TSI project

[outdoorstom]

My 25 acre woodlot is WAY too park like, and I'm taking steps to change that. I've been working a small section every year by cutting my firewood and doing some hinge cutting. This is only helping small areas, so I've hired a forester to help me mark trees to have a logging company come in and doing a selective cutting. I sat down with him and explained my goals of increasing sunlight to the floor, and releasing crop trees. The main trees to be cut are ironwood, ash, basswood, and a few poplars. This will leave red and white oaks, hard maple, hickory, beech, and some birch. I'm debating on whether or not I should have them take the tops......

Here's an area that was marked a few days ago. I don't want them to bring in their equipment until the ground is frozen, but I'll post after pics when the job is complete.

[G-Man]

nice !! if you can leave the tops you will be better off as they will provide protection from deer grazing the new seedlings as well as browse for this winter... you can also cut some for firewood yourself in situ... draggin whole tops out is usually the way to scar your remaining trees. glad you took a step into tsi!! you wont be sorry

Edited October 2, 2011 by G-Man

[Doc]

How much is this whole operation going to cost you? It looks like a lot of work that you will be having done there.

[outdoorstom]

How much is this whole operation going to cost you? It looks like a lot of work that you will be having done there.

The forester is costing me $750.00, but I'm going to make a minimum of $400.00 an acre.

[Dave]

There are 400 acres that border our club that is being logger this past 2 years. The logger even logged in the winter as long as he could get his equipment moving. When he started he said there were only a few deer in the area but as he cut the trees more and more deer showed up. They were eating the tops the tree buds all winter and I think this is why we have been seeing more deer in our area the past two years. So whether it's food plots or logging it attracts deer, oh yea I did see a few nice bucks on the trail camera. But not so much the last time I checked. That was about 3 weeks ago.

[Doc]

The forester is costing me $750.00, but I'm going to make a minimum of $400.00 an acre.

Ok, I guess I misjudged the size of the trees in that photo. It didn't look like there were any that were actual lumber sized trees. Sorry .... it was a dumb question.

[outdoorstom]

Ok, I guess I misjudged the size of the trees in that photo. It didn't look like there were any that were actual lumber sized trees. Sorry .... it was a dumb question.

Not at all....that picture doesn't show the larger trees that will be harvested!