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Fundamentals of Timber Stand Improvement

  • February 4, 2022
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 12 Comments
  • 5 likes
Creating habitat (TSI being just one of the ways this is done) is the most important thing you will do with any deer hunting property.View post →

Dream Farm P1: The First Purchase

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 15 Comments
  • 20 likes
Winke Farm
Starting with just $12,000 in 1995, I ended up creating a whitetail hunting dream farm of nearly 1,000 acres over the next 13 years.View post →

Dream Farm P2: Wonderland of Ridges

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 2 Comments
  • 13 likes
Winke Farm
By the end of this chapter in the building of my dream farm, I have a contiguous 600 acre tract that is filled with gorgeous timbered ridges.View post →

Dream Farm P3: Using Investment Properties

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 2 Comments
  • 11 likes
Investment Properties
I never would have thought that one day I would own an island - in Iowa of all places -but that's what happened as I continued to look for ways to expand the size of the Home Farm.View post →

Dream Farm P4: Harvesting Timber

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 0 Comments
  • 9 likes
Harvesting Timber
To maximize value of my two investment properties, so I have enough capital to purchase 400 acres closer to the Home Farm, I first have to harvest some of the timber.View post →

Dream Farm P5: Selling the 240 Acres

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 2 Comments
  • 12 likes
Selling Hunting Land
It is time to start selling my investment properties in order to generate the cash required to purchase more 400 acres next the Home Farm.View post →

Dream Farm P6: Selling the Island

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 2 Comments
  • 9 likes
Selling Hunting Land
In order to have the funds to exercise the option to buy 400 acres next to the Home Farm I had to sell the investment properties.View post →

Dream Farm P7: Putting it all Together

  • February 18, 2021
  • Bill Winke
  • Land Blog
  • 47 Comments
  • 20 likes
Winke Farm
I finally have the entire Dream Farm put together. Believe it or not, after all this work, I ended up selling it several years later, for what I hope is a higher cause.View post →

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