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  1. Shedder

    Feb buck fights

    https://www.youtube.com/brownvillesfoodpantryfordeer Check out the Feb buck fights.
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    Prairie strips helps habitat?

    "Market benefits also exist: more productive soil in the fields can, in time, translate into better yields, fiber and honey production, forage for livestock, and hunting leases." https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190130075721.htm Prairie strips transform farmland conservation...
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    Felling hazard

    tree video Another reason to worry when using a saw.
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    free daily satellite imagery

    free daily satellite imagery https://www.google.ca/search?q=Sentinel+Hub+Playground&oq=Sentinel+Hub+Playground&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.512j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...
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    Overcup oak bitter?

    I was sent some Overcup oak by mistake. Everything I have heard is that they are a low preference acorn but when I ate a few they were as good as Swamp White Oak. Are they supposed to be bitter?
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    Dwarf Chinkapin Oak (Q prinoides) and old fields

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1428967.Forests_in_Time I was looking at Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 Years of Change in New England and saw this chart. I was surprised to see Dwarf Chinkapin Oak (Quercus prinoides) listed as doing poorly on old plowed land. I...
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    FYI Carbon coating gives biochar its garden-greening power

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171020101615.htm " For more than 100 years, biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance made from oxygen-deprived plant or other organic matter, has both delighted and puzzled scientists. As a soil additive, biochar can store carbon and thus...
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    Any suggestions on shipping DCO's, Q. prinoides, in the mail to prevent spoiling seed?

    Quercus prinoides (dwarf chinquapin oak) With Q.prinoides this is a problem with transport, most of them are attacked by fungi, sprout too fast ! I am worried about this. Any suggestions on shipping Q. prinoides in the mail to prevent spoiling seed? I have dark brown acorns that had fallen off...
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    FYI No biochar benefit for temperate zone crops, says new report

    No biochar benefit for temperate zone crops, says new report https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170425131407.htm Scientists believe that biochar, the partially burned remains of plants, has been used as fertilizer for at least 2,000 years in the Amazon Basin. Since initial studies...
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    FYI cool map - 5 million Census Blocks with zero population

    This map shows, in green where the nearly 5 million Census Blocks with zero population are located in the U.S. A Block is the smallest area unit used by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating statistics. As of the 2010 census, the United States consists of 11,078,300 Census Blocks. Of them...
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    Seriously...

    "Our new product at the ATA "Scrape Vines 2017." I saw this on facebook. Is this a joke? Another acorn cruncher?
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    "Soft" Funnels

    http://deerhunterforum.com/index.php?threads/when-does-a-saddle-become-useful-to-a-buck.1532/#post-27983 http://www.habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/when-does-a-saddle-become-useful-to-a-buck.6716/ Given the response to the above, what do you think of this funnel. In the vein of my prior...
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    oak regeneration

    FYI maybe of interest here. Bent Creek study tests method for reversing oak decline http://mountainx.com/news/bent-creek-study-tests-method-for-reversing-oak-decline/ https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=bent%20creek%20study Maybe there is assistance...
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    When does a saddle become useful to a buck?

    When does a saddle become useful to a buck? How much elevation drop does it need? In the example above, the NE running brook has cover and acts as a minor cover funnel but is the saddle significant enough to matter? I don't know if it is used. I haven't checked it. The blue top right is a 40...
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    acorn preferences

    I saw an article in the new Deer and Deer Hunting mag on acorns. It claimed acorn preferences for deer were white pin red black burr live I thought this is a weird list and pin oak really! I never heard that before. A quick google makes it likely the author was aping this info...
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    Ecologist Dirac Twidwell wants to change the way we think about prescribed burns.

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160801165014.htm The University of Nebraska professor says he can harness extreme fire to restore grasslands on the Great Plains -- and, with the help of the Nebraska Intelligent MoBile Unmanned Systems (NIMBUS) Lab, he has created a small drone...
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    FYI New model is first to predict tree growth- MO study

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160726142246.htm Land managers, forestry professionals and conservationists seek to predict how trees will grow so they can better manage existing forests and regrow forests after logging operations. Previous tree growth models can reasonably...
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    confused by an acorn mix and need help

    I got 280 acorns from my MA friend. He has a mix of white, SWO, and likely reds on his lawn and doesn't know the difference. They were a week in the mail and some may have dried out or died. About half floated. I am soaking them for 12- 24 to see if it helps. Some 20 caps were in the lot but...
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    Fire and oak - fresh research pub

    http://www.ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7292 Fire and oak - fresh research pub and vid
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    SWO issue

    https://picasaweb.google.com/104555298627025831872/SWOSeptember152015?authkey=Gv1sRgCMGZysup7PS1Dg Any idea what is wrong with this SWO? It puts out shoots every year like a hairbrush that die back and reshoot. It is losing limbs now too. The leaves look very healthy but the leader is not...
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