Recent content by GMan5465

Fire can play a role here. It will set back your specific areas and not let it progress into timberland. If you can maintain a few firebreaks by mowing, the burning gets easier. There’s a group in your area putting together a prescribed burn association. We have a burn trailer that has gas...

These are really comfortable stands...but they are noisy - out of the box. So, I added nylon washers at any point where metal touches metal. You can get those washers at Menards. Also, upgraded to a thicker and larger bolt (thinking 5/16) so I can really wrench them, and to have room for the...

I use the DK 1 gopher traps the minute I see a mound pop up. Many YouTube videos out there. Find the travel holes and set the trap inside the hole. I spray the trap with wd40, not sure why that works but it does. Once the trap is set, cover the trap/hole with grass. Most of the time I only...

Stressed oaks are then susceptible to the two lined chestnut borer. Mine were stressed from the drought, also we have oak wilt in the area. I’ll probably lose most of them over time.

I’ve got them as well…argh!

Damn yotes! Haven’t found a carcass yet.

In MN, there are three seasons for crows…or anytime if they are doing damage…or about to do damage! The law actually says that. Always thought that was funny.

I used the Mobile Warming Pro Merino Wool heated socks this last hunting season. They worked for me. My feet are usually the first thing to get cold. There are like $120, but I found them for 25% off at Acme tools. I bought two so I’d have an extra set of batteries for all day sits.

I misspoke when I said a refinance. We had paid our house off earlier. I told them I wanted to pull my equity out in the form of a mortgage. When they asked me why, I just told them with the rates the way they are, I wanted to take advantage of it, and that I would be using the money on an...

You could also consider a cash out refinance. When we bought our hunting property, we refinanced our main home and pulled out as much cash as we needed. With this, I own my hunting property outright, but then had a loan on my main home. Might get a better rate. We timed it right with a 5/1...

Buck, buck, white goose…this is a first!

It would be nice to understand how many deer die because of CWD? That is very different than how many deer die with CWD. I think of it like heart disease in humans. Many people have it, but they don't all die because of it. Maybe I'm thinking about this wrong.

Most of the major manufacturers make great bows. Go to a local bow shop and shoot them all. One will feel more comfortable than the others. Start with that one and ask questions from there. You will need a relationship with the shop as you will need help tuning and other fixes down the road...

Beautiful buck, those nice 8s are hard to come by.

Nice! Can I ask what that set you back?