sumac

[Fletch]

I was hinge cutting a small area a week ago and cutting down a couple trees out by the towers stand. I knocked down a sumac for the deer. They appreciated it!

 

[ny hunter]

Nice !!!!!

[ncountry]

They do like the sumac!

 

[grampy]

36 minutes ago, ncountry said:

They do like the sumac!

 

Yes,  they do!

[bugsNbows]

LOL, sumac. My favorite choice (as a kid) for sticking horns on Halloween! LOL

[Arcade Hunter]

Very cool.  I thought sumac was poisonous for critters... apparently not.  Thanks for sharing the pictures

[njg0621]

They love sumac!

[NFA-ADK]

 Awesome! 

[dbHunterNY]

deer like sumac but i try my hardest to wipe it from any property i've got. too much maintenance to let it go.

[G-Man]

A great source of food for deer and rabbits.!!

[ncountry]

It's funny how things change our old  horse pasture had a large patch of sumac. It has slowly been dying off over the last bunch of years and being taken over by honeysuckle..

[fasteddie]

I cut down a crapload of Sumac at my sister in laws and it grew back in no time . I didn't think you could eradicate this stuff ! 

 

[erussell]

Deer love to rub on sumac. I always set up my stands on brush lots near the sumac they are drawn to it. Worst thing you could do is cut it down. Also if you boil the berries it makes a delicious tart tea.

[fasteddie]

My sister in law has the Sumac right behind her house . It spreads by sending out runner like strawberries and raspberries do . The stuff is spreading into her lawn . It's okay in the wild but not too close to a house .

[XGX7PM]

New to the idea of hinge cutting, haven't cut anything just been reading about it.

ł understand overcutting is your enemy and ł mean both depth of cut and quantity of trees selected for hinging.

Any thoughts on hinge cutting some sumac, would it produce vegetation/fruit horizontally at deer level or do the runners/shoots take over once cut?

Might give it a try beginning of next year but ł'm interested what those cuts did, any current photos Fletch?

[corydd7]

Maples work for me as far as attraction. I dont have Sumac but that makes sense as well.