Recent content by Bighole

Thanks for the input....leaning hard on just nuking the 1 acre plot and drilling in some winter wheat & oats.

I've got not sedge taking over a turnip plot. Anything I can spray to get rid of it that won't effect the turnips??

Thanks for the input!

Anyone have a Muddy bale blind or used one? Thinking about maybe getting one for late season muzzy, but wanted to know what others thought of them.

Iowa Co. has good GIS mapping. Try going here, http://www.iowacogis.com You might need to download Silverlight software on your computer if you don't already have it.

As stated above the CSR is based on soil type and slope of the land. It does not make a difference how long its been in CRP. Also, the price does not seem that out of line to me, most sales on farms with tillable land are selling for around $60-$70 per CSR point per acre, some more, some less...

Thought you guys would like this one.

Anywhere in Des Moines have a decent price on 20ft climbing sticks?

will it kill broadleafs & grass? I did a little checking, I think it's only good for grass. Is that correct?

Do you get to keep the meat or does it get turned over to the DNR?

Anybody know when that store is scheduled to open?

Thank you River Bottom Bottom Boy, that is the same post that came to my mind regarding Mickey's professionalism, honesty & respect for others. His true colors shining thru!

If I remember right, Ken Herring is nearing retirement within a year or two. In my opinion he is selling out the residents of Iowa for potential future individual profit, that he is attempting to set himself up to be a private wildlife consultant/land manager for the NR landowner & for groups of...

I'd second JNRBRONC, the savage is a great shooting gun & it's less maintenance.

Here's part of what your looking for. It's a little more difficult to find land values for each state. I did find that Massachusetts is the highest at around $11,ooo per acre, for farmland. Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland & Delaware were alos close to the top, all over $10,000 per acre. I...