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    Acceptance into 2017 CRP program

    $90.00 per acre is a nice bump. We have some ag on our farm but poor farming practices and deer damage make the CRP acres just as productive as the production acres.
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    Venison - as cheap or expensive as you want it!

    If I wasn't working on habitat at the farm...I would be shopping. So, actually we are saving money.;)
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    Anybody heard of using drones for scouting?

    I wonder if they could now, or in the near future, be used to push deer in a general direction? Say, off my neighbors food plot on to my side of the fence? Could they be used by someone from roadside or neighboring areas as a way to interrupt hunters?
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    Happy Birthday Buddy!

    I guess I should say...my deer friend Lickcreek...
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    Happy Birthday Buddy!

    Today is my deer friends birthday!
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    Ode to LC

    Paul was a very "deer" friend of ours. During the few years we knew him we got to get together on several occasions...those were some of my favorite days in the deer world. He was everything that people say and more. A funny guy in his own awkward way, always a gentleman and true friend. A...
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    Herbicide basics for food plots

    For a herbicide that will take care of some troublesome weeds in clover, beans, corn, sorghum and a couple other crops take a look at Bentazon 4. Same active ingredient as Basagran. Troublesome weeds such as some thistle, smartweed and sedges...
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    Northstar sprayer questions

    Wow...14 ft with a 2.2 gpm pump. Your right, it's going to use a lot more solution per acre than what I'm used to. o_O
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    Can't get pics to load?

    Ummmm...not sure. I take the picture with my iPad, then I click on the upload a file, then click on choose a file, this takes me to my library of pictures, I choose my picture. Then I get the "wait a minute bars that flash" then it says no file selected, then nothing.
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    Northstar sprayer questions

    I love the flat fan nozzles. Great coverage. With my set-up I usually use 11-12 gallons of solution per acre with good coverage.
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    Can't get pics to load?

    i have put a couple pics up, but now they won't load. I think I'm doing it the same way....what am I doing wrong?
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    Grass ID

    Here are a few pictures of the sedge I have in my garden. Never mind...I can't get pictures to load...
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    Purchasing Herbicides

    Here are a few websites that carry quality food plot type herbicides at competitive prices. If you have a favorite, We can add to these as we go. Ruralking.com Keystonepestcontrol.com Domyownpestcontrol.com
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    Grass ID

    If you are not much of a sprayer type person, spot spray the sedge with a gallon pump yard sprayer. There are several products on the market. Sedgehammer has a single packet pre measured, preloaded with surfactant that makes 1 gallon of product for $9.88 @ domyownpestcontrol.com. A couple...
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    Herbicide basics for food plots

    I found the area where Rural King will give a shipping and tax quote. If you go to the item page that shows "add to cart" just above that box you will see a box that has shipping written in red. Click on that and then enter your zip code. My shipping was $12.41.
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