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Those deer with the stickers can really make some cool jumps year to year. Have you had good luck passing shooters and seeing them/hunting them next year? In MN I've given up passing on bucks that make it this long because it hasn't worked out for me to get a Crack next year. In WI its been a...

Some beautiful bucks there Native. Next year's crop is looking good!

We've killed buckthorn DEAD with the garlon/diesel 1:3 mix down to 0 degrees on cut - stump treat. Never tried the Harper cocktail though. I'm sure he has some literature on the efficacy of his cocktail, unfortunately all of his stuff I have saved is on my desktop at work or I'd gloss it over...

This is alarming, no way to sugar coat it.

Just checked the testing results for Iowa, Sauk, Dane, and Richland counties in WI, ground zero area for the initial positive tests... positive results as high as 37% in Richland as low as 18% in Dane county. These are the 2025 results with more tests pending. What I've *heard* is that the...

Those are indeed some scary results coming from that region. The positive is that it's been around for 25+ years in southwest WI and there are still mature bucks around in those areas.

I think the reason is likely both, IMO. The logistics of extracting a lymph node is the toughest part. In WI where they've been testing for decades now, there are locations every 10 miles so it isn't such a nuisance for the hunter to get the test. Then the biologists or whoever drive to the...

CWD testing is certainly expensive and these state agencies aren't exactly flush with cash. MN has been mandating testing of deer registered on opening weekend of gun season(in some zones) for a few years. They get the most bang for their buck that way. No different than law enforcement ramping...

Reading between the lines it appears he got a doe a mile to the north.

Yeah, I've seen his follow up video on that area and there are a pretty decent amount of oaks growing, they're a few feet tall now. Bill has a much lower deer density than we do here in MN, I don't think it would be near as successful here, however I do plan to include some oaks just not sure...

Have any links to the one tou have or have tried?

Watching two one year olds spar at a distance. One has a bum leg. 6 does/fawns just came running out into the cut corn field. They are kind of down wind but its blowing hard enough and they are far enough away I think. We'll see what happens, its a "magic X" day, wish I had some standing corn...

I don't think acorns would go through it but ash, elm, maple, etc should be no problem

Part of the contract as I'm aware (not enrolled yet) is site prep which would include spraying the grasses. I believe there is also cost share for follow up spraying of the grasses. I don't know anything about the contract in regards to paying it back. My plan would be to drill the seed in...

I've seen that video and that's kind of what I'm going for. I have plenty of switchgrass already, looking to get more of a woody component in other areas. Some fallow areas of old farm fields that I've let go have become basically 12-15' tall box elder thickets but I'm looking for more diversity...

Has anyone done this? Minnesota has a program called field to forest and its goal is to create timbered ground where there is currently ag or pasture. I'm going to enroll 4 acres of my pasture (hillside) ground. The options are to plant seedlings or do a "direct seeding" with tree/shrub seeds...

We had a 70/30 split on the walnut and I averaged around $1000/tree for 8 trees if I recall correctly.

It's starting to creep back up again towards ATH territory. Has some of the AI bubble fear diminished?

Seems like that platform is too low and would easily bottom out on any uneven terrain as well. I'm considering one of the 4 wheel powered machines but I'm cautious they have the power to climb a 250' bluff road.