I was walking the timber today, not knowing how much the trees are worth, but they sure are big. It has taken some of them a long time to grow. I didn't even think about the loggers leaving the land in a "sorry state". As I've already confirmed, I don't know jack about timbering and how the loggers do things. A forester is definitely in the future. I'm planning to have this done after deer season or January of '07. Also, what guarantee do I have that the trees will grow back? I cut some smaller ones in February, to open up some shooting lanes, and some of them havn't grown anything back. These are pines that havn't regenerated. Some of the hardwoods are growing shoots of 3 or more and have been ate by something already.

One thing for sure is that there is not much of anything growing for the deer and turkey with the thick canopy I currently have.