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We bought the farm: You can, too
It is easy to get discouraged when looking at real estate ads, but if you assemble a comprehensive plan and are willing to put in the work, buying land can be a reality.
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A Buyer's Checklist for Purchasing Hunting Land
The following tasks are essential to your checklist if you're looking for turkey hunting land on the market.
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Long on land management goals, but short on cash? EQIP can help
Finding a program that best works for your property can be a challenge. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) offers a wide array of opportunities for private landowners.
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Maximize wildlife corridors with food plots
Here are some suggestions for unlocking opportunities to set a table on unused strips of lands.
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Care for sprayers that care for the land
Land management work requires specific tools, and one of those key components is a sprayer.
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Landowner liability and permission to hunt
One of the top reasons for the decline in hunting across the country is the lack of access to available land. The amount of public land in some areas is limited, making it difficult to find access for recreational activities, including hunting.
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Timber harvest essentials
Following are a few of the most important considerations when choosing a timber harvester.
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Use trail cameras to take a turkey census
Hunters always want to know how many turkeys they have on their land. Today, though, with advances in digital cameras and landowners having access to technology similar to that used by wildlife researchers, a better turkey census may be possible.
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Rightsizing a tractor
Determine the right size tractor for your needs and properly maintain it for a long life.
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The Importance of Old Snags
One of the most overlooked items involving land management is old snags. On our rural land, I always try to leave standing dead trees, or snags, in a number of places.
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Use the right tool for the job for forest improvement
In the land-manager’s toolbox are a variety of specialized tools designed for specific applications, and while thinning and burning are excellent, efficient tools, they’re not always appropriate for every situation.
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Timber Stand Improvement vs. Wildlife Stand Improvement
What’s the difference for a landowner? Your goals will determine that.
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A Helping Hand
Landowners have a wealth of resources to restore longleaf pines.
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Controlled burn planning always involves firebreaks
The key to keeping your fire contained is the construction of a proper firebreak.
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Cleaning up biomess creates biomass
Biomass, the waste organic material from logging and thinning, can be used for other goods such as fertilizer, energy, and fuel.
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Robotic turkey helping to catch poachers
A local Alabama NWTF chapter, the Brewton Beard Busters, is helping to bust poachers using a robotic turkey decoy.
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GIS tools for landowners
New digital mapping apps have advanced so quickly over the past decade that they’re nothing short of “amazing
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Understanding stream flows and waterside habitat
You don’t have to break much sweat to gain better understanding of stream flows from year-to-year and season-to-season. Such understanding, though, will help you better manage your property
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Finding the "right" land management consultant
Professional wildlife and habitat consultants can examine your land and create a management plan that helps turn your land into a wildlife oasis.
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The Pain of No Rain
Having a drought plan in place can help minimize effects of deficient rainfall for crops on your wildlife property.
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Chufa how-to
Chufa (Chew-fa) is one of the most popular crops planted for wild turkeys. Simply put, once turkeys find it, they do not leave as long as there are tubers available. 
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Nuts to Know
Every hunter knows that the availability of natural mast such as acorns and other nuts is vital to the overall health of the wildlife in any given area.
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Roads to Success
Access to your favorite hunting spot can be as valuable as the gold in Fort Knox. The trails, whether they are large enough for your 4x4 or simple walking trails, have a great importance for the overall usability and value of your property. 
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Overcoming high grading
Donnie Buckland, NWTF’s grasslands and agricultural manager, explained what high grading is and why this practice is a problem for hunters and land managers. 
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WoodsCamp connects landowners to forestry tools and professionals
Finding the right tools and professionals to assist in private land forest management practices can be a challenge.
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Good grass, bad grass
Know your best wildlife grasses and get them going.
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Create cut-back borders
The phrase “cut-back borders” may not be familiar to many NWTF members, but it is a management tool that can provide major benefits for wild turkeys, as well as other game and nongame animals.
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Land management goals
Why you need them, how to reach them.
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Many variables go into cutting decisions
The question of whether shelterwood or seed tree harvests are better for habitat projects is complex and defies easy explanation. Understanding the concept behind each is important.
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Understanding wildlife density to set the table
“Almost any property can probably be enhanced by providing a diversity of habitat types,” Buckland said.
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Five Steps To Plant A Wildflower Meadow
Want to create an eye-catching sight and help wildlife at the same time? Convert that empty field or part of your sprawling lawn into a dazzling wildflower meadow.
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Forest management: The why, the how, the what
Research highlighting the importance of pine-hardwoods management and the variations existing in management techniques
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Drought-Friendly Food Plots
Planting a food plot in a changing climate can be a challenge, especially if you don’t adapt.
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Eliminating invasives
Having a professional land manager analyze the vegetation on a property will quickly reveal how prevalent invasive species have become across the landscape.
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Partnership sets new table for wild turkeys and land management
NWTF members can now go online and register to purchase seed and seedlings as well as attractants, fertilizers, tools, field wear and bulk items
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Fall planting guide for food plots
Now is the time to prepare for your fall planting, and in some areas, planting should be started right away.
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Wildlife refuge: Stay out
Want to see more wildlife? Create a wildlife refuge on your property.
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Backyard Habitat
Sunflowers provide nourishment and concealment for many different types of pollinators.
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To girdle or hack-and-squirt? That is the question
Ridding your property of unwanted trees just got a little easier with two tried-and-true methods.
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Five plants that save poults’ lives
Planting or encouraging specific plants can provide poults with a better chance of survival.
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Burn School
Prescribed fire helps snuff out unwanted vegetation.
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Planting on a Budget
Winter wheat is a great food-plot choice when budgets are tight
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Watering Wildlife for a Better Tomorrow
Turkeys and other wildlife need water in close proximity of where they live, as they need water almost daily.
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The ABCs of Soil Tests
Learn why you should get a soil test done on your property and how it can help you grow the best crop possible.
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What You Need to Know about Spraying Food Plots
Everything you need to know to get the job done right.
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Vary Your Forest’s Age
Learn what it means and why it's important for wildlife and your property.
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Chainsaw Safety Tips
If you own a wood burner or fire pit, you most likely own a chainsaw. Freshen up on your safety tips before you start collecting wood chips.
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Understanding Herbicides
Learn the ins and outs of herbicides before you start spraying to create the perfect weed-free plot.
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Six Steps to a Sexy Tractor
Keep your tractor in its sexiest form by following these six steps.
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Low-Cost Wildlife Management Tools
Take a peek at some of the most helpful tools and their potential uses for budget and wildlife management.
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Must-have Food Plot Equipment
Get the tools of the trade and simplify your life.
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Making Wildlife Feel at Home on Small Properties
Hoard game on less acreage.
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6 Federal Tax Tips for Forest Owners
Learn how to save money by doing the forest a service.
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Tractor Tips
Find an array of implements at your tractor dealer, locate aftermarket tractor equipment or even build your own attachment to handle any land management job.
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Asian Longhorned Beetle Threatens Trees
Are these creatures on your property? Learn the signs and report them immediately.
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ATV enhanced
Make quick and easy work of your food plot with the help from an ATV.
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Build or Buy?
Instead of making your own plot, obtain one.
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Creating Plots
If you have the land, make it work for you. Create the perfect plot with these guidelines.
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Do Big Things with Small Food Plots using ATVs
Buy an ATV and be impressed with the results.
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Make the Most of Dozer Work
This workhorse can do in a few hours what a farm tractor would take months to do.
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Swap a Plot
Use what you've got to get what you want.
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