omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Ask any questions you want.
Helicopter spraying at my farm today.
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Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
I like the mobile landing pad idea!
What are they spraying and how much does it cost?
Two years ago I watched a helicopter sprayer fly underneath a powerline. It was pretty crazy to see, but seemed incredibly dumb. There was also a helicopter spraying fatality that year when a helicopter hit a power line. Around here helicopter spraying is more common later in the year when the corn gets too tall to spray from the ground.
Two years ago I watched a helicopter sprayer fly underneath a powerline. It was pretty crazy to see, but seemed incredibly dumb. There was also a helicopter spraying fatality that year when a helicopter hit a power line. Around here helicopter spraying is more common later in the year when the corn gets too tall to spray from the ground.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
25/acre.
Velpar df and oust xp for longleaf pine release.
By far most cost effective way to spray.
They load in 5 min then spray 10 acres in 5 min. 60 acres an hour.
Getting 150 acres sprayed.
Velpar df and oust xp for longleaf pine release.
By far most cost effective way to spray.
They load in 5 min then spray 10 acres in 5 min. 60 acres an hour.
Getting 150 acres sprayed.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
25/acre.
Velpar df and oust xp for longleaf pine release.
By far most cost effective way to spray.
They load in 5 min then spray 10 acres in 5 min.
Velpar df and oust xp for longleaf pine release.
By far most cost effective way to spray.
They load in 5 min then spray 10 acres in 5 min.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
mature trees or seedlings? What type?
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
I meant what are the keeper trees you have planted or growing in the area.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Spraying 50 more I clear cut with site prep in September for December planting of longleaf. Will give me 200 acres of planted longleaf.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
I’ve seriously thought about this for controlling poplar regen, stiltgrass, multiflora, etc. I don’t think something like gly or another nonselective herbicide could wipe out mature oaks but I’ve been wrong plenty before! And honestly the way they highgraded these areas I have very little mature oaks anyway. Knock out all the beech and sycamore your hearts desire
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
My local forester said it was an option for me. I am not going to use it, but going to go with a backpack mist blower and glyphosate once everything else is dormant in the Fall. Bush honeysuckle stays green well after everything else here.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
It feels like a helicopter application may be less intrusive to the deer population during hunting season than marching through the timber with a fogging machine. Obviously it's best for the habitat to eliminate the BH but blowing all the deer off my property in late October doesn't seem ideal.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
I guess it depends on how much disturbance your deer have on a regular basis. Unless you are in pretty remote area that sees very little human activity I personally dont think it has any effect on deer presence for more than just a few hours. Just heard a recent discussion on a study that concluded that deer typically return to their home range within hours, especially if the disturbance is very infrequent. This involved radio collared deer on a area that was hunted heavily for only a short period of time every year. Deer would run from the disturbance but be back to their home range by the following morning. I am not advocating for disturbing the normal daily movements of deer, but as you said allowing invasives to completely render the habitat uninhabitable is of no benefit either.
Booner21
5 year old buck +
I had my farm done bush honeysuckle is sprayed mid November in the Midwest.
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Brian662
5 year old buck +
With a helicopter?
