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Well said Raven ... Forest succession, oak forest converting to maple forest, is a real problem for the future of Iowa's timber that few people see. Excessive use of select logging instead of clear cut logging and the absence of fire will greatly reduce the quality of our forests in the...

It sounds like you might be one of the lucky ones that has an FSA staff that is willing to work with us recreational landowners. I hope your plan meets your expectations, you are striving for habitat diversity and that is the key to wildlife management. If you implement this plan and get the...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Couple questions, I think I have small 2-5 inch diameter elms all over the place and I hope to make it down to cut them down...do you guys usually take out all of those types of trees you can see and do...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rob...Young guy? My buddies are calling me the Grey Ghost What is wrong with waste high stumps? Do they scare away deer or something? You should see the bedding areas I made with 24 inch...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">...I have a question on hard maple seedlings. I have ridge of mostly mature white oak. We have done a select cutting on some of them and will continue to take a few more every year for a few years...

Re: Edge Feathering and openings Great bunch of photos Paul ... I also like to fall the "junk " trees and leave the cedar to grow up between them. It is a great time of the year for TSI but I would also suggest holding off on edge feathering if your objective is quail habitat and you...

We also use our mineral licks for trail camera sights. The does start hitting our licks first in Jan., bucks seem to use the licks more after they have shed. I'm sure the demand for additional minerals increases in the does as their fetuses begin to develop and bucks have more of a need as...

Re: Why would anyone want to kill Honeysuckle? I would rather have 80 acres of oak timber than 80 acres of bush honeysuckle ... and too many people fail to understand why in time you won't have both. In some habitats I can understand the benefit of honeysuckle, but many species in the...

[ QUOTE ] Incidentally, they asked me what I put in it this year and I said corn. So they signed me up for corn base payment or some other mumbo jumbo and paid me around $25 an acre for the plot. Go figure. [/ QUOTE ] Good example of county by county differences in the interpretation...

N9BOW ... I understand your intent but I can assure you if you tell your FSA staff (the ones that will be responsible for your CRP contract) that you will be planting corn in a CP1 contract you will be opening yourself up to many more questions and likely future inspections. Cp1 is a grass...

[ QUOTE ] I was wondering what "plantings" are officially approved for wildlife foodplots in CRP...or if there is such a thing. ... If anybody has any hard facts (besides my NRCS office told me... ) please share them with us [/ QUOTE ] I think you weeded out most of us with that...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would guess that burning with the wind is hotter and preferred. Is burning into the wind (for safety reasons) a waste of time? </div></div> I often burn into the wind ... burning with the wind...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks guys! Last questions......how do you start the fire? Does it take off easily like a grass fire? And finally, what would you use to nuke the honey suckle? Thanks again! </div></div> Hard to...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I live on 2.5 acres with approximately 1.5 acres in a timber that is L shaped. The outside if the L is bordered by the neighbor's stubble bean field. The very inside of the L is a 1/4 acre food polt...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> What's an average price per acre for a burn? </div></div> I have heard prices from $30/acre up to $100/acre. My Pheasants Forever chapter will do burns for landowners in our local area ... we...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I would also like to try a timber burn but am a little worried about how I would keep it under control? </div></div> With good planning, forethought, and usually minimal fireline prep it is easier than...

We have 6 grassland burns, 7 timberland burns, and 3 foodplot burns to do this year ranging in size from 1/2 acre up to about 15 acres. We'll be burning from March through sometime in June. Our grand finale will be a 140 acre grassland burn on our neighbors property though ... How many of...

What method did you use to harvest the deer .. ie. shotgun, rifle, bow ...? Do you feel that level of deer harvest affected your buck movement during the rut?

Start managing your land with timely prescribed fire ... you will produce more food with an annual prescribed burn program than any foodplot in the situation you have described. In addition to the tools you already have, I would suggest a driptorch, ATV w/spray tank, and a backpack sprayer...

The University of Texas has developed switchgrass for biofuel that can grow twelve feet tall ... we just don't have it in Iowa ... yet.