[AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion of land use related to farming - was fuel problems get expensive - perspectives and reactions

[Len Rugen]

Turkey hunting leases around here are $3 an acre and up, that is for a 3 
week spring season.  I don't know what deer leases run, but people 
wanting to buy hunting ground has driven the small acreage prices way up.

When we were feeding 6 instead of 2, we filled about half of a 12 cu. 
ft. freezer with venison each fall.  Now 1 or 2 is plenty.   Hint, the 
does that appear full grown but don't have fawns will be the 18 mo old 
ones that haven't bred yet, they eat best :-)

The ones with the biggest horns or roman nosed does aren't as good...

On 7/2/2010 7:12 AM, David Bruce wrote:
> Not quite that bad here but headed that way.  Deer, wild turkey and
> houses are popping up everywhere.  The current economic mess has slowed
> the houses a bit but that is begging to gain steam again.
>
> Most all the farming here is done on relatively small fields surrounded
> by wooded areas - perfect for those long legged rats or the turkey.
>
> Now if someone would come up with a way to effectively "farm" deer for
> the venison ...
>
> David
> NW NC
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