Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/18/24 06:26 AM
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those popple bolts bringing decent money nowadays
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/18/24 06:32 AM
09/18/24 06:32 AM
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Lots of FUN work. Payday is in the next couple years.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/18/24 06:45 AM
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Those Aspen whips will come in thick the grouse and woodcocks love that mess until it thins out naturally. Lots of deer feed on its way maximum growth vey nice.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/18/24 07:12 AM
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It looks like that Aspen should have been cut 20 years ago. Many people don't appreciate the value of logging on the landscape.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: 160user]
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09/18/24 07:38 AM
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It looks like that Aspen should have been cut 20 years ago. Many people don't appreciate the value of logging on the landscape. This was a new 40 I picked up- the aspen was 90-100years old and one straight line wind storm from disaster. Some cuts had to be 4’ up to get to the mills max diameter of 28”, the lady I bought it from bought it in 1954, never stepped on the property. When aspen get that old the root system retracts and you won’t get regen- this area should comeback nicely- way overdue
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/18/24 08:08 AM
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It looks like that Aspen should have been cut 20 years ago. Many people don't appreciate the value of logging on the landscape. This was a new 40 I picked up- the aspen was 90-100years old and one straight line wind storm from disaster. Some cuts had to be 4’ up to get to the mills max diameter of 28”, the lady I bought it from bought it in 1954, never stepped on the property. When aspen get that old the root system retracts and you won’t get regen- this area should comeback nicely- way overdue Yes, the deer and grouse will love it and you should get great morel mushrooms for a few years too. The last time I had some of mine logged I traded some stumpage money for heavy equipment work building roads, grubbing stumps and digging a pond.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/19/24 08:11 PM
09/19/24 08:11 PM
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Used to love to come to Wisconsin grouse hunting. The cut popple was the best hunting IMHO.
------------------------------------- DJT in 2024!
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/19/24 08:15 PM
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Few will realize the benefit of doing TSI. When planned out the right way, it can be phenomenal for the wildlife.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: bblwi]
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09/20/24 05:37 AM
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The popple logs look very good for being well beyond suggested harvest years. It is absolutely amazing to me how many aspen seeds there must be in the soil in these forested areas that get cut and opened to the sun. Another advantage of good forest management is the practices that not only create more wildlife habitat and food is the huge increase in biomass growth each year in the younger plant growth.
Bryce Actually, there probably arent many seeds at all. When the parent trees are cut, suckers grow out of the established root system...spurred on by the warming of the ground from sunlight
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: Eagleye]
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09/20/24 06:39 AM
09/20/24 06:39 AM
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Do the wolves run those lanes?
My favorite part about doing a cut was the amazing amount of non game species that show up. I really enjoy the diversity of birds.
Last edited by WIMarshRAT; 09/20/24 06:41 AM.
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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Re: TSI for Whitetails
[Re: WIMarshRAT]
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09/20/24 06:52 AM
09/20/24 06:52 AM
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Do the wolves run those lanes?
My favorite part about doing a cut was the amazing amount of non game species that show up. I really enjoy the diversity of birds. Yes… we don’t have a high concentration of wolves, it’s bad north of us so just a matter of time. I believe there’s a correlation (not necessarily a drawback) to food plotting and creating predation efficiency. I think that when we create trail systems and plots, we increase the propensity from opportunistic to calculated predation. I’m seeing more and more camera pics where I see yotes and deer present in the same frame and then just yotes in the next. I’m starting to design my plots with whitetail exit strategies in mind.
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