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The wood ducks like to nest in hollow oak trees in the farmyard. The old oak log I dropped and posted in another thread (Walnut) had a hole in it, but so does another oak that is still alive. Hopefully they will use the standing oak again, have in the past. Not a bad pic taken with my iPhone...

Didn't think I needed to cage the pines and spruce in the farmyard, but an aggressive little buck decided they would be good rub material. :(

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But Daver, we will all starve..... :rolleyes:

Don't like to have my hands tied by the government. Plus I don't waterfowl.

Saw a piece of ground listed recently in SE Iowa, the $3K per acre caught my eye. Read the fine print to see it was enrolled in WRP, dead stop right there....

What's a wildlife easement?

I think I saw bigfoot at the IBA banquet last night. ;)

From the research I've been doing, most true sawmills that the average person would be able to afford limit the width of cut. That is why I went down the chainsaw rabbit hole.....

22’ oak log. It’s a yard tree so will probably loose teeth on the saw chain. It needs rotated before cutting. 36" tall, 39" across the end. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We have been looking at one of these: Chainsaw mill Looking to cut full width longitudinal slabs off large tree trunks.

Burning: ground will be blackened, and soil temps will rise for germination of seed. If it turns dry, might lose moisture for germination/young plants. Not burning: Corn litter will act as mulch. Will prevent erosion and evaporation of soil moisture. Tough call, advantages to both approaches.

Which one is Al Capone? Looks like they cleaned up.

Not a wood expert, but I think for veneer, you'd have to go below the 6' limb by a fair stretch to avoid the grain of the wood headed the direction of the limb. How low though? Probably lower the interest in the log is my guess.

If they are actually doing this, our current weather patterns are what they seek? I think that is the crux of the issue, they can't predict the outcomes, so stop playing Mother Nature. Does Elon and Donald know about this? What is their view? Seems prime for DOGE cuts.

Brush hog then followed up with an older spool type hay rake to get the mowed grass piled up against the standing grass. Worked pretty well for our burns. Done smaller burns solo and did 115 acres of mature switch one spring but had a crew of 8 for that one.

Cedars seem to be a weed/invasive species in eastern IA. Deer browse pressure and rubbing is minimal, such that I wouldn't bother caging them. If you mulch/mow/spray, they should take off. Don't have much experience with Norway's.