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Sharon here! Hard to believe that something this beautiful is in Illinois, let alone on our farm in Southern Illinois! Join me for a ride around the property in the Polaris UTV to see the Waterfalls after some heavy rains and snowmelt. Watch as I unfold 40 different scenes, each with their own unique features. Enjoy the beauty and relaxing and calming sounds of nature as you take in the falls, the greenery, the scenery, nature photography and video and more. Thanks for joining us, don't forget to Like, Share and subscribe to join our channel family and help us grow our channel. Thank you! Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Oct 2021. I had a great visit when my youngest son, Alan, and his buddy came down from Vermont all the way to Southern Illinois for a great fall visit. On this particularly beautiful and sunny evening I got to spend some time with my son while he casted and enjoyed some Southern Illinois bass fishing, having a cold adult beverage, a little embellishing and of course solving the worlds problems! We made some great memories. Owning land is more than just the 'land' portion of living the dream. Enjoying some father and son fishing and catching some Illinois farm pond bass is another big part of owning some land with a small pond on it. Thanks for the visit Alan and Justin, I had a great time! Thanks for joining us today and we hope you'll like and subscribe to follow all of our unique country living adventures, land management projects, wildlife conservation projects, and much more. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

After the recent snow melt we got some great new HD videos of the multiple levels of waterfalls on our Southern Illinois property that is nestled in the Shawnee National Forest. Stay tuned for a complete video of all of the different water falls and angles. Thank you.

EP #7 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's episode, our first time back out on this project for 2022, my buddy the 'plot slayer' came back out and ran my Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer, while I continued to work with the Bobcat e42 R2 series mini excavator pulling more trees, clearing brush and doing some early rough grading of the dirt. On the bobcat mini excavator I will have my 12 inch, narrow bucket on to help cut through the tree roots to remove the trees, brush and debris that I clear from the woods. We will be making several different piles of trees and brush; One will be a slash pile of all the junk stuff, then a cedar pile for future DIY cedar projects, which will include using some of this western red cedar to decorate the future new cabin, then a sassafras pile for more DIY rustic projects, and a Cherry wood pile for future wood projects, or smoking wood and lastly a firewood pile for future sales of firewood. Sharon will also be exploring the future pond site for trees that will be of use for her to make some DIY rustic cabin decor/farmhouse decor projects for the new VRBO cabin. Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

After changing the gear ratio on my Rhino HD tractor tiller, it developed a leak in the gasket of the gear box. I tried snugging the bolts up a little, but that did not work. I then spoke with a tractor dealer and ordered a new gasket for the tiller. However, the gasket they sent me was clearly not the right one. The gasket on the Rhino HD tiller gearbox was a formed gasket and the one that they sent me was a small, round gasket, barely the size of the end of a sharpened pencil! So, after unsuccessfully finding the right formed gasket for the gearbox leak I decided to try a high temp, red gasket maker. I did talk to my buddy the Plot Slayer since he has a lot more experience than me in this arena and he said to go ahead and re-use the original gasket but just use a little less of the gasket maker (gasket 'sealer' and gasket 'maker' are different products). So after clearing it off with Brakleen (tm) I gave it a go. Join me for the results, and I hope to see you soon when we can get back to the woods and fields for more land management projects! Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

One of a kind incredible Kentucky, Crittenden hunting land for sale! 201 mostly wooded acres with a completely renovated farmhouse/cabin for sale on a dead end road! (Please, very serious inquiries only). If you would like more visual and on the ground information about this Kentucky land, which is our personal farm, here is the link to the complete video playlist from the last 3 years of this property: KENTUCKY FARMHOUSE REHAB PROJECT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ab6-NPgIE&list=PLBsh6BAME40A2x_5Ed7JWxJqdoUclNzv3 KENTUCKY LAND & FARM VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT2Ba_-agZc&list=PLBsh6BAME40C212wJW_fBR8bpD6KkOGpI KENTUCKY TRAIL CAM VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIwwgxaFwjs&list=PLBsh6BAME40DwI3JCxsSaWXygxmkXWc4S This video gives most of the details of this beautiful Western Kentucky farm for sale, but here are some more: The asking price for this 201 acres, including the home is $629,900 for everything. Simply stated, this farm is an absolute one of a kind property that is extremely well rounded and diverse as you will see in this video. Both parcels are fully surveyed. The house has been completely renovated, and is approximately 900 to 1,000 square feet with 2 bedrooms, one with a queen bed and one with a bunk bed, living room, kitchen, full bathroom with tub and a laundry/mud room. The electrical has all been updated with new HVAC central heating and air conditioning. There is internet service on the road, and the home has county water. There are also several old barns on the property that have old sawmill barn boards on them. The 190 acre parcel has a gravel rough pad for a camper, with electric and county water already run to the camper/building site. It is like owning your own mini mountain top, but with many more benefits than an actual mountain. This property is incredibly diverse with all of the hunting/investment/recreation check box's marked. There is marketable timber on the property, 30 acres of tillable fields spread out across the beautiful hilltop, a very diverse mix of hardwoods, softwoods, oaks, creeks, ponds, seasonal chanterelle and morel mushrooms and more that make this the complete property! It is located on a dead end road, and borders a 300+ acre property that sits at the very end of the dead end. There are several very beautiful building sites and great views from on top of the property. We have been investing in land for many decades and simply put this is the most stunning property of them all! We've owned land in 6 different states, and this one takes the cake, there is no doubt about that. It is located in Crittenden County, and is only about a 10 minute drive to Marion, Kentucky, where you have all of the amenities that you will need. Enjoy local Amish furniture and fresh produce. It also sits near the Ohio river and the Cave in Rock Ferry crossing from Southern Illinois. It is about an hour from Paducah, Kentucky as well, and Kentucky Lake is only 40 miles away. This land is priced at the high end of current pricing, and for good reason. You simply just can't go out and find another one like it! The deer, turkey and wildlife habitat is nothing short of amazing, and it also has more huge potential to be improved upon as well! Property taxes are about $1,100 a year for both properties. This property already has a nice deer age structure in place as the surrounding farms are mostly larger acreage and QDM has been in place for many years. If you are looking for that dream property and are financially ready for an investment like this, please inquire via email at: kapper@kapperoutdoors.com Thank you.

If you have not joined us yet on all of our country living and land management adventures, I hope that you will soon! We are a one of a kind channel with a LOT of very diverse content, land projects, machine projects, slapstick humor to boot, wildlife projects, land buying, land flipping, DIY rustic rehabs, CTL projects, Bobcat T650 ctl work, bobcat e42 r series mini excavator work, land improvements and so much more! Hope to see you soon on a future video! Thank you! Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Jan 2022. Join us for another challenging, yet fun short video as we continue on a new land clearing project on our Southern Illinois farm in preparation for our cabin build in the woods, which will be a VRBO investment. This was the largest tree that was taken out of this new cabin clearing in the woods. I pulled it out with my bobcat e42 R-2 series mini excavator and did a tag team with my buddy the Plot slayer, who was operating my bobcat T650 CTL skid steer, to get this massive stump moved out of the new clearing. Now, from a forestry perspective this stump may not have been that 'big,' but from a mini excavator and skid steer perspective it proved to be a fun challenge! Thanks for joining us today! And we kindly ask that if you enjoyed this video to please Like it and Share it to help to continue to grow our YouTube channel family here in Southern Illinois, we would truly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to follow all of our Illinois and Kentucky land management projects, Food plots, waterfowl ponds and food plots, deer food plots, Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer projects, Bobcat e42 Mini Excavator projects, Branson tractor projects, DIY rustic home decor, Kentucky farmhouse rehab projects, DIY rustic barn wood projects, Excavation projects, DIY landscaping, and much more country living adventure! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

EP #6 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's episode, our first time back out on this project for 2022, my buddy the 'plot slayer' came back out and ran my Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer, while I continued to work with the Bobcat e42 R2 series mini excavator pulling more trees, clearing brush and doing some early rough grading of the dirt. On the bobcat mini excavator I will have my 12 inch, narrow bucket on to help cut through the tree roots to remove the trees, brush and debris that I clear from the woods. We will be making several different piles of trees and brush; One will be a slash pile of all the junk stuff, then a cedar pile for future DIY cedar projects, which will include using some of this western red cedar to decorate the future new cabin, then a sassafras pile for more DIY rustic projects, and a Cherry wood pile for future wood projects, or smoking wood and lastly a firewood pile for future sales of firewood. Sharon will also be exploring the future pond site for trees that will be of use for her to make some DIY rustic cabin decor/farmhouse decor projects for the new VRBO cabin. Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Yep.. I've been locked in the house way too long already!! LOL

Check out another cool trail cam time lapse video coming at you from our Southern Illinois farm. This time I made it pretty fast for all of you folks that are busy or on the go! Not sure how many bucks you will see, not sure how many deer you will see overall (But it will be a lot!), but I think you will enjoy this one. Of course there will be a few odd trail cam pics in here, but it is all part of living on a farm and doing trail cam surveys! Thanks for joining us today, and as always if you enjoyed this video please hit the like button and share it! Also consider subscribing to follow all of our Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky land management projects, wildlife habitat improvement projects, client land improvement projects, food plots, duck ponds, building roads, building ATV and UTV riding trails, bobcat mini excavator projects, building small ponds, wildlife ponds, wildlife improvement projects, Kioti tractor projects, Bobcat t650 ctl skid steer projects, follow our newest video series of building a new cabin in the woods (vrbo) which we just kicked off, DIY rustic cedar projects and so much more country living adventure! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Think One-Of-A-Kind rustic red cedar cabin decor! This is what happens when Sharon lets her mind drift off while she is creating custom red cedar and custom barn board project pieces!! Do you ever get distracted? lol. Here is the link to our recent 'shopping in the woods' for rustic red cedar furniture: https://youtu.be/p5oDmZpEZ1c

Serious question.. and fun video. Today is New Year's day, 2022. This video was taken during the winter of 2009 from our first house together between Sharon and I. We each had 2 boys that enjoyed playing in the snow and enjoying the outdoors. Check out this fun Wisconsin snowboarding outdoor recreation video and ask yourself... 'Do kids even play outside anymore?' Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

EP #5 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's episode #5, I will be continuing the land clearing process by clearing all of the downed trees and slash piles with my bobcat T650 CTL/skid steer and a root grapple. On the last land clearing episode my bobcat e42 r2 series mini excavator went down with an electrical code (which is now fixed), so I did as much clearing as I could with the bobcat t650. I was separating the cleared trees and brush into several different piles. We will be making several different piles of trees and brush; One will be a slash pile of all the junk stuff, then a cedar pile for future DIY cedar projects, which will include using some of this western red cedar to decorate the future new cabin, then a sassafras pile for more DIY rustic projects, and a Cherry wood pile for future wood projects, or smoking wood and lastly a firewood pile for future sales of firewood. Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

12-31-2021. At our Southern Illinois farm that is nestled among ten's of thousands of acres of the Shawnee National forest. What a great visit to get on New Year's eve! Thanks for stopping in and we hope to see you on some future channel videos! Best wishes for the New Year! Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

EP #4 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's episode #4, we'll join my wife Sharon as she explores the woods for some custom red cedar furniture in the woods! If you are new to the channel or don't know what this means, I'm pretty sure that you will enjoy this video, as well as this series! Today Sharon will explore the Western Red Cedar trees that I have removed for our new cabin build site, and she will pick out some real gems that she will make some DIY rustic furniture gold out of! We'll also take some looks at other red cedar furniture projects that she has done in our own rustic home in the woods here on the same farm. We'll also get an update on my 2021 Bobcat e42 R series mini excavator repair and some fun and humor within this video to help make you laugh just a little before you get off of work and enjoy New Year's eve! Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

What a great channel collaboration visit we had! Join us for the conclusion of my videos resulting from a very cool and fun collaboration visit we had on our Southern Illinois farm recently. Brock, from @Rockhill farm drove all the way down to far Southern Illinois from his Kansas farm to do this Collab and test out my bobcat t650 CTL skid steer and my bobcat e42 r2 series mini excavator, as well as the Kioti RX7320 utility tractor, and of course we had to take a ride in my Polaris Ranger XP1000 Northstar and talk shop & business! Here are some links to the previous collab videos: Polaris Ranger XP1000 trail ride & collaboration and business talk with Brock: https://youtu.be/OnCMeKVfyC0 DIY pond expansion Rockhill farm: https://youtu.be/wYg1dOZLr34 Rockhill farm playlist Pond expansion vids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3J8hy1luKo&list=PLmYnhJtNUq7dwlNGcUaAjKcsg0pT3VCYm Thanks for joining us today, and thank you to all of you who helped Brock break that 10,000 subscriber mark! If you are not subscribed to Brock's channel, please check it out I am pretty sure you will enjoy a lot of his great content! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time. OH.. and if you missed our most recent series beginning of our next mission of building a cabin in the woods from start to finish here is episode #1!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEF-9OZ97VY&t=920s

We get to see so many untold wildlife interactions from our very rural Southern Illinois farm that is located in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest. Today was a short clip of a hawk pouncing on a snake on our pond dam. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time. Thanks for watching!

DAY 2 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's episode, DAY 2, my buddy the 'plot slayer' was not available to help out and tag team with both bobcat machines. So in today's episode I will continue clearing trees and overgrown brush with both my bobcat e42 r2 series mini excavator and also will drag out many of the big trees that I pulled out since I literally need some working space back in the deep woods cabin clearing site. On the bobcat mini excavator I will have my 12 inch, narrow bucket on to help cut through the tree roots to remove the trees, brush and debris that I clear from the woods. We will be making several different piles of trees and brush; One will be a slash pile of all the junk stuff, then a cedar pile for future DIY cedar projects, which will include using some of this western red cedar to decorate the future new cabin, then a sassafras pile for more DIY rustic projects, and a Cherry wood pile for future wood projects, or smoking wood and lastly a firewood pile for future sales of firewood. Sharon will also be exploring the future pond site for trees that will be of use for her to make some DIY rustic cabin decor/farmhouse decor projects for the new VRBO cabin. Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Sharon here. I'm already building furniture for the new VRBO cabin rental and the first board hasn't even arrived! But why wait? I'll be making many of the DIY rustic furniture items for the living room, dining room, kitchen, porch, bedrooms and bath using wood harvested from our Southern Illinois farm and from our barn demolitions and prior rehabs. Basically the whole cabin will be full of them! That's why I'm starting early. I've made rustic barn door coffee tables before and left the hinges intact. This one I had to remove the hinges and now I'm wondering if I should put them back on in a different position? Hoping you will be able to give me your favorite option. Like the project? Check out my DIY Rustic Playlist in our channel filled with unique, custom rustic decor! Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

It was the 2010 New London Wisconsin high school basketball season, and then senior player, Trevor Hass was on the verge of capturing the all time high school basketball scoring record, and I just so happened to be at that game! At that time I lived in New London, Wisconsin and supported our local high school sports. So, at this particular game I had a camera with me and I was able to capture the ACTUAL basketball layup that Trevor Hass made to secure his place in history at this awesome Small town USA high school! Join me for the fun and a vintage high school sports look back, at least for my life's part! During this time our 3 children attended and graduated from the New London high school. Trevor, I hope you get to see this video, and get a big smile at this historic lookback! And best wishes to you and your family for more future life success!

DAY 1.5 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's very first episode, DAY 1.5, me and my buddy the 'plot slayer' will begin clearing trees and overgrown brush with both my bobcat e42 r2 series mini excavator and my Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer. On the bobcat mini excavator I will have my 12 inch, narrow bucket on to help cut through the tree roots to remove the trees and my Bobcat T650 will have on a root grapple to remove the trees, brush and debris that I clear from the woods. We will be making several different piles of trees and brush; One will be a slash pile of all the junk stuff, then a cedar pile for future DIY cedar projects, which will include using some of this western red cedar to decorate the future new cabin, then a sassafras pile for more DIY rustic projects, and a Cherry wood pile for future wood projects, or smoking wood and lastly a firewood pile for future sales of firewood. I'll also put the DJI phantom 4 pro drone up for a before look and a 'during' look of the 2 bobcat machines at work. Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

DAY 1 of our latest adventure/land investment project from our Southern Illinois farm. Join us today for the very beginning of our next series of the entire process of building a new VRBO rustic cabin build series from our Southern Illinois land, which is smack dab in the middle of the Shawnee National Forest here in Southern Illinois. In today's very first episode, DAY 1 me and my buddy the 'plot slayer' will begin clearing trees and overgrown brush with both my bobcat e42 r2 series mini excavator and my Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer. On the bobcat mini excavator I will have my 12 inch, narrow bucket on to help cut through the tree roots to remove the trees and my Bobcat T650 will have on a root grapple to remove the trees, brush and debris that I clear from the woods. We will be making several different piles of trees and brush; One will be a slash pile of all the junk stuff, then a cedar pile for future DIY cedar projects, which will include using some of this western red cedar to decorate the future new cabin, then a sassafras pile for more DIY rustic projects, and a Cherry wood pile for future wood projects, or smoking wood and lastly a firewood pile for future sales of firewood. I'll also put the DJI phantom 4 pro drone up for a before look and a 'during' look of the 2 bobcat machines at work. Thank you for joining us today, if you enjoy this video please hit the like button and share it to help us continue to grow our YouTube channel family, we'd greatly appreciate that! Also consider subscribing to join our family and experience all of the very diverse land, machine, land investing and land management projects that we really enjoy doing! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Dec 2021. Finally! We can start the land clearing process on our Illinois land for our future VRBO cabin build project on our Southern Illinois farm! Join us today for a preview video (Only because I did not have the time for the full first episode) as we lay out some preview video segments from Day 1 of the land clearing process for our new VRBO future cabin build project. We on on our Southern Illinois farm, as we decided to go ahead and build a rustic, remote and private cabin in the woods for a future vrbo investment property. In today's land clearing project preview video you will get a good sense of the project that we are undertaking, with some quick overhead drone views of the future cabin site, some Bobcat e42 r2 series mini excavator (aka bobcat e42 r series) clearing trees, some Bobcat T650 CTL with the grapple (my buddy the 'plot slayer' was operating) video segments of him hauling the downed trees to various piles, as we were separating the slash pile junk, the cedar trees, the sassafras trees, and the cherry trees, for future wood mill projects, and of course some sunshine and fresh air during the late December winter weather! Thanks for joining us today, we hope to see you on the next full episode of this land clearing project, and of course the future VRBO cabin build project as well! Thanks for joining us! Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.

Boom! Another fantastic, and action packed Kapper deer vlog video! But first, here is the link to the video that I reference, the Big, drooling Illinois buck stare down: https://youtu.be/Saf2zIIhRyc Today's video is going to be just a little bit different and here's why: I was going to make my customary mid season Southern Illinois deer vlog, but when I started editing the video I noticed that Sharon had taken a lot of beautiful big buck videos and deer rut videos, all from our Southern Illinois homestead. So, I thought it would be fun to have a little competition here.. Not that either of us are competitive mind you! lol. So, in today's deer vlog episode we'll get to see a bunch of Sharon's deer videos taken from our house, and then the next deer vlog episode will be a compilation of my deer videos taken from various deer stands on our property. Sharon took all of these awesome deer videos of deer that were on my fall food plots for deer, a combination of fall brassicas and a clover food plot mix. Keep in mind that all of this video was taken over a relatively short period, roughly 2 to 3 weeks. I think you will enjoy it for sure! And as always if you do enjoy it please hit the like button and share it for us, we would greatly appreciate that! Thanks for joining us today, we hope to see you again on some future videos. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.