ORIGINAL: Fletch NY
I am looking to put in a food plot out back this spring. Maybe a half acre or so.A little of the area in field and brush the reast wooded. Actually the field part I tilled a small patch years back with a hand tiller for some clover man that sucked!! Just the brush roots made that a nightmare.Anyhows, am I going to have any luck doing this without heavy equipment? I have a bunch, 20 or 30 anyway, of trees to bring down. That is no problem. But stumps and roots are not conductive to plowing or tilling. I sure as poop am not hand digging them!!
Any ideas? Would I just be better off hiring someone with a dozer or bucket? And what would that cost?
Thanks for the help in advance.
How big are the trees? If they are saw timber size you will need a big dozer and or an excavator or backhoe.
Cut the timber, use it for firewood or sell it for lumber if large enough and sell it.
How many acres do you have total? Maybe it would make more sense to do a select cut along with the clear cut. Give us more info.