What did you do for the deer today?
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Cant figure out why more people don’t like youNo way you thought of that on your own.
Stressless
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Waterhole waterhole, where tho come from waterhole?
Whitetail Waterhole playlist
One of Jeff's video on the subject.
Whitetail Waterhole playlist
One of Jeff's video on the subject.
So I'm cleaning up hinge cuts gone bad....7 or 8 years ago I cut a large an at the back end of my property that was mainly dead ash slippery elm and hackberry I think. So i was hopefull for an explosive of briers and new tree growth. Little did I know anything about prickly ash that was growing around the spot. A few years they took over....not reseaching the little bastards I thought just cut them. Mistake number 2 I cut and didn't treat them and didn't clean what I cut. I thought heck the briers will take over little did I know about regrowth. I had formed a massive mix of dead and live mix of sticker trees with no trails going through. Deer browse on them but they browse on everything so these were good for nothing except rabbits for my wants on my property. When they grow in thick not much grows underneath them. Prickly ash on my property line
so last year I cut a 120yrd shooting lane through some of these turds and treated with tordon.
it seems to have worked as no regrowth and bark falling off and the ground level....so I've cut and treated hundreds and hundreds of the Devils anus and burnt the piles in hopes of something different filling in.
im up for planting some trees (as I did throw in some cedar and white pine )in this spot just to get a jump on these thing if they fill back in. This could be mistake number 3 but I've got a hatered toward these....shitloads of work and bloody arms and face dealing with these. What would u guys plant in here? It can get full sun but some spots r wet some aren't. I'm fine if grass normal hardwood regeneration briers or planted pines or anything but these dicks.
Not goings to lie I had like 4 full days minimum in this (it was a train wreck). I should have taken before pics. I had 4 hours of dabbing little stumps with a paint brush in this project.
Stressless
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@Bowkills that's tough man... Only so much Time, $, and Energy one can towards habitat improvement. I've been impressed with the volume and quality of information on this guys channel: https://www.whitetailhabitatsolutions.com/
No sales pitch, No hype, FREE.
I suggest taking some time and reviewing his advice as well as others, he has over 1,000 clients Midwest - New England. I've followed a number of his FREE tips and advice - my farm is much better for it. This is one of his playlists: Powerful Buck Bedding Strategies For Habitat and Hunting
Be Well - Stressless
No sales pitch, No hype, FREE.
I suggest taking some time and reviewing his advice as well as others, he has over 1,000 clients Midwest - New England. I've followed a number of his FREE tips and advice - my farm is much better for it. This is one of his playlists: Powerful Buck Bedding Strategies For Habitat and Hunting
Be Well - Stressless
They look like white willows. Might even be able to stick a broken branch in the ground and it’ll grow.
I'm trying it whatever they are. There's a gaggle of types of willows.
Definitely a species of willow. You can transplant cut “shoots” for sure, but it may be 50% success or less depending on the growing conditions. Moisture is your friend. If they dry out they’ll usually die.