birds were really there. I try to be conservative on harvest but I also know it’s not as big of deal vs like big game animals & shooting roosters doesn’t hurt a whole lot...

Merry Christmas!! *one picture is the result of what happens when someone gets a .17hmr for Christmas.

Fertilize & lime now. I like doing it now because by the time spring is here - it’ll be broke down & available to the plants. Disc, seed & pack all at one time - a dry day in April. So fertilizing/lime done now- one big thing u don’t need to do later. If equipment is right there- a few...

Fertilize & lime asap. Both are critical. & even the micros like boron, etc. All pretty easy to fix. Alfalfa is one where i personally like to work the dirt a bit. I’ll fertilize & lime anytime now. April when dry I’ll disc, cultipack, seed (I just let it drop out of the small box on...

That is one thing I miss about SE iowa!!!! Those dudes were savages on killing coyotes. Been that way since I remember 25 years ago. I saw a few coyotes but NOTHING like sc iowa. Night & day. Admittedly, I wish we had MORE guys that ran hounds. They just need to wait til deer season is...

On the ice in river….. here’s my tactic as of now…. I am gonna put some foot holds in the river- on some high spots where they anchored well. Did some dirt hole with variety of things in it like bait, urine, lure, etc. Then some flat sets with more lure type stuff. When it gets super cold...

Those local markets “close to town” are so broad and hard to pin down. Could be $10k or it could be $100k. Or who knows?!?! It’s easy for me to go “oh, mixed hunting land in xyz area…. Should be between this range____”. Stuff closer to town …. Need to run a bunch of comps of similar stuff...

I have not talked to a single experienced hunter that thought this year was a great year for deer #’s or good bucks. I have a friend that has a huge farm that is the only place I know that had 2 giants shot. This was after a 3 year drought on shooting a big Buck & even though they got 2 giants...

Yes!!!! Got one!!!!!!

Newbie here!!!!! Still learning. If I was a deer hunter… I’d probably be in the stage of “hey, I got my 2nd buck with a bow & getting them into range often”. I have the basics down of different sets, where to put them, etc. I maybe caught 6 coyotes x 2 years now. Not great. Need to get...

I’ve been the ultimate slacker this season. I’ll be honest…. I didn’t hunt for myself one time this year. I did go “wildlife viewing” on several occasions with my bow…. Was more for coyotes & just to watch deer & learn some new spots. I went out about 50 times with kids, buddies to folks in...

I’d either get them in the ground where u want them. yes, I know it’s hard & cold but it’ll thaw hopefully sometime enough to do it! Or I’d bury the pots. Protect in both cases. Garage is fine- just keep them from: drying out & freezing through pots & getting super cold. I lost some when...

Ahh!!! Ok- yep - that’s a pretty good & affordable additive for sure. I did mix in roasted soybeans - I got a pallet ….. when beans were $9.50… I think I paid $12-14???? But that’s roasted & bagged so not bad at all.

“60% all stock”….. what is that? Any details possible.

I like all of em u guys said and totally agree on diversity. I’d add some pin oak as don’t think that mentioned. Burr oak does pretty well if not super wet. If u wanted to do a handful of “out of the box stuff” …. Pawpaw do well in bottom & shade. Persimmon pry do well. If u added up all...

83!!!! Wow. Awesome!!! Congrats u guys!!