Recent content by Bucktown

Congratulations on embarking on the land ownership journey! Quick thought for you....your loan length will be shorter than what you typically find on buying homes. You should assume the max loan term will be 15 years. As others have said, get yourself 20% down and 1.) talk to the current...

I've owned the 3038e. Very nice light duty machine. That said, lift capacity was suspect, even with fluid. I wouldn't buy any of the machines under consideration without fluid filled tires. You will find that it won't take long before you wish you had a little more tractor. I'd echo the...

Full disclosure....I'm a dealer, but......360 Hunting Blinds are as nice as they come. Here's two different ones of my own. The standard 360 ProSeries has 4 vertical archery windows and 8 gun windows. Can easily shoot a bow out of the gun windows as well. They can also be customized, like...

You'll run out of time trying to till that much ground with a tiller and untangling the mess wrapped around the shaft. Keep your disk if you'd like to work the soil or better yet, don't till it and go no till.

Perfect week to frost seed in central WI! Peas won't catch in a frost seed. Wheat may, but plant spring wheat not winter wheat. Success will be highly variable on wheat depending on conditions (prior season weeds, moisture, amount of freeze/thaw, etc). Too much wetness and the wheat...

Back to the equipment purchase question here....if you go the tractor route (which is the camp I fall into) I would go with 4wd and invest in fluid for the tires. Gives you much more working capacity and is much safer if you are negotiating hills and accounts for counter weight most guys wish...

Waupaca County is great, but you will pay for it. Marquette, Waushara and Monroe counties to me offer the best balance between good hunting, recreation and price. If you want to make the drive there is some fantastic hunting developing in NE Marathon and SW Langlade counties. Much less...

Those are nice units. If you're looking for a comparison, maybe try Jim at www.abuilding4you.com. He is really good at customizing a building to fit just about any size budget. I've seen him do very basic sheds to extravagant, full log mini cabins and everything in between. I was just in a...

Da Up & Rocks n Stumps Thanks for those contacts. I will certainly look into both. Any other suggestions appreciated!

I'm looking for a new resource in a private forestry consultant that works central and northern WI. Essentially looking for help in writing MFL plans and setting up and managing private land cuts. The WI DNR provides lists a mile long, but thought I'd look for a recommendation before I start...

This will only reinforce the point that Jack addressed earlier. Widely variable conditions yield widely variable results. This production map in WI gives you a pic of not only The availability of crop ground but also the quality based on yields. I food plot in Lincoln/Langlade county. Crappy...

Ben.MN My in laws are in Rusk County, near Ladysmith, know the area well. There are corn and beans in that area, but you won't find a farmer there that isn't starving their farm for trying it. Id bet Average yields there are in the 130's. There's a reason those dairy farms are falling down...

Correct, where I hunt and food plot, corn/beans are rare, basically Lincoln/Langlade county North. It's entirely too risky, even at 85 day corn. Poor soil, combined with poor growing season and there you have it. When your livelihood depends on it, you don't do it. Of course, there are...

2 things on that one: 1. Yes, in parts of the state. Where we are, no it doesn’t happen. Not enough soil quality or growing season to make the risk worth it. Risk of frost persists well into May and begins by early September. Our farms to the south, yes... 2. Regarding the rest, farming...

Great points Jack, you'll get no disagreement here. Central WI monocultures are risky business and I think you are 100% correct in other areas. Have a great day.