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Here are some pictures of the work done so far this winter. The first is a trail i cleared to connect a couple clearings I cut to encourage travel. The second is an elevated blind spot where we made a couple clearings to see down to a creek. It doesn't show in here but we also thinned between...

My property is in a township with similar infection rates. Our deer population is spotty and from what I have gathered noticeably lower than years past. Now whether it is the disease directly or whether our area was shot up more during the CWD tags eras or ??? I dont know. Its just odd that from...

Good to know. I know i likely wont be able to keep up with all the tags on my place by keeping certain areas set back seems achievable

Does that mean releasing the ROD? I am thinking in the areas I am clearing id like to stay on the tags so they don't get so big just because they are a pain to deal with as they get over 8- 10' tall

Started clearing another area to the west of the spot I started clearing. Almost got 4 tanks of gas through the brushcutter. A good amount of ROD mixed in so I am hopeful for the ROD to bounce back. The new area is cleared had some big tags in it and some of the dogwood was grey and pretty big...

Continued cutting back overgrown tag alder and red osier dogwood. Trying to see what comes back after resetting it.

Most spots are sedge and cattail mix but closer to the higher ground there is reed canary unfortunately

I have two lanes cleared out so far and did a lighter thinning between and around them. Not stop is going to be tags on the transition to higher ground and some of the bigger ones. Not sure the brust cutter will be enough for those. I am surprised by the amount of red osier I have mixed in...

Mine are mostly dead but I had a few still standing that I didn't realize were ash. Wish my dead ones would fall

I have seen similar reactions to ash on my place. I didn't realize it would stump sprout like it did but the deer have hammered it.

Cool. So in my instance I don't mind the cover from the tags but I have a lot of ROD mixed in. I was thinking about keeping it up in some areas annually just to keep it under control and the fresh growth is way easier to deal with compared to when they are 10-15' tall

Bumping this back up. Im starting to cut back tag alder on my property. How frequently are folks cutting it back afterwards? I have about 15 acres of it and don't plan on shearing but will select different areas each year to reset. Some of the tags are pretty manageable with a brush...

Took a brush cutter to a stand of tag alder and dogwood at one stand location and then cleared out an area that had a bunch of briars and honeysuckle and made some space for some oak trees that are about 3' tall

Fixed the chipper. Sat for too long and needs a new carburetor

Just got through a rough cold snap. We had temps down to -20 with little snow cover, so we'll see how everything holds up to that. Mentioned it earlier but will he adding 10 trees from bluehill this spring including... Yates Winter Crabarina Kerr 4 houidini Sweet advent pear Deer Luscious...