Greg dude...if you lived closer, I'd take you up on that!
That's what I want them for, to add to an area I'm trying to thicken up (bedding). I have seen them eat cedars here too (eastern red), but I usually only notice it when there is a decent amount of snow on the ground. Then they seem to congregate in the cedars, and definitely munch on them. In fact, whenever it snows a decent amount, that's the first place I head...I know they will be there, it's the easiest food source they have, combined with shelter. Now if I had a 40 acre patch of cedars, that might be a different story....they'd be a little harder to pinpoint, but the areas I hunt have very small patches of cedars, so it's easy.
It's funny, seems like murphys law is always working. You guys have a hard time keeping them from taking over and creating a thicket....and I can't get my thicket to grow fast enough

I just checked the Lancaster (PA) Farming a magazine that sells everything and I mean everything except cedar trees. Piines, arborvitus, sorry no cedars.

I am just wondering if you had any luck yet? I don' t know if you can buy from them, but the Missouri State Conservation Department have been selling seedlings for many years. I had not check if they had cedars, but they have about any other tree I was ever interested in. I would imagine this service is just provided for Missourians, but you may want to check into it. Also, have you check into your state wildlife department? I doubt that Mo. is the only state that is offering this service. By the way, the offer still stands.

greg

Greg-Dude
Yes and No. I found a few places that I could actually get them, but they are too expensive for me.
The Va state forestry dept has a very broad selection also, but no cedars this year. They said maybe they would have some available next year. Guess I' ll wait until then and see. Meanwhile, I' ll be ordering white pines again this year.... 500 for $52.
And thanks again for the offer wish I lived closer...

WV Hunter,
I don' t know where Star Tannery, Va is, but if you drive to southwest Virginia you will see pastures with thousands of volunteer cedars growing in them. I am sure that if you stop and ask the farmer, he would be happy to have you remove some. Virginia does not have noxious plant laws, but if they did, I am sure that cedar would qualify, along with multi-flora rose and kudzu.

If MO. is too far to go for them, how about Mississippi? On our 90 acre farm I may fix you up with a thousand or 2. No, I have not noticed any being used for browse, but they do like to rub them. Too much Honeysuckle.