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quote: "as Phil mentioned...use window screening because apple moths love to get behind tubes and lay eggs and then you end up with a dead tree. The window screen can be stapled shut right up tight to the trunk to keep both bugs and rodents out yet as the tree grows the staples will just pop...

I was looking at our CIR SG yesterday that was seeded last year and got great 1st year growth last year. At the bases of the clumps, I could see some that were starting to push out green tips. I hope this years seeding doesn't germinate for a little while yet cause I want to hit any weeds/cool...

Dbltree, If switchgrass is grown in a filed where you don't want to burn for fear of it escaping or not being able to have proper fire breaks, will it work as good to mow established switchgrass in late March or Early April (and possibly have the neighbor bale it to remove all the thatch) and...

Dbltree or letemgrow, do rabbits and mice chew or girdle chokecherry seedlings/small trees at all? I'm just wondering if I need to protect them from these rodents like I do with apple trees, or do they normally leave chokecherry alone? thanks

We do all our food plots without using herbicides, including corn, and we get excellent results. The key is crop rotations, plowing, disking, tilling, and planting at precisely the right times, and with corn, using a rotary hoe and cultivator. I rotary hoe about 3 or 4 days after planting and...

Is there any herbicide or mix of herbicides that I can spray on 2 to 3 year old white cedar trees and kill most or all of the grass and weeds but not harm the cedar trees? thanks

Thanks Paul. We probably have some that would fit each situation. Some fields would be easy for our farming neighbor to get in and out of to mow/bale the alfalfa. Other spots are harder to get to and/or smaller plots that probably wouldn't be worth it to the neighbor to go after, but we usually...

quote: "Yes...but I should mention that I made the mistake of not mowing th alfalfa close to the ground in late August...I just clipped it and the falcata especially turned into dried stems/stubble rather then sedning up new growth as our conventional alfalfa did when baled in late August...

quote:"I would say about the same with possibly slightly more in the areas that had both falcata and red clover planted together. There was more action in the Alice white clover next to the alfalfas however on that farm...." Do you mean the Alice white clover was more attractive and being...

IQDM, are those pictures from just recently? If so, it's amazing how that stayed standing like that through the winter we just had. If the deer use that stuff like switchgrass, I want some of that stuff growing on our place whatever it is. Did you ever see deer traveling or bedding in it...

quote:"For the last few years we have had many complaints about the shooting of shed bucks in the late season. That will pale in comparison to what will happen if CWD hits Iowa. If your county is placed within the DMZ, (Disease Management Zone) the deer herd will be reduced to as close to zero...

quote:"It appears to me the maps are county by county." Yes, that is correct. But the same thing is still going on. I think they estimate the total number of deer in each county and then divide by the number of sq. miles in that county to get deer per sq. mile. So if a county has very...

quote:"So CWD aside, is that map of deer density worng?" I would say that deer density map is WAY OFF. I don't think it takes into account how much of each square mile is actually deer habitat. I think what they are showing there is an overall deer population divided by the square miles and...

Most parts of Iowa have higher, many times much higher deer densities than WI. I've hunted IA and ILL and in both those states, the areas I have hunted and scouted, usually have higher deer densities than we had in WI before any increase in deer harvest started. Many western states have very...

I have lived and hunted all my life near the "cwd core" in sw WI. To sum things up I would have to say what some of you have already said here. CWD is a joke! Do not believe anything you hear or read from the WDNR. There is nothing to be worried about with this disease. The problem is, our...

Anyone else having problems with their bushnell trophy cams? As already mentioned, I've read a lot about the problems coming from poor quality SD cards, seems like using the Sandisk cards usually solves the problem. I hope they work good, I just ordered 2 Bushnell TC yesterday so I will be...

"But since its an area we cannot hunt during the bow/shotgun season anymore, I really dont care if we shoot the shed bucks or not. Down there if it doesnt have antlers, its getting some lead thrown at it." That kind of attutude make me ABSOLUTELY STEAMING MAD!! Just as bad is the people who...

I've read before about getting apple trees on clearance at the end of the season at stores with garden centers like Wal Mart for example. What time of year does this usually happen and what kind of deals can we expect? Also, is the quality of their apple trees decent? I'm guessing this would be...

It will be intersesting to see what kind of changes. Every year since I started going to Iowa, the deer hunting has seemed worse each year since 2001. Less deer and less mature bucks. Has that been happening all over the state or is it just in the area I've been hunting (Allamakee, Clayton...

http://www.iowadnr.gov/forestry/files/09catalog.pdf Not sure if this rule has been changed, but when I click on this on page 2 it says it has to be planted in Iowa. Inside the box on the right hand side of the page.