BSK
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Really good video on hack and squirt chemicals and application:
A VERY powerful tool. Give me 10 acres of well-managed woods and it will take the place nutritionally of 5 acres of food plots. In addition, the 10 acres ALSO serves as cover. A real double win.that money spent on TSI project could provide benefits for years to come..... another powerful tool for the land manager.
I can buy a lot of hatchets, squirt bottles, chainsaws, and chemicals for the cost of a tractor and implements thoughNo doubt....it's not cheap....but as he mentioned in the video....the return you get for that investment is tremendous... I love food plotting....but same money spent on a food plot may be beneficial for a portion of the year....that money spent on TSI project could provide benefits for years to come..... another powerful tool for the land manager.
A VERY powerful tool. Give me 10 acres of well-managed woods and it will take the place nutritionally of 5 acres of food plots. In addition, the 10 acres ALSO serves as cover. A real double win.
I can buy a lot of hatchets, squirt bottles, chainsaws, and chemicals for the cost of a tractor and implements though
I do too. The enjoyment for me is watching deer and turkeys use an area we have improved, whether that be by creating natural growth, or planting a candy plot. Seeing critters consistently in areas you have never seen them before in 20 years is a HUGE win for me. The killing is just a small cherry on topGreat point.... equipment can be a significant investment...so if a landowner had to choose one method or the other... managing the timber area correctly brings a better return on investment (when factoring the dollars spent per acre).....but I will say I do enjoy some tractor time working food plots.
I have seen some of these mixes with either crop oil or diesel instead of water. I think it helps get the chemicals through the bark. Is that not better? Maybe it doesn't matter since they are girdling. I am sure it is messier.Using those herbicides, best results will occur when you girdle/hack and apply in late fall, just before the leaves turn. I try to do mine mid-September to mid-October.
That's what I eluded to earlier when I stated I was hoping he would have gotten into that. Not just with Hack & Squirt, but also when it comes to spraying cut stumps - the mixture with diesel and herbicide when spraying stumps weeks after the stumps were cut to act as a penetrant.I have seen some of these mixes with either crop oil or diesel instead of water. I think it helps get the chemicals through the bark. Is that not better? Maybe it doesn't matter since they are girdling. I am sure it is messier.
Ok, have to ask, what is wrong with pear trees? Seems they would be good to have out there for the wildlife, if not personal consumption.I waged war on a bunch of volunteer Bradford pears about a month ago. 3/8" drill bit. I drill into the tree at a down angle about 3-4" deep. Fill that hole with tordon and sit back and grin as those Bradford pears die a horrible death.
it's amazing to me because the ground was clean under the Bradford pears before I killed them. I went in there a couple days ago and the blackberries, and other browse are already sprouting under the trees since there's no more canopy cover.
The wild Callery pear makes tiny little bird-sized pears and have big thorns for poking tiresOk, have to ask, what is wrong with pear trees? Seems they would be good to have out there for the wildlife, if not personal consumption.