Consider using a leaf blower to widen your breaks as needed. Simple and effective especially in woods.
Annuals cereal grains such as wheat or oats on firebreaks for winter burning. Allow to go fallow during summer. Then replant in fall. Basically a small food plot on some years and a fire...
Stop by your extension office on bonny oaks or dowload forms from utk extension.
https://soillab.tennessee.edu/soil-analysis-2/
Then Mail it to ut soils lab in Nashville.
Looking for a 11-87 20 guage.
Want to give it to my son for his 8th birthday this fall.
Doesn't have to be a safe queen.
If you know of one, please send me a message.
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I had one that ran rough under a load. Ended up removing the spark arrested from the exhaust. Has run like a champ ever since. I would check to see if clogged.
American holly is great for both birds and screening without getting too tall. Staggered planting. Plant on 8ft x 8ft per row. Potted plants are good investment.
Lace up your boots. Low turkey density.
The best part of hunting happy hollow is your close enough to a few good places to eat just one exit away on I40.
Contact your local NRCS office. They should be able to get you access to biologist, forester, grazing specialt, engineering support, etc. They are slow, but the help is free. Sometimes they even have free government money to help.