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Looks good so far. I'd go out of my way to seal up the eaves and soffits on that roof area. It would suck to go hunt that blind early in the season and end up jumping in that blind with a gigantic nest of hornets/bees/muddobbers. If you could use steel on the roof I think it would be a nice...

Depends on how thick the floor will be, your ready-mix market, and the quality of the contractor. Here's a general rule of thumb in east-central Iowa: Being inside you'll probably pour a floor that's 4 inches thick. If you're parking tractors or equipment you'll want to make it 5 inches, or...

We've been picking from our wild patches now for about 2 weeks. It'll be done soon.

The sad thing is that the entire story revolves around dollar signs. One party looks to be protecting an existing cash cow, while the other looks to break into one. This just reaffirms my confidence in my personal decisions not to register the record book deer I've harvested. I took some...

As stated earlier in the thread, nothing beats walking back to the cabin after a long cold sit and seeing that smoke rolling out of the chimney. We use the wood stove as a a reson to make a few extra weekend trips down to the hunting property. We always try to spend a day in September...

Carsiding is cool. Price per sq ft is a little hight for a hunting cabin. I don't know how grandiose your plans are but you could do some neat stuff with reclaimed barn boards, lap siding, etc. For flooring I'd stick with sticky squares or floating laminate. The sticky squares are a nice...

There aren't any deer in Tama county. This post is totally untrue. Those deer were obviously shot out of state.

I took a rack up last year. I didn't have any trouble with the show and enjoyed being able to share my trophy. I did sit back and watch people as they took pictures and talked about the deer on display. There were a few creepers around that appeared to be taking notes and spending a lot of...

I wanted to offer a few thoughts. I read this thread earlier in the week before the identity of the man in the picture was known. I've been perusing the replies over a pot of coffee and a quiet house this morning. I'm glad to see that dbltree found out the identity of the guy he was looking...

The Iowa harvest is way down compared to past years. With the weather moving in this weekend I'm really hoping the DNR doesn't jump the couch and extend gun seasons for anybody with a leftover tag.

Willow thickets are the some of the best bedding areas there are all by themselves.

Looking at the real-time harvest numbers on the DNR site says a lot. I like to check the numbers through the season and I'm a little shocked at this year's progress. In previous seasons the total harvest for early bow and early muzzy combined was in the 35k to 40k range. At this point less...

I'm very partial to my Vanguard. It's pretty tough to beat that drop point blade when it come to field dressing and skinning large game. I carry that Buck and a folding Gerber saw in my pack on every hunt. In the kitchen I like to have a razor sharp filet knife for cutting loins, steaks...

Between the hams, loins, and shoulders you should be able to put up 40 to 50 pounds. If you work on the neck, ribs, and really bone things out to the gnat's behind you could get 50 to 60.

What are you entry points? It looks to me like you'll have to approach any stand from the west...probably from that dead end gravel road. If that's the case you'll be blowing scent into that sanctuary (with a prevailing west wind) from the time you step foot on your ground. Have you thought...

Sound familiar! I had not hunted deer a single time in my life until I was asked to participate in a shotgun season during the 2000 season. I had so much fun that I began reading about and researching whitetail hunting obsessively. Within a year I had decided to look into archery hunting and...

Your 1:5 buck to doe ratio says you should keep beating on the does. And since you threw out the numbers could you answer a few questions? 1) How many others hunt this 900 acres? 2) How many deer are taken off the 900 acres each year on average? 3) How many acres of food plots are dedicated...

I know it's a bit early, but the real-time harvest data on the DNR's site is looking pretty light so far. As of Monday evening about 68k deer have been reported. Last year the total reported was over 142,000 for all seasons. On Friday, before the shotgun season started about 35k deer had...

I bought a Poulan "Wild Thing" 7 years ago and it's the best money I've spent on lawn/yard equipment. They don't make this particular saw anymore, but you can still find "new, old stock" via EBay. This is the flourescent yellow/purple saw. Ugly as sin but it has cut a lot of wood for me. I'd...

Or you can buy the 60-70 and have a super quiet bow when it's turned down. When I bought my new bow this summer the owner of the shop had me shoot it maxed out @ 70 pounds (which I wanted) and then turned back to 65 pounds. There was a noticable difference in overall noise when we let some...