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Another thing that I have shared here previously is that the whole COVID thing, to include PPP, et al, was the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of our nation. You are right, established business owners are generally in a far better position to not only weather a storm ,but to come out...

Correct. ^^ I have shared that same observation here previously, I just don't remember what thread it was in. But I know people personally that received high 6 figures in "found money" via the PPP. (Meanwhile, other business owners, despite receiving PPP money still couldn't make it. The...

Agree Skip! ^^ FWIW, every now and then someone will wistfully tell me that, "It must be nice to own a farm...". I will be the first to agree that it is more challenging nowadays to buy larger pieces of land, BUT...it wasn't easy when I first did it. But for years leading up to that initial...

FWIW...the Brighton area farm that Mike Reed of Midwest Whitetail fame hunts these days was purchased by the previous landowner once upon a time and the CRP payment was enough to make the land payment! THOSE were the good old days fellas. :)

Stuffed teddy bear! Book it!

IMO, like so many things in this life...a few knuckleheads can ruin it for everyone. I personally think that there is room for coyote hunting with dogs and deer hunting in the same vicinity to coexist under some circumstances. It is definitely bad for the deer for dogs to be running around in...

The more I hear about so many other places...the more that I am grateful for our neighbors. It's huge.

I am not an expert on stocking quail and pheasants, but the limited insights I do have would be that it is not very successful...I think for the reasons mentioned above. Quite a few years ago, when I did a lot more pheasant hunting, I reported to the landowner that we flushed some quail while...

I was kind of thinking, "Crap, well it will 3 to 4 years before things are cooking again...", like you indicated. But...we have had some "move ins"...or possibly, "move backs". So we actually have some good prospects on the farm now for next year. Yay!! Now then, what comes and goes over...

Overnight lows under freezing, daytime highs above freezing are in the forecast...do it now. :)

I have seen "scattered skeletons" too many times, presumably from coyotes. But with exception of the buck highlighted above, all other "heads" have been present and accounted for and were clearly does. It just seems weird that this is the only buck dead from EHD that we have found so far...as...

Alrighty then...I am going to say that I think that this must have happened to us...because although we have found quite a few "bone piles", we still think we should have found several more. FWIW, we have three ponds deep enough to "hide" a carcass and found none in any of those ponds and only...

My son recently found a dead buck while shed hunting that we were pretty sure was laying out there somewhere, as he has been a regular for a couple of years at least and then just went AWOL sometime in August I believe, maybe Sept. We were pretty sure that he was one of our EHD casualties and...

I don't know any details on this elk case, but I have definitely had experience with different DNR employees giving totally contradictory direction when questioned on a subject. FWIW. So the difference could be simply related to that phenomenon. Meanwhile, not elk and not related to the...

So, "shot" already, huh? I was not aware of that. As a protected species, what transpired in terms of that apparent violation? Just curious. Just thinking out loud here...if it was an escapee, and therefore someone's personal property, and tries to get back in...can the owner shoot him...

I have watched that video, a couple of times actually, and I am under the impression that the primary concerns stated relative to the Genesis drills have since been solved via engineering improvements, under the PH brand name, FWIW.

I have a FEL...could I not augment that weight via carrying something in the bucket too...if I have "lift off" problems?

I have a Truax Flex-2, pull behind. It is very SOLID and works, but needs some maintenance to some wear parts for it to work perfectly. I have had trouble getting some seed covered, but I think the issue is fairly easily fixable. As I near the end of my working career and anticipate some form...

I am thinking of doing something very similar on my place...just curious, did you leave the hickories lay or remove them?

I would be shocked, shocked I tell you :), if a forester marked anywhere near the amount of hickories, no matter what goals you communicated to them in advance, that would need to come down to look like the pic in post #9. That's just not what they do, IMO. Now then, I am not saying don't do...