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1 minute ago, wildcat junkie said:

we piled some cedar branches from trees we cut down around a ground blind.

Within weeks the deer had stripped the branches clean.

They love cedar, I have a cedar in my yard that does not have a branch on it's trunk below 7 feet from Deer hitting it.

Al

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all good choices ... I seem to find soft maple #1 but if food is in short supply I have yet to find a top they wont eat once its in there reach. I would look for any trees that are poorly shaped in places you dont want them poor timber trees and start there the type of tree  is not as important as getting it in to the deers reach

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suggestions on species already made. some hardwoods can be high value trees. save any that are straight especially ones with easily created room around them. great ones to look for are ones with double trunks at the base. over time they'll die or break first. they also won't give you much of any board feet for lumber or veneer logs. they're more of a fire wood tree. great for leaving the lots of tops after you cut them down or hinge them.

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