"Hack and squirt doesn't work in early spring."

[omicron1792]

Around here can get drone for much cheaper.

That said if you add up your time and effort doing it it often is much cheaper to get it done in 15 min

 

[Electrodigical]

As little time as I have for this, it's still a lot more than money I have for this.

 

[BenA]

All maples trees.

That sounds like a good area to make some browse trails now and then come back later and thin the area with hack and squirt. If you cut some trails through, the deer can follow those while they're browsing on the maple shoots right past a stand.

 

[Electrodigical]

That sounds like a good area to make some browse trails now and then come back later and thin the area with hack and squirt. If you cut some trails through, the deer can follow those while they're browsing on the maple shoots right past a stand.

I always wanted to cut trails through it, leading them somewhere. But it wasn't mine to cut (nor would the somewhere have been). It was bramble and thicket, where I have shot deer. Then it was a sea of saplings. Now it's a baby forest and a whole lot harder to accomplish that goal. lol

 

[BenA]

I always wanted to cut trails through it, leading them somewhere. But it wasn't mine to cut (nor would the somewhere have been). It was bramble and thicket, where I have shot deer. Then it was a sea of saplings. Now it's a baby forest and a whole lot harder to accomplish that goal. lol

Do you have a chainsaw? I bet you could make some pretty good trails through 2"-3" maples relatively quick.

 

[Electrodigical]

I've done one cross ways down below with a brush blade on a whacker. Last fall a did one H&S even farther down. Once it greens up (or doesn't) I'll get to see what's working better.

 

[bigboreblr]

I was reading up on a guy who cut maple trees down to let them sprout branches for the deer to nibble on when I found this site a few years ago.

Make a handful of brush piles here n there too. Good for rabbits, grouse, and turkey nests.

propogating dogwood cost next to no money.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

If it's your property - or you have permission to cut - I'd chainsaw some trails in there, and treat those stumps if you want them gone for good. Then, if you want some low-level browse in certain areas, chainsaw some maples down to about 6" above ground - but do not treat the stumps on those, so stump sprouts can grow from them. You might need to cage them so deer don't entirely wipe them out though, until they can get some growth on them.