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    Let’s see your Northern whitetail crabs growth!

    Looking at buying some crabs next year. Show me your crabapple growth! Looking mostly at northern whitetail crabs varieties since I’m in MN and cold Hardy and later drops are important. Would love to see growth and fruit, as well as get some extra info. Let’s see pics with the following...
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    Fall/ Winter plot - Oats or WR/WW/Peas/Oats Blend?

    Hey all, you guys were super helpful when I put in my first ever food plot (just a basic clover plot with WR cover), so back at it for more advice. In Southern MN (USDA Zone 4). Looking to put in roughly a 1 acre plot. Equipment - have a tractor, disc, brush hog, and backpack spreader...
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    First year foodplot success!

    Last weekend we had a nice cold front come through here in MN. I finally started doing some habitat improvement last year, and one of the first things I wanted to do was turn a field/ woods edge into a long and shallow clover plot. It was my first time ever doing any sort of food plot work...
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    Buying bare dirt land - worth it?

    So there's a larger parcel near me in MN that I'm kind of eying. I've never bought a piece of land strictly for hunting/ habitat improvement. My plan has been to save for a few more years then find a spot in SW Wisconsin with a cabin since its a 3 hour drive (and my wife requires a bathroom so...
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    High level land tour and planning. Help/ advice welcome!

    Alright, here is your chance to chime in on some habitat improvement ideas. I figure this year is starting to wind down, and I want to hit next year running. So for the basics. Property is about 75 acres in total, southern MN (generally mixed ag area around me, most of our property is...
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    Looking for help planning CRP and food plot

    Working on a plan for next year on the family farm. The northern field with the pond is the only one that I can mess around with. Little background - the field (with the small inlet on the N edge) is roughly 11 acres. Somewhat low land, floods in the spring every 2-4 years. E edge of the field...
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    Looking for design input on combination food plot and CRP field

    Working on a plan for next year on the family farm. The northern field with the pond is the only one that I can mess around with. Little background - the field (with the small inlet on the N edge) is roughly 11 acres. Somewhat low land, floods in the spring every 2-4 years. E edge of the field...
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    Any places to find non-dwarf apple trees?

    I’m in MN, and seems like every nursery I’ve been to only sells apples on dwarf or semi dwarf root stock. My last house in the suburbs had a 40 year old apple tree that was a good 50 feet tall, and I see a few others like that now in farm country. Are there any places still selling trees...
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    Will a completely grazed apple come back?

    Planted a few apple trees this spring and one just got destroyed by deer. I had them fenced in completely with 7 foot wildlife netting and they ripped all of it down. Will it survive and come back? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    First timer plot in!

    Asked a few questions on here a while back about putting in a couple new plots. Family is against roundup or any spray, so had to get by with a mow and disc. Planted two plots the weekend before Labor Day that I think might be half an acre each with 50# WR, 2# red clover, 2# Alice clover...
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    New guy here. Can I do a no-spray clover plot?

    Hey all, new here and new to habitat management. My parents have a 70 acre farm in southern MN. 30 acres is pasture/ hay for horses, 30 river bottom woods, and 10 acre low land field. For the 10 acre lower field, it used to be in CRP. Wasn't maintained properly in terms of mowing to keep trees...
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