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Post by tynimiller on Jul 9, 2019 18:55:07 GMT -5
Made a short video sharing my thoughts on just 5 mistakes I feel land managers make to the detriment of their habitat. No worries, I'm not sponsored by anyone...you watching this is not putting any money in my pocket...and it is merely me sharing my thoughts. You may agree, disagree or mixed....whatever your feel is here it is.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2019 6:58:16 GMT -5
Amen on pollinators!!! Plus I think the pollinator areas pull and hold deer better than food plots.
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Post by bill9068 on Jul 12, 2019 12:48:39 GMT -5
I agree. I’m in the middle of a select cut on my property. 39% are white oak. I still have plenty smaller one left but the forest canopy will be open so the other tree and ground cover will grow. I let my clover go to seed so it may reseed itself but also attract the bees and similar pollinaters.
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Post by jbird on Jul 12, 2019 14:57:12 GMT -5
Nice post Ty....I think many a land manager has gone down a very similar path....I know I have.
Are you a hunter interrupted with bouts of habitat work.....or are you a land manager interrupted with bouts of hunting?
I know which one I am! My "tools of the trade" may include my gun and my bow....but they certainly include my plow, shovel, spreader, sprayer and chainsaw! Not sure I would continue to do it if I couldn't hunt....but I am certainly shifting the work I do to more long term and lasting projects vs things I have to do year after year as well. I figure/hope I will be able to hunt far longer than I will be able to swing a saw or be messing around on the tractor!
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Post by nfalls116 on Jul 12, 2019 18:01:26 GMT -5
I’d say number one mistake land caretakers make is that they mess with stuff too much. Deer will gladly, for years inhabit a territory that isn’t messed with.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2019 18:40:05 GMT -5
I’d say number one mistake land caretakers make is that they mess with stuff too much. Deer will gladly, for years inhabit a territory that isn’t messed with. bucks will stay away for months. I put my barn within 15 yards were they cut through and not this summer so far. |
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Post by tynimiller on Jul 15, 2019 6:04:36 GMT -5
I’d say number one mistake land caretakers make is that they mess with stuff too much. Deer will gladly, for years inhabit a territory that isn’t messed with. All depends on the land. One can do too much, but also one can expect great things doing nothing but unless the habitat is great deer habitat otherwise they're just naive at best. |
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Post by jbird on Jul 15, 2019 10:14:58 GMT -5
Owning a saw and hammer does not make one a carpenter!
I see extremes in either way....land that is messed with too much, and land that is essentially neglected for far too long as well. Deer will typically inhabit both, but only to the level in which they can still find safety, food, water and space. Something else I struggle with at times is that not everyone manages for the same result. Some folks simply want the timber value. Some folks simply want a outdoors playground. While others want some sort of mega buck factory. These different interests and goals result in far different management styles.....and often times you find folks you want all of those...and wonder why they struggle.
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Post by esshup on Jul 16, 2019 0:29:38 GMT -5
I see the same with ponds.
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