Recent content by Daver

LOTS of 3 and 4 year olds taken out in rifle season...LOTS.

I am not in contact with them these days, so I don't have any fresh info. I had not heard that their farm was for sale, but it stands to reason...I think they have to be getting close to 80 years old now. Although it has now been 20+ years ago, I was at their farm several times, both hunting...

I used to work for them/HS. I haven't kept up with them personally, but I may be able to answer some questions about them. What are you wanting to know?

I don't know why, but I couldn't put any text on that ^ post. This is the third such coon that I have seen in our "neighborhood". The other two were about 1/2 mile to the west and few years back. But it does appear as though the genetics are present to "throw" a blondie every so often. I...

I would contend that "the breaking apart of large chunks into small ones for affordability..." is definitely a factor...just not the only, or even the dominant, factor is reduced age structure across many areas in SE Iowa over the past, say, 10 years or so. There are multiple human factors that...

FWIW...I traveled to extreme southern Texas in around 2005 or so. Land segmentation, leasing, etc. were very prevalent there then. That was my first "in person" experience with the phenomenon. I had similar thoughts to yours at the time. I wish I had come back and bought three farms!

I have done something like this a few times with fair success. I have even used a lawn mower a time or two. If you mow it I have found that it stays clear much longer because there is little to no vegetation left for fallen leaves to "catch" on. Whether I mow or blow lanes to my stands and...

Little bit of beans, too much grass. But these are RR beans and I will spray them soon, so I should be able to clean this up. Forgot one...another milo plot with some weeds coming on. The milo is coming on well, but way too many weeds. This field was nuked prior to planting and I hit it...

I'll post some pics later this evening of some plots at my house. These will highlight the importance of ALSO applying suitable pre-emergent chems at planting time! :) I had things deader than dead via glyphosate when I drilled the milo and beans...but...that just isn't enough gents. :) It...

FWIW, you can add me to that list ^^. I remember when you could put a want ad in the newspaper and have MANY good to excellent applicants. I used to feel bad about not being able to hire a number of excellent candidates for any given job. Now...you are just hoping for someone that has a clean...

Personally, I would wait until after closing, but that's just me. Most neighbors would be happy to get to know other neighbors in my experience and hopefully share info and try to establish goals, etc. We have had good to very good success with this over the years. I will say though that you...

This ^^ is/was true...and I didn't like it one bit. Not to give the R's a pass, but this was being pushed from the Farm Bureau. In a nutshell, their position was that any land owned by the state would then not be available for ownership by farmers. I do agree that the R's are not perfect on...

One real quick one is that we are not allowed to use rifles to shoot deer in say November, yet a LO can use the same rifle at the same time to shoot a groundhog or coyote, etc. One can also set traps on their own land, but...only during the permitted trapping season, etc.