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[/pine]

AFAIK...other than in the most liberal states...it is illegal to use any type of electronic device to aid in hunting deer...this includes the use of cell phones or two way radios etc...between hunters etc...

 

[s219]

We have poplar bark shakes as an accent wall on our back porch, and on the gable end of our front porch. We love the look. I put some inside the house as accents too. Have about 100 square feet left over that I have been thinking about doing something with (going on 8 years now -- maybe I'll get around to it when I retire).



I tried stripping the bark from one of my own poplar trees and gave up. Takes the right timing and I was off by a couple months. Once harvested, it is normally kiln dried to kill any bugs or vegetation, then stored flat. Ours still has gray-green lichens on it (preserved for all time) and looks cool.

I burn a fair amount of poplar as a starter wood, or mix it in with hardwood. Burns easy. I love splitting it -- practically comes apart by itself when you raise the axe. Makes a satisfying "bonk" noise too. After fighting oak rounds and feeling defeated, switch to poplar and you'll feel like a hero.

 

[Loaderman22]

And flying them out of your line of sight is illegal in most cases (except for military and some commercially licensed pilots).

If your drone can fly over 400 feet high, you need a pilot's license from the FAA. It's not hard to get, but takes time. Also you are restricted from flying near an airport or in the flight paths.

 

[Oldpath05]

BTUs for Poplar is just above newspaper. :laughing:

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[Loaderman22]

I was helping a coworker by splitting some of their hickory. Their son, about 20 years old thought he was going to split it by hand!! I brought over my splitting axe and after it took 3 hits to split each piece, he was very interested to see what my log splitter was all about!!

 

[Oldpath05]

Again, just property surveillance

Thats right one needs to know how many apples are on his apple trees, just because the deer are there also counting the apples on the trees or off the trees dont mean your scouting for deer with a drone, now lets go check the corn crop see if the rows are straight.......

 

[Gordon Gould]

We have poplar bark shakes as an accent wall on our back porch, and on the gable end of our front porch. We love the look. I put some inside the house as accents too. Have about 100 square feet left over that I have been thinking about doing something with (going on 8 years now -- maybe I'll get around to it when I retire).

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I tried stripping the bark from one of my own poplar trees and gave up. Takes the right timing and I was off by a couple months. Once harvested, it is normally kiln dried to kill any bugs or vegetation, then stored flat. Ours still has gray-green lichens on it (preserved for all time) and looks cool.

I burn a fair amount of poplar as a starter wood, or mix it in with hardwood. Burns easy. I love splitting it -- practically comes apart by itself when you raise the axe. Makes a satisfying "bonk" noise too. After fighting oak rounds and feeling defeated, switch to poplar and you'll feel like a hero.

Wow - that really has a different and unique look to it. When I looked it up it said there is no need to do any maintenance of any kind to it ever. Pretty amazing for a natural wood product.

gg

 

[Oldpath05]

A drone drive would be just wrong. I do not like drives anyway, or dog hunting...

So no coon hunting for you then......

 

[Jstpssng]

Its just Yellow Poplar, do you have different?

The yellow or tulip is actually part of the Magnolia family. I don't know if it's true but have heard that yours are rot resistant and good for building. Ours are true poplar, and aren't very rot resistant. We have 3 different subspecies; quaking, bigtooth, and Balsam poplar. The last emits a resin which stinks and isn't used much except for paper making... and they don't want a lot of it for that.
There is a company down in OldPath's neck of the woods Wooden Apple, Fruit, Orchard Picking Ladders - Baldwin Apple Ladders which uses Bigtooth for side rails on fruit picking ladders. He said that the trembling aspen tends to have too much defect.

 

[John_Mc]

I would not say our Poplar burns cold, it burns hot if you give it enough air. As starter kindling wood that is what I want and all I use it for.

I have both poplar and I have a giant tulip poplar, different trees. The tulip poplar has these beautiful white flowers and a very distinct leaf, the other poplar doesn't have flowers and doesn't get all too big before it either dies off, snaps in half, or gets blown over due to it not being a strong wood at all. It works well for interior trim wood since it's light and takes paint reasonably well. Some say it takes stain well too, but most pieces have that greenish color with spots of almost black so I don't see why you'd want to try staining it.

As far as I know, Yellow Poplar and Tulip Poplar are the same tree: Liriodendron tulipifera. Some maps of it's range include Vermont, but I have not seen it in the wild here myself. (Strangely, it is not even part of the "Populus" genus, which includes about 25-30 species.)

The two most common Poplar species in my area are: Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides, also known as Trembling Aspen/Trembling Poplar, Mountain Aspen, or for the old-timers in the area "Popple"). The Quaking/Trembing part of the name comes because the lives will start moving in even the slightest breeze, flipping back and forth, making the tree look as though it's shivering. The other is Big Tooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata). Both tend to be more northern species, but may be found further south at higher elevations.

Yellow/Tulip Poplar is a much better species to use for trim wood than the species we have growing here, though some determined people have used our Poplar for trim wood.