I am in north Alabama and will be doing some TSI after hunting season. I will be hunting some trees and flush cutting others. I am decent at tree identification and know the majority of trees in my area. I don’t know timber markets very well. So what tree has value to deer or to sell in a stand. Most of this timber has been cut many years ago with a lot of double trunk or triple trunk trees growing. Some of these double trunk trees are 8” in diameter.
This is my perceived value (i.e. don’t cut unless it’s competing or unhealthy shape / crooked / disease)
1. White oaks and varieties (swamp white oak)- obviously keep. I will cut trees that interfere with the crown of a healthy tree. No stump treatments
2. Red oaks and varieties. See above comment.
3. Pines (long leaf, short leaf, white) greater than 12” diameter. Cut smaller if stem density is high
4. Walnuts - only keep if very straight and minimal branches
5. Cherry - never seen one of mine produce, candidate for hinge
6. Dogwood - candidate for hinge
7. Maple - hinge or flush cut
8. Ash varieties - any value? Hinge or flush
9. Cedar - flush cut
10. Holly tree - leave as they are green cover year round?
11. Hickory - hinge or flush
12. Yellow Popular - hinge or flush.
13. Sycamore - any value? Hinge or flush
14. Unknown trees but leaves 10” plus in length and 5+ inches wide. I don’t have a picture of it currently.
15. Sweetgum - I plan to kill, destroy, and spray. I hate these things
Thoughts or comments?
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This is my perceived value (i.e. don’t cut unless it’s competing or unhealthy shape / crooked / disease)
1. White oaks and varieties (swamp white oak)- obviously keep. I will cut trees that interfere with the crown of a healthy tree. No stump treatments
2. Red oaks and varieties. See above comment.
3. Pines (long leaf, short leaf, white) greater than 12” diameter. Cut smaller if stem density is high
4. Walnuts - only keep if very straight and minimal branches
5. Cherry - never seen one of mine produce, candidate for hinge
6. Dogwood - candidate for hinge
7. Maple - hinge or flush cut
8. Ash varieties - any value? Hinge or flush
9. Cedar - flush cut
10. Holly tree - leave as they are green cover year round?
11. Hickory - hinge or flush
12. Yellow Popular - hinge or flush.
13. Sycamore - any value? Hinge or flush
14. Unknown trees but leaves 10” plus in length and 5+ inches wide. I don’t have a picture of it currently.
15. Sweetgum - I plan to kill, destroy, and spray. I hate these things
Thoughts or comments?
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