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I applied to put some more in this spring with the continuous sign up. We will see, I’m thinking the program is on thin ice.

Remember IHAP is private ground. I was asked about the landowner’s perspective and obligations. The two contracts I signed were basically we turned over the management of the property to the DNR, they put signage up and it was public hunting for the species we agreed to and only during those...

I don’t know of any IHAP program ground in this part of NW Iowa. I put two farms in a few years ago but took them out when it was possible, I believe after three years. Folks didn’t park where they were supposed to, had some hunters walk right through the house yard of one renter, trash left...

Find a deer trail and follow it.

You would be hard pressed to find a public dirt road around here, most have been turned over to the landowner. Unless you mean gravel roads, they are fine.

I’m thinking with the cost cutting talk in Washington that new CRP contracts might be in doubt. I have some EQUIP contracts in the works, we will see.

Yes, I think that is a model 11.

Pocket gopher. We were in the pasture watching cows during calving season and she was pointing at the ground, she would move a few steps, point again. I looked around at there were a couple pocket gopher mounds by us. She would cock her head to listen, wasn’t smelling.

My plant ID app calls it beardless wild rye. Not the best photo to tell however.

Neither one. Other than that I don’t know. Kinda tall for little bluestem, looks like some side oats in the first photo.

I always count an obviously hit and unrecovered bird as part of my daily limit. I’ve seen some amazing recoveries by dogs over the years.

Kevin, sorry to hear that. I guess every situation is different. As long as you have been fighting it, and I know how painful it is, it would be time to see a professional I think. Best wishes. I imagine it hurts to see that great young dog not going out, when I saw her work she(?) was one of...

We got four right in the first half hour, then an hour of not much. Still lots of corn in the field.

I’m glad your opinion is in the minority.

I saw that, from the NYT: “Ms. Noem’s new book also includes an error about when a phone call with Nikki Haley took place. That will be corrected in future editions of the book, too, said Ian Fury, the chief of communications for Ms. Noem. “It was brought to our attention that the upcoming...

Of course there’s no possibility the opposite isn’t true.

Party hunting isn’t what the sport is about. I’m fine with a person continuing to walk with the group, just unload your shotgun For me the objective isn’t to see how many birds can be killed.

No, the Iowa DNR leases some ground out for grazing, it improves the habitat if it is done correctly, not overstocked. Many years ago I approached our local DNR about grazing some of their ground next to me. “Oh no, we won’t ever do that.” The next year they asked what it would take to put some...

I like to shoot a lot of older guns at the trap range. I’ve never been able to get the model 12 to shoot like the others, always forget to cover up the target. Well High Plains Gunstocks have a bunch of gunstocks that fit so I ordered a very plain Jane basic set. I honestly don’t care for a lot...

I’m sure it’s just waterfowlers, and certainly no one here. Each spring the grandkids and I pick up trash around the lakeshore. Probably a half mile of shore line we usually get two bags of trash. Each year. Am I the only one who makes every reasonable effort to pick up my spent shells ? This...