Save your $$ on the Throw & Grow. We bought 2 bags to sew in 2 different plots. NOTHING, nada....not sprout.

Heck, I wouldn't cut any shooting lanes at all. Build a coupla natural ground blinds and hunt the 25 yard shots. I love my climber but took my biggest deer out of a ground blind at about 15 yards.

You can probably extend that 25 yards by just knocking dead stuff off of the trees, and weaving smaller tree limbs to tighten it up.

it wont be ruined, but give it 4 or 5 day to kinda "cool off" and get fresh again

i have a 6 year old tree farm...i cut a 300 yard by 15 -20 yard lane out, also my road to the back, but its straight...deer have been there every day since day 1...befor we left we took the corn in and had 3 sets of tracks...we were gone fer 45 minutes!!!! ...they use it as a channel....the big bucks aint wantin to get that big , shiny brand new rack all tangled in some thicket.jmo did ya cut it yet?

if ya did, i bet ya learned it was a lot more work that you thought lol..how far did ya get?

My cousin is a logger and he calls his chainsaw a deer call. When he is cutting trees down they are right behind him, literally, browsing the tree tops. The disturbance won't bother them at all as long as you don't chase them with the chainsaw!

I have cut lanes for trails and shooting and the deer immediately started using the trails I cut. You will also attract them as the trees you cut will sprout new shoots from the root stock and provide browse next spring and fall.

As far as the no till, keep in mind that in order for that stuff to sprout and survive, they still need a ph range that will allow them to grow and thrive and be palatable for the deer

definitely get a soil tes befor plantin anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you clear the lanes this week...next week the buck should be used to it IMO

If you want to discourage stump sprouting to keep those lanes open, simply apply a little Round Up to the cut stump or new sprouts. This has to be done during the growing season or it won't work. It does no harm to the environment or surrounding stand, yet keeps those lanes how you want them.

I'd hunt the scrapes/rubs now, and wait until April to cut lanes. REAL good chance if buck isn't taken this year, those late rubs and scrapes will become generational, the best you can ask for.:woot::woot: