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  1. westonwhitetail

    Realtor interaction etiquette

    I had a bad experience with a realtor when I walked a property once. I called and asked the selling realtor to walk it. He said yes I could walk it and he wanted to meet me out there. I wanted to make an offer a couple days later and wanted to have my usual realtor to represent me to close the...
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    Stock Market is the bottom in?

    Turkish, we use CC for the cash back. What programs/apps are you using for the budgeting aspect? Is it through your CC company? Are the investments set up through the CC company automatically or are you manually moving that cash back money to another investment account? I'd love to hear more...
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    Orchard location

    This year I am adding a second orchard in a new location with some trees I grafted last year. These are in different areas on my property so they provide attraction near different travel patterns.
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    Timber Harvest

    That'd be much appreciated. I am in WI. Dunn County (west central WI)
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    Timber Harvest

    Is this something the accountant needs to set up now, prior to harvest? Or something that can be completed at Tax time next year, as long as I have the timber cruise/appaisal completed now?
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    Timber Harvest

    I will be cutting my land this year, signed a contract recently. Has anyone here had experience with determining a timber basis to limit the amount of taxes paid on a timber harvest? I was originally interested in doing this, but don't understand the process completely. I know I need a timber...
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    Post Timber Harvest Tips

    My property will have its first timber harvest this year. I am planning to have them cut some areas harder than others to help promote brush/cover growth. If they are still working on your property maybe you could see if they are willing to harvest some additional trees in strategic areas to...
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    So You Wanna Buy A Big Buck Property ... How Do You Evaluate?

    pretty cool experiences you have at your property. I wonder if that spot had the right wind or thermals for them to want to stop and scent the area or what they were doing? Interesting for sure. I shouldn’t say you can’t do it without history/experience. I think many have done it. I guess I...
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    So You Wanna Buy A Big Buck Property ... How Do You Evaluate?

    I don’t know how you truly know the land will reliably produce big bucks without some history in the area..a property can check all the boxes from an initial evaluation but when it comes down to it you don’t know what it will produce. A few bad neighbors in the area can ruin it anywhere. You...
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    What do you make of this observation?

    Are deer bedded in areas where they are able to watch your entrance to the stand in the afternoon?
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    Water Quality Testing

    I work for an engineering company and design municipal water systems. When we are siting a well, we sometimes use this lab for a broad check of water quality parameters. There are a number of others required for a municipal well/water supply, but this is a reasonable price option for checking...
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    No cam hunting

    The value of a 100 camera to get pictures of a couple good bucks before you sell has to have an incredible return on investment! I still love my cameras, but I know early in my bowhunting career I passed numerous "good" bucks waiting for the 1-2 giants I had on camera. I think it hurt my...
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    You Might Be A Food Plotter If…

    When you take advantage of "work from home" and participate in meetings while on the four wheeler spraying your beans
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    Grafting rootstock vs. bareroot

    Thanks for the replies guys. After thinking about it, I'm gonna plan to graft around 10 trees each year from my existing trees. Then I will add bareroots when I want new apple varieties i want to add to the mix.
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    Grafting rootstock vs. bareroot

    What is the difference in timeframe to get a tree to production when grafting on rootstock vs. buying a bareroot tree? I have a local nursery that has beautiful bareroot trees that I started my orchard with in 2021. These bareroots are 5-8 feet tall at the time of planting. Currently I have...
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    Timber Harvest

    Is anyone involved in the TImber Industry? Just curious if anyone has a feel if timber values high, low, or average right now?
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    Are the glory days of deer hunting coming to a close?

    Phones, tablets, TV's are so stimulating, they are crack for kids. I have a 4 and 6 and if they get on my phone to look at pictures or color/draw its hard to get their attention and getting them off can be a battle. So I like your approach omicron, your kids will thank you someday when their the...
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    Timber Harvest

    I walked the property today with a logger. He seems fairly willing to work with me and understands my goals. He wasn't pushing to take all the oaks and leave the rest. He was open to doing some pockets of clear cutting. He prioritized taking all the ash and most red (soft) maple first, then thin...
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    Timber Harvest

    I'd probably do both pine and spruce then for variety. In the future I want to convert a chunk of my ag field to Native grasses with pines mixed in for more cover. I love areas like those, they just feel like deer should be behind every corner!
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    Timber Harvest

    Thanks. I have an orchard started in the SW corner of the square forty and a food plot there. Did not think of adding some smaller plots in the wooded cover though. It is flat enough on the north end of both clear cuts for something. I have had good luck bowhunting my property the last 2...
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