Hello everyone, this is my first post but I have been reading and learning on here for a while now. I just got into a new lease in North Florida this year and the 2500 acres that I will be hunting is about 85% planted pines with deep drainage rim ditches around the pine plots. There is a very good mix of 5-25 year pines across the property and I have found two good areas to plant some small plots for this upcoming season along an old clear cuts butting up to some 20 yr pines.

My problem lies in the fact that I cannot access the areas I would like to plant with any kind of bush hog or mower due to the ditches. There are small foot bridges (aka 4 pine logs banded together) that are crossable by a four wheeler and I will be using that to disc but dont have a mower for the ATV. My current plan is to rent a brush cutter (imagine a weed eater with a skil saw blade attached) to clear out most of the areas but it seems VERY time consuming. This place was once planted years ago but now is full of vines and very thick Fla brush.

Can anyone toss me some ideas on what to plant and how to possibly clear out a small area? I will only be bow hunting it, so it doesnt need to be very large. Thank you all in advance for your advice. Good luck on the upcoming season.