SD51555
5 year old buck +
Who'da thunk there's an anti-oak theory out there. Maybe there isn't, but I have one.
On my place...
My dominant oak is bur. In a year like this, I have acorns everywhere. They were still falling as of yesterday, but that will soon be over. The acorns do not last very long. I'd put it at less than 3 days once the drop quits, and then the oak dividend is gone. We're still 11 days from bow opener in MN, and often times, it can still be 80+ degrees in most of the state, including my area. A new problem that has emerged for me is bears trampling my green forages in my food plot where I have oaks.
Here's how I see it:
*It is not an in-season food source
*It's brought negative impact on my plots
*It's unreliable as contributor to carrying capacity
*It brings in predators that eat acorn eaters (Bobcat, fox, wolves)
*If I cut down every mature oak in my food plots, I wouldn't have whacked even 5% of my mature oak population
*I have released 10x as many bur oak already taller than 6' as I would be cutting down, many over 12'
Am I crazy?
On my place...
My dominant oak is bur. In a year like this, I have acorns everywhere. They were still falling as of yesterday, but that will soon be over. The acorns do not last very long. I'd put it at less than 3 days once the drop quits, and then the oak dividend is gone. We're still 11 days from bow opener in MN, and often times, it can still be 80+ degrees in most of the state, including my area. A new problem that has emerged for me is bears trampling my green forages in my food plot where I have oaks.
Here's how I see it:
*It is not an in-season food source
*It's brought negative impact on my plots
*It's unreliable as contributor to carrying capacity
*It brings in predators that eat acorn eaters (Bobcat, fox, wolves)
*If I cut down every mature oak in my food plots, I wouldn't have whacked even 5% of my mature oak population
*I have released 10x as many bur oak already taller than 6' as I would be cutting down, many over 12'
Am I crazy?