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Well, it's not like a huge farm but I guess it's still a farm. As some may know through other posts I am relocating to Eastern Wa. I found an acceptable location near Touchet Wa. (Walla Walla co.) So I'll be able to bird hunt right down the drive way and all around the place now, as well as deer hunting. It's about 20 minutes drive or so from Lake Wallula (Columbia River)going East, and about 30-40 minutes drive to the hunting grounds of the blue mountains, and about 45 minutes from the Sturgeon fishing heaven of the Snake river. Gonna need a bigger boat now too! It's quite the habitat change for me with so few( near zero) trees to the open farm country. However it's 20 acres so I still have some room to roam and hunt my own land. There is a neighbor to the north 1/2 mile away, and the next one ..........well I'm not quite sure,..... I drove up the road 8 miles and still saw no homes. I'm only going to maintain about 1/4-1/3 acre in the middle and try to develop or establish the remaining land as wildlife habitat with whatever seed crops or bush needed to draw in as much game and support it as I can. The entire 20 acres was planted in CRP last spring. I''ll be building a shop building to keep my stuff next week after escrow, and then the tough choice of selecting my log home builder for the permanent residence. This log home search has turned up a number of interesting new construction ideas from Milled T&G logs to Laminated logs. The old days of logs shrinking and settling and chinking are long gone (thank goodness!)We will be staying in that mobile home during construction.........Not too anxious about that, but I've done it before and figure I can suffer through that again with the end result being so worth the struggle now. I guess, I'm officially an Eastern Wa. guy now, and a farmer to boot! My crop will hopefully be deer pheasants, and quail! Maybe that's a rancher? 300 days of sunshine here I come! It may take me another 25 years to fully dry out! ![[Linked Image]](http://www.jesseshunting.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Picture_001.jpg)
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Congrads on the new digs. Looks like a great place.
Wishing I could escape suburbia.
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The Touchet river bottoms are LOUSY with deer. Big ones.... All private but since you live there you might get permission.... Bowhunting friends of mine have seen some WHOPPERS.
Good luck and sounds like in a year or two you'll be real happy.
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Now I see why you bought that Ruger.
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JJ, You had quite a place there in NB. This new place is quite a dramatic change both climatic and social. You need to import some rock for chuckers. An interesting book to read about the area is 'Lost River'. It is about the Columbia River. Show us you new wide brim hat!!!pak
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.25-06 country for sure!! Congrats JJ! Really. That's great!
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Congratulations on the move. Hope you don't have a wheat allergy!
My BIL is a WSU prof and USDA plant researcher in Pullman. They can help with the habitat plantings. I'm sure the local extension agent can too.
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JJ-congratz on getting it done and thx for your time yesterday.
Is the Campfire moving you in party gonna be during the pheasant opener...grins
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I drove through there in December, during you ice and wind storms.
There were a lot of nice ducks on every piece of water I saw.
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Hey Jim, SWEET! Now ya gotta get a good utility tractor, bushhog mower, drill or plotmaster, sprayer.....Just trying to help spend your money for you. Seriously, congratulations. If you need any ag advice, pm me, been in the seed/ag business for 32 yrs., and grew up on a farm. You also have my email addie, cause we been talkin about July 2008.
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JJHACK - I'm glad it wasn't the 6x6x3 kind!  Looks great! Best of luck to you and the family on your new farm! CEJ...
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You need to find one of my favorite WA bumper stickers:
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Congrat's!Looks like a great location!!
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JJ,
Kudos on the new digs..
You have some room to move around and shoot now.
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JJ,
Congrats on the new piece of property!
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So, Jim, are you getting out of the PH business in Africa ?
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I look forward to when I can move to the dry side Jim.
I think you'll like it over there.
Good for you.
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Congratulations to you and your family.  Hope to see some before and after pics when you get her up and running like you want. Best to ya .. BP...
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Very cool Jim. I always enjoyed my trips to the dry side duck hunting Potholes and Moses Lake and the Yakima trout fishing. I'm deeply envious!
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