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Everyone thinks about burning grass this time of the year but it is also a good time to manage your timber with fire. The photos below are from one of our burns yesterday. Our burn objective was to promote forb growth, increase oak regeneration, and suppress invasive competition.

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...

I have spent the last couple weeks working for a client on a TSI project that basically consisted of killing chinese elm and amur honeysuckle that were invading an oak stand. Terrible time of the year to work but it was a job I couldn't turn down. Working on this project was yet another...

I believe persimmons and plums are a better choice than apple trees for soft mast trees on a QDM farm ... at least I hope so because I planted 2000 last spring ... but I intend to plant four apple trees this spring. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what apple tree varieties would be best...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/FarmlandQDM/DSC00517.jpg I shot this one in October and he scored 158 1/8 gross and 150 4/8 net. He's a really nice buck but looking at his teeth I aged him at 3.5. Like Oldbuck, we are striving to shoot only 4.5 and older deer on our farm and from my...

I planted 50# wheat/50#rye/10# Austrian Winter Peas on a 1 acre food plot in August. The peas are about 6 inches tall and the deer are completely removing them from the foodplot. I think next year I'll plant them a little heavier. Has anyone else had experience with Austrian Winter Peas in...

When you're in the bow stand and you've got to go, what do you do? Just curious about opinions on how bowhunters resolve this issue, and if it really matters.

There is an article in the latest issue of Quality Whitetails about harvesting 1.5 year old spike bucks. What I got from reading the article is that yearling spike bucks are usually but not always inferior and should not be culled from a deer herd unless someone is practicing QDM on a very...

I'd like to buy a digital trail camera. What are some opinions as to which one is the best and maybe which ones to stay away from.

Just curious as to what size farms people are trying to practice QDM on in Iowa. I've got 200 acres and wish it was 2000, but I'm interested in hearing what other QDM'ers have.

I will be planting a food plot of rape, kale, turnips, and possibly sugar beets in late august. Does anyone have suggestions as to what variety of each these grows the best and is most preferred by deer in SE Iowa.

We did a prescribed timber burn on our farm this spring to promote new shrub and forb growth for deer browse. We plan to burn 30-60 acres of timber every year on a 2 to 3 year rotation. Is anyone else using prescribed fire on there land to promote new browse and if so what kinds of results...