Originally Posted by
Fire/hunting guy
What I am going to do is lightly thin some of the trees in the area that our stand is in, about a 100 yd radius, just cut about every 4th or 5th sapling or so. This was the advice that a buddy of mine gave me.
You'll soon find the saplings will grow fast after being thinned. They'll get more exposure to sunlight and grow horizontally faster. I've watched various sized clearcuts my whole hunting career and actually did many forms of cutting to accommodate my shooting needs and have seen just how much change a cut-over goes through in just one season.
So what am I saying? Maybe cut a little more. LOL!
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