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Originally posted by Poncho View PostI've got a thicket full of cedar elm, would this be a good tree to hinge cut? What trees are best to hinge cut?
Half cutting is commonly a technique for providing cover from cut branches hanging to the ground (usually for quail). If your wanting to increase quality browse, you'll have much better impact through appropriate livestock stocking rate, deer population mgt (doe harvest), and soil disturbance (if needed).
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Originally posted by mooch View PostCare to explain a little more?
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I'll tell you my experience with hinge cutting. I have hinge cut cedar elm, mesquite, honey locust, and hackberry....and the deer will eat the heck out of all of the shoots. You will be amazed at how many shoots come up and grow vertically from one little horizontal trunk. Its a great way for a deer to reach those young shoots they would normally never have access to.
The other added benefit is that you can make outstanding bedding cover for deer....and they will bed in it readily. The area I hinge cut has been a consistent bedding area for a couple years now and I set my stands accordingly. You can even direct the deer to go where you want them too by hinge cutting trees a certain direction...providing the only route for a deer to travel. Lots of good info on the QDMA site on TSI (timber stand improvement).
Its alot of hard work though and it can even be a little dangerous.....wear a hard hat.
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Originally posted by unclefish View PostI'll tell you my experience with hinge cutting. I have hinge cut cedar elm, mesquite, honey locust, and hackberry....and the deer will eat the heck out of all of the shoots. You will be amazed at how many shoots come up and grow vertically from one little horizontal trunk. Its a great way for a deer to reach those young shoots they would normally never have access to.
The other added benefit is that you can make outstanding bedding cover for deer....and they will bed in it readily. The area I hinge cut has been a consistent bedding area for a couple years now and I set my stands accordingly. You can even direct the deer to go where you want them too by hinge cutting trees a certain direction...providing the only route for a deer to travel. Lots of good info on the QDMA site on TSI (timber stand improvement).
Its alot of hard work though and it can even be a little dangerous.....wear a hard hat.
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