Recent content by JFK52

First off for full disclosure, I am a small time Eagle seed dealer. I use and recommend the Northern Manager mix for all my clients in Wisconsin. They take the browsing pressure well and 20% of the soy beans in them actually produce pods. Of course, the are RR which is a must for me. I also...

Two years ago I found a shed antler the hard way. On my 122 acres, I managed to impale my tire with the tip of a shed antler. I knew I had a foreign object in my tire and when the mechanic took it out we saw it was the very tip of the antler. I was able to plug the tire and save it. Just imagine...

All best improvements. Buying a Kubota L345DT 4x4 with FEL and then the implements to use behind it. Land Pride brush hog and disc, Fimco 55 gallon PTO pull behind sprayer, Hurd fertilizer hopper/ spreader, and cultipacker. Other than the no till planting I contract out every year this gives...

I am considered a seasonal user, so I can have the power on for January through April without a monthly surcharge. I have a three tier time of day rate system that I signed up for years ago at my trailer. Peak is 4-8 PM and costs 21 cents a kilowatt hour. Off peak is 8PM to 7AM and is 6 cents...

Have you considered planting forage soy beans? Eagle makes the RR Northern managers mix that would work in your growing zone. I plant several acres of Eagle RR Northern managers mix so that the deer will leave my RR ag soy beans alone. The down side is that the Eagles will be taken out by the...

No, I have a programmable thermostat and keep it set at 45 degrees. This is enough to keep everything inside from freezing and minimizes my propane use when I am not at deer camp. I make sure to put three fresh AA batteries every year in the thermostat and keep track of this with a piece of...

NICE BUCK! Sorry to hear that cancer has taken a family member.

I have a 14 foot by 52 foot mobile home. It has a propane heater with forced air vents. I bought my own used 500 gallon tank so that I can use any supplier I want. I fill my tank every year during the "summer fill" best price for propane time period. I will use about 200-250 gallons a season...

I planted Egyptian Wheat as a screen between a larger and smaller field. I planted it on a small side hill and it was about 20 feet wide and grew to 10-12 feet tall. That is what works for me.

I admire your persistence. One thing that had me shaking my head was the fact that you only took three rounds of ammo with you into the field. "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail" (Benjamin Franklin)

I used a Delco single row pull behind tree planter to plant 16K of red and white pines on my land. It was on open land and the results were great. This was in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Now these pines have been thinned once and the remainder stand over 40 feet tall. Amazing what time and...

I have 28 mature apple trees on my land. They were all growing when I bought the property 27 years ago. I keep them pruned and do that every two to three years in the winter. All trimmed branches are removed from the drip line and most larger ones are used for smoking venison. I opened up all...

The smile on her face says it all! Congrats to both of you. I have seen gut piles gone overnight or stick around for a week. I do not do any gutting in the field. I bring all my deer to a cleaning area with a hanging rack with winch, spotlights for work at night and running water to rinse out...

I can't recommend a jacket but I will state that I bought merino wool underwear several years ago and always include that as my first layer. It wicks away moisture so that helps a lot. I layer up when I sit in blinds and have not been cold since I started wearing this underwear.

There was a group of young punks that was doing the same thing a few years back in the general area of my land. I noticed that one of the Abloy locks on my prairie gate had some hammer marks on it. They had tried my gate but were unable to break the lock. Too lazy to walk into my land. So a very...