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<blockquote data-quote="treefarmer" data-source="post: 2617992" data-attributes="member: 10041"><p>QDMA/UT ag. extension offer the best publications I have seen. Your best long term bet is to learn as much as you can about forestry and work with a forester to create a forest management plan that includes quality wildlife as one of your goals. A quality forest will create more wildlife benefit overall than food plots. I have a similar sized property and I have put too much effort into food plots because I can see an immediate small benefit. I am planning a pine thinning and two 12 acre clearcuts that will generate more food (and cover) than all of my food plots combined. I recommend you attend the UT healthy hardwoods field day offered each spring, join a county forestry association if you have one, and join the Tennessee Tree Farm Program(free) offered through the Tennessee Forestry Association (615-883-3832). The economics of growing wood for sale are surprisingly worthwhile - our pine thinning and small clearcuts will probably pay us the cost of purchasing our property. Good forestry = good wildlife.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="treefarmer, post: 2617992, member: 10041"] QDMA/UT ag. extension offer the best publications I have seen. Your best long term bet is to learn as much as you can about forestry and work with a forester to create a forest management plan that includes quality wildlife as one of your goals. A quality forest will create more wildlife benefit overall than food plots. I have a similar sized property and I have put too much effort into food plots because I can see an immediate small benefit. I am planning a pine thinning and two 12 acre clearcuts that will generate more food (and cover) than all of my food plots combined. I recommend you attend the UT healthy hardwoods field day offered each spring, join a county forestry association if you have one, and join the Tennessee Tree Farm Program(free) offered through the Tennessee Forestry Association (615-883-3832). The economics of growing wood for sale are surprisingly worthwhile - our pine thinning and small clearcuts will probably pay us the cost of purchasing our property. Good forestry = good wildlife. [/QUOTE]
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