3 October Land UpdateSome pictures highlighting some of the new acreage added to the online maps. All three pictures are of the same farm.
A photo taken of a new lease for 07 that includes habitat for with quail, deer and turkey.
The back side of the picture above. The main creek line runs for a 1/2 mile through the land seen in these pictures.
The high ground. CRP"...The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday that it would not allow penalty-free releases from the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), nor will it hold a general sign-up in the 2008 fiscal year. However, continuous CRP enrollments will continue. The announcement was made by Acting Secretary Chuck Conner..." Jerry Moran's This Week in Congress, Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2007, The McPherson Sentinel. and "...starting today USDA...$1.8 billion in CRP payments are being made on 36.2 million acres across the country..." Conservation Reserve Program Payments Began October 2, The Rockbridge Weekly, October 2, 2007. and "...more than three out of four of poll respondents in each state agreed that their U.S. senators should support shifting money from farm subsidies to conservation programs. If that reform effort succeeded, more than six out of 10 Americans said they would have a more favorable opinion of Congress..." and "...Harkin conceded that "the forces are at work to cut out [from the farm bill] conservation," but said "that's just not going to happen on my watch." [Chairman Tom Harkin, The Senate Agriculture Committee]. Brownfield, Ag News For America, Senate nearly has farm bill financing figured out
2 October WetlandsThese wetlands summer work progress reports are intended to keep the duck hunter side of the membership as informed as possible on the maintenance conducted so as to make for better decisions of where to hunt.
Henry B where we did all the work last summer and groomed it this summer. This is the south side of the new wade-in area facing north. The brush piles were burned and pushed out and we groomed it to drain easier next year to plant a hard crop if flood water does not prevent us from doing so. We planted Jap millet late and it looks like it will head out within the next week. We have the pipe open ready to go with one of the best natural water sources available on club land.
This is the north end of the new wade-in area facing SW. Part of the Jap millet has already seeded out and the remainder will do so soon. Very successful project for what I had to work with. The field was solid brush and thick canary grass. The millet should keep the canary grass down until we can bring in a disc next spring.
A pit blind the landowner installed in Henry C to replace blind # 1 that was washed out by flood water. He thinks he shot the top of the blind a couple inches above the water level. It's real close, so we'll have to wait and see if it works or gets covered up with water. There is a very good stand of Japanese millet surrounding the blind, so if it works, it will be a low profile set up in an area with a lot of ducks.
1 October John, Spotted this nice tom sneaking along a deer trail picking at acorns. A nicely placed arrow at 33 yards put him down for good. It was a great challenge just getting the bow off the holder and into position, let alone getting drawn on this wary tom. The next 35 minutes were even better as I watched a nice 8 pointer dog three does all over a bean field. Another great MAHA evening. Best of luck. Steve
Congratulations Steve! To arrow a turkey from a deer stand gets the wow effect. Tough enough to do from a blind. Thank you for the story and picture. Good luck with the rest of the hunt. For the rest of us Steve has started the fall off with a tough act to follow. He showed us a fine deer harvest just last month.
Our Side"...a challenge [US Supreme Court] to Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns, which an appeals court this year ruled violates the 2nd Amendment. A definitive gun-rights ruling from the court, the first in the modern era, could provide campaign-trail fodder for candidates in both major political parties..." Justices' docket a combustible mix, Death penalty, guns, drugs among issues, by James Oliphant, Washington Bureau, October 1, 2007 Chicago Tribune. also "...a huge case coming from the District of Columbia about gun rights, whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms. . . . It's been about 70 years since the justices have said anything significant about the Second Amendment...one that touches the most American lives. There are a lot of guns in the country, and people care about gun rights..." The Indianapolis Star, by Maureen Groppe, Star Washington Bureau, September 30, 2007. and "...a test of a strict gun law, which could lead to a clarification of the Second Amendment...Though the Supreme Court discussed the Second Amendment in a 1939 gun case, the court has never definitively ruled on if the amendment protects an individual's right to own a gun or if it only protects a right of state militias to resist being disarmed by the national government..." Voting rights on docket for Supreme Court term, Justices will also consider D.C. gun law, constitutionality of lethal injections, by Pete Williams, Justice correspondent, NBC News, October 1. 2007.
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