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    Working at the Farm - Took a few I-Phone Pics

    So sorry for your loss. Thoughts are with you and your family.
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    Stone Branch, build it, they will come.

    wow thats awful having to deal with that. Glad you are ok and have a new addition to help heal the wounds.
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    Speed up the "thickening"

    Thank you George. Fire isnt used very commonly around here. Not sure why since its so useful elsewhere. I had actually thought about that for the leaf litter etc.
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    Best time to cut

    Well so far our winter snow has been non existent so if that holds, as soon as our season is over next week I will go out and start.
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    Speed up the "thickening"

    Im going to be doing alot of edge feathering around my plots after deer season closes, or closer to spring depending on our winter. Is there a way to speed up the thickening after the cut? I dont want it to be so bare for so long that deer abandon my area. Some smaller maples I plan to try...
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    Best time to cut

    As we head into winter, I was wondering if there is a time that is better than another to do some cutting to get the most stump sprout regeneration on things like maple etc? Years ago before I got into habitat things, we had some maples cleared at our old house and I remember them sprouting...
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    Recreating a Deer Woods

    Terrible news. May he rest in peace. I loved following this thread. I hope to order one or more of his Turning Point apples for my land this spring.
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    Food plot progression

    Do deer like that purple vetch? I have tons growing as weeds in flower beds, never thought to try to establish in/near the plots for deer!
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    The Number One Best Food Plot For Deer

    Sorry, another early question: You say within 2 weeks of Labor Day the cycle starts again. Im assuming you mean just broadcasting the cereal grains (rye) as the clover is already there.
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    The Number One Best Food Plot For Deer

    I note that you say this process works best in zone 6. I live further north in zone 4/4a. I have no problems growing rye so that would be fine. Wondering what tweaks you might make further north or are there any?
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    The Number One Best Food Plot For Deer

    Love this thread. Im going to try it on one of my small plots this year. If I can get it going well I will do the other next year. Ive tried to follow Sturgis' no till method and it just doesnt seem to take well. Looking forward to all the follow ups on here.
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    Best time to cut maples for sprouting

    Good info, thank you. I am actually planning to hinge the smaller more manageable ones, and am hoping the larger ones will sprout for browse. The larger ones I plan to use for firewood and leave the tops. Living up here with the cold winters its hard to leave good firewood laying there even when...
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    Best time to cut maples for sprouting

    OK Sounds good! Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if it was dropped in the winter would is send up the shoots better in the spring as all the sap etc is in the roots vs cutting in the summer when all the energy has already been sent to the top of the tree. If that makes sense. Does in my...
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    Best time to cut maples for sprouting

    As I sit in my blind each day and not seeing deer, Im always making notes of more habitat projects. I have a bunch of maples that need to come down of various sizes. What is the best time of year to drop them so that they sprout from the stumps as heavily as possible to create browse?
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    Stone Branch, build it, they will come.

    Nope, No way.......I guess at least you can HEAR those though!
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