Recent content by Ben.MN/WI

On the bright side, if there will be a natural solution it is likely to come from areas with a high mortality rate. It would really suck to deer hunt in those areas though.

Any idea why that area of Arkansas would have higher positive rates that other areas of the country like sw Wisconsin? Do landowners there now manage for rabbits and squirrels instead of deer? I’m interested to hear what changes happen after cwd rates at those levels.

In SE MN, the deer are really hitting any food source available. I’m seeing a little random deer movement midday, but most of the action is within an hour of sunset.

I’ve never killed a deer sitting at home! Find a stand that is right for the wind direction and go hunting.

The pull behind tree planter works great for many large planting options. I used one once on my friend's farm and you can easily plant several thousand trees per day. We used a 2 place planter, so two guys were on back and one was driving the tractor. We've also planted around 10,000 trees...

Can your seed drill handle large seeds or would you be only planting trees with smaller seeds? I remember watching a Bill Winke video (at least I think that's who it was) and he disked, broadcast and disked acorns and walnuts into an area like you are describing. It looked like a good method...

Can you spray round-up in April to kill off the cool season grasses first? Would you simply broadcast the seed on the field and then disk over it, or what is your planting plan? It should work in theory, especially if done at a large enough scale to overwhelm the over browse potential. I do...

A field mixed with giant ragweed would make some awesome deer and pheasant cover. I've never actually looked for the seed, but it magically seems to grow in disturbed areas even if I've never noticed giant ragweed in that area.

In my bog, the wettest areas are filled with the swamp grasses like you have. The slightly drier areas have tamaracks and black spruce. The driest areas have a mix of tamarack, black spruce, wetland shrubs and young birch. If you don't already have tamarack or black spruce growing there, I'm...

Are you saying the harvest is higher or lower than what is registered? I don’t recall them referencing anything like that. I recall them increasing higher harvest recommendations despite lower annual harvest numbers and chalking lower harvest up to wind, standing corn and low hunter effort...

There's a lot of information on this forum that discussed the lack of trust in population estimates for many states, but specifically Minnesota. I completely agree that some areas could a higher doe harvest, but many areas have too few deer. Some of the deer regulations were created without...

My dad has the same issue with morels. When he was younger, he would eat them by the plate full. Then something changed and he gets sick if he eats even a tiny portion of one. He has tried several times over the years to see if anything has changed and he gets sick every time.

Your uncle probably likes to hear the oil pumps turn on as that's the sound of money! How much money does he make from a well on his property?

That looks like the old bully 8 pointer that would push out a younger future Booner.

I missed this question earlier. My 500 gallon tank lasts all year and we have the furnace set at 55 degrees all winter.