Things look good.....

[RS]

but need some rain.

I finally got a chance to get over to the farm since planting the corn. I had to knock a bunch of apples off my little trees to keep the limbs from breaking.

Hack and squirt worked well.

 

[boweye91]

Wow. All of that is looking good. Should be great hunting come fall

 

[CopperHead77]

Looking good!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I love hunting grown up fields, looks great!

 

[BSK]

RS,

What chemicals and mixture rate did you use for your hack-and-squirt?

 

[JohnnyBond]

:cool:

 

[Bob S]

RS,

What chemicals and mixture rate did you use for your hack-and-squirt?

Also, what types of trees are you killing?

 

[RS]

RS,

What chemicals and mixture rate did you use for your hack-and-squirt?

Also, what types of trees are you killing?

I used a 50% Gly 4, 50% water mixture in a squirt bottle. I hacked pretty deep with a hacthet, and made sure each hack was full of the mixture. This was done in mid to late September.

The trees were mostly white oak, with a few hickories, maples, and tulip poplars mixed in. I killed the oaks only because I had a few of them left scattered in my food plots when I had them cleared several years ago (I thought it looked good to have some oaks scattered throughout the plots). After a few dry summers, I quickly realized how much water the tree's roots sucked out of my plots. From now on, I will not leave any trees in my plots except for fruiting trees around the borders.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Looks great!

 

[Boone 58]

I would rate that darn good!!
Man what a diff rain makes when it comes a little more regularly and a little more......

 

[BSK]

RS,

What chemicals and mixture rate did you use for your hack-and-squirt?

Also, what types of trees are you killing?

I used a 50% Gly 4, 50% water mixture in a squirt bottle. I hacked pretty deep with a hacthet, and made sure each hack was full of the mixture. This was done in mid to late September.

Thanks, that's what I use.

The trees were mostly white oak, with a few hickories, maples, and tulip poplars mixed in. I killed the oaks only because I had a few of them left scattered in my food plots when I had them cleared several years ago (I thought it looked good to have some oaks scattered throughout the plots). After a few dry summers, I quickly realized how much water the tree's roots sucked out of my plots. From now on, I will not leave any trees in my plots except for fruiting trees around the borders.

Interesting that we've both realized the same thing. I used to leave a few standing trees in my plots because it looked better and I hoped deer would feel more comfortable using those plots in daylight. But after watching how much soil moisture those trees drain out of thin ridge-top soils, I'm removing all of the trees from my plots. I'm even removing the trees from around the edges of the plots. The ring of brush that grows up around the plot once the adjacent trees have been killed/removed also seems to improve daylight usage of the plots (provides staging areas).

 

[Daniel_Boone]

How do you all clear out your stumps after cutting/killing bigger trees?

 

[Boone 58]

Very good info!

 

[kmac29]

looks awesome RS

 

[steve-o]

That is growing up real nice =)

 

[Lawrence]

NICE LOOKING FARM
GOOD LUCK

 

[deerchaser007]

How do you all clear out your stumps after cutting/killing bigger trees?

What i do is use stump rot until it is rottened up real good then burn them out. OR,. just wait til they rot then burn. OR,. if your bringing in a dozer for habitat clearings,. let them pull them up.

 

[Crosshairy]

Another option for the stumps is to cover them in salt and let the deer eat them up :D

 

[Boone 58]

generally after 2 years for the hardwood or in some cases less, the termites eat them and then i bus them with a large pick....completed three this spring and so far two of them are 97% clear of all stumps and only one still has around 40 % left......but i am gonna take care of that really soon......

 

[Football Hunter]

looks good