ORIGINAL: livbucks
A trick I heard of, that some folks use on their property, is to take a saw and cut the bark to the wood, just a thin saw kerf, all the way around the tree. This leaves the tree standing, but kills the tree and leaves it bare, allowing sunlight into the forest. They would then come back the next year and cut it for firewood for the campfire or fireplace. This would be ILLEGAL on public property of course.
These are what we use in Cameron Co. to do that and it is legal.
If you don't know what it is, it's a Porcupine they can kill a big tree in no time and they they like the little ones to.
