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Easy, My place was clear cut 5 years ago so everything is a stump sprout, LOL! Here is what I have found this year. When I go into one of these areas to produce Old Field/Early Succession habitat, there are a few trees that the deer hammer when they sprout back. For me, green ash is probably...

Turkish, I live in Livingston Parish. I'll try to post some pictures of what some of the areas look like after I brush cut them down. I have creeks and springs running through my property so I try to use those for boundaries whenever possible. I also have cut a lot of trails throughout my...

Turkish, Shoot me an email to restoringtheground@gmail.com. I’ll send you my cell number through email and I’ll be glad to go in depth on what I’m doing. Scott

I’ve actually burned 3 different times this season. I burned in March, late May and last weekend (mid July). I’m planning to burn a few spots (heavy woody content areas) in September as a test to see what the results are like. It will probe about 5 acres total. My areas that I am opening up...

I’m very pleased with body size and antler growth this year. I’ve done about 20 acres of old field/early succession habitat work that is full of natives. I still have another 20 acres to do. I have a few others that I’ll try to post later.

The 2015 pictures on the above deer where in winter 2022

I’m going to post a few pictures of some deer from last year and then what I believe to be the same deer this year. Last year velvet was still on the horns September 15th. I’m thinking we still have 30 days of growth left in most of these deer.

Deer are bedding in this spot and eating on the native browse. Partridge peas, sumac, ragweed and other being eaten down

Green ash tree that I cut down with a brush cutter 3 months ago. The deer are hammering it.

You are correct. I got my information twisted. Burning in September sets back woody components and releases legumes. I’ve burned in 3 different seasons this years: mid March, late May, and mid July (yesterday). I plan to burn again in September on a different spot. I want to compare the...

Swamp cat, either disc strips in the winter months (November-February), or burn in September. Either of these options will help produce forbs. Dr Harper and John Grouchy wrote a paper about Old Field Habitat and I just did a podcast talking about the article. I did soil disturbance in January...

Do you have any experiences that you can share that would be helpful?

if you do your dozer work in the winter months, you may not have as many invasive s come back , and may get a better return on native forbs