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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Neighbor called and my dad‘s horses are out. He is traveling out of state. so Frodo and I are headed to the farm. [emoji846] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Yesterday, we did our last burn of the season. Would have liked to do this one a couple weeks ago, almost too green Old field and some switch/EW burn... And the adjacent timber Another load of hedge corner posts ready to ship...
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Getting an early morn turkey hunting before work. 6 bucks and 1 Jake have dropped by so far. Here is the Jake coming in to my set. Goal this year is to drop a Tom with my bow and no blind. and help a couple new hunters get their first. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    This week, we finished clearing some trees for a clover food/kill plot in the timber. First a map to give some context. The green are existing food plots. The yellow is farmed crop ground. The red is the new food/kill plot. There is excellent entry/exit with the ditch/creek just to the north of...
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    Iowa turkey double

    Congrats! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Lord grant me the strength

    I pull 2/3 of my cams for summer. But choose to keep a few on some main roads since we’ve had trespasser issues. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    And this is why we are careful with fire…

    Fire is scary for sure. We keep skid loader, 70 gal sprayer, backpack sprayer and tractor with disk handy when we burn. We’ve found found a good Stihl backpack blower with lots of eyes/helping hands most effective for keeping a fire from getting out of control. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Catscratch House and Habitat build

    Looks like stones from the flint hills! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    To help make the farm payment, we have been selling hedge posts. We cut from Jan 11 through the end of May. It has been great to get my boys to learn to run a chainsaw. Saturday had a guy buy everything we had on stock plus everything else we cut through this year. (600 or so) This year...
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    And saw an incredible Iowa sunset driving home while on the phone with my daughter who just got back from her honeymoon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Then when he left for soccer practice, I worked on some edge feathering along the road for a visual screen. Also part of the EQIP program. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Today my son and I did a small prescribed fire as a part of our EQIP contract. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Standing here in our cabin… Here’s a few wall pics… Largest deer Lee has mounted… 192in Wyoming hunt a couple years ago. First turkey we dropped on our property. With a bow. Largest of a family of otters we trapped out of our pond several years ago. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    Williams Creek Farm of SW Iowa

    Been gaining lots of insight from so many of you here over the past few years. Figured it was about time to start sharing how our place is progressing. For starters, my father, Lee, and I were just interviewed on Jake Hofer’s Land Podcast. You’ll get more of a backstory on our place than I...
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    Drilling CRP with Genesis drill

    Awesome! Thanks for the tips and advice omicron1792 and everyone else. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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