To do it right it needs to be at least 60 feet wide. The times I've tried it, I just couldn't help myself and ended up turning the feathered area into food plot.
My dad and grandpa were doing this when I was a kid. They called them "living brushpiles" and would basically feather or hing the outside edges of tree rows. Not sure I can say that it was the sole factor in helping wildlife (they also did foodplots, waterholes, winter discing, and shrub/tree plantings), but it was part of a system that worked.
I read recently that you want to spray the grass under the trees before feathering. You want overhead cover with open ground underneath for the smaller critters to get around. It also promoted forb growth within the brush.
Can some one give a discription of edge feathering. Do you drop every tree, or hinge every tree. I thought it was just hinging a few to block sight but it sounds like you guys are doing way more than that.
Can some one give a discription of edge feathering. Do you drop every tree, or hinge every tree. I thought it was just hinging a few to block sight but it sounds like you guys are doing way more than that.