Recent content by Badgers80

Beautiful body and rack on him. Nice pictures with the sun shining through

Thought I’d share some pics of my Milo. First year planting Milo in my new CRP plot. Very happy with the results so far. Planted June 19th after broadcasting and dragging. Not seeing many heads yet - only on the shorter Milo that was suppressed a bit. The millet is seeding out though. Put urea...

Nice vids and bucks! Fun to see bachelor groups like that.

Sorry for the scare. You’re right, Brian. Barnyard grass. From what I read, it’s an annual and isn’t as aggressive as Johnson grass, so that’s a better answer.

That’s the dreaded Johnson grass. Did you plant something after you sprayed or disked? The Johnson grass saw an opportunity to pop once the disturbance happened and the competition was set back. Not sure you’d want to do anything this year about it since it’s seeded out.

You both are convincing me on the blade. I had luck with pheasant and deer last year. For pheasants, I usually just go by myself and dog but on any given hunt, I probably saw 5-15 birds. That'll only increase as the birds use & reproduce more successfully with the added habitat, so I'm excited...

Took a couple pics yesterday as I was out cutting first year CRP. The first two are of a food plot and proof that gly can clean up a clover stand well. I tried getting this established into clover last fall but didn't get a great kill last year before planting and maybe 1/3 of the plot was...

Let the fun begin 🙌🏼 Good luck!

Interesting comment. I think the manure replenishes the pain caused by all the tilling. Without it, I think the soil would start to struggle quickly in 5-10 years without inputs. This all boils down to trying to find the best method available in terms of taking care of the land in a...

Here are some links, but you seem fairly convinced in your opinion on this. I understand, chemicals aren't anyone's favorite. I don't like using them. So, I already have an unfavorable opinion on them since I'm aware they aren't great for microbes, water pollution, but I'm unbiased enough when...

Good point on the antibiotics. Gly, atrazine, 2,4D. They all are excreted or metabolized through the deer quickly (the chemical isn’t being stored in the deer’s muscle or fat). Chemicals like DDT back in the day are what persisted in animals’ bodies and was not able to be excreted or...

There’s data that shows when farm animals are fed exclusively feed that has been sprayed with gly, there are trace amounts of gly in the animal’s meat. The chemicals don’t bioaccumulate in the animals and it’s excreted within a couple of days max. Meat from the store is scientifically worse for...

Great job! It’s lots of fun to see all the different species in pollinator habitat. And so much better than just monoculture grass. I’m glad it’s becoming an increasingly prevalent thing locally and across the country. Things like the bee and butterfly fund/project and grants for people planting...

Nothing SS specific, but those 65+ get an additional $6k "senior deduction" for single filers and $12k for married filing joint. That's on top of the additional standard deduction that those 65+ currently receive. The new deduction begins phasing out at $75k modified adjusted gross income for...

You can't file as married filing separately and get a better answer. The IRS knows people want to go that route, so if you're married and live together but file married filing separately, you automatically are placed into being taxed on 85% of your social security income. You would take all of...