Favourite trees for hinge cutting.

[hard county]

I know hinge cutting can accomplish alot, browse both from the tree and the extra light hitting the ground, cover, thermal cover if it's an evergreen, funneling, and the commercial reasons like adding sunlight to more marketable surrounding timber.

That said, what species do you find yourself cutting more than anything else? For me it's gums.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Hard maple- preferred browse on my place.


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[infoman jr.]

Anything that isn't marketable or doesn't drop deer food gets cut.

 

[FTG-05]

Worst: Tree of Heaven (Alanthis Altissima). Too brittle, breaks off, every time.

 

[diamond hunter]

Beech for me.I never ever cut poplar or black locust,great bee trees,if u have lots of bees everything else gets pollinated better.Beech are also easy to ID in the winter.I also think hickory is a good tree to cut.BSK says to cut 2 acre patches at a time leaving oaks or whatever u want.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

Maples for food, anything for thickening up the cover