Stone Branch, build it, they will come.
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George
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I'm almost here but it looks promising. The drip torch would come in handy it is a bit of a pain to light up leaf litter with a Bic. Have you ever fished for or caught river muskies? I'm thinking that I will be throwing a big jointed floating Rapala with my old bait caster. Good to see from you and how far away is your mountain?
The five main bowls range from 10 acres to 25 acres in size and the main ridge is an east west orientation here too.
The larger clear cut is on the neighboring property and the y shaped clear cut lies below the high point in this 1995 goggle earth image.
Heading up to the high point.
It just occurred to me that this big tree is probably an ash tree.
This top rock is the highest point in the region.
The whole area provides no food or cover for deer.
It is pretty easy to see where the 1995 clear cut was. I'm not sure if I will cut all of these off or just see if I can top kill them with fire.
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George
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George
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164 acres. Google calculator shows about 20 acres up top that could be opened up. Looking at the above 1995 photo there are about 100 yards between the front and back bowls on the left and about 50 yards between the front and back bowls on the right.
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Is it flint rock like our area? Everything I plant in up on these ridges is flint...
George
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Well we are looking at ancient sedimentary rock in both locations. The difference may be your flint is derived from and associated with limestone derived soils and the rock on these hills are derived from and associated with soils more derived from sandstones. There you have flint or chert here it is channery.
The eastern sixty or so acres looking south east.
Picking up from yesterday's pictures walking around the bowl on the right and out on to the first knob
and to the ridge nose and back into the oaks. Another hunting spot to die for.
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Frosted brassica
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I used to explore an area near you for those hard sandstone rocks. The red river gorge has some cool rock arches and great climbing. If memory serves it is just east of Lexington near Slade KY. Cool rock in that area.
George
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I already made that video, a sharp chain every day.
scant deer sign, some trails, 3 little rubs spread out, and one old sign post.
Natural Bridge
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Chainsaw
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There is a state property in Connecticut where someone had released and thinned the Mountain Laurel shrubs. The Mountain Laurel shrubs reacted to releasing just like fruit and nut trees do and transformed themselves into large and healthy shrubs that were almost tree like; they produced millions of blooms every year; It was a spectacular thing to see. Also in hunting around Mountain Laurel the deer often bedded on the outside edge of it there. It is too cold here for Mountain Laurel shrubs or Dogwood trees which were the under story trees in parts of Connecticut. I miss seeing them every spring.
George
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Coming down off the previous knob and
into the saddle. I can see myself whacking and hinging the whole area
Road down and
road up
on to another oak ridge potential choice spot.
Help me pick out a tree.
The property line comes out of the bottom right, up and over, and back down left about 120 feet elevation above the neighbor's food plots.
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into the saddle. I can see myself whacking and hinging the whole area
Road down and
road up
on to another oak ridge potential choice spot.
Help me pick out a tree.
The property line comes out of the bottom right, up and over, and back down left about 120 feet elevation above the neighbor's food plots.
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George
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deer patch
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G...Did I miss the comment about closing on this property or are you still pending? Looks like you have some work to get those roads open up and some good places for bedding. Wish I was closer because I would bring my drip torch as well because i love a good burn.
George
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Still wishful thinking DP, I have a close scheduled for next Thursday in CO and then a week to get it done in KY.
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Mennoniteman
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Is there an option like saving yourself some backaches and getting someone in to cut pulpwood and do a timber stand improvement? Or don't you have the right size and type of trees for that? That's a quick way to churn out a lot of acres of habitat and then do the finetuning yourself from there on out. I wish someone had pointed me in this direction before I started hinging on my own, could have reached my goals a lot faster with money in my pocket to boot, and still done hinging afterwards.
