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Clear Cut vs Select Cut for max deer habitat
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5289255" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Given the circumstances I'd do a heavy select cut, maybe everything over 12" DBH, with the caveat of leaving a few larger trees for stands and habitat edges. It'll give you the majority of income available but would also serve to leave a little something to manage and play with. </p><p></p><p>I'm not a fan of clear cuts. I've hunted many of them and it takes many, many years to become viable hunting. In my experience they offer great food for a couple years, then become too nasty even for deer to navigate. Deer can move in it a few years later but you won't be able to. The bigger older bucks might just hole up and stay, never coming out. At best you might hunt the edges, but you'll have 77 acres that you'll not be able to hunt inside of probably for decades. A liberal select cut would give you the same benefits but still huntable, and like HenryCohunter said above, be sure they clean up the mess and leave you clear roads. </p><p></p><p>Congrats on the acquisition! That's a hefty chunk of dirt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5289255, member: 20583"] Given the circumstances I'd do a heavy select cut, maybe everything over 12" DBH, with the caveat of leaving a few larger trees for stands and habitat edges. It'll give you the majority of income available but would also serve to leave a little something to manage and play with. I'm not a fan of clear cuts. I've hunted many of them and it takes many, many years to become viable hunting. In my experience they offer great food for a couple years, then become too nasty even for deer to navigate. Deer can move in it a few years later but you won't be able to. The bigger older bucks might just hole up and stay, never coming out. At best you might hunt the edges, but you'll have 77 acres that you'll not be able to hunt inside of probably for decades. A liberal select cut would give you the same benefits but still huntable, and like HenryCohunter said above, be sure they clean up the mess and leave you clear roads. Congrats on the acquisition! That's a hefty chunk of dirt. [/QUOTE]
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