Anyone fire up the chainsaw after hunting season?

[SD51555]

Our season is wrapped up now. The weather was perfect (no snow, just frozen enough to not get muddy) to get some late season chainsaw work done. I've been doing a select cut of sorts in my sanctuary, only nothing is harvested, it's simply knocked down to release the "keep" trees and use the rest to create ground cover while I wait for the regen to begin.

Anyone else get out and start making sunlight?

 

[trampledbyturtles]

Was just kicking around this idea last night.

Last weekend of rifle here. Debating taking the dog out on sunday for a few laps and take down all the lifelines. Then contemplate the next step in ash removal.

Usually wait till way after the season, but this weather is tuff to pass up on.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

Our black powder season is going for another 2 weeks or so but I will be jumping on controlling invasive buckthorn as soon as that season is over. I am usually busy coaching wrestling by now and chasing kids all over the place but due to covid all that is on hold. No snow in the 2 week forecast.

 

[Native Hunter]

As soon as possible at both properties. At one place it will just be TSI for regeneration and at the other it will be improving existing and creating new shooting lanes. The latter is really needed badly, because it is hard to see down in those woods.

 

[BuckSutherland]

No chainsaw needed. Silky Zubat katanaboy 500. Gloves and extreme caution are mandatory. 3" trees gone in under 5 strokes, can reach limbs 11 feet in the air. Weighs 2 lb. The sharpest damn thing I have ever held. Good time to improve some shooting lanes

 

[scott44]

Usually after the first of the year, a lot more dead Ash this year.

 

[roymunson]

We were just talking about it yesterday. Most of the target bucks are dead. We want a couple does killed yet, but we may be able to get a jump on the habitat stuff this year. More fun than killing them anyways

 

[bueller]

Around day 5 of sitting in stands for 9 days straight during our rifle season I thought to myself "I should just get the saw out and go to work". Of course my stubborn self sat it out, didn't shoot any deer, and nothing got cut.

 

[roymunson]

Around day 5 of sitting in stands for 9 days straight during our rifle season I thought to myself "I should just get the saw out and go to work". Of course my stubborn self sat it out, didn't shoot any deer, and nothing got cut.

nobody likes a quitter!

 

[chickenlittle]

I was out Saturday for the first time this year for the PA’s buck only rifle opener. Took a break after lunch to cut down and cleanup a big walnut where I want to plant some fruit trees.

 

[Bill]

I’m going to be getting the saw out during the late bow season. Lots to catch up on.

 

[River-X]

I was mentally planning some tree cutting projects while sitting in my deer stand as well. Time to start putting the plan into action.
I am going to start by dropping some over mature oaks and maples and open up the canopy.


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[SD51555]

I hunted Thursday and Friday and didn’t see a thing. Finally gave in and grabbed the saw.

No regerts.

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[4wanderingeyes]

Muzzle loader season is still happening by me, and bow. I would like to hold off until after the season, so I dont push deer off my land and onto some other lucky persons shooting lane. I do have to clear some shooting lanes, and I never decide to do so while the leaves are off, it is always something I think of in Aug.

 

[SD51555]

Muzzle loader season is still happening by me, and bow. I would like to hold off until after the season, so I dont push deer off my land and onto some other lucky persons shooting lane. I do have to clear some shooting lanes, and I never decide to do so while the leaves are off, it is always something I think of in Aug.

I got my shooting lanes fixed up on a couple blinds over the weekend. Much better now.

 

[bueller]

I hunted Thursday and Friday and didn’t see a thing. Finally gave in and grabbed the saw.

No regerts.

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What are you expecting/hoping to see take off in this area now?

 

[j-bird]

My clearing saw will get more of a work out this year than my chainsaw will, but the chainsaw will get it's fair share of work. I'll wait until after the holidays more than likely before I get started.... I'll pick and choose my days as well.

 

[SD51555]

What are you expecting/hoping to see take off in this area now?

There's lots of good in there already. Hoping sunlight will take over from here. I released a few bur oaks, one was 20' tall, one was 12' tall, and a few other that were 6'. There are natural balsam fir and black spruce in there already. There are red osier dogwoods, and there are now ash and poplar stumps that should throw off lots of good browse and/or cover. My deer love ash sprouts and even browse the hell outta fresh ash trees laying on the ground. I also save all the paper birch. There aren't so many that they'll create a canopy. I'm banking those for later on down the road when I want to start feeding them early winter.

The majority of it was tag alder and some sort of willow tree. Those will sucker profusely and create even better cover for a few years, and then I'll go back in and zap them a second time with a silky to keep it open for all the other stuff I released.

My plan is to keep knocking down a couple acres like this each year until I hit all 12 acres of the center of my property. If I make it through all 12, I'll go back to the beginning and start over until it's all changed. That's the current idea anyway.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Heck our rut is just now getting started...it'll be a good while yet before we start runnin saws down this way.

 

[Natty Bumppo]

We're only on day 3 of our 2 week shotgun season...then muzzleloader until December 31st. On January 1st I grab the saw, though I do a lot of thinking and planning in my head between now and then.