Recent content by bodie

I bought this property 2 1/2 years ago. it was ag and closed canopy hardwoods. I put in 27 acres of CRP and have systematically started opening the canopy. This is what I have now, as opposed to one or two errant deer before.

The scraps for the dogs would be better for them if they were fed raw. Just a suggestion.

i am dying to try this but not sure if it will be counter-productive. we have horses and clean stalls daily. i have been piling up the discarded manure and shavings and composting it for years. it breaks down and turns into rich soil additive. i was wondering if rather than composting, i should...

I bought the electric sharpener from HF around 4 years ago. Because it was so cheap I thought it would only last one season if I were lucky. Before I bought it I would take my chains to a local shop and paid $6 per chain. That sharpener has paid for itself in the last week alone. As long as you...

Awesome buck! i live in jasper county also. what town are you near?

i planted approximately 3 acres as part of a mix. the kura is roughly 20 percent. i placed it around a 27 acre CRP field as a fire break and down a gas pipe-line easement. although it is hard to decipher which clover is which, in this, the second year, it is beginning to establish and is filling...

my initial thought without any photo analysis was 160. if you want to get geeky, find 2 points of known distance in the photo and measure the distance between the two. then use that scale against the rack of the deer. it won't give you circumference measurements, but you can estimate those...

From a financial perspective explain to him that if he grants you a right of first refusal along with whatever monetary incentive you decide to offer now, that if and when he gets ready to sell, he can go straight to you prior to listing the property with an agent and save the commission cost...

i was able to pick up honey crisp apples and bartlett pear.

i picked up 8 dustan's at the monticello,in store last night along with a couple apple and pear. all of the trees look to be in excellent shape. i'm going to take j-bird's advice and wait a few weeks to see if i can get a clearance price. they have at least 20 more in stock if anyone is remotely...

When planting my fall food plots over the holiday weekend i noticed acorns on the ground already. Some were still green and rather small, while others were fully developed and mature. I am in northwest indiana and the area is heavily wooded. The soil is sandy. I am in the process of performing...

i bought my property roughly 2 years ago. it is 135 acres (90 woods, 35 ag/open, 10 swamp) located in northern indiana. i enrolled in CRP and did a little hinge cutting in a secluded portion of the back of the property. i also cleared 3 areas in the woods for food plots. last year i only saw one...