Wildlife Land Clearing Tips
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Clearing land for wildlife whether it be by bulldozer, excavator or even a skid steer, is a major decision! Here are some general tips to make sure that you are on the right path to getting it right the first time...
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I opened up my first hunting field with nothing but a chainsaw, it's about two acres in size and all I did was cut pile and burn. I haven't even planted anything however the natural grass came in nicely and there have been a lot of nice bucks harvested on that little clearing.
We got a bid to get land cleared for our house for 9k. Paid someone for that did it by the hour and it cost us 3k through him. By the hour saved us 6k, glad I made that decision
Man, so many of examples like this! Happy for you...what a savings!!
A good operator is worth every penny! Especially in outdoors-minded one.
Man that is so true Angelo! Brandin and Jerod are top notch operators and people too. Great to be able to call them friends 👍
Love making plots, and love shaping the land!
Amen Brian...so dang nice!
As someone who offers this exact service in Jeff's area I agree with alot of this. First and foremost, find a professional that understands your needs and goals to facilitate your hunt plan.
A dozer isnt always needed, a mini or mid sized excavator can be a scalpel where a dozer is well, a dozer!!
Going to pay for some road work this year on the new farm and also put the culverts in myself. Fulfilling work and a fun skill to learn in the process!
It's so dang cool Alex!! Enjoy it...very rewarding
Agreed. I’ve been dozing plots for myself for 25 years. Find a sportsman by the hour and trust him
Thanks for the great feedback!!
I’m fortunate I do tree work on the side. I cleared about 80 pines on my property this winter. Just need to buy an excavator now then I can pull my own stumps.😊
Nice that is outstanding!! Enjoy that...that is a huge purchase 😁
Great advice Jeff, thanks for making this type of video! Regarding waterholes, is there any distance correlation you make with them to your licking branches?
Hi Greg...great question and thank you!
Typically around 10'. Definitely not 5'...more like 10-15'. Both can be shot at with a bow and both are typically lined up in the trail cam pic.
Another great educational video. Thanks Again gentlemen.
You are very welcome Ron!! Have a great weekend!
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A bit of a tangent ask based on your commentary with Switch and Cedars around this plot; How do you factor/buffer the "grow in" time needed for these aspects to become established and mold the patterns?
Hi Garrett...I can fully appreciate that question!
I don't only because they are just the icing on the cake. Because of the lay of the land and current access for hunting, it already fits perfectly. The additional growth will give us another access option 1 day...but it's a great fit right now 👍😊 You never want to create a food plot unless it's already a fit.
It's ok to fill in and plan for the future, but you don't want to create and plant a plot unless it can already be hidden, screened by existing cover or lay of the land, etc.
Any suggestions on dealing with clay soil in New England? I cleared and stumped a 2 acre plot, and built swales and ponds to drain the wet spots, but the soil is almost all clay. I’ve been hitting it with lime, but it’s now grown up in a marshy grass. I’ve been burning it off, but could use some advice
You mentioned honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is invasive and everyone seems to think it needs to get eliminated. I have a lot of honeysuckle and deer don’t walk through it in some places . It actually can be used as a funnel or concealment if managed properly. Apparently you see it the same way.
Hi Steven! I just love wildlife. It's a shame when folks eliminate habitat that protects various forms of wildlife without an immediate replacement of that habitat. I can see eliminating portions of various forms of habitat to replace...but not at the loss of wildlife.
It's crazy...I see folks eliminating invasives in stands of pines, pines that were never there to begin with, planted in rows purely for future boards per foot. Extremely low quality wildlife habitat with pines for future $$$s, and then kill invasives claiming it's all about the wildlife 🤦🏻♂️
I like a more practical, balanced and overall smart/strategic approach...
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Have a great weekend Connor!
Nice, but the amount of money spent to play golf and hunt deer. 😂
Haha, for sure...that's why we don't play GOLF 😂 Or bowl. Or snowmobile. Or play ball. Or gamble.
You only live once! Spend the money on what makes you happy! Can't do it the second time you live....
I hear that they are my 2 hobbies and they consume a lot of benjamins
Ha, they sure can! @@badbilly429
Musky tackle a close third.
Great content Jeff, with my morning coffee.
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Off topic Jeff but I just burned of some switch grass and native grasses April 23rd in central MN. Can I spray that with Roundup as quick as it greens up to kill the cool season grass off? Or will the native grasses be up too quickly? Regular blue grass is taking over some of it, or much more than I'd like to see.
Hello! The blue stem will always take over. Burning just magnifies it. They will also all pop at the same time or similar, so you wouldn't want to spray.
If you want puree switch...which really is the only thing that is good for sustainable wildlife around here...then you will have to plant and manage for just pure switch.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I said that wrong there is blue stem in the native mix but Kentucky blue grass was kind of taking over. (Lawn Grass) That's what I wanted to kill. How about can I use simazine after the burn if it's not green yet. That will kill the cool season grass correct ?
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I actually wish I could but the CRP program that I have it in doesn't allow it unfortunately. You're right though back in the 90's when switch was the main CRP planting I seen way more big bucks and pheasants
than now.