Recent content by BRITTMAN

For those that do get a contract to ship to Asia (China). Ocean freight costs are pretty low this year and container availability is good. It is actually soybeans which helps get those containers back to China full vs. empty.

Soybeans have become too predominant. Ag companies, chemical companies, seed companies, grain trading companies have all developed a true monoculture approach. Beans and Corn. Many farmers had no choice but to comply. 10 years ago, we were in a township in middle NoDak. Stutsman county...

Crude oil works much the same way. Lower quality crude far from end users can go below the price it takes to get it out of the ground when you include the added cost of moving it.

The North Dakota sportsmen groups kind of were run over with the e-posting. Much of ND had their panties in a bunch when the protestors occupied private land south of Mandan ... the tide turned a bit towards favoring landowners ... initial laws did offer some protected/exception to legal...

At one time NW ND was quietly a great place to run dogs and shoot pheasants. It was a zoo opening weekend (mostly ND residents from Williston, Minot and parts in between) ... then pretty quiet as geese entered the state in mass and deer season came next. When the Bakken was renewed and...

Water is all they need. I like egg or ground burger as a supplement to their evening meal to encourage them to eat if they are "dog" tired. The extra protein and fat is a plus too.

It is no secret that the past 2-3 years in NW ND have been pretty crazy good. e-posting is changing things a bunch NW ND was phenomenal pheasant hunting before the sloughs recharged in the early 90s.

CRP and Corn are not a sharptail's friend. Huns prefer small grains and edges. Tall grass prairie is not a Hun's friend either.

Love the juvy male already trying out his lek dancing ...

If the brood count (# of broods and # of juvenile birds) are down, it will very likely show up in the harvest survey (lower). Young birds make up a large share of the harvest. If you did not hunt Huns in ND in the 1988 - 1992 time frame ... you missed the crazy peak no matter what the...

Pressure is more than manageable.

Rain is a Hun's worst enemy.

Keep an eye out for the mail this week ;)

The MN DNR has the link for the license lottery look "live" on the Prairie Chicken page of the website. When I looked up our my ID ... It says we were unsuccessful. Two years ago, the web page said that we were unsuccessful, and preference moved to "2". Made other plans and then the "you...