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Two years after logging... ugh!
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<blockquote data-quote="ERIC" data-source="post: 4496361" data-attributes="member: 168"><p>I bought 40 acres of land which was mostly mature pine trees in 1999.The first thing I did was hire dozer work to clear out a powerline right of way( about 1.5 acres). In 2001, the pine beetle infestation was hitting everything around us, and after a friend of mine (who was the local TN Forestry agent) spotted a few trees with signs of beetle damage, I decided to have all of the pine trees cut and sold. That was 27 acres of my 40 acres. It grew quickly, and I have since hired a guy with a bulldozer to clear out roads and openings for me on 4 different occasions. Its worked out well. I now have an apple orchard, sawtooth oak orchard, and many other areas that I have planted Dunstan chestnuts, persimmons, pears,muscadines, and other mast producing trees. I also have three food plots including the powerline right of way. It has been about 17 yrs since the clearcut, but I still have plenty of cover and some openings that I can hunt. I would recommend clearing some if you can. It would be awfully tough to hunt a clearcut after 3 or 4 years unless you have some sort of opening. I really like the hub and spoke idea, too. Plant the spokes with Durana clover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ERIC, post: 4496361, member: 168"] I bought 40 acres of land which was mostly mature pine trees in 1999.The first thing I did was hire dozer work to clear out a powerline right of way( about 1.5 acres). In 2001, the pine beetle infestation was hitting everything around us, and after a friend of mine (who was the local TN Forestry agent) spotted a few trees with signs of beetle damage, I decided to have all of the pine trees cut and sold. That was 27 acres of my 40 acres. It grew quickly, and I have since hired a guy with a bulldozer to clear out roads and openings for me on 4 different occasions. Its worked out well. I now have an apple orchard, sawtooth oak orchard, and many other areas that I have planted Dunstan chestnuts, persimmons, pears,muscadines, and other mast producing trees. I also have three food plots including the powerline right of way. It has been about 17 yrs since the clearcut, but I still have plenty of cover and some openings that I can hunt. I would recommend clearing some if you can. It would be awfully tough to hunt a clearcut after 3 or 4 years unless you have some sort of opening. I really like the hub and spoke idea, too. Plant the spokes with Durana clover. [/QUOTE]
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