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Post by Nick C on Dec 30, 2012 19:51:24 GMT -6
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Dec 30, 2012 21:05:03 GMT -6
Nice job!
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Post by Possum on Dec 31, 2012 6:09:49 GMT -6
Wassup with the one down the hole?
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Post by Aaron.F on Dec 31, 2012 6:12:11 GMT -6
Great pictures. I see you are running quite a bit of chain on your traps. I am still learning and am curious, but what is the reasoning for that long a chain?
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Post by trappnman on Dec 31, 2012 8:17:02 GMT -6
just curious if you knew that fence was there?
I've had it where I didn't know an old fence was buried in weeds, etc and not good-
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Post by Nick C on Dec 31, 2012 17:20:48 GMT -6
Wassup with the one down the hole? I made ONE set for a badger! We had an inch of snow, and there was a fresh dug hole in this terrace from a badger, so being an opportunist, I made a set for him, and this dumbbazz got caught. My first backfooter. T-man, Had no idea the fence was there. Chain was all wrapped up in that crap. This coyote trapping is fun, I may try the 5 week gig like you guys. Not for profit though!  |
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Dec 31, 2012 18:20:54 GMT -6
Nick those Iowa coyotes in 5 weeks won't cover gas or your time but they are fun. That is what it is about alot of the time, unless you have the high end silver silky's. Which aren't found in Iowa or MO for the most part Your catching on quick though good work! |
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Post by mostinterestingmanintheworld on Dec 31, 2012 20:19:04 GMT -6
Interesting country, miles of farmlands, black dirt, no rocks. Always heard about it, never seen it.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Dec 31, 2012 22:21:36 GMT -6
Joel that is now known as Black GOLD!!! Land selling for 10,000+ per acre!!!!!
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Post by Nick C on Dec 31, 2012 23:02:28 GMT -6
$10k an acre would be a steal now!
Try $12 to $14k now!!
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Post by bogio on Jan 1, 2013 7:45:28 GMT -6
Heard on the radio the other day that the state wide average was just over $8200 an acre. Clay, white oak, ditches and all.
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Post by musher on Jan 1, 2013 9:31:48 GMT -6
Nice photos. Whole different country than I am used to. If it weren't for the fences, a dog wouldn't have a place to whizz.
Why is the land so expensive.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Jan 1, 2013 11:43:40 GMT -6
Ag ground corn and beans super high yields and high commodity prices, plus black top soil very fertile and they don't make this ground anymore lol
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Post by musher on Jan 2, 2013 6:40:25 GMT -6
So ... the Chinese are buying it?
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Post by Nick C on Jan 2, 2013 7:08:00 GMT -6
No Chinese buyers that I know of anywhere close to here.
A lot of it is being bought by farmers and some by investors.
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Post by trappnman on Jan 2, 2013 7:48:16 GMT -6
Had no idea the fence was there. Chain was all wrapped up in that crap.
yup- my experience as well
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Post by musher on Jan 4, 2013 15:52:28 GMT -6
No Chinese buyers that I know of anywhere close to here. A lot of it is being bought by farmers and some by investors. I hope the farmers get it all! Investors have a way of screwing things up.  |
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Post by trappnman on Jan 4, 2013 16:07:17 GMT -6
trouble is, the land is so high, that only big farmers can afford to buy it- and they can only buy so much. A lot of it here is "big city" investors buying up the land, renting out the house or selling the building site, then renting out the land
as the small farms go, so does the marginal and pasture land as well
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Jan 4, 2013 19:38:05 GMT -6
I wouldn't say that as even smaller farmers are going to maximize acres with the price of commidity's in this day and age. Thye can't afford to leave marginal grounds un sowed either. Pasture land is going to stay out west due to weather and also very high beef prices.
The western rancher on 490.00 per acre ground and 1.40 per acre taxes is making a good turn around on cattle and sheep in todays markets as well. 575 lb feeder cattle bringing 700+ is good money.
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Post by trappnman on Jan 5, 2013 7:13:52 GMT -6
well I would say that, and did, for this reason- small farms traditionally here have animals- unless big dairy or beef, large farmers tend not to- and even then, many dairys have zero pasture.
so as the small farms go, so does the pasture, so does the field roads, so does the small habitat strips where the old guy like to shoot a few bunnies or birds
thing is about cattle- you can sell the corn for more than the cows, and thats turning it around in a year not two
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