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I like the basic idea of this Bill. I think the acreage needs to be increased. I would also put a retroactive clause meaning this would apply to owners that owned land as of 12/31/2022. Make a 2 year exclusion for new landowners. Done correctly this will still protect resident access, while...

My number one is stop feeding/baiting during the entire season stiff penalty’s if caught like 2 year License suspension.The number of people hunting corn piles is more than most think. My number two would be go to one buck possibly a 2nd landowner tag. This would help increase access many...

I like the management potential for sure. A friend just had his farm flown and the deer counted. His area was hit by EHD pretty bad this past year. This flight counted 175 deer on over 600 acres. Would have loved to have last years total to compare it to. As far as recovery i think the only way...

We can normally sell some maple for more than pallet price for the better logs. There seem to be a few buyer/mills that specialize in that stuff although many are On the east side of the state. River City Hardwood, Hammes and Gingerich in Drakesville have bought maple from us.

The scary direction i see the drone scouting going are flying and locating high end deer then targeting these thru leasing and/or tresspass fee. With out a doubt there are people willing to pay trophy fees to be put on real big deer. I have heard a few podcasts with Spook Spann and he has been...

Cool deer and great story. That snow missed us . Glad some one got it

I left out one important step. Have the consulting forester determine your basis. Meaning the total timber value when you purchased it. This information will allow you to depreciate the timber value to offset the income from the timber sale.

The way I would start the process is like this 1. Walk your property with the State Forester. He can give you general info on what you have, some possible market conditions and most important what can be done long term to meet your goals. Also possible post harvest cost share for TSI. 2. Find...

I think the allopathic properties will keep many other species from growing but haven’t tried it

This is one cull buck that gave us the slip a few time tried to hunt him with 2 different youth hunters. Had my brother sit with a friend who got him 1st day of late Mz

Best advice I can think of is get a good plan in place for spraying. Many failures I see are not getting notill acres cleaned up preplanting. No till planting also takes some patience for letting the ground get “right“. This means waiting another day once the guys with a turbo till ahead of the...

I picked up trees actually shrubs, from the Iowa State Forestry Nursery yesterday and planted them today. I have had really good luck with them over the last 20 years. Only had a few issues in that time. Picking the trees up your self ,versus having them sent helps alot on the quality control.

I had this same thing happen early mz this year. I actually got a picture of him still running 1/2 away. Changed my access thru permission from a neighbor and ended up getting him 5 days later. 5-6 year old deer

Had a young guy stop by a few years ago because he saw some turkeys 4th season. Asked if he could hunt them, i told him we hunt also but for today go for it. Was pretty cool to see the excitement.

When the legislative session starts I can help lobby against this anytime. Although I have had an Outfitting Business and still have a smaller ownership interest ,I agree with Skips view on the HuntR podcast. Iowa is a different place than it was 25 years ago. Keeping the NR tag levels where...

This was near Lake Rathbun. I have seen them all over the far North and in Iceland but never this clear in Iowa.

Great guess with the Bull in camp we all bet ,the guesses were from 334 to 360 ended up scoring 352. My Guess was 338.

Any storys or action for anyone that hunted WY this year. Just got my 10th point need to start paying attention. I did help some buddy’s with AZ elk tags which went pretty good

I have personally seen 2 / one buck and one Doe neighbor found 2 across the street. they were either in or near ponds. this was Monroe county near Albia

Great post. Both my girls are gone to school in Ames. Some of my best memorys are taking them to Az for a week of scouting in a year I had an elk tag there and times in the BWCA