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Post by benmnwi on Apr 13, 2021 11:57:24 GMT -6
If I was in your situation I think I'd clean up and burn part of the area and leave slash in part of the area. Those brush piles should be wildlife magnets for the next 5+ years and they will also help browse intolerant species of trees survive deer browsing. I wouldn't spend money on a bulldozer unless you plan on mowing the whole area and that would be bad for hunting purposes.
I'm guessing you will have wild raspberry and blackcaps or blackberries showing up first along with some young cherry trees. It looks like the kind of area that could have some black oaks in the area as well, but I can't tell for sure by the pictures. The tree in the center of the second picture almost looks like a locust tree, but it is hard to tell. If so, I'd cut that one down soon or you will have lots of them filling in that area.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 13, 2021 13:39:59 GMT -6
If I was in your situation I think I'd clean up and burn part of the area and leave slash in part of the area. Those brush piles should be wildlife magnets for the next 5+ years and they will also help browse intolerant species of trees survive deer browsing. I wouldn't spend money on a bulldozer unless you plan on mowing the whole area and that would be bad for hunting purposes. I'm guessing you will have wild raspberry and blackcaps or blackberries showing up first along with some young cherry trees. It looks like the kind of area that could have some black oaks in the area as well, but I can't tell for sure by the pictures. The tree in the center of the second picture almost looks like a locust tree, but it is hard to tell. If so, I'd cut that one down soon or you will have lots of them filling in that area. If it's a locust, absolutely cut it down. ALSO, paint/spray the stump with diesel and crossbow. Black locust can quickly take over an area.
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Post by badbrad on Apr 13, 2021 14:25:24 GMT -6
How many acres of that is there? I'm guessing 2 acres?
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Post by badbrad on Apr 13, 2021 14:25:57 GMT -6
Do pines survive a subsrcibed burn, just burn it all 👿 That sounds scary. LOL
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Post by badbrad on Apr 13, 2021 14:29:44 GMT -6
If I was in your situation I think I'd clean up and burn part of the area and leave slash in part of the area. Those brush piles should be wildlife magnets for the next 5+ years and they will also help browse intolerant species of trees survive deer browsing. I wouldn't spend money on a bulldozer unless you plan on mowing the whole area and that would be bad for hunting purposes. I'm guessing you will have wild raspberry and blackcaps or blackberries showing up first along with some young cherry trees. It looks like the kind of area that could have some black oaks in the area as well, but I can't tell for sure by the pictures. The tree in the center of the second picture almost looks like a locust tree, but it is hard to tell. If so, I'd cut that one down soon or you will have lots of them filling in that area. The Black Locusts are everywhere here and have taken a lot of this area over. Its either oak, pines or a lot of black locust. i don't know if I could every win that fight with how much of them are around.. They are nasty. Most of my other woods is black locust. the deer love to use them to travel within. They are not fun to navigate.
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Post by badbrad on Apr 13, 2021 17:11:28 GMT -6
Does that mean I am likely to have another stand of black locusts?
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Post by smsmith on Apr 13, 2021 18:18:35 GMT -6
Does that mean I am likely to have another stand of black locusts? If you open the canopy around existing black locusts, you will almost certainly get another stand of them.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 13, 2021 19:20:09 GMT -6
Does that mean I am likely to have another stand of black locusts? If you open the canopy around existing black locusts, you will almost certainly get another stand of them. It sounds like buckthorn to me. I drop some red cedars and get buckthorn.
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Post by badbrad on Apr 13, 2021 21:35:40 GMT -6
Does that mean I am likely to have another stand of black locusts? If you open the canopy around existing black locusts, you will almost certainly get another stand of them. Well it is what it is. There is no winning the fight against them here. And they do tend to make thick travel corridors for deer. I would take buck torn over just weeds and grass.
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