BenA
5 year old buck +
I've never done hinge cutting because I've never needed extra cover where I've hunted. But, on my Kentucky farm, I am going to try my hand at some. I'm doing FSI in all my timber to encourage oak regeneration, but I want to make planned bedding in a couple 1/4 to 1 acre spots, and I was going to use hinge cuts to promote that.
So, my question after absorbing as much as I can on the topic, is do you put the tops going downhill or uphill if you are on a bench or flat area of a hillside? It seems easier to let gravity bring the top downhill, but from what I've seen on my hillside bedding, the deer like to see down into the holler with something at their back. This makes me want to mimic that by having the tops go uphill or perpendicular, and not blocking their line of sight to the bottom of the holler. From what I've seen and read, most people don't do that. Help a south Louisiana native out with hinge cut directions for hillside bedding. I think the deer like to bed where they can see downhill according to beds I've found on my farm.
So, my question after absorbing as much as I can on the topic, is do you put the tops going downhill or uphill if you are on a bench or flat area of a hillside? It seems easier to let gravity bring the top downhill, but from what I've seen on my hillside bedding, the deer like to see down into the holler with something at their back. This makes me want to mimic that by having the tops go uphill or perpendicular, and not blocking their line of sight to the bottom of the holler. From what I've seen and read, most people don't do that. Help a south Louisiana native out with hinge cut directions for hillside bedding. I think the deer like to bed where they can see downhill according to beds I've found on my farm.