Clearing trees

[H20fwler]

I'm a late winter cutter/splitter too. I like it almost single digit temps, seems like I stay at it longer if I don't get over heated. Always cut wood with my Dad in winter when I was a kid, probably because that was the only time of year he had time to do it with farming.

 

[White Oak]

The best time, is when you have time.

it’s not on any hunting ground, just clearing some trees for a home orchard. It is next to deer areas, so it should also feed wild life, but I haven’t had anything more than a spike with it’s mommy on camera on my actual property.

" The best time, is when you have time"

The best time, is when you have time.

it’s not on any hunting ground, just clearing some trees for a home orchard. It is next to deer areas, so it should also feed wild life, but I haven’t had anything more than a spike with it’s mommy on camera on my actual property.

Then why even ask in the first place "when is the best time" ? if you are just going to come back and say " The best time, is when you have time."

 

[4wanderingeyes]

A lot of you mentioned, after deer hunting, or not where I hunt. I tell you growing up I cut wood pretty much every weekend throughout high school, especially in the fall. The best hunting I had was where I had freshly cut down trees, and cut the wood up. It was as if the deer would know the sound of the saw, and they would be there as I was leaving with a load of wood. To this day, I still cut wood before hunting season, just not during because I am hunting, and the fresh trees on the ground is almost as good as a pile of corn.

 

[TreeDaddy]

A lot of you mentioned, after deer hunting, or not where I hunt. I tell you growing up I cut wood pretty much every weekend throughout high school, especially in the fall. The best hunting I had was where I had freshly cut down trees, and cut the wood up. It was as if the deer would know the sound of the saw, and they would be there as I was leaving with a load of wood. To this day, I still cut wood before hunting season, just not during because I am hunting, and the fresh trees on the ground is almost as good as a pile of corn.

I noted the same after loggers finished thinning a pine plantation

Further , they seem curious about freshly mowed trails and "turned dirt"

bill

 

[sandbur]

I'm a late winter cutter/splitter too. I like it almost single digit temps, seems like I stay at it longer if I don't get over heated. Always cut wood with my Dad in winter when I was a kid, probably because that was the only time of year he had time to do it with farming.

It really splits good at -10 or -15. We always split by hand. My Dad would sit the blocks on end and I would swing the maul.


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[Bowsnbucks]

A lot of you mentioned, after deer hunting, or not where I hunt. I tell you growing up I cut wood pretty much every weekend throughout high school, especially in the fall. The best hunting I had was where I had freshly cut down trees, and cut the wood up. It was as if the deer would know the sound of the saw, and they would be there as I was leaving with a load of wood. To this day, I still cut wood before hunting season, just not during because I am hunting, and the fresh trees on the ground is almost as good as a pile of corn.

Saw this at our camp too. Chainsaw like ringing the dinner bell. Our deer were in the tops - eating and bedding - the first night we started cutting.

A habitat book author from N.Y. has a chapter in one of his books titled, "A chainsaw is a deer's best friend."

 

[yoderjac]

Saw this at our camp too. Chainsaw like ringing the dinner bell. Our deer were in the tops - eating and bedding - the first night we started cutting.

A habitat book author from N.Y. has a chapter in one of his books titled, "A chainsaw is a deer's best friend."

This tells you something about stress periods and when food is needed in your area. Had a situation here where deer were hugely overpopulated and we had a 6' browse line. When the property was sold to a developer, the sound of dozers was a dinner bell for deer. Operators would stop the machines to each lunch and deer would pour in.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

This tells you something about stress periods and when food is needed in your area. Had a situation here where deer were hugely overpopulated and we had a 6' browse line. When the property was sold to a developer, the sound of dozers was a dinner bell for deer. Operators would stop the machines to each lunch and deer would pour in.

The more trees we dropped / more tops on the ground - the more deer showed up. Cut area became a cafeteria of sorts until they ate all the tender stuff. Bedding in there lasted longer than the food supply.

 

[AtomApple]

" The best time, is when you have time"

Then why even ask in the first place "when is the best time" ? if you are just going to come back and say " The best time, is when you have time."

didnt mean to hurt your feelings, it was supposed to be a funny statement. Also, I was trying to figure in a couple different factors for cutting. And I “have time” during several different times during the year.

 

[AtomApple]

I noted the same after loggers finished thinning a pine plantation

Further , they seem curious about freshly mowed trails and "turned dirt"

bill

I mowed a corner of a field once to try and get a Fall plot in. I did it earlier in the day, and then went back later they same day to “throw and grow” and there were 3 deer in the mowed area. The human scent didn’t seem to bother them in that instance.

I’ve been leaving the tops of some basswood and maple, and they come in after dark and eat on them.

 

[sandbur]

Saw this at our camp too. Chainsaw like ringing the dinner bell. Our deer were in the tops - eating and bedding - the first night we started cutting.

A habitat book author from N.Y. has a chapter in one of his books titled, "A chainsaw is a deer's best friend."

Clear cut logging of a popple stand is even better, preferably not over 40 acres in size.


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[AtomApple]

Well, trees are cut and cleared, planted 8 trees and screen and caged them today.

 

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[White Oak]

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If that's your orchard... everything is planted way too close together.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

Clear cut logging of a popple stand is even better, preferably not over 40 acres in size.

Popple?? Is that aspen? I know some areas of the country call aspen "popple." The poplar we have here is tulip poplar - a hardwood.

I've seen - and hunted - clear cuts of aspen here in Pa. The re-growth is THICK. From 300 yards away it looks like hair or a bristle brush !! Deer LOVE that stuff. A forester told me that once cut, aspens push lots of new growth from their established root systems.

 

[cavey]

Popple?? Is that aspen? I know some areas of the country call aspen "popple." The poplar we have here is tulip poplar - a hardwood.

Yes, No and Maybe.... its kind of confusing

 

[homerj1]

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Did you treat the stumps with something to keep them from stump sprouting?

 

[Oaknut]

Atom,

I agree with Homer, I probably would have treated those stumps.

If you have not done it yet, you should still be able to recut them closer to the ground and then immediately paint/spray them with Glyphosate.

 

[yoderjac]

Atom,

I agree with Homer, I probably would have treated those stumps.

If you have not done it yet, you should still be able to recut them closer to the ground and then immediately paint them with Glyphosate.

Depend on his objective. They may make great mineral stumps if not treated depending on the species. They can always be killed after a year or two of sprouting. Eventually though, he will want to kill them.

 

[AtomApple]

Depend on his objective. They may make great mineral stumps if not treated depending on the species. They can always be killed after a year or two of sprouting. Eventually though, he will want to kill them.

Yes, that! The deer love the new sprouts. I plan on clearing them eventually.

they are spaced about 10 feet apart, I know it’s close, but I wanted to get in as many as possible. If any fail, then maybe it’s for the best. I don’t have any clear objective with these trees. Mostly just to see if I can do it. Feed people, feed animals, give bears something to destroy…. See what happens.