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Munster927, sorry, forgot about about Woodcock, but I wouldn't know one if it flew at me and hit me in the forehead!

Mourning doves are considered migratory birds by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Quote from U S Fish & Wildlife Service website concerning mourning dove hunting regulations, "You cannot hunt migratory birds with a shotgun that can hold more than three shells." Directive also covers baiting...

Break even crop prices will vary from farm to farm. It depends on debt load, overhead costs, machinery costs, efficiency level, input cost, own or rent the land, plus a myriad of other factors. Insurance usually only allows you to play the game next year. Land payments/payoff will also vary too...

Not sure where you get that information. We pay federal, state, local income taxes, property taxes, fuel, sales, county road taxes, plus dozens of taxes disguised as fees " Basically whatever the politicians can come up with to separate us from our money. Far as grain farmers can't lose...

You think farmers get upset when you tear up minimum maintenance roads, drive across their fields because you can't get down the road.

The cedar wall causes the snow to fill in all the cover downwind of it or behind it. These photos show a few of the drifts we had last year. The last row of cedars are 36 feet away. Underneath the drifts, are/ the shrubs {sumac/buffalo berry/others) Absolutely destroyed them. Not much winter...

Here are my best guesses at what you are seeing. Smooth brome, phragmites, Switch grass, tall wheatgrass. Others common in addition to what Benelli-banger stated, Oahe intermediate, pubesant wheatgrass and green needlegrass. There are booklets that may be avaialble from the NRCS and NDSU...

I have planted 6 different tree belts with trees similar to your choices. They all contain cedars. The only problems I've encountered is that when mature they can create a wall that is tough to get through if you need to get to the opposite side. That "wall" also will help create some pretty...

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Good for your son and you! Experiences like this are priceless and will go a long way to keep him hunting with you, long in the future. Might be a little late for your son to ask Santa for a couple of new chokes. :)

This really depends on what your goals are. If you are going for max winter food from the plot, any additions probably will lower total yield due to the competition. Some other factors will come into play: a good stand of milo will either shade out other plants, or cause them to elongate, trying...

The millet will compete with the sorghum as it matures faster. If you get enough rain, no problems. If not, the milo will be stunted, no grain, with a food plot of millet that will go down with the first big wind or snow

Pheasants will dig up planted seed, both milo and corn. When seeds germinate, they give off a scent/ gas that pheasants (and other animals) can detect. Thats how they can go right down a row and get every seed. If you get enough birds, or slow germination. they can clean out several acres. Once...

It is a Pioneer brand., 8925, (off the top of my head). It gets about2 1/2 to 3 foot tall. There are a lot of other good varieties/brands available. I would talk to your local seed dealers? There are probably varieties designed for food plots that would work for your area. your As I...

Most of my food plots are milo {sorghum} planted with a drill with 7 1/2-inch rows. You get thicker canopy cover faster, which seems to hold the birds better than 30" rows. I only put down preemergence (like atrazine and Duall} chemicals down at planting. The number of weeds in the rows will...