How To Wildlife Timber Management

Buck traditional timber management for wildlife, if you actually want more wildlife on your land. Here is how to attract more wildlife to your land with true timber wildlife management practices...
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[@treestandforestry]

I’m a consulting forester here in Ohio and for my clients (75% are deer hunters) looking to improve for hunting this is the exact process I’ve been implementing. Good stuff Jeff, keep the content rolling!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I love you hear that! Thank you and keep fighting the good fight for wildlife 👍

[@anthonymalueg3520]

This is why I wanted you with boots on the ground before my TSI work gets started!!!! This has been a 5 or so year quest to bring this all together!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Very exciting Tony!! Hope you have a great weekend 😊

[@thepracticalrifleman]

Thank you for this, Jeff. I figured out about a decade ago that where the tornado came through turned into a great resource…until it got thick.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Amen to that! Some of the best management man doesn't touch at times...

[@johnwisdom2216]

I am about to close on 40 acres in N.E. Kansas that have not been touched since the 60's. This video was extremely helpful as I start making plans to clear some timber for whitetail hunting. Thank you for this valuable info!

[@jasonmeyer4587]

First rule of silviculture they teach you in forestry school is to know and manage for the objectives of the landowner. Management for high value timber is different than high value wildlife habitat, and specifically, fall daylight buck opportunities, but all are ok depending on what the landowner wants out of their land. Forester knowledge can be a valuable resource. You need to select a forester with specific knowledge of not only general wildlife habitat but hunting experience and specific deer and buck behavior knowledge so they can give habitat advice to improve buck hunting opportunities on your land.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

The problem is that there are so very, very few that can put the entire land design together to maximize the potential deer herd of the land. They are unfortunately limited by their level of experience actually doing it for themselves. Unfortunately these practices can not be learned in a classroom, but instead only by personal experience.

[@timhatfield6367]

Our biggest oaks are truly giant. Not alot of them overall. I think they survived logging in the past due to being close to some old fencing. Ladderstands are awesome on them because you just seem to be part of the tree. Very rarely ever get busted inless wind changes or something odd. Fortunately, we have a real nice diversity of cover,openings,canopy, swamps,switchgrass around edges and 1 1/4acre new plot, and a good-sized creek 200yrds across open ag..and watching two hens proposition my Jake decoy right now. Hope everyone is having a good day like I am!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Nice Tim that sounds like a really good day! And man those giant white oaks ..some of my favorite trees all time!

[@janitorialguy4436]

Thanks Jeff, had some timber removed about 8 yrs ago, although I had a lot of great deer last year I’m sure my woods need some attention.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Nice...congrats!! I hope you see the reward soon 😊

[@lenkurzynske8735]

Great! Hope all is well with you!🦌🦌

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks a lot Len...all is very good! And I hope you are finally able to get to the land with NO SNOW 😊

[@daveylawless7862]

Any chance you would be willing to share your input on tree of heaven and how you approach it from a wildlife standpoint? Is it best to leave it alone or try to remove it and replace with something with better wildlife value? Appreciate all your knowledge and willingness to teach sir

[@tiredVeteran1984]

Im about 1/4 the way through the video, and i just had to ask Jeff, what in the world did you do to your left eye?

[@artbrennhofer8283]

Hi Jeff, what do you do with buckthorn. Do I have to remove all the buckthorn and then see what is left to manage? Thanks for the video and advice.

[@bobwiese6128]

I have been wondering this myself

[@alanruechel2240]

Light a match !

[@poplardeer]

The only application I've ever used hack and squirt on was buckthorn. You can leave it standing for residual cover, it stops making new seeds and shoots, and I haven't seen any big enough to be a safety hazard. It's never ending though, so don't get obsessed with eradicating it. The seed stays viable for several years in the ground, and animals eat the seeds to spread it.

[@ajkelley20]

I must confess. I watched a different channel. I ask them if was really a good idea to have 18 deer in a spring Cloverfield. They got really mad at me for asking that question. I will never leave again.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Ha, pretty funny 😊 I can only imagine!

[@codywright9718]

When you do different kinds of cuttings, do you ever haul the trees out? Would a clear cut do any good with all trees left laying?

[@bobwiese6128]

I have random piles every 50-75 yards or so apart. Not sure if this is good or not. I do try to cut paths at random also so that deer do not feel "trapped" regarding predators. The deer are using them.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I think that's great Bob! Cody...I never take the logs out. However if I had it logged of course they would take it all out!

[@drewharman1690]

It was so windy last week couldn’t spray so I did yesterday evening if the rye is about 1ft -2ft will it still kill it pretty good?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Drew...you will get a great kill!

[@bobwiese6128]

God Bless Jeff. What can I do with buckthorn? I have been making piles every 50 to 75 yards for rabbits etc. Is this bad??

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you Bob! Buckthorn sucks. Nearly impossible to get rid of and not so great cover either. Zero food value. Replace in patches with other cover or timber? If you can... Piles are great and I like placing them next to switchgrass or timber regen, or low shrub cover.

[@bobwiese6128]

@Whitetail Habitat Solutions Thank You. Cheers

[@alanruechel2240]

I'd bet its difficult to find many loggers that want to bid on low quality timber cuts, especially small tracts. You may have to pay them, or become a diy logger.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It is...but so many ways to get it done without a logger if you want to work hard and have some decent saw experience

[@alanruechel2240]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 that's where buying one of those portable bandsaw mills would pay dividends

[@gaigehinspeter2159]

First

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

I think so?

[@truepatriots3860]

Best advice I could give is don't invite family to hunt they will try to wipe out your deer herd .

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Just have to lay down the rules 😉