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Hi All, a friend of mine at work has land on the IL side and walks the woods with lights shining for coon and takes them that way out of trees. It sounds like a lot of fun and he does well. I see in the IA regs that you can use hand held lights when hunting with dogs for coon. The last part...

for those of you in SE Iowa or other parts without rain that use Dbltrees fall mix (WR/oats/clover/radish) are you going to wait for rain and then till? Or just put it in and hope? I only have this weekend and next open, but not sure I want to till that powdered ground and throw seed out this...

Try THE Company in Mt Pleasant, i am pretty sure you can rent a tractor but less sure of a tiller. Maybe we are neighbors? I am north of Bonaparte.

Thats hilarious and spot on

I think they can. I had them burn two years ago in Van Buren county which I do not think is their pheasant hot bed so I had to pay travel fees but they did a good job. If you contact them ahead of time hopefully they can work you in. I have not asked them if they do timber burns but I would...

Beautiful pics, I am jealous. Can't wait to burn next year if I can get on PF's calendar.

Hi all, as a weekender to my farm I am on about the third year of rotations on three different plots on my land using information from Dbltre's thread which has been a lifesaver. I have a question I am unsure of. Last year was my first planting brassicas and I followed it up with berseem clover...

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/no-kidding-these-goats-are-for-hire-b9918099z1-209022451.html?ipad=y Cool little business this guy has, would be interested if anyone knows of a business like that in Iowa?

I am near bonaparte would guess two shots since ten am been in stand all day. Could have gotten several turkeys though

Not seeing much and shooting is pretty quiet- in VanBuren cty

I agree. the biggest buck I saw was a small 6..not sure what to think. I did find a small deer dead (dead a while) by my pond this weekend so not sure if it is EHD/numbers or trespassers hunting while I'm not there....but the numbers are size I'm seeing this year are making it hard to get out...

Thanks much for the replies, I will try out the diesel option. I mixed diesel and some crossbow a friend had leftover on some honey locusts in a fence line and it seemed to kill them hard a few years ago. Do you use a typical hand pump sprayer with the diesel or do the cheap hand sprayers not...

Hi All. After being in my woods(southeast IA) recenlty on stand, I realized how many undesireable trees I have in the understory. It is getting pretty thick and doesn't offer much in the way of shooting alleys at all. I have looked on the IA State tree identification website to try and find...

I have experienced the same thing at my farm in van buren county. Very little action, just seeing small bucks and does with fawns. Rattling and grunting proving fruitless. Cannot get back out til saturday.

my immediate goal is to not have an understory that is snarly and getting impossible to walk through. I'm afraid if I don't take care of them now they will get bigger and much tougher to get rid of. I just don't see seedling oaks/hickories having a chance to survive in that environment. My...

Hello all-I have 35 acres of timber in 2 tracts. One tract has a large portion in hickory. Smaller sized maybe 5-10 inches diameter with some larger ones. I have an infestation of prickly ash in some of those areas. Have any of you had luck with getting rid of pr ash? I have some tordon rtu and...

I have these at my place too and often wondered, my m-in-law always called them "jack in the pulpit" but I always thought that was wrong...it looks to be trillium http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/trillium-recurvatum-prairie-trillium.aspx

great post. I've seen posts like this on other sites (trapper/AR sites) and it appears these post have gained momentum...even CNN has recognized the error in judgment in coverage http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/10/viral-post-pits-coverage-of-sheen-fallen-soldiers/?hpt=C1

I kind of agree with J Barton's take on it becoming a "bitter, self protecting hunting community". I changed from finding it fun to take my son hunting to not taking him during gun due to safety and having him watch me as I confront some trespasser on my property. The same with work...

I don't post much on any site, but this topic grabbed my attention. Between this and the subject of gunrunr's post on shotgun trespassers, I'm experiencing the same lack of desire to hunt. I have acreage in SE Iowa and experience the "shock" of the drive hunters and have a neighbor who pretty...