Your Guide to Timber Stand Improvement | Land Management Series Part 3

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22 күн бұрын

In the third installment of our Land Management Series, we dive into the essentials of Timber Stand Improvement (TSI). Learn practical techniques to enhance forest health, increase biodiversity, and improve wildlife habitat.
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@scottschaeffer8920 20 күн бұрын

Another testimony on predator management, forest disturbance, and fire. Our turkeys are coming back! Jump on board everyone!

@alviemiller7541 19 күн бұрын

Another great video, Grant! Keep hammering on forest stand improvement. You know, and I know, the deer and the turkey population will approve.

@deerdogsanddrones 20 күн бұрын

A variety of Habitat management techniques is key for all wildlife.

@jeffgriffin1497 20 күн бұрын

Great info

@senorphipps4984 20 күн бұрын

Preach!

@turkeyhunter7617 16 күн бұрын

Oh yeah 👍

@tommykr9 20 күн бұрын

Bingo !

@patrickwolf4373 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for another great educational video, Grant! I'm going to be implementing hack-and-squirt (and girdling/spray in the winter) on my properties. I've been working with my local NRCS folks, and it's been a great experience. They are saying exactly what you have been saying for many years regarding FSI. I do have one question...when you mix a blue dye into the 'Harper cocktail', I'm assuming it's a water-based dye? In what order do you put the dye in, or does it not matter? Thank you for all you and your team do, Grant!

@GrowingDeerTV 17 күн бұрын

I use a dye made for herbicides and I add it last.

@tyler-5921 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video Grant! Quick question for your team. We are getting hit with the Emerald Ash Borer here in Wisconsin. About 60% of our woods is ash and has died, or is dieing, doing a great job of naturally clearing the woods. As we take these trees out would you recommend using a herbicide on it as well? I'm just not sure if it will rebound and shoot out sprouts from the stump once cut down like hardwood do. Thanks!

@GrowingDeerTV 17 күн бұрын

Tyler - I'm not seeing any sprouts from ash trees there that the Emerald Ash Borer impacted.

@rongodwin7709 18 күн бұрын

Grant What mapping land app do you use? Another great video

@GrowingDeerTV 17 күн бұрын

Depends =- we use both HuntStand, Onx, and Google Maps.

@virgilholmes6688 19 күн бұрын

Do you have a video discussing safety of timber cutting versus safety of leaving dead standing timber? Do you self-limit the size of trees you cut down or terminate and leaving standing?

@dylanhalseth1755 18 күн бұрын

i remember a video he talks about cutting down a living tree that’s super heavy and when it comes down it’s destructive to the good trees and dangerous. once it’s dead the small branches fall first, then the larger ones and eventually the rest of the tree in years to come but everything weighs almost nothing.

@virgilholmes6688 18 күн бұрын

@@dylanhalseth1755 Thanks for the reply. I'm not a big fan of dead standing timber, but I can see it being relatively safer.

@GrowingDeerTV 18 күн бұрын

I don't have a video on that subject. Felling trees is certainly more dangerous than leaving then standing. I don't use a limit of size for trees to leave standing. Most woodlots have a few large dead trees standing from lightning strikes, disease, etc.

@dougkraemer8327 20 күн бұрын

Turning the woods into a savanna I understand during the growing season. But what about during late fall/winter dormancy when the 0-4' is deposited or laid over by snow? Is there enough cover to offer security?

@GrowingDeerTV 18 күн бұрын

Doug - that depends on the species present. In addition, not all of the property has to be a savanna.

@Zoofactory 16 күн бұрын

After the tree has been hacked and squirted, do you leave the dead tree in place? Or can you eventually drop it and remove it? Use it for firewood? 🤷‍♂️

@GrowingDeerTV 15 күн бұрын

The tree can be dropped, but most Timber Stand Improvement project have more firewood that locals will use.

@TyerReynoso 20 күн бұрын

What kind of squirt bottles do you get? Tried 2 different kinds both leaked

@GrowingDeerTV 18 күн бұрын

We got these a stuffmart (big box stores). I simply purchase and test.

@grantatwood8579 19 күн бұрын

I’ve got thousands of gum trees in my thinned rows of loblolly pines and don’t have the best equipment to manage them

@GrowingDeerTV 18 күн бұрын

The least expensive and best way to terminate gums in a pine stand is by spraying it with a chopper or drone. This often costs about $115 per acre or so, pending on the total acres to be treated, etc.

@GunnyArtG 19 күн бұрын

is your blend effective on mesquite?

@GrowingDeerTV 18 күн бұрын

I lot of folks use a mixture of triclopyr (Remedy) and clopyralid (Reclaim) to terminate mesquite. Some use a newer product called Sendero. Read the labels!