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The conversation from row crops to CRP begins today. 50 acres NWSG with forms, 5 acres of food plots all with equipment that is really too small, but will get the job done. I'll be pre-spraying the fields with glyphosate using a 25 gallon sprayer on the 1999 Kawasaki Prairie 400 4-wheeler, and...

Right now it is "In Progress." I believe the average wait time is about 15 days.

Thanks for sharing your rumnations. Great food for thought. Just as carp is considered a trash fish in America and a delicacy in Asia, so too is the value we place on various critters. Crows used to be prime game birds--but times changed after the "kill a crow, feed a soldier" campaign during...

The landowners wants dead hogs, not recovered hogs, so a gut shot or body shot is what he is requesting, which the .223 will do well. However, I am not comfortable or willing to maim an animal intentionally, so my goal is a heart/lung or head shot. Here is the rifle on a terrible...

Totally agree....the old timers told me stories of how this used to work in Dade County, MO. Apparently you would call the local sheriff or deputy, tell them you had a coyote, then drop the carcass over a fence. The deputy or sheriff would drive by, verify the kill, and when back at the...

That is great. You guys really cleaned house. There was a bounty system in Missouri through 1968, and in some counties through the '80s. but I doubt if it will ever come back. Kansas had a $20 bounty back in the 1960s. That's $220 today--coyote hunting would be a major pastime.

No, just predator management for now. However, I’d love a few pelts for decorating at the cabin.

I too had a one day "layover" in Seattle on a business trip to Hawaii. The area around the Space Needle was sketchy, but the fish market, the aquarium on Pier 59 and the original Pike's Place Starbucks are all in walking distance, and well worth the time. You can do all three in about four to...

As shared in another post, I have been asked to be a voice in the CWD/Deer Management conversation here in Missouri on March 4. One of the best ways to get answers is to ask the right questions (lots of them) and to listen carefully to the response. So, let me know your questions.

Like Bill, I live in a CWD zone county with no positive CWD. The county east of us had one positive, 15 miles from our place. In the past three years, no more positive deer have been found, for which I am thankful. I am reading/hearing more stories of CWD in Wisconsin and NW Arkansas impacting...

One 'coon, one skunk....this is the first skunk in the dog proof. The skunk sprayed every where, so I displaced it, and will take it out of the trap tomorrow.

While the prions do accumulate as you note, it takes a threshold exposure to trigger CWD. Once prevalence rates are 5%, then control is mathmatically unlikely. Therefore, the goal is to keep prevalence rates down (primarily with increased harvest, especially in CWD areas). The worst thing...

A few more pictures from the hunt.... Close....Three of us work at the same not-for-profit, so we're planning to the team potluck featuring a game bird entree consisting of the Shish Kebab recipe from MeatEaters.

I enjoyed a great time of hunting and a fellowship with friends from deer Creek Baptist Church at our Northeast Missouri upland bird hunt. We had two teams of six hunters. Our group brought in 23 birds, of which I contributed four, and the other group ended up with 19 birds. Both chukars and...

With the acquisition of a thermal scope, I decided to build a coyote/hog gun in .223. The goal is a rifle that shoots cost-effective rounds (Hornedy varmint .223's are about .45/round), reaches out 150-200 yards, and is light weight. Using a polymer lower by ATI & 16" barrel keeps the rifle just...