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Thanks guys. I am not looking to hunt over the plot. I am more interested in just keeping deer around the property and feeding them. It doesn't matter to me if they only use the plots at night. The guy in the pic is a friend of mine who put a treestand there but he rarely hunts and doesn't like to go into the woods too far so he hunts close to camp.
I have 130 acres and most of it is forested with a lot of thick, early successional habitat and edge (mostly the result of portions having been logged before I bought it). There is a lot of cover for the deer aside from the powerline ROW.
As far as apples, I have planted some seedling apples along the edge of the powerlines. I put small (18"-24") seedlings in because I don't want to spend a lot of money and have the power company come and cut the trees down. I have a small area that I am in the process of clearing by the cabin and I intend to plant a few apple trees there (probably grafted trees from Gurneys).
Thanks for the suggestions. Do you think I could skip the bush hogging if I went right in there with a box scraper? I am wondering if I could pull a lot of that brush right out of the ground.
I have 130 acres and most of it is forested with a lot of thick, early successional habitat and edge (mostly the result of portions having been logged before I bought it). There is a lot of cover for the deer aside from the powerline ROW.
As far as apples, I have planted some seedling apples along the edge of the powerlines. I put small (18"-24") seedlings in because I don't want to spend a lot of money and have the power company come and cut the trees down. I have a small area that I am in the process of clearing by the cabin and I intend to plant a few apple trees there (probably grafted trees from Gurneys).
Thanks for the suggestions. Do you think I could skip the bush hogging if I went right in there with a box scraper? I am wondering if I could pull a lot of that brush right out of the ground.
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