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    Soil prep for 2024 tree planting

    Planted some oaks in 2022 that mostly were killed by the drought in KS. It was really hard work digging into some very old pasture with established grasses. Not sure that the large amount of roots were helpful for the oaks either. In another spot, I had plowed up an acre as a test to see how a...
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    Roundup price inflation

    I bought 2.5 gallons of Roundup concentrate last year in Oct. Price was $89 which at the time was way higher than earlier in the year. But thought I'd go ahead and get some for this year to start with. Just priced same brand and size at $187.50. Sure its no surprise to most on this forum but it...
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    Walton's Blue Ribbon Brats

    Rookie at sausage but tried using the Walton's brand seasoning for brats. Used 6 pounds of deer meat and 4 pounds of pork fat. Kept everything super cold while grinding, mixing and stuffing. Its really been a tasty batch of brats, outranking a lot of store bought stuff per other family members...
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    Planting after brush pile burning

    Always bouncing ideas off the wall and since I don't know any local guys, you all are stuck getting my questions. So if I have a large cedar pile, say 1/8 of an acre or slightly larger. I'll mow a 30 foot buffer around that and wait for damp conditions and then burn it up. On that ground that...
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    Weed fabric for pine row

    Quick question for you guys. Planning on doing a pine tree row or two in the spring. Looking at White Pine and Scotch Pine. If I rented a tiller, tilled up the existing plant life, and then staked this type of fabric out, would that help my chances? Figured I would stake it and also lay cedar...
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    Two bucks I have questions on

    This first one seems to be fully mature and not likely to really put on rack inches. But new to being able to watch them like this. I think he is 4 or more years old. If we get a crack at him in daylight planning on dropping him. Thoughts on age and removing him from gene pool? The one pic shows...
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    Soil report back, next steps?

    The place is out in Ellis County, Kansas. Annual rainfall around 24" with 16" of snow also. Soil report for this river bottom meadow is as follows: pH 8.0 Buffered pH 7.5 Potassium 167 Phosphorus 5 Looks like I need to bring the phosphorus up. Current test plot is 1.25 acres planted in throw...
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    River Ranch Project

    Wife and I decided to buy some ground in Kansas to hunt on and have a place to camp. We found what we were looking for in our price range with this 80 acres about a 4.5 hour drive from home. Its close to Hays and I love the history of the area. Undoubtedly herds of buffalo and Plains Indians...
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    Cedar tree stand setup ideas

    Getting back into tree stand hunting for first time in 20 years. Looks like I'll have a number of big cedars I could trim up for hang on or ladder stand setups. If a guy was using a hang on, would you trim the back side of the tree and just enough in front to hold the stand and allow standing...
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    Best roller or cultipacker for atv

    Going to plant a few food plots and one cover plot over course of spring and summer. If you were going to cultipack after broadcasting which of these would you prefer? https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ohio-Steel-Professional-Grade-18-in-x-40-in-400-lb-Steel-Lawn-Roller-9W/202324246...
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    Dink sheds, let's see em

    Anyone can see those giant pieces of bone laying out there. Takes some effort to find the dinks I say. Here is the smallest one I ever found. Post some dink shed pics up. I need to get out and look for some soon.
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    Favorite ATV boom sprayer?

    Getting set to get to work in April/May for first time on some plots. What 25 gallon sprayer with wand and boom do you guys like?
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    Newbie looking for plot advice on 80 acres

    New guy on the forum. Just bought 80 acres of ground in Central Kansas. Has a river running through it with good cover along it. Soil report seems to indicate that I can grow some stuff on it, but will do a soil test soon as well. To the south of me is 160 acres of milo. To the north is 160...
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