Stone Branch, build it, they will come.

Triple C · Apr 20, 2021

George...I have to sit down and rest every time I catch up on your thread! No rest for the weary comes to mind. Often think about your old IA thread on flatter ground...then the stint in CO...and now...the hills n hollers of KY. Quite a tour of duty. Definitely an interesting character to follow along with. Keeps swinging brother!

lakngolf · Apr 21, 2021

Triple C said:
George...I have to sit down and rest every time I catch up on your thread! No rest for the weary comes to mind. Often think about your old IA thread on flatter ground...then the stint in CO...and now...the hills n hollers of KY. Quite a tour of duty. Definitely an interesting character to follow along with. Keeps swinging brother!

You are so right, Triple C. No way to keep up with Geo/George. The man is an Energizer Bunny on any terrain!

George · Apr 21, 2021

Oh, you guys, I may not even make it up the hill today. I did get some clover frost seeded yesterday and Tiny was 6 months and 70lb.

G

George · Apr 23, 2021

I went up early yesterday to try to get started wrapping up my spring habitat chainsaw season.

I found a malus.

and released it.

This area is/was a staging area and after 4 tanks of gas

I don't think that I ruined it. I wont be running fire through it this year and a component of maple saplings will still provide some cover.

I finished up my habitat day with my hack hammer and special sauce in another ugly red maple hole, more on this later.

G

George · Apr 23, 2021

Today it was 3 tanks spent tending roses.

I may just be getting old but I really do see why people enjoy so much tending roses.

I found a nicely constructed bird nest with one laid egg so two roses were left unpruned.

G

weekender21 · Apr 24, 2021

G, what are you using to kill the roses?

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George · Apr 24, 2021

weekender21 said:
G, what are you using to kill the roses?
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20%- 25% solution glysophate cut stump.

The company ground next to me sold. The old owners are a Texas land developing company that are finding it more profitable dividing Texas into 20 acre lots than growing trees in Kentucky so they pulled their resources out. The new owner both makes veneer and sells wood chips to China. Neighbor Adam met the manager and logger on the trail and the word is they will be clear cutting the whole 34,000 acres.

Neighbor Adam called me in a bird this morning, 18 1/2lb, 11", 1".

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Mennoniteman · Apr 25, 2021

George said:
20%- 25% solution glysophate cut stump.

The company ground next to me sold. The old owners are a Texas land developing company that are finding it more profitable dividing Texas into 20 acre lots than growing trees in Kentucky so they pulled their resources out. The new owner both makes veneer and sells wood chips to China. Neighbor Adam met the manager and logger on the trail and the word is they will be clear cutting the whole 34,000 acres.

Neighbor Adam called me in a bird this morning, 18 1/2lb, 11", 1".

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Nice bird, and I'm guessing he tastes better than rattlesnake too! Hopefully you will share some pics of that bird basted with butter and roasted to a golden crisp.
Clear-cut 34,000 acres? It sounds like your ship may have come in. The deer population will benefit greatly, and you can draw them in to your food plots.

TheOldOak · Apr 25, 2021

Nice tom! Agreed that clear-cutting could support a much larger deer population, and allow you to pull them in when food sources more scarce. Save up money, next step will be subdivide that property and sell it, should go cheap if it's clear cut. I would guess they will try to sell in larger tracts, but you could get a deal on anything land locked adjacent to you. Who knows. I do think it will benefit your hunting, one way or another.

OkieKubota · Apr 25, 2021

TheOldOak said:
Nice tom! Agreed that clear-cutting could support a much larger deer population, and allow you to pull them in when food sources more scarce. Save up money, next step will be subdivide that property and sell it, should go cheap if it's clear cut. I would guess they will try to sell in larger tracts, but you could get a deal on anything land locked adjacent to you. Who knows. I do think it will benefit your hunting, one way or another.

Unless they do it like they do here in Oklahoma and lease all the cut ground to big hunting camps...all you hear all day on that ground is 4 wheelers and side x sides and shooting...

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George · Apr 25, 2021

Mennoniteman said:
Nice bird, and I'm guessing he tastes better than rattlesnake too! Hopefully you will share some pics of that bird basted with butter and roasted to a golden crisp.
Clear-cut 34,000 acres? It sounds like your ship may have come in. The deer population will benefit greatly, and you can draw them in to your food plots.

I would have to say that, in my opinion, rattlesnake wins out on tenderness and flavor. The tract of land that borders me is 900 or so acres and lies on half of my perimeter, oak ridge lines, we'll go from clear cut to my acorns. It should be a good edge. I already have habitat plans to thicken up some areas along those edges. It should be interesting.

TheOldOak said:
Nice tom! Agreed that clear-cutting could support a much larger deer population, and allow you to pull them in when food sources more scarce. Save up money, next step will be subdivide that property and sell it, should go cheap if it's clear cut. I would guess they will try to sell in larger tracts, but you could get a deal on anything land locked adjacent to you. Who knows. I do think it will benefit your hunting, one way or another.

Thanks OldOak, Adam inquired about possibly buying the tract that he leases next to me and the manager said that the new owner has no intentions of selling any of it. It will be kept for his son.

OkieKubota said:
Unless they do it like they do here in Oklahoma and lease all the cut ground to big hunting camps...all you hear all day on that ground is 4 wheelers and side x sides and shooting...
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The ground is already all leased to hunting camps and current leases will stand.

The mulch debris field is still a bit messy

The higher you go the better it looks

and from the stand.

This will be a sunny spot.

My basal barked bush honeysuckle test case got stump treated today.

G

George · Apr 28, 2021

Before and

after. I was 5 minutes away from being done mulching and my drive sprocket broke.

I now have a clearing about 75 yards long. Many of the trees leafing out in this picture have been hacked. I am going to try dumping beans into the debris in this area too.

G

MarkDarvin · Apr 28, 2021

I'm excited to see how that goes for you.

George · May 9, 2021

MarkDarvin said:
I'm excited to see how that goes for you.

I dumped a bag of beans 10 days ago. I have a pile of spilled beans in a spot that look mostly to be malingering in cool temperatures. I did find a bean plant but it remains to be seen whether or not it worked. With cool temperatures this week I am waiting to dump out any more beans.

My new brassica patch under my new maple tree stand location is working where enough light is shining through. I went back and added a pound of clover mix to this area too.

G

MarkDarvin · May 9, 2021

That is crazy town! What kind of brassicas are those? I take it there is no fertilizer or lime on them either?

Very cool man!

George · May 9, 2021

MarkDarvin said:
That is crazy town! What kind of brassicas are those? I take it there is no fertilizer or lime on them either?

Very cool man!

Thanks Mark, those are rape and radish. I did sprinkle out a bag of 6-24-24. As well as the brassica is doing I will sprinkle out some urea. The biggest problem that I have with brassica in the woods is that the plants often become army worm food instead of deer food. I did not spread any pelletized lime in this location because it is just off of lime stone outcrops heavy in redbud that indicates an alkaline soil.

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George · May 11, 2021

I'm finally getting to my beech log. The rub on beech is that it isn't very interesting, I don't know.

I think that I'm going to cut my 11'+ log in half and cut more 4/4+ boards.

My new tool arrived yesterday, an alpha 7 III. The lens arrived a few days ago. Today I'm trying to figure out how to operate it. I bought it with free Dogecoin money.

G

Chainsaw · May 11, 2021

Good luck with your new camera. It should take some great pics.

Beech looks nice and straight, so deceiving. It should have been named twisty, warpy wood.

George · May 11, 2021

Chainsaw said:
Good luck with your new camera. It should take some great pics.

Beech looks nice and straight, so deceiving. It should have been named twisty, warpy wood.

Am I wasting my time trying to make boards?

G