I am a public land hunter so a lot of these videos are irrelevant for me but man I love sitting down and listening to the strategies that you use. You seem so knowledgeable and I can always count on learning something from you weather I can relate it to my hunting style or not.
I think this is the most helpful video you've ever produced, I've watched it 5 times this morning while taking notes and will keep re-playing it to absorb so much more info! Thanks Jeff
Hey Jeff, great video. Always appreciate your insight and expertise, I think your view on low timber value is generally high deer value is really spot on. Not enough folks discuss these sorts of strategy and management considerations, it is why we love watching you. With that said, it seems that there may be a lot of listeners that are on some high timber value land. And considering that, I believe there is still a lot of great techniques/plan to “massage” High timber value, to also be High deer value. I think you can have both, at least to some degree. .. We have used many of your teachings, switchgrass, flop plot strategies, mock scrapes, etc...they have really helped improve our herd, our hunting and our enjoyment of the land. Anyway, love your perspective, thank you for all your work and postings. I’ve learned much from you!
Jeff, I really like this video, but it's hard to visualize what it will look like. I know every property will be different, but could you do a video on this bedding area you are going to create? Like a drone footage of a before and after look and your maze and pocket you designed within the area? How it flows with your food plots and stands? And other consideration to take in account when cutting the trees. Thanks - Doug
Perfect timing as we’re getting ready to cut. Really good stuff! Read whitetail by design in December. Ordered foot plot book last week. Looking forward to its arrival! Keep up the good work!
The force is strong with this one... I was walking my 8 acres I hunt just yesterday and was wondering about what to hinge and not. Especially since my land is a bit rocky.
Jeff! Fun time of year for me. I get great full body work outs...lumberjack work becomes fun and helps me through the post-season sadness. I heard the excitement in your voice and saw your eyes light up when you think forest management for whitetail! Happy lumberjacking!
I have been watching your channel for years. I own 170 acres of woods in NW PA. I have used many of your food plot strategies with good success. The one thing I keep going back and forth on is this video. Several people to include a person from the forestry service has walked through and were licking their chops at the idea of planting hundreds of English oaks and swamp oaks. Your thoughts make a lot of sense. I bought the place for hunting not for timber value. However, what I keep hanging on to is the fact that I have had mixed success with mature bucks at my place. The neighbors and my friends however SEEM to shoot big mature bucks every year... in mature timber. So I am struggling with this particular topic. Thanks, Matt Webb
Wow Jeff, I've been looking for a video like this for awhile and then Bam, you came out with a video on it, you the man! Thx so much, keep the Awesome videos coming bro. God Bless you and yours.
I hinge cut for the first time, looking forward to see how it greens up in the spring. This past season was a very poor apple, & pear year- feels like it skips a season, or two between bumper crops-- maybe affected by pollination or late frosts in the spring.
Hey Jeff did you read my mind. I was cutting yesterday and wondering exactly this and though of you. One of these days I will hire you. Thanks a bunch.
I contantly hack/squirt smaller invasives on my property in Southern Ohio. Unfortuantely it's a constant challenge battling Honeysuckle Bush, Autumn Olive, and Atlantis trees. The upside is I use a post puller on a skid steer for the bigger bushes and leave them in piles around the property. Widlife seems to know right away and utilizes it for cover.
Right on Jeff another great video on setting up property I have a lot mixtures off trees on my property from pine cedar birch poplar so I got some work again keep sending those great videos and your the men for whitetail habitat set up
Awesome! I have a similar property with similar mix of trees. BTW, shag bark hickory chips make the best wood for smokers. I make sure to bag up and dry out a bunch of chips each year. Im in the process of clearing a half acrea now for next season. Thank you!
Jeff, would love to see a video on the value of (or lack there of) of having any kind of timber in your food plots. I’ve read a few things about having them as rubs and breaking up food plots, but I’m hesitant to think that is of more value than the timber shading out food in your plots as well as taking nutrients and water out of the soil for your planting. Thanks!
First time for me trying hinge cuts. Mostly All oak, beach and shagbark hickory on the land here in mid michigan. Im hoping the hinge cuts live but not sure some of the oaks will make it. For sure the hardest part is trying to just get the trees down without them catching on other trees and not to create any dead ends.
Right on Jeff awesome info thx brother ... there’s also a cool mysterious feeling of a woods that’s has cover and thick etc ... .. like it’s a narly ...hideout for a big buck that could be lurking ... around ..🏹🦌
On a lease im looking at there's a creek at the bottom of an 80 ft drop off. Two drainage ditches lead to the creek bottom about 400 yds apart creating 2 major ridge points. The entire ridge crest is a red cedar thicket. Right next to the cedars is a rather large flat thats mostly white oak with some red oaks, hickory, poplar, and maples mixed in. Wish I could send you a screen shot of the hybrid sat/topo view.
Just finding your channel. Love the information. How ever I live in South Louisiana I would love to do what you are saying, just don't see how all flat land with everyone around shooting hair rather then letting anything walk.
Yet another great Video Jeff, thank you. I’m fortunate enough to have Dylan coming down to guide me through my property in a few weeks. I currently have and Dylan will see that we have an abundance of Blackjack Oak and unfortunately some eastern red cedar. Will those blackjack oaks provide good stem counts when and if Dylan decides that we will hinge cut those for hardwood regeneration?
The wood being left decomposing on the ground will also increase soil fertility for the other trees in the surround. Like as what happened for all time.
I've planted a lot of crabapples, mulberries, plums, and even know deer eat honey locust beans which produce year over year once getting to that state of maturity. I also planted oaks and walnuts for diversity hoping a half dozen or so make it. One type acorn is called Schutte's oak. I planted 300 seedlings in the year 2000 because the advertising said 10 foot growth a year, acorns in 5 years, with acorns year over year. Two made it, one is still waist high, the other finally started growing and is now over my head! Ha. But my part of the land out of the swamp is high acid clay so that might be one reason lots of trees die out.
Great video Jeff ! You mention cutting 1/4 acre sections out of aspen/poplar stands. Do you cleanup entirely or leave the debris logs scattered about the ground, I'd plan to atleast leave the tops behind for winter browse. I have a 20 acre stand of 10 yr old post-cut poplar in mid LP of MI that is being used as bedding adjacent to food plots. It is beginning to get pretty mature and browse is dwindling due to the canopy. l feel that I need to develop some regeneration for browse and diversity by clearing an acre a year for the next few years, perhaps in multiple sections to provide herd and bedding separation. I was considering hinge cutting a travel corridor into the area and then clearing the sections out. Thoughts or additional insight to share? Thanks - Mark
Jeff, would you say that a block of hardwoods in the southeast could be turned into good whitetail habitat faster due to the quicker regeneration of low growth? Assuming you were to timber or just cut the sections you would like regeneration to occur. Love your channel and I hope to buy a property someday in the next couple years.
Jeff, I have what I've thought to be some worthless trees on my property - Sweet Gum. Would they be okay to hinge cut, or would it be better to get rid of them altogether? I planted two Dunstan Chestnut Trees three years ago, and I'm looking forward to getting a harvest from those (maybe some romance by an open fire and some deer food to boot). lol
They need to go to the mill.But man that will open up the canopy.Goota love that regeneration.Back 40 years ago if I would have known what the white pines were going to do??I would have killed them with my foot.Just broke them off.They were knee high.Now 30 feet and climbing. I do have some autumn olive that is really thick.
How many red cedar per cluster do you plant? Do you have a video where your demonstrating cutting a bedding area and planting trees? I have covid right now so I got lucky it hit me after season here in Ohio. Great video as always!
John Cholin I started my hinge-cutting efforts last weekend. Lot of work! This video has given me great info on how to prioritize my efforts! Thanks! I am putting my plan derived from the course into action. I have a lot of 12 to 16 inch red maples that just don't seem to want to hinge-cut. Once they start to fall they bounce around so much after hitting the ground that they tear off the stump. The deer still browse the top branches but the trunk is going to die. How large does a tree have to be before you consider it "unhinge-cutable"? Thanks for al the info. JMC
Hi John. I know you didn't ask me, but I have some experience with maples that size. Most of those mid sized maples will break off when cut. If they have any lean, they are also a real barber chair threat. I have found that if I just traditionally cut them, I still get the side cover from the top and trunk. By leaving 12 inches or so of the stump, maples that size will often stump sprout like crazy. Hope that helps. Good luck!
I have a question Jeff, will cutting smaller 5/10 year old trees that are growing very close to mature 100 year old trees effect them in any way, I have lots of huge tree with small tees overtaking their bottoms and would love to cut them away if it won't harm them, great video as always!
How about a video for a blank slate,say like a 20 acre AG field your trying turn into something that will hold whitetail....Recommendations on Tree and cover and placement...?
So right now in Missouri, which is mid January, the end of deer season, is a good time to cut henge cuts? Reason asking is, because i thought u should wait until after the blunt of winter. We haven’t had our worse snow yet!
I am leaving the oak and cutting the junk. Key is to plant spruce/cedar/firs is place of the junk. Browse, beds, thermal cover, stem count, etc. Conifers need to be caged and have a weed mat installed.
Great video. I never hear any mention of ironwood or musclewood for cutting recommendation. I am currently cutting and spraying it. Is this a good practice?
I do not think I need to hing cut at all on my property. I have lots of stem count and still plenty of oaks, walnuts, and such. It is still a tangly mess in most areas. I will reference this though if I do
The roughly 5 acres of woods we have in our property is gonna get worked over to provide some better cover, browse, and at least create some potential for bedding. Southeast MO, kind of a river hills topography. Quasi-suburban with some big chunks of row crop and timber in between. Understory is way too open to have any consistent daylight presence of deer. Too much smallish hard maple that i will be thinning out. Wondering what to do with the American elm that is pretty dominant in spots. Drop it and let it regen from the stump? Hinge cut it?
Nice video! What about trees to hinge cut in Oklahoma where I live I've never seen box elder and very few ash we have tons of elms cottonwood red cedar and persimmons and some oaks
HI Jeff, we had you out on our property last year and just curious if you remove vines and how you go about that? We have a lot of vines and in places almost make it impossible for a deer to move through. Would you treat that with a chemical or just cut down?
Jeff, I’ve got at least 10 acres of swamp /soft maple in lowlands, canopy is so big you can see for a long ways at ground level. Nothing grows on the forest floor because it’s always under water without light. Would you clear cut this? (Hard to convince family members to cut any trees) thanks!
I have Beech trees taking over on my camp in upstate NY. Is a good tree to cut down or hinge cut? It makes a very thick canopy and doesn’t allow other trees to grow.
Hi Jeff. With Aspen- as a stand matures does it makes sense to selectively cut the larger trees to promote the regeneration that the deer will eat? I have a swamp I hunt with a large section of mature aspen with little understory. Right now the deer don't seem to use it much at all. Seems like a waste of area that is a prime candidate for improvement??
Clear cutting mature aspen pockets is great habitat improvement. They regenerate through the root suckers and are shade intolerant. Clear Cut pockets and they'll shoot back up head high in two years. Great for browse.
Jeff, Live in SC and have a lot of Sweet Gum trees. Had planned to do Hack and Squirt to clear much of it and let it die where it stands. Does it have any benefit for Deer? I have seen a bit of browse on Stump sprouts but not much. Thanks for any help
@@dswish1730 thats crazy!! In Vermont there bringing good money if straight and not bull pines. Bull pines I just feed out door stove. Deer live in my hemlocks if snow during season
Jeff, any issues with cutting and killing invasive like buckthorn? Been working on removing that as it's green so long and shades out the ground beneath
We have it real bad in our woods too, just look around in your woods where a mature tree has fallen and opened a gap in the canopy, if you have a pile of ankle to knee high buckthorn shoots that's what you're going to get unless you treat it. I would like to hear more about the pros and cons of buckthorn and honey suckle also as it relates to whitetail management. It's my understanding that once the native seed banks that are in the soil expire it gets a lot more difficult to encourage any native regeneration.
@@aaronjohnson49 from what I've read the buckthorn is kind of worthless for food but maybe the nastiness makes it good for some bucks. I've actually read and seen that a lot of buckthorn gets rubbed on and what I red was that bucks are actually trying to kill these trees...but I'm not sure about the validity of that.
Im not the pro here but if you hinge cut aspen they dont live long after and you destroy the ability for them to sucker. If you let a standing aspen die off, thats the same as girdling it...no more suckers. Cut it down completely and welcome to deer browse and grouse heaven...with tons of suckers shooting up all over. Im speaking from experience.
Jeff, I just purchased some box elder seeds online. Could I toss them out on edges of lowland where canary grass is growing and expect good germination?
Another idea would be to start them in planting pots and then plant the seedlings. You may need to put up seedling protectors since dder may nip them off.
Something to remember also is that when you hinge cut a tree, the horizontal part of the tree may end up 1 or 2 feet above the location of the cut, depending on the size and variety of the tree. Another reason not to make high cuts.
@@cameronsenecal2412 You will loose money on beech if you hire someone to cut them. I just bought 88 acres and it's full of mature beech. Probably just cut them and let them lay.
Best for deer. If your woods have junk Keep your nice seed trees nice oaks. Birch , cherry. For your future hardwood seed growth 20 or so good quality seed trees per acre cut the rest flat and the stump shot will call the deer. And the light will let the good wood generation to come in. Avid hunter , and family owns large western Pennsylvania logging. Pulp company , 75 percent clear cut in hardwoods is the best hunting ive ever hunted. For atleast 10 plus yrs to come as my brother says. Just like weeding a garden. Leave the 5 good take out 100 junk. The foresters. And most sawmills have taken the large cream crop for years and left all the junk. Just the opposite of what should be done. Why we had such wonderful production hardwood forests in the 60s thru 90s. Is becouse 75 percent of it was completely clear cut in early 1900
@@drewharman1690 sounds. Good. Somwhat different in soft woods because they dont. Regenerate from. Stump shot. But if you open it enough. And theres any hardwoods in the area for seed it will come. Tough in some states. There is only mostly softwoods.
My brother has been preaching. For the junk removal. For years. And leave good seed trees. Increadably increadable hunting. He leaves 10 or 20 good seed trees per acre. UA-cam / Stumpjumper videos reynolds logging western Pennsylvania.
I am a public land hunter so a lot of these videos are irrelevant for me but man I love sitting down and listening to the strategies that you use. You seem so knowledgeable and I can always count on learning something from you weather I can relate it to my hunting style or not.
I think this is the most helpful video you've ever produced, I've watched it 5 times this morning while taking notes and will keep re-playing it to absorb so much more info! Thanks Jeff
Hey Jeff, great video. Always appreciate your insight and expertise, I think your view on low timber value is generally high deer value is really spot on. Not enough folks discuss these sorts of strategy and management considerations, it is why we love watching you.
With that said, it seems that there may be a lot of listeners that are on some high timber value land. And considering that, I believe there is still a lot of great techniques/plan to “massage” High timber value, to also be High deer value. I think you can have both, at least to some degree. ..
We have used many of your teachings, switchgrass, flop plot strategies, mock scrapes, etc...they have really helped improve our herd, our hunting and our enjoyment of the land.
Anyway, love your perspective, thank you for all your work and postings. I’ve learned much from you!
Absolutely. Season is a restful period compared to off season. Great vid.
Jeff, I really like this video, but it's hard to visualize what it will look like. I know every property will be different, but could you do a video on this bedding area you are going to create? Like a drone footage of a before and after look and your maze and pocket you designed within the area? How it flows with your food plots and stands? And other consideration to take in account when cutting the trees. Thanks - Doug
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Glad you’re feeling better . Stay safe. Stay healthy. We all love your videos !! So helpful to us
Perfect timing as we’re getting ready to cut. Really good stuff! Read whitetail by design in December. Ordered foot plot book last week. Looking forward to its arrival! Keep up the good work!
How does Jeff always know what projects we are working on. Keep up the great mind reading and just want to say i enjoy these vids
Ha, I try to fit the content with the time of year ...truly hope it helps Ky!
The force is strong with this one... I was walking my 8 acres I hunt just yesterday and was wondering about what to hinge and not. Especially since my land is a bit rocky.
Jeff! Fun time of year for me. I get great full body work outs...lumberjack work becomes fun and helps me through the post-season sadness. I heard the excitement in your voice and saw your eyes light up when you think forest management for whitetail! Happy lumberjacking!
Never seen anything like this before... Grew up tracking deer in their own habitats... Really good intel.💯
I have been watching your channel for years. I own 170 acres of woods in NW PA. I have used many of your food plot strategies with good success. The one thing I keep going back and forth on is this video. Several people to include a person from the forestry service has walked through and were licking their chops at the idea of planting hundreds of English oaks and swamp oaks. Your thoughts make a lot of sense. I bought the place for hunting not for timber value. However, what I keep hanging on to is the fact that I have had mixed success with mature bucks at my place. The neighbors and my friends however SEEM to shoot big mature bucks every year... in mature timber. So I am struggling with this particular topic. Thanks, Matt Webb
Are they shooting them during archery or rifle? If rifle, is it opening day when people are pushing them around? I have 80 acres in Warren Co.
@@Scofari both but mostly archery. I too am in warren county
Jeff might you show an overhead/drone view of your TSI, travel corridor and bedding improvements? Thanks for your teachings.
Great Video. I really appreciate the time you take to make these videos. I just purchased 80 acres. This was on my mind for next months chores.
Wow Jeff, I've been looking for a video like this for awhile and then Bam, you came out with a video on it, you the man! Thx so much, keep the Awesome videos coming bro. God Bless you and yours.
I hinge cut for the first time, looking forward to see how it greens up in the spring. This past season was a very poor apple, & pear year- feels like it skips a season, or two between bumper crops-- maybe affected by pollination or late frosts in the spring.
Hey Jeff did you read my mind. I was cutting yesterday and wondering exactly this and though of you. One of these days I will hire you. Thanks a bunch.
Great to hear Anita!! I really hope it helps and it would be great to see you on yourbland some day! You are very welcome 👍
Can you have too much Deadfall in your Woods
I contantly hack/squirt smaller invasives on my property in Southern Ohio. Unfortuantely it's a constant challenge battling Honeysuckle Bush, Autumn Olive, and Atlantis trees. The upside is I use a post puller on a skid steer for the bigger bushes and leave them in piles around the property. Widlife seems to know right away and utilizes it for cover.
Right on Jeff another great video on setting up property I have a lot mixtures off trees on my property from pine cedar birch poplar so I got some work again keep sending those great videos and your the men for whitetail habitat set up
Awesome! I have a similar property with similar mix of trees. BTW, shag bark hickory chips make the best wood for smokers. I make sure to bag up and dry out a bunch of chips each year. Im in the process of clearing a half acrea now for next season. Thank you!
Jeff, would love to see a video on the value of (or lack there of) of having any kind of timber in your food plots. I’ve read a few things about having them as rubs and breaking up food plots, but I’m hesitant to think that is of more value than the timber shading out food in your plots as well as taking nutrients and water out of the soil for your planting. Thanks!
First time for me trying hinge cuts. Mostly All oak, beach and shagbark hickory on the land here in mid michigan. Im hoping the hinge cuts live but not sure some of the oaks will make it. For sure the hardest part is trying to just get the trees down without them catching on other trees and not to create any dead ends.
Great video Jeff!! Can’t wait to see the progress!!
Thanks Jeff 👍 Great stuff as always!
Thanks Mike...appreciate you watching!
Right on Jeff awesome info thx brother ... there’s also a cool mysterious feeling of a woods that’s has cover and thick etc ... .. like it’s a narly ...hideout for a big buck that could be lurking ... around ..🏹🦌
On a lease im looking at there's a creek at the bottom of an 80 ft drop off. Two drainage ditches lead to the creek bottom about 400 yds apart creating 2 major ridge points. The entire ridge crest is a red cedar thicket. Right next to the cedars is a rather large flat thats mostly white oak with some red oaks, hickory, poplar, and maples mixed in. Wish I could send you a screen shot of the hybrid sat/topo view.
Just finding your channel. Love the information. How ever I live in South Louisiana I would love to do what you are saying, just don't see how all flat land with everyone around shooting hair rather then letting anything walk.
Yet another great Video Jeff, thank you. I’m fortunate enough to have Dylan coming down to guide me through my property in a few weeks. I currently have and Dylan will see that we have an abundance of Blackjack Oak and unfortunately some eastern red cedar. Will those blackjack oaks provide good stem counts when and if Dylan decides that we will hinge cut those for hardwood regeneration?
The wood being left decomposing on the ground will also increase soil fertility for the other trees in the surround. Like as what happened for all time.
I've planted a lot of crabapples, mulberries, plums, and even know deer eat honey locust beans which produce year over year once getting to that state of maturity. I also planted oaks and walnuts for diversity hoping a half dozen or so make it. One type acorn is called Schutte's oak. I planted 300 seedlings in the year 2000 because the advertising said 10 foot growth a year, acorns in 5 years, with acorns year over year. Two made it, one is still waist high, the other finally started growing and is now over my head! Ha. But my part of the land out of the swamp is high acid clay so that might be one reason lots of trees die out.
The trees that make it are growing on or near hugelkulturs I had constructed with an excavator.
Oh, the locust pods drop sporadically all winter too.
Great video Jeff ! You mention cutting 1/4 acre sections out of aspen/poplar stands. Do you cleanup entirely or leave the debris logs scattered about the ground, I'd plan to atleast leave the tops behind for winter browse. I have a 20 acre stand of 10 yr old post-cut poplar in mid LP of MI that is being used as bedding adjacent to food plots. It is beginning to get pretty mature and browse is dwindling due to the canopy. l feel that I need to develop some regeneration for browse and diversity by clearing an acre a year for the next few years, perhaps in multiple sections to provide herd and bedding separation. I was considering hinge cutting a travel corridor into the area and then clearing the sections out. Thoughts or additional insight to share? Thanks - Mark
Jeff, would you say that a block of hardwoods in the southeast could be turned into good whitetail habitat faster due to the quicker regeneration of low growth? Assuming you were to timber or just cut the sections you would like regeneration to occur. Love your channel and I hope to buy a property someday in the next couple years.
Jeff, I have what I've thought to be some worthless trees on my property - Sweet Gum. Would they be okay to hinge cut, or would it be better to get rid of them altogether? I planted two Dunstan Chestnut Trees three years ago, and I'm looking forward to getting a harvest from those (maybe some romance by an open fire and some deer food to boot). lol
They need to go to the mill.But man that will open up the canopy.Goota love that regeneration.Back 40 years ago if I would have known what the white pines were going to do??I would have killed them with my foot.Just broke them off.They were knee high.Now 30 feet and climbing. I do have some autumn olive that is really thick.
How many red cedar per cluster do you plant? Do you have a video where your demonstrating cutting a bedding area and planting trees? I have covid right now so I got lucky it hit me after season here in Ohio. Great video as always!
I don't have very much trees on my land at all. Could you do a video on field and pasture hunting?
Maybe I missed it on your channel but how do you feel about prescribed burns for the habit management? We use it mainly to control cedar trees
John Cholin
I started my hinge-cutting efforts last weekend. Lot of work! This video has given me great info on how to prioritize my efforts! Thanks! I am putting my plan derived from the course into action.
I have a lot of 12 to 16 inch red maples that just don't seem to want to hinge-cut. Once they start to fall they bounce around so much after hitting the ground that they tear off the stump. The deer still browse the top branches but the trunk is going to die. How large does a tree have to be before you consider it "unhinge-cutable"?
Thanks for al the info.
JMC
Hi John. I know you didn't ask me, but I have some experience with maples that size. Most of those mid sized maples will break off when cut. If they have any lean, they are also a real barber chair threat. I have found that if I just traditionally cut them, I still get the side cover from the top and trunk. By leaving 12 inches or so of the stump, maples that size will often stump sprout like crazy. Hope that helps. Good luck!
I have a question Jeff, will cutting smaller 5/10 year old trees that are growing very close to mature 100 year old trees effect them in any way, I have lots of huge tree with small tees overtaking their bottoms and would love to cut them away if it won't harm them, great video as always!
What is the best thing to do with large aspen/popple trees?
How about a video for a blank slate,say like a 20 acre AG field your trying turn into something that will hold whitetail....Recommendations on Tree and cover and placement...?
So right now in Missouri, which is mid January, the end of deer season, is a good time to cut henge cuts? Reason asking is, because i thought u should wait until after the blunt of winter. We haven’t had our worse snow yet!
I am leaving the oak and cutting the junk. Key is to plant spruce/cedar/firs is place of the junk. Browse, beds, thermal cover, stem count, etc. Conifers need to be caged and have a weed mat installed.
Is silver birch worth hinge cutting? I have a stand of about 50% silver birch. Or is it better to cut completely for regen?
Great video. I never hear any mention of ironwood or musclewood for cutting recommendation. I am currently cutting and spraying it. Is this a good practice?
Always learning from your videos. What are your thoughts on tag alder as the property I hunt is thick with them.
Hi guys great videos! What about buck thorn? I haven't noticed it mentioned?
I do not think I need to hing cut at all on my property. I have lots of stem count and still plenty of oaks, walnuts, and such. It is still a tangly mess in most areas. I will reference this though if I do
Jeff, do you suggest hinge cutting black & yellow birch?
What about Thorny Hawthorne. I have an abundance of these all through my woods. Deer seem to eat the fruits, which drop late season.
Great video, What method will you use to transplant red cedar?
I am blessed with the box elder.
Great video. I will assume this works on small plots of land somewhere in the 25 acre range as well perhaps with more agg. field than trees?
The roughly 5 acres of woods we have in our property is gonna get worked over to provide some better cover, browse, and at least create some potential for bedding. Southeast MO, kind of a river hills topography. Quasi-suburban with some big chunks of row crop and timber in between.
Understory is way too open to have any consistent daylight presence of deer. Too much smallish hard maple that i will be thinning out. Wondering what to do with the American elm that is pretty dominant in spots. Drop it and let it regen from the stump? Hinge cut it?
Why do you prefer hinge cuts to hack and squirt?
Nice video! What about trees to hinge cut in Oklahoma where I live I've never seen box elder and very few ash we have tons of elms cottonwood red cedar and persimmons and some oaks
HI Jeff, we had you out on our property last year and just curious if you remove vines and how you go about that? We have a lot of vines and in places almost make it impossible for a deer to move through. Would you treat that with a chemical or just cut down?
Jeff, I’ve got at least 10 acres of swamp /soft maple in lowlands, canopy is so big you can see for a long ways at ground level. Nothing grows on the forest floor because it’s always under water without light. Would you clear cut this? (Hard to convince family members to cut any trees) thanks!
Loved this video! Thank you !!!
I have Beech trees taking over on my camp in upstate NY. Is a good tree to cut down or hinge cut? It makes a very thick canopy and doesn’t allow other trees to grow.
What are your thoughts on buckthorn? Hinge cut or eradicate (never ending battle)?
Hi Jeff. With Aspen- as a stand matures does it makes sense to selectively cut the larger trees to promote the regeneration that the deer will eat? I have a swamp I hunt with a large section of mature aspen with little understory. Right now the deer don't seem to use it much at all. Seems like a waste of area that is a prime candidate for improvement??
Clear cutting mature aspen pockets is great habitat improvement. They regenerate through the root suckers and are shade intolerant. Clear Cut pockets and they'll shoot back up head high in two years. Great for browse.
@@philipschultz1865 Thanks Philip! Just what I wanted to hear.
Would you ever plant switchgrass in the woods to provide cover?
Jeff, what should I do with American Hornbeam (mussel wood)? I have a lot if clusters of them on my new land.
Jeff, Live in SC and have a lot of Sweet Gum trees. Had planned to do Hack and Squirt to clear much of it and let it die where it stands. Does it have any benefit for Deer? I have seen a bit of browse on Stump sprouts but not much. Thanks for any help
Jeff, have you ever been to clients property where it's been 40 acre tagelder swamp or bigger?...what do suggest point of attack??
Jeff -- what's your opine on sweetgum trees? I got a property full of them mixed with some hardwoods.
How wide do you cut the deer trail in the woods. That you outlined in our meeting
How do you deal with honey locust trees? I am scared to cut them because of the spines but I do not want them to spread more.
Great information. Thanks
What about willow trees?
What is your opinion on Sweetgums in the south? Should we cut and let it regenerate or hinge cut or what?
Cut and spray. Very low preference browse.
@@ChipsOutdoorChannel thanks
I just want to hinge cut them all.Almost all pine and hemlock.Everyone says they aren't worth anything.But go buy a 2×4 and see how much that cost..
Hi D, make sure not to hinge cut pine and Hemlock 😊 The cost is crazy right now!
Hemlocks are the best place to put stands!! Great cover and scent eliminators. Send the pine to the mill. Paying big dollars
@@williamlasure6301 I agree on the hemlock. I rub the needles on me when I get set up.No one wants to buy the pine.Say they are a waste of time.
@@dswish1730 thats crazy!! In Vermont there bringing good money if straight and not bull pines. Bull pines I just feed out door stove. Deer live in my hemlocks if snow during season
I had same thing with covid missed opening gun season
I tried to catch it with no mask wasn't successful. Maybe it's cause I never wear a mask
How much would you charge to come assess a property and draw up a plan?
Any thoughts on MultiFlower Rose?
Is it better to wait until the sap starts flowing to hinge cut? Are trees more "hinge cutable" after they've thawed?
Best to cut when the trees are dormant. You'll get a better stump sprout response, because all the nutrients are stored in the roots prior to sap flow
Jeff, any issues with cutting and killing invasive like buckthorn? Been working on removing that as it's green so long and shades out the ground beneath
We have it real bad in our woods too, just look around in your woods where a mature tree has fallen and opened a gap in the canopy, if you have a pile of ankle to knee high buckthorn shoots that's what you're going to get unless you treat it. I would like to hear more about the pros and cons of buckthorn and honey suckle also as it relates to whitetail management. It's my understanding that once the native seed banks that are in the soil expire it gets a lot more difficult to encourage any native regeneration.
@@aaronjohnson49 from what I've read the buckthorn is kind of worthless for food but maybe the nastiness makes it good for some bucks. I've actually read and seen that a lot of buckthorn gets rubbed on and what I red was that bucks are actually trying to kill these trees...but I'm not sure about the validity of that.
How is beach nut 6-8” for shoot forage?
Awesome video Jeff! Can’t wait to get out with the chainsaws!
What do you do with Poplar trees??? I have some that are okay and others that are starting to die and break off at the top.
Im not the pro here but if you hinge cut aspen they dont live long after and you destroy the ability for them to sucker. If you let a standing aspen die off, thats the same as girdling it...no more suckers. Cut it down completely and welcome to deer browse and grouse heaven...with tons of suckers shooting up all over. Im speaking from experience.
Yesssssssss thank you!
do yellow birch hinge well?
Jeff, I just purchased some box elder seeds online. Could I toss them out on edges of lowland where canary grass is growing and expect good germination?
They need to have good contact with bare soil for germination. They also have a hard time competing with dense grass vegetation.
Another idea would be to start them in planting pots and then plant the seedlings. You may need to put up seedling protectors since dder may nip them off.
Something to remember also is that when you hinge cut a tree, the horizontal part of the tree may end up 1 or 2 feet above the location of the cut, depending on the size and variety of the tree. Another reason not to make high cuts.
So true Johnny...yet another reason never to make high cuts!
Spot on.
Are you worried about the high fuel load you're creating for wildfire?
It's not dying
It does not matter. During a dry year it could make a ground fire hotter and burn into tree roots and scorch lower bole of the oaks
Should I hinge cut 6-8 inch maples?
Also how valuable are beech trees?
@@cameronsenecal2412 You will loose money on beech if you hire someone to cut them. I just bought 88 acres and it's full of mature beech. Probably just cut them and let them lay.
Maples, especially red maple are a great hardwood species to hinge cut and 6-8 is the right size class.
We are getting our timber cut out soon and we just do a select cut and tell the timber guy I think Whitetails first!
Amem to that Drew!
Best for deer. If your woods have junk Keep your nice seed trees nice oaks. Birch , cherry. For your future hardwood seed growth 20 or so good quality seed trees per acre cut the rest flat and the stump shot will call the deer. And the light will let the good wood generation to come in. Avid hunter , and family owns large western Pennsylvania logging. Pulp company , 75 percent clear cut in hardwoods is the best hunting ive ever hunted. For atleast 10 plus yrs to come as my brother says. Just like weeding a garden. Leave the 5 good take out 100 junk. The foresters. And most sawmills have taken the large cream crop for years and left all the junk. Just the opposite of what should be done. Why we had such wonderful production hardwood forests in the 60s thru 90s. Is becouse 75 percent of it was completely clear cut in early 1900
@@toddreynolds8875 we are doing select cut in a bedding areas with mostly pines so it will act as a clear cut!
@@drewharman1690 sounds. Good. Somwhat different in soft woods because they dont. Regenerate from. Stump shot. But if you open it enough. And theres any hardwoods in the area for seed it will come. Tough in some states. There is only mostly softwoods.
Id rather grow a hardwood forrest, I own a mill.
My brother has been preaching. For the junk removal. For years. And leave good seed trees. Increadably increadable hunting. He leaves 10 or 20 good seed trees per acre. UA-cam / Stumpjumper videos reynolds logging western Pennsylvania.
He makes decent money with the junk for pulp. And owners do alright too.
glad to see you are doing well after the Wuhan Flu
You have no clue what you are talking about