Projects for 2019/20

Prescribed fire in unit1 (18 acres) and unit 4 (23 acres)

Multiflora rose eradication in unit 3

Hopefully it drys out enough sometime between now and Fall to finish grade and plant the three new food plots made with 2018 funding.

Multiflora roses dying make me giggle.

henry said:

Multiflora roses dying make me giggle.

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Another invasive brought here by some hair brain idea of what's best!

To think - not all that long ago they were promoting it's planting for wildlife. :banghead:

CuivreDog2 said:

Another invasive brought here by some hair brain idea of what's best!

To think - not all that long ago they were promoting it's planting for wildlife. :banghead:

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At least its easier to manage now than when I was a kid. I crawled around under that stuff wrapping chains so it could be pulled. Nobody was touting how to use chemicals on it . With 6 boys dad probably wouldnt of bought chemical anyway.

Planted one plot in a spring mix for the first time. Left one so so clover plot alone till fall. Now to figure out a ground blind for the grand daughters first deer hunt this fall..

CuivreDog2 said:

Another invasive brought here by some hair brain idea of what's best!

To think - not all that long ago they were promoting it's planting for wildlife. :banghead:

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It is really beneficial to wildlife.

trapperBR549 said:

It is really beneficial to wildlife.

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Depending on the density - correct!

Rabbits,quail, and other birds love muttiflora up to a certain stem count.

And deer browse the heck out of it.

We've got some areas that are gonna see a 40% basal area reduction this coming winter & more cedars will slaughtered on the big lease. Pete and I have some saw work coming up to say the least. Hopefully the pollinator plantings in the fields took as they've been nuked to wastelands the last 2 years, be awful nice to have something taller than 2" in them.

trapperBR549 said:

And deer browse the heck out of it.

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Hmmmmmm - interesting - I cannot recall ever noticing any browsing on multiflora on my place - blackberries big time - multiflora never.

CuivreDog2 said:

Another invasive brought here by some hair brain idea of what's best!

To think - not all that long ago they were promoting it's planting for wildlife. :banghead:

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I'm having great luck with Crossbow on MF rose... whats your medicine?

Same thing but I use the generic "Crossroad" from Rural King.

CuivreDog2 said:

Hmmmmmm - interesting - I cannot recall ever noticing any browsing on multiflora on my place - blackberries big time - multiflora never.

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I have noticed browsing on the younger plants when ive been spraying them. Not on the mature plants though. That can be said for a lot of browse though.

CuivreDog2 said:

Same thing but I use the generic "Crossroad" from Rural King.

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RK has some great prices on chem's.

Roughly 3.5 acres of of a heavy cut TSI and planting some big blue stem in an old clover spot and normal fall plots