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Slick, I shot all 4 years of high school. Was a 2 time junior boys champion, at the boys shoot in cedar falls, and as a senior in HS I placed #4 in the state of Iowa.

Bought my first farm fall of 21 Got married spring of 2022 My wife and I had our baby girl March of 2023.

Having a state forester look my farm over, and make plans for habitat improvement. Which includes a selective harvest of Mature Silver maples, a planting of Swamp white oaks, and a planned planting of red cedars to add thermal cover to my farm.

Public lands are a good thing. But the DNR does end up with some tillable tracts, that should be farmed. There's a tract of land that they recently acquired for very little, and the 100 tillable acres on the farm would produce 180-200 bpa corn most years. It's decent ground. In fact I tried to...

Do you shoot the Matriarchal does on your farm? I have 1 living on my farm, that runs other does and fawns off of food plots, and is a downright nuisance. Late season this year, she d be the first one out of the bedding area. And she d trot right up to my deer blinds, trotting down wind of 2...

As a young guy, Its been this way as long as I can remember. The Big Buck craze. Long gone are the days of being able to hunt whole river bottoms, because you had permission.(My grandpa talks about those days, and Buck only tags) Before 2 years ago, I didn't own any hunting land everything I...

The coyote rut has started. Been wacking a few. Thermal Hunters really have been decimating the numbers up here. Edit to Add, Sligh your really going to like those thermal Monoculars, Been running Pulsar Thermion Rifle scopes, and those identical Monoculars. Pulsar makes great Thermals.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought object's entering US airspace,(like this balloon) would be shot down in minutes. It seems someone, or some country is pushing buttons to see where their limitations are.

Before this thread I didn't even know who these people are. Still dont. I must be out of the loop. Never cared much about celebrity deer hunters.

Coyote numbers here seem like their really thinned down. The Thermal guys are really wacking and stacking coyotes. You can hunt all day around here, and cover a lot of ground and only see 1 coyote. I know of several big groups that hunt hard during winter months, and they go 5+ days without see...

Field averages ranged from 230-260bpa.

Few more photos. I hunted hard during the Late season, and had a few opportunities, but nothing I wanted to harvest. And stacking a few yotes up.

This thread will be Picture heavy Naturally Start of April with Snow This was the first year of farming on my own. So a special year for me.

Not really sure on the point of this season. It says Population management. But I read it as big insurance company money pushing to thin the deer herd down to nothing.

For those wondering who did the taxidermy work. Chris Heying. Heying Taxidermy. He s done all 3 of my shoulder mounts, and does a first class job.

I have dogs, and love them. But the 3 S rule applies to running dogs. Once a runner always a runner.

Finally got my 2021 Buck Back. First Deer that I've harvested on my farm.

Not a tree Stand. But a late season deer blind......BRRRRRR

3 tracts sold today at auction, and needless to say the Market hasn't softened. 39 acres sold for 16,000/acre. 83.9CSR2 Tiled and 2 terraces. 72 acres sold for 13,500/acre. 72CSR2 Drained. But needs to be split. 76 acres, 66.10 Tillable 8700/acre. A little over 10k/acre on the tillable...

Talk to 2 different Taxidermist in the last couple days. And their seeing significantly less deer brought in. Bow Kill Numbers are down, Shotgun kill Numbers are down. I think the deer Numbers are there, I just think the Mature Deer Numbers are down. I'm still holding out for a Mature buck. If...