Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
This will be a farm tour thread for a new farm I just purchased with my brother. This is in Northern MO. It is 187 acres, with 40 in current tillable for cash rent, another 15 soon to be tillable, around 50 acres of timber, with the rest in pasture. We have have another brother who had bought around 60 acres of an original 250 from an older gentleman. This past spring we found out that he was interested in selling the rest of the farm. We just closed last week. The farm never made it to market and we managed to all feel like we had an agreeable price. Our plan is to hold this farm and not flip it.
We know from our other brother's inside knowledge that this farm is in an incredible neighborhood in terms of whitetail genetics. I posted a thread of a deadhead I had found and I am not quite sure yet if I will post recent or older trail camera photos/videos of this farm. All but the tillable acres have been in pasture ground for the last 40 years and as far as we know has never had hunting pressure. We consider it to be a true blank canvas and think that it has the right amount of work yet to be done for our future plans.
A look at the neighborhood. It works out that this farm sits between where most of the cover is and where most of the Ag is located. What I found most appealing is that it has mostly south and east facing slopes, with access from just about all sides.
Here is what the topography looks like:
Our focus will be on improving the habitat for whitetail, quail, and turkey. Ultimately, this will include enrolling some acres in EQIP and CSP. I have already met with USDA and am creating a multi-year plan for some of the hay ground that is not currently in timber or has little agricultural value.
We know from our other brother's inside knowledge that this farm is in an incredible neighborhood in terms of whitetail genetics. I posted a thread of a deadhead I had found and I am not quite sure yet if I will post recent or older trail camera photos/videos of this farm. All but the tillable acres have been in pasture ground for the last 40 years and as far as we know has never had hunting pressure. We consider it to be a true blank canvas and think that it has the right amount of work yet to be done for our future plans.
A look at the neighborhood. It works out that this farm sits between where most of the cover is and where most of the Ag is located. What I found most appealing is that it has mostly south and east facing slopes, with access from just about all sides.
Here is what the topography looks like:
Our focus will be on improving the habitat for whitetail, quail, and turkey. Ultimately, this will include enrolling some acres in EQIP and CSP. I have already met with USDA and am creating a multi-year plan for some of the hay ground that is not currently in timber or has little agricultural value.