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5 year old buck +
I thought about aspen, but in 5 years when the branches get above the browse line are they any benefit? I put 1500 aspen on my place 22 years ago and I haven't seen any benefit to deer since about the 5 year mark other than some cover, but the lower branches die off quickly and don't make much of an understory
Try cutting a bunch of them down this winter. They are supposed to grow back very dense. I read a lot about them and got som advice here last year and ended up cutting about 10% of my aspens last year. Looking forward to see what they did over the summer.