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Post by sd51555 on Feb 23, 2021 7:44:38 GMT -6
I'm weak in the scrape department. I never get around to doing anything with them. I've been wanting to try pulling some live trees over in the right spot and tying them down with paracord to keep them alive. The paracord trick works well. It also works well for making "buck tunnels"...I believe good ol' Tony P. was the guy who came up with that concept. I laughed the first time a guy who had been to Tony's "boot camp" told me about it. Then I figured I'd give it a shot in one of my buckthorn thickets. Worked like a charm. Shot a 130"+ buck the first year and another one about the same a couple years later. Paracord tie downs are quite a bit of work though. Is there more to 'em that just leaning one over and tying it to another?
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Post by smsmith on Feb 23, 2021 7:46:03 GMT -6
The paracord trick works well. It also works well for making "buck tunnels"...I believe good ol' Tony P. was the guy who came up with that concept. I laughed the first time a guy who had been to Tony's "boot camp" told me about it. Then I figured I'd give it a shot in one of my buckthorn thickets. Worked like a charm. Shot a 130"+ buck the first year and another one about the same a couple years later. Paracord tie downs are quite a bit of work though. Is there more to 'em that just leaning one over and tying it to another? Nope, not if the "other" is in the right spot.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 23, 2021 8:55:02 GMT -6
I'm weak in the scrape department. I never get around to doing anything with them. I've been wanting to try pulling some live trees over in the right spot and tying them down with paracord to keep them alive. The paracord trick works well. It also works well for making "buck tunnels"...I believe good ol' Tony P. was the guy who came up with that concept. I laughed the first time a guy who had been to Tony's "boot camp" told me about it. Then I figured I'd give it a shot in one of my buckthorn thickets. Worked like a charm. Shot a 130"+ buck the first year and another one about the same a couple years later. Paracord tie downs are quite a bit of work though. Please explain the buck tunnels.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 23, 2021 9:05:05 GMT -6
The paracord trick works well. It also works well for making "buck tunnels"...I believe good ol' Tony P. was the guy who came up with that concept. I laughed the first time a guy who had been to Tony's "boot camp" told me about it. Then I figured I'd give it a shot in one of my buckthorn thickets. Worked like a charm. Shot a 130"+ buck the first year and another one about the same a couple years later. Paracord tie downs are quite a bit of work though. Please explain the buck tunnels. Basically you tie down young saplings into a "tunnel" about 3-5' high and maybe 2-3' wide. I used the tunnel on my old place to direct movement into a shot lane. I had to use tent pegs in a number of spots as I didn't always have another tree/shrub to tie to. It's what it says a "tunnel". When the shrubs/saplings you use to create the tunnel are leafed out, it is thick. Using an existing trail known to be used by bucks for at least a portion is a good idea. I had buck travel all through a finger of red pines with a buckthorn understory. By creating the tunnel I focused that movement into a more predictable pattern. It was a fair amount of work though edit...envision a "sidewalk" created with hinging trees on either side. Instead of hinging trees to the outside of the intended travel lane, you bend/tie down young growth over the intended travel lane. In my experience, I get a lot of doe/fawn/young bucks using my sidewalks. I think they're too open for much mature buck use outside of the rut.
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Post by jflonll on Feb 23, 2021 9:27:33 GMT -6
Cool! Do you have a pic of the groomer?? I f you want to see more go to www.snowgroomer.netThe second pic is a roller with a compaction pan which is used to pack a large dump of snow. Could this roller be used as a seed packer as it weighs about 300#s.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 23, 2021 9:35:17 GMT -6
Please explain the buck tunnels. Basically you tie down young saplings into a "tunnel" about 3-5' high and maybe 2-3' wide. I used the tunnel on my old place to direct movement into a shot lane. I had to use tent pegs in a number of spots as I didn't always have another tree/shrub to tie to. It's what it says a "tunnel". When the shrubs/saplings you use to create the tunnel are leafed out, it is thick. Using an existing trail known to be used by bucks for at least a portion is a good idea. I had buck travel all through a finger of red pines with a buckthorn understory. By creating the tunnel I focused that movement into a more predictable pattern. It was a fair amount of work though edit...envision a "sidewalk" created with hinging trees on either side. Instead of hinging trees to the outside of the intended travel lane, you bend/tie down young growth over the intended travel lane. In my experience, I get a lot of doe/fawn/young bucks using my sidewalks. I think they're too open for much mature buck use outside of the rut. Ken Norberg used to have deer hunting classes. From his books and videos, he would clip out travel lanes. He wanted them no wider than 30 inches and no higher than six feet. This how I created my trail system. He felt mature bucks preferred the narrower trails. It probably varies with hunting pressure.
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Post by Sandbur on Feb 25, 2021 16:00:11 GMT -6
Basically you tie down young saplings into a "tunnel" about 3-5' high and maybe 2-3' wide. I used the tunnel on my old place to direct movement into a shot lane. I had to use tent pegs in a number of spots as I didn't always have another tree/shrub to tie to. It's what it says a "tunnel". When the shrubs/saplings you use to create the tunnel are leafed out, it is thick. Using an existing trail known to be used by bucks for at least a portion is a good idea. I had buck travel all through a finger of red pines with a buckthorn understory. By creating the tunnel I focused that movement into a more predictable pattern. It was a fair amount of work though edit...envision a "sidewalk" created with hinging trees on either side. Instead of hinging trees to the outside of the intended travel lane, you bend/tie down young growth over the intended travel lane. In my experience, I get a lot of doe/fawn/young bucks using my sidewalks. I think they're too open for much mature buck use outside of the rut. Ken Norberg used to have deer hunting classes. From his books and videos, he would clip out travel lanes. He wanted them no wider than 30 inches and no higher than six feet. This how I created my trail system. He felt mature bucks preferred the narrower trails. It probably varies with hunting pressure. I prefer these narrow trails for deer use, especially in areas of intense hunting pressure. I have gotten lazy and used my lawn mower with a four foot deck in part of the trail system. I use a push mower on some of it. Sorry to steal the thread on human trails.
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Post by kooch on Feb 25, 2021 16:07:17 GMT -6
I do that too. My non-people trails are too narrow for an ATV. I go one width of the DR mower in the middle of Summer. Sometimes I walk through with a backpack sprayer. Every buck we've shot has emerged from this trail that empties into the plot 50ish yards in front of our primary blind. Some days it's from one direction, some days from another.
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