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Role of genetics and nutrition MSU link I hear lots of people planting fall cool season plots or fencing deer out of food plots so that there is something to hunt over. Maybe let them eat when they are growing that rack? Copy/paste from above link: Habitat Management In addition to...

No pictures, yet. ;) Though should have taken some yesterday. It was opening morning, had two days off work. I could hear the wind howl but it's opening day, Man! Can't skip it. Terrible night sleep Sunday night into Monday morning. Finally just gave up and got up at 4 am. You'd think...

This is really aimed at farmers, but might be some information to be gleaned from it: Click here for cover crops

Maybe 10 years ago I bought some switch seed from Welter’s and frosted seeded it into established brome, no spray or burn that year. Burned in maybe year three, not since. Coming in fairly nice for the minimal effort. Working on clearing olive that had gotten out of hand. Burning would help with...

I hadn't heard of this until I stumbled across the story on the Outdoor Life website.

Are you ready?

This morning I noticed asparagus is poking through. Couple weeks to a month earlier than normal. Usually use asparagus as an omen of morels, but I don’t know this year. Not even turkey season yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The wood ducks like to nest in hollow oak trees in the farmyard. The old oak log I dropped and posted in another thread (Walnut) had a hole in it, but so does another oak that is still alive. Hopefully they will use the standing oak again, have in the past. Not a bad pic taken with my iPhone...

The amount of roadkill lately is stunning. I swear if there were two deer left in the state, motorists would run over three of them. ;):( With fewer deer around (hunting and EHD), are drivers becoming complacent?

We are looking for recommendations for someone who does brush clearing and ag fence building in the eastern Iowa area, specifically Johnson County. Planning on woven with a strand or two of barb over top. 20 acre parcel that is up and down, across a creek or two (not fencing the big creek for...

I was over in DSM this past weekend to attend the Iowa Deer Classic. I kept telling people that it had been a long time since I had attended, guessing 15 to 20 years. I looked through my image files on a remote hard drive and see that I last attended in 2006, 19 years ago. The event has...

There was mention of thermal drones on here in a couple of different threads, but so as to not hijack them, decided to post this on its own. There was an article in the local paper about people in Iowa City complaining about deer damage to ornamentals in their yards. Well, duh, IC makes it...

Cause it reduces CWD transmission. Shooting trophy bucks lowers CWD Hmmm....

16 swans spent last weekend in a neighbors corn field. Kind of cool to see. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I picked up a beef at the Tipton Locker yesterday afternoon. I was surprised to see that he offers to do a Euro prep on your deer head for $100 if you have them process your deer. FYI, for those in the area. Not sure I've seen another locker offer this.

Just throwing this out there., not sure how practical or useful it might be. I've been cleaning dropped apples out of the farmyard orchard to feed to the pigs, chickens, cows and horses. I'm hoping to clean up to minimize overwintering of pests (coddling moths). I've been seeing lots of...

It's been many years since botany class. I know of an Osage Orange that has fruit hanging from it. On a website that sells trees, from the Q and A section, an employee of the site commented "these are dioecious–male trees and female trees–at least one of each is required for fruit". Does that...

News article Iowa City Gov webpage Looks like there are few changes, but it has been almost impossible to participate in the past. I know I won't be participating.

Clearing trees off a hayfield for a late cutting and one field is full of crownvetch. Farmer that will custom harvest it for us wasn't familiar with it, so did a quick search and found this USDA document. A search on here turned up an old post where it was briefly discussed, leaned towards...