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
Would really appreciate your input on this property, please!
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="treefarmer" data-source="post: 4152961" data-attributes="member: 10041"><p><strong>Re: Would really appreciate your input on this property, ple</strong></p><p></p><p>I attended a UT forestry field day and the forester told us a managed pine stand provides a little more benefit to wildlife than a hardwood stand over a long time period. I have a mature hardwood forest that provides acorns in September some years and that is all. A 10+ year old pine stand doesn't provide much benefit, like my old hardwood stand. If you only want wildlife you can plant the pines wider so it takes more than 10 years to shade out the understory and then you can cut some down to get sunlight to the forest floor again. The main wildlife benefit to a pine stand is due to the weeds/vines/shrubs/grasses that grow between them which is food and cover. I planted my pines on my dry ridge tops where my hardwoods weren't doing well. We thinned our pines 3 years ago and the pines are full of weeds/vines/shrubs/grasses again. Pines are good for wildlife when you plant/thin/thin/cut/replant/repeat which keeps bringing back an open forest. If you bush hog every several years that works as well or better, I can't safely get a bush hog onto my hilly property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="treefarmer, post: 4152961, member: 10041"] [b]Re: Would really appreciate your input on this property, ple[/b] I attended a UT forestry field day and the forester told us a managed pine stand provides a little more benefit to wildlife than a hardwood stand over a long time period. I have a mature hardwood forest that provides acorns in September some years and that is all. A 10+ year old pine stand doesn't provide much benefit, like my old hardwood stand. If you only want wildlife you can plant the pines wider so it takes more than 10 years to shade out the understory and then you can cut some down to get sunlight to the forest floor again. The main wildlife benefit to a pine stand is due to the weeds/vines/shrubs/grasses that grow between them which is food and cover. I planted my pines on my dry ridge tops where my hardwoods weren't doing well. We thinned our pines 3 years ago and the pines are full of weeds/vines/shrubs/grasses again. Pines are good for wildlife when you plant/thin/thin/cut/replant/repeat which keeps bringing back an open forest. If you bush hog every several years that works as well or better, I can't safely get a bush hog onto my hilly property. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Quality Deer Management
Would really appreciate your input on this property, please!
Top