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WHAT?? I hope I didn't chop trees off of 50 acres Saturday for nothing!! My back is till hurting today!!
Seriously, I am still operating with the knowledge that I have to remove all of the volunteer trees prior to approval for a 10 year re-enrollment. (I am also in Davis County.) I have submitted an extension until 6/15 and I should be able to comply with that from where I sit now.
I had a guy mowing them down, what a ruckus, while I was working "ahead" of him in the thicker areas with the chainsaw taking out the tallest trees so he could get through with the mower. 50 acres down, about 30 to go.
I will say the place looks quite a bit different and this will open up my options on food plot placement.
I have some flat areas that I didn't know I had!
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Gee Daver...I was kinda worried that all that commotion might scare all the biguns out and head em on down my way
Sure enough I got over to Doubletree Food Plot Ranch...and their they were...whole herd of em, grazing contentedly...not to worry though, I commenced to making a ruckus my self and the last time I saw them they were heading north...at a high rate of speed
Seriously...(that part is difficult for me
) only the ten year re-enrollments have to have the trees removed.
Their is a fellow in the area with a Bobcat and shear. That thing is a slick deal! $55 and hour and he can pop off trees with and 8-10" stump in seconds and it's clean...no mess what so ever! It took him maybe 40 minutes to shear of about 50 trees and then he switched attachments and piled all the trees. Something to think about if you get tired of the chainsaw...
I did what few I had with a brush cutter...notice the deer? Dang things hardly looked twice even with all the ruckus!
Had a couple little clumps of these nasty locust trees I cut with the chainsaw...now that's a dangerous job! Thorns everywhere!
Eventually they looked like this...hope I don't have to mess with them for another 10 years!