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Yikes!! That sounds pretty depressing. We too had a bad EHD year in 2023, but nothing of note since then, thankfully. I suppose I should be thankful that we "only" lost, I dunno, 30% to 50% of the deer, but just ONCE. I don't want to ignite the whole "one buck limit" thread convo...but when...

I don't have any insight on NW Iowa as I am far from there. But are they experiencing EHD in multiple years up there? How did the population get so low?

I once shot a doe with my muzzy after watching it run into the woodlot that I was hunting, along with several other deer. I could tell that it was limping noticeably and I thought someone must have wounded it, so I lined up my longest shot of my life and took it. Bingo! I hit her perfectly, a...

Background - While I do own two farms, that is not really my profession, I own a contracting business. Farming is cyclical, yes...and so is contracting...big time. I know multiple farmers that fit the bill of avoiding taxes no matter how much they have to spend to do it, as referenced above...

If someone needs a place to get some coons in SE Iowa...lemme know. :)

It's easy-peasy. I have created fire breaks in the timber with a backpack leaf blower and never come close to losing contain. (I have had some trouble, in the past, out in the CRP/grass, FWIW.) For an even better fire break in the timber...can you drive a mower, even a lawn tractor, through...

I would look to do a couple of timber burns to control MF and get other benefits too.

You're a good man Curtis...trying to warn all of us about an imposter. There is no dispute...you have the pictures to prove it. :)

FWIW, I saw something similar on my place way back in the day. I have grain bins that I have sometimes rented out to local farmers and I can tell you that local deer come to know where they can get some "free" corn to eat when it gets really cold. I found a modest single antler in the yard...

FYI...if you are near Iowa City...I have a legit sawmill AND a kiln to dry the lumber.

Correct. ^^ After about mid-August I see essentially no activity on our mineral sites. They are full of leaves and untouched in that time frame in my experience. Honestly, I don't even bother trying to cover them up, etc, but I also don't hunt anywhere close to them either.

Been there, sorry to hear it.

Bingo. ^^ In a nutshell, he is prioritizing money in his pocket now v. later...where later could include after his passing. Some guys are cash poor and land rich.

I do not consider the word "investor" as a bad word, FWIW. I was just trying to articulate a profile of some land buyers...good or bad, it is not actual farmers though that are purchasing the land in all cases. In fact, one of my actual farmer friends recently floated the idea to me about me...

FWIW, the part that I bolded above is EXACTLY what is behind multiple recent land transactions here in SE Iowa that I am aware of. To be perfectly honest...I too am a participant, and also a likely future participant, in the same game. ie. investor, also a hunter, that is looking for a...

While ALL of the DNR people that I have known over many, many years have been "good guys", or gals, and are generally well intentioned folks...there have been a couple of subjects that they sure seem to have "group think" over. The baseline response to the presence of CWD is one of them. We...

Sounds interesting. Have you established planting rates, seed depths yet? My pheasant and quail population is steady and growing...I could see this being good for the birdies in the winter especially.

If you don't get someone lined up from here on IW, try Iowa Trapper's Talk. https://iowatrapperstalk.com/

Random FWIW factoid...I recently went on a guided elk hunt in New Mexico and after I shot my elk at very near last light one day we took up the track after waiting for I dunno, 20 minutes or so. Now, it is fairly dark. We were on good blood and I was paying more attention to the blood trail...

It's not too early right now, it for sure can work out now. But the best results come about 4 to 6 weeks fromnow IMO.