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Thanks all. Time will tell how it goes I guess. I did leave 2 big ones for future treestand sites. They are good for that.

I have some spots in the timber where I have smaller halfway decent swamp white oak growing all around large cedars. I have been doing lots of tsi this winter and finally got to this particular area. I dropped what I could but there were a few cedars that I ringed instead of dropping due to me...

Very informative Skip. Thanks. Can you explain the difference between a veneer walnut vs a lumber tree?

I have planted ROD in timber openings along a large creek 2 times. The first was 11 years ago and the second was last spring. I put 50 in 11 years ago unprotected and am aware of 2 that survive today and neither is flourishing. I think I have 2 problems with my effort - not enough sun in the...

Yep, if the rec market is anywhere near that then go ahead and stick a fork in me now. I'm done!

Still no rec land inventory where I am in west central Illinois. I am starting to see a little ground that sold a couple years ago back on the market for twice the original selling price. We have alot of non-resident rec landowners around here and what little inventory there is seems to be some...

I have always been a die hard longbow and wood arrow guy who would never own nor want the "help" of a camera. I hunt from a stand mostly and plant a couple food plots. We all draw our lines for killing related to effort in different places. I have been doing this a long time and have learned...

Forrest Keeling Nursery usually has them. You might check there in the spring. I have had good luck with their stock. I love shingle oak as a habitat tree and a food source for turkeys especially. But, I love it more to put stands in. It normally has great cover and the leaves hold through the...

I agree with the consensus here so far but the rec ground inventory just remains so low around me and I have to wonder how that will factor in too. Of course inventory has been low for years as far as I can tell too.

We knocked down almost 2" in Adams County, IL last night. Most significant rain I've had by far for close to 2 months. Looks to be dry and hot again soon but I'll sure take what we got.

I broadcasted brassicas on July 25 due to rain in the forcast. Got 1/2" that night and have managed about 2/10ths since. They are toast. Put rye, radishes and red clover into powder last weekend. Not looking good for that either. Been a tough late summer for the food plot plans for sure.

I have a good friend that is a botanist for the state of Illinois. He always advocates the burning of prairies and timbers. I have a forester that does my forest management plans who says to not burn my timber and in fact puts that in the plans he writes. Illinois has been burning state park...

I bought a 38e new from the dealer in the spring of 2012 for $18,500 out the door and it came with a 6' blade. Not sure how many hours are on it but I seem to use it often. I live down a half mile dead end road with no other houses and had to be able to get out for work in deep snow. I have done...

Timely discussion here for me. I broadcast brassicas into dead thatch July 26 and got 3/4" that evening. Haven't managed a drop since. Virtually no plants at this time. I will wait it out a couple more weeks and decide what to do I guess. I have more brassica seed but hate to throw more down...

I was in Starksville MS last summer eating at a BQ joint with my family on an overnight on our way to Florida. Two old boys started up a conversation with me about looking for larger cedars. They were from Texas I think and headed north to try and find cedar for a business they had making mostly...

I've been planting acorns for 2 weeks now. Put in about 130 gallons so far. Most have been disced in while other places were hand planted. Hand planted 5 gallons tonight in fact. That is a huge bur oak acorn in your pic. I have seen tremendous bur and white acorn production around here. I need...

Sorry if this has been covered already but anyone ever broadcast clover into standing beans as they are yellowing to establish a new clover plot for the following year? I have 4 acres of beans that are canopied out and will not harvest them. I want to establish a new clover plot as I am...

It is easy to make "mistakes" cutting hedge. They wear me out. I hope your friend is okay.

Yep, that looks like pin oak. I am just a few miles south of you and I have none of them. I've seen guys call shingle oak pin oak around here I guess due to the shape of the leaf. Anyway, I'd trade you in a heartbeat although I do not hate shingle oak completely.

Are you certain they are pin oaks? I live in west central illinois too - right on Bear Creek in fact and we have 0 pin oaks around me. In fact I've seen virtually none around here that weren't planted as yard trees. A lot of people confuse shingle oak with pin oak. We have tons of naturally...