This really works. My woods look just like yours. I henge and girdled a swath of beach and maple along a ridge on 200 acres down middle that use to be open big timber. Not good for holding mature deer , but now it invites bucks. Allowing the light in is what did it. I also planted switch grass in areas where canopy was open more even increasing the bedding and security mature bucks want.

Great video, Thankyou! my deer property is 80% Maple, 10% Beach so I learned a lot and now have something to do next time I'm there.

@notthatguy4703

3 жыл бұрын

If it's possible, fire is your best and most cost effective tool. Maple and beach have thin bark and will die quickly too a good fire. Oak is a fire reliant species. It will also open up your stand and clear out brush/weeds/thickets and germinate beautiful and vigorous Forbes and grasses.

Nice work on your property there. One of the best things you can do! I try to do a couple of small areas every season. thanks for Video.

@ManagementAdvantage

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I like the way you did the before and after as it made a lot more sense. I'd love to see a photo of how you plan to set up your stands and any plots you plan to work in there or is it simply going to be more of a funnel that also offers a nice place for the deer to bed down?

Beech trees provide a great amount of nuts that deer, turkeys, bears, and many other feed upon.

@Eastky23wildlife

3 жыл бұрын

Beech trees 🌲 knock the oaks out of sunlight .

@Eastky23wildlife

3 жыл бұрын

Yea if there tall as giraffes.

@josephbennett4442

2 жыл бұрын

Deer don’t benefit from beech tees

Can you provide an update on this project?

Looks good

I'm going to girdle the trees that are blocking the view of the Blue Ridge Mountains from my sink windows. These trees that you snap in half, they won't continue to grow? Thanks for the video!

I’d be a little worried that I won’t get rid of the beech tree by hinge cutting. Hack n squirt?

best way is to hinge cut waist high. stumps provide stem count too like the trunk. therefore cover and food for the deer waist high the whole way down the tree

I think you'll find that without hack and squirt on those beech your wasting your time. Even if you cut it down it will send sprouts out 2 to 1.

You can cut those Trees at an upward 45 degree angle and take out half the work, work your way up from small to large , till you get the hang of it. Great Video.

Where do you buy the arborist hooks you use

@ManagementAdvantage

5 жыл бұрын

check out habitat hook . com

What about herbicide to kill and keep from root sprouting?

@ManagementAdvantage

3 жыл бұрын

Most will resprout at the cut and that young tender growth will provide some forage.

girdling beech doesnt kill it. more than likely the roots will shoot up stump sprouts creating more trees...more work for you. in my opinion with beech trees, i would "hack and squirt" or "drill and fill" with glypho. beech is a nuisance, the more you cut or damage the more root sprouts will grow. you're just gonna create more of a beech thicket now. check out forest connects channel, they have a lot of info on beech and beech bark disease. Good luck!!!

@jackc.3079

5 жыл бұрын

Especially since he cut it during dormancy lol

@FreeAmerican-mm2my

7 ай бұрын

@@jackc.3079 Shame he isn't as smart as we are.

I feel like land management is a losing battle overall, but at least we can keep our land the way we want it in our lifetime..

Why would you kill a huge mast producing tree like the one you girdled? I get killing the small and medium ones but to kill a huge one makes no sense to me.

In the example of where you girdled the tree with a double ring, if you are trying to kill the tree, why not just drop it?

@stevenalford3796

5 жыл бұрын

Donald Sharpless I don’t know maybe he thinks it’s too dangerous

@matthewfinger2381

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenalford3796 the rotting standing tree provides a habitat and food source for various small mammals, woodpeckers, tree frogs, and insects

@arttrumbo9496

2 жыл бұрын

It's makes a mess. If you have a large stand of trees that you want to terminate, dropping them would create such a mess that deer wouldn't be able to move through the area. If you kill them standing they won't leaf out, which let's sunlight down to the Forrest floor and the trees will deteriorate over time.

Beech are pretty trees though.

One negative aspect is fire. I live in timber country. If a fire breaks out, how will the responders access the fire? They drive tank trucks, my neighbors are first responders. I've gone on calls with them to fight hundreds of acres of forest fires. The main thing, access nearest the source to reduce fire spreading.

Not a hinge cutting fan especially for beech trees. I want them dead and lying on the ground rotting. I own 150 acres of woods in Northern Parke Co indiana and have no shortage of beech along with invasive species that require a great amount of time to control.

I wouldn't girdle. You're creating a safety hazard over time. Hack and squirt is a better method and you will kill adjacent trees that share the same root system. Hack and squirt is deadly on beech.

Not too wise.