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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5765153" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>This year I have experienced something similar as to what you described as "mowing significant areas"....This year towards the end of summer I was on the property working and had the tractor and bush hog....we had already sprayed and planted various food plots so I was just bush hogging the roads and different strips that we keep mowed....on our property we have a powerline thats basically "grown up"....other than strips we keep mowed and the food plots we have....its blackberry briar, Honeysuckle, golden rod and a diverse selection of other forbes/weeds.</p><p>Well after completing all the task I had planned I was headed back to load the tractor up and noticed one soft sloping hillside that was basically head high briars...not an area we hunt....but i can see it from one of the shooting house's....always looking for cost effective ways to add diversity and improve habitat so I drove up the hill and cleared around 3/4 acre...went over it three times....really chopped it up good....some areas even scalping the dirt...following week we got one of the rare rains...never thought much more about it...didnt seed it...didnt spray it....then weeks later while checking cameras I noticed how nice and green it looked...allot of "edge" was created along with allot of young tender new growth....Also now the deer are using it on that ridge as a corridor to cross the powerline....but I've been shocked at how much this simple project has paid off with nothing invested but a little time and tractor fuel.</p><p>I will be repeating this process in two other areas on the property in the future...very eye opening.</p><p>"diversity on a dime"...all projects dont have to be expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5765153, member: 20594"] This year I have experienced something similar as to what you described as "mowing significant areas"....This year towards the end of summer I was on the property working and had the tractor and bush hog....we had already sprayed and planted various food plots so I was just bush hogging the roads and different strips that we keep mowed....on our property we have a powerline thats basically "grown up"....other than strips we keep mowed and the food plots we have....its blackberry briar, Honeysuckle, golden rod and a diverse selection of other forbes/weeds. Well after completing all the task I had planned I was headed back to load the tractor up and noticed one soft sloping hillside that was basically head high briars...not an area we hunt....but i can see it from one of the shooting house's....always looking for cost effective ways to add diversity and improve habitat so I drove up the hill and cleared around 3/4 acre...went over it three times....really chopped it up good....some areas even scalping the dirt...following week we got one of the rare rains...never thought much more about it...didnt seed it...didnt spray it....then weeks later while checking cameras I noticed how nice and green it looked...allot of "edge" was created along with allot of young tender new growth....Also now the deer are using it on that ridge as a corridor to cross the powerline....but I've been shocked at how much this simple project has paid off with nothing invested but a little time and tractor fuel. I will be repeating this process in two other areas on the property in the future...very eye opening. "diversity on a dime"...all projects dont have to be expensive. [/QUOTE]
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