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Started by 30coupe, April 01, 2013, 10:18:00 PM

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30coupe

April 01, 2013, 10:18:00 PM
Today my wife and I closed on 36.5 acres in Jackson County, Iowa. There are about 22 acres of timber, a trout stream, and 8.5 acres of sort of tillable ground. Yeah, it's heaven! There is a 2000 78'x16' mobile home next to the trout stream. Here is what it looks like from above:



The red line is the approximate border...I'm not real good with a mouse on a laptop, so it isn't exact.  

This morning my eldest son and I hung a couple of tree stands. We were talking about training his lab to hunt sheds. He has one that has been in the house for a while, but he didn't know if it would have enough scent on it for training. About the time he said that I looked down and saw this:



It is the first shed from my own land! It's not very massive for sure, but it certainly seems like a good omen. I picked it up, and said, "Now you have one with scent on it!"

We saw lots of sign, but no critters today. We hope to establish some switch grass in the center of the field to give them a bedding area in the center with food plots on the edges near the timber, so we can sneak in on them without bumping them out of bed...at least that's my son's plan. We have a lot to do, but we a looking forward to it.
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
NRA Life Member

#1
April 01, 2013, 10:43:00 PM
Cool! I would love to own a piece of ground that i could hunt on.

Good luck come deer season.

Bisch

LITTLEBIGMAN

#2
April 01, 2013, 11:08:00 PM
enjoy there is nothing like owning your own hunting land!! I moved on to mine in 2008 and love each day more than the last
Make a life, not a living

Mike Gerardi

#3
April 01, 2013, 11:09:00 PM
That is very cool. The best of luck with your new honey hole.

VictoryHunter

#4
April 01, 2013, 11:19:00 PM
Congrats on the shed but more importantly on the land! You will be hunting before too long!
There is a place for all God's creatures....right next to the potatoes and gravy.
>>>----------------->

SportHunter

#5
April 01, 2013, 11:37:00 PM
Nice property, congrats!

Richie

#6
April 01, 2013, 11:52:00 PM
Lucky   :thumbsup:
Once a Marine always a Marine, Semper Fi

Mudd

#7
April 02, 2013, 06:05:00 AM
Living out your dream with your son and sharing it with us....priceless!!

Thank you!

God bless,Mudd
Trying to make a difference
Psalm 37:4
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
TGMM- Family Of The Bow
Archery isn't something I do, it's who I am!
The road to "Sherwood" makes for an awesome journey.

SS Snuffer

#8
April 02, 2013, 06:39:00 AM
I closed on my 30 acres in Nov. so I know the feeling. BIG PLANS.
Your land looks great. Good Luck
Chuck
Kodiak Mag 52" 41 lb.
Kota Kill-Um 60" 42 lb.
Kanati 58" 38 lb.
Black Hunter Longbow 60" 40 lb.

No Guts - No Story

Hopewell Tom

#9
April 02, 2013, 08:30:00 AM
As above, your own hunting ground is great. I don't hunt anywhere else, but we're lucky to have lots of game here.
That's a good looking opportunity with the open ground in the middle of things. A life time of "work" ahead.
TOM

WHAT EACH OF US DOES IS OF ULTIMATE IMPORTANCE.
Wendell Berry

kat

#10
April 02, 2013, 10:14:00 AM
Congratulations Russ, on the new purchase.  I am looking forward to hearing some stories from your hunts on it.
Ken Thornhill

Bernie B.

#11
April 02, 2013, 10:54:00 AM
Congratulations Russ on your land purchase!  Nothing beats being able to hunt on your own land.  Does this mean you won't be able to help me pull out a big one this fall?     :laughing:

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

J.T.

#12
April 02, 2013, 10:55:00 AM
awesome!! congratulations
70" 75@31.5 Northern Mist Classic
70" 73@32 Northern Mist Whitbeck

Michigan Longbow association

Knawbone

#13
April 02, 2013, 11:06:00 AM
Sounds like your son has the perfect plan.Congrats and enjoy your land.   :thumbsup:
HHA 5 lam Cheetah 65" 48@26
HHA W Special 66" 52@26
HHA W Special 68" 56@28
GN Bushbow 64" 56@29
21st Street Chinook 64" 58@28
Kota Prarie Nomad 60" 47@24
You can do a lot of things when you have too W S Butler My Grandfather

Joshua Long

#14
April 02, 2013, 11:38:00 AM
Looks like a real gem! Enjoy yourself.  

This makes me miss my dad's farm in SE Ohio.

Matty

#15
April 02, 2013, 04:14:00 PM
Hey good for you! What a dream come true. One day. I hope to do the same!! Even if the dog doesn't find sheds. At least you know the bucks are there!!

JJB

#16
April 02, 2013, 05:07:00 PM
Congratulations on your land and shed Russ.  You're going to enjoy that a lot.  A deer hunting and trout fishing spot of your own, it just doesn't get any better than that!
-Jay

wapiti792

#17
April 02, 2013, 05:28:00 PM
Wait till you take your first animal off your own ground  ;)  way to go on the property and the shed!
Mike Davenport

Cyclic-Rivers

#18
April 02, 2013, 06:47:00 PM
Nice looking place!  Exactly the type of place I hope to find when I move back west.  


Congrats on many accounts!
Relax,

You'll live longer!

Charlie Janssen

PBS Associate Member
Wisconsin Traditional Archers


>~TGMM~> <~Family~Of~The~Bow~<

30coupe

#19
April 02, 2013, 07:26:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Bernie B.:
Congratulations Russ on your land purchase!  Nothing beats being able to hunt on your own land.  Does this mean you won't be able to help me pull out a big one this fall?      :thumbsup:
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
NRA Life Member
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