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Clearing out mature maples on river bank to create high stem bedding/cover
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5792939" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Good thing is it's maple. Bad thing is it's maple. </p><p></p><p>If you flush cut the stump just like you're logging it, maple will send out thousands of stump shoots and they are deer superfood. All the nutrition those giant roots supply but at deer height and size. I've always heard them referred to as mineral stumps. The shoots pop out pretty immediately within first year and deer will keep them pruned for many years to come. Elm is a good one too but maple is best. Deer candy.</p><p></p><p>Herbicide treatment like hack n squirt will kill the stump so don't do that, at least not to all of them. In this situation you want a healthy living root.</p><p></p><p>Bad thing is it's maple, almost certainly soft maple. Unless they're all well formed logs you probably won't get interest from loggers in such a small lot. If possible drag the logs into one spot out of the way and let the tops rot. Deer will eat buds off the tops rest of winter then shift to the stump shoots when they begin popping out in spring and summer.</p><p></p><p>Every other option besides chainsaw will prevent the stump shoots from forming. You'd still get regrowth but you'll also get it with the chainsaw, so that's how I'd approach it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5792939, member: 20583"] Good thing is it's maple. Bad thing is it's maple. If you flush cut the stump just like you're logging it, maple will send out thousands of stump shoots and they are deer superfood. All the nutrition those giant roots supply but at deer height and size. I've always heard them referred to as mineral stumps. The shoots pop out pretty immediately within first year and deer will keep them pruned for many years to come. Elm is a good one too but maple is best. Deer candy. Herbicide treatment like hack n squirt will kill the stump so don't do that, at least not to all of them. In this situation you want a healthy living root. Bad thing is it's maple, almost certainly soft maple. Unless they're all well formed logs you probably won't get interest from loggers in such a small lot. If possible drag the logs into one spot out of the way and let the tops rot. Deer will eat buds off the tops rest of winter then shift to the stump shoots when they begin popping out in spring and summer. Every other option besides chainsaw will prevent the stump shoots from forming. You'd still get regrowth but you'll also get it with the chainsaw, so that's how I'd approach it. [/QUOTE]
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