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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.

I'd probably go less than that to make it even more manageable at first just to see the response. I'd think about an acre with the expectation of coming back once a year to target whatever you don't want coming back would be a manageable plan. See the response and keep beating it back. Expand to...

It depends on the soil and weather conditions for me. If there's not a good rain in the forecast or the soil or planting depth isn't adequate, I'd rather have coated seeds.

Exactly. People think it has to be deer to deer, or deer have to be in contact somehow. They wonder how it seemingly jumps from one place to another. Prions can travel by all sorts of methods. Birds, water, tornadoes, truck, train, plane, seeds, hay, vegetables, etc.

I dug a little deeper: How could a disease spread from fort collins colorado to the gulf of mexico by water? A disease could spread from Fort Collins, Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico through a massive, interconnected river system that acts as a natural "liquid highway" for waterborne pathogens...