Habitat pics

[LoessHillsArcher]

I love seeing pics of the habitat work others are doing and taking pics of what we've done - let's start a thread just sharing random pics of some of the habitat work you've done. I'll start with a few...

4yr old cedar from the Ames nursery

And some radishes being hammered in a Dbltree Rye Mix food plot this fall

Which area has been hinge cut and had some TSI and chain saw work done in it in the next two pictures? These were taken standing in same spot just turning 180 degrees... pretty wild!

 

[BJohnson]

Here is a project I did the spring-summer of 2014 on a farm I hunt.

Before the work began

First mowing

Summer burn down after a dose of Gly.

First tillage

First foodplot growth - a mix of oats/brassicas

 

[LoessHillsArcher]

That looks gorgeous! Great work, that disc looks really useful!

 

[hillrunner]

This was clearing a couple spots for a dbltree mix late last summer.

 

[hillrunner]

And yes, the deer loved them

 

[LoessHillsArcher]

Awesome pics hillrunner! That 806 looks very simliar to our 856 we use for food plotting. What tiller you running on it?

 

[hillrunner]

Awesome pics hillrunner! That 806 looks very simliar to our 856 we use for food plotting. What tiller you running on it?

It's an 84 inch Taylor way . I ordered it from the local implement dealer last summer.

 

[rackhunter]

Hey hillrunner how do you like your 84" Tayor way? I bought one over a year ago and have had nothing but problems!!

 

[hillrunner]

Hey hillrunner how do you like your 84" Tayor way? I bought one over a year ago and have had nothing but problems!!

It was new this fall and I only did two small plots with it so I have not tested it much . Other than the clutch being way to loose from the factory it seemed to do ok. You do have me slightly concerned now though.. What kind of problems have you had?

 

[BigfootWillow.com]

slowly turning some cattle pasture into forest

I like suckering shrubs and trees, as they help create habitat the fastest, the deer like them also.
quaking aspen

black locusts

 

[goatman]

Here's a staging plot I put in below my pond. Over the switch grass is a gravel road 1/4 mile away. Edge screening along the timber makes even the bucks comfortable to come up before dark. The colder it is the older the bucks are. Lots of usage on this small plot.As dark approaches they work north to the right and come through a gate opening.

 

[arm]

Which area has been hinge cut and had some TSI and chain saw work done in it in the next two pictures? These were taken standing in same spot just turning 180 degrees... pretty wild!

Encouraging to see before and after like this. I just started my first TSI and honestly it seems like it goes against common sense to cut down trees to make habitat. I can't wait to see my results down the road