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Interesting. Maybe I am ruining every hunt I go on but I'll use a headlamp for most of my walk in. Full white beam pointed right at the ground and oriented so that my feet, arms, body, bow, gear, etc. all stay out of the light. Switch to red when I get to the tree but will climb without if i...

Stuff 19k away every year for few years in a row and you'd have a down-payment for the same farm. Someone make it make sense. More money than brains, I think.

Skip, Appreciate everything you're doing. Enjoyed the talk on the HUNTR podcast a couple weeks ago with Chris Dunkin. Out of town for the next few days but will get a reminder set to come back to this thread and contribute.

Definitely agree with letting the kids show the interest on their own. I don't have kids yet but I see ALL. THE. TIME. where it is SOOOO obvious that the kid is living their parent's dream (usually dad's). Dad was a good football player, he wants junior to be a good football player. But...

I agree with a lot of what's been said already. Kids so small that they can't hold or even carry the gun themselves, using a tripod that grips and holds the gun rock solid for them, to kill an animal.... when the same kid will cry when the goldfish they've had for three days dies. How well do...

Old picture but to this day it is still one of the best pictures I've ever had on a trail camera.

NPR: National Propaganda Radio

My apologies. That wasn't my intention. My use of "you" and "you're" was meant to be an all-encompassing hypothetical. So no, it was not my intention to call you a hypocrite. Or a crackhead.... ha.

I'm not calling anyone anything. And I'm absolutely not arguing against private property rights or disagreeing that private ownership is extremely important to maintaining a free society.

But you could have the option to opt out. You can give them the middle finger and still have it all to yourself. I'd opt out of social security yesterday if I had the chance. I'll stop on this tangent after posting this because I don't want to derail this thread and send it down an off-topic...

That wasn't the specific example in the podcast, just a relatable example I used. They talked about getting public funding for irrigation systems. Kill the CRP program? Maybe? Maybe not. Maybe it makes fewer want to enroll but payouts become more lucrative. Supply-demand. Would that not...

You're right. Here it is for anyone that's interested. Starts around halfway through. https://www.themeateater.com/listen/meateater/ep-304-the-fish-shacks-revenge-a-tiki-christmas-family-feud-extravaganza I felt Matt was reaching on some things in this one and came off as a clown at times...

Interesting discussion. I have a number of thoughts. - From the first time I saw the pushing of "gotta get more people involved in hunting!" from THP and others, it's created a real pause for me. There's nowhere for everybody to go. These guys had some good points and rebuttals to the need for...

Agreed. This is definitely another "checks and balances" measure for the most part but there are general assumptions that can be made about the age of the deer with measurements that land on the extremes. It would be reasonable to assume that a deer with a reported main beam length of 26" was...

Alex Jones famously said YEARS ago that "They're turning the frogs gay" and everyone laughed, called him a quack, nut job, conspiracy theorist, etc. etc. And he might be all those things. But the topic of this thread is what he was talking about. Sure, his delivery needs some work lol but like...

Canola field picture is super cool. Nice pictures!

To answer the original post. I'd say DSM by a long shot. More dining, entertainment, and job opportunities. Can still be in the middle of nowhere in about 30-40 minutes from the epicenter of Des Moines. Culturally it is way more my speed than Iowa City. Living options are plentiful, I'd stay...

Being an Ag college helps that a lot. Farm kids studying animal science, ag business, agronomy, etc. tend to be far more normal than the weirdos studying "queer studies" or whatever lib bs is available. So ISU>U of I in that regard. And every regard in my opinion! :)

It's interesting how many are from the '40s and earlier. Kinda goes to what @Sligh1 was saying with hunter numbers in Michigan. They got out of control in the last 50 years and (granted, very small sample size looking at the their book bucks) it looks like it has impacted the quality of deer...