We are doing a large scale habitat improvement plan this year, in a remote area, without vehicle access. It is a closed canopy forest, which we will have lots of trees, brush, leaf litter to dispose of...What is the best way to dispose of or collect the debris? I'm thinking of making a couple piles of trees/brush away from the food plot. Any ideas would be appreciated.
After years of cleaning lanes, blow downs and whatnot. I had a few good size piles in the woods and one in the pasture. I waited for a good wet week last spring and burned and inoculated the two spots in the woods with some morel mushroom spawn. Doubt it works but it was something to do. If you're clearing cedars and they're a good size check with the local lumber mills, I had 5 logs milled over the last couple of years.
Good idea, I'll make some piles and when I have time burn them down as much as I can. What did the mill charge you to get the logs milled? I'd like to keep some hardwoods for lumber too, not just firewood.
I brought them five and took home two! The guy was looking for good cedar at the time, they were all solid, straight and around 24-36".
Can get a pretty ingenious one on Amazon for like $30. I watched guy on YouTube try it out takes about 30 mins to create a timber from each log. He liked it better than an Alaskan mill. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...RL6TQ&linkId=c3d41ebc2fc6034adcbe3e1772ee32b2
That's the other question I have, will the brush piles provide good cover for deer? I was going to leave some of the fallen trees for side cover and we plan on hinge cutting a few.
I don't know about OK, but at my buddy's place in WI deer kind of avoid the brush piles. They just give them a wide berth as they go around. But we have wolves, so maybe that has something to do with it. We've gotten the wolves on camera trying to get at the woodchucks and rabbits in the piles.
