We have been talking about habitat improvements lately and I had been planning some for a while. I had the areas picked where i am going to clear some trees and have started on my first area.
my questions are:
1. what should I do with the piles of cedar trees (not salable) that are now in the area. we are talking 4-5 piles chest to head high (I'm 6'2") and as long as cedar whips are (15-20').
My first inclination was to burn them all but I thought there may be some benefit of leaving one or two.
2. I have 2-3 white oaks in the area. I am just going to let this area grow, but also may try to add stuff that will thicken it up in hopes it will create a bedding area. Should I leave 0,1,2, or 3 of them?
I was gonna leave them, because my thought is if they produce they should be on the ground by October and gone before November, so it should not allow deer to just hide out and eat so to speak.
my questions are:
1. what should I do with the piles of cedar trees (not salable) that are now in the area. we are talking 4-5 piles chest to head high (I'm 6'2") and as long as cedar whips are (15-20').
My first inclination was to burn them all but I thought there may be some benefit of leaving one or two.
2. I have 2-3 white oaks in the area. I am just going to let this area grow, but also may try to add stuff that will thicken it up in hopes it will create a bedding area. Should I leave 0,1,2, or 3 of them?
I was gonna leave them, because my thought is if they produce they should be on the ground by October and gone before November, so it should not allow deer to just hide out and eat so to speak.