Pete Collin

This lease has been sold.

Hello All, I wanted to make another tree I.D. video that would cover all of the species I missed in my previous ones. Spent so much time on black walnut that I made it into its own feature. Another video to follow that will make use of the rest of the footage I filmed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STUbfYJ-kHw

Hello. I have one large lease available in the Cuba/Rushford area that has suddenly become available. It is 426 acres in the Town of Lyndon, on Rawson Road. It has hills, some cropland, cattail swamp, oak forest. There is a derelict cabin on the property that you may use. I have personally hunted this property and know that it is a haven for turkey and deer, as well as waterfowl. Price $7,242.00 per year for all seasons, exclusive rights. I am a consulting forester, and these leases are for a client of mine (a dairy farm). This lease is all I have available. Because I don't earn much by doing these leases, I have a streamlined process in which I do them: email me at [email protected] if you are interested, and I will send you a map, and you go look at it at your convenience. If you like what you see, you can write or phone me and I will get you a lease agreement. I can't hold the lease for anybody until you come to look at it or come up with the money. So many people look at a lease before they buy, that it is a race to the finish line for your signature and check. Sign the lease, send a check, and you are signed up for a 12 month contract. the lease comes with the following stipulations: You have exclusive hunting rights for all game animals. You have first refusal if you wish to renew your lease. No use of ATVs other than to deploy tree stands or retrieve downed game. Only commercially available tree stands allowed. NO nails in trees, or cutting of shooting lanes. No camping on property (other than the one with the cabin) You can have as many people hunt on property as you wish, but all hunters must sign lease. Peter Collin www.pcforestry.com

Does huntstand show property lines and ownership?

Hello All, I get the feeling that many of you use the OnX Hunt phone app. I am wondering - do any of you know if the service can be transferred when you buy a new phone? Or do they keep billing you for the old phone and you have to buy it again?

I won't know until June what's available.

I won't know until June.

Hello All, I had been meaning to make this video to assist my clients who are enrolled in the 480-a tax program, and want to do some of their own timber stand improvement work. I imagine many of you are woodlot owners, so maybe you will find it educational.

Hello All, I have a young friend who has made a YouTube channel for his hunting adventures. I have known Louis' family for years - he was just a little tyke when I first met him. Well he has been hunting hard as long as he could hoist a gun or bow, and already has a huge amount of experience. I just watched one of his videos and am impressed at how professional a job he did. Here is a link - have a look and you will likely be very entertained!

Hello. I have posted these two large hunting leases in the past. The landowner has come down substantially in price, so I am relisting. Both are on the Cattaraugus/Allegany County line. One is in the Town of New Hudson, 287.5 acres of field, woods, and hills. Good crop of oak timber to supply food for deer and turkey. $5,060 per year for exclusive hunting rights for all game seasons. The second is in the Town of Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY. 426 acres. It has an excellent swampland for waterfowl hunting, as well as cropland, and wooded hills. There is also a good deal of oak timber that would supply acorns for the game. There is a derelict cabin on the property - I haven't seen it in a while. Let me know if you would want to make use of it. $6,390 per year for all game animals. You may have as many hunters on the lease as you like, but all hunters must sign the lease. Only commercially made tree stands may be used. ATVs may be used only for deployment of tree stands or retrieval of downed game. If interested, email me and I will send you maps. You can go at your convenience to have a look, and only then will I take your call to discuss a signed agreement. First party to come through with a check and signature will get it - I can not hold it for anybody. I am a professional forester. These are the only leases I have available. My website is at: www.pcforestry.com

Hello All, There has been some discussion on this board about identifying trees. I have made a few videos on the topic for my business website, and they got a good amount of views. Here is my latest, in which I discuss the species that grow in the understory.

Hello. I have three hunting leases available for the upcoming seasons. 1. Town of Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY. 426 acres. Has some cropland, a cattail swamp, and high hills with oak timber growing at the top. Cabin on property that is in poor condition, but you may use. $8,000/year 2. Town of New Hudson, Allegany County, NY 287.5 acres. Some cropland, some swamp and high hills with hardwoods growing on it. $6,325/year 3. Town of Amity/Angelica, Allegany County, NY 85.5 acres. Stream, brush, cropland, and hardwoods. $1,539/year I am a consulting forester, and these leases are for a client of mine (a dairy farm). These leases are all I have available. Because I don't earn much by doing these leases, I have a streamlined process in which I do them: Email me for which lease you are interested in. I will send you a map, and you go look at it at your convenience. If you like what you see, you can write or phone me and I will get you a lease agreement. I can't hold the lease for anybody until you come to look at it or come up with the money. So many people look at a lease before they buy, that it is a race to the finish line for your signature and check. Sign the lease, send a check, and you are signed up for a 12 month contract. the lease comes with the following stipulations: You have exclusive hunting rights for all game animals. You have first refusal if you wish to renew your lease. No use of ATVs other than to deploy tree stands or retrieve downed game. Only commercially available tree stands allowed. NO nails in trees, or cutting of shooting lanes. No camping on property (other than the one with the cabin) You can have as many people hunt on property as you wish, but all hunters must sign lease. Please do not phone me until you have emailed, and seen a property that you want to hunt. I just do not have the time to take your phone call until you are serious about buying a lease. I will give you all of the provenance you need to assure yourself that I have the authority to sell these leases for my client. My website is at: www.pcforestry.com and you may write me at [email protected]

Growalot, The other day I was working in a stand of black oak and I thought about this message board exchange we had last year. You were describing oaks with a red oak leaf but rounder. I thought you were talking about a white oak leaf (that has rounded fringes). Now I realize that you have black oak on your land mixed with the red oak. A black oak leaf is weighted more towards the tip, like in your first picture. Is that what you were talking about?

They have come up with hybrid chestnut that supposedly are blight resistant. You will have to research where you may find those. Do you have any other trees besides beech? You can send me pictures if you aren't sure the species. It is always good to work with what you have. if you do any planting, remember to plant them in full sunlight. A lot of guys will do their plantings in the understory, in full shade. That makes it hard for a sapling to take hold. Not sure what part of the state you live in. Oak is a good bet. i know some guys plant pin oak because they say it produces seed more quickly. Just remember that oak plantings get browsed by deer. And bucks, for some reason, absolutely love to rub their antlers on freshly planted trees. So you have to use those tubes or otherwise wrap the trunk to protect them until they grow bigger.

Well dbHunter, I can now tell you this story about a client, since he has passed away. He said to me, "I've shot a lot of turkeys. A LOT of turkeys. In more than just spring and fall. Hear what I'm getting at? Try and guess what the number one kind of food I've found in their crops?" I made my guess, whatever it was. My client told me that they ate more hophornbeam catkins (those little seed pod things they drop) than any other kind of food. So, food for thought, as it were.

Not sure what you mean by rounded here. Any leaf that lives its life in the shade will have less thickness and more width than one that recieves full exposure to the sun all day, even if on the same tree.

Oaks with rounded leaves are white oak. Red oaks have pointed. All oak trees are incredibly valuable to deer and turkey. Far more than beech. A whole stand of beech won't necessarily produce nuts at once. that 5-7 years is a tree-by-tree thing.

growalot, I see what you mean! That ironwood is exceptionally shaggy! One way to tell is that the twigs of a hophornbeam are very wispy and slender in comparison to hickory (or anything else).

Beech isn't highly regarded as a wildlife tree. They do produce nuts, but only once every 5-7 years (as opposed to oak that put acorns out every other year). Also, the twigs are no good as browse. I would nurture hickory or oak (if you have them) rather than worrying about beech. They put out a jillion root sprouts, tend to take over a woods.

A shagbark hickory has a compund leaf. A hophornbeam has a single leaf. You usually see nuts and/or husks around the base of a hickory. I have seen hophornbeam (also known as ironwood) get to be about 14 inches on the stump, but in general it is a small understory tree, growing to be about the thickness of a baseball bat. Shagbark can get to be 3 foot through.

That third tree couldn't be an ash, because ash has a compound leaf, consisting of 5-7 lobes per leaf. Also, ash trees have what's called an opposite twig pattern. Meaning if you take a leading branch or twig, the twigs will grow in pairs a mirror image of each other. (in my video I show what I mean by this). The branch in the picture has an alternate pattern, meaning that a leaf or twig will grow first on one side, then the other, and back again all along the length of the twig.

The tree in your first picture of this post is yellow birch. you already figured out the beech.

Forgot to mention. You may have as many hunters in your group as you wish, but all must sign the lease. My email is [email protected]

Hello. I have several hunting leases left for sale including one new one. They are as follows: Town of Hinsdale, Cattaraugus County, NY - 64.9 acres, $973/year Town of Amity, Allegany County - 85.5 acres, $1,539/year Town of New Hudson, Allegany County, NY - 287 acres, $6325/year Town of Lyndon, Cattaraugus County, NY - 426 acres, $7,668/year. I am a consulting forester from Portageville, NY. All of these properties belong to a large dairy farm. If you are interested in looking at them, email me and I will send you a map. You can go look at your convenience, then contact me if you are interested in signing a lease. I will not field any phone calls until you have already gone to look at the property. The lease will be a signed agreement that will give you exclusive rights for one calendar year. You may not camp on the property. ATV use must be limited to setting up tree stands or retrieving downed game. These four are all I have at the moment. I will not have any more until next year. Contact me and you can have a lease in time for gun season! www.pcforestry.com

Rachunter, I am a professional forester in western NY. I made a video for my website about tree ID. You may find it useful. As for your three trees - they are: 1. American beech. The rough bark would be from beech scale disease, which will make the bark go from smooth to very gnarled. 2. Black cherry. Black birch trees look similar, but the leaves won't be as narrow as cherry and the bark will peel horizontally on the birch trunk. When in doubt, break a green twig and smell. Birch smells like wintergreen, cherry smells like dirt. 3. Witch hazel. That is an understory tree (not mentioned in my video) that in the early fall may have little two-lobed nuts on them. I haven't seen any witch hazel with nuts this year, may be the drought kept them from forming.