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For most folks they don’t wish to defeat the rootstock characteristics. The far north has issues with graft failure from extreme cold and in wildlife plantings in general many of us want self rooted vigorous trees that very well may live 100 years where as grafted trees typically don’t live that...

HBC naturally occurs in river flood plains at least all the wild ones I’ve ever seen where.

I have about 90 fruit trees with the graft buried.

How much fair chase are we talking spears?

Good to know

If I buy one I’ll likely go with a stainless model because of the corrosive nature of black powder.

I just read the Kansas regs and didn’t see anything about sights I thought I had read that only open sights where legal but after reading the regs again it looks like scopes are fine.

Zone 3 and below I suggest burying the graft to prevent graft failure do to extreme cold. My old orchard at my brothers suffered from several graft failures in zone 3 and St Lawrence nursery also suggests burying the graft page 12 of their planting instructions.

Many people don’t believe just how much growth a bur oak will produce even out of a tube I’ve had 24” or more in a single season from acorns I’ve planted.

^^^^^ your clearly not seeing the big picture they don’t care how many companies they bankrupt it’s all about “the message” even if that message is the ramblings of mentally ill people.

They can and will kill trees maybe more of an issue where I grew up idk but they would put hurting on aspen and basswood staying in the same tree for far to long stripping all the limbs of bark

I’d eliminate porky if he was on my place

https://extension.unh.edu/resource/borers-new-hampshire-apple-trees-fact-sheet-0 Fathead minors got my Harelson apple tree a couple years ago I’ve also had them hit my Red Delicious and Macintosh trees a few years ago but I caught that attach early and sprayed the trucks down with Martin’s...

Look closely at the south side of the trunk looking for sawdust or dead dying bark maybe cambium minor attack.

I’m not really into muzzle loading just want to be able to let the kids sit during that season.