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I have family employed by an agency that manages federal lands. Water cooler talk is that the feds are going to be considering raising money for the talked about sovereign fund by selling land, making more leases for timber and minerals. Public land is a cornerstone of the outdoor recreation...

No, not sled dogs, but rather dogs trained to find antler sheds. Anyone ever around one ? See one work ? I’ve read about them and I think this time of year that would a great way to get some exercise and watch a dog work. Can they smell them for a distance like a bird dog ? Or do they have to...

Wanted to update the inventory for insurance purposes, make, model, serial number, condition, who it is supposed to go to, all that. It’s been a while. Made the mistake of letting the list lay on the kitchen table. “Is this a list of all the shotguns you have ??? !!!” Don’t be silly...

I picked this up a while ago, neat shotgun I plan to put in the trap rotation.

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.

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...

There is a maybe 1/4 acre grass patch between the house and the road. When we had cows it was a holding pen before the working pens. This spring I planted a bunch of various hay species left over from other years and projects, turned out to be mostly red clover and sweet clover. We wanted...

Seems no release for planting: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/ag-policy-blog/blog-post/2022/04/04/ag-secretary-vilsack-rejects-open-2

Signed up a little more CRP, it is a long narrow piece next to DNR ground that gets hit hard by deer and the trees reduce production some. The soil types however are top of the list. With the payments rates I don’t think they will get much good producing ground enrolled. It would be rented on...

I took the combine to Spencer in NW Iowa early this morning. I saw many, many broods of pheasants out on the back roads, more than I have ever seen. Most were evidently hatched in the ditches since there was only corn and beans for some distance. Every thing to roosters with some color to some...

Sitting here on the patio drinking that first cup of coffee. Our farm includes a lot of hay ground along with CRP in addition to the corn and beans. When I had cows we rotated the pastures, MIG for those who know. The pastures got reseeded very few years and that kept them labeled as fields for...

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/Conservation/Haying-and-Grazing/map-haying_and_Grazing.pdf I see lots of haying this week, they must have waved the nesting season requirement. current list...

This pond hasn’t been dry since we sold the cows. A month ago I dug an area out that held water and now it’s dry. The DNR is draining the lake and the water table goes down with it. All the nearby water sources are dry. Anyone have any experience with doing this ?

I managed to get 20 more acres of EQUIP ground planted today. Still waiting on whether or not the other 20 acres got accepted. I applied last fall sometime and they can’t give me any idea if or when it will get accepted. It would have been nice to work it and seed it with the rest but no big...

There are many folks here with deep backgrounds on pheasants, I have long had a question on coyotes. How much net damage to bird populations do they really do ? I understand a coyote will eat anything it can catch. I also hear their main diet is small mammals. But I hunt with guys that shoot...

Anyone see the new version of the show on Masterpiece Theater ? We at our house have read all the books and thought the earlier show was great. This one seems to be pretty good, and as a farmer I must say very accurate.

Both my folks passed away a couple years ago. I’ve finally decided to sit down and sort the photos and related keepsakes that they accumulated. Tough job, lots of good memories and a few tight throat times. My folks never discussed much about their early life, snippets here and there. Dad...

There’s a section of corn across the road from me, just came out yesterday, last field around. I came home late afternoon and my wife says some guys are shooting too close to the house. Odd, the landlord never allows hunting, long story there. I go to the end of the lane and see two guys...

Yesterday I got a call from the NRCS guy and he told me the CRP got released for haying. All programs, no repayment. The CRP here in my part of Iowa is going to take a huge hit. I have a considerable amount, I will cut maybe 10% of it so I can get some thistle control done this fall. He stated...