On the deer's choice of leaves, I was hunting in Georgia, in a river bottom and there were several maple trees around. The deer would stand under/around the trees, and when one of the bright orange leaves drifted down, the deer walked over and ate it. Obvious preference for them.
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My ex-Inlaws would chain the pastures every few years. They a had a big heavy pipe with a anchor chain attached . Anchor chain like the big ships use. You couldn't hardly lift a link or two. Weighed a ton . Any ways we would drag that threw the brush breaking everything. The new growth was phenomenal and the deer thrived on the new growth.
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Originally posted by BrandonA View PostMy ex-Inlaws would chain the pastures every few years. They a had a big heavy pipe with a anchor chain attached . Anchor chain like the big ships use. You couldn't hardly lift a link or two. Weighed a ton . Any ways we would drag that threw the brush breaking everything. The new growth was phenomenal and the deer thrived on the new growth.
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Originally posted by BrandonA View PostMy ex-Inlaws would chain the pastures every few years. They a had a big heavy pipe with a anchor chain attached . Anchor chain like the big ships use. You couldn't hardly lift a link or two. Weighed a ton . Any ways we would drag that threw the brush breaking everything. The new growth was phenomenal and the deer thrived on the new growth.
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Originally posted by Hawkpuppy 1 View PostChaining is very effective, just not selective. It's a great tool used mostly in South Texas for the choked up bee brush, mesquite and the like to clear out thick places to get more diversity. I personally like fire better :-)
I like the chain dragging idea or maybe a light disking might help to disturb the soils and get some forbs and or weeds going. Deer like new weed sprouts.
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Originally posted by Hawkpuppy 1 View PostChaining is very effective, just not selective. It's a great tool used mostly in South Texas for the choked up bee brush, mesquite and the like to clear out thick places to get more diversity. I personally like fire better :-)
We run fire in south Texas to kill the 3 foot and under mesquites but anything bigger your just making it mad. And that's if you have a fuel load big enough to carry a flame. Dozer, or ipt is what we tend to lean towards in thick mesquite when we manage.
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It will exacerbate the problem if you remove the top (chain, disc, push, burn, sheer) invasive, low palatable re-sprouting brush, including, but not limited to, mesquite, huisache, red berry juniper, salt cedar, russian olive, McCartney rose. These plants require grubbing (get root) or chemical.
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Originally posted by Top Of Texas View Post"common woody browse plants utilized by whitetail deer in south texas" by Taylor, Hererra, and Rutledge
"Range plants of north central rexas" by Ricky Lenix
"Common rangeland plants of the Texas Panhandle" Natural resources conservation service
Those are the actual books I know of off the top of my head.
TPWD has some brief, value based guides in PDF format for several of the eco-regions (not all). Just google search "tpwd common browse plants utilized by whitetail deer". You'll get more info than you might care to read.
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