Themain property I hunt has been sold to the Conservation Dept, but remains in the hands of the owners until death. The Dept has placed a few conditions on us as a result. We cannot build any new stands and cannot cut certain trees. No problem with those, but there is something else that has raised a few questions.

They have supposedly contracted our caretaker to take out all of the cedar trees on the property. I understand that cedar trees suck a lot of water out of the ground and choke out other trees and ground cover, but we did not have an over abundance of cedar trees in the first place.

I am trying to figure out what the Dept is trying to accomplish by taking out all of the cedar trees?? They were providing most of the bedding areas for deer in the area, and our sightings as a whole definitely were down this year after so many were cut down.

Can anyone enlighten me on the advantages of this mass muder??