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Old 12-18-2002, 08:57 PM
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Default RE: How to make a better bedding area???

Your bedding area already sounds pretty good. I would suggest that if you have fast growing soft, hardwoods, like birch, or poplar growing there as well, knock a few down each year so they cannot shade out the thick growth. We've lost a couple good bedding areas over the 20 yrs I've hunted by letting the poplars grow unchecked. Now, we're knocking some down each year to "reclaim" them.

Our best area, we call "the sanctuary" is about 10 acres, and has alot of Red Osier Dogwood, Willow Whips, Poplar, and the ocassional apple tree, that is icing on the cake. Maybe the pics below will give you an idea on how it looks, plant a couple apple trees in the middle, and keep them open if you can, by trimming one a year.




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