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Will use some Prowl on the sorghum - nothing on the corn (other than a one or two shots of glyphosate )

Just got our food plots disked a couple weeks ago. Was planning on going back out to plant last weekend, but unfortunately we got all kinds of rain and it was too wet. Hoping to get corn planted this weekend, and possibly sorghum. Will need to disc again, as I'm sure there are all sorts of...

I've always hypothesized that there is a correlation or relationship between pheasant density and glacialized areas. Primarily, the most recent glacier (Des Moines Lobe) tends to overlap pretty closely with the best bird numbers in the state of Iowa. There are obviously other factors at play...

Does anybody know if access to calcium grit is plentiful throughout Iowa, or is it potentially a limiting factor for pheasant reproduction? I have no idea..

For a spring burn, I have been mowing in the Fall, to give a chance for the clippings to decompose, etc. I worry that if I mow close to burning (since some of the clover is pretty tall), that I may end up with dead debris on the firebreaks that could potentially provide enough fuel to carry the...

I would think that strategy is probably just as good or better. It seems like disked ground that grows to weeds is about as good of brooding cover as anything you could possibly plant - and its all there in the seed bed for free!

Was just using that as an example. So think One square field totalling 75 acres. That 75 acre field is dividend (by firebreaks) into three smaller 25 acre fields. Each year, we burn one of the 25 acre fields. Does that make sense?

Curious to get others thoughts on firebreaks. On one hand, we all know that prescribed fire is critical to maintaining high quality pheasant habitat (primarily for nesting/brood rearing), so fire is almost a given in any well thought out management plan. We have our CRP acres on a 3 year burn...

If you send me the coordinates I can go check it out for you ;)

The real question is, how many birds did you see ???

Iowa 8AM start.

Having just a handful of spots like that is priceless. I've got dozens of different farms I can hunt, however only a fraction of those am I the only one with permission. Most often they have a few other groups or guys that hunt as well. Still beats the heck out of public land usually, but not...

Another big variable here is what and where you are hunting. If you've got private land that you are certain nobody else will hunt, you have the luxury to hunt whenever. However, there are many places that I hunt where I'm sure others may have permission as well, so I will try and be at those...

If the crops are out of the fields, I seem to have really good luck middle of the day as well. If crops are still standing, the last hour of the day has always been the best for me, seems you can catch them moving back in to roost. Middle of the day near standing corn is near useless in my...

I've actually noticed better success with the opposite approach.. If my dog sees a bird down or has a general mark, I'm usually better off just holding tight and letting him have at it. It seems that the times I've run up to the mark it almost interferes with the scent. If a the bird is dead...