Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Quality Deer Management
Plant Pine or Natural Browse?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Boll Weevil" data-source="post: 3914960" data-attributes="member: 10006"><p>One way to look at it might be to consider what part of the equation on the whole property maybe seems a little out of balance. Compare your food (ag, mast, browse, plots) to cover (security, bedding, sanctuary, or thermal). Location relative to other habitat types could be another determinant to help you decide. </p><p></p><p>While you will initially have good browse, without cyclical burning to top-kill those sprouts and knock it back to early-successional growth it's going to end up being mostly hardwood stems and not a very good food source. Another option you might consider is planting pine but with less dense spacing where you could disturb the soil periodically to revitalize browse, mow to encourage new growth, still have the option of burning, all while looking toward a little revenue from your timber somewhere down the road.</p><p></p><p>If you do choose to plant pine spraying for hardwood competition is definitely a good timber management practice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boll Weevil, post: 3914960, member: 10006"] One way to look at it might be to consider what part of the equation on the whole property maybe seems a little out of balance. Compare your food (ag, mast, browse, plots) to cover (security, bedding, sanctuary, or thermal). Location relative to other habitat types could be another determinant to help you decide. While you will initially have good browse, without cyclical burning to top-kill those sprouts and knock it back to early-successional growth it's going to end up being mostly hardwood stems and not a very good food source. Another option you might consider is planting pine but with less dense spacing where you could disturb the soil periodically to revitalize browse, mow to encourage new growth, still have the option of burning, all while looking toward a little revenue from your timber somewhere down the road. If you do choose to plant pine spraying for hardwood competition is definitely a good timber management practice. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Quality Deer Management
Plant Pine or Natural Browse?
Top