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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 8, 2017 18:03:26 GMT -6
I have some friends in Iowa that have done the same thing. They are not on TV, but they are on social media and many hunters know them.. They started with 80 acres, fixed it up, sold it, then bought 160, then 320....bought and sold some smaller farms. They have 2000 acres now in Clarke and Decatur. If they sell, they get a premium, because of the management, the food plots, tree planting, apple orchards, and all the big buck harvest photos and trail cam pics. They know when and what to buy and how much it will go for in re-sale. These guys are under 40 years old. One of the owners farms the ground, and plants the trees, CRP. Never seen anything like it, they are more serious about deer than anyone I know...surprised their wives are ok with it.   Have you seen the resume on the 2 80 acre pieces they are selling in Clarke right now? Good lord, time to move to Iowa. Yes I have ... I've been on that farm. It's amazing |
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Post by sd51555 on Mar 8, 2017 18:06:47 GMT -6
The Sioux Falls housing market has been on fire for a while. Good starter homes don't even get their web ad built and they are sold. If I owned a home in that kind of market, I think I'd make everyone wait for 7 days before any offer is opened up. You gotta give the suckers time to catch up to the savvy. In hot markets, suckers set the prices.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 8, 2017 18:13:26 GMT -6
The market is even hot in Glenwood Starbuck area...
My wife who sells real estate, can hardly keep up. It's nuts, a house with a shed on 5 acres or more in the country. Unprecedented demand for that!!
People have so much stuff, sheds are often more important than the house itself.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Mar 8, 2017 18:20:20 GMT -6
The market is even hot in Glenwood Starbuck area... My wife who sells real estate, can hardly keep up. It's nuts, a house with a shed on 5 acres or more in the country. Unprecedented demand for that!! People have so much stuff, sheds are often more important than the house itself. Thats the way it has been for a long time. Sometimes just throwing up a 30'x40x10' pole barn would make the sale on vacant land, and it would pay you an extra $10K to boot.  |
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Post by Coda1 on Mar 8, 2017 21:37:34 GMT -6
I don't know. I hunted bow and gun this year and had one shot at a scrub yearling 6 point. There could be an 8 buck limit in MN and I still would have had the same number of shots last year. Does it help down where you hunt? Sure, you have an actual deer herd there. I have hunted Minnesota for about 50 years with bow, rifle, and occasionally mzzle. Many, many years I have had one shot opportunity at a buck per year. I would say 2 is an average year, and the maximum has been 4. This year, I saw 3 bucks, my wife shot one of them and I passed on the other two. It is hard for me to support yearling buck protection when I often would not see a legitimate, legal target in some years. As an average, how many bucks do you have a real good chance to kill per year? My hunting is about the same. Some years I didn't even see a buck but most years I could shoot one or two. There has been a year or two I couldn't get a shot at a any deer. Maybe it wouldn't work out but my thought is that if there was yearling protection I might have a chance every year or two to shoot something a little bigger. After passing yearlings and ending up with nothing for the last three years I gave up and shot one this year. Actually two since I finished off someone’s cripple that stumbled over to me. |
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Post by MN Slick on Mar 9, 2017 7:48:19 GMT -6
In Northern Mo what would you look for if your goal is to shoot 170” bucks? Each person is different but buying to quickly can make a person end up in the wrong location. There are allot of neighborhoods where you can see 130”-140” deer but less neighborhoods where you can shoot 170” deer. For most guys it’s difficult to get everything you want on a 100 acres so what needs to be in the neighborhood to have a shot at 170” deer? 170's are very rare no matter what. A great neighborhood will up the odds but the percentage of bucks with the genetics to get to 170" is still limited. The biggest obstacle to 170 other than genetics is that 3 and 4 year olds in the 150's and 160's have to survive to reach 170. How many guys are going to realistically pass a buck like that? That said, you will likely have opportunities to hunt 170 type bucks once in awhile if you are in a decent neighborhood in North MO. And by decent I mean a reasonable number of hunters most of whom are somewhat selective. |
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Post by badgerfowl on Mar 9, 2017 8:50:33 GMT -6
I see all kinds of 170's in the Wisconsin Outdoor News. I question these people's math skills. It seems they're multiplying when they should be adding.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 9, 2017 8:52:42 GMT -6
I see all kinds of 170's in the Wisconsin Outdoor News. I question these people's math skills. It seems they're multiplying when they should be adding.  Same thing in MN Outdoor News. Not so many 170s, but the sheer number of 155-165 bucks is amazing....especially since most of them are 125-135 |
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Post by badgerfowl on Mar 9, 2017 8:55:54 GMT -6
I was just skimming through the latest WON last night. 3 pages of hero shots. At least a handful per page that seem overstated by 20". If Bull measured the way some of these guys do, he'd have his 150. I really like the 17" spread ones that are 2" inside the ears on both sides.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 9, 2017 9:15:30 GMT -6
I was just skimming through the latest WON last night. 3 pages of hero shots. At least a handful per page that seem overstated by 20". If Bull measured the way some of these guys do, he'd have his 150. I really like the 17" spread ones that are 2" inside the ears on both sides. Was Novemberforever in there? He has the best farm in the nation, and Wisconsin is the best big buck state in the nation (cannot be argued) just look at the B & C book entries!!! |
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Post by badgerfowl on Mar 9, 2017 9:44:13 GMT -6
I didn't see anyone w/ the name asshole, so I'm guessing he kept his kill quiet. There were a couple 150's from Waupaca county so there is hope for Bull.
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