Posted Signs

[willy66]

I belong to a hunt club that leases about 800 acres that has to be posted every couple of years because our sign's fall down. We lease from a lumber company so nails are prohibited. We usually post on trees that are not going to get harvested by the lumber company by using aluminium nails but they only last a couple of years. Any Ideas?

[Dan92]

double sided tape?? my buddy put it on his blazer to hold the chevrolet emblem on.. it olds very good to his blazer been on there for 6 months now.. not sure about a tree though, worth a shot

Edited October 18, 2012 by danc0320

[NY Trophy Hunter]

It's an investment, but we purchased steel stakes and then attached aluminum signs to backer boards and then crewed them to the steak. They've been up 7 years and look great.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Willy,

I have a similar lease. many times I see signs stretched flat around the tree and as soon as the tree grows it pulls the staples throught the sign. If you are stapling directly staple the sign with at least 4' of slack in the center vertical.

The better option is to use plywood with Alum. nails on the top and bottom center. then staple the the plywood

Edited October 18, 2012 by Culvercreek hunt club

[Dan92]

even wood 1 by 1s about 5 or 6 foot high like the metal stakes like ny trophy hunter said but maybe a little cheaper.. or 2x4s and cut them in half so you buy less.. and then staple the signs to them

[nyslowhand]

I've used heavy duty polymer signs and attached them to 2x2x6' pressure treated posts.

Signs are self supporting & need no plywood backing.

Little pricey, but mine have lasted over 6 years with no signs of deteroriation or fading.

http://www.minutemansignsinc.com/

[willy66]

All those ideas being good ones they are expensive and labor intensive, even on flat land lugging around 30-40 posts would be a chore, not to mention all the hardware and tools. I'm thinking something that would fit in a back pack that used simple tools, and could be used with existing sign's. I guess I'm trying to see if people would buy a product that was inexpensive, easy to transport and use, did not harm the tree and stayed on the tree for ten or more years.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Willy,

I have tyvek signs up with staples for 5 years mounting them this way. every spring we lose a few but mostly I just rewalk the line every year and tune them up. As the tree grows the sign isn't stretched

Edited October 18, 2012 by Culvercreek hunt club

[Red]

extra long zip ties from irr plumbing they work great

[waterweasle]

why not just go out several times over the summer and check the signs, fix as needed..............

[Hunter1]

metal signs or plastic mounted on wood attach with bunge chord or strechable string

[Doc]

I was thinking the zip-ties also. Aluminum signs with two slots cut along the sides. Thread the zip-ties through the slots and around the trees, and you probably have nearly a lifetime installation. No nails at all.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I was thinking the zip-ties also. Aluminum signs with two slots cut along the sides. Thread the zip-ties through the slots and around the trees, and you probably have nearly a lifetime installation. No nails at all.

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Only problem is that you need over a 36" zip tie to mount on a 12" tree. if the tree grows a 1/8" growth ring in one year that is a stretch of 3/4" ....every year.(round numbers...lol)

[bubba]

wire them to the tree?

[growalot]

Aluminum signs...with holes drilled into the corners...then go to a fabric store and buy a shank of cloth covered elastic cording...it comes in different sizes.......string through so elastic can be tied in the back side of tree...stretches as tree grows...signs not too heavy and cording is light...no need for tools

[Fantail]

Plenty of good ideas here - at camp next to the access path it's a few yards before any trees, so I took a few scrap 2x4's and used a circ saw to cut a point to sledge them into the ground. Sometimes you run into rocks oh well.

[verminater71]

tractor supply for 25$

http://www.tractorsupply.com/bekaert-17-gauge-galvanized-electric-fence-wire-1-2-mile-spool-3601033

2 holes in your sign wrap the tree

easy ...it all fits in a back pack

[growalot]

That might gird the tree if forgotten about....may not have enough stretch as tree grows

[Sab]

duct tape....

[catskillkid]

Just put some slack in the sign as mentioned earlier. Use vinyl signs with galvanized staples. Mine have been up for 10 years unless a critter chewed on them.