You have a niche with this channel with big woods public land deer hunting and private land food plots in an area of harsh winters, a large wolf population, and lower deer densities. Especially with the time and effort you are taking to record data and trends with your trail cams and knowing forestry and silvicultural practices of the area. I've been hunting up by near Bigfork for 40 years and some of your thoughts and data help confirm what Ive learned and/or help connect the dots. Good channel.
@@jasonmeyer4587 hey I really appreciate the comment. Means a lot. I’ve always had a love of deer hunting and it’s fun to share with others. We gun hunt not far from BigFork. Just north. We saw a lot of yearling bucks this year. A good sign that a lot of the buck fawns survived last winters easy snow conditions. We get another easy winter like you said in your other comment and we could really have some good hunting next fall.
Great info. I live out in the woods on a dirt road and the highway department will come through to a few times a year and grind everything off the shoulder of the road and under the power lines. I’ve scoped out a few little trees that I would transplant. On another note, for anyone who burns a wood stove, this is how I find fat wood. They will grind overhead limbs and I will find some white pine that has been limbed off the road. I can walk the road in the summer with small folding saw and fill my pack with fat wood in under an hour.
Unless you’re doing hundreds then the bare root is much faster with a dibble. Last spring I dug up 150 10-12” white pines on a few year old log landing and planted them on one of edge of my food plot. I notice you using tree guards for your pines luckily I haven’t had any issues with deer browsing mine.
@@jeffpepin5930 my absolute favorite is white spruce b cause the branches stay low plus the deer won’t browse them. The drawback is they are slower growing. So to combat that, I use switchgrass and red pines for faster growth. Just need to protect the red pine from deer browse. I’m getting to your email tonight by the way!
You have a niche with this channel with big woods public land deer hunting and private land food plots in an area of harsh winters, a large wolf population, and lower deer densities. Especially with the time and effort you are taking to record data and trends with your trail cams and knowing forestry and silvicultural practices of the area. I've been hunting up by near Bigfork for 40 years and some of your thoughts and data help confirm what Ive learned and/or help connect the dots. Good channel.
@@jasonmeyer4587 hey I really appreciate the comment. Means a lot. I’ve always had a love of deer hunting and it’s fun to share with others. We gun hunt not far from BigFork. Just north. We saw a lot of yearling bucks this year. A good sign that a lot of the buck fawns survived last winters easy snow conditions. We get another easy winter like you said in your other comment and we could really have some good hunting next fall.
Great info. I live out in the woods on a dirt road and the highway department will come through to a few times a year and grind everything off the shoulder of the road and under the power lines. I’ve scoped out a few little trees that I would transplant.
On another note, for anyone who burns a wood stove, this is how I find fat wood. They will grind overhead limbs and I will find some white pine that has been limbed off the road. I can walk the road in the summer with small folding saw and fill my pack with fat wood in under an hour.
@@MDR-hn2yz good idea thanks for sharing
I’ve been doing this for years now. Saves tons of money and the trees seem to jump quicker than bare root
It works great!
Unless you’re doing hundreds then the bare root is much faster with a dibble. Last spring I dug up 150 10-12” white pines on a few year old log landing and planted them on one of edge of my food plot. I notice you using tree guards for your pines luckily I haven’t had any issues with deer browsing mine.
What would you consider your top 3 conifers to plant for screening a food plots or in and around bedding?
@@jeffpepin5930 my absolute favorite is white spruce b cause the branches stay low plus the deer won’t browse them. The drawback is they are slower growing. So to combat that, I use switchgrass and red pines for faster growth. Just need to protect the red pine from deer browse. I’m getting to your email tonight by the way!
@@jeffpepin5930 just making sure you got my email reply to your property question? Thanks!
@ no I have not