scott44
5 year old buck +
The first part of April this year I tried my first hinge cutting, I had 2 objectives in doing this hinge cutting, first was to create bedding and browse and second try to funnel the deer towards one entrance to the food plot.
I really don't have a good before pic but here's one that shows kinda where I hinged, the woods behind the rye is what I hinged and I am trying to funnel the deer towards the big oak right center of the pic.
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Before
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After
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Took this pic Easter and the deer were already getting funneled where I want them.
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Some regrowth, most of the trees I hinged were ash, the Emerald ash borer has killed almost all the Ash trees in my area so I didn't expect much regrowth. If nothing else it was going to open up the canopy.
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I really don't have a good before pic but here's one that shows kinda where I hinged, the woods behind the rye is what I hinged and I am trying to funnel the deer towards the big oak right center of the pic.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy383%2Fsanevill%2Funnamed134_zpsb4230e7b.jpg&hash=4083490b47cf869e20dfaf77908ad349)
Before
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After
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Took this pic Easter and the deer were already getting funneled where I want them.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy383%2Fsanevill%2Funnamed34_zpsf328d208.jpg&hash=46a4d329608e6b3edaa0f9afdc7164f1)
Some regrowth, most of the trees I hinged were ash, the Emerald ash borer has killed almost all the Ash trees in my area so I didn't expect much regrowth. If nothing else it was going to open up the canopy.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1272.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy383%2Fsanevill%2Funnamed158_zps1f243465.jpg&hash=8654a6e277037855aabaf86a10e618b7)
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