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Post by Woody Williams on May 15, 2015 15:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by trophyparadise on May 16, 2015 10:42:11 GMT -5
Imo hinge cutting and general TSI is the single most effective thing most land managers can do to improve the habitat. I'd rather have a property with great habitat than great food plots. Trophy Paradise Habitat Consulting "Trophies are built from the ground up" m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=852914431431752 |
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Post by esshup on May 16, 2015 11:09:48 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Woody. Now what was that push pole that they were using?
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Post by swetz on May 16, 2015 15:26:40 GMT -5
Good video.
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Post by bartiks on May 17, 2015 11:41:38 GMT -5
Like the video as well, the term for the pole he was using is a variation of a pruner pole. Not for sure of the exact name of it, however there are multiple different attachments that you can put on the end of one.
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Post by tynimiller on May 18, 2015 8:40:06 GMT -5
Yup, been showing videos on Small Acre for years now how hinging has changed every property we've been allowed to implement it own, both our own and others. #1 tool for better hunting is a chainsaw.
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Post by swetz on May 19, 2015 10:17:48 GMT -5
I'm going to do some on my place, but need to figure out where best to put in.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on May 19, 2015 10:54:36 GMT -5
I think this is wonderful information. My Engineer loves his trees, so I can't see him letting me do this, but if I had my own land, I'd sure do it.
Help me understand if there's something that I can do without cutting his trees? Can I make some sort of canape or put straw down???
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Post by tynimiller on May 19, 2015 11:30:28 GMT -5
I think this is wonderful information. My Engineer loves his trees, so I can't see him letting me do this, but if I had my own land, I'd sure do it. Help me understand if there's something that I can do without cutting his trees? Can I make some sort of canape or put straw down??? Putting straw down is utilized by some (myself included although I use leaves or pine needles only because I have free supply) to encourage bedding. HOwever, bedding alone won't make the deer feel safer if the terrain and location isn't thick or uniquely secure for another reason. |
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Post by firstwd on May 20, 2015 17:39:20 GMT -5
Yup, been showing videos on Small Acre for years now how hinging has changed every property we've been allowed to implement it own, both our own and others. #1 tool for better hunting is a chainsaw. Come on now, you know that cutting trees just ruins forests and we need to leave them be for future generations to see them....... rot and fall down void of wildlife. :-) |
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Post by moose1am on May 21, 2015 14:40:06 GMT -5
Is the living tree key to providing food for the deer. Deer eat a lot of different types of browse. Are they feeding on the limbs of the still living but downed tree or just using the overhead trees as cover to hide underneath. And are they going to trim the lower limbs under those fallen over trees to let the deer get under the trees. Or do they let the deer eat those lower limbs. Deer will feed on the smaller twigs as a food source but I'm don't know if the deer will eat the larger parts of the tree. I always was taught that the deer eat the plants that grow along the very edge of the forest where the trees are smaller and not old growth type trees. That's where brush and shrubs get more sunlight as compared to under a forest canopy where the trees shad the sunlight out below. I learned that deer eat poison ivy and other plants like that. And I know that they like apples and persimmons very much. They will eat tomatoes off my parents tomato plants too.
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Post by trophyparadise on May 22, 2015 9:59:51 GMT -5
Is the living tree key to providing food for the deer. Deer eat a lot of different types of browse. Are they feeding on the limbs of the still living but downed tree or just using the overhead trees as cover to hide underneath. And are they going to trim the lower limbs under those fallen over trees to let the deer get under the trees. Or do they let the deer eat those lower limbs. Deer will feed on the smaller twigs as a food source but I'm don't know if the deer will eat the larger parts of the tree. I always was taught that the deer eat the plants that grow along the very edge of the forest where the trees are smaller and not old growth type trees. That's where brush and shrubs get more sunlight as compared to under a forest canopy where the trees shad the sunlight out below. I learned that deer eat poison ivy and other plants like that. And I know that they like apples and persimmons very much. They will eat tomatoes off my parents tomato plants too. It's a combination of cover and browse that attracts the deer. The canopy of cover is the main reason deer will begin using the areas, but the additional browse created by the living tops will provide additional attraction and help keep the deer using the area. I'll post a couple pics of one I did this spring Trophy Paradise Habitat Consulting "Trophies are built from the ground up" m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=852914431431752 |
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Post by trophyparadise on May 22, 2015 10:03:06 GMT -5
Here is a small hinge cut I did in March. Notice how thick the undergrowth is with all the sunlight getting to the ground now.  Trophy Paradise Habitat Consulting "Trophies are built from the ground up" m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=852914431431752 |
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Post by jimstc on May 23, 2015 8:13:15 GMT -5
Good picture. Thanks.
This year on my 15 acres I decided not to cut the grass around one of my ponds. It is on the northwest corner of my property about 25 yards from a creek. Grass is 2 to 3 feet tall now. Year round the deer travel from some real heavy cover to the west, across the creek and on to my land at this pond. As I was prepping a field to the south of the pond to plant with a pasture mix, I noticed six or so bedding spots in the tall grass on the pond bank. Gratification for my decision.
Also, in the field I was prepping were literally hundreds of tracks.
One low spot that was still muddy, about a ten foot square, was completely covered in tracks. More gratification.
All of this is helped by a three acre +/- field that is over knee high in alfalfa and other grasses to the south east of this field. A thin line of woods separates the two fields.They travel through there.
I know that this comment doesn't pertain to hinging. Just didn't want to start a new thread.
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Post by duff on May 23, 2015 10:20:24 GMT -5
Cover is cover weather it is tree being hinged or prarie grass. Good decision to let it grow. could help your pond too.
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Post by jimstc on May 23, 2015 12:37:12 GMT -5
Daggone Duff, you are absolutely right. I have two ponds. This one has no algae. The other one that I cut around is 40% covered with algae. I'll spray it after I clean the glyphosate out of my tank. Just finished spraying one of my fields today.
I never would have made the connection. Thanks
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Post by jimstc on May 27, 2015 18:22:56 GMT -5
Today I decided to plant my middle field with soy beans. So, my 15 acres will have 3 acres of alfalfa mix, 4 acres of beans and 4 acres of woods and the 4 or so acres I cut around my house. Two ponds, high grass in the woods, high grass around one pond and the perimeter of the woods and the two plots. Looking forward to October.
Just sharing my small acre plan.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on May 27, 2015 19:54:41 GMT -5
Today I decided to plant my middle field with soy beans. So, my 15 acres will have 3 acres of alfalfa mix, 4 acres of beans and 4 acres of woods and the 4 or so acres I cut around my house. Two ponds, high grass in the woods, high grass around one pond and the perimeter of the woods and the two plots. Looking forward to October. Just sharing my small acre plan. Hi Jim! You are doing an excellent job. Plant some fall oats and you'll have them coming from miles away. You should be proud of your efforts. You're not baiting; you're doing property management to attract deer. Hey, have you ever thought about planting sunflowers for migrating doves? That would be a blast! Maybe I've asked this before; I have short term memory loss. I have found this memory loss to come in handy though. |
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Post by jimstc on May 28, 2015 6:21:41 GMT -5
Jon, you have mentioned the sunflowers. We grew them for years next to one of the barns. Never have put them out in a field. We have 3 large bird feeders and 3 suet holders out year around. At times in the winter there may be 50 doves below the feeders. Also get all sorts of woodpeckers.
Thanks for the kind words regarding my land management plan.
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