Native Hunter
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Merry Christmas you filthy deplorables.................
I know what you deplorables want for Christmas
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howboutthemdawgs
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Merry Christmas! Do you find that deer will use that area in the fourth pic down? I always worry about creating such a tangled mess that I’ve done more harm than good for deer.
weekender21
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Merry Christmas!
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Native Hunter
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That one is actually a blockade to get them to walk around to the side and go the direction I want them to go. I cleaned them out a nice little path to lead them in the right direction.
They will, however, walk up to the side of the tangled mess and browse the tips.
BenAllgood
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Any of those specifically for bedding or just steering in the right direction?
Native Hunter
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Ben, the primary purpose was to open things up to where I could see the deer better as they moved from place to place and for some steering. However, at places where it was possible, I did try to create some crossing hinge cut tree tops to form a canopy that deer will likely use for bedding. This is especially true at the military crest of the point.
deer patch
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Merry Christmas...Looks good! What’s in the spray bottle?
Native Hunter
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That's stump treatment for the trees I cut completely off rather than hinge.
Tip for today - on those trees cut them off about waist high like I did in the pics. That keeps you from dulling your saw on rocks, and it saves your back. If you cut close to the ground, you are constantly hitting rocks. If you cut up just a few inches above the ground, you are just creating something that you will trip on and possibly hurt yourself. By cutting waist high and stump treating, the deer will just walk around and in a couple of years you can walk through and kick the rotted stump off at the ground.
Native Hunter
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I dunno, those thick Clusters look so Random??? Perhaps they will work, worth a try if you have nothing else to do.
Which deer magazine did I read about those random clusters in......
Merry Christmas dogghr.
Mennoniteman
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A blessed Christmas to all.
The above pics look a lot like a chainsaw massacre... A shame for that ash tree, now the ash tree borers will starve.
I see several hickorys. Jim Ward says that if you hinge a hickory it will grow a new vertical leader out of the hinge, but, since that's a weak spot, the tree will rehinge itself about 5 to 10 years down the road, and keep doing this this through several cycles. Have you ever heard or seen this? It seems like the perfect scenario to a lazy person like me; trees that hinge themselves for the next 50 years...
The above pics look a lot like a chainsaw massacre... A shame for that ash tree, now the ash tree borers will starve.
I see several hickorys. Jim Ward says that if you hinge a hickory it will grow a new vertical leader out of the hinge, but, since that's a weak spot, the tree will rehinge itself about 5 to 10 years down the road, and keep doing this this through several cycles. Have you ever heard or seen this? It seems like the perfect scenario to a lazy person like me; trees that hinge themselves for the next 50 years...
Native Hunter
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I haven’t been hinging long enough to see that but it sound reasonable. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas...I am still in hunting mode on our place and doing lots of bulldozer work for others right now. I hunt when I get a chance which isn’t often. Good looking tree work!
Native Hunter
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Thanks Okie, and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
deer patch
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Which herbicide are you using and the rate of the mix?
Native Hunter
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Straight Gly not mixed with anything. It works great for me on everything so far - including sweet gums....
That’s how I kill all my stumps...works great!
Native Hunter
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And if I have blackberry briers to come up inside a tree cage, I just clip them off above ground and give them a little squirt. It kills them to the roots too. Very versatile tool for sure.....
g squared 23
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Man I’m looking forward to chainsaw time. Get ya some boys
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