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  1. OrionWhitetails

    Foi 3/2/11

    It's a really good thing you killed this bill! OMG! Iowans, As I understand it, the bills mentioned in this thread would have allowed Iowa landowners living outside of Iowa to get an any-sex license IF they owned 80 or more contiguous acres for at least 5 years. Can anyone tell me what is...
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    Hf 2481

    WOW - I suspected and now I know!
  3. OrionWhitetails

    Favorite Fall Plot?

    Corn is king Folks, I can't believe no one mentioned corn, which is my favorite fall/winter attraction forage because I have yet to witness anything more attractive to deer in fall & winter than corn. Ideally however, you should never put all of your eggs in one basket with only one type of...
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    Best food plot for bow hunting?

    corygnc, I would plant the soybeans 2-4 weeks before you plan to hunt them, but you are limited to an early season hunt only (Oct) because soybeans planted later than this may not germinate at all. You would have a short (<2 weeks) window of time in which to hunt the newly germinated beans...
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    Broadcasting Turnips into Corn Now???

    Ideally, you want to broadcast the brassica just before a rain. This will insure good seed-to-soil contact which will result in a high germination rate. If planted just before a rain, there is no need to till the soil or do any other site prep work. We also disk strips in our clover plots...
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    Anyone ever try Canola for fall food plot?

    For what it's worth, the first year we planted brassica, the deer did not touch any of the plot. By the 2nd year, they consumed everything! For us it was a matter of the deer acquiring a taste for the new plant. If brassicas go untouched for multiple years, I would agree with dbltree that...
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    Best food plot for bow hunting?

    dbltree is right, soybeans planted in late summer as I suggested, will never mature to the point they produce beans. They will only provide a short term attraction, but a very strong attraction over that short window - only good for early season bowhunting.
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    Mineral question

    All of the above is good advice. However, a colleague of mine actually did a scientific study comparing a cheap mineral mix purchased from the local coop to some of the commercial mineral licks, which of course were much more expensive. He found that the cheap custom mix from the coop...
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    Erosion Control Plantings

    I suggest planting a variety of perennial grass. Grasses are much better at holding soil together than trees. We plant perennial ryegrass and fescue on our farm lanes where we have farm traffic and erosion problems. Both hold up well to occasional farm traffic but neither has much wildlife...
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    Best food plot for bow hunting?

    One idea not yet mentioned for an early season bow hunting food plot is... soybeans. Soybeans planted during the early fall will die after the first hard frost, but nothing beats the attraction of newly germinated soybeans! Obviously, the soybeans will provide zero attraction during late...
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    Apple Tree Pruning pics...before and after.

    Letemgrow, First, I really like your website name! That name spells out what is most lacking in deer management across the U.S. - people killing yearling bucks without realizing they are... yearling bucks! We've had great success with all of our fruit tree plantings (apple, pear, &...
  12. OrionWhitetails

    Locust trees

    If the locust is honey locust, I would advise leaving some of these trees - deer really like the pods & I have witnessed deer walking through corn to a honey locust tree to eat the pods. Honey locust trees are quick to colonize an area, which can result in a monoculture, in which case you...
  13. OrionWhitetails

    Creating The Most Cedars The Fastest

    Corygnc, I don't like the idea of letting cedars come in on their own. This may or may not happen. Instead, I suggest transplanting small cedars from neighboring properties onto your property. Cedars that are less than 2 feet tall can be hand-pulled from the ground, put in a 5-gallon...
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    Broadcasting Turnips into Corn Now???

    Knockover corn then plant I would allow the corn to put out ears & then mow or otherwise knock over the stalks where you want to plant the turnips. The corn, now on the ground, will still attract deer and now there is plenty of sunlight for the turnips to germinate and grow. I would not wait...
  15. OrionWhitetails

    IOWA - I Love You

    wesome photos - lucky kids Ghost, Those are some awesome photos.... and some very lucky kids to have parents dedicated to getting them outdoors - congrats!
  16. OrionWhitetails

    The Mickey Wildlife Refuge aka- doe sanctuary

    Nannyslayer, The last year I failed to kill a buck in Iowa was 2002 for whatever its worth.
  17. OrionWhitetails

    The Mickey Wildlife Refuge aka- doe sanctuary

    Nice friendly comments iowaqdm. Unfortunately, it is not about me personally.-
  18. OrionWhitetails

    The Mickey Wildlife Refuge aka- doe sanctuary

    Central Iowa, First, thanks for everything you are doing to promote the QDMA. It has never been about money. My quote, which you must have been saving for a long time, is in fererence to the fact that the vast majority of Iowans see deer in a negative way... they either eat their crops, eat...
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    The Mickey Wildlife Refuge aka- doe sanctuary

    hillrunner, I fail to see how increasing opportunities for NRs will do anything but help Iowa's deer herd. Right now, we get less than 3% of available tags. If this is doubled to 6%, how is that so disastrous to others? I don't get the logic between linking more NR tags to a negative effect...
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