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As I understood it, the problem with buckthorn was that it was very poor from a nutritional standpoint. I think it acts as a laxative that just pushes itself right through animals and is part of the reason for it spreading so rapidly. I've never dealt with it, but I've dealt with other invasive...

When we had our catfish pond, we used to keep a trotline in it or jugs. Sometimes, we'd just use shiny hooks left out there. We'd have a catfish every day or so. It was one of my chores everyday, to go check the lines, bring in the fish and skin and freeze.

After you have it disced good, set the disc angle bar straight. Just run it right over the top to crack the clods open. Soil moisture and type can make a difference too. I've had to make a few passes on heavier clay soils.

Is it because of big clods? If so, I've just made a couple more passes with the discs raised to break them up. One of the best things I've ever used to smooth out before planting was one of those rotary arena type harrow drags. Those things really smooth it out. Edit: I've done the log behind...

I see beds in it, like the pic above. When I walked through, I saw lots of beds. But, hunting near it, I think it's more night bedding. I've also seen them bedding in it during the daytime in summer, and would not have thought that given the heat. But, I've seen them lay down in soybean fields...

I went back to see my timeline. Mine was planted in June of 2021. These pics are from October of 2022.

The first is what came up naturally the first spring after a fall disking. The second is what it all looks like right now, right at 5 years.

Little Bluestem Side Oats Grama Virginia Wild Rye Blackeyed Susan Bergamot Purple coneflower Smooth Beardtongue Rigid Goldenrod Greyheaded Coneflower New England Aster False Sunflower Smooth Aster

Mine was mowed in early spring, sprayed with gly shortly after it started growing back, sprayed again with gly and imazapic 5-6 weeks later. It was planted, then sprayed again to control some johnsongrass. I had some edges that were only disked. I can't tell the difference now.

I would just lightly disk it and see what come up between now and the fall. A lot of annuals should pop up before perennials get established. It would let you get an idea of what you have to work with or against.

About the same here. Lots of inventory, and the average price for a nice house is in the 300K range.

There are houses for sale all over the place. Affordability of them is another thing.

I don't think we have a housing or food shortage. We just have a bunch of people that want to live on credit or think frivolous things are necessities. They line up at fast food joints, pay to have food delivered, stay in Airbnbs, vacation all over the world, buy the latest clothes, etc. But...

That's where the 50 year mortgage will take care of things. 🤣

Iowa county, WI harvest history 1960 - Present: Source: https://apps.dnr.wi.gov/deermetrics/DeerStats.aspx?R=HarvestHistory

It would definitely be a gradual decrease in quality. With the study, they were showing it would take 2 generations for improving quality in a very controlled environment. In the wild you wouldn't see it that fast. That's why I was saying you're looking at 2 or more generations of does living at...

This chart from the MSU Deer Lab is a pretty good look at how we can have less and less quality bucks as the years go by. I think back on that study where it took 2 generations of optimum nutrition for bucks to reach their genetic potential. So, with that same reasoning, it can take 2...

That figure doesn't match up with what the University of Georgia just published a month ago. You may want to recheck that.

@356 Where is that published?

With a population that high, there would almost certainly be a die off, CWD or not. Deer populations decrease when they become overpopulated.