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    Forced to sell my farm!

    Shouldn't be a problem getting that for it. Can u buy her half out? And not have to sell?
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    Good Start for NEIA

    Most of NEIA was planted May 1-15. There is a few guys replanting a few soybeans right now due to crusting.(Not a huge amount of acres. But overall crops look good. We are going to need a rain here in the next couple weeks, Tiles are still running a little but not a lot. Here's a few pics of...
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    Logging project questions

    Species is Silver Maples 90 trees is what is marked
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    Logging project questions

    Working with the state foresters, we marked the trees that he believes will be most beneficial to the farm to harvest. Now looking for reputable loggers to take bids on the project. The trees we re planning to harvest are silver Maples. So basically looking for reputable loggers, and what you...
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    Brain damaging land Prices

    3 recent land sales of 17,000 on 160 acres 19,000 on 80 acres 20,000 on 70 acres And 500-600 dollar cash rents have heard of 2 farms renting for this The highest three land prices in my county ever. And the highest rents ever. Even if a person has the cash to make some of these buys it...
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    Challenges Logging a farm

    Silver Maples will be the trees of value. Ranging from 18-30 inches in diameter. We will be doing a conservative cut of mature trees. I'd say 80% of them are in the east side. Im not 100% how many there are, he give me a rough estimate on the value. My idea was build a temporary crossing...
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    Challenges Logging a farm

    I have never logged a property. I bought this farm 2 falls ago, and looking to log the timber acres.(I'm working with the state forester) About 24 acres square. So this is where the challenge part begins. My property is cut in half by a small river, with the east half of the river being...
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    A lot of changes in the less than 2 years

    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.
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    A lot of changes in the less than 2 years

    Bought my first farm fall of 21 Got married spring of 2022 My wife and I had our baby girl March of 2023.
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    What u doing now deer hunting related?

    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.
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    Does Iowa DNR Ever Buy Land?

    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...
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    Matriarchal Does

    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...
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    $ Ruining Hunting? 2 different issues….

    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...
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    I HATE COYOTES!!!!!!!!

    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.
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    Chinese Balloon in US airspace?

    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.
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    Bowmars

    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.
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    I HATE COYOTES!!!!!!!!

    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...
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    2022 Farm Pics+Deer Season

    Field averages ranged from 230-260bpa.
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    2022 Farm Pics+Deer Season

    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.
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    2022 Farm Pics+Deer Season

    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.
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