Beech trees going down

[Football Hunter]

Didnt realize how many I had till late winter,they stick out li

ke a sore thumb.Cut a couple big ones too,guess they are the seeders.

 

[monsterbuck07]

You do realize that's a 400.00 dollar tree you just cut down?












Ok, I lied....! I need to do that myself.

 

[lpo1981]

Man I'm with you I'm overrun by them an I'm going to hit it hard starting next week..

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

i am going to do the same thing,they cost me a good buck this year

 

[buckaroo]

I've had loggers tell me they are not worth cutting for logs, I make them into firewood.

 

[treefarmer]

Beech are of value if not hollow and are large enough for railroad cross ties so if you are planning a timber sale soon, leave them for sale. Cross ties don't bring a lot, but better than pulpwood prices.

 

[PcDeer]

I'm fixing to get in on some of that action probably next weekend. I'm planning on cutting every beech tree around all my set ups and I'm going to clear off about an acre to plant fruit trees.

 

[TRIGGER]

Yes sir know what you mean. I plan on taking care of a few hundred tues myself.

 

[primos32]

Nice! Gotta get to work myself

 

[RiverRat213]

Ive found that instead of killing myself all winter its easier to get a few rolls of flagging and take the kids on a nature walk and teach them what beevh are and mark them all that way if my cutting efforts get postponed due to work of honey do's i can get after them during the summer months as well with less effort in locating them. Just my 50 cents worth

 

[diamond hunter]

Great idea,kinda what I wanted to do when a forester comes and to identify other lessdesirable trees.BTW does anyone think think we should save some of the larger more maature actually good looking beech just for the turkeys and overall forest beauty of just wack them all?Maybe leave 1 or 2 per acre literally for seed? Another question,would it benefit me to plant a loblolly in those treetops every little bit just to create even better bedding there? These beech trees that im cutting are in my strict sanctuary and here I go walking through it trying to make it better.

 

[Football Hunter]

Ive found that instead of killing myself all winter its easier to get a few rolls of flagging and take the kids on a nature walk and teach them what beevh are and mark them all that way if my cutting efforts get postponed due to work of honey do's i can get after them during the summer months as well with less effort in locating them. Just my 50 cents worth

Do it how you like,but I would rather do any chainsaw work when its cold as opposed to hot.

 

[lpo1981]

Great idea,kinda what I wanted to do when a forester comes and to identify other lessdesirable trees.BTW does anyone think think we should save some of the larger more maature actually good looking beech just for the turkeys and overall forest beauty of just wack them all?Maybe leave 1 or 2 per acre literally for seed? Another question,would it benefit me to plant a loblolly in those treetops every little bit just to create even better bedding there? These beech trees that im cutting are in my strict sanctuary and here I go walking through it trying to make it better.

i planned on leaving some of my more mature beech trees for that reason.. Really planned on going through my property and whacking any tree less than 12-16" in diameter. I have several beeches that are almost 4ft in diameter..

 

[BSK]

Great idea,kinda what I wanted to do when a forester comes and to identify other lessdesirable trees.BTW does anyone think think we should save some of the larger more maature actually good looking beech just for the turkeys and overall forest beauty of just wack them all?Maybe leave 1 or 2 per acre literally for seed? Another question,would it benefit me to plant a loblolly in those treetops every little bit just to create even better bedding there? These beech trees that im cutting are in my strict sanctuary and here I go walking through it trying to make it better.

I only whack a bunch of beeches in two situations: 1) near some of my hunting set-ups I cut down all the small, young beeches that are greatly obscuring visibility (but not the mature trees); and 2) I cut the vast majority of beeches--young and old--in areas I have had heavily thinned through commercial logging. Not only do the mature trees block a huge amount of sunlight from hitting the ground (a single mature beech can shade a 1/4 to a 1/2 acre), but the young beeches will dominate the regrowth in the canopy-opened area if I don't remove them (I am trying to maximize oak regeneration in these heavily thinned areas).

 

[timberjack86]

Beech are of value if not hollow and are large enough for railroad cross ties so if you are planning a timber sale soon, leave them for sale. Cross ties don't bring a lot, but better than pulpwood prices.

x1000! They bring 30 cents a board foot.

 

[BSK]

Beech are of value if not hollow and are large enough for railroad cross ties so if you are planning a timber sale soon, leave them for sale. Cross ties don't bring a lot, but better than pulpwood prices.

x1000! They bring 30 cents a board foot.

I have so much Mountain Chestnut Oak that is used for cross-ties that I really don't need to worry about saving the few beeches that aren't hollow. In fact, on south-facing slopes, Mountain Chestnut Oak is the only tree I have with any value at all (besides chip/pulp).

 

[timberjack86]

Beech are of value if not hollow and are large enough for railroad cross ties so if you are planning a timber sale soon, leave them for sale. Cross ties don't bring a lot, but better than pulpwood prices.

x1000! They bring 30 cents a board foot.

I have so much Mountain Chestnut Oak that is used for cross-ties that I really don't need to worry about saving the few beeches that aren't hollow. In fact, on south-facing slopes, Mountain Chestnut Oak is the only tree I have with any value at all (besides chip/pulp).

Hey bsk if you keep up with prices sometimes mountain chestnut oak can reach prices equal to good whiteoak logs. I have sold it for 90 cents to $1 a foot board feet. That sure beats 40 cents a board foot for cross ties.

 

[brmaster]

if ya just wanna cut trees, i got a few horse apple trees that need to come down,,,,,,,just saying,
cause if you come do it, I wont have to ,,,,,,

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

the tracts of land that we lease,the loggers never touched the first beech tree

 

[Bone Collector]

Is that an oak tree laying in front of it?

 

[Football Hunter]

Is that an oak tree laying in front of it?

Nope,not an oak,cant think of what it is right now

 

[Bayou Buck]

Keep it up! Looks good!

 

[Jarred525]

Nice, need to do the same at my place.

That looks like an ash maybe in the picture?

 

[Football Hunter]

Nice, need to do the same at my place.

That looks like an ash maybe in the picture?

think so,was shading my plot too much,had to go

 

[PcDeer]

Cut several today myself. Still have a a whole bunch left. Spent most the day cutting the under growth on about an acre spot. Waiting on my logger now so I can put in some different fruit trees. . . Its what gets us through the off season.