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Is this the one that was “speed” questions and you kept talking loved it

I love Albert Lea- mainly it’s a stones throw away which is super nice.

SW Iowa I feel is a sleeper (or was). Montgomery/Adams/Taylor

We can’t shut off the rain- I’ve got 2 acres of pumpkins and they are going crazy good. Almost too much water to be honest.

Not to mention your driveway will turn into a salt lick for deer

I couldn’t get in this morning- or I should say- I wasn’t waiting as long as it was taking. Now this afternoon it’s pretty responsive

Was a product pimp for awhile- literally took all the fun out of hunting. Gave it up and been happier ever since. It was literally selling your soul- and it was big companies I did it for. Now I see one group I helped changes their products every year- so clearly they don’t believe in anything...

I do bees. It’s a money trap for sure but we do specialty crops and need them. It’s for sure not something I would be doing otherwise.

So this is going to sound dumb- but we plant them in pasture type area for our chickens- reduces the feed bill significantly. Deer don’t bother them “much” here- and they are in a high deer area. We get the occasional does they come in but there hasn’t been much of a draw here it seems. Not...

Grew up a rough life where no one in my family "wanted" to buy any land. My dad wasnt the best role model, my grandpa refused to "pay" to be able to hunt. My parents never helped me with my first car, my schooling, anything of that nature. I worked the jobs I could growing up (lived on a farm...

I will admit, I dont spend much time looking at Trail Cameras like I used to, so maybe there is an obvious one here. I am looking for a trail camera (could even be cheap off amazon) but I am looking for one that is Wifi only. Doesnt need to be cellular, but dont want to pull a card either. Is...

It’s super hard to get “lots” of ground in today’s world for your average 21 year old. Even that 80 is super hard with how things have changed today. The kids I know that are “making” it either had their parents pay all their bills (paid off their houses or vehicles, unburied them from credit...

So I’m looking at getting a clover area seeded but have been behind the game this year- am I better off waiting to fall seed? I am tempted to plant something (corn or beans I suppose) and then fall seed clover- seemed like when I wanted to get it done it was to wet, and now we haven’t had a drop...

My father in law is coming out of his CRP next spring and wanted to go into the "Tree CRP"... they are making him cut EVERY tree in the crp currently (all along the edges for the most part) but are being real big sticklers on it. Hes decided he will not be doing anything with them going forward...

Last I paid for my deer and antelope was $750 for each... havent mounted anything since, just boil the skulls now. Had a local taxidermist to one of my work areas was offering "show quality" mounts for $1500, and then a "standard" mount for $500. His standard mounts looked like the ones that...