I know you've been to battle against the dreaded buck thorn. I have some that showed up last year on one property I hunt they were about 2 feet tall and in two small patches then, now they are 6 feet tall and have spread considerably. What is the best way to get rid of them? I couldn't find the thread you made a couple years ago.

cut and poison, and cut and poison and cut and poison, some that i thought were dead for two years started with new leaves this year,

What poison will should kill em?
And whats the danger to the oaks they are surrounding?

tordon or gordons RTU gel on a fresh cut

some people put a dye in it so they can see where they have been

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/tordon-rtu-1-qt

make the cut , cover the cut of the stump with the gel

good to keep your cuts 6 inches above grade you are a lot less likely to put your chain in the ground and in a year you can kick the stump out a lot of the time

also 6-8 inches is enough to get a chain on , or not run over

low risk with such a small targeted application.

you can treat a LOT of stumps with a quart of the gel

Thanks GCP all the plants I have seen are very thin maybe pinky thick at most and many are less than pencilthick and high stem count. I havent located a mature buck thorn on the property. Not sure i could effectively gel that many little stems was thinking of soaking a blanket in liquid poison and dragging it over the cut area.

it has a dish soap like top that screws on the bottle or but you can put some in a cup with a little harbor freight paint brush heck you could wire that to a stick so you don't bend over as much

so a loppers , a pruners and your cup of RTU herbicide with some blue dye in it

very targeted application

it is about the thickness of dish soap so you can just put a dab on or paint it on

Cut and squirt fresh cuts. Some I leave the stump high and pull out with the tractor.

I cut and treat the stump, now is a great time to do this.
I use a mixture of 20% glyphosate.
Works good.
Was out today hunting them and bush honeysuckle, autumn olive and multi-flora rose.

I've been at it for about 6-7 years on my 26 acres.
Not much left, mostly stuff that is less than 6" tall.
Its rare I find one over a 2 ft tall.

Thanks guys I guess its time to start the battle.