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    40hp tractor - which implements to get?

    I have a rear blade and can not remember the last time I used it. I am looking at set of forks for the FEL as I can always find jobs for them. For me, a brush hog is a must. I have cut down my mowing quite a bit by turning the smaller pieces into food plots. Even so, my road system and various...
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    Spring cleaning

    Nothing like the smell of a fresh controlled burn in the morning! Getting my required DNR fire permit for burning any piece over 1/4 acre, fire break disking, neighbor notification for anyone in a one mile smoke zone and the UW-SP fire crew to conduct the actual burn all lined up. There is...
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    What to do with standing switch

    Meyerske, I agree with you 100%. Plain and simple, prairie plantings need fire for the best continued results. I will be doing my 7th controlled burn on my 12 acre prairie this spring. I had two 12 acre pieces on my land that were suitable for a prairie restoration. Both were former corn...
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    Buy and Assemble a 40" Cultipacker/Roller for under $200!

    Have you considered a plain lawn roller that you can fill with about 50+ gallons of water to get added weight? They cost around $100 and will last a life time. I used one of these as my cultipacker until I bought and refurbished a 8 foot 14 inch cast iron disc wheel cultipacker. I also second...
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    WI LAND

    Sent you a PM
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    What to do with standing switch

    I just leave my prairie stand for the 5 years between controlled burns. Why can't you burn in PA?
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    Driving 4-5inch posts into the ground questions

    I installed large diameter hollow metal posts for 3 gates on my land. These posts are the anchors for the 16 foot wide stock gates. The post where the gate is locked to with a chain is a smaller diameter and solid metal. My soil is extremely sandy and rocky. I dug all the holes with post hole...
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    Bad news

    So sorry for the loss of your family member.
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    Hauling Storage Container?

    I always try to do jobs myself if I have the proper equipment for the job. Sometimes it is just better to analyze the situation and hire out the job. After reading this thread, my advice would be for you to let someone else with more professional experience in just this type of work do the job...
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    Pumpkin plot

    I put in pumpkins many years ago in a 3-4 acre plot. What I learned is that weed control in the early stages is important. This allows the vines to spread out and develop flowers which turn into the pumpkins. The deer left the pumpkins alone until late November. Then they smashed them with...
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    Bad news

    I lost my 7 year old Rottie Casey to bone cancer in later October. The cancer was initially misdiagnosed by the vet as arthritis. It spread and we had to put Casey to sleep on October 23. We had him cremated locally. I miss him and still cry every day. My friend made a custom urn for him from...
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    Any Turkey Hunters out there?

    Mud Hen, great topic to suggest. I once pulled 11 wood ticks off myself after a one hour spring WI turkey sit with decoys. The worst thing is that the rest of the day one feels them crawling all over, it they are there or not.
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    Water well for wildlife

    I put in a 6 inch rotary drilled well. It is 156 feet deep. It has two pumps in it. The bottom pump runs to my mobile home. I want water there first and foremost as I stay there quite a bit during hunting season. I have a secondary pump that puts out 30 gallons per minute. It sits higher in the...
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    Who’s also managing for pheasants?

    I wanted to put some pheasants on my land when I first bought it 27 years ago. It is in the Almond area about 25 miles SouthEast of Stevens Point. I made the mistake of calling the WI DNR first to ask what permits, if any, I needed. I was told something that stuck with me to this day. The WI DNR...
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    Would You Bush Hog This???

    I have no love of Multiflora Rose and try to eradicate it when ever and where ever I see it. I do not have it on my hunting land. It is thick on my adjacent neighbors land and sometimes intrudes onto my home acreage. I cut it with a long pole saw, get the thorns off to the side and treat the...
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