My son and I hunt a 40ac property in northern MN. We were super happy with our season. We were 2plus deer per hour sat. Our goals were to try and keep the deer on our property until dark when they will go to the field on my neighbors property. Opening night we got an eight point buck and saw...
Ok so I still need to get rid of the majority of the piles and fast so I can utilize my property. It is only 40 acres. With the composting idea do I have to rotate the pile? Ash worked into the ground is very appealing to me. Any low cost improvements is. I am 45 minutes north of Bemdji MN...
Here are some pictures of what I am dealing with. They don't really due it justice. The first is an onX screen shot. The landing plot is in the lower left corner. The brown line is a trail I recorded as I walked around the slashing. The first photo is of the back row of tops, the second...
ya I don't think mulching is in the budget. I already have a food plot on the landing where the logs were loaded onto the trucks. I want cover and screening where the log piles are currently. When I bow hunted the plot this fall in a 15ft ladder stand I could not see over the piles to the...
Thank you for the responses. I did not consider that I would need to spread the ash right away. That will be problematic. I don't have the resources to move the piles. They are huge. 15ft tall by 60yards. I have other smaller piles that I am not going to burn. If I burn the big pile what...
Hello all. I had 13 acres of aspen cut last winter. The logging was done so I could cut trails, expand food plots and create bedding areas. When the loggers came in they asked if they could pile the tops or if I wanted them to spread them back out throughout the property. I told them to stack...
Again thanks for the wealth of information and opinions shared I appreciate it. I would not say I am disappointed in my property. I shot a nice 8 point last year that anyone in our area would be happy with last year. I just want to maximize what I have. I would agree that much of the...
I guess the better stated question is. Can 20-30 year old poplar hold deer. Is that a high enough stem count. How old of a poplar stand should you start to consider clear cutting if timber revenue is not sought.
Not totally opposed. I took an acre out this summer for one of the plots. I do plan on setting up a rotational clear cut in a couple of years. Cut half of the mature timber and then cut the other half about 5-6 years late. In the mean time I would like to optimize what I have as unobtrusive...
First post here. I have already received a wealth of knowledge here. I have searched and have not really found a thread that addresses my question. How to improve a stand of older poplar trees with out cutting it all down. A little background. I have a 40 acre piece in northern MN that I...