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dreambig@84

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Watched a video in tsi vs fsi and how to properly set up access along property line for treestands.

I might of made the mistake of dropping all the trees along the property border to try and thicken the property lines up to keep neighbors from spooking and shooting the deer on my land.
Whats the best protocol for setting up acesss along border of property borders in timber. Should I go back where I made it thick along fencelines and spray a path and plant trees for access on both sides of walking path or just cut a path through thick stuff on fence line. I'm concerned I made it too thick and might be bumping deer walking to stands in timber.

Based on what I watch on fsi and tsi ,tsi should be along access borders and cut trees 20 inches and bigger. Fsi is 14 inches and above ad should be for internal bedding.

Interested to learn more on all this
 
dreambig@84 said:
Watched a video in tsi vs fsi and how to properly set up access along property line for treestands.

I might of made the mistake of dropping all the trees along the property border to try and thicken the property lines up to keep neighbors from spooking and shooting the deer on my land.
Whats the best protocol for setting up acesss along border of property borders in timber. Should I go back where I made it thick along fencelines and spray a path and plant trees for access on both sides of walking path or just cut a path through thick stuff on fence line. I'm concerned I made it too thick and might be bumping deer walking to stands in timber.

Based on what I watch on fsi and tsi ,tsi should be along access borders and cut trees 20 inches and bigger. Fsi is 14 inches and above ad should be for internal bedding.

Interested to learn more on all this
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Are you my neighbor?! So my neighbor did this exact thing- alllll the deer use it because it “created cover”!! So now there is a treestand about 45 ish yards from my kids playset because that’s what he learned.
I’ve told him multiple times he could access using my piece as long as he let me know he was there- he never does as he doesn’t want me to know he’s there (I can see half of his stands from my property).
I’d never intentionally thicken a property line for that exact reason- you are only creating more bedding/cover where you don’t necessarily want them in my opinion. I can walk through the yard and the deer don’t budge, he can pull into the driveway next to mine and they instantly get up and are moving to my other side.
But I will be interested to hear others takes too.
 
newfarmer said:
Are you my neighbor?! So my neighbor did this exact thing- alllll the deer use it because it “created cover”!! So now there is a treestand about 45 ish yards from my kids playset because that’s what he learned.
I’ve told him multiple times he could access using my piece as long as he let me know he was there- he never does as he doesn’t want me to know he’s there (I can see half of his stands from my property).
I’d never intentionally thicken a property line for that exact reason- you are only creating more bedding/cover where you don’t necessarily want them in my opinion. I can walk through the yard and the deer don’t budge, he can pull into the driveway next to mine and they instantly get up and are moving to my other side.
But I will be interested to hear others takes too.
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What county are you in?lol
 
It depends if your neighbor has a stand 8 feet from the line.. I thickened it up by his stand so he could not shoot into my property—he had previously cut shooting lanes on mine (before I owned the land).

I don’t know for sure if he’s shooting in the mine now, but he sure sits there a lot. No matter what which wind.
 
That's why I cut the property like I did. All the atv's and nature walkers are messing up the hunting and I want a thick place for the deer to duck into and feel secure when they are bumped allways deeming my place as a "sanctuary". Also lots of gun hunters that snipe deer on my lines I want to try and prevent. So basically my thought process is I can cut the edge and make it thick in addition to cutting trails through it to access stand during prime time.
 
dreambig@84 said:
That's why I cut the property like I did. All the atv's and nature walkers are messing up the hunting and I want a thick place for the deer to duck into and feel secure when they are bumped allways deeming my place as a "sanctuary". Also lots of gun hunters that snipe deer on my lines I want to try and prevent. So basically my thought process is I can cut the edge and make it thick in addition to cutting trails through it to access stand during prime time.
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@Hardwood11 what would you do in my situation?
 

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dreambig@84 said:
Will do. Thanks
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You can see red line is my property boundaries and gray is road to south and yellow dotted line on east is the access I'm working on improving.
Thought if I improved property borders and access I could hunt farther back in property during prime time
 
dreambig@84 said:
@IowaBowHunter1983. Here are the pics I took of property border and access to treestands. You can see cut path. I had to cut lots of canopy to make this thick do neighbors couldn't see in but now you can see in. Any suggests to optimize access alignment fence? Is this too thick or need it thicker? Plant cedars along both sides of access?
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@Sligh1 whats your thoughts on the thickness of my access routes?
 
I like it. I think based on pics it looks super solid. I like having some thick screen to walk against. If it pulls deer there & I bump them- I might adjust things or choose carefully when hunt it. But- I also make lots of other thick cover all over in farm so if they get pushed away from that a bit further in, not end of world. Only adjustments I’d make is if I noticed I was bumping deer often. IMO- looks awesome
 
Looks like great cover.

If you did this along the outer boundaries, I'd do the same thing in pockets on the interior. Then just hunt the fringes.
 
Bucksnbears said:
Looks like great cover.

If you did this along the outer boundaries, I'd do the same thing in pockets on the interior. Then just hunt the fringes.
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Lots of honey suckle that's growing as a result of cutting cedars that were losing lower limbs. It may be invasive but good cover on fringes. Planning to add conifers so there's winter screening as well. Amazing what happens when you open the canopy:)
 
Sligh1 said:
I like it. I think based on pics it looks super solid. I like having some thick screen to walk against. If it pulls deer there & I bump them- I might adjust things or choose carefully when hunt it. But- I also make lots of other thick cover all over in farm so if they get pushed away from that a bit further in, not end of world. Only adjustments I’d make is if I noticed I was bumping deer often. IMO- looks awesome
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Good point. I usually only hunt during prime time since it's like 50 yds from bedding area.
 
dreambig@84 said:
Lots of honey suckle that's growing as a result of cutting cedars that were losing lower limbs. It may be invasive but good cover on fringes. Planning to add conifers so there's winter screening as well. Amazing what happens when you open the canopy:)
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Keep an eye on the honeysuckle. It can get out of hand FAST and take over everything.

Overall, looks good!
 
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