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    Land prices / insane!!!

    Bronc if you don’t mind could you elaborate on what you’ll view as a “good fit for the portfolio”? Always interested to hear other potential buyers perspective of what they look for and what the piece will look like for you to pull the trigger. Thanks
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    “I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HUNT MY LAND AS NR EVERY YEAR!!!”

    Would only point out that this forum is full of posts from residents that have bought/own land in IA that want or advocate for changing rules and laws that they feel would be beneficial. Without wading in to this discussion that has been had many times on here over the years (that I see both...
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    Dogwoods

    I stabbed around 50-60 of them in the ground a couple years ago, didn’t have a single one make it. Not sure if it was bc of the deer or if they just didn’t take. Guessing I didn’t do something right haha
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    Nephew had a heck of a season!!

    Both fantastic bucks! That bottom one like you say, what a slammer of an 8pt, congrats to that young man well done!
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    On herd populations….FINALLY!

    Hopefully the link works. Had this sent to me by some friends. Ive been saying for 10 years that nobody is talking about reducing doe harvest, the pendulum needs to swing back, etc…well, FINALLY there’s an article, podcast, tv celebrity, talking head that is discussing the subject. Love it haha...
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    No Doe shooting for ME…. U guys down?

    Spot on imo. I’ve been banging this drum as loudly as I can since 2012.
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    No Doe shooting for ME…. U guys down?

    We got aggressive last year in taking out a few cull bucks that were old and maybe it’s just coincidence but this fall we seemed to have our best quality of older bucks we’ve had on the farm in the 6 years we’ve had it. Seemed to help
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    Crossbow question….

    Yeah EHD is straight from the pit of hell haha. Like Skip said it’s just a major kick in the nuts to think you’ve got one that made it to 5 or 6 years old only to find him in September dead. It’s beyond frustrating. But also in my mind one more reason why most hunters/areas need to reduce or...
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    Crossbow question….

    And I’d agree with him. Lowest number of deer in the state since 1990. Add in crossbows to an already diminishing herd with the same amount of pressure as always and no question the number of old mature bucks is at an all time low.
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    Crossbow question….

    One last example Skip is your very own IA….just about every resident you ask in IA when the best hunting the state has ever had it’s pretty unanimous that the 2000-2010 range was it. So it’s worse today as we sit here. Why? Hasn’t been crossbows (thanks to the hard work by guys like yourself)...
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    Crossbow question….

    My neighbor killed two 200”s last year, he’s hunting two different 190 inchers right now as we speak, I had a 180“ on my farm all fall get killed by a different neighbor sunday night w shotgun, old neighbor a couple counties south of me killed a 197 last night, my son killed a 181” in October on...
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    Crossbow question….

    I pretty much agree with most everything you point out but i guess what I’m saying is that now go in to every area/state you just described and eliminate 30-50% of the deer overnight. In every single situation you described the hunting would go from bad to worse. I don’t see any possible way...
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    Crossbow question….

    Wow that’s surprising. 5000 acres is beyond comprehension haha. I don’t know much about southern IL, haven’t ever really had any experience down there. Is he getting bucks to 5-7 years old but they just don’t have the racks or is he struggling to get them to age? Hard to imagine w that much...
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    No Doe shooting for ME…. U guys down?

    That’s amazing. Out of curiosity how big of farm is it? (The one that needs 100 does killed) Also, how would you describe the quality and quantity of bucks in that farm/area compared to others with lower populations.
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    Crossbow question….

    Definitely has happened. To what extent I’m not sure. But still, IL basically has a 3 day gun season followed by a 4 day season a couple weeks later. if some of the gun hunters switched to the bow season bc of crossguns they now have like 60 days to kill something instead of 7. Seems like the...
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