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Post by smsmith on Dec 13, 2023 21:06:21 GMT -6
Deer will browse dropped ironwood tops in the winter here. They appear to especially like the tops that have a lot of catkins in them. FWIW...I bumped a grouse eating ironwood catkins today. Sounds like you should carry a shotgun on your orchard walks. A meal of grouse is hard to beat. ya, I think about it. No small game license, so I'm hesitant
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 13, 2023 21:20:40 GMT -6
You are good to go Stu- residents in mn can hunt small game without a license on land they live on. But they probably won’t cooperate if you carry a shotgun in the woods instead of your saw or sprayer.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 14, 2023 7:26:37 GMT -6
You are good to go Stu- residents in mn can hunt small game without a license on land they live on. But they probably won’t cooperate if you carry a shotgun in the woods instead of your saw or sprayer. Thanks Ben. For some reason I thought I could hunt bunnies and squirrels without a license, but needed one for grouse/pheasants. I actually could have carried a shotgun yesterday as the only "tool" I had along with me was a roll of flagging tape.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Dec 14, 2023 7:34:58 GMT -6
I see grouse when I am bow hunting and doing habitat work up at Parkers Prairie farm. However, when I bring the 20 guage I never see them !
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 14, 2023 11:15:20 GMT -6
I believe you would still need a pheasant stamp to hunt pheasants, but you are good to go with grouse as they require no special stamp.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 14, 2023 18:52:14 GMT -6
I went through a tank of gas in my big and little saw cutting ironwoods today. It felt good to get some saw time. I worked up a heck of sweat since I had a long underwear top on and it hit 50 by mid afternoon.
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 14, 2023 22:00:05 GMT -6
Flush any grouse or find any new wild crabapples during your work today?
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Post by smsmith on Dec 15, 2023 7:40:49 GMT -6
Flush any grouse or find any new wild crabapples during your work today? Nope edit...I did get some more sunlight on a tree that I think is a wild apple (not crab) growing at the base of a large oak tree though. I think the apple is likely doomed long term, but it's too big to attempt to dig up and move. It's got some spurs now, so maybe it will bloom next spring.
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 15, 2023 17:28:55 GMT -6
I went through a tank of gas in my big and little saw cutting ironwoods today. It felt good to get some saw time. I worked up a heck of sweat since I had a long underwear top on and it hit 50 by mid afternoon. How big do your ironwoods get Stu? I have seen a few 4-5” dbh on my new land. I have a friend that has several over 12”. I think one was over 16”. I’d never seen them that large.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 15, 2023 18:54:01 GMT -6
I went through a tank of gas in my big and little saw cutting ironwoods today. It felt good to get some saw time. I worked up a heck of sweat since I had a long underwear top on and it hit 50 by mid afternoon. How big do your ironwoods get Stu? I have seen a few 4-5” dbh on my new land. I have a friend that has several over 12”. I think one was over 16”. I’d never seen them that large. Not very big on average. I've probably cut a few down over the years approaching 8-10", but the vast majority are 4" or less. Just to be clear, when I say ironwood, I mean American Hophornbeam. I've heard folks call a number of species ironwood.
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 15, 2023 20:11:13 GMT -6
How big do your ironwoods get Stu? I have seen a few 4-5” dbh on my new land. I have a friend that has several over 12”. I think one was over 16”. I’d never seen them that large. Not very big on average. I've probably cut a few down over the years approaching 8-10", but the vast majority are 4" or less. Just to be clear, when I say ironwood, I mean American Hophornbeam. I've heard folks call a number of species ironwood. Yes. Hophornbeam. I saw my friends and they were definitely hophornbeam. They were in a small area or older trees. I was skeptical when he said they were that big and he said he was too because he’d only seen 4-5” on other properties.
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Post by biglakebass on Dec 17, 2023 18:56:28 GMT -6
the trees I know as ironwood, have a very serrated leaf, not very thick foliage, and bark that has kind of an ash look, but more depth/texture on the bark.... if that makes sense. I hope its ironwood. LOLLLL
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 20, 2023 0:22:41 GMT -6
Stu, I did find this one yesterday which is the largest I’ve seen on the new property. This area is going to be a food plot so I’ll let the loggers clear it. It was about 8”dbh. I saw several 3-4”.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 20, 2023 9:04:13 GMT -6
Stu, I did find this one yesterday which is the largest I’ve seen on the new property. This area is going to be a food plot so I’ll let the loggers clear it. It was about 8”dbh. I saw several 3-4”. Those trees with brown leaves still attached ironwood or beech?
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 20, 2023 9:36:52 GMT -6
Stu, I did find this one yesterday which is the largest I’ve seen on the new property. This area is going to be a food plot so I’ll let the loggers clear it. It was about 8”dbh. I saw several 3-4”. Those trees with brown leaves still attached ironwood or beech? Those are all beech. They must’ve cut a large beech in that area about 10-15 years ago because out of picture off to the left there were several beech that grew up from root sprouts.
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