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    Property Mgt in the Northeast designing a hunting property

    Some may not know this but in many stands I visit beech is browsed heavily, assuming it’s young. Beech is identified as a non browsed species or a starvation food for deer, many times the level of attraction is lowered based on other preferred woody plants and if you ever nip off a beech bud...
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    Property Mgt in the Northeast designing a hunting property

    Sure, it’s hard to be specific on some of these topics until you assess the concern or discuss an individual property. Generally and on most properties I was on this year (especially in New York) the timber is in the 75–120 age class on 65-80% of property. In many cases it was 99%, there is a...
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    Property Mgt in the Northeast designing a hunting property

    As some of you know, professionally I design properties in the Northeast, predominantly in New York State. This year I’ve been on many properties, complete fields, all timber, wetlands, mixture of shrubland and woodlands...I’ve walked in snows up to my armpits, and frankly I laugh and love doing...
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    Regenerative Plotting

    Over seed yes, right around May 1, summer mix. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Winter Japanese Honeysuckle

    Can’t blame you they eat it, hard to say pump the brakes! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Winter Japanese Honeysuckle

    I agree it’s an euonymus, non native. What color berries... deer are hammering it? I like the way to canopies.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Leaf blower for prescribed fire line

    I have the 800 that has the side recoil, that’s a huge benefit. In our area we can’t burn but it does a hell of a job getting snow off the cars! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Upstate Obsession

    I do the same, anything to reduce stress! Let’s hope the weather helps, it started raining tonight south of Syracuse Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Jeff Sturgis

    If I was located in a state where prescribed burning was an option you would see a reduction in some hinge cutting but it would still be use extensively in certain instances. Next time Jeff says he hinge cuts on 25% of the “lands” ask him why and have him provide a constructive approach to a...
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    3 Most OVERRATED Trees for Whitetail Deer

    The right apple trees is so subjective to me, the varieties amongst what I’ve used has varied over the years and I doubt I have more experience than many of you. But after 15 years of planting apples specifically I’ve tried g, b, m and standard rootstock and 50-75 different scion varieties and...
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    Food plot designs

    Shape is contingent on soil, slope/grade, aspect, height and size of adjacent plants and most importantly the relative distances from focal points to include deer bedding areas. Those factors impact the location and shape of your plot. In the northeast many food plot design are relative to the...
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    Food plot designs

    Not to bust a bubble but all this is so circumstantial.... this is a non descriptive design I call the circus wheel... but serious plot shape is relative! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    block fields from road

    What’s the cold hardiness zone of an LC, I don’t believe they are planted In anything less than Zone 6 correct ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    block fields from road

    Repost from another forum I interact with hopefully this helps or is at least my general approach. It’s state and location dependent.... Norway Spruce (although not native), are one of the best source of long term screen due to lack of transparency benefits (better than whites or blues, but its...
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    Jeff Sturgis

    Not all consultants are wacky. And none of them know the grounds as well as a landowner, at least I hope that’s the case. I chuckle sometimes when the Midwest/southern consultants come out to the northeast, especially in New York. Completely different eco region and very few have ever killed a...
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    Chestnut oak (quercus montana) seedlings

    I was on a clients property south east ny, the basic soil was well drained rocky. I found chestnut oak seedlings... that should tell you that they survive in these soils plus they are highly acidic.... I’m not helping you with your purchase but hopefully that gives you confidence. Sent from...
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    Late Dropping Shumard Oaks

    What area did you find them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Hill country habitat plan?

    I still like when you were in Iowa playing with monsters. It’s a different game in some of these other states. Takes time! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Hill country habitat plan?

    Thanks I didn’t intend to distract from the focus of this conversation. I guess this is expected though, and frankly if I’m designing properties in NY folks expect to see me killing big bucks. Bottom line I only own 50 acres and my neighbors are cooperating as of this year, I can out hunt them...
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    Hill country habitat plan?

    Tonight we took the second high scoring buck on my property. The property was 98% woods, north slope with a change of elevation of 300-400 ft and is less than 50 acres, Tough hunting!!!!My first tactic was reducing hunting pressure, second was creating better access, third was improvements...
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