Mattyq2402
5 year old buck +
I posed this in my recent fruit tree post but figured I should ask as a general question. Ive hinge cut on travel corridors on my hill country peice, added water at locations where it gets hit, made mock scrapes which have gotten hammered, planted plots with greens and fruit which look real good for 3 to 5 years old. I live out west away from my Ohio ground. I was in earlier this month and saw my hinge cut areas had grown up quite a bit adding regen. I still have plenty of open ground tho that resembles the state forest look. Im likely going to get 4 to 5 days this summer to do some work and want to give it another go. As far as resources go out there, who or what do you all follow when trying to do property improvements? Ive listened to Erich Long, sturgis, brauker, ellingher, bartylla. Are there any resources out there I am missing, any information thats a must read? I know every property is different and my improvements need to be based on what my property has or needs. Im just trying to extend my knowledge base and see if there are any publications out there that im missing. Is qdma membership a must?
What is your reccomendation for the high canopy with mainly maple trees?
Also I have a ton of fallen and standing Ash on the property, many of them have fallen and blocked my sneak trails and parallel movements ive created, would you all just wait 5 years till they all tumble down or keep working to open up those blocked trails? Do you think having hundreds of ash fallen blocking the paralell movements on my property the deer naturally ised for many years could be causing a decline in movement, this year was a very strange year for daylight activity, its the first year I can remember where i didnt have at least two resident shooter bucks on my place. Our cameras caught far less activity and hunt pressure was very limited.
What is your reccomendation for the high canopy with mainly maple trees?
Also I have a ton of fallen and standing Ash on the property, many of them have fallen and blocked my sneak trails and parallel movements ive created, would you all just wait 5 years till they all tumble down or keep working to open up those blocked trails? Do you think having hundreds of ash fallen blocking the paralell movements on my property the deer naturally ised for many years could be causing a decline in movement, this year was a very strange year for daylight activity, its the first year I can remember where i didnt have at least two resident shooter bucks on my place. Our cameras caught far less activity and hunt pressure was very limited.